Patronage / State & Government from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014. Cloth, xiii, 407 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. ""What are we to make of those cultural figures, many with significant international reputations, who tried to find accommodation with the Nazi regime?" Jonathan Petropoulos asks in… Read more about this item

London: Aurum Press, 2021. Cloth, 324 pages, illustrations, map; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "A timely history of the world spanning every continent, religion and era, told through the creation and destruction of 21 Statues. The statues range from the iconic to the unknown, from Hatshepsut… Read more about this item

London: Reaktion Books, 2005. 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. A good reading copy, with highlighting on a dozen pages & light edgewear to wraps. "Art Under Control in North Korea is the first publication in the West to explore the role of art in one of the world's most isolated nations. This timely publication places North Korean art… Read more about this item

New York: Da Capo Press, 1975. xiv pages, [250] pages, chiefly illustrations; 28 cm. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Creased front cover.. Paperback. Good. 4to.

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. xiii, 297 pages, [8] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely "Using the iconography of New Deal murals and plays to interpret the cultural history of the 1930s, this work demonstrates that the visual… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1992. ix, 84 pages, illustrations (some colour), portraits; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. CONTENTS: The first capitol dome; The new dome; "Honor, name, family": the Megis-Walter troubles; The dome's redesign of 1859; Contract and war clouds; "That magnificent dome".. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Collins Publishers, 1987. Cloth, 128 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. A Floyd Yearout production. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover.OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This enduring document commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a… Read more about this item

London: Hayward Gallery Publishing, 1999. 63 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 x 22 cm. Published for the Arts Council Collection exhibition toured by National Touring Exhibitions from the Hayward Gallery, London, for the Arts Council of England. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Arcade Publishing, 2017. xi, 267 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps; 24 cm. Withdrawn from library collection, with usual markings, otherwise very good. No writing in text. DJ in mylar. "A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious 'art war' that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial… Read more about this item

1988. Postcard in near-fine condition, a little age-toned. Unmailed. Painted aluminum, 1987. Cards are sent in stiff mailers.. Very Good.

Santa Fe, NM: Western States Arts Federation, 1990. [46] pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 x 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Oblong.

London: Academy Group, 1987. 80 pages, illustrations (some colour), some plans; 28 cm. Architectural design profile 69 is published as part of Architectural design volume 57 9/10-1987. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Edith A. Tonelli; Democracy: the ideology and ideal of the West, by Charles Jencks; Architecture of democracy: the hidden tradition, by… Read more about this item

Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. 615 pages, illustrations; 29 cm. Smithsonian Institution Press publication; no. 4829. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. CONTENTS: Capitol Hill; Connecticut Avenue; The Ellipse; The Federal Triangle; George Washington Memorial Parkway; Judiciary Square; The Mall; Massachusetts Avenue, NW; North Capitol Street; Pennsylvania Avenue, NW; Potomac Park; Sixteenth Street; Virginia… Read more about this item

New York: New Press, 2000. ix, 509 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. First printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. An excellent, eye-operning book. "During the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherished possession--but such freedom was put in service of a… Read more about this item

London: Academy Group Ltd.; Art and Design Profile, no. 46, 1996. 95 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Published as part of Art & Design, vol. 11, 1/2, 1996. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: There's not much art that's like a good story, by Judith Findlay; Matthew Dalziel and Louise… Read more about this item

London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2005. xx, 330 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), map; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First Edition, First Printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "Marks of Opulence is a magisterial survey of European art and artistic patronage from 1000 until the birth of modernism. Tracing the history from the discovery of silver in… Read more about this item

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1997. xviii, 478 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Tight, clean copy. CONTENTS: Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. From Carving to Sculpture; II. The Historic Portrait in Bronze; III. The Equestrian Monument; IV. Animals and Fantasy; V. The War Memorial; VI. Some Notable Masterpieces in Stone and Bronze; VII. Civic Temples of Commerce and Culture; VIII. Grand Images… Read more about this item

London: Merrell Holberton, 1998. 112 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "Works of art in public places have become part of the landscape of our daily lives. Twenty projects are displayed, including finished works, original proposals, the works in progress, and the unseen alternative designs submitted by Anthony… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, 2008. [86] pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. Exhibition held at the Municipal Art Gallery of Los Angeles, May 16 to July 13, 2008, and performances held at Grand Performances, June 13 to 14, 2008. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "This catalog accompanies an exhibition and performance series sponsored by the… Read more about this item

Baden, Switzerland: Lars Muller Publishers, 2008. Cloth, 423 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Jack [Masey], with a personalized inscription. A near-fine copy of the first printing, spine slightly rolled at the crown. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: A warm welcome to the… Read more about this item