Resultados de búsqueda: African / Modern & Contemporary Art from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Mayflower Books, 1978. Cloth, 213 pages, [16] leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. First U.S. Edition. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Folio.

New York: PublicAffairs, 2005. vi, 752 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

New York, Boston, London: Little, Brown and Company, 2011. 371 pages, maps; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. "Journalist Peter Godwin has covered wars. As a soldier, he's fought them. But nothing prepared him for the surreal mix of desperation and hope he encountered when he returned to Zimbabwe, his broken homeland. Godwin arrived as Robert Mugabe, the country's dictator for 30 years, has finally lost an election. Mugabe's tenure has left Zimbabwe with the world's highest rate of inflation and the shortest life span. Instead of conceding power, Mugabe launched a brutal campaign of terror against his own citizens. With foreign correspondents banned, and he himself there illegally, Godwin was one of the few observers to bear witness to this period the locals call The Fear. He saw torture bases and the burning villages but was most awed as an observer of not only simple acts of kindness but also churchmen and diplomats putting their own lives on the line to… Leer más

New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. Cloth, 287 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 25 cm. With a new introduction by the author. Illustrated by Francesca Pelizzoli. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tail edge bumped/front board. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Pelizzoli, Francesca. 8vo.

Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 1997. 109 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, January 25 to March 19, 1997. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Florence: Casa Editrice Bonechi, 1992. 128 pages, colour illustrations, maps; 26 cm. English Edition. With 160 Illustrations. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Profusely illustrated with colour plates of Greco-Roman ruins, Byzantine art, mosques, Islamic art, resort towns, etc.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Guidebook.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1965. Cloth, 125 pages, illustrations (some colour), plans; 24 x 26 cm. Translated from the French by Richard Howard. Photographs by Andre Martin. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket, chipped/back cover, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated with photos of the Kairwan. Mosque of Sidi Okba, in Tunisia. Islamic architecture.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Shama Books, 2007. Pictorial boards, 99 pages, colour illustrations, colour maps; 23 cm. Cities of Ethiopia Series. Tight, clean copy.. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo.

Seattle, WA: Marquand Books, 2004. Cloth, 73 pages, chiefly illustrations; 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "It is Hector Acebes's still photographs from his travels in the late 1940s and early 1950s throughout Africa and South American that may become his most important legacy. With the respect they command for the individuals who appeared before his lens, these recently rediscovered images attest to Acebes's photographic gift. They offer a valuable resource for scholars and students of local societies and cultures in Africa and South America." "This book presents the work of Hector Acebes for the first time in monograph form. Over ninety images are reproduced in duotones. Ed Marquand, director of the Hector Acebes Archive, introduces Acebes in a brief biography. Isolde Brielmaier, a noted art historian of African photography, places… Leer más

New York: American Heritage Publishing Company, 1971. Cloth, 528 pages, [2] pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: The emergence of African history; African beginnings; Civilizations of the Nile; The Barbary coast; The spread of Islam; Kingdoms of West Africa; The Niger to the Nile; Inner Africa; The coming of the Europeans; Time of troubles; Wars of resistance; Under colonial rule; Africa for the Africans.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Milan: 5 Continents, 2006. Pictorial boards, 159 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Essays by Suzanne Preston Blier and others; comments from painter Louis Finkelstein and Joan McD Miller; a preface by Abiola Irele. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Images of Congo explores the life and work of New York artist Anne Eisner who lived in the former Belgian Congo (now DRC) during the 1940s and 1950s. Her passion for maverick field anthropologist Patrick Putnam brought her to Camp Putnam (a research station, lodge and medical dispensary now named Epulu) at the edge of the Ituri rainforest. Her commitment to the people there made her stay. An eccentric in the colonial context, Eisner spent time in Mbuti pygmy camps, transcribed legends, wrote ethnographic notes and brought up three orphaned pygmy babies within a network of 'mothers'. Celebrities, tourists, game hunters and art… Leer más

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1974. Cloth, 223 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in association with the World Crafts Council. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. Stated First printing. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Cologne: Taschen; Evergreen, 1998. 157 pages, illustrations (some colour), 1 colour map; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: Coe Kerr Gallery, 1991. 43 pages, illustrations; 23 x 30 cm. Exhibition held at Coe Kerr Gallery, New York, May 7th to June 14th, 1991. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Oblong.

New Millennium Books, 1998. xii, 354 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy.. SIGNED. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Scottsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2004. xxi, 110 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 26 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by author Belinda Kruiper, with a personalized inscription. A fine copy. A book on the San people of the Kalahari Desert. "Features a story that brings together the voices of two South African women, different in background, connected in spirit. Weaving together a range of narrative styles and strands - mythic, political, and anecdotal - this work reflects the complex reality of the Khomani Bushman community that Belinda is a part of." - Publisher.. SIGNED. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Universe Publishing, 2001. 1 volume (unpaged), colour illustrations; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Karim Rashid is the best-known and most prolific designer practicing in America today. On the brink of household-name celebrity, he is already a superstar among design aficionados. Rashid was born in Cairo and raised in London and Toronto. With a career that began at age nineteen, Rashid is now forty and the author of more than five hundred product designs, ranging from coat racks to mailboxes, perfume packaging to lighting, tableware to high fashion. His Garbo trashcan has become a design icon, with more than two million units sold. His extraordinary commercial success has been mirrored by critical acclaim. His work is in the collections of museums worldwide, including The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and The Montreal Museum… Leer más

New York: Vendome Press; Rizzoli International Publications, 1994. Cloth, 1 volume (unpaged), colour illustrations, colour map; 38 cm. Originally published: Le Kenya vu du ciel. Editions de La Martiniere, 1993 Firm binding, clean inside copy. First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

New York and Munich: Museum for African Art; Prestel, 1999. 190 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 31 cm. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of African Art, New York from 17 September, 1999 to 2 January, 2000. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. With contributions by distinguished writers. Includes: Bridget Baker, Willie Bester, Mbongeni Richman Buthelezi, David Koloane, Samson Mnisi, Zelethu Mthwthwa, Brett Murray, Thabiso Phokompe, Penelope Siopis, Claudette Schreuders, Paul Stopforth, Sue Williamson, and Sandile Zulu. CONTENTS: Preface, by Elsie Crum McCabe; Acknowledgments, by Frank Herreman; Contributors; Lenders; Liberated voices: an introduction, by Mongane Wally Serote; Postapartheid expression and a new voice, by David Koloane; Looking back, looking forward: an overview of South African art, by Sue Williamson; Beyond the trauma:… Leer más

New York: Vintage Books; Random House, 2011. 241 pages; 20 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. First edition thus. "Like all of V. S. Naipaul's 'travel' books, The Masque of Africa encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization. The Masque of Africa is a masterly achievement by one of the worlds keenest observers and one of its greatest writers. / V. S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad in 1932. He went to England on a scholarship in 1950. After four years at University College, Oxford, he began to write, and since then has followed no other profession. He has published thirty books of fiction and nonfiction, including A House for Mr. Biswas, A Bend in the River, A Turn in the South and a collection of letters, Between Father and Son. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001." -… Leer más