Search Results: Conservation from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Penang, Malaysia: L'Plan, 2012. Cloth, 108 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 3rd. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sacramento, CA: Office of Historic Preservation, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, 1982. xv, 318 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean text. Dust spotting/top edge.. 11th. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Ar, 1992. x, 102 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. CONTENTS: Three-dimensional objects; Musical instruments; Paintings; Works on paper and books; Far Eastern works of art on silk and paper; Textiles; Costumes; Lighting; Relative humidity and temperature; Photography Environment and the deterioration of art objects; Museum loans. . 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; National Comittee to Save America's Cultural Collections, 1992. Cloth, 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Preserving and protecting your art and other collectibles. CONTENTS: Mortality of things; Creating and maintaining the right environment; paintings; Works of art on paper; Library and archival collections; Photographs; Furniture; Textiles; Decorative arts; Metal objects; Stone objects; Musical instruments; Ethnographic materials; Security for cultural objects in the home; Increasing value of art and historical artifacts; Authenticating your collections; Appraising and insuring your collections; Donating your collections; Obtaining professional conservation services; Conservation resources.. 1st. Hardcover. NEW/NEW. 4to.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; National Comittee to Save America's Cultural Collections, 1992. 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Preserving and protecting your art and other collectibles. CONTENTS: Mortality of things; Creating and maintaining the right environment; paintings; Works of art on paper; Library and archival collections; Photographs; Furniture; Textiles; Decorative arts; Metal objects; Stone objects; Musical instruments; Ethnographic materials; Security for cultural objects in the home; Increasing value of art and historical artifacts; Authenticating your collections; Appraising and insuring your collections; Donating your collections; Obtaining professional conservation services; Conservation resources.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; National Comittee to Save America's Cultural Collections, 1992. Cloth, 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Preserving and protecting your art and other collectibles. CONTENTS: Mortality of things; Creating and maintaining the right environment; paintings; Works of art on paper; Library and archival collections; Photographs; Furniture; Textiles; Decorative arts; Metal objects; Stone objects; Musical instruments; Ethnographic materials; Security for cultural objects in the home; Increasing value of art and historical artifacts; Authenticating your collections; Appraising and insuring your collections; Donating your collections; Obtaining professional conservation services; Conservation resources.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; National Comittee to Save America's Cultural Collections, 1992. Cloth, 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Preserving and protecting your art and other collectibles. CONTENTS: Mortality of things; Creating and maintaining the right environment; paintings; Works of art on paper; Library and archival collections; Photographs; Furniture; Textiles; Decorative arts; Metal objects; Stone objects; Musical instruments; Ethnographic materials; Security for cultural objects in the home; Increasing value of art and historical artifacts; Authenticating your collections; Appraising and insuring your collections; Donating your collections; Obtaining professional conservation services; Conservation resources.. 1st.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Washington D.C.: National Association of Private Art Foundations, 1987. 182 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corner lightly bumped. Robert Stoetzer's contribution is entitled "A Conservation Viewpoint.". 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Marina del Rey, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 1991. 148 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "This book focuses on the proceedings of a meeting on the conservation of wall paintings held at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London in 1987. The papers, by an international group of experts, address both pre-conservation assessment techniques and methods of monitoring projects after conservation. The conservation of some well-known paintings, such as the Sistine Chapel, the Brancacci Chapel, and the Nefertari tomb are discussed. A definitive paper on the effect of salts on wall paintings is also included." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Los Angeles, CA: Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, 1990. 66 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Near-fine. Tight, clean copy. Light handling soil/wraps. Transcribed conversations among artists and art professionals, written in the form of Minutes. Includes well-known figures in the artworld.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Anchor Books; Random House, 2009. 354 pages, illustrations, map; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. First paperback edition. An account of the November 4, 1966, flood in Florence, Italy, that threatened to destroy centuries of art.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Doubleday, 2008. 354 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, no dedication. A near-fine copy with a small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Describes the November 1966 flood that inundated the city of Florence and its devastating impact on some of the Western world's finest collections of art, and details the vast global efforts to preserve and restore the city's treasures in the wake of the flood." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Washington, D.C.: Preservation Press, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1991. ix, 254 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket with a slightly faded spine. Architects, clients, apprentices, friends and acquaintances, and family members remember Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). Criticism and interpretation.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1965. v, 120 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Tanned edges.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1965. Cloth, v, 120 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket with light shelfwear.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1965. v, 120 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976. 94 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Firenze; Florence: Montesi, 1958. [7] leaves, 16 leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 34 x 50 cm. Text in Italian, English and French. A good copy with a gift inscription from Sandro/front free endpaper in the year of publication, otherwise unmarked: "Here is the story of the bridge we practically inaugurated together." OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Il Nuovo Ponte a Santa Trinita Desegni di Luciano Guarnieri: Le Varie Fasi della Recosturzione. Note Storiche di Giacomo Piccardi. Prefazione di Pietro Annigoni = The New Bridge at Santa Trinita Sketched by Luciano Guarnieri: The Various Phases of the Reconstruction, Historical Notes by Giacomo Piccardi. Foreword by Pietro Annigoni.. 1st. Hardcover. Good. Oblong.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1955. xiv, 234 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Foreedge lightly soiled, age toning. Dust jacket slightly soiled on back cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1967. Cloth, 303 pages, illustrations, portraits; 22 cm. First published in 1966 under title: The consul of Florence. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket, with moderate shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.