John Russell Preface (22 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: vg-. Dust Jacket Condition: vg. 11" tall; 256 pages; heavy glossy paper; color & b/w ils; vertical crease to dust jacket mid-spine; black remainder line top edge. Meyer Schapiro (illustrator). Hardcover (dj).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book with typical stickers and stampings. No Priority shipping available on this item. ***No international shipping. -3a-.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A large-format coffee-table book. *** With 203 illustrations, including 53 in full colour. Includes 3 essays by Schapiro: "On Representing and Knowing," "Color as Expressive," and "Art Schools: Drawing from the Figure." *** "Admirers of the late, legendary art historian Meyer Schapiro will find this first publication of his own artwork a revelation. More than 200 paintings, drawings, and sculptures are reproduced; along with three never-published essays - "On Representing and Knowing," "Color as Expressive," and "Drawing from the Figure" - they yield a surprising private view of this Renaissance man who was a giant figure in American intellectual and artistic life from the 1930s until his death in 1996 at age 91. Of special interest are Schapiro's self-portraits and renderings of such notable people as Bernard Berenson, Whittaker Chambers, and Irving Howe. An introduction by Schapiro's widow, Lillian Milgram Schapiro, gives insights into his early art education, and a preface by New York Times art critic John Russell provides a personal reminiscence of this inspirational figure in the art world who soared above the crowd as 'one of nature's illuminants.' / MEYER SCHAPIRO (1904-1996) was associated with Columbia University from 1920, when he entered as an undergraduate, until his death. He was named University Professor Emeritus there in 1973. He also taught at New York University, Oxford University, and the College de France in Paris. His varied fields of interest included the art of the Middle Ages and of 19th- and 20th-century Europe and America. LILLIAN MILGRAM SCHAPIRO is a retired pediatrician and former medical school clinical professor. She married Meyer Schapiro in 1928 and worked with him on various aspects of his publications. JOHN RUSSELL is former chief art critic of The New York Times and the author of many books, including Abrams' Matisse: Father & Son, London, and Paris. He lives in New York. JOHN BIGELOW TAYLOR is a well-known photographer whose work has appeared in a number of Abrams books, including The Currency of Fame, The Cycladic Spirit, Daniel Brush: Gold Without Boundaries, The Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry, and Venetian Glass." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto. Color and B&W illustrations. Fine in fine DJ. 256 pages.

First edition Fine and bright blue boards in like glossy dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Excellent study of this fine artist and teacher with many full page size paintings in color and etchings and black and white detail with informative text.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Firmly bound, ex library copy with ink stamps and usual handling wear, jacket within a plastic cover.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 18mo, Sewn binding in mauve cloth, gilt stamped spine lettering. Both volumes very clean and sharp; vol. 1 DJ with a large chip out of the front fore head corner.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. With jacket. 184 pp. Untrimmed. Clean and bright. No inscriptions. Jacket has just light tanning to spine and edges. NEAR FINE / VG+.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, with a Very Good dust jacket. Edgewear to jacket, including a few bumps, chips, and short tears. One inch tear to jacket at spine. Toning and smudging to jacket. Minor edgewear to boards. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. …

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1963, no previous printings listed. Published in conjunction with the exhibition April-May 1963 by Marlborough New Gallery. softcover without DJ as issued. Condition as new, square, tight and clean book, no edgewear, spine not creased, corners not bumped, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 4to, not paginated, about 90 pages, illustrated throughout. ASIN : B000K0E2LS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Hbk, 237pp, dj price-clipped and lightly toned at spine, otherwise fine and now in protective sleeve, internally an excellent, clean, tight and unmarked copy as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. Blue cloth hardcover in clipped DJ. Pp 299. A square, tight, clean copy; neat previous owner's name. The dust jacket is smooth with a touch of age-colouring to covers and a sunned spine but is very sound. Iin English. Images/further information available upon request. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. Printed by A. and R. Spottiswoode, London. Both upper corners quite worn, moderate shelf wear and light fraying to upper spine. Interior pages lightly tanned with foxing, but easily legible. 248 pp. More images upon request.…

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Near FINE. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued without a dustjacket. 1st Edition. 4to in stiff card covers, unpaginated, approx. 40pp on various types of paper, b/w plates etc . [CONDITION: VERY GOOD A clean and tight copy (superficial rub and marking to front cover) ] . To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Very Good dust jacket. Rubbing along panel edges.

