Kokoschka Oskar Edith Hoffmann (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some marks & wear to the boards, good tight copy otherwise, age spotting to end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. illustrated throughout (illustrator). 1st Edition. Bright, unclipped illustrated dust jacket with chipped spine ends and top edge, in clear plastic cover. Tight binding, solid yellow boards with sharp corners, red spine label and gilt lettering to spine strip, clean, unmarked pages throughout.

Gr.8°. 367 S. und 65 (5 montierte, farbige) Tafeln, 14 ganzseitige Textabbildungen. Oln. Oberes Kapital minimal gestaucht, Leinenbezug am Vorderdeckel im unteren Eck minimal wellig (Klebung), Widmung auf hinterem Vorsatz unten. Gutes Exemplar. Erste Ausgabe der ersten englischsprachigen Monographie über Oskar Kokoschka und gesuchtes frühes Standardwerk. Mit den ersten Werkverzeichnissen der Gemälde und Zeichnungen ("List of paintings and drawings not connected with illustrations 1907 - 1943" - 307 Arbeiten) und der illustrierten Bücher ("Lithographs and drawings for illustrations 1908 - 1945") sowie einer Bibliographie der Schriften und Aufsätze Kokoschkas. Bolliger, Dokumentations-Bibliothek VI, 576 (Beilage). Freitag 4958. Arntz 2.76. Mit den Erstdrucken von zwei Essays Kokoschkas: "A petition from a foreign artist to the righteous people of Great Britain for a secure and present peace" und "On nature of visions". The Drama of German Expressionism. A German-Englisch Bibliography 2461 und 2462. Sprache: de.

Hoffmann, Edith & Kokoschka, Oskar Kokoschka Life and Work : Inscribed And Signed By Oskar Kokoschka In The Year Of Publication UK: Faber and Faber, London, 1947. The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1947. The BOOK is i (illustrator). Later printing. Bound in finely woven yellow cloth and stamped in red and gold on the spine. With some darkening to the top half of the front boards. With numerous color and black and white photographic plates. A veritable treasure trove of Kokoschka's work. With the inscription: Inscribed by Kokoschka: "For my dear comrade in the arts Ellen Moberg Remember Yours sincerely, Oskar Kokoschka Aug. 1952.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1947. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Original yellow cloth with gilt titling to the spine gilt on red ground. Cloth a little dulled with a few small rubbed spots. The binding remains tight. Text-block a little toned with a small stain to the lower text block which has just very slightly encroached onto the relevant lower pages. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition with some rubbing and creasing in places with a small area of loss at the upper spine. A 3 inch closed tear to the front upper flap fold and a small tear to the upper edge of the rear panel. Small penned number to the upper front flap. The wrapper looks very attractive in the removable Brodart archival cover. There is a tipped-in colour frontispiece and four plates with sixty pages of monochrome plates and illustrations within the text - all in excellent condition. Presentation copy: INSCRIBED and SIGNED in the year of publication by Oskar Kokoschka in red crayon on the half-title page: 'For my dear friend Janos who not merely feels the beat of the pulses but who sees into the heart where all the adventures of the human race originate. You are one of the few europeans left. Have a merry Xmas and a relatively eternal future! OK, London 1947'. The recipient was Janos Plesch (1878-1957), an eminent and somewhat unorthodox Hungarian Doctor who moved in exalted circles and who had listed amongst his patients and friends: Albert Einstein, John Maynard Keynes, Marlene Dietrich, Max Reinhardt and Oskar Kokoschka. This book has come from the library of Plesch's daughter, Honoria. A wonderful association copy and scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact. Signed by Illustrator(s).