abbeville press publishers new york (666 results)

Large format hardcover. Condition: Fine. Photography by Melba Levick. (illustrator). First Edition. Full-color throughout, overview of Gaudi's visionary work with striking images and knowledgeable text. From his days as a draftsman in the 1870s through his eclectic and definitive style of the early 20th century. 144 pages. Gaudi, 1852-1926, was a Spanish architect notable for Catalan Modernism, influenced by nature, religion, and neo-Gothic art & architecture. Dust Jacket condition Fine.

Vigil, Felix (illustrator). hard cover, tear in the top edge of the back cover DJ, 30 pages, 9 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches, first edition, fine book condition, very good dust jacket condition, juvenile picture book,

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Small octavo in dust jacket, 280 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 180 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Translated from the Italian. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Superficial dampstaining/boards and dust jacket. *** "This handbook unlocks the secrets of the symbolic written characters of the ancient Maya of Mexico, providing a vivid portrait of their gods, people, and everyday life. Maya Script presents about 200 Maya glyphs, or symbolic figures, taken from carved stone reliefs, ceremonial artifacts, and rare Maya codices. Some are ideograms (pictorial symbols representing things, not words); others are phonetic signs. The glyphs express kings, queens, heroes, animals, customs such as their remarkable burial system, and abstract concepts. Each one opens a window on fragments of everyday life, gods and ceremonies, even emotions. Some give us portraits of the great leaders who played important roles in the rise of this extraordinary culture. The complexity of their incredible calendar and astronomical calculations reveals a highly developed civilization." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Foreword; In Search of a People; Life at Court; Symbols; Religion; The Calendar; Astronomy; Life and Thought; Writing Systems of the New World; Further Reading; Index of Glyphs. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 215 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First edition. *** "Understanding antiques requires knowledge of a specialized vocabulary that tells initiates what something is, where it came from, and when it was made. AntiqueSpeak provides this essential information in concise but illuminating essays that cover almost a millennium of styles (such as Baroque and Art Deco), materials (glass, ivory), types of objects (furniture, toys and games), specialized areas of collecting (folk art, Judaica), and concerns involved with acquiring and caring for antiques (auctions, condition, marks and signatures). In addition, the book includes a handy one-page StyleChart; a section of color plates (one for each major style); an album of ornaments and classical orders, represented by line drawings; labeled drawings of selected furniture types; an introduction that explains how to use the book; and an invaluable index that provides dates and nationalities for all the designers, craftsmen, artists, and others discussed in the entries. / Kathryn B. Hiesinger is curator of European decorative arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She is also the co-author of Abbeville's Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Design: An Illustrated Handbook. George H. Marcus is adjunct assistant professor of the history of art at the University of Pennsylvania. He is co-author of Abbeville's Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Design: An Illustrated Handbook. as well as a number of other books on design. He co-curated the exhibition 'What Is Design Today?' at Philadelphia University and wrote the accompanying book. For over thirty years, he served as director of publications at the Philadelphia Museum of Art." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. *** "Arranged alphabetically by topic, this book provides the who, when, where, and what of art for topics from abstract/abstraction to The Wanderers and the World of art, including information on the first uses of specific terms and definitions of art movements and genres." