Search Results: ART / American / General from Tangible Tales

New Orleans: Constance, 2006. Limited ed. Paperback. Good. Oversize oblong paperback. A limited edition numbered on the rear cover #628 of 1000. Good condition with interior clean and unmarked. Wear to the cover edges and a bit of soiling to the white covers. Three postcards laid in at front. 92 numbered pages, color representation of artwork throughout. A great show case of New Orleans artists and their work.

Oregon: Portland Art Museum, 2001. Hardcover. Good +. Signed without inscription by artists George Johanson on the title page. Red cloth hardcover, lacking jacket, no statement of edition. A good to very good copy - corners straight and minimal edgewear, but with crinkling to the cloth at the upper joints. Interior is clean and unmarked other than the author's signature. Binding and hinges are solid. 128 pp., filled with represenations of Johanson's beautiful oil on paper portraits.

Oregon: Klamath Pioneer Publishing, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Good. Oblong quarto softcover. Signed, "Best Wishes to Vernon - G.E. McMahan" on the front endpaper by the author. A good copy with edgewear and bending at the corners. Some scuffing and light soil to the covers. Interior is clean, solid and unmarked. 80 pp., filled with full color representations of McMahan's beautiful art depicting Oregon's nature and history.

Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2000. Stiff Wraps. Good. Oversize stiff wraps, orange with pictoral front cover. Black spine titles are beginning to fade. A good copy with bending at the corners and wear at the spine tips. No indication of printing but created for the 2000 exhibition tour encompassing Los Angeles, Mexico City and Monterrey. Heavy wear to the rear cover and some soiling/marking to the rear cover. Pages are clean and binding is solid. 208 pp., color and black and white representations of Orozco's work throughout. From the WorldCat summary, "The book is the most complete monograph of artist Orozco (b.Jalapa, Veracruz, Mexico,1962) published to date, covering his career with a selection of his most representative works from the late 1980's to"...2000.

Georgia: Longstreet Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Good/good. Hardcover 1st in jacket, signed by the artist without inscription on the half-title page. A good copy with wear to the edges and corners of the boards, and some bumping to the upper corners and spine ends. Interior is clean and unmarked, with solid hinges and binding. Unclipped jacket has small spots of soiling to the white panels and crinkling all along the top edges of the panels. 133 pp., filled with full page, full color representations of Dunbar's paintings. Chapters for her works in styles of French Impressionism, American Expressionism and Abstract art.

Canada: Uppercase, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Trade paperback exhibition publication, first edition. Signed without inscription by featured artist Jennifer McNeely on the title page along with the date. A good plus copy with some bending and lift to the front cover. Pages clean and unmarked and binding solid. 53 pp., color representations of the artists' works throughout. An inventive exhibit with a variety of styles. Featured artists: Jennifer - Khoshbin, Bradford, Judd-McGee, Altman, Hsieh, Celio, Maestre, Gotch, Renninger, Garrido, McNeely.

Boston: Beacon Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Fair. Folio, oversized paperback first edition in fair condition. A dampstained copy with light brown staining in small patches along the top and bottom edges, accompanied by minor upward warping - the book does not lay wholly flat. General wear to the cover edges and a minor crinkle at the spine column about 4 inches above the heel. The binding is solid, and all posters and pages are clean and intact, inspite of not laying flat. 32 pages, mostly made up of full page, poster style representations of Corita Kent's magnificent and inspirational artwork. Hard to find in any condition and priced accordingly.

American Masters Foundation, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page, "To: Cy with best wishes Charles and Elk Fracé 9/27/92." Gray cloth hardcover with silver titles in dustjacket. No indication of printing. A very good copy of this book, clean and straight in a solid binding and hinges. Pages 21-24 were not caught in their gathering and are laid in at the appropriate spot. The jacket is not as good - only fair with a long tear at the top of the rear fold and shorter tears and chips at the panel edges, including paper loss just above the title on the front panel. 154 pp., full color plates of Fracés incredible paintings.

Published by the author, 1990. Paperback. Good. Black staple-bound catalog of etchings and paintings by P Buckley Moss. Number 11 of the self-published catalogs. A good copy with scuffing to the front edge of the front cover, minor wear to the cover edges and corners, and a small crinkle to the bottom edge of the book. Inside, the pages are clean and bright, unmarked and well bound. 57 pp., full color representations of the lithographs being advertised. Moss' etchings and artworks focus on northeastern scenery and folk-art style representations of the Amish and Mennonite cultures.

Oklahoma: published by the author, 1974. Staplebound Wraps. Good. Paper covers, staple-bound at the left edge. A good copy, but with age toning to the covers and a scar from a sticker removal to the bottom of the front cover. Some chipping at the cover edges. Staples are solid and all pages firmly attached. 11 pp., black and white illustrations of children in old-fashioned clothing. An oblong softcover collection of original drawings by the author.

New Mexico: LPD Press, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled exhibition booklet in very good condition. Clean and straight with solid binding. No writing or tears. Bright and attractive. 37 pp., featuring the artwork of 17 regional artist in color.

California: Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Good. Tan paperbound numbered signed first edition. Signed by all 7 featured artists on a limitation page at rear - this being number 283 of 800. A good copy with some wear at the cover edges and sunning to the covers. The interior is much better - clean, tight and unmarked. A solid copy, 44 pages with b/w photos of the artwork and artists throughout.

New York: TV Books, 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Green hardcover Signed by Brian Lanker, Pulitzer Prize winning photographer and film director. No indication of printing. Signature is personalized on the front free-endpaper, "To Ted & Marie with sincere best wishes - keep up all your good works! Brian Lanker." A very good copy with light wear to the board edges. Clean and tight with bright and beautiful contents. Unclipped jacket is clean and attractive with minimal wear to the panel edges. 180 pp., filled with the artwork (in color and black and white) of Franklin Boggs, Howard Brodie, Manuel Bromberg, William Draper, Richard Gibney, Robert Greenhalgh, and Edward Reep.

Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Jenkins, Ron. Green cloth hardcover lacking dustjacket. Minor discoloration at the spine above the author's name. A clean, straight copy in very good condition. 87 pp., color and black and white reproductions of Jenkins' works.

Maine: The Farnsworth Art Museum, 1996. Paperback. Good. Oversize paperback, no indication of printing. A good copy with bending at the cover corners and general wear at the cover edges. Some little soil and color staining to the covers. Interior is clean and unmarked with a tight binding. An exhibition of this Maine artist, with 80 unnumbered pages, full color and black and white representations of Kienbusch's works.

Virginia: University Press Of Virginia, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Green cloth hardcover with gilt titles, lacking dustjacket. A clean tight copy of this 10th title in the Winterthur series with minor wear at the corners and spine ends. No interior markings. Minor thumbing at the front edge. 242 pp., black and white photos throughout, indexed. A themed collection of articles on 19th century American decorative arts.