Recent Arrivals from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Los Angeles: UCLA Art Council; University of California Press, 1963. 72 pages, illustrations, portraits; 28 cm. An exhibition sponsored by the UCLA Art Council in collaboration with the UCLA art galleries. Cover illustration reproduced from a signed and numbered 2-color lithograph created by Lipchitz for the benefit of the UCLA Art Council Scholarship Program. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside… Read more about this item

Boston: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2014. Pictorial boards, 127 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Looking East, organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Tennessee, January 31 to May 11, 2014; Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, June 28 to September 15, 2014; Kyoto Municipal… Read more about this item

Bristol: Intellect, 2017. 402 pages, colour illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. "When 'Living and Sustaining a Creative Life' was published in 2013, it became an immediate sensation. Edited by Sharon Louden, the book brought together forty essays by working artists, each sharing their own story of how to sustain a creative practice that contributes to the ongoing dialogue in… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1961. Cloth, 176 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. In collaboration with the Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts and the San Francisco Museum of Art. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket toned, with light shelfwear/slight fading at extremities, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.… Read more about this item

New York: Citadel Press; Kensington Publishing, 2022. xxv, 323 pages, 16 pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 22 cm. Subtitle on DJ: A Story of Brotherhood, Survival, and Hope Amid the Holocaust Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Told through interviews with his son, watchmaker Harry Lenga's… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2020. xx, 460 pages, [16] pages of plates, chiefly illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "A groundbreaking, controversial dive into the role psychedelics have played in the human experience of the Divine throughout Western history, and the answer to a 2,000 year old mystery that could… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: Odyssey Books & Guides, 2008. 700 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Now recovering from the misfortunes of the 20th century the travails of Soviet rule and several years of civil war it is able to offer visitors not only its legacies of cultural and ethnic diversity, but also unparalleled opportunities for adventure." - Publisher..… Read more about this item

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1996. Cloth, 793 pages; 24 cm. Subtitle on DJ: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing from a Century of Film. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement.… Read more about this item

London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Cloth, 368 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light shelfwear/partial fading. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "A Japanese garden is immediately distinct to the eye from the traditional gardens of an English manor house, just as the manicured topiaries of Versailles contrast with the sharp… Read more about this item

New York: Hyperion, 2008. 339 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by Julie Andrews, with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy of the first printing, one corner lightly bumped. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Since her screen debut in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorable, endearing… Read more about this item

Paris: Hazan, 1995. Cloth, 293 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Text in French/Texte en français. TRES BON ETAT+. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1985. 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Small corner crease/front cover. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. First American Edition. CONTENTS: Small boats; Fishing boats; Inland boats; Details; Sail and sea; Working boats and ships; Boats in the landscape; Techniques and materials. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Columbia, SC: McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina, 1994. 72 pages, illustrations, portraits; 29 cm. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition organized by the McKissick Museum held at the Museum of York County, Rock Hill, South Carolina, October 10, 1987 to January 2, 1988 and six others. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. .… Read more about this item

Pymble, NSW: HarperCollins, 2000. Cloth, viii, 183 pages; 29 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, no dedication. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Combining a Japanese philosophy of the freshest ingredients and natural flavours with traditional French cooking techniques, award-winning… Read more about this item

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2019. Cloth, vi, 318 pages, illustrations, portraits; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. xxi, 445 pages; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. A tiny bit of wear along the front free endpaper. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In his astute and deeply informed film reviews and essays, Jonathan Rosenbaum regularly provides new and brilliant insights into the cinema as art, entertainment, and commerce. Guided… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby, 1980. Cloth, 87 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "This book brings together paintings by both new and established artists whose art can be defined as 'modern' in that it 'reflects the nature and spirit of the times'. The result is a… Read more about this item

New York: New Press, 2005. xii, 594 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "A People's History of the Civil War is "bottom up" history, illustrated with little-known anecdotes and first-person testimony. David Williams brings to life the brutal, mundane experiences of the war - such as… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1979. 36 pages, colour illustrations; 22 x 28 cm A very good copy with moderate shelfwear to wraps. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

Williamstown, MA: Williams College Museum of Art, 1996. viii, 136 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition held aty Williams College Museum of Art, April 6 and June 9, 1996, and other venues. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. CONTENTS: Kahn's graphic modernism, by Michael J. Lewis; Sketching abroad, by Eugene J. Johnson; In the… Read more about this item