Search Results: Art from Callaghan Books South

John Muir Publications, 1994. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Very large squarish softcover, colorful illustration of cartoonish mountains, rlad and artists on wraps, 209 pages. Very Fine copy.

The Museum of Modern Art and the Mexican Government, 1940. Soft cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, sturdy softcover, heavy stiff wrappers with red background, four small photo-illustrations of art objects on front wrapper, list of other publications on back, 199 heavy lightly browned stiff pages, profusely illustrated, many in beautiful color. A tipped-in errata sheet as frontispiece, extensive information on artists, a bibliography, maps of Mexico and a chronological table. Light wear to bottom front edge and top front edge nearer spine, slight surface wear at spine top and bottom edge, long spine edges. Good.

London: Mouth and Foot Printing, 2000. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, heavy sturdy book, quality gray cloth, 164 heavy glossy pages, profusely illustrated, most in color--stunning art! Two-columns for text. DJ glossy dark blue background, a colorful illustration of riverfront homes in thin white frame at center. DJ has light crease at bottom front, light scratches on back. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Phaidon Inc Ltd, 1998. Soft cover. As New. Large, squarish, very thick, sturdy softcover with flaps, glossy white wrappers with colorful illustration at center fron of folk art, smaller on spine, 447 heavy stiff glossy pages, color-photo illustrations throughout Mint.

Starczewski Verlag, 1971. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hecht Frederico. (1st) Printed in Germany. Text by Marta Traba, Bogota. Very large book, fine dark gray cloth, 99 heavy pages with b/w photographs of nature, human beings in many cultures, text in German, Spanish, French, English. Several pages of introduction on heavy light yellow paper, then photos. DJ heavy paper with photo of tropical bird in flight on front. DJ lightly soiled overall beneath mylar, two 1/2" tears at top back edge.

Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1929. Cloth. Very Good. (70th Congress of the United States, 2d Session, House Document #614) Thinner book, fine dark blue cloth with thin embossed border, gilt lettering at top front near fine, 59 lightly browned heavy pages with photographs of statues of Clay and McDowell. Top tips very slightly bumped. Near Very Fine.

Noonday Press, 1969. Trade Paperback. Near Very Good. (13th, originally published 1909) Thicker, sturdy trade paperback, glossy black and white background, white portions very slightly browned overall, 503 pages plus catalog. Lightly rubbed at spine top, slightly rubbed at spine bottom. Near Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: New American Library, 1980. Trade Paperback. Good. Trade paperback, thick, aluminum-colored wrappers, 592 lightly browned pages, brief biographical notes. Light wear to tips, micronick and tiny surface wear spot at spine top edge, nick and slight wear at spine bottom edge. Contributors include Edward Said, E.H. Gombrich, Richard Wollheim, Stanley Cavell and others. Slight wear to long spine edges. Near Very Good.

Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, 1972. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback, glossy white wrappers uniformly very slightly browned with a colorful design of blue triangle, yellow circle and red square on front wrapper, 186 lightly browned pages. Near Fine.

The Colour Library of Art, 1970. Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. Very large, squarish, thinner book, fine dark red cloth with very bright gilt design at bottom front right, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 51 photo paper pages, 38 pages of text with map. DJ glossy brown background with mask illustrated on front, statue on back. DJ has very slight wear to top tips, microtear at spine top left edge, thin 3/4" tear at top back edge near tip, tiny tear with slight wear at bottom back tip. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Praeger Publishers, 1970. 3d . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. (3d) Very large, heavy book, darker gray cloth, bright gilt lettering with dark red background very fine on spine, 76 plates on photo paper, 78 heavy pages of text with map identifying tribal origins of art. DJ is colorfully designed, front has black background, color photo of jug, white back very slightly and uniformly browned, tiny ripples at bottom back right. DJ has slight surface wear to front tips, micronick at bottom front edge nearer tip, 1.5" tear at spine top left onto nearby back, light crease at top back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Thames & Hudson, 1991. Soft cover. Fine. 261 illustrations, 61 in color. Heavy, squarish softcover, glossy wrappers with close-up photo of colorful mask on front wrapper, black spine, white back wrapper, 288 heavy glossy pages. Fine.

Africana Publishing Corp., 1970. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dommisse, Marianne. Very large, heavy book, quality red cloth, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 114 heavy stiff glossy pages, full-page photos throughout after a 21-page introduction. DJ glossy white with mask on front, red and black lettering, related books advertised on back. DJ white is very slightly browned overall. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.

The Brooklyn Museum. Soft cover. Near Fine. Smaller, sturdy, rectangular softcover made up of post cards, each illustrated with color photo of African mask. Light brown glossy wrappes with purple design at top and bottom front, back wrapper left has color-illustration of mask. Ink African name inside front wrapper, very slight wear to spine bottom left edge. Near Fine.

Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: University Museum, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. (November 23, 1986-February 8, 1987) Photos by Bobby Hannsson at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Very large heavy softcover, glossy colorful wrappers, wooden sculpture depicted on front, 151 heavy glossy pages, profusely illustrated. Light creases to front tips, slight surface wear to spine edges, very slight wear to back tips, light wear to bottom back edge. Very Good.

New Directions, 1947. Soft cover. Fine. Large softcover, glossy wrappers with b/w photo of skyscraper and shack on front wrapper, praise on back wrapper from The New Leader, 292 pages. Fine.

Brooklyn Museum / Hudson Hills Press, 1990. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Very large, thick, very heavy softcover with dust jacket, a stunning color-illustration of Indian on horse spearing a buffalo on front and back wrapper, 327 heavy glossy pages, profusely illustrated, many in color. Very light wear to spine bottom edge, microtear at top back edge, pin dents at top back. Near Fine.

Applewood Books/Globe Pequot Press, 1994. Soft cover. Fair. Very large oblong softcover, glossy cream wrappers with blue-tinted illustration of reconnaisance by telescope on front wrapper, 126 pages plus final illustration, sources for 55 full-page reproductions with descriptions. Very Fine.

Ediciones Miguel Sanchez, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very large, thin softcover, beautiful color-illustrated wrappers with too much happening to describe, an ink note inside front wrapper, heavy glossy color-illustrated pages throughout. Very slight wear to front tips, crease at bottom back tip. Near Fine.

Boulder CO: Blue Mountain Arts, 1996. 2d Ptg. . Hardcover. As New/As New. Very large, sturdy book, glossy white covers with an illustration of woman and child reading on front, an artist at work at top back, purple color inside covers and adjacent end papers, address label at top of first front end paper, unpaginated, text on left-hand pages, art on right. DJ glossy white with same illustrations as book covers. DJ and book, both As New.