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Modernism Books & Ephemera

Working Space

Working Space

by Stella, Frank

Cheng Zheng: Paintings. Oil Paintings. Ink Paintings

Cheng Zheng: Paintings. Oil Paintings. Ink Paintings

by Cheng Zheng (b.1955). Per Hovdenakk, introductory

Beijing: National Gallery, 1992. Paperback. 50p., ads (principally for Scandanavian Airlines), high-gloss alkaline paperstock throughout, softbound in frenchfold cardstock wraps, 10x7 inches. Find a vignette artist's photoportrait in b&w and profuse fullcolor fullpage reproductions of her splashes and squiggles. Clean, sound and unmarked; has a seller's small sticker (blank) on cover, and several leaves bear tiny smudges (none affecting graphics), a very good copy. The artist saw an Edvard Munch show in... Read more about this item
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£24.09
MEXICO: REVISTA MENSUAL ILUSTRADA, AÑO I, N° 2

MEXICO: REVISTA MENSUAL ILUSTRADA, AÑO I, N° 2

México, D.F.: [s.n.], 1914. (Light wear and some chipping to extremities of wrappers). b/w plates, advts., illus. wrappers. Modernist journal of early 20th century Mexico with illustrations by Saturnino Herrán, Roberto Montenegro, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and Alberto Garduño, Germán Gedovius, Angel Zárraga. No copies show in OCLC.
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£240.90
L. Sanz, Fabricant de Meubles. Tarif applicable a dater du 10 Fevrier 1938 pour marchandises frises a l'usine

L. Sanz, Fabricant de Meubles. Tarif applicable a dater du 10 Fevrier 1938 pour marchandises frises a l'usine

by Sanz, L

Paris: the maker, 1938. Eight sepia rotogravues showing bedroom and diningroom ensembles, and six types of chair (on a singleton plate). Graphics measure 9x11 inches on 10x12.5 inch alkaline leaves; a cover letter (carbon copy) identifies each piece and price. These descriptions (and a pencilled note reading "8 planches") confirm the packet to be complete as sent (remnant of packaging accompanies). Horrid semi-modernist stuff. Item touting them is in all respects very good.
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£20.08
The art of baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

The art of baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

New York: Francis M Naumann, Fine Art, LLC, 2002. Pamphlet. 25p., [i.], 7x8.75 inch pictorial wraps; in very good condition.
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£60.22
Modernism

Modernism

by Lilley, A. Leslie

London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, 1908. First edition. Very Good. Octavo, original brown cloth, gilt titles to spine and front board. Minor spotting to spine, gilt bright, gentle wear to corners and spine ends, moderate soiling to top edge of text block. Very good indeed. "THE MODERNIST CONTROVERSY" First edition of this collection of essays on the Modernist controversy by Canon Alfred Leslie Lilley, with the author's epistle dedicatory to "to my dear friend and fellow countryman George Tyrrell." In... Read more about this item
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£40.15
Untold Story; A Short Narrative History of Our Time

Untold Story; A Short Narrative History of Our Time

by Sawyer, Paul Winslow

Los Angeles: Fidelity Educational Press, 2010. Paperback. 431p., photo section on glazed inserted paperstock, softbound first edition in 8.5x6 inch glossy black wraps, decorated with characters in Chinese, in which Sawyer became fluent. Mildest edgewear (superficial abrasion) else entirely sound, clean and unmarked. A sort of Howard Zinn approach (one of Sawyer's outstanding profs) to brutal global interference as practiced by Uncle Sam at his worst.
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£20.08
Wiener Kunst Auktionen. 21 Kunstauktion, 2 Dez.1998: Antiquitaten

Wiener Kunst Auktionen. 21 Kunstauktion, 2 Dez.1998: Antiquitaten

Vienna: Wiener Kunst Auktionen, 1998. Unpaginated, displays items 201-422 from a very large, multi-day, multi-catagory auction. Softbound, 11.5x8.5 inch glossy (super-glossy!) white wraps; slight edgewear, no markings, a very good copy.
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£12.04
Elements of Italy

