Tirta (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Hardbound, no dust jacket, as issued.

Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Uk Edition. Large 4to. With jacket. 250 pp. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour and b/w plates throughout. One small name inscr. to half-title page. Book and jacket clean and bright. VG+ / VG+.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj. Taming of Tibet, The. Book.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon état. Grand in-4, pleine toile noire, sous jaquette illustrée, photographies pleines pages en couleurs, 240 pp. Trčs bon état interne, jaquette ternie. Photographies de Michel Bikker, Gérald Gay, Rio Helmi, Brent Hesselyn, Georgia Kan, Léonard Lueras, Kal Muller, Ivan Polunin, Lucas Invernizzi Tettoni, Roxana Waterson et Yim Chee Peng. Dans une économie en expansion, les changements peuvent tourner ą l'avantage de l'artisan, mais ils comportent aussi un facteur de risque. Cet ouvrage se propose de présenter les grandes traditions artisanales, et aussi de décrire certains exemples oł les techniques classiques de l'artisanat ont été adaptées ą de nouveaux marchés, ą de nouvelles matičres et ą de nouvelles tendances. in-4°.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A quote from Iwan Tirta (1935-2010), quoted by Steen in his preface, "I studied at the feet of Harjonagoro, who is a purist and I listened to his wisdom. His philosophy and technique is central to what has evolved in my own workshop. I digested his lessons and later developed my own vision based on his ideals. These are precision, balance, beauty and harmony of design." Hardcover in Near-Fine condition in a near-fine dust jacket, in a very good slip case, folio (33.5 x 24.5 cm), pages: 209,map, plates. Dark brown cloth with titles in gold, a.e.g., brown decorative end-papers, there are six pages of full-page plates illustrating batik designs both preceding and following the text, copiously illustrated in color including many full-page illustrations, glossary, selected additional readings, also in the slip-case is a hardcover portfolio (entitled, Gallery: A Collection of Batik Patterns and Designs) of 69 plates of batik designs with descriptions on the verso. Signed on the title page by Tirta. The glossy illustrated slipcase is lightly rubbed with corners lightly worn. Bookseller accession no.: 25004. Extra postage will be required for shipment of this large, heavy set. Signed by Author(s).

reprint softback with stiff wrappers Very nice copy large quarto 209 + (138)pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., reading list, Single volume edition with all 69 large colour plates. Front hinge broken but internally excellent.

orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, 207,(2) pp, Series: Etnografia Shqiptare, 18. Albanian text. Includes a 13-page English summary. Historical-ethnographic study: "The Migrations of the Albanians" [1840s-1940s]. Contents: Vėshtrim i pėrgjithshėm; Migrimet nė jetėn e shoqėrisė; Ngulėsi dhe lėvizja migruese tė popullsisė; Migrime tė popullsisė; Lėvizja migruese tė brendshme; Migrime me pėrdhunė tė popullsisė shqiptare; Migrimi i shqiptarėve jashtė atdheut. Minor rubbing. A removed label mark to rear cover. VG.

2 Vols. 209pp., and 69 plates of batik design from all periods and areas of Indonesia. This work explores the rich Indonesian tradition of Batik textiles. A visual stunning survey of interest to collectors and textile designers. Hardback in d.w. Good condition.