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Art Theory Books & Ephemera
Creative Camera, May 1975, number 131
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Edward Miller ; Jack Yates ; Anthony Barboza ; Lloyd Philips
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Edward Miller ; Jack Yates ; Anthony Barboza ; Lloyd Philips. Paginated pages 145-180, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, staples starting to rust, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
Principles of Neo-Plastic Art (A Bauhaus Book)
by Theo Van Doesburg
London: Lund Humphries, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes an introduction by Hans M. Wingler and a postscript by H. L. C. Jaffé; translated from the German by Janet Seligman. x, 73 p. : illus. (incl. 2 col.) ; 26 cm. First UK edition, first printing. Originally published as Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst (1925). Red cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to jacket, light...
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NZ$38.19
Creative Camera, August 1975, number 134
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Edward Grazda ; Anders Petersen ; Ave Pildas ; Judy Steiner
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Edward Grazda ; Anders Petersen ; Ave Pildas ; Judy Steiner. Paginated pages 253-288, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
The Invisible Masterpiece
by Belting, Hans; Atkins, Helen [Translator]
University of Chicago Press, 2001. First American Edition revised f. hardcover. Clean pages, tight binding, clea/illustrated dust jacket over clo. 6x1x11. First American Edition revised from the German editionClean pages, tight binding, clean boards, original dust jacket with tiny tear to rear upper edge, illustrated dust jacket over cloth boards
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NZ$68.02
Roger Fry's Journey : From the Primitives to the Post-Impressionists (Watson Gordon lecture ; 2006)
by Elam, Caroline
Edinburgh : National Galleries Of Scotland, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. In association with The University of Edinburgh and VARIE." 48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm. First edition, first printing. Green printed boards, minimal shelf wear, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
Creative Camera, May 1973, number 107
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Marc Garanger ; Alexander Rodchenko ; Anton Guilio Bragaglia
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Marc Garanger ; Alexander Rodchenko ; Anton Guilio Bragaglia. Paginated pages 145-180, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
Line + movement : Mondrian, van Doesburg, van der Leck, Vantongerloo, Vordemberge-Gildewart, Domela and Moholy-Nagy : 27 June-29 September, 1979
by Annely Juda Fine Art
London: Annely Juda Fine Art, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Annely Juda Fine Art, London, from 27 June-29 September, 1979. 71 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24.cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
Creative Camera, June 1975, number 132
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Brian Adams ; Eric Carpenter ; Ian Dobbie ; Kevin Lear ; Chris Locke ; Douglas Peel ; Pamla Toler ; Andy Tratten ; Alan Turnbull
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Brian Adams ; Eric Carpenter ; Ian Dobbie ; Kevin Lear ; Chris Locke ; Douglas Peel ; Pamla Toler ; Andy Tratten ; Alan Turnbull. Paginated pages 181-216, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, staples starting to rust, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics
by Gibson, Ann Eden
Yale University Press, 1997. Paperback. Pages clean with a few minor col. 8x0x10. Pages clean with a few minor color marks to paper fore-edge, binding tight, softcovers clean with bumping to right corners
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NZ$83.36
Unto This Last : Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin
by Barringer, Tim ; Contractor, Tara ; Hepburn, Victoria ; Stapleton, Judith ; Skipton Long, Courtney
New Haven ; London: Yale University Press, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good. This book presents an innovative portrait of John Ruskin (1819-1900) as artist, art critic, social theorist, educator, and ecological campaigner. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, September 5-December 8, 2019 and at the Watts Gallery--Artist's Village, Compton, England, March 10-May 31, 2020. 331 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. Slight shelf wear...
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NZ$138.18
Le Corbusier and the tragic view of architecture (The Architect and society)
by Jencks, Charles
London: Allen Lane, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Well-illustrated critical study on influential architect. 198 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm. First edition, first printing. Oatmeal cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$82.87
A Lecture to Art Students at SUNY/Purchase New York. Bread and Puppet Theater 1987
by Schumann, Peter
St. Johnsbury, VT: Troll Press, 1987. Wraps. Very Good. Stated second printing. Yellow illustrated wraps. 15 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A lecture given to art students at SUNY by the founder of the Bread and puppet theater, Peter Schumann. A somewhat ranging lecture that touches on politics and art, his beginnings in puppetry and theater in New York, symbolism, etc. VERY GOOD+ condition. Very light toning and edgewear.
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NZ$73.32
Kandinsky. Complete Writings on Art. Volume Two (1922-1943)
by Kandinsky, Vassily
Boston: G.K. Hall and Co, 1982. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. Pagination runs 478-924. A few black and white illustrations throughout. Volume two only of this collection of writings by Vassily Kandinsky, musing on a wide range of subjects in art, from the Bauhaus school to Klee, concrete art, etc. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Jacket scuffed and soiled, with some toning, moderate to the spine. Some foxing/spotting to the jacket along the front hinge. Extremities scuffed, with...
