Lois Katz (51 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A nice softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Text and color photos are clean and bright. Softcovers are very good (clean, no creasing, no edge wear). Careful packaging and fast shipping. Sorry, too large for expedited or international.

Softcover staple bound, 32 pages, very good condition, no internal marks, clean and crisp.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 298pp. Numerous illustrations. In a Fine cloth slipcase. Photos on request. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Hardciover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 298pp. Over 300 illustrationsin 8 colors, 32 in full color. Photos on request. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, 2nd Printing of 1974. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Illustrated soft cover/NF w/light wear to edges & corner tips, & faint creasing to front, parallel to spine. PO name to fEP. First published 1969 in German under the title "Vorlolumbische Kulturen". Latin American history. An examination of the contribution of early Mesoamerican and Andean cultures to the rise of Aztec and Inca civilizations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Exhibition at The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC October 1979-October 1980, at Metropolitan Museum NY March-Sept 1981 and at Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Fall/Winter 1981/82. 298pp, with more than 300 illustrations printed in 8 colors, 32 full color, and others duotone. Very large thick heavy book, weighs 6 full pounds, not yet wrapped for shipping, orange cloth with gilt lettering, large-- 14" x 11". Book FINE CONDITION, dust jacket Near-Fine.

Softcover staple bound exhibition catalog, 56 pages, very good condition, no internal marks, with b/w and color reproductions.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(+). First. Illustrated (color and b/w). 298 pages. Folio, stamped orange cloth, dust wrapper; wrapper torn at top right corner. Washington D.C.: The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, (1981). A fine copy in a very good(+) wrapper.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. No dust jacket included with this book. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Softcover. White ill. wraps. 31 pp. Numerous color plates. VG-, exlib with stamp to cover, light corner bumping.

First American 4to, cloth, xvi, 368 pp. 75 b/w illustrations, maps, glossary, bibliography, index. A study of the Aztec and Incan civilizations in relation to the earlier cultures from which they emerged. A title in the "Praeger History of Civilization" series. Very good in dj.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 182 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corner lightly bumped. *** Robert Stoetzer's contribution is entitled "A Conservation Viewpoint." Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Rust cloth, lettered in gold foil. Slight foxing to text block fore-edge, nearly as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows a few light surface marks, now in archival mylar. 298 pp., 300+ illus. including 32 color of 120 Sackler sculptures. Original retail: $150.00. Nicely preserved copy with only slight flaws, giftable quality. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Introduction and catalogue by Dr. Charles Avery. 298pp. Folio. Heavily illustrated. Just a bit of soiling around the edges, near fine in a rubbed, very good dust jacket with some soiling, most notably white paint on the front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 344 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Softcover. Condition: Sehr gut. Auflage aus dem Buch nicht ersichtlich. 309 Seiten Buch steckt im Schuber und ist top erhalten Rik061728 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2600.

4to. 309 S. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Orig.-Kartoniert. Gutes Exemplar.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Original hardcover in jacket, 411 pages, index, large section of color plates at end of book. Much historical information and background and biographical details as well as b + w images at book beginning. Condition: large hardcover is in excellent condition with light reference wear; jacket at back has some rubbing and scratching. Beautiful artwork. w6.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good glassine DJ. First Edition. Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1965. FINE condition in Very Good glassine Dust Jacket (a couple closed tears). Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Appears unread -- fresh and crisp. Photo illustrated. Includes five essays: TWO ATHENIAN BLACK-FIGURED AMPHORAS (by Herbert Hoffmann); A PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY (by Lois Katz); A WOODEN SCULPTURE FROM THE NICOBAR ISLANDS (by Susanna Ekholm); LANDSCAPE AND DIARIES: THE SOUTH AMERICAN TRIPS OF F. E. CHURCH (by David C. Huntington); & A CASE STUDY OF HUMIDITY CONTROL (by Susanne P. Sack). Also has the usual info: reports of the museum's various departments for 1963-1964; museum acquisitions; special exhibitions; publications of the museum; financial report; donations; list of members; etc. Original wine-red cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good glassine DJ. 8vo. 191pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 413 pps, hardbound, apparent 1st, F/F, super clean and binding tight -- NOT EXLIB, mylar protected.

Softcover. Condition: Good+. White illus. wraps with black lettering; 56 pp. with 42 works in color and bw. With a foreward by Gilgore and a main essay by Katz. Includes a biography. Each work is titled, with a list of works and descriptions at the back.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 36 x 28.5 cm. Folio. 307pp. Brown boards in dsut jacket. Last couple of pages have a small near near the bottom, not reaching the text. Previous owner's name on half-title page. Scratch to front of jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G. 344pp. with colour illustrations. Price sticker remnants upper right of the front free endpaper, light soil to outer edges and light creasing from page handling. DJ has edge/rub wear, tears, chipping, creasing and light soiling. Actual book for sale pictured. 29 x 36.5 x 2.5cm, wt3.2KG Please note the book is oversized and it may require extra postage. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover 1988. Large format exhibition catalogue. 42 pages. Colour, and, black & white photos. Clean & tight book. SIGNED by Marion Crighton. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref 344.3. David Cregeen Sculpture. A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-1988. The Carminel Gallery, New York. October 19th- November 24th 1988. Catalog.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st. With over 300 illustrations. Bound in publisher's original burnt orange cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Boards betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Pages without any extraneous marks. New mylar added to ensure future enjoyment. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 298 pp. LCC: 8027821.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Light wear to jacket.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 307 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 37 cm. Notes: Catalogue of exhibitions held at the City Arts Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 3-31, 1985, and Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, N.C., Nov. 22, 1985 thru Jan. 31, 1986. Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-301) and index. Contents: Clay and civilization / Arthur M. Sackler -- Archaeological work in Costa Rica / Doris Stone -- Pre-Columbian trade in costa Rica / Doris Stone -- Polychrome ceramics and iconography / Jane Day -- An introduction to the Sackler collection / Paul Clifford -- Catalogue entries / Paul Clifford -- Objects not included in the exhibition -- The examination and conservation of Costa Rican ceramics / Toby and Robert Stoetzer -- Technical analysis / Doreen Stoneham. Subjects: Sackler, Arthur M. Art collections; Exhibitions; Indian pottery Costa Rica; Indian art Costa Rica; Art Private collections. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> One must view the striking and distinctive creative efforts of Costa Rica's early ceramic artists with admiration as one projects their achievements against the backdrop of a culture with no alpha- bet, with limited technology and no extant monu- mental architecture. Despite the designation of Costa Rica as the "rich coast" by Spanish explorers who were impressed by the gold adornments of its people, the area would appear to have been poor in terms of the materials, technology and oppor- tunities essential for the development of impor- tant stone architecture or a wide range of aesthetic creations in stone and metal. "But the Indians of Pre-Columbian Costa Rica.enjoved the advantages even as they suf- fered the vicissitudes of living at the juncture between cultures and the transit point for com- merce. The Costa Rican isthmus, linking North and South America, was exposed to civilizations more sophisticated than its own, utilizing more advanced technologies manifes.