Smith Paul Essays (9 results)

Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: clear plastic covers. 1st edition. Hardcover, 10 1/4 x 12". Perspectives on craft and design, handmade by design, studio profiles, objects for food and dining, objects for interior space, objects for sports, music and play; & biographies, resource list, acknowledgements, photograph credits, and index. Full color illustrations throughout. This very heavy book will require extra shipping, please inquire.336 pages. Hardcover in clear plastic cover. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 281pp., xiii. '2' in number line. Taupe cloth with Navy cloth spine and brilliant gilt-stamped lettering. Notes at ends of essays. Index, pp. 273-281. (No previous owner names.).

Pictorial boards. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. (1st Edition). Unpaginated (approx. 128p.) Cover corners lightly worn. Close to 90 b&w photographs by Beckman documenting the punk music scene and culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United Kingdom. B&w photographs. (8-1/4"x5-7/8").…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good first edition. Binding square and tight. Pages unmarked. Slight bumping and fading to spine ends, corners. Age toning to text block. Slight marking to back cover. Good dust jacket. Not price clipped. No areas of loss. Some bumping to edges. Slight creasing to front and back cover. Slight wear to folds, edges, corners. Slight rubbing to back cover. A great scarce first edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback copy with dustjacket. Signed on title page by the artist John Virtue, and one of the authors, Colin Wiggins. Book is in very good condition. Dustjacket some minor signs of wear. 112pages. John Virtue (illustrator). Signed by Illustrator(s). …

[1-887427-00-7] 1995. (Mass market paperback) Near fine. 120pp. 8vo. Scarce. Gallery catalogue for National Touring Exhibition organized by American Indian Contemporary Arts located in San Francisco, California. The exhibition showed 87 artworks that explored Indigenous culture, historical events, and what is considered to be humorous from the perspectives of 38 contemporary Indigenous artists. Bios for each artist lincluded. White wrappers show light markings; else is clean, bright, and crisp, with colour as well as black and white photographs. Near fine copy. …

SOFTCOVER. Condition: Almost AS NEW. Dust Jacket Condition: Issued without a dustjacket. 1st Edition. Medium size 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 49pp on thick art paper, colour plates, etc. Private view invitation card loosely inserted . [CONDITION: An almost AS NEW unmarked copy (very slight roll to spine margin) ] . To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. ix, 201 p., 12 leaves of plates : ill., diagr. (part. folded), ports. ; 23 cm. ; LC: ML3508; Dewey: 781.57 ; OCLC: 5176308 ; green cloth ; in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Thirty years of Chicago jazz / Paul Eduard Miller, George Hoefer -- Esquire's All-American Band / Esquire's Board of Experts -- Esquire's new Stars Band / Esquire's Board of Musicians -- Biographies of the winners / Paul Eduard Miller -- An analysis of the art in jazz / Paul Eduard Miller -- The collector's outlook / George Hoefer -- A survey of jazz today -- Perspectives for jazz -- Recorded jazz: A critical selection / Paul Eduard Miller -- The jazz scene : 1945 / Leonard Feather and Paul Eduard Miller ; huge fold-out stylized map of the jazz hot spots in the city of Chicago at back ; numerous black and white photographs of artists ; G/G. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. SMITH, Paul J. [essays by] [336] pp. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2001 12" x 10" In our age of technology and mass production, the exquisitely handcrafted, one-of-a-kind object continues to delight the imagination and inspire reverence. Objects for Use is the first panoramic survey of contemporary craft in over a decade, and the only one now in print. The more than 300 objects by 200 artists run the full gamut of function. They include glass, ceramics, interior furnishings and accessories, kitchen utensils and knives, quilts, musical instruments, games and toys, fishing gear, and more. Accompanying a major exhibition at the American Craft Museum in New York City, this matchless volume pays tribute to a culturally diverse group of craftspeople--and a uniquely American spirit of creativity.…