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NZ$92.08
Creative Camera, October 1973, number 112
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Margo Davis ; August Sander ; Alex Kayser ; Adam Clark Vroman
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Margo Davis ; August Sander ; Alex Kayser ; Adam Clark Vroman. Paginated pages 325-356, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
Creative Camera, October 1971, number 88
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Andrew Lanyon ; Ruth Bernhard ; Marketa Luskacova ; Euan Duff
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Andrew Lanyon ; Ruth Bernhard ; Marketa Luskacova (pilgrams) ; Euan Duff ('How we are'). Paginated pages 325-360, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$25.42
Creative Camera, October 1974, number 124
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Nancy Hellebrand ; Tony Ray-Jones ; P.H. Emerson
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Nancy Hellebrand ; Tony Ray-Jones (America 1971) ; P.H. Emerson. Paginated pages 325-360, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$25.42
AA Files no. 31, Summer 1996
by Architectural Association (Great Britain). School of Architecture ; Mary Wall (editor)
London: Architectural Association, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes Corbusier's art works and his concept of the modulor', South African architecture, . 112 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$31.81
The New Architecture and the Bauhaus
by Gropius, Walter ; P. Morton Shand (translator) ; Joseph Hudnut
New York ; London: Museum of Modern Art ; Faber & Faber, 1936. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Influential book about modern architecture and the Bauhaus. Translated from the German by P.Morton Shand, with a preface by Joseph Hudnut. Undated, 1936 date comes from date of preface by Hudnut (December 16, 1936). 80 p.,[16] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. Yellow cloth boards, shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, binding a little shaken. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched...
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NZ$63.72
Arteria et communitas : Matthew Antrobus, David Gross, Paul Honeywill, Indra Khanna, Suzanne Riddoch, Tom Tullernaar, Martin Woolner : works by the Fellows of Exeter College of Art and Design, 1985-86
by Matthew Antrobus ; David Gross ; Paul Honeywill ; Indra Khanna ; Suzanne Riddoch ; Tom Tullernaar ; Martin Woolner
Exeter: Exeter College of Art & Design , 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Catalogue published to accompany an exhibition held at the Spacex Gallery/Exe Gallery, 28 June - 19 July 1986. 32 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. Slight shelf wear to cover, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$25.42
Photography at MoMA : 1920 to 1960
by Quentin Bajac ; Lucy Gallun ; Roxana Marcoci ; Sarah Meister
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Contents: Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Modern photography at MoMA / Quentin Bajac -- American modernism, 1920-1940. Experience with reality / Quentin Bajac -- The new photographer, 1920-1940. The new photographer : propositions for the future / Roxana Marcoci -- Surrealism and the everyday, 1920-1940. Photography between reality and dream / Pepper Stetler -- America and the documentary style, 1930-1950....
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NZ$138.18
Creative Camera, July 1972, number 97
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Colin Curwood ; Felix H. Man ; Andre Gelpke ; Florence Henri ; Guy Borremans
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1972. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Colin Curwood ; Felix H. Man ; Andre Gelpke ; Florence Henri ; Guy Borremans. Paginated pages 217-252, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
AA Files 64, 2012
by Architectural Association (Great Britain). School of Architecture ; Thomas Weaver (editor)
London: Architectural Association, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes essays on Fred Herzog by Jeff Wall, John Portman, Thomas Demand, Tatlin's Tower, John Frazer, Gillian Darley on Ian Nairn, and Barthes on the Eiffel Tower. [144] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Slight shelf wear to cover, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$25.42
By Hand : The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art
by Hung, Shu ; Magliaro, Joseph (editors)
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. Soft cover. Very Good. In a response to the sleek forms and perfect angles of late 1990s objects, many of today's designers and artists are returning to handmade work, hand lettering, hand drawing, and hand sewing. This text features an international collection of the most noteworthy artists and shows their work in detail. 175 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on...
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NZ$21.28
Creative Camera, April 1974, number 118
by Colin Osman (editor) ; Bill Owens ; Ralph Eugene Meatyard
London: Coo Press Ltd., 1974. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Bill Owens ; Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Paginated pages 109-144, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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NZ$23.30
The Art of England 3/4 leather
by John Ruskin
George Allen, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages clean with light toning, t. Pages clean with light toning, text block solidly bound, leather and marble boards show heavy edge wear, splitting to front hinge, tape to top of spine
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NZ$66.31
