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Art and Modern Culture: New Books
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1 EEN TRAPGEVEL IN POTSDAM: MONUMENTENZORG OVER GRENZEN. ZWOLLE, Waanders, 2002.
BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. 208. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates, as well as text illustrations, many of which are full- or double-page. Index. Stiff pictorial wrappers with full-size flaps.
Met een bijdrage van Boudewijn Büch. ISBN:#904008744X
€ 22 --
2 FRIEZE. CONTEMPORARY ART AND CULTURE. [INTERNATIONAL ART MAGAZINE]. ISSUES 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53 (October 1999-August 2000). London, Sharp, Slotover, 1999-2000.6 issues. Quarto. Illustrated throughout. Stiff illustrated wrappers with spine. In a fresh, BRAND NEW condition. Excellent set.
- - First edition.
€ 120 --
3 FRIEZE. INTERNATIONAL ART MAGAZINE. [CONTEMPORARY ART AND CULTURE]. ISSUES 8, 9, 10, 11 (1993). London, Durian Publications, 1993.4 issues. Quarto. Illustrated throughout. Stiff illustrated wrappers, each an art work in itself. In a fresh, BRAND NEW condition. Excellent set.
- - First edition.
€ 120 --
4 THE HOOGSTEDER JOURNAL. ISSUES 5-11 (1998-2005). ’S-GRAVENHAGE, Hoogsteder, 1998-2005.7 issues. BRAND NEW. Quarto. Between 40-60 pp. each. Profusely illustrated in colour. Printed on high quality paper. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Excellent set.
- - First edition. Impressive production, these periodicals cover issues in the conservation, restoration, and historical background of some major fine art paintings with which the art dealers firm of Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder of The Hague has been dealing. Wonderfully illustrated. Text in both English and Dutch.
€ 95 --
5 ABRAMS, Janet, Peter Hall (Editors). Else/Where [Elsewhere]: Mapping. New Cartographies of Networks and Territories. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2006.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown quarto. Pp. 320. Profusely illustrated throughout. Pictorial stiff wrappers with flaps. A most handsome copy.
- - First edition.
€ 35 --
6 ACHAM, Christine. Revolution Televised: Prime Time and the Struggle for Black Power. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xv, 238. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, with dust-jacket.
- - First edition. ISBN:#0816644314
€ 16 --
7 AMMERELLER, Erich, and Eugen Fischer (Editors). Wittgenstein at Work: Method in the Philosophical Investigations. London, Routledge, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xxix, 263. Index. Hardcover.
First edition.
€ 69 --
8 AULT, Julie (Editor). Alternative Art New York, 1965-1985. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. ix, 396. Profusely illustrated throughout. Notes, index. Wrappers.
First edition. Examines the oppositional movement of marginalized artists in mid-1960s New York. ISBN:#0816637946
€ 30 --
9 AUVERGNE, William of. Translated from the Latin by Roland J. Teske. The Soul. [De Anima]. Milwaukee, Marquette University press, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 514. Introduction, notes, bibliography, indices. Wrappers.
First edition. A volume in the Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation. ISBN:#0874622409
€ 45 --
10 BAUDRILLARD, Jean, and Jean Nouvel. The Singular Objects of Architecture. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 81. Hardcover with dust-jacket.
First English edition. A revelatory conversation between two major figures in visual culture. ISBN:#0816639124
€ 19 --
11 BEKKERS, Ludo, and Elly Stegeman. Contemporary Painting of the Low Countries. Rekkem, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, 1995.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 128. Numerous colour plates. Stiff wrappers.
First edition. Documents the work of Dutch and Flemish painters. ISBN:#9070831732
€ 30 --
12 BEKS, Maarten. [Hiëronymus Bosch]. Hiëronymus Bosch. Weert, Smeets, 1993.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Quarto. Pp. 56. Numerous full-page colour plates throughout. Hardcover, pictorial boards.
- - First edition. Text in Dutch. ISBN 9062200133 ISBN 90 6220 013 3
€ 17 --
13 BERKOWITZ, Joel. Shakespeare on the American Yiddish Stage. Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xvi, 283. Plus a number of halftone plates. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. In 1881 New York became the world’s centre of Yiddish theatre with numerous productions of Shakespeare’s plays. This book is a study of American immigrant cultural history, the development of modern secular Jewish culture, and the history of a unique theatrical culture. ISBN:#0877458006
€ 36 --
14 BERKVENS-STEVELINCK, Christiane. Magna Commoditas: Geschiedenis van de Leidse universiteitsbibliotheek 1575-2000. Leiden, Primavera, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown quarto. Pp. 264. Profusely illustrated throughout, mostly in colour. Notes, bibliography, index. With extended summary in English. Hardcover, blue cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. A most beautiful copy in exceptionally fine condition!
- - First edition. Richly and beautifully illustrated. ISBN 9074310710 ISBN 90 74310 71 0
€ 35 --
15 BIEN, Ania, Marlene Dumas, et al. Bevrijdingen: Hedendaagse kunst en historische documenten. Liberation: Contemporary Art and Historical Sources. Amsterdam, Jewish Historical Museum, 1990.Oblong octavo. Pp. 39. Essays, historical background and photographs. Works of art reproduced in colour, printed on fine paper. Artists biographies. Printed card wrappers with flaps. In a very fine condition. Excellent.
- - First edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the same name at the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam. Modern art interpretation of historical events - the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. Text both in English and Dutch.
€ 45 --
16 BIJVOET, Theo, et al (Editors). Bladeren in andermans hoofd: Over lezers en leescultuur. Nijmegen, Sun, 1996.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 366. With numerous halftone illustrations throughout (mostly full-page), tables, diagrams; notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers with full-size flaps.
First edition. In vijftien rijk geïllustreerde hoofdstukken wordt een levendig beeld van vijf eeuwen leescultuur in Nederland geschetst. ISBN:#9061684439 ISBN:#90 6168 443 9
€ 18 --
17 BIRD, Robert. The Russian Prospero: The Creative Universe [World] of Viacheslav Ivanov. Madison, University of Wisconsin Press, 2006.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. xiii, 310. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket. A most handsome copy.
- - First edition. 9780299218300
€ 40 --
18 BOER, Cees de. [Max Ernst]. De droom van de iconoloog brengt collages voort. De herkomst van verbale en visuele tekens in de collageromans van Max Ernst. ’s-Gravenhage, eigen beheer, 1995.Royal octavo. Pp. 288. With a large appendix of illustrations by Max Enst. Numerous illustrations throughout the text. Foototes, bibliography. Original pictorial wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy.
