Kristjan Editor (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. ORIGINAL 1970 Icelandic Magazine (in English); softcovers; in very good condition. Magazine.

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

paperback. Condition: As New. Paperback--no flaws.

Hardcover. Second Ed, Revised & Enlarged. Second Ed, Revised & Enlarged. Very Good+ in Good DJ: Book shows indications of light use; just a touch of wear to extremities; former owner's name at front free endpaper; slight spine lean; binding secure; text clean. DJ shows considerable wear to extremities, with a bit of loss due to rubbing and chipping; else shows only mild rubbing; mylar-protected. Overall, remains a clean, sturdy copy in a worn but serviceable DJ. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 169pp. Sewn Binding. Cream Paper over Boards with Forest Green titles and designs at the front panel and back strip. Translated by Reginald Spink and A. Anslev. Profusely illustrated in black & white photographs. Cover Designed by A. Sikker Hansen. Press Department of the Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Association with the Greenland Department of the Ministry of State and the Nation Travel Association of Denmark. Hardback with DJ.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. Second Edition. Undated, but, the 2nd edition of the 1952 original. Revised and enlarged. Beautiful Cover Art. Wrappers, 5.75"x8.5", 169pp, photo illustrated. English Text. Very minor edge wear, VG+. Weight, 288g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 23*16 cm, 144 pges, nicely illustrated.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 192 pages. 9.60x6.60x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2012 edition. 366 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.79 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 250 pages. 9.19x6.13x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 2012 edition. 505 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 166 pages in very good condition. A series of articles on Greenland. n.d. (1950's?). Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Page edges are lightly smduged. Bound in grey illustrated wraps with white titles. Worn around the edges with creases and small tears. Faded on the spine. VG. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 8.50x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 288 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Estonian language. Enlarged magazine format. Octavo 20 x 28 cm. Weight 200 gr. Wrappers, 37 [4] pp, [31] pp. illustration tables on coated paper. The book is in Near Fine condition without any visible defects, losses, remarks and stains. Creases across cover corners, two minor pieces of front cover right corners are broken off, some light rubbing on the back cover, broken off spine pieces are repaired; internally occasional fingerprints and frayed edges of one sheet with some minor tears. Edition financial support by Kujutava Kunsti Sihtkapital (Cultural Endowment of Estonia). Album was edited for 20th anniversary celebration of the Art Society Pallas and includes foreword by the Board and seven articles: about society beginning and goals; its development; fragments of Estonian art life; present society targets and values; Pallas significance in Estonian modern graphic art; overview of events held by society in the recent past; style problems in moderni architecture. Also attached exhibitions list organized by Pallas and list of exhibitions Pallas participated in during period 1934-1938. Album is richly illustrated with 31 full-page artwork reproductions by Nikolai Triik, Jaan Grüünberg, Eduard Wiiralt, Aleksander Bergman, Arkadio Laigo, Hando Mugasto, Kristjan Raud and many others prominent Estonian artists of the time, also it is decorated with 12 amazing graphical vignettes in the text by Hando Mugasto. Album's modernist cover design created by Arkadio Laigo. Mugasto and Laigo were the grand examples of the young Pallas students, who became notable wood engravers. The most significant pre-WWII organisation in Estonia to deal with figurative art was the Art Society Pallas established in 1918. Pallas united artists and literati, whose intellectual background was linked to the diverse European cultural experiences. Of the founders of the art society, Konrad Mägi, Ado Vabbe, Aleksander Tassa, Friedebert Tuglas and others had spent time in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Finland, Sweden and elsewhere in Europe during the first years of the 20th century. In 1919 Art Society Pallas established the school with the same name. From autumn 1924 the art school Pallas worked as a higher educational institution. The curriculum of the Higher Art School Pallas was based on Western European art experience, influences of expressionism and constructivism are visible. Individualities emerge very clearly. Almost all great names of their time taught at Pallas: painters Konrad Mägi, Ado Vabbe, Nikolai Triik, graphic artists Eduard Wiiralt, Jaan Vahtra, Peet Aren, Ernst Kollom and Agu Peerna, sculptor Anton Starkopf, art historian Voldemar Vaga etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Complete in two volumes. Text entirely in Icelandic. Sturlunguutgafan, 1946; no additional printings of this edition indicated in either volume; 608pp. / lx, 502pp. Each volume also has a color frontispiece, several black and white photo plates, and 12 color maps on gloss paper. Half black leather bindings with dark blue cloth on boards, gilt title and sword/shield emblem on spines, gilt top edges. Bindings is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear at edges of boards, gilt remains bright and bold; illustrations and text very good throughout. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.