Nikos Stangos Editor (36 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sorry, No international shipping on this item.Ex-library paperback (rebound as hardcover) in very nice condition with the usual markings and attachments. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Stiff color illus. wraps. 2nd ed. Mild surface rubbing, corners /edges a bit rubbed. Square, uncreased binding, unmarked interior. Mild foxing along text block edges. 2nd ptg. thus. 384 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Expanded & Updated. The binding is tight. Wrapper shows creasing and peeling to corners. Light wear and a small stain to leading edge. Text and images unmarked. 424pp.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. The editor presents writings on various genres of modern art by a variety of authors. A revised and enlarged edition of this entry in publisher's "World of Art" series. With 123 illustrations. --- With repeating René Magritte painting on cover. Prior owner's mark to inside of front cover, else a clean, firm copy.; Octavo (8 to 9 in. tall); 384 pages. …

Condition: Very Good. reprint. Paperback, VG+. 352pp, 376 b/w illustrations, covers a little sunned & creased, a nice copy. Good slim single volume dictionary of Art. 700 grams.

Condition: acceptable. The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers. 61 Color & 83 B/w Illustrations (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ. Second edition. 8vo, 384 pp., 123 b/w plates. Top edge dusty and lightly stained, neat remainder stamp and small stain on bottom edge, a few specks to front endpapers. Jacket sunned and edgeworn with a couple of small nicks and chips.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good. Critically acclaimed and universally popular, David Hockney discusses his humanistic artistic vision and its roots in his personal experiences. The fusion of the technology of painting and playfulness in his work is revealed in the hundreds of full-color images encompassing painting, drawing, stage design, photography and printmaking. A candid and insightful work. List of illustrations,index. 248p.…

Condition: Very Good. This book has been examined carefully and the cover and pages are in very good condition. It is clean and tight inside.paperbackUsed - Very Good. 61 Color & 83 B/w Illustrations (illustrator).

Condition: Good. Paperback, numerous (full page) b/w illustrations and a part in colour, 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: n No Jacket. n Revised & Updated Edition. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1985. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Revised & Updated Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Concise cross-referenced information on over 2,500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements, techniques, materials etc. 352pp with 376 black and white illustrations. Slight reading crease to spine, minor surface scuffing and old label to rear panel, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Book. …

paperback. Condition: Fair. Creasing to spine. Name on first page.

paperback. Condition: Good. Clean Pages. Proceeds benefit the Pima County Public Library system, which serves Tucson and southern Arizona. Slight edge wear and bumping. 61 Color & 83 B/w Illustrations (illustrator).

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 352pp, 376 bw ills. Covers very slightly soiled and slightest of edge wear. Comprehensive dictionary providing information on 2500 artists, paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, schools and movements including information on contemporary art. Also entries on techniques, materials, terms and writers who have influenced artists. Size: 8vo.…

120pp. 144 illus. (61 color). 4to. Wraps.

120pp. 144 illus. (61 color). 4to. Wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A fine copy unopened - Guaranteed posting 24hrs from Cornwall st181. illustrated throughout (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Book in fine condition; faint scuffing to wraps; slight lift of cellophane skin at tip of top outside corner front cover; faint toning to clean interior pages; binding sound. Pictures selected by Nikos Stangos. 120 pages. 10.5 x 8 5/8 in. 61 Color & 83 B/w Illustrations (illustrator).…

Trade Paperback. First Edition. First edition (first printing). Good copy in illustrated wrappers of softcover skeychbook only. Water staining to some upper pages of sketchbook. Missing the hardcover book. With damaged cardboard box.

Paperback. The main concepts and development of art from about 1900 to the present are analyzed in authoritative essays by some of the most distinguished art historians and critics in Britain and the United States. With Edward Lucie-Smith on Pop Art, Suzi Gablik on Minimal Art, Norbert Lynton on Expressionism, and Sarah Whitfield on Fauvism, to name a few, these scholarly essays illuminate each particular artistic movement of the century, and together form an entire history of modern art. 123 illus. 1985, Reprint. A fine, unmarked copy. {"length"=>["22"], "width"=>["14"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 384 pages. 8.20x5.80x0.90 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Third Edition, Enlarged. Glossy card covers, pp.424. Bw ills. Thames and Hudsons` World of Art series. Light crease down spine. Name on front endpaper. Near fine copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. 10.75 x 8.75 inches. 312 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original green cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. "Hockney's description of his life and work and his associations with other artists is supplemented with his complete drawings and paintings to date" (the publisher). Some minor wear to jacket; generally a clean copy.…

