Search Results: Authors starting with C from Gotcha By The Books

California: Ginko Press, 2003. reprint. hardbound. Very Good tight clean copy/no dustwrapper. 8vo. profusely illustrated Profusely illustrated overview of the world of Street Art as it was in the first decade of the 21st century; full colour illustrations on every page - East Eric, Oxo Ovo, Flying Fortress, Betamaxxx, Zevs, and many more; includes a CD Rom 'The Art of Rebellion' mixed by Florian Keller.

London: Harvill Press, 1964. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations A study of the life and work of Simone Weil; part one: Childhood and University; part two: Teacher, Anarchist, Revolutionary; part three: The Years of Metaphysical and Religious Speculation; numerous b&w photos; red cloth boards with facsimile signature of Simone Weil to front board; former owner'sname, small worn patch to front endpaper, endpapers foxed, text block tanned, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper very lightly edgeworn and rubbed, o.w. Very Good.

Cambridge and London: M.I.T. Press, 1970. reprint. paperback. Good. 8vo. Writings by John Cage, subjects including Composition, Modern Music, Experimental Music, Erik Satie, Varese, Dance, and also including the texts of unconventional lectures; former owner's name to half-title page, o.w. G-VG throughout; wraps rubbed and with some creases.

London: Hayward Publishing, 2010. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. square 8vo. profusely illustrated Published on the occasion of the major survey of the visual art of John Cage, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art 19 June - 5 September 2010 (and touring); texts by Jeremy Millar, Irving Sandler, and including interviews with Ray Kass, Laura Kuhn, and Julie Lazar; colour and b&w illustrations throughout; illustrated stiff-card wraps with french flaps; Very Good tight clean copy.

New York: Rizzoli, 1993. 1st Edition. metal box. Very Good. 29.5 x 26 x 3.5cm. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the John Cage show 'Rolywholyover A Circus', September 12 - November 28 1993 Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (and touring venues in USA and Japan) - one of Cage's final projects prior to his death in 1992, conceived of as a combination of static works transformed into a dynamic non-static composition; the catalogue takes the form of a reflective steel box, with printed lid, containing 50 odd printed items in colour and b&w, in booklets, concertinas, on card, transparent paper, etc, and including works by Cage (music, text works, visual art) and other artists and thinkers who were fundamental to Cage's development, such as Ryman, M.C Richards, Jawlensky, Gorky, Fanny Schoening, Jasper Johns, Rauschenberg, Tobey, Buckminster Fuller, and more; all items in box Fine, box itself shows some (inevitable) scratches, prominent to underside.

Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1983. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in G-VG dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. square 8vo. colour plates First Edition (stated); collection of John Cage's writings, including poetry, experimental prose, and Mesostics, many being responses to modernist texts such as The Cantos or Finnegans Wake; 12 full-page colour plates; black cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; mild label-ghost to front endpaper, mild foxing to text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, small piece tape-repair to reverse side, o.w. G-VG

Iwaki: Iwaki City Art Museum, 1994. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good tight clean copy. 4to. profusely illustrated Published to accompany the exhibition of works by Cai Guo Qiang, Iwaki City Art Museum March 6 - 31 1994; text in Japanese and English (translator Margaret E. Dutz); edited and with texts by Akihoko Hirano and Hiroko Takeuchi; b&w and colour illustrations throughout; VG+ tight clean copy with no marks or flaws.

Atherton: published by the authors, 1989. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. landscape 8vo. b&w illustrations Collection of drawings of early Queensland pubs and shanties, accompanied by descriptive/historical text - Cairns, Mareeba, Herberton, Mungana, Gordonvale, Millaa Millaa, and many more; drawings by Joan Cairns, text by WT Johnston; Signed by Cairns and Johnston to reverse side of front cover; minor foxing, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps rubbed and foxed.

New York: Jonathan O'Hara Gallery, 2007. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 24 x 23.5cm. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of sculptures in the form of household/domestic items by Alexander Calder, Jonathan O'Hara Gallery New York October 25 - December 8 2007, curated by O'Hara; essay by Jessica Holmes; full-page colour plates of over 50 items, including toasters, dollhouses, napkin clips, dinner bells, ashtrays, spoons, and many more; Very Good tight clean copy; no dustwrapper (as issued).