Octavo. 299pp. Introduction and Notes By Robert Mallet. These letters were published shortly before Gide's death. These letters, 171 in all, and mostly those of Claudel's as part of his archives were destroyed during the Tokyo earthquake of 1925. These letters were of highly personal and of intimate nature, cruel and wounding to both, but the authors were prepared for the worse. Bound in light blue cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, a bit of fading to head of spine.A very god copy in unclipped, very good dust jacket with chipping to spin ends and toning to rear panel.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, fourth impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly rubbed, not price clipped (21s), small previous owner's name to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 208pp. The phenomenally successful comic novel by 'Nino Culotta' (John O'Grady 1907-81), about the adventures of an Italian immigrant family in Australia just after the War. It mostly a social commentary of the difficulties of integration and Australian society of the period; specifically male, working class society. Quite a scarce book. Illustrated by 'Wep' (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 21 Cm Tall, Pages Untrimmed, In Original Publisher's Grey-Brown Boards With Paper Spine Label. Pp [2], (Vi), (I), 248 + 12-Pp September, 1820, Publisher's 12 Catalog At Front. First Printing. Presentation Copy, Inscribed "For Lord Hastings" On Front Cover, Not Signed But In Russell's Hand. John Russell, 1St Earl Russell, Kg, Gcmg, Pc, Frs (1792 - 1878), Known By His Courtesy Title Lord John Russell Before 1861, Was A Leading Whig And Liberal Politician Who Served As Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom On Two Occasions 30 June 1846 - 21 February 1852 And 29 October 1865 - 26 June 1866. His Great Achievements, Says A. J. P. Taylor, Were Based On His Indefatigable Battles In Parliament Over The Years On Behalf Of The Expansion Of Liberty; After Each Loss He Tried Again And Again, Until Finally, His Efforts Were Largely Successful. Russell Led His Whig Party Into Support For Reform; He Was The Principal Architect Of The Great Reform Act Of 1832. As Prime Minister He Was Less Successful. He Headed A Government That Failed To Deal With The Irish Potato Famine, A Disaster Which Saw The Loss Of A Quarter Of That Country's Population. Lord Russell Was The Grandfather Of The Philosopher Bertrand Russell. The Recipient Of This Book, Francis Edward Rawdon-Hastings, 1St Marquess Of Hastings, Kg, Pc (1754 -1826), Known As The Earl Of Moira Between 1793 And 1816, Took The Additional Surname 'Hastings' In 1790 In Compliance With The Will Of His Maternal Uncle, Francis Hastings, 10Th Earl Of Huntingdon. Rawdon Became Freinds With Banastre Tarleton At University College, Oxford, But Dropped Out. He Joined The British Army On 7 August 1771 As An Ensign In The 15Th Foot. He Sailed For America On 7 May 1774. Hastings Was The Son Of John Rawdon, 1St Earl Of Moira And Elizabeth Hastings, 13Th Baroness Hastings. He Joined The British Army On 7 August 1771 As An Ensign. He Was At Harrow School And Matriculated At University College, Oxford, But Dropped Out. He Became Friends There With Banastre Tarleton. On 20 October 1773, He Was Promoted To Lieutenant In The 5Th Foot. He Returned To England To Join His Regiment, And Sailed For America On 7 May 1774. Rawdon Was Posted At Boston As A Lieutenant In The 5Th Regiment Of Foot's Grenadier Company, Which Was Then Under The Command Of Captain Francis Marsden. He First Saw Action At The Battles Of Lexington And Concord And The Battle Of Bunker Hill. Serving With The Grenadiers, He Participated In The Second Assault Against Breed's Hill (Which Failed), And The Third Assault Against The Redoubt. As His Superior, A Captain George Harris, Was Wounded Beside Him, He Took Command Of His Company For The Successful Assault.John Burgoyne Noted In Dispatches: "Lord Rawdon Has This Day Stamped His Fame For Life." He Also Was Wounded During The Assault. He Was Promoted Captain, And Given A Company In The 63Rd Foot. After Having Recognized Him, It Is Said That It Was Lieutenant Lord Rawdon Killed The American General Joseph Warren. Perhaps His Most Noted Achievement Was The Victory In 1781 At The Battle Of Hobkirk's Hill, In Which, In Command Of Only A Small Force, He Defeated By Superior Military Skill And Determination, A Much Larger Body Of Americans. Thinking (In Error) That General Nathanael Greene Had Moved His Artillery Away, Rawdon Attacked Greene's Left Wing, Forcing The Americans To Retire. Rawdon Became Active In Associations In London. Rawdon Was A Long-Standing Advocate Of Irish Issues, In Particular Catholic Emancipation. At One Point He Was Described By The Irish Revolutionary Wolfe Tone As "The Irish Lafayette". Through The Influence Of The Prince-Regent, Moira Was Appointed Governor-General Of India On 11 November 1812.] His Tenure As Governor-General Was A Memorable One, Overseeing The Victory In The Gurkha War (1814-1816); The Final Conquest Of The Marathas In 1818; And The Purchase Of The Island Of Singapore In 1819. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Special Edition. Full leather bound edition. Raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. Gilt page edges and cover design. Ribbon page marker. Marble design endpapers. Book is new and sealed in publishers shrinkwrap. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Tall 8vo. (10)pp + 31 colour plates. Publisher's white soft card covers, black lettering + colour illustration girl leaving room with flowers on table on front. Clean & tight. **. F.

Condition: Good. 8vo. Softcover. 46 pp. B&W Plates. Very Good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. An abundantly illustrated set of works on farming and agriculture. A lovely three volume set of agricultural works.Comprising of:1898 A Manual of Agricultural BotanyFrom the German of Dr. A. B. Frank, translated by John W. Paterson. Published by William Blackwood and Sons. Illustrated abundantly in text.1911 Farm DairyingA work by Laura Rose, published by T. Werner Laurie. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 32 plates, and in text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. Undated, dated from the preface.1943 Soil and SenseA work by Michael Graham, with a preface by Sir E. John Russell. The third impression, first published in 1941, by Faber and Faber Ltd. With in text illustrations. In cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Light bumping to extremities, most significant to the head and tail of the spines. Light fading to spine of A Manual of Agricultural Botany. Spotting and tide marks to boards of Farm Dairying, with ink inscription to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the odd light spotting, most significant to A Manual of Agricultural Botany. Ink inscriptions throughout A Manual of Agricultural Botany. Ink inscription to front free endpaper of Soil ad Sense. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…