Ron Brownson (40 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Soft cover edtition. Condition: Very good. Exterior shows minor bumping to corners of back and front cover. Otherwise no noteable wear or tear to exterior or interior. Pages bright and vivid. A gorgeous copy of this collection.; Quarto.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Bound in black vinyl with red & white lettering on front cover and on spine; minor wear; well illustrated with both black and white and colour reproductions of works of art. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 170 pages. Over a period of several years Michelle Moir travelled through both the North and South Islands photographing and interviewing a diverse range of women who l ive and work in rural New Zealand. The result is a combination of photographic p ortraits and interviews that reflect the realities of New Zealand country life t hrough the eyes of these women--Jacket A combination of photographic portraits a nd interviews that reflects New Zealand country life. Michelle Moir (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. From the exhibition John Kinder's New Zealand at Auckland Art Gallery in 2004. With essays by Peter Shaw (A Life of John Kinder), Michael Dunn (John Kinder's NZ Paintings), Ron Brownson ( Kinder's NZ Photographs), and Roger Blackley (John Kinder and NZ Art). A large, heavy book that may require extra postage.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A Godwit Book/Random House Auckland 2001 First Edition 182pp photos all black and white, VG (Card covers sl rubbed and worn, ex library w usual stamps etc, edges sl foxed ).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A couple of small indentations on the spine otherwise a very good clean copy. Marti Friedlander: Photographs is the major retrospective volume produced to accompany the Auckland Art Gallery's landmark exhibition surveying forty years of Friedlander's work, from 1957 to 1986. The book gathers 150 photographs, ranging from her celebrated moko portraits and images of Māori communities to portraits of artists and writers, Pacific subjects, and scenes of everyday New Zealand life. The selection emphasises Friedlander's eye for social texture, cultural identity, and the quiet drama of ordinary people. Ron Brownson's curatorial text situates the images within Friedlander's career and within New Zealand's photographic history, highlighting her role as one of the country's most significant documentary photographers. The volume is a 182‑page large-format paperback, published by Godwit in 2001, and remains the most substantial single‑volume survey of her work. …

Octavo softcover (Near 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Softcover. glossy pictorial & white wraps w/ white printing. 47 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Illustrated throughout. VG (scuffs, scratches to wraps; edge-wear. rubbing to corners).

Hardback. Condition: Good. John Kinder was New Zealand's only 19th century artist who worked with both painting and photography. His achievement in both mediums is considered to be of national significance. With ninety important paintings and photographs by one of the preeminent colonial artists gathered from the key New Zealand collections, John Kinder's New Zealand will be released to coincide with an exhibition (of the same title) at the Auckland Art Gallary. This will be the first exhibition of Kinder's work to comprehensively unite all of his finest watercolours and photographs. It will cover every period of his activity as an artist and will reveal how much of New Zealand he was familiar with. The exhibition will travel to Wellington, Dunedin and Hamilton in 2004, and to Christchurch in 2005. Large; Heavy; No DJ. Very good condition, aside from dogearing on the outward bottom corner of the back cover, and minor fading on spine. 159 pages.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Art Toi: New Zealand Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki by Ron Brownson. Publisher: Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki, 2011. EX- LIBRARY softback in very good condition with minimal markings. Binding firm, some minor rubbing, creasing and marks, abrasions to font & back cover and ffep, withdrawn stamp to title page, library codes on publishing page, label inside back cover, library stamp to top closed edges, main pages are very good. 388 pages, illustrated. Art Toi represents the multiple histories of New Zealand's art and reveals the ignificance and richness of art within our diverse culture. Targeted to a wide audience - from secondary school age readers onwards - the book is thoroughly researched, engagingly written, designed and printed to the highest standard, and at an affordable price point. Organised in four chronological sections which survey the period 1642 to 2011, the 388-page book is an essential handbook to the Auckland Art Gallery's New Zealand collection. It contains introductory essays and over 150 artists' page texts written by the Gallery's curators. These concise, readable texts are accompanied by over 300 stunning new images. Art Toi brings in other viewpoints through eight short, focused essays on a particular moment or theme within New Zealand's art. Written by external experts, the contributors are a mix of established writers with an upcoming generation of curators and art historians. Art Toi is the ideal souvenir for visitors to the newly expanded Auckland Art Gallery and an absorbing journey through New Zealand art for the general reader. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. …

Oblong quarto softcover (VG+); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.…

oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards, 160pp, illus, VG+ (v light discolouration to page edges).

Quarto softcover (VG); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. John Kinder's New Zealand. Publisher: Random House & Auckland Art Gallery, 2004, First edition hardback, very good condition, no inscriptions, fading to front cover. "The Reverend Doctor John Kinder was one of New Zealand's most influential 19th Century Anglican ministers and teachers, as well as, one of the most committed and peripatetic amateur artists and photographer." He was New Zealand's only 19th century artist who worked with both painting and photography. His achievement in both mediums is considered to be of national significance. With ninety important paintings and photographs by one of the preeminent colonial artists gathered from the key New Zealand collections.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. MARTI FRIEDLANDER'S BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION OF SCENES FROM OLD AND BACKWOODS NEW ZEALAND. A FASCINATING HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Paperback. HEAVY. vii, 388pp,index, bibliography, hundreds of bw & col ills. Or black card covers with integral (French) flaps. Near new. Size: 4to.

Oblong quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear).

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear, inscription to the previous owner from the author on the title page also comes with a greetings card from the author to the previous owner.

Square octavo stapled light card covers (VG); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Condition: Good. Original pictorial boards, oblong, circa 25x30cm, illustrations in colour.; 2 tickets glued to endpaper; part cover slightly discoloured.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 71p Soft card covers with flaps With many reproductions, both a guide to the exhibition of Albrecht and to the artist herself, with three essays by the authors.

Soft Copy. Condition: VG. None. First Edition. August to October 1978 Exhibition. Very faint dusting of just a little soiling, rubbing and couple of light surface creases. Edges: mild soiling. Single creasing dow the spine. Eps: faint old soiling. Clean contents. B/w illustrations, coloured plates clean and present. Binding is VG+ 144p.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. First Edition. 80p Soft card covers with flaps Light fading to strips of cover VG - Near Fine Forty images of Maori and their environs in the Hokianga district in the far north of New Zealand.

Condition: fine. PHOTOS SUR DEMANDE. Broché, texte en anglais. Très bon etat.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 159p (1p) Oblong format With illustrations, reproductions and four essays, an excellent accompaniment to the exhibition of John Kinder's early watercolours and photographs of New Zealand.

SIGNED & DATED BY ARTIST, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 71pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling/wrarping to spine & covers, sl foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to rear gutter).