- - First edition. Dissertation. ISBN 9090084061 ISBN 90 9008406 1
€ 20 --
19 BOISSEVAIN, Jeremy, and Tom Selwyn (Editors). Contesting the Foreshore: Tourism, Society, and Politics on the Coast. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 320. Photographs, tables, diagrams. Notes, references, index. Stiff wrappers with flaps.
- - First edition. ISBN:#9053566945
€ 29 --
20 BOOTH, Richard. My Kingdom of Books. Ceredigion, Ylolfa, 1999.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 318. Illustrated. Hardcover, green cloth lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. The autobiography of the controversial “King” of town of books Hay-on-Wye. Written with Lucia Stuart.
€ 20 --
21 BRABER , Helleke van den, e.a. (Editors). Floppen en fiasco’s. Mislukkingen uit de tijdschriftgeschiedenis. Nijmegen, Vantilt, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown octavo. Pp. 134. Illustrated throughout. Notes, index. Stiff wrappers.
- - First edition. ISBN:#9075697635
€ 15 --
22 BRAND, Jan, and Han Janselijn. Architectuur en verbeelding. Architecture and Imagination. Zwolle, Waanders, 1989.NEW COPY. 4to. Pp. 320. Set in two and three columns. With numerous colour, halftone and line plates, illustrations, and drawings; numerous essays. Stiff wrappers.
First edition. Divided into three parts: 1. Perspectief / Perspective; 2. Bronnen / Sources; 3. Individuele werelden / Individual Worlds. Examines, through the works of 60 architects, the border region between architecture, fine art, and design. Profusely illustrated. Text in English and Dutch.
€ 67 --
23 BRAND, Jan, and Kees Broos. Magisch Realisten en tijdgenoten in de verzameling van het Gemeentemuseum Arnhem. Zwolle, Waanders, 1992.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Quarto. Pp. 183. Numerous full-page colour plates. Profusely illustrated throughout with other material. Illustrated artists’ catalogues, bibliography. Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, black cloth lettered in red, with pictorial dust-jacket.
- - First edition. Exceedingly scarce in this hard-bound edition in such a fine state. ISBN 9066303425 ISBN 90 6630 342 5
€ 125 --
24 BREMS, Hugo, and Ad Zuidernet. Contemporary Poetry of the Low Countries. Rekkem, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, 1995.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown octavo. Pp. 112. Stiff wrappers.
Documents the work of Dutch and Flemish poets. ISBN:#907083149X
€ 18 --
25 BUIJNSTERS, P. J., and L. Buijnsters-Smets. Lust en leering: Geschiedenis van het Nederlandse kinderboek in de negentiende eeuw. Zwolle, Waanders, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. 504. Set in two columns. With 32 colour illustrations (some full-page), 350 halftone illustrations; notes, bibliography, English summary, indices. Hardcover, red cloth lettered in white, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive guide to the subject of old children’s books in the Netherlands. A thoroughly researched bibliography, richly illustrated, which covers not only the common reading material of the day but also comic picture books, little books of fun and games, doll books, and pop-up and three-dimensional paper-engineered books. With an English summary. ISBN:#9040095299 ISBN:#90 400 9529 9
€ 80 --
26 BURMESTER, Andreas, Christoph Heilmann, and Michael F. Zimmermann (Editors). Barbizon: Malerei der Natur - Natur der Malerei. München, Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1999.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Crown 4to. Pp. 484. Set in two columns. With 83 colour illustrations on 70 full-page plates, numerous halftone illustrations throughout, tables, diagrams; notes, indices. Hardcover, light sand cloth, spine lettered in black, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Superbly illustrated study of “The Painting of Nature and the Nature of Painting.” With 22 essays, of which 15 are in English, 4 are in German; 3 are in French.
€ 71 --
27 BUTLER DAVID (EDITOR). ARTISTS HANDBOOKS. ACROSS EUROPE: THE ARTIST’S PERSONAL GUIDE TO TRAVEL AND WORK. SUNDERLAND, Artists Newsletter, 1992.BRAND NEW. Octavo. Pp. 170. Illustrated. Wrappers. A brand new copy.
- - First edition. The first handbook for visual artists on Europe. Covering over 20 European nations, focusing on getting public funding, exhibiting, getting information, finding studios. Lists journals and agencies. A very useful guide for beginning and established artists wishing to work in Europe. ISBN:#0907730159 ISBN:#0 907730 15 9
€ 19 --
28 BUTLER DAVID (EDITOR). ARTISTS HANDBOOKS. MAKING WAYS: THE VISUAL ARTIST’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING AND THRIVING. SUNDERLAND, Artists Newsletter, 1993-94.BRAND NEW. Octavo. Pp. 252. Contacts, further reading, index. With Updated Addresses slip loosely inserted. Illustrated. Wrappers. A brand new copy.
- - Third edition. Excellent guide which covers training, setting goals, exhibiting, selling, finding and working with agent and gallery, publicity and promotion, finding a studio, copyright, and much more. The advice and guidance are useful to beginning and established artists everywhere. ISBN:#0907730167 ISBN:#0 907730 16 7
€ 22 --
29 CASEY, Janet Galligani (Editor). The Novel and the American Left: Critical Essays on Depression-Era Fiction. Iowa City, University of Iowa Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 272. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#0877458804
€ 31 --
30 CASTILLO, David R. (A)wry Views: Anamorphosis, Cervantes, and the Early Picaresque. West Lafayette, Purdue University Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 182. Illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover with dust-jacket.
- - First edition. A volume in the Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures Series. ISBN 1557532273 ISBN 1 55753 227 3
€ 45 --
31 CATTAFI, Bartolo. Translated by Brian Cole. Anthracite. Todmorden, Arc, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 84. Bilingual, both in English and Italian. Wrappers.
First edition. A volume in the Visible Poets Series. ISBN:#1900072424
€ 20 --
32 CLARKE, David. Reclaimed Land: Hong Kong in Transition. Aberdeen, Hong Kong University Press, 2002.Virgin copy, brand new. Oblong crown 8vo. Pp. 197. Photographic album with numerous halftone photo images. Hardcover, original black cloth, spine silver, with dust-jacket. Publisher’s complimentary copy with a stamp to this effect.
First edition. “Outstanding. A spatial history that makes legible, in the criss-crossing of words and images, the fate-lines of Hong Kong.” - Ackbar Abbas.
€ 35 --
33 CORNWELL, Neil. Vladimir Nabokov. Plymouth, Northcote House, 1999.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 142. Portrait frontispiece. Biography, notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers.
