Search Results: European / German, Austrian & Swiss from LEFT COAST BOOKS

London: Spring Books, 1967. 242 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket with a slightly faded spine & light edgewear. "For over two centuries the name Meissen - often miscalled Dresden China - has been synonymous with that of the world's finest porcelain, the work of the Meissen factory near Dresden in Saxony being the inspiration for much of the best English and European porcelain of the 18th century." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Cologne: Taschen; Icons Ser., 2001. 191 pages, chiefly illustrations (some colour), portraits; 20 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Profusely illustrated.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Tokyo: Arcadia (Aoki-Light Ltd.), 1989. 35 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Text in Japanese; foreword and catalogue list in English. Exhibition held September 25 to October 7, 1989. A very good copy with light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Stuttgart: Inter Art, 2006. 1 volume (unpaged), portraits, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Text in German/Text in Deutsch. SEHR GUT. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Due to a misprint, one of the artist bios (4 leaves) is laid in. Union Freischaffender Kunstler und Kunsterfreunde E.V. Stuttgart. Inter Art E.V., 1976-2006; Inter Art Galerie, 1981-2006.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Stuttgart: Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett Roman Norbert Ketterer, 1961. 114 pages, 236 pages of plates, illustrations; 27 cm. 1. Teil. Mit Erzielte Preise der 36. Kunst-Auktion. Price list with sales realized inserted. Firm binding, heavily creased spine. Prices realized also penned next to the plates. Browning. 493 lots.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 4to.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1984. 199 pages; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2022. xv, 394 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. First published under title: Rowohlt, 2019. Tight, clean copy. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A revelatory history of the transformational decade after World War II when Germany raised itself out of the ashes of defeat, turned away from fascism, and reckoned with the corruption of its soul, and the horrors of the Holocaust." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Woollahra, NSW: Rex Irwin Art Dealer, 2011. 28 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Exhibited at Rex Irwin Art Dealer gallery from July 26 to August 27, 2011. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Price list (44 works) inserted.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Pegasus Books, 2021. 296 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 22 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear. First Edition. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. "Albert and the Whale explores the work of this remarkable man through a personal lens. Drawing on Philip's experience of the natural world, and of the elements that shape our contemporary lives, from suburbia to the wide open sea, Philip will enter Du¨rer's time machine. Seeking his own Leviathan, Hoare help us better understand the interplay between art and our world in this sublimely seductive book." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Malaga and Barcelona: Museo Picasso Malaga; Ediciones Poligrafa, 2012. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. English Edition. Published on the occasion of the "Alberto Giacometti. A Retrospective" organized by the Museo Picasso Malaga with the collaboration of Foundation Alberto et Annette Giacometti, Paris, 17 October 2011 to 5 February 2012. Tight, clean copy. "The Swiss-born sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) is best known for his bronzes depicting ghostly and attenuated figures, which made him a key figure of twentieth-century sculpture. This impressive monograph is a compilation of the in-depth studies produced over the course of a decade by Ve´ronique Wiesinger, director of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti in Paris. In contrast with the scholars who focus their analysis on the crisis of the Second World War, Ms. Wiesinger believes 'the real break is one of a philosophical, and not historical, nature: it is permanent and integral to the work.… Read More

Cologne: Taschen, 2012. 96 pages, colour illustrations, colour portraits; 23 cm. Translated from the German; translation of: Albrecht Durer, 1471-1528: das Genie der deutschen Renaissance. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "Though he is most famous for his engravings, Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was also a master painter and draftsman whose work exemplifies the spirit of German art. This overview of Durer's entire oeuvre - covering his oil, tempera, and watercolor paintings, copper and wood engravings, and his drawings and sketches - is an introduction to his work." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Museum, 1964. 80 pages, illustrations (some colour), portrait; 27 cm. Edition of 2500 copies. Organized by the Pasadena Art Museum, April 14 to May 19, 1964. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. The artist's first name is variously transliterated as Alexei or Alexej. Fauvism/Expressionism.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Dusseldorf: Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, 1986. 87 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Exhibition held at Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Dusseldorf, September to October 1986. SEHR GUT. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Corner crease/back cover.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1994. 292 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Text in Dutch and English. Exhibition held September 25 to November 27, 1994. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Kunzelsau: Museum Wurth, 2002. 1 volume, colour illustrations; 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Austrian artist. Alfred Hrdlicka: Das Wort, Das Fleisch Wird = Alfred Hrdlicka: The Word That Becomes Flesh.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Folio.

Florence and London: Scala and Philip Wilson, 1985. 128 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. 1st thus. Please note: ISBN conflicts with another title. The title of this book is: The Alte Pinakothek, Munich. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Handbook of the Collection.

Monchengladbach: Stadtisches Museum Abteiberg, 1999. 56 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Text in German/Text Deutsch. WIE NEU. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Berlin: Jurgen Schacht, 1993. Cloth, 72 pages, colour illustrations; 33 x 32 cm. Text and captions in German and English. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Superb, crisp images of Berlin's famous architectural monuments. Large-format book.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Cologne: Benedikt Taschen, 1990. Pictorial boards, 158 pages, illustrations (chiefly illustrations); 29 cm. Text in German, English and French. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to boards, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st.. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985. Cloth, 278 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean text. Light dust spotting/top edge. Dust jacket, price-clipped on the front flap, protected in a mylar book cover. CONTENTS: The revolution in style; The new architecture and the vision of a new society; The controversy over the Bauhaus; The new architecture in the service of society; The debate over the new architecture; The new architecture and National Socialism; The evolution of architectural control under the Nazi regime; Nazi architecture. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.