Search Results: Authors starting with K from Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A.

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press , 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in two-tone, red and burgundy cloth, and with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xx [5], 6-25 pp., including several score wonderful photographs and illustrations. Page of Errata laid in. The context of the book is The Origin of Surrealist Exhibition Space: The 1938 Paris Exposition Internationale du Surrealisme -- Surrealism Goes to the Fair: Projects for an American Surrealist… Read more

New York: Metropolitan Books, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. In 1921 the New York Yiddish-language daily news-magazine Forverts commissioned the Polish photographer Alter Kacyzne to document Jewish history and culture throughout Poland--Poyln, as it was pronounced in Yiddish. Edited by Marek Web and augmented with stunning black-and-white photography and told with a gripping story of Kacyzne's life and demise. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond a faint crease to bottom front corner, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be… Read more

CIncinnati: The Signs of the Times Pub. Co, 1946. Second Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Nice-looking, structurally sound hardcover copy in quarto format, bound in black leatherette with yellow illustrations to cover still quite bright. Lots of black and white illustrations of advertising displays, murals, painting techniques. The First Edition was published in 1939. [8], 1-191 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Schocken Books. Softcover. Fine. Two Fine condition trade paperbacks, Letters to Milena having been published in 1990 as a stated First American Edition (xviii, 198 pp.), translated by Philip Boehm, while Milena: the story of a remarkable friendship was published in 1988 (vii[2], 1-213 pp.) and translated from the original German by Margarete Buber-Neumann, about Milena Jesenska, Franz Kafka's long-time friend and collaborator. Both copies clean, tightly bound, and unmarked of interior. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Koln, Germany: DuMont, 1961. Softcover. Good. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Previous owner's gift inscription, neatly rendered at title page. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Illustrated, printed stiff wraps, in gate-fold. 156 pp., plus notes, index, and voluminous publisher ads. Plentiful black-and-white illustrations and some photographs, printed on high-gloss paper. The author of this fine autobiography and social history, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1884 – 1979), became a leading French art dealer and broker and gallery owner when very young and championed the works of Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque and the Cubist movement in art more broadly. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: The Viking Press, 1971. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Another fine contribution to The Documents of 20th-Century Art series, edited by Robert Motherwell, Bernard Karpel and Arthur A. Cohen, an extremely influential and gargantuan project. Introduction by John Russell and documentation by Bernard Karpel. This volume was translated from the original French and was preceded in English by the 1971 edition published in London by Thames and Hudson. A fine and probing homage of the work and networks of art and theory, culture and history in the 20th century as seen through a preeminent dealer, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Picasso's lifelong dealer, and in conversations between him and the journalist Cremieux, covering also Braque, Derain, Vlaminck, Gris, Leger. Bound handsomely in brown cloth covers and with white lettering to spine, top-stained in red. Illustrated endpapers (photos of Kahnweiler's gallery). Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear,… Read more

New York: Galerie St. Etienne, a Studio Book, with the Viking Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. One hundred fine illustrations, 29 in full-color, augment this special volume of some brilliant self-taught artists. The author is the Director of the St. Etienne Galerie and a world renowned expert in art history. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in blue cloth, with sharp and distinct lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Foreword by Dr. Robert Bishop. [5], 6-100 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Galerie St. Etienne / PCrown, 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Fine looking, structurally sound copy of a gallery exhibit catalog, bound handsomely in glossy pictorial wraps, featuring a work by Egon Schiele on front cover, one by Klimt on rear panel. Stuffed with black-and-white and full-color reproductions of their work. Introductory essay by Jane Kallir, and with a Foreword by Thomas M. Messer. 95 pp., with slight crimping to bottom tips, unobtrusive. List of exhibitions, lenders, chronologies, and artist biographies. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Max Jacob. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Mustard-colored cloth binding, burgundy lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography, including a full bibliography of the works of Max Jacob. Frequent reference made to Surrealist and Dadaist writers and artists such as Ionescu, Beckett, Duchamp and others. xxviii [1], 1-182 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Leon Supraner. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs but for crease to a single endpaper; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining, and quite bright of interior. Bound in blue cloth, with silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Lovely photographs by Leon Supraner to augment this fine collection of poetry. [2], 3-149 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Handsomely bound hardcover format copy, bound in blue cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [4], 5-240 pp. 193 illustrations overall, 16 in full color, including that at front cover, a Marc Chagall, "Time is a River Without Banks." and Hannah Orlof, "Mother and Child." Special focus on Jewish artists such as Marc Chagall, Max Beckmann, Max Weber, Louise Nevelson, El Lissitzky, Ben Shan, Chaim Soutin, Seymour Lipton, Mark Rothko, Anna Ticho, and others. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Philadelphia / New York: The Jewish Publication Society of America / Bergin & Garvey Publishers, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Handsomely bound hardcover format copy, bound in blue cloth, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to cover and spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [4], 5-240 pp., 193 illustrations overall, 16 in full color, including that at front cover, a Marc Chagall, "Time is a River Without Banks." and Hannah Orlof, "Mother and Child." Special focus on Jewish artists such as Marc Chagall, Max Beckmann, Max Weber, Louise Nevelson, El Lissitzky, Ben Shan, Chaim Soutin, Seymour Lipton, Mark Rothko, Anna Ticho, and others. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or… Read more