First edition. A volume in the Writers and Their Work Series. ISBN:#074630868X
€ 22 --
34 CUMMING, Elizabeth (Editor). Glasgow 1900: Art and Design. Zwolle, Waanders, 1992.4to. Pp. 160. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates. Essays, catalogue, biographies, bibliography. Original pictorial thick wrappers. In a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy.
First edition. A reciprocal exhibition for “The Age of Van Gogh” which was shown in 1990, this is the first in-depth exploration of art and design in Glasgow around 1900. The exhibition at the same name was shown at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam from November 1992 through February 1993.
€ 40 --
35 DELEU, Jozef, Luc Devoldere, Frits Niessen (Editors). Ons Erfdeel. Algemeen-Nederlands tweemaandelijks cultureel tijdschrift. 45e jaargang, nummer 1, januari-februari 2002. Rekkem, Ons Erfdeel, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 160. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Stiff wrappers.
- - First edition.
€ 20 --
36 DELISLE, Jean (Editor). Portraits de traductrices. Ottawa, Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. viii, 408. Plus a number of halftone plates. Notes, bibliography. Wrappers.
First edition. ISBN:#2760305465
€ 30 --
37 DUFFIN, Debbie. Artists Handbooks. Investigating Galleries: The Artist’s Guide to Exhibitng. Sunderland, Artists Newsletter, 1994.BRAND NEW. Octavo. Pp. 116. Illustrated. Wrappers. A brand new copy.
- - First edition. Excellent guide which aims to help visual artists on their way to exhibiting their work. Examines the art world, commercial and subsidized galleries, the various exhibition spaces, approaching galleries, preparing an exhibition and making it work, and more. ISBN:#0907730221 ISBN:#0 907730 22 1
€ 20 --
38 DUFFIN, Debbie. Artists Handbooks. Organising Your Own Exhibition: A Guide for Artists. London, ACME, 1987.BRAND NEW. Octavo. Pp. 100. Wrappers. A brand new copy.
- - First edition. Excellent guide which aims to help visual artists exhibiting their work. Covers finding exhibition space, finance, timetable, publicity, the private view, selling, etc. ISBN:#0950692328 ISBN:#0 950692 32 8
€ 20 --
39 ELSAESSER, Thomas, Alexander Horwath, and Noel King (Editors). The Last Great American Picture Show: New Hollywood Cinema in the 1970s. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 394. Illustrated. Notes, bibliography, index. Wrappers.
First edition.
€ 25 --
40 ES, Jonieke van, and Patty Wageman. Van Monet tot Matisse. Franse Meesters uit het Poesjkin Museum in Moskou. Den Haag, Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1996.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Quarto. Pp. 126. Numerous full-page colour plates. Colour and monochromatic illustrations throughout. Stiff wrappers with dust-jacket.
€ 16 --
41 FREEMAN, Brad (Editor). JAB. The Journal of Artists’ Books. Issues 1-9 (1994-1998). New Haven, JAB, 1994-98.9 first issues. Quarto. Illustrated. Original wrappers. Issues 1-3 provided as laser-produced facsimiles. In excellent condition.
- - First edition. First 9 issues of this publication. ADDED: Extra folio offprint from “MuzeLink: The Tour”, a book by Brad Freeman, printed in an edition of 100 copies. Double-page coated neutral pH paper, printed in multi-tone and full-colour, this offprint is a collectible in itself. Attached to promotional prospectus.
€ 95 --
42 FUGARD, Athol. Edited by Mary Benson. Notebooks 1960/1977 [Athol Fugard]. London, Faber and Faber, 1983.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Octavo. Pp. 238. Notes, glossary. Hardcover, black cloth, with dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#0571132839
€ 45 --
43 GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE. JULIANA RAUPP (EDITOR). A CHOICE OF HEAVENS. DE ENE HEMEL IS DE ANDERE NIET: 65 JAAR GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE). AMSTERDAM, De Balie; Gerrit Rietveld Academie, 1989.BRAND NEW. Quarto. Pp. 175. Profusely illustrate throughout. Text in English and Dutch. Bibliography. Stiff metallic copper wrappers. In excellent condition. A very fine copy, practically unused.
First edition. An excellent chapter in the ongoing discussion on the general position of academies for art and design in the Netherlands, and especially that of the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. An award winning publication.
€ 55 --
44 GERZ, Jochen. The French Wall. Düsseldorf, Richter, 1997.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 8vo. Pp. 226. Art work reproduction on recto of each leaf, captions in English, German, French on facing verso. Notes, interview, essay in German. Printed stiff card wrappers, with illustrated, transparent dust-jacket.
First edition. ISBN:#3928762699
€ 75 --
45 GOEDEGEBUURE, Jaap, and Anne Marie Musschoot. Contemporary Fiction of the Low Countries. Rekkem, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, 1995.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown octavo. Pp. 127. Photo portraits. Stiff wrappers.
Documents the work of Dutch and Flemish fiction writers. ISBN:#9070831392
€ 18 --
46 GREENBERG, Clement, and Robert C. Morgan (Editor). Clement Greenberg: Late Writings. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xxiii, 248. Hardcover, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Culminating works by a major figure in art history, collected here for the first time. ISBN:#0816639388
€ 20 --
47 GUSSOW, Adam. Mister Satan’s Apprentice: A Blues Memoir. New York, Pantheon, 1998.Royal octavo. Pp. 402. Plus a section of photographs. Hardcover with dust-jacket. In fine condition.
- - First edition. The autobiography of Adam Gussow, a failed musician-turned teacher-turned YouTube celebrity. Enough Gussowism to make you wonder, very little blues. For those interested in interracial studies.
€ 50 --
48 HAAK, Bob. The Golden Age: Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth (17th) Century. Zwolle, Waanders, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal quarto. Pp. 536. Profusely illustrated throughout with 1117 reproductions. Notes, bibliography, index. Map endpapers. Hardcover, cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. A most beautiful copy!
- - First published in 1984. Translated from the Dutch and edited by Elizabeth Willems-Treeman. ISBN 904008792X ISBN 90 400 8792 X
€ 85 --
49 HALL, Wade, and Rick Wallach. Sacred Violence. Volume I: Cormac McCarthy’s Appalachian Works; Volume II: Cormac McCarthy’s Western Novels. El Paso, Texas Western Press, 2002.Two volumes. BRAND NEW. Virgin copies, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xiv, 179; ix, 231. Notes, bibliography. Uniform wrappers.
