Search Results: Authors starting with G from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Zurich: Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, 2022. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card-covered booklet with stitched binding to spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers.This unpaginated memorial booklet was published by the Thomas Ammann Fine Art gallery, which had been run by Doris Ammann (1944-2021) after the death of her brother, Thomas. She subsequently became one of the most well respected art dealers of her generation. As well as several colour illustrations, the booklet contains a selection of recollections given by those in the art world who knew her well, including Bob Colacello, Alastair Smart and Maia Twombly..

London: Walker Studio (an imprint of Walker Books), 2016. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 207pp. 75 colour plates. The collected fairy tales of the Borthers Grimm - stories of love, betrayal, adventure and magical transformation - have inspired artists and writers for centuries. In this book the Australian artist Shaun Tan (b.1974 ) has taken on these tales and depicted them in a new unexpected way..

Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2003. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. 208pp. Many colour illustrations. This publication coincided with the exhibition of work by the British born Australian artist Charles Conder (1868-1909) held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales from June 14th to 17th August 2003. The exhibition then toured to Melbourne and Adelaide. Richly illustrated with colour reproductions of Conder's paintings, prints and watercolours on silk, it includes a contribution from one of his biggest collectors, Barry Humphries and tracks his career from famous Heidelberg images to Paris where as an habitue of the Moulin Rouge he met Toulouse-Lautrec and to England and France where he counted Wilde and Beardsley as intimates..

Edinburgh: Atelier Books, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions.101pp. 77 plates, the majority in colour. Often cited as the Scottish Impressionist, Arthur Melville (1855-1904) is much more than this. An associate of the Glasgow Boys, he never quite fitted into their rural idyll or urban realism, and today is often passed over perhaps partly due to his early death at the age of 49. In this book, Iain Gale reassesses his work..

London: Tate Publishing, 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Grey hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 96pp. Many colour illustrations. This book was published to accompany the touring exhibition of work by the Armenian-born Arshile Gorky (1904-1948) who emigrated from Armenia to New York in 1920, held at the Tate Modern, London from 3 Feb to 10 May 2010. Arshile Gorky's work was immensely influential in 20th century American art, spanning between European Modernism and the New York School..

London: Herbert & Daniel, 1912. Book. Fair. Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Maroon cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair, covers rubbed and worn with a few small marks. Spine bumped. Front hinge cracked but holding. Pageblock and endpapers lightly browned. Inscription to previous owner on fep. Text tight and clean. 394pp. A good reading copy. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Virgin Books, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 219pp. Written by Paul Gallagher, the elder brother of Liam and Noel, this book reveals the story of their journey until 1996. Several b/w photographic plates..

London: Waddington Galleries, 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 28pp. 8 colour plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the Americann abstract artist Alfred Jensen (1903-1981) held at Waddington Galleries, London from 30 March to 23 April 1988. .

London: Hanover Gallery, 1962. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and very light soiling. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of drawings by Matisse and Modigliani held at the Hanover Gallery, London from 21 March to 19 April 1962. It contains no text apart from the details accompanying the b/w plates. (6 b/w plates of work by Matisse and 7 of work by Modigliani)..

London: Max Parrish & Co., 1949. Book. Good. Cloth. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Terracotta colour cloth with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Condition: Good, with very light shelfwear to covers and light browning to endpapers from inner flaps of dustjacket. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and soiling and a small chip missing to top of spine of jacket. Not price-clipped. 79pp. 106 b/w plates. As well as a thorough overview of the life and work of the Swiss born artist Henry Fuseli, the book contains a foreword by John Piper which summarises his view of his predecessor in the romantic style and also assembles a number of the judgments of Fuseli's own contemporaries, which are illuminating as well as diverting. .

Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire: The Windrush Press, 1999. Book. Illus. by Mary Fedden. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1999 reprint of the 1998 first edition. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Some light foxing to title page. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 48pp. Beautifully illustrated by Mary Fedden. .

