African / Traditional Arts from LEFT COAST BOOKS

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.

Sao Paulo: Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paulo; Associacao Brasil 500 Anos Artes Visuais, 2000. 199 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Text in Portuguese and English. Catalogue of the exhibition held at Parque Ibirapuera, Sao Paulo, April 23 to September 7, 2000. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: A… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1984. 344-689 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** Please note: Volume Two only ***. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

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: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2010. 241 pages; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Stated First North American Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "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… Read more about this item

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.… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux; Sarah Crichton Books, 2006. xiv, 343 pages, illustrations, map; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "One of our most influential anthropologists reevaluates her long and illustrious career by returning to her roots—and the roots of life as we know… Read more about this item

Munich: Prestel, 2012. 287 pages, illustrations (some colour), colour map; 25 cm. Translated from the German by John W. Gabriel. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions,… Read more about this item

New York: Harmony Books, 1982. Cloth, 231 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 32 cm. Photographs, text, and layout by Leni Riefenstahl. Translated from the German by Kathrine Talbot. Firm binding, unmarked. Age toning, edges & endpapers lightly soiled. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with over 100 full-colour… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1976. Cloth, 144 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits; 27 cm. First published in Great Britain in 1976 by the British Broadcasting Corporation. A good reading copy, marked on half a dozen pages. First American Edition. Dust jacket with moderate edgewear. CONTENTS: Behind the mask; Crooked beak of… Read more about this item

London and New York: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Series, 1993. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 21 cm. Reprint, 1997. Tight, clean text. Previous owner's signature/title page, otherwise unmarked. Another copy available. Profusely illustrated. "Frank Willett's classic study reveals the astonishing variety and expressive power of the art of a continent that contains more distinct peoples and cultures… Read more about this item

Gainesville, FL: Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, 1997. 34 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, October 12, 1997 to February 15, 1998. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's signature & blind stamp/title page, otherwise unmarked. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good.… Read more about this item

Tenafly, NJ: African Art Museum of the S.M.A. Fathers, 1988. 36 pages, illustrations; 20 x 23 cm. Exhibition held at the L. Kahan Gallery, New York City, April to June, 1988. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Includes a scholarly essay accompanied by a bibliography. Scarce.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

New York and Greenwich, CT: Museum of Primitive Art; New York Graphic Society, 1967. 30 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, 1993. 215 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Montr al: Galerie Amrad African Arts, 1988. 236 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Text in English and French, translated from Hebrew. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Edges lightly soiled. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1989. 120 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the New Orleans Museum of Art, March 11 to April 16, 1989; the University Art Museum, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, La., June 3 to July 23, 1989; and Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College, Shreveport, La., September… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: National Museum of African Art; Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987. 48 pages, illustrations, maps; 28 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.. 1st. Paperback. NEW. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1990. 87 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm, Issued in connection with the exhibition "Art of Central Africa: Masterpieces from the Berlin Museum fur Volkerkunde" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from June 6 through November 4, 1990. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: L. Kahan Gallery, 1979. 46, [5] pages, illustrations; 21 x 23 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.