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New York: The Museum of Modern Art. Fine. 1968. Hardcover. 4to. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. M11 .

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Pp. [2], 3-216. Frontis. Black & white photograph of "Homage to New York," a self-constructing and self-destroying work of art by Jean Tinguely. Laden with black & white photography and illustrations. Notes. Index. Bound in stamped tin boards depicting in color a NYC street scene with MOMA as the centerpiece. Spine just a tad tarnished. Swedish art collector and museum director K. G. Pontus Hulten, (1924-2006), compiled this catalog for the MOMA exhibition, 1968-1969, for which he served as curator. Hulten described the show as a "collection of comments on technology by artists of the Western world," particularly in the modern age when "the mechanical machine - which can most easily be defined as an imitation of our muscles - is losing its dominating position among the tools of mankind; while electronic and chemical devices - which imitate the processes of the brain and the nervous system - are becoming increasingly… Read More

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 216 pages. Metal cover. Many b&w illustrations throughout. A nice, clean copy. Record # 853206

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Thus. Metal. Good. Metal illustrated covers show light wear/scuffing and scratches to edges and covers of book, meatl spine is moderately tarnished, covers are gently bowed. Book body is clean, illustrated in b/w, pages lightly age-toned.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art. Very Good+. (1968). Color Aluminum Pictorial Covers. 216pp., numerous illustrations, beautiful unscratched aluminum color pictorial covers .

"The Machine" As Seen At The End of The Mechanical Age by K. G. Pontus Hulten1968Vintage Hardcover Metal Book 9 3/4" x 8 1/2"216 PagesThe hardcover book is in good minus condition, free from rips, tears, writing, and bends. There is some light edge toning. The decorated metal boards are in good minus condition with a few light scratches on the front and scratches on the back. The metal binding is tight and square.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. . 8vo. 216 pp. Very Good with staining on pages and rusting on edges of covers. Hard cover. Embossed and printed metal board covers with hinged binding. Mostly Color plates. Featuring works by Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Fernand Leger, Robert Rauschenberg, Robert Breer et al. First Edition.

New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 218 pp. Original, elaborate, multi-color pictorial metal covers w/ title on front cover. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hardback. Fine. as seen at the end of the mechanical age. Illustrated. 4to. NY (MOMA) 1968. Pictorial tinplate. Inscription (from Harry Duncan) on the flyleaf else a fine copy.

New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. 218 pp. Original, elaborate, multi-color pictorial metal covers w/ title on front cover. Lightly soiled. Illust. w/ b/w photos and drawings. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: MOMA, 1968. Book. Illus. by Various Artist. Very Fine. Hardcover. 1st.Edition 1968, Painted stamped metal cover ,hinged and pop revied binding , 216 page book with black & white illustrations . Scarce exhibition catalogue and in one of the best condition around. Condition : Very Fine Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

MOMA, January 1968. Hardcover . Very Good. Hinged metallic binding; a modest amount of surface smudging to spine and rear; overall, very nice.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First printing. Fine.. First edition of this iconic production, printed to accompany the museum's 1968 exhibition of the same name - an uncommonly fine example. An attractive and unusual production, reminiscent of tin lithographed toys of the early 20th century, published as the catalogue for the landmark MoMA show that ran from Nov. 25th 1968 to Feb. 9th 1969. Artists include Calder, De Chirico, Duchamp, Ernst, Giacometti, Grosz, Klee, Leger, Magritte, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, Bruno Munari, Oldenburg, Picabia, Rauschenberg, Rosenquist, Schwitters, Takis, and Tinguely, among others. Though by no means an uncommon title, this is easily the nicest example we've encountered. 9.5'' x 8''. Original color pictorial lithographed press aluminum covers designed by Anders Osterlin (after a photograph by Alicia Legg). 216 pages. Just touches of wear here and there. Else an exceptionally bright and sharp copy of a book typically prone to much greater wear.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. As seen at the end of the mechanical age. Scarce and unique. Profusely illustrated throughout text with b/w photographs, a few pages are in blue and white. This exhibition and its catalogue make no attempt to provide an illustrated history of the machine through the ages. It is a collection of comments on technology by artists of the Western world. Binding is TIN with colour illustration pressed into the tin. 8.6" X 9.8". 218 pages. VG.. Hardcover. Very Good.

NYC: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. NYC: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. Book. New. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. VF as new copy in Aluminum silk-screened covers as issued, this copy is an exceptional example, bright and unflowed except for a booksellers original price sticker on end paper, a bright and nearly flawless copy.. Hardcover. New. Book.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition. Fine. First edition. 218 pp. Embossed aluminum in original printed folding box. Basically Fine with a little tarnishing to aluminum binding, contents clean and bright. Box a little rubbed and toned, two original price stickers on one side, pencil notation on the other.

NY: THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.. Fine. 1968. First Edition. From the library of esteemed cartoonist Eldon Dedini, with his bold signature and date(1969) inked on the front endpaper. About fine in embossed tin aluminum covers. (Traces of rubbing to metalic edges) Dedini was a prolific cartoonist finding steady employment in the pages of The New Yorker & Playboy over several decades. .

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First edition. Pressed steel. Covers slightly rubbed, but very bright and free of scratches. A lovely copy.. Small 4to, [218]pp; original pressed steel covers, printed in colors. Historic exhibition catalog from MOMA's second major overview machine-age art, extensively annotated by the late Pontus Hulten. The catalog is notable for its striking design and unusal fabrication from pressed steel, the cover having been designed by Anders Osterlin.

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. No DJ, as Issued. First Edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalogue. Exceptional biographic pieces of many artist supported by one or more images for each. Cover designed by Anders Osterlin after a photograph by Alicia Legg. Overall, a handsome copy. Hint of oxidation at spine, minor shelf wear, hint of toning to text block, else tight, bright and unmarred. Pressed metal pictorial boards, front board painted, frontispiece. 4to. 216pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Notes. Index.