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

New York: Sotheby's, New York, 2012. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fine, with very light shelfwear to covers.31pp. Several colour and b/w illustrations. Includes an essay by Michael Macaulay, a Sotheby's specialist, on this painting and its context in the oeuvre of Francis Bacon. This catalogue was produced to accompany a single lot, (lot no.26) in the contemporary art evening sale held at Sotheby's New York on November 13th, 2012, which sold for 29,762,500 USD (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1991 reprint (in the same year as the first). Dark green hardcover with title in gilt on spine.Condition: Very good, previous owners name neatly written at top of front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 186pp. 13 b/w illustrations. This book is the first full-length consideration of Austen's novels through the eyes of a historian. Its intention is to reveal how the novels illuminate English history in the quarter entury between 1792 and 1817, and how, in turn, an appreciation of history can enrich our reading of the novels themselves. .

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2001. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 160pp. 149 illustrations, the majority in colour. In this book the author looks at a key period in Whistler's life, a 14 month stay in Venice beginning in 1879, which was originally intended to be only 3 months. When Whistler returned to London, he brought back over 50 magnificent etchings and a hundred pastels, far in excess of the original commision and re-established himself in London and Paris, turning disaster and disgrace into profit and prestige..

New York and London: Planet Saffron Inc. and Grosvenor Gallery Fine Arts Ltd., 2005. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Top outer corner of rear cover has some light "wrinkling" to the laminated surface. Half-title has a paper-clip mark to the outer edge. No inscriptions. 104pp. 42 colour plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the Indian artist Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) held at Saffronart New York from October 14th to 27th, 2005 and at the Grosvenor Gallery c/o Austin Desmond, London from November 9th to 19th, 2005..

London and New York: The Radcliffe Press, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark grey hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine. Inscribed and dedicated by the author to Elspeth Huxley on the front endpaper and dated September 1996. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear. 184pp.12 b/w photographic plates.This book throwas a light on the role of the police services, especially in Africa during times of political turbulence and international crisis, particularly in Uganda..

London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1966. Book. Good. Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine and cover. Condition: Good, binding sound, text clean. Inscription to previous owner on fep. Dustjacket condition: Fair, lightly shelfworn with sunning to spine and jacket edges. Not price-clipped. 633pp. In this selection, the editors aimed to lay greater emphasis on verse written in Scots as opposed to English and also tried to give as fair a representation to verse written before 1603 as to that which came afterwards. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1981. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. There is a small mark to the surface of the top right corner of the front cover, and a small gold dot to the base of the spine. Previous owners name and the date 18th May 1987 to lower right corner of the front endpaper. Binding sound. Light foxing to title page, last page of text and to fore-edge of textblock. More than 80 b/w images in this retrospective volume of the career of Max Yavno (1911-1985), who began his career in the 1930s when he was a young photographer in New York, through to Los Angeles, Jerusalem and Cairo..

Paris: Maeght Editeur, 2002. Book. Very Good. Cloth. NB: Text is in French throughout. Scarlet cloth with title in black on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 230pp. Many colour illustrations including two lithographs bound in with the book. This monograph of the French-based Japanese artist Aki Kuroda (b.1944) presents his work from 1968 to 2002. The book includes essays byMarguerita Duras, Camille Fallen and Jerome Sans, amongst others..

London and New York: Transatlantic Arts Ltd., 1944. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pink paper-covered boards with red cloth spine and title in pale blue on front cover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn with the inner hinges being a little "loose". Foxing to endpapers, no inscriptions. Undated, but COPAC confirms the date of 1944. the dustjacket is present but in fair condition only being quite shelfworn with some creasing and scuffing and old tape repairs to several chips and tears. 31pp. Beautifully illustrated by Frank Ormrod (1897-1988). Scarce..

