Search Results: Authors starting with J from gStrum

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Barcelona: Fundacio Joan Miro, 1979. Tall softcover in stiff, illustrated wraps. 4to., up to 12" tall (Quarto). 79 pages illustrated throughout by photographs, plans, and drawings by the noted architect. Text in Spanish. Minor shelf-wear to covers else very good overall condition; no ownership marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (cw)

Hardcover. Good. Genève et Coppenhague: Chez Cl. Ant. Philibert,1756. Hardcover in 20th c gilt-titled buckram. 4to, XXIV, 276 pages. An early edition of this classic work. Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui (1694–1748) was a Swiss legal and political theorist who popularized a number of ideas propounded by other thinkers. His writings on natural law circulated widely in America in the decades leading up to the Revolution, with Jefferson foremost among his readers. Text-block with old staining and occ. worming and other minor issues but otherwise complete in new binding. Small institutional (library?) stamp on reverse of t.p.. (froc)

Paperback. Very Good. Lausanne: Éditions Mermod, 1951. Large softcover in illustrated wraps and onionskin jacket. Préface de Jean Cassou. 192 pages illustrated with drawings by 42 artists including Picasso, Chagall, Poncet, Masson, Gruber, Dufy, Leger, Braque, Derain, Dufy, Van Dongen, Friesz, Utrillo, Modigliani, Dunoyer de Segonzac, La Fresnaye, Laurencin, Laurens, Pascin, Gris, Bosshard, Ernst, Gromaire, Giacometti, Richier, Bourdelle, Maillol, Vallotton, Valadon, Roussel, Bonnard, Vuillard, Matisse, Soutter, Denis, Pouault, Auberjonois, Despiau, Marquet, Villon, Laprade, Vlaminck, Dufresne & Gonzalez. Tears, yellowing to jacket, else very good overall condition; no ownership marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fprw2)

Unknown Binding. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] London: Ginn and Company, 1953. Softcover in decorated and titled wraps. 16 pages. From the Geography First Series of books by this publisher. Light soiling to covers, else very good overall condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (p)

Hardcover. Good. [FIRST EDITION] New York: Duffield and Company, 1912. Hardcover in blue cloth boards with white lettering and decoration on front cover. 75 pages plus full color frontis illustrated by Maxfield Parrish featuring Peterkin carrying his father's oversize green umbrella. An apparent variant binding issued without a front cover paste-down but with all other first edition issue points. Spotting and loss of paint to letters on cover, minor smudging and foxing on some pages, front hinge just starting, else good overall condition; no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (frnc)

Library Binding. Good. FIRST EDITION. 1950 Simon and Schuster Hardback WITH FUZZY COVER AND PICTURES. Slight wear to cover else very good condition. No marking, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY. (B)

Hardcover. Very Good. [SIGNED] New Orleans, LA: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1993. Hardcover in photoillustrated boards, issued without dust jacket. Small quarto [10-1/4 inches high by 10 inches wide]. Unpaginated (about 120 pages) with 40 numbered full-page color illustrations of artworks by Rimma Gerlovina and Valeriy Gerlovin. With captions on the facing pages, b/w textual illustrations, selected exhibition history, bibliography, etc. First edition. Signed by both artists ('Gerlovin/a') on the front endpaper. Very good overall condition, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (pc)

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] San Jose, CA: San Jose State University, 1975. Unbound exhibition catalogue (as issued) comprised of a portfolio consisting of 135 leaves (many being b/w illustrations) and a printed photograph (17 x 23 cm.) stamped: Words work stew, invitational catalogue. Includes artists such as Alison Knowles, Sol Lewitt, Nancy Spero, Lawrence Weiner and about 80 other. Not unlike the mail-art assembleges of the period. Rare. Very good overall condition with no owner marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fprw2)

Hardcover. Good. [FIRST EDITION] New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. Hardcover in gilt lettered and decorated boards in pictorial dust jacket. 4to. xiv, 90 pp. 43 color plates. Dictionary of Colors includes descriptions of the chemical properties of the colors and their historical usage; Previous owner's name on ffep, chipping to protected jacket, scattered penciling (some color), else good overall condition; NOT EX-LIBRARY. (front r,s)

