Piero Manzoni by Germano Celant - 1972

Koln: Galerie Karsten Greve, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated boards. Fine. Manzoni, Piero. 104 [5] pages. 30 x 23.5 cm. An Italian Avant-Garde artist whose career was cut short by an untimely death at 30 years of age. Text in German. Catalog of his work. Full page illustrations printed recto only with date, dimensions and media.

Charta, 1998. Soft cover. Very good/No jacket. Cover is lightly rubbed and worn along edges. Spine is sunned, but text is legible. Spine is creased, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.

Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Arte, 1991. Hardcover. VG--split spine. textblock/pgs firmly attached. pgs edge toned. light shelf-wear, creasing & scuffing to white covers.. white glossy wraps w/ purple illustration & black printing. french flaps. 241 pgs w/ b&w & color illustrations. In Spanish. A nice & clean catalogue of this mischievous, avant-garde artist's work. An exhibition held in Madird Spain from October 9 to December 15, 1991.

Milan ; London: Charta ; Serpentine Gallery, 1998. Soft cover. Very Good. Published on the occasion of the Piero Manzoni exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, this volume documents the artist's entire career and contains many images previously unpublished. 319 p : ill. ; 28 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, reading crease to spine. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Madrid.: Fundación La Caixa.. Paperback. Cubierta deslucida. Good. 28 cm. 242 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Cubierta deslucida. Arte. Bellas Artes. Deportes.(7) [[7]]

New York: Sonnabend Press, 1972. soft cover in dust jacket, as issued., minute wear to few places on dj spine. no markings. no tears or chips. no bumps. glued binding intact.; english text. no isbn in/on book.55pp. b/w illustrations.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ottawa, Ontario: Chief of the General Staff, 1949. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Canadian Army Journal. Lead article is War on the Western Front: The Russo-German Campaigns. Quite a nice copy of uncommon magazine. From collection of historical material amassed through lifetime of local St Thomas historian Don Cosens.

France: Pierre Tisne, 1945. (Limited, 1st edition). Oversize Paperback. VERY GOOD+. #228 of 1720 copies. Protective glassine cover shows signs of wear around edges. Slight age soil and yellowing to protective cover and rough cut page edges. Interior on high quality art papers. Map of "La Colonne Du Tchad" plus 68 drawings (charcoal, ink and sepia) and water color prints tipped in) by the official painter of the Leclerc column (Philippe de Hauteclocque) - WWII North African campaign from the French Fort Lamy in Chad (December, 1942) to joining Montgomery's 8th army in January 1943 in Tripoli. Text in French. "Les dessins et tableaux de Rene-Jean Clot ont fait revivre devant nos yeux des paysages auxquels je ne pense jamais sans emotion. Ils les ont fait revivre avec force, tels que nous les avons connus et aimes." "Les lignes qui suivent, puisees dans le journal de marche de mon aide de camp, animeront ces toiles et les situeront dans le temps et dans l'espace… Read More

Original book from the publisher to the artist including a certificate of recognition for Max ten Bosch. The book is still in the original packing and in plastic. Both the letter from the publisher and the original certificate are included.

Amsterdam: Kunsthandel Goudstikker, 1933. Book. Good. Wraps. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. text in Dutch. rubs to covers, edges chipped, as they extend over the edge of the text block. blank and white plates..

Bruno Munari's Zoo. 1963 First American Edition, The World Publishing Company. 3rd Impression Thus. Number line starts with 3. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-14773 8 ¾ X 11 ¾. EXLIB. Good condition/ No DJ Included. Protected in mylar wrap. A trip to the zoo as envisioned and and presented by brilliant Italian Artist and educator Bruno Munari, Father of: Modern Graphic Design,The Futurist Movement, Useless Machines, Mobiles, Spacial Environment, Kinetics, Concrete Art Movement, Direct Projections, Arrythmic Machines. Unpaginated.

New York: Macmillan, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover in dust jacket. First Smerican edition. Book is As New, crisp and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is fresh and bright. Illustrated. 8vo. 214 pp. including index.

Paris: La Bibliotheque Des Arts, 1962. First edition thus. First French edition. Text in French. Published Paris: La Bibliotheque Des Arts, 1962. Folio, 11" x 14 1/4." 32 pages text plus 34 tipped in color plates, 35 black and white (not tipped in). Sea blue cloth with gilt lettering and white paper covered boards lettered in black and gray. Foxing to the covers, end papers and interior face of dust jacket (facing the book), age toning along the margins of the page block, otherwise, clean, tight in dust jacket chipped along the edges. Good plus.. 1st. Hard. Good Plus/Good Plus. Folio.

NY: Norton, 1969. Complete four volume set in slipcase. All first editions. Published NY: Norton, 1969, first printing. 8vo., illustrated with 352 b/w and color plates. Volume 1: Late Gothic to High Renaissance. xi+352. Volume 2: Baroque. 355-711. Volume 3 Neoclassic to Post-Impressionist. 713-1124. Volume 4: Plates and Index. 7-400. Green linen cloth with gilt titles, text printed on bright white laid paper. A near fine set in a good slipcase with wear at the top and external tape repair.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo..

First American edition, presumed first printing. A Studio Book. by Viking Press. Text in English translated from the French. This massive book includes a map of Lautrec's Paris, a catalogue of his graphic works and a chronology of his life and work. Many magnificent full page color reproductions as well as paste-on reproductions and b&w photos. no pages or illustrations, photos, etc. are missing.Book is in excellent condition. Only faults we could find in book are some shelf wear/white spotting at bottom edge of the back cover, a small (about 1/8") stain at top of spine extending about one inch from the spine at the top of the pages; however, the stain is only visible on the top edges of the pages when the book is closed. It does not show on the pages themselves. The Dj is whole but shows its age with some light stains and wear marks on front cover and shelf wear at edges including some small tears and chipping at bottom of spine are. (see photos which will be posted shortly).Priority mail provided… Read More

Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, October 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Very Good jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Upper corners lightly bumped. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single one inch tear to front bottom edge. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. xiii + 347 pages. Over 300 illustrations. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. Captain Nicolas Baudin's early 19th-century voyage of scientific discovery to Australia is a little-known event in French and Australian history. Yet that voyage played an important part in the history of Australian and Pacific colonization, and in the long story of worldwide scientific exploration. Departing Le Havre in 1800, Baudin's expedition comprised two ships--the Naturaliste and the Géographe--and 238 men, including 22 scientists. For most of the next three-and-a half years they travelled along the western and southern coasts of Australia, charting the coastline and… Read More