New edition in two volumes. ISBN:#0874042488 ISBN:#0874042496
€ 55 --
50 HARPER GLENN (EDITOR). ART PAPERS. VOLUME 19, 1995, numbers 1-6 (complete). ADDED: Volume 13, 1989, number 3; Volume 18, 1994, number 3. [8 ISSUES]. Atlanta, Art Papers, 1994-95.6 issues. Folio magazine. About 75 pp. to each issue. Illustrated. Original wrappers. In fine condition.
- - First edition. Dedicated to issues in visual arts, including photography, video, film and television, etc., as well as to artists initiatives and activities. Includes interviews, essays, exhibition reviews, book reviews, news, etc.
€ 25 --
51 HEIZ, André Vladimir, and Michael Pfister. Dazwischen: Beobachten und Unterscheiden. Zürich, Museum für Gestaltung, 1998.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Crown 4to. Pp. 272. With 18 black and white full-page plates, text figures, typographical illustrations. Original bookmark enclosed. Hardcover, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. A collection of essays, published to coincide with the exhibition “Medium - eine Welt dazwischen,” held at the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich, between November 1998 and January 1999. A large-scale group exhibition, it featured the work of Israeli born artist Avi Holtzman, “The War Trilogy,” in its entirely.
€ 33 --
52 HOETINK, H. R. (Editor). Gezicht op het Mauritshuis: Poëtische visies op een uitzonderlijk museum. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff/Landshoff, 1989.BRAND NEW. Tall 8vo. Pp. 288. With numerous colour plates, colour and halftone text illustrations; biographies, index. Hardcover, grey cloth, lettered in silver and black, with dust-jacket.
First edition. A lovely collection of essays in honour of the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague. Written predominantly in Dutch, most essays appear also in English, either originally written in this language or translated. French or German essays are translated to Dutch. Noteworthy are the essays by Frank Stella, Susan Sontag, and Helmut Schmidt. Includes an Index of Paintings in the Mauritshuis. Hard to find and much sought-after book, here available in a rare brand new condition. ISBN:#9029083247 ISBN:#90 290 8324 7
€ 75 --
53 HOFFMAN, Katherine. Concepts of Identity: Historical and Contemporary Images and Portraits of Self and Family. New York, Harper Collins; Icon, 1996.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 265. With 75 photo illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth-backed red boards, with dust-jacket.
First edition. A study of familial imagery in paintings, photographs, film, and television. ISBN:#0064333329
€ 22 --
54 HOLLANDER, Martha. An Entrance for the Eyes: Space and Meaning in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Art. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Crown 4to. Pp. xvi, 264. Plus 10 unnumbered pages of illustrations, bound in the text. With 10 full-page colour plates, 89 halftone illustrations (some full-page); notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, rose-red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Considers one of the most intriguing features of 17th century Dutch painting: the pictorial language of space, in particular the use of secondary scenes. The author studies the meanings generated by the formal structure of the works of several artists who carried out bold experiments with space and meaning, tracing their heritage in the medieval and Renaissance pictorial traditions of illuminated manuscripts, emblems, and stage design. Examines the works of Karel van Mander, Gerard Dou, Nicolaes Maes, and Pieter De Hooch.
€ 56 --
55 HOLTZMAN, Linda. Media Messages: What Film, Television, and Popular Music Teach Us About Race, Class, Gender, and Sexual Orientation. Armonk, M. E. Sharpe, 2000.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Royal 8vo. Pp. xiv, 346. Plus 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations, printed on different paper, bound in the text. With 33 halftone illustrations, text figures, tables, boxes; bibliography, index. Wrappers.
A fresh approach to the study of popular media and theories of its contribution to the widespread socialization of cultural diversity. Focuses on prime time television, feature film, and popular music.
€ 36 --
56 HUNT, John Dixon (Editor). Words & Image. A Journal of Verbal/Visual Enquiry. January-March 1995. London, Taylor & Francis, 1992.Quarto. Pp. ca. 120. Numerous illustrations. Card wrappers. In a very fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.
First edition. Excellent scholarly work.
€ 45 --
57 HUNT, John Dixon (Editor). Words & Image. A Journal of Verbal/Visual Enquiry. July-September 1992. London, Taylor & Francis, 1992.Quarto. Pp. ca. 120. Numerous illustrations. Card wrappers. In a very fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.
First edition. Excellent scholarly work.
€ 45 --
58 HUYGHE, Pierre and Philippe Parreno. No Ghost Just a Shell. Köln, Walther König, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 4to. Pp. 335. With 150 colour illustrations, some full-page. Appendix. Printed on fine paper. Two ribbon markers. All edges coloured red. Hardcover, white cloth, illustration embossed in red, spine lettered in red and black, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. A project around the virtual figure AnnLee, on which 16 artists have worked. Designed by Huyghe and Parreno, the book documents every work in the project, as well as some exhibition views from the Kunsthalle Zurich. With numerous essays. ISBN:#3883756644
€ 55 --
59 IBELINGS, Hans, and Francis Strauven. Contemporary Architects of the Low Countries. Rekkem, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 128. Numerous colour and black&white plates. Stiff wrappers.
First edition. Documents the work of Dutch and Flemish architects. ISBN:#907586244X
€ 45 --
60 JONES, Susan (Editor). Artists Handbooks. Directory of Exhibition Spaces. Sunderland, Artists Newsletter, 1989.Octavo. Pp. 495. Illustrated. Wrappers. In a very fine condition.
- - Second edition, completely revised and updated. Excellent guide, the only published listing of galleries throughout the UK. ISBN:#090773005 ISBN:#0 907730 05
€ 15 --
61 JOSE, Nicholas. Black Sheep: Journey to Borroloola. London, Profile, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. 290. Frontispiece. Double-page map. With many halftone illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Part history, part travelogue, part memoir, part quest, this book is the absorbing response of one of Australia’s finest writers to his own heritage. ISBN:#186197373X
€ 25 --
62 KERSSENBROCK-KROSIGK, Dedo von. Rubinglas des ausgehenden 17. und des 18. Jahrhunderts. Mainz am Rhein, Philipp von Zabern, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 4to. Pp. 285. Set in two columns. With 27 colour illustrations on 16 full-page colour plates, 126 halftone illustrations; large catalogue section, bibliography. Hardcover, red cloth, lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. With a contribution by Ingo Horn. A standard work. ISBN:#3805328052 ISBN:#3 8053 2805 2
€ 80 --
63 KEULEN, Jan van. Met Van Gogh in de Provence. ’s-Gravenhage, Staatsuitgeverij, 1987.8vo. Pp. 159. Illustrated throughout with numerous colour and monochrome photographs, many of which are full-page. Stiff wrappers with flaps. In fine condition. Excellent copy.