Elements of Italy

by St Aubin de Teran, Lisa; editor

New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2002. vii, 230p., first American edition boards gilt in dj; a fine unblemished copy.
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£9.64
Ascendancy of American Painting. April 3 - June 2 1963

Ascendancy of American Painting. April 3 - June 2 1963

Columbia, SC: Columbia Museum of Art, 1963. Staplebound. 16p., illustrations, wraps. Exhibition catalog for a show intending to show the rise of U.S-American art from early- to mid-20th century, beginning with Josef Albers and concluding with Diebenkorn, Rauschenberg, and Pollock.
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£20.08
The Priest

The Priest

by William L. Sullivan

Hardcover as pictured, binding tight, boards with light shelf wear, text block clean and unmarked, your purchase helps support our small village library. s (AR)
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£17.67
The Leathers / I C U O I / Die Leder / Les Cuirs. 2a edizione

The Leathers / I C U O I / Die Leder / Les Cuirs. 2a edizione

by Cassina

Milano: Cassina S.p.A., 1989. Pamphlet. 40p., high-end leatherwork shown in color exhibit photography on coated alkaline paperstock, softbound as a pamphlet in 12.5x9.5 inch stapled cardstock wraps. Descriptive texts in four languages. Slight abrasion to spine fold, mild crimpings and edgewear to covers, a very good copy. Find many behind the scenes photos, chairs in great variety, and a saddle or two; classic meets modern meets bank account.
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£20.08
Paul Cezanne 1839-1906 Pioneer of modernism

Paul Cezanne 1839-1906 Pioneer of modernism

by Becks-Malorny, Ulrike

Koln: Benedikt Taschen. 1995. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Translated by Phil Goddard. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 96 pages. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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£12.56
The Hungarian avant garde; the eight and the activists. Exhibition organized in collaboration with the Hungarian Institute for Cultural Relations

The Hungarian avant garde; the eight and the activists. Exhibition organized in collaboration with the Hungarian Institute for Cultural Relations

by Willet, John, Julia Szabo, Krisztina Passuth, Janos Brendel, Tamas Aknai

[London]: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1980. Paperback. 127p., wraps a tad worn, slight tear on tail of spine, name of artists neatly penciled under the photographs, else good.
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£12.04
Chinese Illustration

Chinese Illustration

by Wood, Frances

London: The British Library, 1985. Paperback. 80p., profuse b&w and color exhibit photography, well-captioned, softbound in 9x7 inch color wraps. Slightest external signs of handling & age, entirely clean interior, a nice crisp copy.
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£8.03
The Logic of Modern Physics

The Logic of Modern Physics

by Bridgman, P.W

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954. Hardcover. A much-reprinted text, publisher Macmillan continues to find it saleable although unaltered from 1927, year of first issue. Smallish hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch black cloth boards lettered gilt. A sound copy that has been varnished --successfully, no spills-- and thus is oddly shiny; a former owner has rubberstamped the front pastedown and autographed the front free endpaper. Other than this peculiar varnishing, good to very good: sound, square, clean, and... Read more about this item
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£14.45
EAT (Original photograph of Robert Indiana's art installation for the 1964 World's Fair)

EAT (Original photograph of Robert Indiana's art installation for the 1964 World's Fair)

by Robert Indiana (artist); Eric Pullitzer (photographer)

Garden City Park, NY: N.p., 1964. Vintage photograph of Robert Indiana's 1964 art piece, "EAT," created for the 1964 New York State Pavilion for the World's Fair in Queens, New York, and displayed on the side of Philip Johnson's Theaterama. The sign was later exhibited at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, in 2009, for the exhibition "Robert Indiana and the Star of Hope." 7.25 x 9.5 inches. Discrete pinholes at the corners, else about Near Fine.
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£301.12
ANONYMITY AN EQUIRY. THE HOGARTH ESSAYS, FIRST SERIES, NO. XII

ANONYMITY AN EQUIRY. THE HOGARTH ESSAYS, FIRST SERIES, NO. XII

by FORSTER, E. M

Tavistock Square, London: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, 1925. Pale green sewn paper boards, printed and decorated in black. First edition, published December 1925 at 2 s.; 2000 copies printed. Cover design by Vanessa Bell. 23pp. 8½ x 5½". Some scattered marks to upper panel and sunning along upper edges, spine split starting, bump to lower fore-tip, neat ink ownership signature to verso of front panel, else a good copy. From the collection of R. O. Blechman, an American... Read more about this item
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£102.78
Nathan Cabot Hale, Sculptor, on the Removal of Fig Leaves

