Inspects the artistic development of the Japanese-American abstract sculptor, focusing on the influences of his visits to Paris and the Orient, his set designs for Martha Graham, and his experiments in landscape and garden design
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Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Fine in very good jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First printing. First edition of this impressive monograph on the American painter, with spectacular large-format reproductions of his characteristically grisly portraits. 15'' x 11.5''. Original crimson cloth, stamped in gilt to front board and spine. In original color pictorial jacket, no price (as issued). Textured black endpapers. 170 plates, 83 in full color. 308 pages. Jacket with some wear, faint toning to rear panel and spine, tape repair at head of spine. Vibrant. Seller Inventory # 53176
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Large square quarto. Hardcover. Black cloth, white ill. DJ. 322 bw and color plates, 193 bw illus. 34 cm. An exhaustive account of the prolific artistic output of American artist Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), focusing on the synthesis that he strove for between sculpture, design, and physical environment. VG+. Hardly a touch of shelfwear, a very nice copy. Seller Inventory # 29192
Seller: Sunshine State Books, Lithia, FL, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardback -- book excellent -- dust cover slight wear. Seller Inventory # SF250716034XT3
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. 308 pages. Small folio. Features a foreword by Jean Dubuffet and text by Michael Croydon. Includes 170 plates with 83 in color. A clean and tight very near fine copy in red cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket that has some very minor wear. Signed by Albright twice on the second endpaper, once in green ink and another in blue ink and also signed by Croydon on the title page in the year of publication. A lovely copy of what remains one of the best books on this underappreciated artist. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Signed. Seller Inventory # 202384
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 190814
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition. First edition and first printing. Large hardcover. 308 pages. Small folio. Number 51 of only 150 specially bound copies. Features a foreword by Jean Dubuffet and text by Michael Croydon. Includes 170 plates with 83 in color. A clean near fine copy in three quarter leather binding with some very slight color shift to the cloth portion and with all page edges gilt. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by Albright on the limitation page. No lithograph. A lovely copy of the deluxe issue of what remains one of the best books on this underappreciated American artist. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping. Signed. Seller Inventory # 209099
Seller: Lost Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
Hard cover. 334 p. Audience: General/trade. Very good in very good dust jacket. Oversized hardcover in very good condition. Light wear to dust jacket, now in mylar. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0018197
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. Foreword by Jean Debuffet. With 170 plates including 83 in full color. 1st edition, signed twice by Albright and once by Croydon. Folio, cloth lettered in gilt on the cover and spine, dust jacket very lightly bumped at the heel of the spine, else fine. Signed. Seller Inventory # 6469
Seller: Buchwolf 1887, Hamburg, Germany
Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Dust Jacket Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Zustand: Buch kommt aus tierfreien Nichtraucher-Haushalt. Sauber und gepflegter Zustand. Original-Coverbild, keine Eselsohren, keine Textmarkierungen, Buchrücken/Ecken und Kanten können Gebrauchspuren aufweisen. -- Der Versand erfolgt ab einem Buchwert von Euro 10,00 generell mit Sendungsverfolgung und Versicherung. Gewichtsangabe des Buches variabel wegen unserer Versand-Kriterien. Seller Inventory # 002507