Tarrant Monkton, Blandford Forum, Dorset: Rena Gardiner for the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury Cathedral, 1967. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Stapled booklet. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers and a couple of small coffee/tea splashmarks to front cover, binding sound, no inscriptions. 47pp. This book was designed, drawn and printed by Rena Gardiner (1929-1999) at the Workshop Press in Tarrant Monkton, Dorset, and contains beautiful lithographic illustrations depicting the history of Salisbury Cathedral, together with text..

Tarrant Monkton, Blandford Forum, Dorset: Rena Gardiner at the Workshop Press, 1970. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Softcover with blue cloth tape around spine (as issued). Condition: Very good with very light shelfwear to covers, which are bright and clean, as are the internal pages. Binding sound. Previous owners bookplate neatly fixed below index on reverse of front cover. 45pp. This book was designed, drawn, printed and published by Rena Gardiner at her Workshop Press in Tarrant Monkton. The caption on the rear cover reads thus: "The illustrations in this book are from drawing made directly onto lithographic aluminium plates. They are therefore originals and not reproductions of drawings made on paper." The Tarrant is one of the many streams of the Dorset chalklands. This book follows the course of the Tarrant down its valley, but diversions have been made to take in outlying villages. The last part continues along the river Stour back to Blandford..

London: Tate Publishing, 2011. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. 2011 reprint of the 1998 first edition. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. 80pp. 52 colour and 8 b/w illustrations. This book provides a survey of the life and work of the Cornish artist Peter Lanyon (1918-1964). It concentrates on the relationship between painting and place and also analyses the critical response to the work of one of the most original British artists of the 20th century..

London: Jonathan Clark, 2000. Book. As New. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: As new. This beautifully produced catalogue was created to accompany the exhibition of work by Roger Hilton (1911-1975) held at the Jonathan Clark gallery, London from 11 October to 10 November 2000. It includes 50 plates, the great majority in colour, and a three page foreword by the critic, Margaret Garlake, together with a biography. The works range over a ten year period, from circa 1964 to 1974..

London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with some very light browning to very edges of text throughout. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 246pp. David Garnett and Sylvia Townsend Warner established their reputations with their first novels, he with "Lady into Fox" (1922), and she with Lolly Willowes (1925). The correspondence between them records a friendship which began shortly before the publication of "Lady into Fox" and lasted until Sylvia's death fifty-six years later..

London: London County Council, 1937. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. No dustjacket (as issued?). Blue hardcover with title in white on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name at top of front endpaper. 273pp. Many b/w illustrations. Diagram map of Greater London illustrating the location of all London Council's housing estates at the date of publication (1937) is enclosed in a pocket on the inside of the rear cover. The map is in very good condition. Chapters include sections on slum clearance, overcrowdning, redevelopment areas, development of estates by the erection of block dwellings, development of cottage estates and housing associations..

Oxford: Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Navy blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just the faintest hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 260pp. This book integrates a study of the Thomas Hardy's work on the texts of his novels from first draft to final revised edition, with a description of his dealings with magazine editors, publishers and printers, and their effect upon his writing..

Paris: Gumuchian & Cie. Book. Good. Cloth. Brick red/brown cloth, with titles in gilt on spines. No dustjackets. Condition: Good, although covers are shelfworn and spine and corners lightly bumped. Condition: Good, bindings sound, text clean. Some cockling to edge of frontispieces to both books. Light browning to page edges. Volume 1 has a watermark to the spine and back cover, not affecting text in any way. 446pp (Vol 1) and 336 plates (Vol II), mostly b/w, several in colour. Both volumes have been stamped and numbered in error at the bindery of the University of Chicago Library, i.e. a neat stamp on the reverse of the title page and and a small number stamped in blue on the first page of text in each book. The error is described in pencil thus: "stamped and numbered by mistake at University of Chicago Library. Books bound for FH at University of C libraries bindery and sent to accession department in error". Printed on "papier velin", one of 900 un-numbered copies. A… Read More

London: The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1946. Book. Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown thick paper covered stapled booklet. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Light rusting to staples in centre. 20pp. This booklet includes sections on the corn thresher, the clover huller (including a fold out cross-sectional plan of a clover huller) and the combine harvestng of seed crops. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.