Search Results: art from N K Burchill Rana Books

Hardback. Taschen. Germany. 1994. Card covers. First. A smart set of 30 postcards to publicize Taschen's new books available to buy at that time. This little book was produced for booksellers and the postcards were to promote the new titles. Covers are clean and bright with fine crease at spine. Contents are clean and unmarked. Book has been opened quite firmly at centre but is still a lovely little promotional item from Taschen.

Hardback. Collins, London. 1944. First edition, not a reprint. Hardback with dj. Part of the 'Britain in Pictures' series. The dj is rubbed and chipped at the spine with clean split but the front and back are in good order. Nice bright green background with white titles. Corners and edges with slight rub. Boards; nice and bright with a small chip at base of spine. Contents are very good - no writing etc. Some colour plates and lots of black and white illustrations. Not exlib and sent with care.

Paperback. Picador. UK. 1976. Paperback. First UK edition. A smart copy of this autobiographical work from one of the leading figures of 'pop art'. Covers are bright and clean bearing a photograph of Andy Warhol. Cover photo by Red Saunders. There is an area of light scuff to top left hand of front cover. Spine has fine crease. Contents are clean and unmarked, with some age-toning to edges but overall, very good. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Paperback. Thames and Hudson. 2005. 'Inside Australia' by Anthony Gormley. This book is a First edition. Stiff card with French Flaps. Installation catalogue from the Perth International Arts Festival. Gormley is a past Turner Prize winner. A handsome, clean, tight first edition of this account of the ten square kilometre installation consisting of more than fifty sculptures. Over 200 illustrations with half in colour. Clean and bright throughout. Not exlib etc.

Hardback. Particular Books. UK. 2014. Hardback with dj. First edition. A lovely copy. Dj is clean and bright with very good edges and tips. It is price clipped. PLEASE NOTE: price in pencil to blue endpaper at front otherwise contents clean and bright. Smart yellow boards. Looks unread. Striking artwork throughout. Grayson Perry is a Turner Prize winner and won acclaim for his 2013 Reith Lectures. A look at how we can all appreciate art and indeed, have a career in it. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Sladmore Gallery. 2002 Annual Exhibition Catalogue. Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Sculpture. Hardback. First. A gorgeous copy - Handsome grey cloth boards with gilt titles to front and spine with illustration in gilt to front. Contents clean and unmarked. Great quality production. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Viking. UK. 1993. Hardback with dj. First edition. A scarce first Hardback with dj edition of Camille Paglia's collection of short essays covering some of America's most iconic personalities as well as controversial subjects. The dj is bright and unclipped, showing an image of the author by Larry Ford. The is some rub to edges and a few very small closed nicks. Tiny chip to back, top, of dj. On the whole a very good wrapper. Contents: some pencil underlining to a few pages but otherwise are clean and unmarked. Boards are smart black with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge of text block at bottom bears a 'Damaged' stamp but I can't see where that refers to. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. Studio Vista. UK. 1966. Hardback in glazed boards. First edition. 'Starting with Watercolour : A Pocket How To Do It' by Rowland Hilder, who was at one stage President of the Royal Institute of Painters on Water Colours. A smart little copy in glazed, pictorial boards. Boards are bright and clean. Tiny bits of crush to bottom and top of spine but hard to see. Contents are clean and unmarked. A few colour images and lots of black and white images and photos. Rowland Hilder was a British landscape artist and book illustrator. Born in the USA, his British father returned to England, to Kent where author's talent was discovered. He married Edith Blenkiron, a botanical illustrator and for ten years served as President of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. He was awarded an OBE in 1986. Not exlib and packed and sent with care.

Hardback. USA. A lovely clean, bright, solid copy of this set of photographs from Horst Harmann.

Hardback. Thames and Hudson. 1971. 'Victor Vasarely' by Wiener Spies. This book is a Hardback with dj. First English edition. Victor Vasarely's pioneering work on 'op art' is well known. This book contains lots of full colour and full page works as well as a history of his progress from birth in Pecs, Hungary to 1968. PLEASE NOTE: The dj is dusty to the front and back, with rub to tips and a few closed tear to edges and chip to bottom of spine. Dj is unclipped. The contents bear no writing or notes etc. There is some light crinkling to some pages and wear at points where pages have adhered together. Grey textured boards are very good. A fascinating look at Victor Vasarely's art. Not exlib and sent with care.