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

Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland,, 2012. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fine, with very light shelfwear to covers and a light smudge to p.11. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 207pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh from 14 Jul to 14 October 2012 which then toured to the Ateneum Art Museum, Helsinki. Prior to arriving in Edinburgh, the exhibition had been held at the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, under the title Dreams of Nature: Symbolism from Van Gogh to Kandinsky. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Milan: Electa, 1991. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black cloth with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Hint of sunning to very edges of pages. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 236pp. Several colour and many b/w illustrations. After the very severe flooding of Venice in November 1966, a group of private bodies responded to the plea made by Unesco to gather funds and arrange to restore the most important monuments there. The campaign included cutting edge restoration technology in various fields such as marble and stone corrosion. This book details much of the restoration and the methods employed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paris, France: Raymond Creuze, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dual text in English and French. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general shelfwear including a small repaired tear (approx.1/4 inch) to top of front cover of jacket. 144pp. Many colour and several b/w illustrations. Vera Cuningham (also known as Vera Cunningham) (1897 - 1955) was a British artist. She modelled for and had relationships with fellow artists Bernard Meninsky and Matthew Smith. She lived and exhibited her works in London and Paris, where she fled with Smith at the beginning of their affair..

London: Only Poetry, 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Cream card covers with titles in black on front cover. Condition: God, with very light soiling and shelfwear. Inscribed by the author to the previous owners on the fep. 23pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Jersey: Wellfleet Press, 1984. Book. As New. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 276pp. An overview of a thirty year span in Viennas history when it was at the centre of cultural achievements by amongst others, Klimt, Schiele, Mahler, Wittgenstein and Loos. NB: Quite a heavy book to post. Will require extra shipping charges if to be sent outside UK..

London: John Russell Smith, 1859. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library. Very dark navy cloth with blindstamped decoration and title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and scuffing to covers. , and light bumping to head and tail of spine and cover corners. Front cover bears the label of a 19th century library, the McIntyre Ethical Library (see image). Front pastedown has the remains of an old paper label to top nad previous owners neat reference number to base. Front endpaper bears a presentation label to the library stating "This book was presented to the Ethical Library by Lavinia Bidlake in Memory of Jane Anne McIntyre", with a small note in ink above. Title page has the stamp of the Mcintyre Ethical LIbrary to top right, and the last page of the index has the same stamp to lower right corner of page. Very light browning to pages throughout. 190pp. plus 16pp. publishers list and a two page list of recent publications by… Read More

London: The Folio Society , 2015. Book. Illus. by Kate Baylay. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Decorative paper-covered boards with title in gilt on black cloth spine (housed in slipcase). Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Slipcase condition: Fine, with a few very light scuff marks. 204pp. Vile Bodies was first published in Britain by Chapman and Hall in 1930. This edition was published by the Folio Society in 2015 with an introduction by David Lodge, and follows the text of the first edition with minor emendations..

Nottingham: Five Leaves Publications, 2009. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint of the 2007 revised and updated edition. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 339pp. plus many b/w illustrations. " Villages of Vision" is a much celebrated and pioneering book about planned villages. The author includes many hundreds, among them the strange and pretty arcadias built by conscience-stricken aristocrats, industrialists and visiionaries. This revised edition includes a greatly expanded gazetteer, a revised bibliography and new introduction..

London: Bloomsbury Auctions, 2006. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. 188pp.Many colour illustrations. This 554 lot auction catalogue was produced to accompany the sale of vintage Chinese posters held at Bloomsbury Auctions on 21st September, 2006. The posters in the catalogue date from between circa 1939 to 1990..

London: The Hogarth Press, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. Very light foxing to endpapers and fore-edge of textblock. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally lightly shelfworn with more wear and a couple of small tears to head and tail of spine. Spine is sunned with a couple of small water-splashmarks. 256pp. This book was written with the intention to help the reader of books by Virginia Woolf. The author maintains that there are three main themes which inspired Woolf to write her books. At the time of her first three novels it was love and freedom; in the middle period, when she wrote Mrs Dalloway and Orlando, she was concerned with marriage and truth; and finally in her last books, with the world and reality..

