Search Results: Titles starting with I from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Odense: Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik/Sonderjyllands Kunstmuseum, 2001. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: Dual text in English and Danish. Two softcover volumes in card sleeve. Condition: Good, covers of both volumes have very light shelfwear. Hint of cockling to top edges of both volumes. The spine of the volume (Part II "Bethany") has a small tear to the paper below the printed title, not affecting the book internally in any way (see image). Bindings sound, no inscriptions. The card sleeve has general light soiling and shelfwear. This catalogue (Parts I and II) was published in conjunction with the exhibition of work by the British artist Ian McKeever (b.1946) held at Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense from March 10 to May 20, 2001. Part II includes illustrations of 45 gouaches reproduced in colour from a series of 144, executed during a stay at Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Bethany, Connecticut, Spring 2000. .

London: The Redstone Press, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. NB: No slipcase. Black hardcover with title in silver on spine. First U.K. edition.Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with a hint of sunning to edges of jacket. Not price-clipped. Two woodcut novels, printed back-to-back. Story Without Words comprises 60 woodcuts and The Idea 83. Well produced reprint of "Die Idee" first published by Albert Kundig, Geneva, 1920 and "Geschichte ohne worte", first published by Kurt Wolff, Munich 1924.

Castelfranco Veneto, Italy: Mp/edizioni, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. NB: Text is in Italian throughout. Grey hardcover with title in red on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscripitons. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 118pp. plus index. Many b/w and some colour illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Walterstone, Hereford: Monnow Valley Arts, 2015. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Third edition. Softcover. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. 68pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the touring exhibtion of prints and illustrated books from the extensive collection of Julian Francis organised by Monnow Valley Arts. The catalogue includes images of works by George Mackley, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes and Robert Gibbings, amongst many others..

Canberra: Australian Academy of Science, 1986. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fine, clean and sound, no marks or inscriptions. This book was published to accompany the exhibition held at the Australian Academy of Science in Canberra in 1986 (the exhibition was jointly organised with the Academie des Science and the Societe Francaise de Photographie). 184pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w and some colour photographic illustrations including images by Robert Demachy, Felix Nadar, and Edward Muybridge. Scientific discovery combining with artistic inspiration. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Bantam Press, 1994. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Signed by the author on the title page "For Margaret, Mary Wesley". Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 223pp..

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Pale grey hardcover with title in black on spine. Condiition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. 253pp. Several b/w illustrations. This book is a compendium of Mary Kelly's writings, notes, and reflections on her work dating from 1976-1995, as well as conversations and interviews with her, offering a rare insight into this artist's mind at work..

London: Gryphon Press (the private press of Peter Moore), 1979. Book. Illus. by Hilary Paynter. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator(s). Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light brown textured cloth with title in black on brown paper label on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good. Dusjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear and sunning to top inch of front cover of jacket and to the first inch in from the left hand side of the front cover. 63pp. Beautifully illustrated with wood engravings by Hilary Paynter. One of a limited edition of 100 copies signed by engraver (Hilary Paynter) and printer (Peter Moore), numbered 1 to 100 , this is copy LXIX, printed on Grosvenor Chater Basingwerk Parchment. (In total the edition numbered 824 in different variations).

London: J S Virtue & Co., 1898. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Dark red leather with titles in gilt within black label on spine. Five raised bands to spine and gold decoration within the compartments and around the edges of the covers. Marbled endpapers and marbling to textblock edges. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and rubbing to edges of spine. Rear cover has a faint waterstain, not affecting book in any way. Binding sound, text clean. School prize label (Amersham Grammar School) fixed to front pastedown. Previous owners name on half-title. 248pp. Eight b/w plates including frontispiece portrait of General Gordon. .

Aylesbury: G.T.de Fraine & Co. Ltd., 1923. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Grey paper covered boards with buff colour linen spine. Titles in black on front cover and spine together with an image of a sickle in black on front cover. Condition: Good, covers are lightly soiled and shelfworn and sunned around edges. Browning to endpapers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Text lightly sunned around edges. Occasional finger print marking/soiling to a couple of pages. The folding map of the county facing title page has a half-inch rip (outside the border of the map) where it is fixed to the page. 129pp. plus index. 12 b/w plates. Includes chapters on old cottages, dove-cots, duck decoys, furniture and old farming ways. .

London: Thames & Hudson, 2006. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Condition: Fine, with just a faint hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. no inscriptions. 256pp. 275 illustrations, 200 in colour. Francis Bacon famously found inspiration in photographs, film-stills, and mass media imagery. In this book, the author reveals how this media informed some of Bacon's most important paintings and triggered decisive turning points in his stylistic development. .

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 and Edinburgh: T n Foulis, 1913. Book. Illus. by Katharine Cameron. Fair. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Olive green paper covered boards with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Page edges untrimmed. Condition: Fair to good, cover edges and spine are sunned and lightly shelfworn with light bumping to head and tail of spine. Front cover has some paper residue from a small label to right of gilt emblem (see image). Binding sound, no inscriptions.Very occasional light foxing. Approx three pages have some linear foxing possibly from a green silk bookmark, present, but detached. 107pp. 7 colour tipped in plates from watercolour drawings by Katharine Cameron. A charming book detailing the four seasons in a city garden. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Whitney Library of Design (Watson-Guptill Publications), 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ivory colour hardcover with titles in maroon on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Light foxing to textblock edges. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn and soiled. 190pp. profusely illustrated in b/w. This book celebrates innovation and excellence in American design (consumer products, contrat and residential design, equipment and instrumentation, environmental design) and includes an introductory essay on Charles Eames, who died in 1978. .

London and Boston: Faber and Faber Ltd., 1979. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair to good, with light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. A section of four pages 149-152 (two pages double-sided) is loose. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with some chips and tears and sunning to spine. 250pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. Good working/reference copy..

London: Rivington, Percival & Co., 1893. Book. Fair. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Maroon cloth with titles in gilt on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Condition: Fair to good, covers and spine have light shelfwear, with some bumping to spine and cover corners. Some foxing to endpapers. Bookplate of a previous owner (Lt.Col.C.V.S. Downes of Aspley House, Bedfordshire) on front pastedown, and another previous owners name (an architectural historian) in pencil on half-title. Very light browning to text edges throughout. Binding sound. 284pp. Many b/w plates, and line drawings within text. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Penang, Malaysia: Lim Bian Yam, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 134pp. Many colour illustrations. This book illustrates and describes the spectacular floral art of the Malaysian flower arranger Lim Bian Yam (1933-2017).

London/New York: Merrell, 2014. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Buff colour hardcover with title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 304pp. Many colour illustrations. Chester Jones has been designing houses for over 50 years. He is one of the best interior designers in the UK, creating spare, intelligent interiors that exude calm and balance. This book is a study of his work and philosopy and features more than a dozen detailed case studies of some of Jones's most successful projects..

Tokyo, Japan: Rikuyo-Sha Publishing Inc., 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover with dustjacket. Dual text in Japanese and English. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 177pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1974. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally lightly shelfworn with some light soiling to rear of jacket. A few repaired small tears. 191pp. In this critical study of Oscar Wilde's major works, the author contends that Wilde's fascination with the demonic aspects of human nature was reflected in both his life and his literary works. What emerges from the study is a deeper understanding of the impressive versatility and intellectual depth of Wilde's work and its unique value as a key to comprehending the decadent movement of the 1890s..