Patience Jan (13 results)

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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Solidly and squarely bound in clean illustrated soft covers; prior owner's name sticker inside front cover, otherwise no names or markings anywhere in book--very clean. 187pages.

Hardback. Condition: New. The Making of George Wyllie has been co-written by his elder daughter, Louise Wyllie, and arts journalist Jan Patience. Containing never-beforeseen images and fresh insight into his influences and early life, this book seeks to answer questions about the forces which shaped Wyllie's unique worldview.The voyage begins with Wyllie's Glasgow childhood - a period 'disadvantaged by happiness' - and moves on to time spent serving in the Pacific with the Royal Navy during WWII, where he witnessed first-hand the devastation caused by the world's first atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. After the war, like Robert Burns and Adam Smith before him, Wyllie became an Excisemen. He made 'time for art' in his forties, going on to create memorable public art works such as the life-sized Straw Locomotive, which hung from the Finnieston Crane in Glasgow, and the giant seaworthy Paper Boat, with the letters QM (Question Mark) on her side.By the time of his death at the age of ninety in 2012, this idiosyncratic self-taught artist had laid out his vision of himself as the artist-shaman, arrow in hand, making a last Cosmic Voyage.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Qto., 74 pages, illustrated with colour plates. A Fine copy.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Navy blue cloth. Decorated jacket. 250 x 250 mm. [vi] 170 pp. B&w and colour illustrations. A clean, bright copy. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Tight Firm Clean Copy With No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Photo Illustrations Throughout. Blue Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titled Spine - No Visible Wear. Unclipped Jacket In Similar Condition. Heavy Book Over 1Kg - Additional Postage May Be Requested.

Stiff Card Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Reid, Paul (illustrator). First Edition. 2013. 74pp. Full colour images. Signed "Paul Reid" without dedication on the first page. Price list tipped in to rear. This book was produced to coincide with the exhibition from 2nd August to 4th September, 2013. Book in excellent condition with no inscriptions. SIGNED COPY.

Gebunden. Condition: New. An entertaining and enlightening biography of one of Scotland s most popular artists.KlappentextrnrnAn entertaining and enlightening biography of one of Scotland s most popular artists.

Hardback. Condition: New. The Making of George Wyllie has been co-written by his elder daughter, Louise Wyllie, and arts journalist Jan Patience. Containing never-beforeseen images and fresh insight into his influences and early life, this book seeks to answer questions about the forces which shaped Wyllie's unique worldview.The voyage begins with Wyllie's Glasgow childhood - a period 'disadvantaged by happiness' - and moves on to time spent serving in the Pacific with the Royal Navy during WWII, where he witnessed first-hand the devastation caused by the world's first atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. After the war, like Robert Burns and Adam Smith before him, Wyllie became an Excisemen. He made 'time for art' in his forties, going on to create memorable public art works such as the life-sized Straw Locomotive, which hung from the Finnieston Crane in Glasgow, and the giant seaworthy Paper Boat, with the letters QM (Question Mark) on her side.By the time of his death at the age of ninety in 2012, this idiosyncratic self-taught artist had laid out his vision of himself as the artist-shaman, arrow in hand, making a last Cosmic Voyage.