Resultados de búsqueda: Biography -- Arts from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 168 pages, last blank, author's acknowledgements, forward by Judi Dench, appendix and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Brown coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. Minor bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and scuffing to the book corners. Shelf wear to the lower book edges. Browning to the paper edges and the lower page edge has a remainder mark. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Judi Dench against theatre lights, with blue, white and red writing on the front panel and spine. Black-and-white photograph of Judi Dench as Mother Courage on the back panel. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and the back panel has become a little dull and worn. Some rubbing to the dustwrapper corners. An authorised biography of one of Britain's great late 20th century actresses -- Judi Dench. Not only a… Leer más

Collins, London, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Kate Greenaway. 320 pp., introduction by Ruth Hill Vigeurs, biographical sketch by Spielmann and Layard, bibliography and acknowledgements. Illustrated endpapers, showing some delightful Kate Greenaway illustrations. Within the text there are copious reproductions/facsimiles of Kate Greenaway's illustrations. Green cloth boards with gilt illustration on the front panel and gilt writing on the spine. Top edge the yellow -- and book is printed on yellow paper. Shelf wear to bottom edges of book and the head and heel of spine are bumped and rubbed. Some marks on the end papers and some grubby marks to the other edges of the paper. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Kate Greenaway, with blue and black writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Dustwrapper is rubbed and faded and the corners are slightly scuffed. There are grubby marks to all panels. A collection of the best of Kate… Leer más

Bay Books, Sydney, No date. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Kenneth Jack. Signed by Illustrator. introduction by author, footnotes, biographical notes, bibliography, exhibitions, prices, collections, list of plates and figures and index. There is no publishing date but published about 1988. The artist has signed the book on the verso of the ffep. Cream coloured endpapers. Coloured frontispiece, by artist: Ghost Town, Gwalia Triptych. 109 coloured illustrations (6 double-page), several black and white illustrations, as well, are reproduced within book. Illustrated dustwrapper, detail of, Midday, Cue 1987, by artist, with cream coloured background and maroon coloured writing on front panel and spine. "Kenneth Jack is one of Australia's finest and most admired landscape artists. This prolific work chronicles and celebrates the immense variety of the Australian continent and its architecture, past and present.". Minor rubbing of the book… Leer más

Hutchinson of Australia, Richmond, Victoria, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VI, 332 pages, last three pages blank, preface by author, acknowledgements, discography of Joan Sutherland/ Richard Bonynge, first performances of operatic roles, selected bibliography and index. Blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and 16 pages of colour photography. Blue coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. Shelf wear to the lower book edges. There is a black line of the full width of the page on the verso of the free front end paper. Photographic front cover, showing Joan Sutherland, against a dark blue background with gilt, light blue and white titles to the front panel and gilt and white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Rubbing to the rear dustwrapper… Leer más

F.W.Cheshire, Melbourne, 1966. reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. X, 198pp., foreword by R. G. Menzies. Illustrated endpapers, with family tree of the Lindsay family. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing the Lindsay family in 1887. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs. Illustrated covers, showing an all over pattern of leaves, with green writing on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for boards, only in a darker green. The autobiography of Daryl Lindsay. One of 10 children, five who became professional artists, he gives a full-blooded account of growing up as a first generation Australian. the dustjacket is chipped at the top of the spine, and across the top edge and bottom left-hand edge of the rear panel, with numerous short tears,Internally clean, no annotations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Leer más

Picador, London, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 575 g.; XII, 434 pages, last seven pages blank intentionally, edited and foreword by Dominic Bradbury and afterword by David Lodge. Dark red coloured endpapers. Blue coloured boards with silver titles to the backstrip. Minor bumping to the top backstrip edge and rubbing to the lower backstrip edge. A small mark to the lower right-hand corner of the front book panel. Light browning to the text block edge, commencing with paper used in books' production. Photographic dustwrapper with black and blue titles to the front panel and yellow and white titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing and creasing to the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. " When Sir Malcolm Bradbury died in 2000, he left behind a lifetime's work; some of it published and some of it not; fiction and non--fiction; short stories and novels; completed work, work in progress, work barely begun; plans, sketches, notes, titles. Given shape and coherence… Leer más

Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 950 g; VI, 7-331, (5) pages, with selected bibliography, index, 14 black-and-white photographs, and 10 reproductions of artworks in colour. The only damage to either book or the photographic jacket, is a very faint tape mark to front and rear free end pages from sticky tape used to hold plastic to protect the book. Focusing on Emily Carr in the context of the social and psychological barriers that have prevented creative women in the past from achieving full expression and recognition, Blanchard sees her as one woman who "came through." She different from most other gifted women of her time in the degree to which she actively for the can for standards of the society in which she lived in in order to preserve her own integrity as a person -- and as a woman. In doing so, she also preserved her integrity as an artist. -- Front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over… Leer más

Odhams Press Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 192 pages, foreword by Hannen Swaffer, and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece. Within the text there are 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. Gray fleck coloured boards with red writing on the spine. Very minor rubbing and bumping to be book edges. Browning and foxing to the top paper edge and slight browning to the other paper edges. Browning and offset tanning to the endpapers. Previous owner's name to the top right-hand corner of the free front endpaper. The internal pages are very slightly tanned. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a young Maurice Chevalier and his straw hat, against a red background with white writing on the front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is quite rubbed and faded, the spine being particularly affected by fading to where the writing is almost unreadable. The back panel has become quite yellow. Rubbing… Leer más

Harper Collins, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.2 kg; XIV, 66 pages, includes extensive filmography, discography, source notes, bibliography, and index. 32 pages of black-and-white photography in four sections, and a black-and-white frontispiece. Photographic illustrated dust jacket. there is a mark from a small price sticker at the top right of the front free end page. No other damage to detail. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography -- Arts; ISBN: 000217944X. ISBN/EAN: 9780002179447. Inventory No: 0261789. . 9780002179447

F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Illustrated with two line drawings in the text, a colour frontispiece painted by Rupert Bunny, and 16 pages of black-and-white photography. Includes bibliographic sources, index, and photographic. Purple coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Light purple coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dust jacket with purple and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Generous and mean, kindly and ruthless, stead fast and capricious, with a prodigious talent for self-dramatisation balanced by a Napoleonic gift of realism, she has inspired three earlier book length biographies, as well as a novel, a play, and 2 films. But until now no writer has penetrated the enigma of her personality and recreated her life-size. -- front fold over blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with a little bumping of the top… Leer más

Elek Books, London, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 248 pages, last page blank, includes frontispiece, and numerous other black-and-white photographs. Previous owner's name on front end page, rubbing of the edges of the dust jacket at the corners. Otherwise clean and tightly bound. "They say I am a terrifying character. Perhaps ... I have always played a double game; the game of the music hall and that of life. But it isn't as simple as that. I worked hard of my task of making people laugh and cry. It was a task that took up all my energy. If I wanted to live, I had to steal time for my working hours." Page 241 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Theatre & Plays; Biography -- Arts; Inventory No: 0242761. .

Home & Van Thal, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Poor. 500 g.; VIII, 324 pages, foreword by author, and index. Red coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the top backstrip edge and to the book corners. A few marks to the cloth of the book. Browning and foxing to the text block edges. Offset tanning and browning to the endpapers and the internal text has become quite age toned. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and orange background and white titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and chipping, with loss to the dustwrapper corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. The back strip has become quite faded as has the top left-hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel. There is an arcing tear that goes the full width of the rear dustwrapper panel. Slight yellowing and handling marks of the rear dustwrapper panel. The biography of the author who was both an artist and a musician in the… Leer más

Neville Spearman, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, introduction by translator and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing author in Toulouse-Lautrec's art studio. The text is illustrated with 11 black-and-white photographs throughout the text. Red coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing to the book corners and there is light browning and dust marks to the top text block edge. Page 5 and 6 have become slightly dog-eared. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper with red titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and a few small tears to the lower dustwrapper edge. The major damage to the dustwrapper has been to the rear dustwrapper panel where there is a piece missing measuring 3" x 2" with associated involvement of the top part of the backstrip.… Leer más

The Cresset Press, London, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 400 g; 240 pages, with eight pages of black-and-white photography, in original hardcover binding. Traces of foxing to the edges of the text block and to the end pages. Ownership details at the top of the front free end page. Slight bumping of the lower corners of the boards. The story from childhood through to about 1940, with some relevant comments on race, both in America, and Europe as she, an American Negress had experienced. A contralto singer with the Metropolitan. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography -- Arts; Inventory No: 0235046. .

