David Sylvester Introduction (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited Numbered Edition. A special, limited edition printing (#1075 of 15,000 copies) issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma (the only reservation in that state), where the Osage Nation was established on 30 Sept 1872 after their removal from Kansas. In 104 pages with References & many full-color, full-page photos throughout the text. Introduction by & brief biography of Sylvester J. Tinker, Principal Chief of the Osage Tribe. A commemorative coin originally issued with the book is NOT included. Softcover 8vo (5.5" x 9") has blue wrappers decorated with a blind stamp of the Seal of the Osage Nation to front. Condition is VG+: very clean, binding strong & straight, pages white & unmarked. Very mild waviness/warping to back cover & a few pages in rear; very slight dogearing to corners; fading to outer edges. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Qto., 32 pages, illustrated. There is one small art gallery stamp on the inside of the rear cover, overall, a Very Good copy.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Sehr gut. 1978. Umschlag an den Rändern minimal berieben/bestossen, hinten unten kleiner Knick. Innenteil tadellos - wohl u n g e l e s e n - keine Risse, Knicke, Anmerkungen. ! Altersbedingt minimal nachgedunkelt! KEIN Mängelexemplar! Versand aus München 21-937 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 454. …

Softcover. 4°, Original brochure with 48 pages, 51 entries, and numerous monochrome illustrations. Small ink signature on the inside front cover; otherwise clean and well-preserved // Originalbroschur mit 48 Seiten, 51 Positionen und zahlreichen einfarbigen Abbildungen. Kleine Signatur in Tinte im vorderen Innendeckel, ansonsten sauber und gut erhalten. -- Bitte Portokosten außerhalb EU erfragen! / Please ask for postage costs outside EU! / S ' il vous plait demander des frais de port en dehors de l ' UE! // Bitte beachten Sie auch unsere Fotos! / Please also note our photos! / Veuillez noter nos photos -- Wenn es draußen stürmt, können Sie es sich mit einem guten Buch gemütlich machen und ein warmes Getränk dazu genießen. Bei uns finden Sie die passende Lektüre! -- Wir kaufen Ihre werthaltigen Bücher! K01881-438332.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. No Jacket as issued. 1st Edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition 1 - 25 October. French fold wrappers. 56pp. Colour and monochrome full page plates. Private view invitation slip loosely enclosed. An excellent copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Card-covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Handwritten correction to a word in the introduction. There are a couple of neat handwritten reference numbers on white labels to top of front cover. This catalogue was deacessioned from the library of the art dealer Offer Waterman and Co. and bears a discreet circular blindstamp hand-numbered in the centre to the lower right of the introduction on the first page. One tipped-in b/w illustration. This 27 item catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the German-born later British artist Louise Hutchinson (née Luisa Friedericke Susanna Wolf 1883 1968), also known as Li Osborn ,held at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London from March 5th to 28th, 1953. Scarce.…

Small octavo softcover (NR FINE) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Exhibition built aroun the art historian and curator David Sylvester. Large square 4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 63pp colour plates, bibliography, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy (merest hint of tanning to covers) ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 30x20cm. Soft cover. First edition thus. Published on occasion of exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London. ppXI(1)475(1) with essays, commentaries on exhibits, numerous monochrome illustrations, and indexes, followed by 60 colour illustrations on 16 leaves. Untitled card wrappers - white on outsides, puce on insides - in grey dust jacket printed on all three panels. Dust jacket a little edge-rubbed & nicked, particularly at head of backstrip panel, a little toned at backstrip panel, along adjacent edge of rear panel, and towards upper edge of front panel. Rear panel also with tan liquid stain of variable depth of tone along 8cm of fore-edge to width up to just over 2.5cm; pale little stains elsewheres - one on front panel, four on backstrip panel - of minimal effect on appearance. Edges of text-block a little toned, faint toning within towards page edges. Wrappers and contents clean and tight. VERY GOOD copy in GOOD unclipped dust jacket. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1965. First edition, soft-back with paper cover. Catalogue with B&W and some colour photographs. Book condition: Very Good, covered with original clear plastic protective covering, age related sunning to page edges - please see photographs. Paper cover condition: Very Good, age related shelf wear, spotting to front and back cover edges - please see photographs. …

