Recent Arrivals from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York and New Haven, CT: Dia Art Foundation; Yale University Press, 2014. Cloth, 398 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Dia: Beacon, May 5, 2014 to March 2, 2015; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, May 7 to October 12, 2015; Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum fur Gegenwart, May 7… Read more about this item

Newport Beach, CA: Newport Harbor Art Museum, 1982. 108 pages, illustrations (some colour); 19 cm. Exhibition held July 16 to September 5, 1982 at the Newport Harbor Art Museum. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo. Collectible.

New York: Random House, 2023. xx, 426 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In the 1960s, the world's attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time--an international campaign to save over a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 2022. 349 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Maps on lining papers. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirring story of one of the great feats of exploration… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers; Icon Editions, 1979. 415 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Another copy available. Authoritative survey of Romanticism in the fine arts. CONTENTS: Introduction; For lack of a better name; The morality of landscape; Frozen music; The last enchantments of the middle age; The sense of… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Cloth, xxiii, 214 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "Tells a story that encompasses two great, insightful theories that together explain the strange patterns of life across the world, evolution and plate tectonics. Includes many fascinating tales, of pygmy… Read more about this item

New York: Penguin Press, 2019. ix, 310 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "As she did for the Modernists In Montmartre, noted art historian and biographer Sue Roe now tells the story of the Surrealists in Montparnasse. In Montparnasse begins on the eve… Read more about this item

Victoria, BC: British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1980. 193 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits; 23 cm. Published in conjunction with the 1980 Edinburgh International Festival. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated with traditional and contemporary Native American art from the Pacific Northwest.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Los Angeles: UCLA Art Council; University of California Press, 1963. 72 pages, illustrations, portraits; 28 cm. An exhibition sponsored by the UCLA Art Council in collaboration with the UCLA art galleries. Cover illustration reproduced from a signed and numbered 2-color lithograph created by Lipchitz for the benefit of the UCLA Art Council Scholarship Program. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside… Read more about this item

Boston: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2014. Pictorial boards, 127 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Looking East, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, January 31 to May 11, 2014; Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, June 28 to September 15, 2014; Kyoto Municipal… Read more about this item

Bristol: Intellect, 2017. 402 pages, colour illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "When 'Living and Sustaining a Creative Life' was published in 2013, it became an immediate sensation. Edited by Sharon Louden, the book brought together forty essays by working artists, each sharing their own story of how to sustain a creative practice that contributes to the ongoing dialogue in… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Cloth, 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. In collaboration with the Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Art. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket toned, with light shelfwear/slight fading at extremities, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.… Read more about this item

New York: Citadel Press; Kensington Publishing, 2022. xxv, 323 pages, 16 pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 22 cm. Subtitle on DJ: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Told through interviews with his son, watchmaker Harry Lenga's… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2020. xx, 460 pages, [16] pages of plates, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "A groundbreaking, controversial dive into the role psychedelics have played in the human experience of the Divine throughout Western history, and the answer to a 2,000 year old mystery that could… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: Odyssey Books & Guides, 2008. 700 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Now recovering from the misfortunes of the 20th century the travails of Soviet rule and several years of civil war it is able to offer visitors not only its legacies of cultural and ethnic diversity, but also unparalleled opportunities for adventure." - Publisher..… Read more about this item

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1996. Cloth, 793 pages; 24 cm. Subtitle on DJ: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing from a Century of Film. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.… Read more about this item

London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Cloth, 368 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light shelfwear/partial fading. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "A Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English manor house, just as the manicured topiaries of Versailles contrast with the sharp… Read more about this item

New York: Hyperion, 2008. 339 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by Julie Andrews, with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy of the first printing, one corner lightly bumped. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Since her screen debut in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorable, endearing… Read more about this item

Paris: Hazan, 1995. Cloth, 293 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Text in French/Texte en français. TRES BON ETAT+. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1985. 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small corner crease/front cover. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. First American Edition. CONTENTS: Small boats; Fishing boats; Inland boats; Details; Sail and sea; Working boats and ships; Boats in the landscape; Techniques and materials. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.