Olson Ruth Chanin Abraham Read (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Facsimile reprints of three Museum of Modern Art monographs from the late 1940's, black and white illustrations. Edges lightly foxed, very mild damp ripple on the center top margins of the pages, previous owner's name on the front endpaper. The dust jacket is rubbed- mainly on the edges and spine, creases paralleling the upper and lower edges, four inch tear with crease off the lower rear edge. Binding is firm, text clean.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.99.

unknown_binding. Condition: Good. 1st Museum of Modern Art 1948 paperback; tape repair to spine; previous owner signature on ffep.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. First edition. Trade soft cover. Published NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1948. Limited to 9,500 copies. 4to. printed gray wrappers with red titles. 83 pp., illus b/w plates, two die cut sheets printed in red on translucent vellum tipped in. Minor crease lines rear cover, else very good. A very nice copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited to 9,500 copies. Introduction by Herbert Read. Softcover. Very Good. Thin quarto; gray paper wraps; red titles; 84 pp.; generously illustrated in b/w; light edgewear and creasing to cover; previous owner's last name neatly written on ffep, else a clean, very good copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 7 1/2 x 10 inches. 83 pages. Condition is Very Good, wear to spine edges, a few small creases at edges, text and illustrations are very clean. STK.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 1st. 83 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Edition of 9500 copies. A fragile copy with worn outer wraps. Clean inside copy, age toning. Size: 8vo.

Card Covers. Condition: Good. Light wear to covers, unmarked, illustrated with b/w photos, 83pp, G. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Gray illustrated wraps with visible edgewear and bump to spine, clean, no spine crease; former owners signature, dated 1948 of artist/illustrator Alice D. Laughlin, on the half-title page, o/w clean and unmarked copy. 83 pages, illustrated, plus 2 die-cut thin paper inserts. Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Image may be added by request. Questions welcome.

First edition. Softcover. Joint exhibition catalog for these two brothers who were both Russian artists. Features Herbert Read's essay "Constructivism: The Art of Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner" along with biographies of the two men by Ruth Olson and Abraham Chanin. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. A very good copy in wrappers with some slight wear along the spine and some other minor wear. Internally a clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Very nice large format hardcover, clean and tight. Jacket has slight edge and shelf wear, not faded. Tan boards, maroon writing. Sections on Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner, on Wilhelm Lehmbruck and Aristide Maillol, and on Henry Moore. This is a reprint of essays and photographs of works and bibliographies, etc. from out-of-print articles from the Museum of Modern Art. M01476.

Condition: Good. [Exhibition catalogue]. 4to. 83 pp. Soft gray illustrated wraps with red lettering. Fair with chipped spine reinforced with tape, soiling, split binding and loose pages. Black and white plates. Illustrated vellum endpapers. Includes an introduction by Herbert Read and text by Ruth Olson and Abraham Chanin. Catalogue created on occasion of exhibition of works by Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY from February 10, 1948 through April 25, 1948. Scarce. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz.

Condition: Good. The Museum of Modern Art, New York City New York 1948.