C Bruce Chatwin (14 results)

Soft Cover, Staple-bound. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HT1972 7¼"x9½"; (pages 311-384); Soft Pictorial Cover, staple-bound; The binding and pages are clean, tight and square. There is no underlining, highlighting or margin notes. A used copy with normal reading wear. If you order multiple titles, I will combine them in order to reduce postage costs. If you have any questions, contact me before ordering for details. Contains the following: Foreword: The British Museum; Catherine the Great and Denis Diderot by A. Lentin; Pietro Aretino (Italian author, playwright, poet, satirist and blackmailer) by Alan Haynes; The Mechanics of Nomad Invasions (Nomad tribes and settled communities) by Bruce Chatwin; The Era of the American Cowboy by Louis C. Kleber; The Duel; 1731 (Duel between Lord Hervey and the William Pulteney) by Robert Halsband; The English Sunday by Ian Bradley; The Seizure of Brill by the Sea Beggars (Dutch revolt against the rule of Spain) by S.F.C. Moore; Book Reviews; Letters to the Editors; Notes on Further Reading.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Text clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Covers have light wear. Edges of pages have light wear.

paperback. Condition: near fine. First. Illustrated throughout in b/w and color. 185 pages. Small 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Asia House Gallery, (1970). First edition. A near fine copy.

Condition: Good. Good condition. (Animals in Art, Exhibition Catalogs) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Published on the occasion of the exhibition shown at the Asia House Gallery in the winter of 1970. Cover is lightly worn and creased, particularly along edges and corners. Spine is cracked, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are clear from notations. Light creases and scratches visible across covers of paperback. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Wrappers. Condition: Poor. 185 pages black and white illustrations throoughout. Previous owner's name, art patron Dominique de Menil on the front free endpaper. Underlining and notations throughout in pencil by the previous owner. Spotting and stains along the covers and edges. Preface by Frolich Rainey. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from the Asia House Gallery, New York NY January 15-March 15, 1970 and the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco CA June 12-July 19, 1970. Selected Bibliography.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. (Animals in Art, Asian Art) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Impression. A Fine copy in orange and brown wrappers, as issued. 186pp. Fully illustrated. A survey with prose contributions by each author. Chatwin, of course, was an auction house curator before he became a successful novelist and travel writer. Q13930. …

Softbound. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Asia House Gallery in New York from Jan, to March 1970. The focus of the exhibition was to illustrate the continuity of similar motifs and symbols in ancient art objects over a wide swath of greater Asia, many linked to shared or similar shamanic beliefs. To that end the 145 objects in the exhibition range in origin from Anatolia, the Middle East (Persia, Syria), along the Eurasian steppes through Central Asia to China, Mongolia and Japan. Objects include plaques, ornament, weapons and tools, finials and ritual vessels, crafted in a variety of material (many in bronze, but also in jade and other precious stone, silver and gold). Includes detailed descriptions of each exhibit and scholarly essays. Former owner's stamp on FFEP. A few minor spots of abrasion on the cover; internal pages pristine. 186 pp., 5 col. and 140 b&w photos, 35 b&w figs., 2 maps. Size: 27 x 21 cm.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full maroon cloth boards. Edge wear and small tear to dust jacket. Mark from price tag on front endpaper. 8 1/4"w x 10 7/8"h. 186 pages. Many b&w photos. . Examines the most important regional and tribal variations of Animal Style art and the peoples who employed them. Keywords: Animal style, Warrior Hersmen, Euro-Asian Steppes, Precious metals, Jewels, Noble Savages, Highwaymen, Weapons, Ornaments, Horse Trappings, Barbarian Art.…

brossura. Condition: Buono (Good). in buone condizioni! quinta ed 1995(adelphi) 9788845908279 Buono (Good) . Book.

Condition: Sehr gut. Original cloth binding, 185 pages, 145 illustration, 33 figures, very good condition. Important, early exhibition about the early art in Central Asia. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 900.

Paperback. Condition: Good. no dj. Animal Style" Art from East to West. Book.