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 480 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Jeffrey Lyons, with a personalized inscription. Stated First edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing. *** "A star-studded follow-up to Stories My Father Told Me, with hundreds of new anecdotes about celebrities from Garbo to Gore Vidal. This remarkable collection of stories, hand-picked from the archive of legendary New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons by his son, film critic Jeffrey Lyons, will transport readers back to the sparkling peak of New York City nightlife. This was the time when notables of every sort--film producers and stars, writers, politicians, comedians, athletes, and artists--gathered nightly at such famed restaurants and nightclubs as Sardi's, the Stork Club, and the Copacabana. From 1934 to 1974, Leonard Lyons was a fixture at these clubs, befriending celebrities of all stripes and gathering exclusive tidbits for his syndicated newspaper column, The Lyons Den. What a Time It Was! offers candid portraits of stars and statesmen at work and at play--especially at play--but still, effortlessly, larger than life. Illustrated with snapshots and glamour shots, it offers a unique window onto the lives of iconic figures from Ethel Barrymore and Muhammad Ali to Tennessee Williams and Jackie Kennedy, as well as their favorite haunts. Here are four decades of popular culture seen from the front row, by a man who said, 'Give me lights and sound and people, and music into the night. Late into the night!' If you thought you knew everything about Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, the Roosevelts, and some of New York's most famous nightclubs, hotels, and gin joints, guess again. No one knew these people and places better than Leonard Lyons." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. SIGNED.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. *** "This indispensable little volume demystifies postwar art. Nonplussed by Neo-Geo? Can't tell simulation from semiotics? Forgotten who were the Hairy Who? ArtSpeak is what you need! The first edition of this lively volume quickly found its place on the bookshelves of students, artists, gallery-goers, critics, dealers, and collectors from coast to coast. / Robert Atkins, editor-in-chief of the Arts Technology Entertainment Network, is also producer-editor of TalkBack!: A Forum for Critical Discourse, the first American journal about online art and electronic culture. A contributor to publications including the New York Times and Art in America, he is also a founding member of Visual AIDS, an organization that facilitates AIDS-related programming and exhibitions." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pictorial boards, 96 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tips lightly bumped. No slipcase. Profusely illustrated. *** CONTENTS: History of poster stamps; Artists and illustrators; European stamps; American advertising; Visual puns & oddities; Travel & transportation; Expositions & world's fairs; Sports activities; Beauty & fashion; Children & animals; Promotions & charities; Serial imagery; Political propaganda. Size: 8vo.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 2nd. 271 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits, plans; 28 cm. Colour photography by Richard Barnes. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. Age toning. *** CONTENTS: The early years; Ecole des Beaux-Arts; The Morgan atelier; On campus, in church, and at the marketplace; The women's network; Cottages and mansions; The Hearsts and San Simeon; Wyntoon and other Hearst projects; The end of a life. Size: 4to.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. 295 pp. First printing.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. *** "This indispensable little volume demystifies postwar art. Nonplussed by Neo-Geo? Can't tell simulation from semiotics? Forgotten who were the Hairy Who? ArtSpeak is what you need! The first edition of this lively volume quickly found its place on the bookshelves of students, artists, gallery-goers, critics, dealers, and collectors from coast to coast. / Robert Atkins, editor-in-chief of the Arts Technology Entertainment Network, is also producer-editor of TalkBack!: A Forum for Critical Discourse, the first American journal about online art and electronic culture. A contributor to publications including the New York Times and Art in America, he is also a founding member of Visual AIDS, an organization that facilitates AIDS-related programming and exhibitions." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Buckram, 447 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Transcribed from the original, in the collection of Henry Bradley Martin, and with a foreword and notes, by Alice Ford. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. *** An account of his journey to England and Scotland to arrange the publication of The Birds of America. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hazell, Rebecca (illustrator). Light wear to covers. Clean copy - no school or library markings. Short biographies of world heroes: Socrates; Prince Taishi Shotoku; Mansa Kankan Musa; Leonardo da Vinci; William Shakespeare; Benjamin Franklin; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Sequoyah; Mohandas Gandhi; Albert Einstein; Jorge Luis Borges; & Martin Luther King, Jr. DJ has light wear to edges. DJ is not price clipped. 80 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. Hardcover pictorial laminated boards. Includes color and b/w illustrations and Glossary, 96 pages. The exception to the condition is a price sticker on the front pastedown. No DJ as issued. Size: 9 1/4" x 9 1/4".