First edition.
€ 18 --
64 KÖLBEL, Max, and Bernhard Weiss (Editors). Wittgenstein’s Lasting Significance. London, Routledge, 2004.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. x, 308. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover.
First edition. ISBN:#0415305179
€ 75 --
65 KREMPEL, León (Hrsg.). Künstlerbrüder. Von den Dürers zu den Duchamps. Petersberg, Michael Imhof, 2005.Quarto. Pp. 278. Illustrated throughout. Hardcover, bound in the original publisher’s pictorial boards. A BRAND NEW BOOK.
- - First edition.
€ 25 --
66 KUNZE, Max (Editor). Zwischen Antike, Klassizismus und Romantik: Die Künstlerfamilie Riepenhausen. Mainz am Rhein, Philipp von Zabern, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 4to. Pp. x, 246. Set in two columns. With 11 full-page colour plates and 188 halftone illustrations; catalogues, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, white cloth with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. Superbly illustrated. ISBN:#3805328117 ISBN:#3 8053 2811 7 ISBN:#3 8053 2810 9 ISBN:#3805328109
€ 39 --
67 LEWIS, Sinclair. Edited by George Killough. Minnesota Diary, 1942-46. Moscow, University of Idaho Press, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 8vo. Pp. xi, 293. Plus 6 unnumbered pages of illustrations, bound in the text. With halftone photographic illustrations and facsimiles (some full-page); notes, textual record, appendices, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Lewis, the most widely known American author of the 1920s, was acclaimed for “Main Street,” “Babbitt,” “Arrowsmith,” “Elmer Gantry,” and “Dodsworth.” He was the first American author to win the Nobel Prize for literature (1930). Killough provides a five-page list of Lewis’s abbreviations, and an interesting nine-page textual record, which reveals details about the transition from document to printed edition. ISBN:#089301219X ISBN:#0 89301 219 X
€ 29 --
68 LONGO, Robert. (Thomas Kellein, Editor). Magellan. Köln, DuMont, 1997.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Oblong crown quarto. Pp. 366, (24). Artist’s monograph with 366 full-page black&white plates. Pictorial endpapers in full-colour. Hardcover, original boards. A most beautiful copy in exceptionally fine condition.
- - First edition. Added: “Ein amerikanischer Held,” an illustrated article from the German magazine “Focus” of April 15, 1997 (copy), as well as some invitation cards to the “Magellan Project” event, which travelled in 1997 to the Kunsthalle in Tübingen, Rotterdam, and Bielefeld. ISBN 3770142918 ISBN 3770142966
€ 75 --
69 MAGGI, Armando. Satan’s Rhetoric: A Study of Renaissance Demonology. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. x, 260. Footnotes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. “The most original book ever written on how demonologists understand the nature of demonic linguistics. Brilliant and persuasive.” “Both wonderful and very important. Offers insightful approaches to the study of renaissance demonology, and opens new directions for future research.” ISBN:#0226501329
€ 38 --
70 MANNING, John. The Emblem. London, Reaktion, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 398. With frontispiece, 150 halftone illustrations (some full-page), appendix of 10 halftone plates, mostly double-page; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, sand boards, spine lettered in light yellow, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. The emblem, an image accompanied by a motto and either verses or a short prose passage, is both art and literature. Here, John Manning traces the emblem to its Renaissance roots , examining its various reinventions down to the present day. Very richly illustrated. ISBN:#1861891105 ISBN:#1 86189 110 5
€ 36 --
71 MARIJNISSEN PETER, et al (Editors). De Zichtbaere Werelt: Schilderkunst uit de Gouden Eeuw in Hollands oudste stad. Zwolle, Waanders, 1992.4to. Pp. 288. Colour plate frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone, and colour plates and illustrations. Essays, catalogue, biographies, bibliography, notes, tables. Original pictorial thick wrappers. In a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy.
First edition. A visual celebration, published to accompany the exhibition at the same name, held in the Dordrechts Museum from November 1992 through February 1993.
€ 42 --
72 MCBRIDE, Kari Boyd (Editor). Domestic Arrangements in Early Modern England. Pittsburgh, Duquesne University Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. viii, 341. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, scarlet cloth, lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. A volume in the Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies. ISBN:#0820703249
€ 55 --
73 MCQUEEN, Alison. The Rise of the Cult of Rembrandt: Reinventing an Old Master in Nineteenth-Century France. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 388. Illustrated throughout with halftone and colour plates, and text illustrations. Appendix, notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, pictorial boards, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. ISBN:#9053566244
€ 45 --
74 MILLER, Roland. Artists Handbooks. Copyright: Protection, Use and Responsibilities. Sunderland, Artists Newsletter, 1991.BRAND NEW. Octavo. Pp. 124. Illustrated. Wrappers. A brand new copy.
- - First edition. Excellent guide for visual artists, art purchasers, gallery administrators, etc. Covers several important issues regarding the use of copyright, including protection, earning from copyright, selling copyright, obtaining copyright permission, use in contracts, etc. ISBN:#0907730124 ISBN:#0 907730 12 4
€ 20 --
75 MOOIJ, Charles, et al. Kinderen van alle tijden: Kindercultuur in de Nederlanden vanaf de middeleeuwen tot heden. Zwolle, Waanders, 1997.4to. Pp. 206. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates, as well as text illustrations, many of which are full-page. Catalogue, bibliography, index. Original pictorial stiff wrappers. In a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy.
First edition. Visual celebration of childhood and parenthood culture in the Netherlands from the Middle Ages to modern times. lavishly illustrated. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name, held at the Noordbrabants Museum in Den Bosch, from March through July, 1997.
€ 40 --
76 O’BRIEN, David. After the Revolution: Antoine-Jean Gros, Painting and Propaganda Under Napoleon. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Quarto. Pp. xvi, 288. With 150 illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, black cloth, with pictorial dust-jacket. A most handsome copy.
- - First edition.
€ 65 --
77 PADWICK, Richard (Editor). Artists Handbooks. Directory of Exhibition Spaces. Sunderland, Artists Newsletter, 1993-94.BRAND NEW. Octavo. Pp. 256. Wrappers. A brand new copy.
- - Third edition. Excellent guide, the only published listing of galleries throughout the UK. ISBN:#0907730175 ISBN:#0 907730 17 5
€ 15 --
78 PAUS, W. de. Dordrechts Museum 150 jaar, 1842-1992. Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, 1992.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 4to. Pp. 204. With numerous full-page colour plates, each with explanatory text in the preceding leaf. With colour, halftone and line-drawn illustrations to the text, facsimiles. List of artists, bibliography. Hardcover, red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with pictorial dust-jacket.