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] London: Nicola Jacobs Gallery, 1987. Softcover in stiff, titled wraps. Unpaginated (24 pages) with 6 color plates, and b/w portrait of the Artist. With an Introduction, " The Poetic Image " by Mel Gooding, Biographic Notes. Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings by Simon Edmondson. Very good overall condition; no ownership marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (cw)

Hardcover. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Neuhausen-Stuttgart: Hanssler, 1983. Oversize hardcover in pictorial dustjacket. unpaginated (about 250 pages) illustrated with 239 numbered color photographs by the acclaimed photographer, Max Jacoby (German, b. 1919, d. 2009). ISBN: 3-7751-0826-2. Text in German. SIGNED IN HEBREW (by Jacoby?) on front blank page, else very good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (pc)

Hardcover. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Warsaw: Arkady, 1976. Tall hardcover in dust jacket. Relie-Jaquette editor, 208 pages with 171 illustrations in b/w and color; notes, biographies of the artists, etc. Text in French. Jacket a bit age-toned, else very good overall condition. No marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (up)

Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION. Cambridge, MD: Democrat and News, 1914 Hard cover, issued without dust jacket. Bound in original cloth boards with gilt lettering. Rubbed edges and bumped corners, binding lightly shaken. Textblock edges and interior a bit age-toned with foxing to first and last few pages. 204 pages, fold-out charts, etc. With tipped-in compliments slip from State Comptroller Emerson C. Harrington. No markings, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY. (shelf3)

Paperback. Very Good. [Catalogue Raisonne] New York: Peter Blum Edition, 2001. Softcover in titled wraps (with seperate title: 'Alex Katz: The Complete Woodcuts and Linocuts 1951 - 2001' laid into rear flap). The limited First Edition (ISBN: 0-935875-19-0) of fifteen hundred copies, 4to. 32 pages illustrated in color and b/w. Exhibition Catalogue, with foreword by Peter Blum stating: 'This book celebrates the forty-two woodcuts and thirty-six linocuts Katz has made since 1951 .." Twenty of the prints are reproduced in the book; all seventy-eight are listed and described. Loosely inserted is a three-fold (6-page) sheet with a complete catalogue raisonne of prints reproduced in color. Very good overall condition, no marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (cr)

Hardcover. Good. [FIRST EDITION] London & New York: The King Penguin Books, 1947. Small hardcover issued without jacket. 72 pages with numerous b/w illustrations (many full page) plus 8 color plates including Caldecott, Doyle, Lear, Nicholson, Beardsley, Greenaway and others. Bound in paper board with lettering and illustration to front cover, paper title label to spine. An interesting introduction to the subject, wide ranging with some reference to children's books and technical notes. Some edge-wear to boards, else very good overall condition; no ownership marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (cw)

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1968. Softcover in embossed stappled wraps. Unpaginated (about 40 pages with 24 b/w plates). Catalogue for a 1968-69 traveling exhibition; Includes works by Jean Gorin, Charles Biederman, Joan Saugrain, Victor Pasmore, Mary Martin, Anthony Hill, John Ernest, Joost Baljeu, Eli Bornstein, William Jordan, Gillian Wise, Elisabeth Willmott, Donald McNamee, David Barr, and Ronald Kostyniuk. Light soiling, bumping to covers, else very good overall condition. No marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fprw2)

Hardcover. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] Dedham, MA: Artech House, 1983. Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued?) xiii, (1), 519 pages illustrated with diagrams, charts, etc. ISBN: 0-89006-115-7. Light soiling to boards, else very good overall condition. No ownership marking, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (frnc)

Perfect Paperback. Good. [SIGNED] Hamburg: Gerhard Schack im Hans Christians Verlag, 1972. Small 11-sided Leporello, signed in pencil on the front cover and dated (19)73. First Edition. Artists Book styled after Japanese Ukiyo-e prints. ISBN: 3767201054. Front cover corner bent, tape residue, else very good overall condition. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fc)

Paperback. Very Good. [FIRST EDITION] London: Gillian Jason Gallery, 1982. Oblong softcover in block-printed wraps. Unpaginated [32 pages] with several illustrations by Gill. An exhibition catalogue with a list of 313 works. Minor soiling to covers, else very good overall condition; no ownership marking, NOT EX-Library. (cw)

Hardcover. Good. FIRST EDITION 1993 Camden House Hardback, no dust jacket (as issued?) Possible x-lib (removed sticker remnants, crossed out inscription) else very good overall condition. No underlining, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY. (B)