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 312 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Contents; David Hockney / David Hockney -- Birth, family and early apprenticeship -- Bradford Grammar School -- Bradford School of Art -- The first painting sold -- Royal College of Art, 1957 -- Traditionalists v. abstract expressionist -- The dilemma about the figure -- The Young Contemporaries, 1961 -- The Richard Hamilton prize -- Coming to terms with the figure -- The writing on the picture -- Content and form -- Walt Whitman's code -- Cavafy in the semi-Egyptian style -- The tea paintings -- Early graphic work -- The first trip to America; Cavafy's dignitaries -- The Young Contemporaries, 1962 -- The emerging figures -- 'The rub of love' -- The Italian journey -- The first life paintings -- The marriage paintings -- The curtain in the painting in the picture -- The artist and his dealer -- A Rake's progress -- Domestic scenes -- Showers -- Egypt, 1963 -- The first trip to California -- The first car, the first studio, the first California paintings -- California themes -- Iowa -- Swimming pools -- Still lifes -- A sad story -- The Cavafy etchings -- Ubu Roi -- Los Angeles realities -- Realism turning into naturalism -- The traps -- The new academies -- The source of light -- Three splashes -- Acrylic v. oil -- The pains of popularity -- Figurative art and the new synthesis -- Painting and photography -- The camera can lie -- Back in England, 1967 -- And back again to California, 1968 -- The most domestic scene, California -- Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy -- Drawing -- England 1968: the swinging London that never was -- The traps of naturalism -- Life studies from the nude -- Grimm Fairy Tales -- The painted garden -- The Whitechapel Gallery Exhibition, 1970 -- The semi-naturalistic style and painting a relationship -- A commissioned portrait -- The end of a relationship -- Coping with life: nine new paintings -- Japan, 1971 -- Painting a relationship -- How paintings sell -- An unfinished painting -- A new beginning: Paris, 1973 -- The Louvre show -- A film without a star -- New etching techniques -- New drawings, new paintings and an opera design. Subjects; Hockney, David. Hockney, David (English painter, printmaker, and photographer, born 1937). Hockney, David (English painter, printmaker, and photographer, born 1937) Criticism and interpretation. Artists England ; Biography. Painters, British 20th century ; Biography. Printmakers, British 20th century ; Biography. Photographers, British 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.…

Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. 61 Color & 83 B/w Illustrations (illustrator).

Reprint. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 312 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. Contents; David Hockney / David Hockney -- Birth, family and early apprenticeship -- Bradford Grammar School -- Bradford School of Art -- The first painting sold -- Royal College of Art, 1957 -- Traditionalists v. abstract expressionist -- The dilemma about the figure -- The Young Contemporaries, 1961 -- The Richard Hamilton prize -- Coming to terms with the figure -- The writing on the picture -- Content and form -- Walt Whitman's code -- Cavafy in the semi-Egyptian style -- The tea paintings -- Early graphic work -- The first trip to America; Cavafy's dignitaries -- The Young Contemporaries, 1962 -- The emerging figures -- 'The rub of love' -- The Italian journey -- The first life paintings -- The marriage paintings -- The curtain in the painting in the picture -- The artist and his dealer -- A Rake's progress -- Domestic scenes -- Showers -- Egypt, 1963 -- The first trip to California -- The first car, the first studio, the first California paintings -- California themes -- Iowa -- Swimming pools -- Still lifes -- A sad story -- The Cavafy etchings -- Ubu Roi -- Los Angeles realities -- Realism turning into naturalism -- The traps -- The new academies -- The source of light -- Three splashes -- Acrylic v. oil -- The pains of popularity -- Figurative art and the new synthesis -- Painting and photography -- The camera can lie -- Back in England, 1967 -- And back again to California, 1968 -- The most domestic scene, California -- Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy -- Drawing -- England 1968: the swinging London that never was -- The traps of naturalism -- Life studies from the nude -- Grimm Fairy Tales -- The painted garden -- The Whitechapel Gallery Exhibition, 1970 -- The semi-naturalistic style and painting a relationship -- A commissioned portrait -- The end of a relationship -- Coping with life: nine new paintings -- Japan, 1971 -- Painting a relationship -- How paintings sell -- An unfinished painting -- A new beginning: Paris, 1973 -- The Louvre show -- A film without a star -- New etching techniques -- New drawings, new paintings and an opera design. Subjects; Hockney, David. Hockney, David (English painter, printmaker, and photographer, born 1937). Hockney, David (English painter, printmaker, and photographer, born 1937) Criticism and interpretation. Artists England ; Biography. Painters, British 20th century ; Biography. Printmakers, British 20th century ; Biography. Photographers, British 20th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. True first British printing with original unclipped (and unpriced) jacket. Large format. Edited by Nikos Stangos. Profusely illustrated. Jacket has minor patchy edge/shelf wear, a little patchy fading (including to/near spine), the odd very small mark, the odd small crease/rub to edges and minor pushing/rubbing to head/tail of spine and to corners. Boards are near fine with a hint of pushing to corners, a little patchy fading and minor pushing/rubbing/fading to head/tail of spine. Pages are generally clean and the binding is tight. Previous owner's name and date in pen to half-title page. Pages slightly tanned. Very occasional small mark to pages. No other faults. A nice copy. Non UK shipping will be higher than quoted due to weight. All books described honestly and accurately. Paypal accepted. Hockney, David (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First edition 1993, first printing, numbers line starts with 1. Published by Chronicle Books. Hardcover with DJ. Condition as new, square tight and clean book, corners not bumped, no edgewear, covers very slightly sunned at edges. no names, no underlinings, no highlights, slight foxing at upper edge,no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ fine, one small closed tear at lower corner, no chips, price intact. 4to, 248 pages, illustrated throughout. Heavy book will require additional postage for international orders. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book club edition. Imitation cloth, dj, Near Fine. 312pp, 60 colour & 374 b/w illustrations. A well illustrated overview of the career of the British Pop artist.