First edition. A showcase of almost 60 artists, predominantly painters, whose work is collected at the Dutch Dordrechts Museum. Published in celebration of the Museum’s 150 anniversary. ISBN:#9071722015 ISBN:#90 71722 01 5
€ 36 --
79 PENTCHEVA, Bissera V. Icons and Power: The Mother of God in Byzantium. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown quarto. Pp. xviii, 302. With 120 illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket. A most handsome copy.
- - First edition.
€ 50 --
80 PERRY, John. Identity, Personal Identity, and the Self. Indianapolis, Hackett, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xiv, 264. Footnotes, bibliography, glossary, index. Wrappers.
Includes four new essays: The Two Faces of Identity; Information, Action, and Persons; The Self, Self-Knowledge, and Self-Notions; The Sense of Identity; as well as seven revised essays. 0872205207
€ 20 --
81 POETTER, Jochen (Editor). [Alex Katz]. Alex Katz: American Landscape. Stuttgart, Oktagon, 1995.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Quarto. Pp. 144. Artist’s Monograph. With numerous full- and double-page colour plates. Text illustrations in colour. Preface, essays, notes, list of works, biography, exhibitions, bibliography. Hardcover, off-white cloth, spine lettered in pink, with pictorial dust-jacket. A most beautiful copy.
- - First edition. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name at the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, 1995. The book, similarly to the exhibition, is divided into three chapters: Early Works, 1951-1962; Big Paintings, 1975-1994; Collages, 1955-1971. With essays by Jochen Poetter, Robert Storr, and Margrit Brehm. Text in English and German. ISBN:#3 89611 000 4 ISBN:#3896110004
€ 85 --
82 PRUNTY, Wyatt. Unarmed and Dangerous: New and Selected Poems. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. x, 179. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in yellow, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Includes selections from Prunty’s five previous books, giving “a true sense and picture of American life during the last several decades.” ISBN:#0801862906
€ 29 --
83 ROBERTS, Helene E. (Editor). Visual Resources. An International Journal of Documentation. Volume VIII (8), Number 4. London, Taylor & Francis, 1992.Crown quarto. Pp. ca. 100. Many illustrations. Card wrappers. In a very fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.
First edition. Excellent scholarly work.
€ 25 --
84 ROBERTS, Helene E. (Editor). Visual Resources. An International Journal of Documentation. Volume VIII (8), Number 2. London, Taylor & Francis, 1992.Crown quarto. Pp. ca. 140. Extended bibliography. Many illustrations. Card wrappers. In a very fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.
First edition. Excellent scholarly work.
€ 25 --
85 ROBERTS, Helene E. (Editor). Visual Resources. An International Journal of Documentation. Volume VIII (8), Number 3. London, Taylor & Francis, 1992.Crown quarto. Pp. ca. 100. Many illustrations. Card wrappers. In a very fine condition. Excellent copy, practically unused.
First edition. Excellent scholarly work.
€ 25 --
86 ROTH, Dieter. Curated by Dirk Dobke. Dieter Roth, Graphic Works; Catalogue Raisonné, 1947-1998. With a numbered limited edition print. London, Hansjörg Mayer, 2003.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 4to. Pp. 320. Portrait frontispiece. Contains several hundreds of colour illustrations. Chronological index, notes. Introduction in German and English. Printed on fine paper. Hardcover, carrot cloth, spine lettered in black, with fine pictorial dust-jacket with folded flaps.
First edition of this monumental work, superbly produced. ADDED: a numbered limited edition print of “A Bunch of Flowers.” by Roth. (0500976244)
€ 65 --
87 ROUCH, Jean. Edited and translated by Steven Feld. Ciné-Ethnography. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. viii, 399. Plus a number of halftone plates, printed on different paper, bound in. Filmography, bibliography, publication information, index. Illustrated card wrappers.
First edition. Documenting the influential career of the legendary French documentary filmmaker, this book collects Rouch’s key writings, interviews, and essays. 081664103X
€ 25 --
88 RUYTERS, Marc, and Elly Stegeman. Contemporary Sculptors of the Low Countries. Rekkem, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, 1998.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 128. Numerous colour plates. Stiff wrappers.
First edition. Documents the work of Dutch and Flemish sculptors. ISBN:#9075862237
€ 25 --
89 SALOMON, Charlotte. Introduced by Judith C. E. Belinfante. Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre? Zwolle, Waanders, 1998.BRAND NEW. Thick royal octavo. Pp. 831. With 790 full-page colour reproductions of Salomon’s gouaches; 13 painted pages of text. Essays accompanied by black&white photographs. Bibliography. Original stiff pictorial wrappers. A most beautiful brand new copy, totally unused, in exceptionally fine condition! (Publisher’s stamp to prelim.)
- - A new edition, extended, including new essays, insights, and facts. A concise edition appeared in 1994. - - ISBN 9040092869 ISBN 90 400 9286 9
€ 75 --
90 SCHMIED, Wieland, Frank Whitford, Frank Zöllner, and Philippa Hurd (Editors). The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists in the 20th Century. Munich, Prestel, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Large crown quarto. Pp. 384. Set in two columns. With over 500 mainly colour illustrations; appendices, bibliography. Hardcover, metallic grey cloth, embossed, spine lettered in orange, with dust-jacket.
- - First edition. Includes over 1,300 entries by more than 60 expert art historians, this one-volume encyclopedic dictionary provides an authoritative guide to 20th century art. Gives a comprehensive description and interpretation of artists, movements, photographers, techniques, styles, Cross-references provide link between artists, concepts, and techniques. Bibliography gives select list for further reading. Exquisitely produced. ISBN:#3791323253 ISBN:#3 7913 2325 3
€ 40 --
91 SCHMIED, Wieland, Frank Whitford, Frank Zöllner, and Philippa Hurd (Editors). The Prestel Dictionary of Art and Artists in the 20th Century. Munich, Prestel, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Large crown quarto. Pp. 384. Set in two columns. With over 500 mainly colour illustrations; appendices, bibliography. Hardcover, metallic grey cloth, embossed, spine lettered in orange, with dust-jacket.