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. xi, 475pp + 32pp of colour plates. Original plain white paperback. Slight creasing and fading otherwise near very good indeed in a slightly edge rubbed and faded, very good dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. xi, 475, 32 pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w and with 32 pages of colour plates at rear. Stiff printed wrappers with light edgewear and marking. Spine and pages lightly toned, but a clean copy. Published to accompany the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London in 1978. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0728701480 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Cloth, 4to. Fourth (completely revised) Edition. 278 pp. White boards. No DJ. wall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. 3 Vols 277pp. xxx116pp.Unpaginated. Illus throughout - full page b/w plates. Interesting art sculpture reference literature. Scarce collection covering Moore's work from 1921 through to 1964. Text in English. The books are in very good condition - clean and bright in like d/w. They present very nicely on the shelf. A heavy set - overseas customers please request postal quote. PARROTT BOOKS - established for over 20 years offering a prompt friendly and efficient service.…

Condition: Very Good. First edition in publisher's original illustrated card wrap covers with French flaps [softback]. Square 9½'' x 9½''. Contains 63 printed pages of text with colour artwork throughout. Light rubs with surface scratching to the back cover, some yellowing and in Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 185437432X ART [British].…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy of the presumed first hard cover edition (no explicit edition or printing statement) in a like (not clipped) dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding and jacket are bright and fresh in appearance, with jacket in mylar protected. Very slight bumps to bottom corners of the boards. Publisher's ISBN label to bottom-left corner of the rear jacket panel. A brilliant copy of this sumptuous book. [Please note: Due to the size and weight of the volume extra shipping may be required depending on the destination and speed of delivery requested. International buyers may especially wish to inquire before ordering. Quotations gladly provided.]. Alex Katz (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint of the fifth, revised edition. Quarto. 11 3/4 x 9 3/4". 268pp. Profusely and beautifully illustrated from b&w photographs of Moore's work, printed on glossy paper. Gallery stamps on fly-leaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Large book: NO international or priority orders. Fourth Edition, completely revised. Clean and unmarked. 277pp. Jacket is shelf rubbed; offered now in a new mylar cover. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Small 4to 922cm x 22cm). Colour illustrated wraps. pp 12 (unpaginated). 3 black and white illustrations. Exhibition catalogue. Slight soiling to covers, rear cover slightly creased, one page slightly soiled otherwise VG.

Arts Council of Great Britain, London, 1977. 25 x 21,5 cm. Softcover [ near fine ]. With illustrations in color and b/w. [32] pages. [Art / Dutch artist [Nederlandse Kunstenaars] ].

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Vol 1: Illustrations throughout, including frontis piece. End papers slightly sunned. White cloth covered boards bottom edge is darkened , slight bumping to head of spine. Very good indeed. Dj, slight bumping and wear to extremities, very good indeed. Vol 2: Illustrations throughout, including frontis piece. Blue cloth boards, slightly bumped head and foot of spine, minor marks, very good indeed. Dj is smudged with wear to extremities, particularly head and foot of spine, also slight folding to top edge. Very good. Acquired from Maude Lloyd, an admired leading dancer with Ballet Rambert in the 1930s. With her husband, Nigel Gosling a renowned art critic, she later wrote, influential dance books and reviews under the joint pseudonym, 'Alexander Bland'. When Rudolph Nureyev defected in 1961, Margot Fonteyn asked them to befriend him which they gladly did offering him freedom of their house. Gosling edited his autobiography. Nureyev wrote an admiring memoir of him in Observer of the Dance anthologising Goslings reviews, "He and Maude were like my family.". …

First Edition. [Exhibition Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 20cm), pp.xii; 475 [33]. With black and white illustrations throughout, and a suite of colour images at rear. Publisher's plain soft covers, with the grey dust-jacket. Quite heavy rubbing to jacket edges and joints, otherwise a clean intact copy. Very good.…