Basil Gray Editor (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Faber and Faber, London. 1960. Hardcover. New Edition of the 1923 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for F/O name on the FFFP dated 5 May 1964 in Tokyo and a sticker on the front pastedown from the Isseido bookstore in Tokyo. Book Condition: Good +; light shelfwear to board edges; wear to title on the spine. No DJ. Gray cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering in a yellow shadowbox on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 230 pp +32 pp of B&W plates 4to. This book covers the history of the Ukiyoe print from its beginnings in 1658. The book is illustrated with woodcuts after drawing by Moronobu, the first print-designer of the Ukiyoye school. This book deals with the movement of Ukiyoye from period to period as chapters. Each chapter gives and account, biographical details of the artists, and account of the movement during the period, and an appreciation of the chief works produced. There are 16 tipped-in color illustrations and 31 B&W illustrations. A clean very presentable copy.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Color, B/w Illustrations (illustrator). Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ithaca, 1981; blue cloth covered boards; minimal shelf wear; illustrated jacket with mild edge wear in very good condition; 4to, 9 3/4"-12" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 224 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. ***please read*** no marks on text - Dj shows minor shelf wear - my shelf location 21-D*.

Hardcover. Condition: VG / VG. Blue cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 224 pp.; 252 color and bw figures. Includes writings by various authors on Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain Art (wall painting, sculpture, architecture), Art in the Islamic Period (painting, decorative arts, architecture), and Modern Art (folk art, modern painting).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First UK Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First UK Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Treasures of Asia Collection planned by Albert Skira. Text by Basil Gray (Former Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at the British Museum). 80 reproductions in full colour. The first general study illustrated in full colour to be made of Persian Painting, of masterpieces whose exquisite design and imaginative colouring give them a place apart in Oriental art. Two minor tears in dust-jacket, otherwise excellent copy; bookplate.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Cloth in mylar protected dust-jacket. 224 pages, w/ bibliography, glossary and index; color illustrations. This work, written by 11experts, surveys Indian art through the ages. Previous owner's blind stamp and signature, else a clean, tight copy Size: Quarto.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Publication in India. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. First Publication in India. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. With 255 illustrations; 48 in colour. 224 pages. Bookplate. Substantial work for which additional postage rates will apply.

Condition: Good. Color, B/w Illustrations (illustrator). Good in a Fair dust jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Dust jacket is heavily shelfworn and edgeworn with chipping to the corners and heavy sun-fading to the spine area of the jacket (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Good binding with straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); Red dust jacket with painting illustration, and title in white lettering; 1979, UNESCO Publishing; 314 pages; "The Arts of the Book in Central Asia, 14th-16th Centuries," by Basil Gray (editor).

Condition: Very Good. Color, B/w Illustrations (illustrator). Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is moderately shelfworn and edgeworn with sun-fading to the spine of the dust jacket, otherwise is clean and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Very light wear to the boards with "straight" edge-corners; Unblemished textblock edges; Color-fading to the edges of the blue endsheets, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (11.75" - 12.75" tall); Red dust jacket with painting illustration, and title in white lettering; 1979, UNESCO Publishing; 314 pages; "The Arts of the Book in Central Asia, 14th-16th Centuries," by Basil Gray (editor).

Condition: Good. Color, B/w Illustrations (illustrator). Signed by Author. Minor shelfwear to dustjacket and its extremities, price clipped, slight shelfwear to extremities of bookcovers, otherwise fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Color, B/w Illustrations (illustrator). Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 78 full-page colour plates, 171 black-and-white reproductions, various plans, diagrams, etc., within the text. Navy cloth, spine titled in silver, upper board blocked in silver, pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy.

Trade Paperback. ** USA Customers Please Note: We ship via Canada Post & USPS. We process and pay all customs fees before shipping; there will be no Import Charges, Brokerage Fees or Tariffs on any Items purchased from us. ** (illustrator). First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo, original red boards titled in gilt on spine panel. 106 pp, glossy black & white photograph of Dion Fortune as a frontispiece. Bookplate on front free endpaper, a near fine copy in the printed paper dust jacket; the jacket has slight toning to the spine panel but is nearly fine. Dion Fortune [pseudonym of Violet Mary Firth,1891-1946], one of the twentieth century's most famous occultists: a former member of the Golden Dawn who founded her own order, The Society of the Inner Light.

cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 314 pages. First U.S. edition. Ten separate authors discuss calligraphy, illumination, miniature painting and bookbinding during this period. 250 illustrations including many in color. Minor foxing of half-title. Ownership inscription in pencil.