London: Constable & Co.Ltd., 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pale grey hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Top edge of textblock lightly foxed. Binding sound. Inscribed by the author to Elspeth Huxley on title page. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. 244pp. 12 b/w illustrations plus b/w frontispiece. This book was the first full length portrait John Hanning Speke (1827-1864) whose great achievement was the discovery in 1862 of the main source of the White Nile in the lake which he named Lake Victoria Nyanza. .

Marston Magna, nr.Yeovil, Somerset: Marston House, 2003. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a faint hint of shelfwear. This was the first monograph of the work and writing of the ceramicist Sandy Brown (b.1946) and includes over 50 photographs in full colour..

Bern, Switzerland: Benteli Verlag, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: Text is in German throughout. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 138pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of late prints by Joseph Beuys held at the Liechtensteinischen Staatliche Kunstsammlung from 23 March to 30 June 1996..

London: Andre Deutsch, 1952. Book. Illus. by Leonard Rosoman. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark yellow hardcover with title in blue on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to cover, small area of sunning to front cover where chip is missing from top of dustjacket (see image). Endpapers lighltly browned, Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally sunned and lightly shelfworn with small chip missing to top of front of jacket. 108pp. Illustrated with b/w line drawings by Leonard Rosoman. This first novel by Wolf Mankowitz, an antique dealer himself, depicts life in the antiques trade of the 1950's. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in 1930 by Harrison of Paris in a limited edition of 785 copies. This edition was published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., London in 1961. Green cloth with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Some light foxing to top of text block. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 87pp..

Paris: Chez l'auteur, Quai de l'Ecole, 1787. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter-leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Condition: Internally good to very good. The covers are in fair condition, being worn and scuffed, particularly the cover corners, the spine is also worn and scuffed, particularly the head and tail. Binding sound. p.263 has a small section missing to the outer edge, not affecting the text. There are a few period inscriptions in ink in the margins, relating to moves, positions and executions. 272pp. plus a table of contents page and four pages of errata to rear. One folding plate to rear. The table of contents appears to show that the sections entitled L'Art Polonois, Poeme Didactique, Lettre d'Envoi and Preface du Poeme should be at the rear of the book, however they are bound at the beginning of the book. This scarce book was published by M.Manoury in 1787 and is a revised and enlarged edition of his book entitled… Read More

Dorchester, Dorset: "Dorset County Chronicle" Printing Works, 1898. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown cloth with title in gilt on spine and image of a snail in gilt on front cover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear and scuffing to covers and light bumping to head and tail of spine. Binding sound. Signed, inscribed and dated 1899 by the author to the previous owner on the reverse of the front endpaper. Folding map opposite title page (map has a 3.5 inch horizontal tear to base). Light foxing to rear endpapers. 110pp. plus an errata page..

Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1985. Book. Good. Soft cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. NB: Text is in French. Reprint. Soft cover. Condition: Good, covers lightly worn, slight creasing to spine. Internally clean. 87 illustrations in colour. .

London: The Roxburghe Press Book. Good. Buckram. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Undated, but c.1897 (written in pencil on title page). Green buckram with titles in gilt on front cover and spine. Pages untrimmed. Condition: Good, with some bumping to cover corners and head and tail of spine. Cloth of front cover has some light foxing. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Light foxing to endpapers. Binding sound, text clean, apart from an occasional S written in pencil to some margins. 274pp. Four plates plus a fold-out summary of Editions. The chapters include Gilbert White, the Naturalist, his books, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, bibliographies, Gilbert White as a poet, and Selborne itself.l.

New York: Harry N.Abrams Inc., 1973. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Terracotta red openweave cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 200pp. 178 illustrations, including 49 colour plates. In this monograph on the French-born American artist Arman (1928-2005), the author surveys the total oeuvre. Arman stopped painting in 1955 and created a new genre of art he called "cachets" - sheets of paper covered with the repeated imprints of one or more rubber stamps which then led to other original genres using real objects..

Richmond, Surrey: EPP Publications, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 172pp. plus glossary. This book is a copy of the final report produced for the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution in 1995. It contains sections on biological, chemical, thermal, physical and solidification technologies for soil remediation. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.