Why Abstract (40 results)

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL Article, disbound from journal; no covers; in very good condition. Journal.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 50 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.13 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tall 8vo in grey cloth, spine title in blue. Very light rubbing to the cloth. Lacking the dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Not Illustrated (illustrator). New York, NY: New Directions. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1945. . Hardcover. Sm 4to., 100pp., Ex-library book, library stamp on title page and side edge; cracked inner hinge; shelf wear; pages clean and unmarked. .

hardcover. Condition: good. no jacket. revised edition. 6 x 9 " Revised Edition Collector's Copy (500 ltd) Feb. 1962 faint signature of Hilaire Hiler on the limitation slip. This is a library rebound hardcover copy. call # at top of front cover, typical internal library markings including pocket and stamps (though few) covers and pages show smudges and handling.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Boud in full grey cloth with a little sunning to the extremities and a previous owners inscription. The jacket is chipped with losses and with the price of $2.50 intact.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover. Maroon cloth over boards with gold lettering. Brown paper dust jacket with tan lettering. Dated 1948 on copyright page. No date on title page. 108 pages. Good condition. Binding is tight and corners are square. Spine is bumped and sunned. Pages are toned, but clean and free of marks. Dust jacket toned and discolored. Heavily chipped, with some portions of the jacket missing at the spine. Tape hold the spine closed from the interior of the jacket. Dust jacket has been wrapped in a protective mylar cover. Overall good condition. Please email with questions or to see any photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Dust jacket missing. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Ink stain at back board which bleeds to text block. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Directions, New York, 1945. Hardcover, 100 pp. Essays on abstract art which were written after a fan of artist Hilaire Hiler's work questioned his turn toward abstraction. The artist invited Henry Miller and William Saroyan to write the essays which accompany his own response. Very good with some tanning of boards and spine, fraying at both ends of the spine, and a previous owner's name written at head of front free endpaper. No dust jacket. An invitation to an art exhibition (not of work by Hiler) at San Francisco's Vesuvio Cafe was found inside this copy and is laid in. See photos.

hardback. Condition: Fine. By HH, Henry Miller, William Saroyan. 1st ed. L.(Falcon Press) 1948. A fine copy.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Original maroon cloth, endpapers browned. Article by Henry Miller and William Saroyan.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Revised, Signed Limited Edition. One of 500 printed, signed on label on cover by Hilaire Hiler, an artist who changed from figurative to abstract work. The over has some soiling, darkened top edge, sticker has bent corners, lower right corner front light bend, spine darkened as is rear. 70 pages, black and white, mostly essays, five black and white plates at rear. Hilaire Harzberg Hiler (1898 ? 1966) was an American artist, psychologist, and color theoretician who worked in Europe and United States during the mid-20th century. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Author.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 133 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.32 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A solid copy, bookseller's catalogue page laid down to front pastedown, agency stamp to title page, very rough dust jacket loosely inserted.

Saddle-stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good. Third Edition. Third Edition / Second American Edition. Stated Revised Edition, 1962. One of 500 copies printed signed by Hiler on the gold foil. [68]pp., in cream color wraps, text printed in brown and black, with gold foil sticker at the top. Illustrated with 5 b/w reproductions of Hiler's work. Text by Henry Miller and William Saroyan. Moderate tanning along the edges of the covers, else a nice copy with just a touch of wear. Shifreen & Jackson A46c.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Hilare Hiler (illustrator). 1st English Edition. a fine copy in the original maroon cloth in the rare fair to good complete dust jacket, on this famous treatise on modern art by Hilare Hiler, Miller and William Saroyan contributed essays as well. This is the 1st English edition.

100 S. Gr.-8vo. (24,2 : 16 cm). OLwd. * Erste Ausgabe. - Enthält: "Why abtract", by H. Hiler; "A note on Hilaire Hiler", by W. Saroayen; "A Letter", by H. Miller; "Postscript", by H. Hilaire. - Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Revised Edition. Illustrated. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Review copy stamped on free front endpaper. Book is near fine with a clean interior. The jacket has had the price torn off and there is heavy wear and rubbing to front panel with some ink lines. Large chip front bottom of front panel and along bottom of rear wrapper. Chips at corners and chips and tears at top and bottom of spine. Hilaire Hiler a painter and comments by William Saroyan and Henry Miller. Jackson A46a.

Hardcover with dustjacket and protective plastic overwrap, 100 pages; browned dj is only good with multiple chips at edges and large piece missing at spine, but front cover image still presentable; pages toned; owner's name; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine first edition hardcover, no writing, no foxing. Offsetting to end-papers, slight toning. Maroon boards, gold lettering. Jacket very good, some edge wear, not price-clipped, protected in mylar. This is a discussion on modern painting by the artist Hilaire Hiler and Miller and Saroyan. Miller admits that he did learn a lot about abstract art, but not how to draw. Saroyan's contribution is written in a witty and individual style. 108 pages. M03058.

Cloth. Condition: Good -. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair +. First Edition. Gray cloth covered boards, blue stamped titles at spine, moderate shelf wear and age discoloration to edges, corners straight. Some light marking in pencil by previous owner, else clean, pages age toned. Illustrated dust jacket shows moderate to heavy shelf wear to edges and corners, some cracking, price intact, archival Brodart protected.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Octavo. 100pp. Spine and cloth edges lightly sunned, else a very good in a good only age-toned copy with internal tape repaired tears on the front panel, small stain on top corner on rear panel. A discussion on modern art.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Wraps edition. Collectors Copy (limited 500 copies). Revised edition, signed by Hiler. Signed by Hiler on the front cover on a gold sticker. Very light wear to spine at foot otherwise very good.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good, period bookseller's small label, hidden by front flap, slight rippling at bottom edge of page block, in a Very Good dust wrapper, light soiling, chips at spine ends and flap folds. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 100pp. Good/good minus. Some jacket wear and tear, chipping. First edition. Uncommon in dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Publication date stamped on front end paper. Book is near fine in grey cloth with a clean interior. The jacket with minute chips at a couple of corners and at top and bottom of spine. Lightly darkened at front edge. A article by Hilaire Hiler a painter and comments by Henry Miller and William Saroyan Jackson A46a.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good Plus. Gray Cloth. Illustrated dust jacket; now mylar protected. 8vo. 100 pp. Near Fine. Small previous owner inscription penned on pastedown. Very Good Plus. Slight edgewear. Not price clipped. Hilaire Harzberg Hiler (1898 - 1966) was an American artist, psychologist, and color theoretician who worked in Europe and United States during the mid-20th century. At home and abroad, Hiler worked as a muralist, jazz musician, costume and set designer, teacher, and author. He was best known for combining his artistic and psychoanalytical training to formulate an original perspective on color.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in pale grey cloth, in a Near Fine tan dustwrapper, tiny loss to foot of spine, and one closed tear to top of rear panel. Price-clipped. 100pp. Includes an essay by William Saroyan "A Note on Hilaire Hiler," and "A Letter" by Henry Miller. Hiler was a polymath, with interests and works as a painter, a musician, psychologist. Q20650.