Search Results: ART / European from Tangible Tales

Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1963. Limited ed. Paperback. Good. Paper, staple-bound exhibition catalog, limited to 2500 copies. Errata laid in at front. A good copy, with general wear to the cover edges, and scuffing to the white rear cover. Bending at the corners. Ghost of a previous bookstore price ot the top of the front free-endpaper appears to be the only marking in the catalog. Interioir is clean and the staples a firm and tight. Unpaginated, roughly 30 pages, with black and white representations of 16 of the artist's works.

Amsterdam: Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1981. Paperback. Good. Text in Dutch. Nieuwe, uitgebreide editie (or new, expanded edition). Oversize softcover in good+ condition. Thick flexible covers show wear at the edges, and corners are bent. A bit of browning or discoloration toward the bottom of the front cover, and scuffing to front and rear. Interior is very good - clean and unmarked in a solid, flexible binding. 275 pp., filled with Pieck's beautiful fairy-tale artwork in color and black and white.

La Riviere & Voorhoeve, Kampen, 1991. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Anton Pieck. Brown hardcover, 3rd printing in jacket, text in Dutch. A very good copy with a minor uplift and light edgewear. The interior is clean and unmarked and the binding and hinges are solid. The dustjacket is good, but with sunning to the spine and front cover and a bit of soiling along the top of the front panel. 205 pp., color representations of Pieck's fantastic and beautiful artwork.

Zurich: Institut suisse pour l'étude de l'art, 1990. Paperback. Good. Oversize paperback with cover flaps. Good+ condition with all wear being external - bumps to the corners and folds and minor soiling to the covers. The binding is solid and without creases and the pages are clean and unmarked. 120 pp., black and white and color plates of Hodler's unique works.

Netherlands: Zeist : Uitgeverij Kerckebosch, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Jan Pieter Foppen. Hardcover 1st edition, no jacket as issued. A very good copy with shelf-wear at the board edges and a shallow pressure groove in the cover (almost unnoticeable). Binding and hinges are solid, and all pages are clean and unmarked. 120 pp., a beautiful full color present;ation of Foppen's paintings of street scenes.

Berlin: Oberbaum Verlag GmbH, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Oversized oblong paperback. Text in German. 104 full color pages of street art and wall graffiti, 52 pp. of text. Wear at the edges and corners of the covers. Interior unmarked. Binding is solid, but lacking tightness with a wide opening at the title page. A beautiful and intriguing catalog of German street art.

Lisbon: Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, 1983. Paperback. Good. Square paperbound exhibition catalog. Text in Portuguese. This copy is in good condition, but with wear at the cover edges and some scuffing to the covers. Interior is clean and unmarked in a solid binding. Unpaginated, roughly 50 pages. Although 162 murals are itemized in the catalog, regrettably there are only a few representations of the murals, mostly in black and white. Still an interesting catalog, and the cover photo is really cool.

France: Editions Stephane Baches, 2004. Paperback. Very Good. Orange oversized paperback. External edge-wear including bending to the corners; minor scuffing to the front cover. Interior is clean, unmarked and sturdy in a solid binding. A very good copy, clean and bright with full color representations of Rene Chancrin's marvelous paintings throught. 79 pp., text in French.

New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1951. Paperback. Good. Oversize paperback, tan wraps with Illustrated cover. Scar to the illustration on the front cover (Bathing in the River), and general wear and scuffing. Bound with a simple piece of string - it is intact, but there are points at the spine where the paper is pulled slightly outward from the string-binding. Price erasure to the top of the title page, otherwise an unmarked copy with all 10 full-color tipped in plates intact and solid. 24 pp.

Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1984. First edition. Very Good/good +. Oversized (folio) blue cloth hardcover with gilt titles in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half title, "Meiner gropen Menshen freundin Gloria Teichert an Sylvester 1989, Edelgard John." A very good copy clean and straight with minor scuffing to the front cover and an X in pencil ot the top and bottom edges of the text block. Text is clean and unmarked and binding is solid. Unclipped jacket is in Good plus condition with general shelf-wear to the edges and some soiling to the large white panels. 64 pp., black and white and color representations of Walter Johns paintings and sculptures. Text in German.

Paris: Ministe`re de la Culture Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Oversized hardcover lacking dustjacket, text in French. A good copy of this large book with some external wear. Bumping to the lower corners, wear at the spine ends including a 1" tear at the base of the rear joint, binding intact. Interior is clean and unmarked. The weight of this volume is not well-supported by the binding - all pages firmly bound in, but lacking tightness - This is a common flaw for this title which should have been bound more securely to support the weight of text. 583 pp., filled with color and black and white examples of the prolific French artist's paintings. A beautiful collection. Expedited or International shipping will require an increase over the flat rate cost due to size and weight.

Edinburgh: National Gallery of Scotland, 1989. Paperback. Good. Oversize paperbound in good condition. General wear to the cover edges, and scuffing to the covers and front edge of the text-block. The inside is much better, clean and completely unmarked in a solid binding. 135 pp., color as well as black & white representation of the Scottish artist's compelling works.