Padstow, Cornwall: Tabb House, 2004. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 194pp. Many b/w illustrations. Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell spent every summer of their childhood with their family and visiting friends and relations at Talland House in St.Ives. Through their text and illustrations, the authors provide valuable insight into Vanessa and Virginia, their remarkable parents, Leslie Stephen and Julia Duckworth Stephen; and the devlopment of the sisters themselves and their life work of writing and painting..

London: Parasol Unit Foundation, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paper covered boards with title in white on black cloth spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. 111pp. Many colour plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Parasol Unit Foundation, London N1 from 25 November 2009 to 7 February 2010. The exhibition included work by Cecily Brown, Hans Josephson, Shaun McDowell, Katy Moran and Maaike Schoorel..

Stroud, Gloucestershire: Catalpa Press Ltd., 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Terracotta colour cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers and some light foxing and browning to endpapers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general shelfwear. 183pp. Six colour plates. 74 b/w illustrations. This book contains a reprint of "A Vision of Love Revealed in Sleep" by Solomon, a prose poem originally privately printed in 1871, and also, although it is not a full biography, the book collates a wide range of previously scattered material about his life..

Cheshire, Connecticut: Graphics Press, 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Grey hardcover with title in red on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound. Signed by Edward R Tufte on title page. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just of hint of shelfwear. 157pp. Many illustrations. This book discusses the depicting of evidence relevant to cause and effect, graphics for decision making and presentations, as well as interface design. and scientific visualisation..

Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Teal colour cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, non inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear.166pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This book was published to accompany the touring exhibition of work by the Italian born American futurist painterJoseph Stella (1877-1946). The exhibition commenced at the Ammon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas from 23 February to 22 April 1990 and then toured to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the National Museum of American Art, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Joseph Stella is best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn Bridge. He is also associated with the American Precisionist movement of the 1910s-1940s. This exhibition focused on his drawings, which range from small, quick sketches of his surroundings to precise renderings of… Read More

New York: Brooklyn Museum of Art in Association with Harry N Abrams Inc., 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. White hardcover with title in silver on spine.Condition: Very good, with just a faint hint of shelfwear to covers. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 256pp. 237 illustrations, including 107 colour plates. This book was published to accompany the exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art from October 12 2001 to January 6, 2002, which then toured to Minneapolis, Nashville, Los Angeles and Phoenix. The period 1940 to 1960 was a groundbreakingbperiod for the arts in America. The use of organic forms crossed the boundaries between painting, sculpture, industrial design, architecture and popular culture. For example, Eames chairs, Noguchi lamps, and Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim Museum..

London: The Conde Nast Publications Ltd., 1974. Book. Good. Soft cover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers, light creasing to spine. Two inch vertical tear where lower left hand side of front cover meets the edge of spine. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 190pp. Includes articles on Liza Minnelli, Christopher Isherwood and John Kobal..

London: Reeves and Turner, 1883. Book. Fair. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair to good, covers and spine generally lightly rubbed and bumped, some foxing to endpapers. Binding sound. Previous owners name on reverse of front endpaper. Very light browning to text. 326pp. .

London: The Arts Council, 1974. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and light soiling to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 112pp. Three colour and several b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Hayward Gallery, London from 27 March to 2 June, 1974. The 467 item catalogue includes an introductory essay on Vorticism by the art critic Richard Cork..

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1957. Book. Illus. by leonard baskin. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Artist. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Oblong quarto. Blue stitched wraps with a printed label to cover, enclosed within a folding portfolio. Condition: Very good, with just a faint hint of wear to cover edges. The folding portfolio is in fair/poor condition, with quite heavy wear to the edges and spine, the edge of which is split with some peeling of paper away from the spine, general sunning to edges and a small watersplash mark to the lower corner of front cover (see image). However, it has served its purpose, protecting the contents well. The second in a series of limited editions published by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and under the direction of Monroe Wheeler, this book was designed, illustrated and printed by Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) at The Gehenna Press, Northampton, Massachusetts (the Gehenna Press was founded by Baskin). The edition was limited to 975… Read More