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

Milan: Skira, 2009. 1st Edition. hardbound in slipcase. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper in Very Good slipcase/Dustwrapper. profusely illustrated Definitive illustrated study of the sculpture of Mimmo Paladino, between the years 1980-2008; introduction by Friedhelm Mennekes, text by Enzo De Martino; chapters: Sculptures, Geometries, Sculpture and Architecture, Urban Spaces, Installations; full-page colour and b&w plate illustrations throughout; includes an illustrated 'Summary of Works' section, providing details of each work, accompanied by b&w thumbnail illustrations; blue cloth rear board and spine, with white front board with black titling and colour illustration; acetate dustwrapper; in cloth slipcase with photo illustration of Paladino sculpture to front and rear; this copy with the faintest shelfwear to edges of boards, o.w. Very Good tight and clean throughout; dustwrapper lightly rubbed, o.w. Very Good; slipcase with mild worn patch to underside, and mild knock lower corner, o.w. Very Good;… Read More

Cologne: DuMont, 2007. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Published for the Blinky Palermo show, 21 October 2007 - 20 January 2008 Kunsthalle Dusseldorf and Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen (being the English language edition); edited by Susanne Kuper (who also curated); texts by various authors; copiously illustrated in colour and b&w; includes biographical dates, and select bibliography; Very Good clean copy.

New York: Sports Champions Inc, no date (1962?). presumed 1st Edition. stiff card. Good-Very Good. square 4to. b&w illustrations Arnold Palmer provides golfing instructions from driver thru putter, being a 2-LP set of Palmer's spoken words accompanied by a 24 page illustrated booklet bound in to the centre of the LP sleeve; LP 1 side 1 The Grip, The stance side 2 The Stance (cont) The Woods; LP 2 side 1 The Irons, Recovery Stroke, side 2 Recovery Stroke (cont), Chipping and Putting; record sleeve a little edgeworn and with crease top rh corner, booklet in VG condition; LP records haven't been given a test-play but appear to be in good condition.

Kathmandu: Nepal Research Centre, 1977. paperback. Very Good. large 8vo. b&w illustrations Concise analysis of the two earliest copper-plate inscriptions found in Nepal (up to date of publication); general description, analysis of text, commentary; b&w illustrations showing inscriptions and details of same; Nepal Research Centre Miscellaneous Papers No. 12

New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good tight clean copy/no dustwrapper. 8vo. Analysis of the connections (ontological, ethical, aesthetic, and political) between the work of John Cage and the thought of Gilles Deleuze; a volume in the Bloomsbury Sound Studies; Very Good tight clean copy with no marks or flaws.

London: Phaidon , 1996. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Collaboration between architect Tadao Ando and photographer Richard Pare, being an illustrated study of Ando's architecture, with focus (in the photography) on the subtle effects of natural light on Ando's buildings; features 27 buildings, including Kidosaki House, The Church on the Water, Museum of Literature, Nariwa Museum; copiously illustrated including full-colour photos (some gate-fold), b&w plans, and 4 transparencies; the 1996 1st Edition (not to be confused with the later smaller-format reprint); some foxed spots to transparencies, o.w. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES.

Hobart: Detached Cultural Organisation, 2008. Limited Edition. hardbound. Very Good /no dustwrapper. 4to. profusely illustrated Documents the Mike Parr exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, November 2008 - February 2009, including the performance piece 'Cartesian Corpse A Performance for as Long as Possible', featuring Parr's head protruding from a hole in a tilted wooden stage (co-performed by Anthony Bond), and also showing Parr's work in other media, from sculpture, to graphic work, and video art; being No. 327 of 750 copies; gift-inscription to prelims, o.w. Very Good and clean throughout; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK WHICH MAY INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES IF DESTINATION IS OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA - NO INCREASE FOR AUSTRALIAN ORDERS.

Brisbane, 2003. 1st Edition. stiff card. Very Good . 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of works on paper by Mike Parr, UQ University Art Museum 18 July 2003 - 30 August 2003, showing work from 1987-2003; essay by Michele Helmrich; b&w and colour images throughout; edition of 500; wraps lightly edgeworn, lightly sunned to spine, o.w. Very Good.

Sydney: The Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1980. numbered limited edition. paperback. Very Good in rubbed wraps. 8vo. b&w illustrations Tells the story of the Grimsby-Class Sloop HMAS Yarra, which saw service in the Anglo-Iraq war, the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, and which was sunk by Japanese forces in 1942 whilst attempting to protect ships withdrawing to Australia; being No.854 of 1000 copies; the author served on the Yarra from 1940, leaving only a fortnight before her final battle; b&w photo illustrations, and diagrams to reverse sides of covers front and rear; one or two stains in text, o.w. Very Good throughout; wraps rubbed and with minor creases

Brisbane: Winston Oliver Parry, 2007. Signed 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. b&w illustrations Series of essays/stories written by soldiers recounting true stories from their military service in Korea, Vietnam, Malaya, and Borneo, edited by Winston Oliver (Bill) Parry; b&w photo illustrations; signed and with gift-inscription by the author; Very Good throughout; wraps lightly rubbed.