Nathan Cabot Hale, Sculptor, on the Removal of Fig Leaves

by Hale, Nathan Cabot

[Place of publication not identified]: Nathan Cabot Hale, 1961. Pamphlet. 31, [1]p., illustrations, wraps. 7 x 5 in. A few small stains on front cover, otherwise Very Good. Art criticism. The author praises nineteenth century painters and attacks 20th century movements such as abstract expressionism, especially the New York school.
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£14.45
Wiener Kunst Auktionen. 16 Kunstauktion, 1 Okt.1997: Jugendstil

Wiener Kunst Auktionen. 16 Kunstauktion, 1 Okt.1997: Jugendstil

Vienna: Wiener Kunst Auktionen, 1997. Unpaginated, displays items 501-691 from a multi-day multi-catagory auction. Softbound, 11.5x8.5 inch glossy (super-glossy!) white wraps; slightest edgewear, no markings, a very good copy.
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£12.04
Dixie phoenix #22 October 2000

Dixie phoenix #22 October 2000

by Munson, Bjorn and Michael, editors

Arlington VA: the poetry journal, 2000. 52p., staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch wraps, very good copy of, dagnabbit, the very last issue.
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£8.03
THE ELDER STATESMAN A PLAY BY [...]

THE ELDER STATESMAN A PLAY BY [...]

by ELIOT, T. S

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1959. First edition. Near fine./Very good.. Black cloth, gilt stamped spine. A near fine copy in a very good, only minimally rubbed, price-clipped typographic dust jacket.   First U.S. edition, first printing. Eliot's last play, drafted originally in 1955 but not completed until three years later, and first performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1958. The cast of the original production is included at the conclusion of the play. Lord Claverton, an eminent former... Read more about this item
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£43.36
Art Here; Buvelot to Nolan

Art Here; Buvelot to Nolan

by Turnbull, Clive

Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1947. Paperback. Find text through p.38, followed by eight full page b&w plates, a small softbound item in 8.5x5.5 inch printed wraps (cardstock covers with a wraparound jacket). Worn copy, wraps have short splits at top and tail of spine, mild dust-soil and sunning. Textblock has a slightly bumped corner-tip, graphics unaffected. A good (good-only) copy. Author Turnbull argues that general Australian mediocrity has let a few flowers bloom. "The National Gallery in... Read more about this item
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£9.64
D. H. LAWRENCE A FIRST STUDY

D. H. LAWRENCE A FIRST STUDY

by [LAWRENCE, D. H.]: POTTER, Stephen

London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Gilt cloth. Portrait frontispiece, two further portraits in text. First edition. Near fine in a somewhat dusty, price-excised dust jacket with only minimal signs of use. ROBERTS F5.
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£29.71
Modern Religious Movements in India

Modern Religious Movements in India

by Farquhar, J.N

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Hardcover. xvi, 471p., illustrated with a number of b&w photographs, mostly portraits, second printing of the first issue, hardbound in dark blue cloth boards gilt. Pretty good condition: spine panel bears a faint splash stain, casing slightly edgeworn, an otherwise impressive book, sound and square and cleanly within. Author Farquhar is a Christian evangelist with a deep interest in the Hinduism (&c) of this era.
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£13.65
Contemplative Community

Contemplative Community

by Pennington, Basil M. editor

Washington, D. C.: Cistercian Publications/Consortium Press, 1972. First edition. Octavo, original beige cloth, original dust jacket. Small "St. Jos Abbey" price-sticker to bottom of front flap. Slight fading to edges of near-fine cloth, minor creasing and tears to spine ends of dust jacket. A near fine copy. "THE CONTEMPLATIVE ATTITUDE IS ONE OF OPENESS TO THE TRANSCENDENT" First edition collecting papers exploring the dual monastic aims of contemplation and community. Presented at the Third... Read more about this item
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£32.12