- - First edition. Includes over 1,300 entries by more than 60 expert art historians, this one-volume encyclopedic dictionary provides an authoritative guide to 20th century art. Gives a comprehensive description and interpretation of artists, movements, photographers, techniques, styles, Cross-references provide link between artists, concepts, and techniques. Bibliography gives select list for further reading. Exquisitely produced. ISBN:#3791323253 ISBN:#3 7913 2325 3
€ 40 --
92 SCOTT, Margaret. [Katherine Mansfield]. The Katherine Mansfield Notebooks. Volumes I-II. Canterbury, Lincoln University Press, 1997.Two volumes. Royal 8vo. Pp. xxv, 310; xviii, 355. Portrait frontispiece to each volume. Footnotes, indices. Pictorial card wrappers with flaps. Unread and unused set. New. (Review copy with small publisher’s stamp to prelim).
First edition. Mansfield private notebooks are published here, for the first time, in their entirely. The first volume covers Mansfield’s childhood and adolescence, the second her adult life.
€ 75 --
93 SISSON, Elaine. Pearse’s Patriots: St Edna’s and the Cult of Boyhood. Cork, Cork University Press, 2005.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. 233. Plus a suite of photographs, printed on fine paper, bound-in. Notes, bibliography, index. Stiff wrappers.
- - ISBN 1859183956 ISBN 1 85918 395 6
€ 20 --
94 SLUIJTER, Eric Jan. Rembrandt and the Female Nude. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2006.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Quarto. Pp. 448. With 366 illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Pictorial stiff wrappers with flaps. A most handsome copy.
- - First edition. 9789053568378
€ 60 --
95 SPIES, Werner. [Max Ernst]. Max Ernst Collagen: Inventar und Widerspruch. Köln, DuMont, 1988.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 4to. Pp. 523. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates, many of which are full-page, and text illustrations. Appendix, documentation, bibliography, indices. Hardcover, ultramarine cloth, lettered in white, with pictorial dust-jacket.
An impressive, sumptuous production, published to coincide with the exhibition “Max Ernst - die Welt der Collage”. Long out-of-print, this title is uncommon to be offered as a new-book copy. ISBN:#3770122887
€ 105 --
96 STAINES, Judith. Artists Handbooks. Exhibiting and Selling Abroad. Sunderland, Artists Newsletter, 1994.BRAND NEW. Octavo. Pp. 131. Illustrated. Wrappers. A brand new copy.
- - First edition. Excellent handbook for visual artists on how to promote themselves internationally. Covering exhibitions, residencies, fairs, selling privately and through gallery or agent, etc. A very useful guide for beginning and established artists wishing to work internationally. ISBN:#0907730213 ISBN:#0 907730 21 3
€ 19 --
97 STEIN, Joel, and Caroline Levine (Editors). Money Matters: A Critical Look at Bank Architecture. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1990.4to. Pp. xii, 300. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates and illustrations. Essays, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. Original pictorial wrappers. In fine condition. Excellent copy.
First edition. Published in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Parnassus Foundation. Contains, next to a series of excellent essays, the architecture photography of some of Northern America’s leading photographers.
€ 28 --
98 (STICHTING ONS ERFDEEL VZW) THE LOW COUNTRIES: ARTS AND SOCIETY IN FLANDERS AND THE NETHERLANDS. A YEARBOOK. VOLUMES I-XVII, 1993-2009. [17 VOLUMES TLC. COMPLETE SET]. Rekkem, Ons Erfdeel, 1993-2009.Seventeen volumes. BRAND NEW. Virgin copies, not yet traded. Royal octavo. Pp. ca. 300 each. Profusely illustrated throughout. Original stiff card wrappers with flaps. In a splendid condition.
- - First edition. Published 1993-2009. Complete set. The yearbook was launched in 1993. For over a decade now it has been presenting the culture and society of the Dutch speaking Belgium and the Netherlands. The articles it contains survey both the living, contemporary culture and the cultural heritage of the Low Countries. Each volume contains around 300 pages, and is profusely illustrated with numerous fine colour and monochromatic visual material. The quality of print is very high, the design and lay out are supreme, and the scale and scope of the subjects covered are remarkable. (Note: a very heavy set).
€ 425 --
99 STROUD, Patricia Tyson. The Emperor of Nature: Charles-Lucien Bonaparte and His World. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Royal 8vo. Pp. xvii, 372. Plus 16 unnumbered pages of illustrations in colour, printed on different paper, bound in the text. With portrait frontispiece, 16 full-page colour plates, 46 halftone illustrations of which many are full-page or double-page; notes, genealogical chart, bibliography, index. Hardcover, mahogany cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Based extensively on archival sources, this book is the first biography ever written of “the father of American descriptive ornithology,” Charles-Lucien Bonaparte, Napoleon’s nephew, the author of the monumental “American Ornithology, or The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson.” Richly illustrated, with some charming colour plates.
€ 43 --
100 SUAREZ, Francisco. Translation, notes, and introduction by Alfred J. Freddoso. On Creation, Conservation, and Concurrence: Metaphysical Disputations 20, 21, and 22. South Bend, St. Augustine’s Press, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. cxxiii (introduction and appendix), 267. Footnotes, indices. Hardcover, without dust-jacket as issued.
First edition. Francisco Suarez (1548-1617), a Spanish Jesuit and eminent Catholic philosopher and theologian. “The English is both clear and faithful to the original. The translation is literal enough to satisfy philosophers, but will not wear down the reader. A brilliant piece of scholarship; a splendid piece of work.” ISBN:#1890318460
€ 42 --
101 SULLIVAN, Lynne P., and Susan C. Prezzano (Editors). Archaeology of the Appalachian Highlands. Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 2001.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown 4to. Pp. xxxiv, 412. With numerous figures, maps, tables throughout; references, index. Hardcover, light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. This book is the first effort to bring together research on the archaeology of the Appalachian mountain chain. The contributors explore how Appalachian peoples throughout prehistory met the challenges of, and were shaped by, their mountainous setting. The book presents current research on geographic features such as ridges, rises, and caves that either were used by prehistoric peoples or that affect archaeological site formation. Provides synopses of cultural developments in distinctive Appalachian subregions, organized into general time periods with each section covering northern, southern, and intermediate subregions. The individual essays in this volume are valuable in themselves as reports on state-of-the-art research. Taken together, they portray the breadth and vitality of archaeological study in Appalachia. ISBN:#1572331429 ISBN:#1 57233 142 9
€ 49 --
102 TEMMINCK GROLL, Coenraad Liebrecht. In co-operation with W. van Alphen. The Dutch Overseas: Architectural Survey. Mutual Heritage of Four Centuries in Three Continents. Zwolle, Waanders, 2002.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal quarto. Pp. 478. Profusely illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Special Terms, indices. Hardcover, cloth with pictorial dust-jacket. A most beautiful copy!
