Chanin Abraham (31 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. EX LIBRARY BOOK.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Facsimile reprints of three Museum of Modern Art monographs from the late 1940's, black and white illustrations. Edges lightly foxed, very mild damp ripple on the center top margins of the pages, previous owner's name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is rubbed- mainly on the edges and spine, creases paralleling the upper and lower edges, four inch tear with crease off the lower rear edge. Binding is firm, text clean.

Condition: New. Park, Sun Young (illustrator).

softcover. Condition: Very Good. Wrapper has light edge wear; old price-sticked upper corner.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1st. 83 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Edition of 9500 copies. A fragile copy with worn outer wraps. Clean inside copy, age toning. Size: 8vo.

Condition: As New. Park, Sun Young (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Softbound. Condition: Very Good. Octavo, paper covers, vi, 252 pp., b/w photos, index Signed by the author on the title-page.

Wraps. Condition: Good. Illustrated wraps. 83 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A catalog to a 1948 exhibition of sculpture and work by Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner, with critical essays accompanying many photos of the work. GOOD condition. Wrappers browned, with minor soiling. Some scuffing along the extremities. Light toning in the interior.

Softcover, 84 pages, poor condition; still bound pages loose from covers; light edgewear to spine; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. illustrated (illustrator). Reprint. Black & white illustration. DJ is colorful, soiled from handling, chips at corners, some rubbing. Boards are well-bound, pages clean & sharp throughout.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. First edition. Trade soft cover. Published NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1948. Limited to 9,500 copies. 4to. printed gray wrappers with red titles. 83 pp., illus b/w plates, two die cut sheets printed in red on translucent vellum tipped in. Minor crease lines rear cover, else very good. A very nice copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. 83 pages. Condition is Very Good, wear to spine edges, a few small creases at edges, text and illustrations are very clean. STK.

Condition: New. Park, Sun Young (illustrator).

Softcover, 84 pages, good condition; light edgewear to spine and a few scuffs to covers; long crease to rear cover; small crease to lower right corner of pages; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Condition: As New. Park, Sun Young (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

First edition. Softcover. Joint exhibition catalog for these two brothers who were both Russian artists. Features Herbert Read's essay "Constructivism: The Art of Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner" along with biographies of the two men by Ruth Olson and Abraham Chanin. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A very good copy in wrappers with some slight wear along the spine and some other minor wear. Internally a clean copy.

Condition: Good. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City New York 1948.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. CHOLENT AND CHORIZO: GREAT ADVENTURES OF PIONEER JEWS ON THE ARIZONA FRONTIER, SOMETIMES KOSHER, SOMETIMES NOT, BUT ALWAYS FASCINATION, Abraham Chanin, MIDBAR PRESS, 1995, 252P, TRADE pb, bumped/scuffed covers, text clean/tanning, solid binding, SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR----30.00. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover; reprint edition, The Museum of Modern Art; very good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket, light fading, light shelf wear. Includes Naum Gabo-Antoine Pevsner with an introduction by Herbert Read and texts by Ruth Olson and Abraham Chanin; Wilhelm Lehmbruck-Aristide Maillol with an introduction by Jere Abbott; and Henry Moore by James Johnson Sweeney. ASIN: B0013FYSKY.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gray illustrated wraps with visible edgewear and bump to spine, clean, no spine crease; former owners signature, dated 1948 of artist/illustrator Alice D. Laughlin, on the half-title page, o/w clean and unmarked copy. 83 pages, illustrated, plus 2 die-cut thin paper inserts. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Image may be added by request. Questions welcome.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited to 9,500 copies. Introduction by Herbert Read. Softcover. Very Good. Thin quarto; gray paper wraps; red titles; 84 pp.; generously illustrated in b/w; light edgewear and creasing to cover; previous owner's last name neatly written on ffep, else a clean, very good copy.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Signed by the author. Fine copy (light rubbing to covers). 252 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Gift quality. Beige cloth boards, w/brown titles, are clean & straight. Binding tight. Text & photos clean & unmarked w/no rips or tears. Quick shipping w/free delivery confirmation.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Very nice large format hardcover, clean and tight. Jacket has slight edge and shelf wear, not faded. Tan boards, maroon writing. Sections on Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner, on Wilhelm Lehmbruck and Aristide Maillol, and on Henry Moore. This is a reprint of essays and photographs of works and bibliographies, etc. from out-of-print articles from the Museum of Modern Art. M01476.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex-Library hardcover with dj in very nice condition with the usual markings and attachments. Sunned spine. Library stamp inked out on edges. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. 1969 Arno Press Reprint. This is a fine, as new hardcover Arno Press reprint in tan cloth binding with brown lettering, no DJ. A lovely copy, looks unread. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY.

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. 1st Museum of Modern Art 1948 paperback; tape repair to spine; previous owner signature on ffep.

Trade paperback. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. vi, 252, [2] pages. 62 black and white photographs in the text. The book contains a bibliography and index. Signed by the author on the title page. Spine edges worn. Some cover wear. Sticker residue at back cover. Abraham S. Chanin was a Professor of Journalism at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Born in New York, he moved to Tucson, AZ in 1928. He became a true westerner and was even in the movie Arizona, atop his favorite horse. He graduated with a Journalism degree from the University of Arizona. He did sports and editorial writing for 36 years at the Arizona Daily Star. He was also editor and publisher of The Arizona Post, a newspaper for the Tucson Jewish community, and Collegiate Baseball, a national publication. After retiring from the Arizona Daily Star, he created and directed the Bloom Southwest Jewish Archives at the University of Arizona (1988-1994). He wrote several books on topics ranging from U of A athletic history to freedom of the press and Jewish history.

Condition: Good. [Exhibition catalogue]. 4to. 83 pp. Soft gray illustrated wraps with red lettering. Fair with chipped spine reinforced with tape, soiling, split binding and loose pages. Black and white plates. Illustrated vellum endpapers. Includes an introduction by Herbert Read and text by Ruth Olson and Abraham Chanin. Catalogue created on occasion of exhibition of works by Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY from February 10, 1948 through April 25, 1948. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4° - 83 pp - Catalogue for Gabo-Pevsner exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Constructionism and futurism sculptures by the artists in b/w reproductions. Text in english.