Melbourne/Brisbane: Heide/UQ Art Museum, 2013. 1st paperback. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the exhibition of Concrete Poetry/Visual Poetry, University of Queensland Art Museum 6 July - 6 October 2013, with works drawn from the collections of Heide and UQ; Heide curators Katarina Paseta and Linda Short, UQ curators Gordon Craig and Michele Helmrich; edited by Linda Michael, essays Anne Kirker and Alex Selenitsch; numerous colour plate illustrations of works by Jas H Duke, Alan Riddell, Sweeney Reed, Diena Georgetti, Madonna Staunton, Robert MacPherson, and others; includes the printed card single folio flyer for the exhibition; Very Good tight clean copy.

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1961. 1st Edition. Good in chipped & rubbed dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. A study of the reasoning-procedures of philosophers, detailing a number of the best-known arguments in classical and 20th-Century philosophy, including the Infinite Regress, the Two-Worlds Argument, Self-Refutation, Excluded Opposites and Paradigm Cases, etc; endpapers and prelims foxed, o.w. G-VG throughout; dustwrapper heavily edgeworn and rubbed, loss to spine, 4 x 4cm loss top front, price clipped.

USA : Kregel, 2011. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Study of the relationship between philosophy and theology; Part 1 from Socrates to Sartre the History of Philosophy and Christian Theology, Part 2 The Incarnation of the One and the Many the Intersection of Philosophy and Christian Doctrine; Very Good clean copy.

Melbourne: G.W. Green & Sons, 1934. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in rubbed/scuffed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations/fold-out maps 1st Edition of AT Paterson's history of the 39th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, an infantry unit of the Australian Army, founded in February 1916 for service during WWI as part of the first AIF; list of Battle Honours include Messines, Ypres, Somme, Amiens, France and Flanders - the text providing a chapter on each battle; foreword by Lieut-General John Monash; includes a Lest We Forget list, list of Decorations and Recommendations, and Nominal Roll; 36 b&w illustrations; 11 fold-out maps (all maps in VG condition with sharp folds); this copy with a typed letter (loose-inserted) from Paterson addressed to 'Capt. Matthews...Victoria Barracks' - I take this to be Captain Lionel Colin Matthews of the 27th Brigade who served in the Second Australian Imperial Force in WWII; the letter states ""I have pleasure in forwarding to you....a copy of 'The… Read More

Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 2012. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. sm 4to. profusely illustrated Published in conjunction with the Benjamin Patterson exhibition, November 6 2010 - January 23 2011 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; includes 2 CD Roms encased to front and rear pastedowns; text by Valerie Cassel Oliver, and with essays by Bertrand Clavez, Charles Gaines, Marcia Reed; colour and b&w plate illustrations throughout; includes Chronology, Select Bibliography; Very Good tight clean copy; PLEASE NOTE: HEAVY BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA SHIPPING DEPENDING ON DESTINATION.

New York Paris Cologne: Something Else Press, 1965. 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in lightly rubbed/foxed boards in rubbed dustwrapper/acetate dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations Anthology of the work of four intermedia artist/writers Benjamin Patterson, Philip Corner, Alison Knowles, and Tomas Schmit - text/music/poetry/happenings; b&w illustrations; foreword by Dick Higgins; being the 5th Something Else Press publication; cream cloth boards with gilt and black titling; original acetate dustwrapper; mild foxing/toning to endpapers and text block, mild bleeding of topstain to edges of prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards lightly rubbed and with light foxing; acetate dustwrapper rubbed, and with some mild rippling.

Montreal: Artextes, 1986. 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good. 4to. profusely illustrated Catalogue for the International Video Conference Montreal 1986, including writings on the history of video art in England, Belgium, Canada, Germany, France, Japan, Switzerland, USA and Yugoslavia, covering video work from the pioneering days of the sixties and seventies to the mid-1980's; b&w illustrations throughout.

Sydney: Craftsman House, 1989. Numbered Signed 1st Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Very Good slipcase (wear to half-title page)/slipcase. 4to. profusely illustrated Scarce numbered limited edition, No. 3 of only 75 copies, Signed by Kevin Connor; illustrated survey of the work of Kevin Connor; 58 full-colour plates, numerous b&w illustrations; red cloth boards with gilt titling to spine in red cloth slipcase with gilt titling and colour plate laid-in to front; includes exhibitions, and select bibliography; half-title page foxed, and with worn patches and wrinking/creasing, mild offset to title page (from b&w frontispiece photo illustration), mild foxing to last page, spine very lightly sunned, o.w. Very Good throughout in Very Good slipcase.

London: Pentagram, no date (2000). 1st Edition. paperback. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 16mo. b&w illustrations Series of graphic designs/illustrations on the subject of Humpty Dumpty, from the design team at Pentagon; the text of the Humpty Dumpty verse followed by illustrations which progress from figurative to abstract; 9 illustrations in all; 15 x 10.5cm; no date but an insert single folio 'Greeting from Pentagram' is dated 2000; white card wraps with grey heavy card printed dustwrapper; light scattered foxing, o.w. VG/VG.

London: Constable, 1962. 1st UK Edition. hardbound. Very Good in Good dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w illustrations First English Printing (stated) complete Fairy Tales of Perrault, with the illustrations of Heath Robinson - being text and full-page b&w drawings; tales translated from the French by A.E. Johnson (and others); includes the much-loved tales such as Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, etc, and also three lesser-known works The Ridiculous Wishes, Donkey-Skin, and Patient Griselda, originally composed in verse, and here reproduced in paraphrase rather than literal translation; small bookshop label to front pastedown, heavy foxing/offset to endpapers, lighter to prelims and text block, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper rubbed and foxed (medium foxing) with small worn patch front near spine, price clipped.