Search Results: Authors starting with I from Pistil Books Online

Kamloops Art Gallery, 2012. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Book is in excellent condition in every respect, as new. Covers are straight with sharp corners, no marking of any kind to text/interior. This is a critical overview of international renowned artist Esther Shalev-Gerz's latest multi-disciplinary work. Based in Paris, Esther Shalev-Gerz is internationally recognized for her seminal contributions to the field of art in the public realm and her consistent investigation into the nature of democracy, cultural memory and the politics of public space. In her commemorative monuments, installations, video and photographic works, questions about history are posed and its relationship with collective memory is investigated. ""WHITEOUT: Between Telling and Listening"" presents a multi-disciplinary portrait comprised of fugitive stories that exist between the actual and the fictional, and the imagined and the experienced. Essayists address the work through a broader discussion of the artist's practice… Read More

N Y: Franklin Watts, 1956. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full light blue cloth boards. 68 pages. 7 1/4""w x 8 3/4""h. From the ""First Book"" series. Black and white illustrations.

Process Architecture Publishing Co, 1980. Oversize Paperback. Very Good. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Text in English and Japanese. 8 7/8""w x 11 3/4""h. 164 pages. Many photographs and illustrations.

3000 BR Rotterdam, Netherlands: A. A. Balkema Publishers, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine/Pictorial Boards. Contents composed of symposium lectures and special lectures and include Flood Control, Energy and Aesthetics, The Importance of a Multidisciplinary Approach in River Basin Development Projects, River Basins and Sustainable Use of Water Resources, Innovative Financing of Water Resources Projects, Natural Development and Integral Water Mabnagement of the Lake Volkerak-Zoom (Netherlands), Design of the ""Pont desTrembles"" Dam on the Tlata Wadi , Valea Sadului Reservoir -- A Solution for Multipurpose Water Management , Relocation of the Town of Nova Ponte, Minas Gerias, Brazil -- Social and Political Approach, Development of Hydropower in Upper Reaches of Yellow River, Appendix, Author Index. Vol 2 covers pages 393 -- 525; charts, diagrams, tables, b&w pics, maps.

Osaka, Japan: Yoh Art Gallery, 1988. Staple Bound. Near Fine/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Staple-bound exhibition catalog. 9 1/2""w x 7""h. 22 pages. Transparent glassine dust jacket has edge wear and an open tear. Text in English and Japanese. Essay by Edward M. Gomez. List of exhibitions, prizes, selected bibliography.

IDn, 2009. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Pictorial Boards. Book is in excellent condition with very light scuffing to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Includes unused CD. 448 pages loaded with full color, often full page art work. Nice padded boards.

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2005. First Edition. Staple Bound. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 32 pages. 8 3/8""w x 11 3/8""h. Stated First Printing.

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2006. Staple Bound. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/8""w x 11 3/8""h. Stated First Printing.

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2006. Staple Bound. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/8""w x 11 3/8""h. Stated First Printing.

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2005. First Edition. Staple Bound. Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 32 pages. 8 3/8""w x 11 3/8""h. Stated First Printing.

U.S.A.: David Bateman Ltd, 2005. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Near Fine. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 167 pages with a great many full page photos of artist's work. Co-editors: Cliff Whiting and Sandy Adsett. The first major publication of contemporary Maori art. Over 150 full color illustrations and the words of the artists themselves reveal what Maori artists are thinking and producing with the contributions of more than forty artists and writers. Mataora is the most comprehensive artistic, cultural and political statement yet about the state of Maori art. Artists featured include Tuti Tukaokao; Aromea Tahiwi, Roma Potiki and Jaqueline Fraser; Darcy Nicholas, Arnold Manaaki Wilson, Fred Graham, Emare Karaka, Robyn Kahukiwa and Michael Parekowhai; Baye Riddell , Paerau Corneal and… Read More

Jaffrey, New Hampshire, U.S.A.: David R Godine, 2012. First Edition. Oversize Hardback. Fine/Fine. XL. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 224 pages. Full gray cloth boards. The story of the racing yacht Dorade (first launched in 1930) and her designer, exploits, and history. Includes dozen of images in b&w and color. 8 7/8""w x 10 3/4""h.

Japan: Unknown, 1982. Oversize Hardback. Good. XL. Text is in Japanese. 236 pages with a great many, often several per page, b&w photos taken in Japan very soon after the A-bomb explosions, both of survivors and their injuries and structural damage of all kinds, including close-ups of beams, trees, bridges, railroad tracks, etc. with maps specifying location of the adjacent photos. Many burn victims, many of which are children. Includes worn, folded and torn (1/2 page) 4-page fold-out photo of ground zero and surrounding city to mountains in the distance: totally decimated, a landscape of scorched rubble. Ex-library book with usual marks, stamps, etc. Library binding is solid with bent corners and text/interior is marked on a few pages with script in Japanese -- otherwise clean . A rare historical document. Publication information requires translation.

Santa Monica, CA: World Tribune Press, 2010. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 230 pages.

Santa Monica, CA: World Tribune Press, 2009. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 150 pages. Previous owner's inscription inside.

Japan: G-day PLAN, 1999. Oversize Paperback. Near Fine. Slight edge wear. 104 pages. Many color photos. Text in English and Japanese. Arcing Ark; Water Market; Water Ark Harbor; Republic of Water Senders; Water Ekiden.

Ankara, Turkey: Ozgur Yayin-Dagitim, 1985. Ex-Libris. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Ex-library colored patterned vinyl binding with the usual stamps and markings. Clean interior. Text in Turkish.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name label inside. Full maroon cloth boards. 166 pages.

Wiley-Academy, 2004. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 224 pages. Many color photos.

Short Hills, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 1979. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 224 pages. Price-clipped dust jacket.