Francesco Abbate General Editor (35 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First English Edition. P5 - DJ has crease on the front inside flap, discoloration, and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Book has previous owner's name written on the front loose endpaper, discoloration and light shelf wear otherwise very good. Translated by Pauline L. Phillips. 101 full color illustrations. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Octopus Books December 1972 Hardcover with jacket. Crisp, clean, and tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover, small octavo in pale yellow cloth and original publisher's dust-jacket. 158 pages. Bibliography, Index of Illustrations. Translated from the Italian by Enid Gordon. With 95 full color illustrations. First English edition. Evidence of small round sticker removed from upper left hand corner of dust-jacket, else a clean, square, unmarked copy. No previous ownership marks. No remainder marks. Near fine in a very good dust-jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. first English translation edition - first published in Italian in 1966, light foxing and soiling to edges of textblock, light rubbing to bottom edges of boards, dj shows very light edge wear and soiling - no tears, chips or creases, 87 reproductions in color.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Satisfaction 100% guaranteed.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Please see the condition note after this for details, if this is missing please consider Acceptable to mean poor quality that could include major staining, water damage, writing, missing dustjacket, etc etc. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Very Good ++. First Thus. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 158 pages including "101 full colour illustrations"; DJ gently bumped, several very tiny chips, one very tiny tear. See also our listings for Laurence Binyon's The Flight of the Dragon: An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Art in China and Japan, Based on Original Sources.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Very Good ++. First Thus. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 158 pages including "101 full colour illustrations"; DJ gently bumped, no chips or tears. See also our listings for Laurence Binyon's The Flight of the Dragon: An Essay on the Theory and Practice of Art in China and Japan, Based on Original Sources.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. Hardcover with dust jacket, 159 pages including "98 full colour illustrations"; book very gently used, tight in binding, tiny traces of shelf wear to bottom edge, traces of dust speckling to top edge, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ bright, clean and colourful, no chips or tears. See also our listings for Ralph Whitlock's Everyday Life of the Maya, and for Roman Art in this series in the same size and format (buy two or more and save on postage!).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Hardcover with dust jacket, 158 pages including "114 full colour illustrations"; book very gently used, very clean and unmarked; DJ gently bumped, one tiny tear. See also our listing for Precolumbian Art of North America and Mexico in this series in the same size and format (buy both and save on postage!).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First English Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Octopus Books, Published 1972. Hardcover, 158 pp.; 20 x 14 cm; First Edition (first English-language edition, translated from the Italian); 97 full-color plates; chronological table, bibliography, index of illustrations. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Cream paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, light bumping to corners and edges, mild shelf and edge wear; faint line down front board with a hint of soiling, a few small spots to rear board and spine. Binding tight. Mild toning to endpapers with a couple of tiny foxing spots; faint pencil price notation at top corner of rear jacket flap; otherwise pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated dust jacket (Rajput miniature of a woman at her toilet on front panel, Mughal court scene on rear, Sigiriya fresco on flap) shows a few small nicks, light creasing along edges, mild shelf wear. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Compact pocket survey from the Octopus all-color art history series, issued in the first year of Paul Hamlyn's Octopus Books (founded 1971) and translated from volume 8 of Fratelli Fabbri's Storia universale dell'arte (Milan, 1966), edited by the Florentine art historian Francesco Abbate. The 97 plates, each with a descriptive caption, run from Indus Valley pottery and seals through Mauryan, Sunga, Satavahana, Gandhara, Gupta, Chalukya and Pallava sculpture, the cave-temples of Karle, Bhaja and Elephanta, the temples of Sanchi, Bodh-Gaya and Khajuraho, the Qutb Minar and the Taj Mahal, and Mughal and Rajput miniatures, then continue to Sigiriya and Polonnaruva in Ceylon, Afghan, Nepalese and Tibetan Buddhist art, Siamese and Laotian Buddhas, Khmer reliefs from Angkor, Cham sculpture and Balinese carving. Objects drawn from the National Museums in New Delhi and Karachi, the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, the Museum of Indian Art, Calcutta, the British Museum, the Musee Guimet and the Freer Gallery. Rear flap lists the companion volumes (African, American, Chinese, Christian, Egyptian, Japanese, Precolumbian and Roman Art, Classical Greece, Art Nouveau, Impressionism). Contents: India; Ceylon; Afghanistan; Nepal and Tibet; Siam and Burma; Cambodia and Vietnam; Indonesia; Chronological Table; Bibliography; Index of Illustrations.…

Decorative Canvas Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Missing. Copyright © 1972. 158 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. No dust jacket. Slightly skewed and slanted spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Octopus Books, 1972. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by London: Octopus, 1972. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 158 pp. : chiefly color illustrations ; 20 cm. ; dark brown cloth with pictorial color dustjacket ; 93 color illustrations ; VG/VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st UK. Mint book in fresh clean cream cloth covers with very bright gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; profusely and beautifully illustrated. The dust jacket is mint and not price clipped. A superb copy.

Cloth Bound Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size 7½" x 5½" 158 pages including index. With copious illustrations of Impressionist paintings. Brown cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Book condition very good, contents exceptionally clean, complete and intact, slight bumping to bottom of spine and corners. Jacket condition very good, spine slightly sunned, not clipped, pictures nice and bright. 83 Full Colour Illustrations (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First American Edition. Textured, dk. brown coated boards, gilt spine titles, lt. shelf wear. Thick heavy stock pages, lt. wear. Dj lt. edge wear, protected in sleeve. Wrapper depicts the classic, sombre American couple with pitchfork. Beautiful color plates w/text throughout. 87 full-color illustrations. Originally published in Italian in 1966, this is the first English version. Divided into two sections - Nineteenth century - art in the United States, and twentieth century - United States and Europe. Mainly focuses on architecture and paintings. A beautifully crafted, heavy book. Printed in Italy by Fratelli Fabbri Editore. 158 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st UK. Mint book in fresh clean brown 'leatherette' covers with very bright gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; profusely and beautifully illustrated. The dust jacket is mint and not price clipped. A superb copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Thus. Mint book in clean fresh finely stippled brown cloth covers with very bright gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions or dedications; copiously illustrated. The dust jacket is also mint and not price clipped. A lovely copy.…

Abbate, Francesco (General Editor), trans. by H.A. Fields., Octopus Books, 1972, c1966, English language edition, boards (hard cover), vg+ with vg dj (very slightly chipped), 158 pp with chronological outline, bibliography & index of illus., 103 Full Color photographic illus., small 8vo, "The great tombs and temples of ancient Egypt.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. This hardcover edition of "American Art" is in good condition with minor wear on the dust jacket, including some edge wear. The binding is intact, and the pages are clean and well-preserved, maintaining the vibrancy of the full-color illustrations. There are no inscriptions or library markings, ensuring it is a clean copy for collectors. Minor wear, some edge wear visible.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition in English. Translated by Elizabeth Evans. Illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with mildly age-toned flaps.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK. Very fine book in clean fresh black covers with very bright gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; profusely and beautifully illustrated. The dust jacket is very fine and not price clipped. A lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st UK. Very fine book in clean fresh black covers with very bright gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; profusely and beautifully illustrated. The dust jacket is near fine and not price clipped; one small closed tear. A most attractive copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK. Very good book in fresh clean cream covers with bright gilt titles to spine. Internally very good; owner's name to half title; lavishly illustrated with 95 colour photographs. The dust jacket is fine with one very tiny rub; price clipped. A very attractive copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK. Very fine book in clean fresh black covers with very bright gilt titles to spine. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; profusely and beautifully illustrated. The dust jacket is very fine and not price clipped. A lovely copy.