Torino: Einaudi, 1973. 1st thus. hardbound. Very Good in rubbed/foxed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations 1st Edition Italo Calvino (being the first Italian edition - no English translation), containing two short novels 'Il Castello Dei Destini Incrociati' and 'La Taverna Dei Destini Incrociati', the first of which appeared previously in 1969 in the volume 'Tarocchi - Il deck visconti di Bergamo e New York', and was then subsequently published here with the addition of 'La Taverna....'; both texts feature Tarot Deck illustrations to margins; foxing/offset to endpapers, prelims, and text block, former owner's stamp blind-embossed to title page, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed, and with medium-heavy foxing

Zurich: Daros Museum/Hatje Cantz, 2012. hardbound. Very Good tight clean copy/no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the Luiz Camnitzer exhibition, Daros Museum Zurich March 11 - July 4 2010 (and touring North and South American venues in 2012-2014); edited by Hans-Michael Herzog and Katrin Steffen; illustrated with Camnitzer's works throughout; bi-lingual text Spanish/English

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good . 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated study of conceptualism in Latin American art during the 1960's-70's, in part as defined against the conceptualism of Europe and the United States at the same time; colour and b&w illustrations throughout.

New York: The Hispanic Society of America, 1966. reprint. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Leonard Bacon's acclaimed edition of the Lusiads of Camoes, being the epic poem of Portugal - recounting the story of Vasco da Gama and the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope opening a new route to India; includes introduction, and notes to each book of the poem, plus appendices; blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine; Very Good tight and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly tanned to spine, and with one minor worn spot, o.w. Very Good.

Durban: Ethel Campbell, 1922. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 12mo. Ethel Campbell's collection of poems on life and landscapes in Durban/Natal, Signed and with gift-inscription ('with best wishes') by the poet - Ethel Campbell was a South African writer, who devoted herself during WWI to the care of Australian and New Zealand soldiers who passed through Durban on troopships, thus becoming a much-loved personality in those countries; each poem is presented in calligraphic lettering and framed in ornate borders; Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed and with some worn patches.

Martinborough: Alister Taylor, 1975. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. 1st Edition of Alistair Campbell's 6th collection, flat-signed by the poet to half-title page; early publication from maverick New Zealand small-press publisher Alister Taylor (1943-2019); gift-inscription to half-title page, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper lightly edgeworn and rubbed, o.w. Very Good.

Sydney: Power Gallery of Contemporary Art , 1987. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 4to. Catalogue for the exhibition of Artists Books Power Gallery of Contemporary Art Sydney 30th July - 15 August 1987, including work by Australian and international artists/book artists; curated by Kay Campbell and Katherine Moline; introduction by Kay Campbell, short text on Artists Books by Noel Sheridan; the catalogue is essentially a list of all books in the exhibition, with no illustrations apart from front cover (showing Sheridan's Information For The People 1976); featured artists include Ian Burn, Peter Tyndall, Robert MacPherson, Gunter Christmann, Robert Jacks, Tim Johnson, John Nixon, Sol Le Witt, Bruno Munari, Ed Ruscha, Ad Reinhardt, Ian Hamilton Finlay, and many more; stapled paperback, with original black cloth tape at spine, black acetate wraps with white titling to front and with clear window showing Sheridan's work; Very Scarce.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1967. Proof Copy. paperback. Good in heavily rubbed wraps. 8vo. Uncorrected Advance Proof Copy of this collection of essays by Camus (Hamish Hamilton 1967), combining lyrical essays, and critical reviews of Sartre, Silone, Melville, Gide and others; translated by Philip Thody; yellow wraps printed to front only; wraps heavily rubbed, and with dampstain lower front, front cover partially detached (but holding), blue biro inscription top rh front, loss to foot of spine; foot of spine knocked (with creases to pages throughout).

London: Omnibus Press, 1989. 1st Edition. paperback. Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Illustrated survey of Punk and New Wave, addressing aspects of art and design, and broadly assessing social impacts, etc; formatted in a uniform collage-style page design with full page illustration to the left, and half-page illustration and two columns of text to right; Good throughout with no major flaws - corners of pages a little dog-eared, and generally a little tired; wraps rubbed, creased to rear.

Milano: Cucirini Cantoni Coats, no date (1950's?). paperback. Very Good in lightly rubbed wraps. landscape 8vo. profusely illustrated Trade catalogue from Milanese fine thread manufacturers Cucirini Cantoni Coats, showing a variety of CCC threads in various patterns; mostly b&w illustrations with some full-page colour; no date but appears to be from the 1950's; scarce; Very Good throughout with no marks or flaws; wraps lightly rubbed, former owner's name in black texta top rh corner, label ghost lower edge.

Brisbane, 1996. Limited Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. profusely illustrated Collection of Eugene Carchesio's watercolours, mixed-media works and matchbox sculptures; texts by Victoria Lynn and David Sequeira; 18 full-page colour plates, colour text illustrations; limited to 500 copies; mild knock to foot of spine (with mild creases to some pages), wraps sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.