edited amy rowland (4 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. Z/B : 21 x 24 cm, 132 pages with 50 color illustrations. - This book documents the last exhibition project that Austrian painter Maria Lassnig (1919 2014) was able to plan personally with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. It gathers around 50 works paintings and works on paper, especially watercolors that deploy motifs from Greek mythology, also expressing characteristics typical of her work: the awareness of the body, the painterly rendering of the inner and outer world, as well as animal portraits and landscapes. The Future Is Invented with Fragments from the Past includes contributions from leading scholars and artists discussing her unique visual idiom.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Tall octavo. 297pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth stamped in blind and titled in gilt. Owner name and stamp of a noted American psychologist, corners a little bumped, a little foxing on the first and last couple of leaves, very good or better.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscription on ffep from the author to Dr. Gillespie. Formerly owned by Oliver Sacks. Laid in bookmark. From the library of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the renowned neurologist, author, and educator. He was, in his life, celebrated for his contributions to the understanding of the human brain and his ability to communicate complex scientific concepts to a broader audience. In doing so, he highlighted the profound impact of neurological disorders on human identity and experience. His library is a reflection of this remarkable polymath's questing mind. Moderate shelfwear, bumping head/tail, else tight, bright, and unmarred. xiv, 8vo. vii, 240pp. illus (b/w). Dark blue cloth. Posthumously designed book plate by a friend of Oliver's, incorporating his longstanding love of cephalopods. Inscription on half-title. In mylar.

Zustand: Good. Full red cloth with lettering to spine. A scarce 1955 reproduction of the first edition published in 1926. Staining to top edge. Minor foxing to first and last few pages. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Middle crease to spine (see image). Text remains clean. 6 x 8.75 in.