Reno, Nevada: Sheppard Art Gallery, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Fine looking exhibit catalog for a show that ran from November 1 - December 31, 1996, curated by Suzanne Kanatsiz, Bonnie Grossman and Susan C. Larson and with a long essay by the latter. Brown printed wraps, staple-bound, tissue-guard to title page and to Acknowledgments in the rear, and with artist biographies for and works of artists such as Roger Armstrong, Leland Holiday, Eddie Arning, Dorothy Binger, Michael Davis, Martha Douglas, Fatisha, Keith Goodhart, Julio Garcia, Anne Grgich, Nicholas Herrera, Tyrome H. Jordan, Rosemary Pittman, Barry Simons, Helen Valdez, and many others. 48 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Gold River, California: European American Publishing, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Signed by Author. SIGNED by the author at half-title, being inscribed warmly to Richard L. Press, the Sacramento-based arts book seller. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. A fine and accessible memoir of the author's life post World War Two and his flight from Communist Hungary to America. A gripping memoir. x + 449 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Blue cloth bindings, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Faint remains of a small remainder remark along bottom edge. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing less than moderate wear, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. Stuffed with black-and-white and full color reproductions printed on fine, glossy paper. Preface by Louis Finkelstein. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 270 photographs, 25 being in full-color. [8], 9-252 [1] pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Shocken Books, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Bound in brick-red cloth, yellow lettering over spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-134 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Thames & Hudson / Wolfsonian Foundation, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out.Contributions by the editor, Wendy Kaplan, and then Laurie Stern et al, Elinoor Bergvelt, Paul Greenhalgh, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Marianne Lamonaca, Dennis P. Doordan, John Heskett, Bernard F. Reilly, Jr., Irene de Guttry and Maria Paolo Maino and others. Checklist of Exhibition Objects, a List of Contributors, Photograph Credits, and Index. [6], 7-352 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize… Read more

London: Thames and Hudson, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Wendy Kaplan has edited a fine collection of essays to augment the iInaugural exhibition of the Wolfsonian, Miami Beach, Florida, and with contributions by Laurie A. Stein, with Irmela Franzke, Ellinoor Bergvelt, Paul Greenhalgh, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Irene de Guttry and Maria Paola Maino, Marianne Lamonaca, Dennis P. Doordan, John Heskett and Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gray cloth, with T & H dolphins cavorting in silver stamped fineness on front cover, silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. 417 illustrations, 300 in full color. [6], 7-352 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to… Read more

New York: Harper & Row, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond being price-clipped. First Edition. Bright blue cloth- covered boards; gilt spine lettering. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Fine Introduction by editor. 346 pp. Photographs of Nabokov and Wilson on rear of dust jacket. Plentiful facsimile notes and signatures by Nabokov in Russian, quite fine. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Chanticleer Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright white cloth covers, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Preface by A. Hyatt Mayor, Foreword and Essay by Richard V. West, and Catalogue Commentary by Donald H. Karshan. Well over 100 black-and-white illustrations and photographs of prints from Karshan's collection, including lithographs, etchings and engravings. [6], 7-112 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.