Mayflower Books, New York, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Ordinary. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by Livinston L. Biddle, Jr., introduction by author, credits, index of artists. Ochre coloured endpapers. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece. The text is profusely illustrated with coloured and black-and-white photographs and reproductions of portraits, drawings and sculptures. 1/4 black cloth spine with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. 3/4 brown coloured boards. Rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and scuffing to the book corners. Shelfwear to the lower edges and some fading to the top edges. Some marks to the book panels and browning to the paper edges. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing a reproduction of " Isadora Duncan " by John Sloan, with white coloured titles to the front panel and white and red coloured titles to the back strip. On the back panel are 4 reproductions of portraits within the text.… Leer más

HarperCollins Publishers, Pymble, New South Wales, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 425 g.; VI, 7-224 pages, author's acknowledgements, recommended reading/listening list, Ozzy Osborne Disography and videos, Ozzy chronological, Ozzy predictable, Ozzy's tattoos and index. The text is illustrated with two sections, of 16 pages each, of black-and-white and colour photographs. Colour photographic cover, of Ozzy Osborne, with silver and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and book panels. Starting out as the lead singer of the heavy metal group Black Sabbath through to the TV realitiy show The Osbornes, this is the wild 30 year career of Ozzy Osborne. This is the first Australian edition. Size: Trade Paperback. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Music;… Leer más

Wattle Books ( A. H. & A. W. Reed ), London, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 610 g.; IV, 5-80 pages, and filmography. Dark blue coloured endpages. The text is illustrated with numerous colour and black-and-white photographs from both Ronald Reagan's film career and personal life. Included are the occasional film poster from his films. Colour photographic front cover, showing Ronald Reagan as an older man, against a silver background with white and blue titles to the front panel and backstrip. A hint of rubbing to the book corners and bumping to the lower book corners. Light browning of a text block edges. There there is a "crease" on the front book panel measuring 2 inches, 4 inches from the top book edge. Colour photographic dustwrapper, same illustration as the underlying board, with white and blue titles to the front panel and backstrip. A film biography of Ronald Reagan. He starred in 53 films -- most of them… Leer más

Wattle Books, London, 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. IV, 5-80 pages, and filmography. Dark blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with numerous colour and black-and-white photographs from both Ronald Reagan's film career and personal life. Included are the occasional film poster from his films. Colour photographic front cover, showing Ronald Reagan as an older man, against a silver background with white and blue titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour photographic dustwrapper, same illustration as the underlying board, with white and blue titles to the front panel and backstrip. A film biography of Ronald Reagan. He starred in 53 films -- most of them "B" grade, but in all his films he never did less than a creditable acting performance. His greatest starring role was, however, was as the 40th president of the United States. A hint of rubbing to the book corners and bumping to the lower book corners.… Leer más

A Dutton Book, New York, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. XIV, 482 pages, author's note, bibliography and index. Blue coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black-and-white photographs between pages 242 and 243. 1/4 gray coloured backstrip with silver titles. 3/4 pale gray coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with black, gilt and white titles to the front panel and gilt back titles to the backstrip. A biography of Anthony Perkins. Minor rubbing to the book corners and backstrip edges. Minor rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Film; Biography -- Arts; ISBN: 0525940642. ISBN/EAN: 9780525940647. Inventory No: 0107382. . 9780525940647

Hutchinson, London, 2007. Reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. 290 g.; VIII, 306 pages, last page blank. Colour photographic front cover with green and orange titles to the front panel and backstrip. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and book panels. Browning to the text block edges. " Acclaimed actor and internationally best-selling author Alan Alda has written a shrewd and funny account of some impossible questions he's asked himself over the years: what do I value? What, exactly, is the good life? (And what does that even men?" )" -- from the rear panel blurb. The book then goes on to relate the answers that he has found to these and other questions. Size: Trade Paperback. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Self Help & Motivation; Biography -- Arts; ISBN: 0091921066. ISBN/EAN: 9780091921064. Inventory No: 0108853. . 9780091921064