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Berg, Niki (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Many B&W and color photos.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 255 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Walker Art Center, also shown at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, and the Smithsonian Institution. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's signature/half-title page, otherwise unmarked. Age toning. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Profusely illustrated. *** CONTENTS: Foreword, by Mildred Friedman; Introduction, by Hans L. C. Jaffe; De Stijl: a reintroduction, by Robert P. Welsh; De Stijl and the Russian Revolution, by Ger Harmsen; Painting and sculpture in the context of De Stijl, by Joop Joosten; Van der Leck and De Stijl 1916-1920, by Rudolf W. D. Oxenaar; Mondrian's Paris atelier 1926-1931; De Stijl/architecture = nieuwe beelding, by Sergio Polano; Neoplasticism and architecture: formation and transformation, by Kenneth Frampton; The furniture of Gerrit Rietveld: manifestoes for a new revolution, by Martin Filler; The Rietveld/Schroder House; From De Stijl to a new typography, by Kees Broos; The abstract environment of De Stijl, by Nancy J. Troy; Cafe Aubette; De Stijl and the city, by Manfred Bock; Echoes of De Stijl, by Martin Friedman; De Stijl chronology. Size: 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Modern Masters, volume 4. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Front cover partly sunned. *** "With his tomato soup cans, silk-screened disasters, and matter-of-fact commercialism, Andy Warhol (born 1928) helped create the Pop art ethos. Warhol's life-long infatuation with glamour and the media provided the touchstone for all his work, from his earliest shoe advertisements to the most recent celebrity portraits, all of which can be seen here. Presents a brief biography of Andy Warhol and discusses his works and their influence on the art world." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Introduction; Pre-pop; Pop; Post-pop; Artist's statements; Notes on technique; Chronology; Exhibitions; Public collections. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth, 251 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Translation of: Caratteri cinesi. Calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. Tight, clean copy. Fine DJ. *** "An illuminating history of the 214 Chinese symbols or radicals and how they provide a unique way to penetrate a rich, mysterious world and can reflect the history and philosophy of an entire culture. Written Chinese can call upon some 40,000 characters, many of which originated about 6,000 years ago as little pictures of everyday objects used by the ancients to communicate with each other. This book, which introduces the Westerner to a rich and mysterious world, is based on a classic compilation of the Chinese language done in the 18th century, which determined that all the characters then in use were devised from 214 root pictographs or symbols. Each of these 214 key characters, called radicals is charmingly explored by the author, both for its etymology and for what it reveals about Chinese history and culture. Chinese characters are marvels of graphic design, and this book shows, stroke by stroke, how each radical is written and gives examples of how radicals are combined with other radicals and character elements to form new characters." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 159 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 20 x 26 cm. Photography by John Ferro Sims. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First American Edition. Fine DJ. Size: Oblong. Collectible.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 135 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts, to be held September 22 to November 18, 1990 at the Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida and at other museums. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly faded. *** The Reynolda House Museum of American Art is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, established on the basis of the R. J. Reynolds tobacco fortune. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Size: 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 127 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Sunned spine. *** CONTENTS: Introduction; Comics and Objects; Pop Culture and Fine Art; Art as a Topic; Mirrors and Entablatures; Quotation; Artists Statements; Notes on Technique; Chronology; Exhibitions; Public Collections; Selected Bibliography; Index. Size: 4to.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 158 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. First paperback edition. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 180 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Light edgewear to boards, half-title page lightly soiled. Fine DJ. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** CONTENTS: Pregnancy; Giving birth; Nursing; By the cradle; Mother's lap; Close bonds; First steps; Mothers at work; Mothers and children at play; Other moments; Special mothers; The family. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, 227 pages, colour illustrations, map; 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light edgewear. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** CONTENTS: Introduction, by Jaya Jaitly; Woven textiles, by Janet Rizvi; Embroidery, by Sushil Wakhlu; Carpets, by D. N. Saraf; Woodwork, by P. N. Kachru and R. Thapalyal; Papier mache, by P. N. Kachru; Nomadic crafts, by Gulam Hassan Kango; Straw, willow and grasswork, by Jaya Jaitly; Metalware, pottery, and stonework, by J. L. Bhan; Ornaments, by J. L. Bhan and Jaya Jaitly. Size: 4to. Collectible.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Cloth, 487 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Fine DJ. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 144 pages, very good condition except for some light wear to dj; no internal marks, clean and crisp, with b/w and color reproductions. Shipping may be extra for this large, heavy book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. White cloth boards in mylar protected, illustrated dust jacket. Illustrations, addenda and index. 447 pages. FINE in FINE dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First American Edition. 96 pp.