- - First edition. ISBN 9040087431 ISBN 90 400 8743 1
€ 85 --
103 TOWSE, Ruth (Editor). A Handbook of Cultural Economics. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. x, 494. Notes, bibliographies, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust-jacket.
First edition. Includes over 60 articles by 50 expert contributors. Highly informative and readable, it covers a wide area of cultural economics and its closely related subjects.
€ 179 --
104 TURNER, Catherine. Marketing Modernism between the Two World Wars. Amherst, University of Massachusetts Press, 2003.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xiii, 256. With 41 illustrations. Notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket.
First edition. A volume in the Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book Series. ISBN:#155849376X
€ 49 --
105 VANDEPUTTE, O., P. Vincent, and T. Hermans. Dutch: The Language of Twenty Million Dutch and Flemish People. Rekkem, Stichting Ons Erfdeel, 1995.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Crown octavo. Pp. 64. Photos, maps. Stiff wrappers.
First edition. ISBN:#9075862075
€ 15 --
106 VERBERKT, Mat (Editor). Witte de With Cahier # 1: Mutti-Vati Kultur. As Long as it Lasts. Düsseldorf, Richter, 1993.Crown 4to. Pp. 195. Profusely illustrated throughout with numerous halftone and colour plates and illustrations. Text in English, partly also in French, German, Dutch. Pictorial inside-covers. Original illustrated card wrappers. In a fine, fresh-new condition. Excellent copy.
First edition. The first in the series of the Witte de With Cahiers, or notebooks, which offers a unique forum for the images and texts of the artists and theoreticians involved in the programme of Witte de With, center for contemporary art in Rotterdam.
€ 38 --
107 [VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP]. AFTERIMAGE. A PUBLICATION OF THE VISUAL STUDIES WORKSHOP; THE JOURNAL OF MEDIA ARTS AND CRITICISM. VOLUME 22, 1994-95, numbers 1, 4, 5, 6, 7/8; Volume 23, 1995-96, numbers 1-5 plus Special Summer Book Issue; Volume 24, 1996-97, numbers 2, 4, 5, 6; Volume 25, 1997-98, numbers 1, 2, 3, 4. ADDED: Volume 17, 1989, numbers 2,3. [22 ISSUES]. Rochester, Visual Studies Workshop, 1994-98; 1989.22 issues. Folio magazine. Illustrated throughout. In a very fine condition. Excellent set, practically unused. Preserved in a card archive box.
- - First edition. Dedicated to issues in visual arts, including photography, video, film and television, etc., as well as to artists initiatives and activities. Includes interviews, essays, exhibition reviews, book reviews, news, etc.
€ 85 --
108 VITORIA, Francisco de. Translated from the Latin by John P. Doyle. On Homicide, and Commentary on Summa theologiae (Thomas Aquinas). [De Homicidio]. Milwaukee, Marquette University press, 2000.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. 269, (3) publisher’s catalogue. Introduction, appendices, notes, bibliography, indices. Wrappers.
First edition. A volume in the Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation.
€ 30 --
109 VLIET, H. T. M. van. Versierde verhalen: De oorspronkelijke boekbanden van Louis Couperus’ werk, 1884-1925. Amsterdam, Veen, 2000.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. 8vo. Pp. 400. With numerous illustrations throughout, mostly in colour, some full-page; notes, bibliography, index. Hardcover, pearl white cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with dust-jacket. Golden yellow ribbon marker.
First edition. Printed in an edition of 1,750 copies. Richly illustrated.
€ 38 --
110 VOORSTEEGH, Ineke. (Editor). Punt .31: Een geruchtmakende Dordtse galerie voor moderne kunst, 1957-1962. Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum; Zwolle, Waanders, 1990.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. 4to. Pp. 240. With numerous colour and halftone plates and text illustrations; appendices, bibliography, index. Stiff wrappers.
First edition. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the same name at the Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, 1990. Profusely illustrated.
€ 56 --
111 VORONSKY, Aleksandr Konstantinovich. Translated and edited by Frederick S. Choate. Art as the Cognition of Life: Aleksandr Konstantinovich Voronsky, Selected Writings, 1911-1936. Oak Park, Mehring, 1998.BRAND NEW. Virgin copy, not yet traded. Royal 8vo. Pp. xxv, 526. Plus a number of halftone plates. Appendices, glossary, biographical notes, footnotes, indices. Wrappers.
First edition. Voronsky, an outstanding figure of post-revolutionary Soviet intellectual life, was editor of the most important literary journal of the 1920s in the USSR and a supporter of Trotsky in the struggle against Stalinism. This anthology, the first to appear in English, contains his major literary critical essays. ISBN:#0929087763
€ 20 --
112 WADE, Vince. Artists Handbooks. Agreed: A Code of Practice for Independent Photography. Sunderland, Artists Newsletter, 1989.BRAND NEW. Octavo. Pp. 32. Wrappers. A brand new copy.
- - First edition. Providing a guideline for negotiations and agreements between photographers and the organizations with whom they deal. ISBN:#090773006X ISBN:#0 907730 06 X
€ 25 --
113 WALKER, David (Editor). Poets Reading: The Field Symposia. Oberlin, Oberlin College Press, 1999.Royal octavo. Pp. xiv, 615. Index. Wrappers, corner creased. A very good copy, bright and crisp interior.
First edition. A collection of 18 essays on poets and poetry, published previously in Field magazine.
€ 25 --
114 WALLOT, Jean-Pierre (Editor). Constructions identitaires et pratiques sociales: Actes du colloque en hommage à Pierre Savard tenu à l’Université d’Ottawa les 4, 5 et 6 octobre 2000. Ottawa, Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2002.Virgin copy, not yet traded. New. Royal 8vo. Pp. 432. Portrait frontispiece. Notes, bibliography. Wrappers.
First edition.
€ 29 --
115 WOLK, Johannes van der. De schetsboeken van Vincent van Gogh. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff/Landshoff, 1986.BRAND NEW. Crown quarto. Pp. 320. Half-title, frontispiece. Profusely illustrated throughout in black & white and colour. Bibliography, index. Hardcover, cloth with dust-jacket. A most beautiful copy!
- - First edition. ISBN 9029081546 ISBN 90 290 8154 6
€ 25 --
116 WRR, Scientific Council for Government Policy, A. C. Hemerijck (Director). Media Policy for the Digital Age. Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2005.BRAND NEW. Royal octavo. Pp. 84. Notes, bibliography Pictorial stiff wrappers.
- - First edition.
€ 25 --
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