The Color Primer. A Basic Treatise On The Color System of Wilhelm Ostwald

Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1969

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Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Square Octavo (8 1/4"). 80pp., 8 color plates. Original blue paper-covered, illustrated boards with black and white lettering on cover and spine. Latter with publisher's device. In original dustjacket with white and black lettering on spine. Athracite endpapers. Illustrated title page. "The Color Primer of Wilhelm Ostwald (Die Farbenfibel), translated by permission of Akademie-Verlag and reprinted herewith, is one of the most successful books ever published on the subject of color. While Ostwald's larger work, Colour Science (in two volumes), went into English in 1931 and was issued by Winsor and Newton in London, the more elementary Primer was not so honored until now." (Foreword) Pencil underlining of first line in second paragraph of Foreword. Pencil mark in margin of page 9, "Tobias Mayer, in 1758" underlined here. Last paragraph on page 17 "Division. Colors fall into two classes" with question mark in margin. Curious due to the fact that the previous owner, "Bettina Brendel," (ballpoint at top of title page), known for her composotions as shown in the 2024/25 exhibition "Particles and Waves" at the Palm Springs Art Museum. ".explored principles described in quantum physics, such as the interconnections between motion and energy. 'Particles or Waves?' (1969) immerses spectators within a field of colors, forms, and geometric patterns." (Sharrissa Iqbal, Associate Curator at Palm Springs Art Museum) Dustjacket with some light wear along edges, some chipping along spine. Binding with very light wear. Interior in near fine to fine condition. …

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Bibliographic details

Title
The Color Primer. A Basic Treatise On The Color System of Wilhelm Ostwald
Author
Faber Birren (Ed. & Foreword)
Publisher
Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York
Publication year
1969
Condition
Very good to fine condition
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
First American edition.
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ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)

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Since 1985 we offer individual books for sale from our inventory of 150,000 rare, out-of-print and antiquarian volumes on many topics, with an emphasis on Judaica, Hebraica, Bibles and rabbinics, the fine and decorative arts, architecture, photography, textile and wallpaper sample books, Bauhaus and the avant garde, expressionist dance, Olympic Games and sport, the ancient near-east and archeology, erotica, illustrated and foreign-language books, especially German, Yiddish, Polish and Hebrew, as well as books from the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich, plus Russian constructivist materials. We create book collections, both large and small, for individuals, decorators, archives and libraries¿currently available: a 10,000-volume research collection on Judaica in the German language. In addition, we maintain a beguiling selection of original works of art and photography. Eric Chaim Kline provides appraisal services for estate, insurance and tax purposes, often helping to match book donors with libraries and museums. We purchase books of merit and entire collections; we also take books on consignment with favorable terms. We are a rental source for movie and tv production, occasionally providing the prop on which the plot turns. Traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, Eric Chaim Kline has been buying and selling old and rare books since the 1980¿s, when in graduate school at Brandeis University. Proprietor of bookshops in several Los Angeles locations since 1985, he hosts visitors by appointment in our lively bookstore and ships books to collectors, libraries and museums worldwide. Kline occasionally lectures on topics in book collecting and Jewish studies. He sponsors the annual Bibliography Award granted by the Association of Jewish Libraries and serves on the national board of the Antiquarian Booksellers¿ Association of America. We welcome your inquiries.…

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