Search Results: Titles starting with T from Springhead Books

Paris: Ofr System, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Text in French and English. 174 pages, ill. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Contents: The problem postulated -- It all began in 1776 -- Offenbach takes a hand -- Theme and variations -- Prospero and his wand -- Heckroth and his brush -- Tackling the problem -- Profiles -- More profiles -- Genesis to Revelation. 96 pages, ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. First edition, first printing. Blue cloth boards, some fading to spine, shelf wear to edges, signature of Philip W. Talboys on front pastedown along with small Foyles label. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

First full-scale biography of this celebrated and influential American band. 160 p., ill. ; 26 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, small crease to front cover corner, spine slightly faded, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Photobook by celebrated photographer Nobuyoshi Araki documenting the work of Japanese choreographer and dancer Saburo Teshigawara. First edition, first printing. Illustrated boards, clear acetate jacket, typographic red and white book band. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Clifford M. Brown has exhaustively researched archival material in Mantua and Parma in order to document the tapestries commissioned for or purchased by the sons of Francesco II Gonzaga and Isabella d'Este. In addition to archival documentation (the transcriptions of which have been checked by Anna Maria Lorenzoni), Guy Delmarcel has provided stylistic and iconographic analyses of the surviving tapestries, fifty-two of which have been discovered in collections in Italy, Belgium, France, Portugal, and Great Britain. All of the known Gonzaga tapestries are illustrated, eleven of them in full colour. 239 pages, ill. (some col.) First edition, first printing. Red cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, boards slightly bowed. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

171 pages : colour illustrations, map ; 27 cm. Reprint 1997. Shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

This beautifully produced book explores the charm of Orientalist decor, and introduces the princes and aristocrats, artists and poets who commissioned these opulent eighteenth and nineteenth century interiors. 240 p., col. ill. ; 33 cm. First UK edition, first printing. Black cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear to edges, some fading to dust jacket edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

London: Lindsay Drummond, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A readable and well illustrated book about the Tatra Mountains situated on the borders of Poland and Czechoslovakia. 127 pages, illustrations.Third impression. Blue cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Book design by John Heartfield as identified by Gertrud Heartfield, see A 200 in Siepmann (1977). Slight shelf wear to jacket edges, jacket edges reinforced with paper tape on back (invisible with jacket on), no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Taxi Driver has long been regarded as a cinematic milestone, and Robert DeNiro's portrait of a trigger-happy psychopath with a mohawk is widely believed to be one of the greatest performances ever filmed. Steve Schapiro was the special photographer on the set, capturing the film's most intense and violent moments from behind the scenes. This book—more than a film-still book, rather a pure photo book in its own right—features hundreds of unseen images selected from Schapiro's archives, painting a chilling portrait of a deranged gunman in the angry climate of the post-Vietnam era. Text in English, French and German. 1 volume : illustrations (colour)., portraits (colour) ; 38 cm. Illustrated boards, slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

39 esempi illustrati in 140 tavole con 130 piante e disegni con notizie sulle vicende dell'architettura del teatro e appunti utili alla impostazione di massima del progetto di un edificio o di una sala per spettacoli. xxxviii, 142 pages illustrations plates, plans, diagrams 28 cm. Shelf wear to edges, corner torn from front free endpaper and title page, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Well-produced brochure for the redevelopment of the famous Television Centre in London focusing on premium apartments designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), Haptic, Piercy & Company and Coffey Architects. 2 volumes (59 p. & 85 p.) in a slip case, one volume of detailed plans and specifications the other of texts and colour photographs. Minimal shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Sticker from around 1983 issued by Thee Temple of Psychick Youth ; 83 x 56 mm. Photographs available on request. All items dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Lisboa: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. Catalog of an exhibition held in the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Oct. 1972. Fold-out colour card of the painting loosely inserted. Text in Portuguese, French and English. [63] p. : ill. (1 col.) ; 26 cm. Shelf wear to cover, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

London: Conran Octopus, 2008. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. With his home as the starting point, Terence Conran explains what he sees, what he has seen, and what we should look for in good design in this part visual biography, part guided tour of what has inspired him throughout his varied career. 336 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. First edition, first printing. Blue cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Informative and well-illustrated survey of Conran's influence on post-war British culture. 245 pages, ill. many col. ; 24 cm. Dust jacket over card wrappers, minimal shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

In English, French, Spanish and Italian. 'Under the aegis of ICOMOS International Committee for the study and the Conservation of earthen Architecture.' At foot of title: University of Plymouth, Centre for Earthen Architecture; English Heritage; ICOMOS/UK, Earth Structures Committee. 2 v. [452, 88 p.] : ill., maps ; 30 cm. ISBN 1902916050 (Preprints) and 1902916336 (Postprints). Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, spines slightly faded, tight and square bindings. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

This copy with gift inscription to Sherban Cantacuzino from Farrell along with Cantacuzino's ownership stamp on front free endpaper. Summaries in French, German, Italian, and Spanish. 120 pages, 2 folded leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm. First edition, first printing. Blue cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

London: Austin Desmond Fine Art, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. This copy inscribed to 'Noel' and signed and doodled with a sun and sea motif by Frost. Catalogue of an exhibition. 20 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. Undated but internal evidence suggests 1986. Slight shelf wear, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Dallas: Hazel Cannon, 1936. Hardcover. Very Good. Souvenir from the World's Fair held at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. 20 black and white photographs of buildings at the fair in a photo album, plus two tickets for the Cavalcade of Texas (an historical pageant covering four centuries of Texas history) and a Cardio-Meter Record, pasted to last leaf. Album 160 x 90 mm. Printed suede upper cover, board to back, bound with suede tie. Edges rubbed, crease to back cover. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

xiv, 276 p., ill. ; 32 cm. First edition, first printing. grey cloth boards, price-clipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Shelf wear and a couple of closed tears to edges, slight cockling to top edge of text block, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.