Art from Minotavros Books

Coimbra (Portugal): Universidade de Coimbra, 1988. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. White wrappers with b/w photograph of decorative pot on front cover, 85pp. Illustrated with numerous patters and photographic examples of the design elements and creations by the Tchokwe and Ovimbundu peoples. Fine.

Munich: Prestel, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Navy paper boards. 126 pp. Colour illustrations in text throughout. Light bruising to upper corners. About fine.

Palermo: La Stamperia degli eredi di Graffeo, 1828. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8.5" x 9.75" New custom binding, quarter brown cloth, marbled paper boards, green leather spine label with gilt title. New endpapers. 16 pp. Engraved portrait of Queen Therese of Bavaria, engraving of the Tempio di Giove Olimpico (Temple of Olympian Zeus) in text. Roughly cut edges… Read more about this item

London: MQ Publications, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pictorial paper boards. 437 pp. Spine tilted In fine illustrated dust jacket. Includes an illustrated bookmark and CD of R. Crumb's Music Sampler, unopened. In fine condition. The R. Crumb Handbook is a biography of influential cartoonist Richard Crum, with photographs and… Read more about this item

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hessel, Dieter (photography). 4to. Black cloth boards, gilt titling to spine. x, 198 pp. Bruising to top edges of boards, damp staining to tail edges. Dust jacket sunned and lightly damp stained to spine, a few spots of light soiling The Inuit of the Canadian Arctic have… Read more about this item

Koln: Taschen, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Stanton, Eric. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Orig. red paper boards. Explicit colour illustrated endpapers. 351 pp. Fully illustrated. Some delamination to joints and edges. Spine detached from backstrip. Dust jacket lightly bumped to extremities. Sleeve is bumped and lightly creased.

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1922. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Second edition, second printing. Orig. brown cloth, gilt titles. xvi, 206 pp., ads. [26] B&W plates, 20 text illustrations.

Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1912. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First impression stated. Orig. green publisher's cloth. T.E.G. x, 364 pp. [49] plate illustrations. Light chafing to extremities, a few spots of minor rubbing to boards. Ownership inscriptions to ffep.

New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. white paper boards. xxii, 327 pp. Dust jacket lightly bumped to edges, one short tear to head of rear jacket, slight discolouration to front cover. About fine overall.

New York: Levy, Dreyfus & Co. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. N.d, [ca. 1880s-90s?]. New brown cloth binding, burgundy spine label. New endpapers. 66 ff., [9 ff.]. Four leaves lacking (13, 40, 49, 51). Over 70 pages of examples of two- and three-letter monograms and example alphabets intended for jewellery engraving, chiefly 12 monograms to each leaf except… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A Studio Book. Orig. cream cloth. Unpaged. Fully illustrated with 108 colour plates with accompanying text by the artist. Interior age toned. Clippings about book production laid in. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped to extremities, a few short… Read more about this item

Toronto: The University of Toronto Press for The Amon Carter Museum and the National Gallery of Canada, 1971. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 11.25" x 11.25" Orig. teal cloth. xviii, 350 pp. With 48 colour plates and 204 figures in half-tone. Chafing to extremities. Dust jacket is price clipped, sunned to spine, chipped to extremities, creased to… Read more about this item

Montreal: Saidye Bronfman Centre, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Soft cover. 95 pp. B&W illustration. Damp stain to front cover, rubbing to covers and extremities.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1945. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Quarter tan cloth, green paper boards, pictorial paper onlay to front board. 111 pp. Boards age toned, edge worn, slightly bowed, soiled to upper corner of front board. Light foxing to rear turn-ins.

Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1969. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. 80 pp. Copiously illustrated, mostly in B&W. Reproduction of MacCallum's bookplate to half-title. Covers and extremities rubbed, joints creased.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 22nd printing. Orig. green cloth. xiv, 221 pp. B&W illustration in text. Spine tilted, minor chafing to spine ends and corners. Dust jacket is age toned, rubbed to extremities, red scuff to upper front cover.

Montreal: Musee des Beaux-Arts de Montreal, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to. Soft cover. 119 pp. Fully illustrated. Very minor soiling to covers, ink staining to inside rear cover. Else fine.

Vancouver & Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre/Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Grey paper boards. 180 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Remainder mark to tail edge. Very minor bumping and rubbing to spine ends, else fine in fine jacket.

New York: Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc, 1979. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover. 88 pp. B&W photos in text. Covers age toned, lightly rubbed to edges.

London: The Phaidon Press, 1945. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Orig. tan cloth. 87 B&W plates. [4] tipped-in colour illustrations. Spots of wear and bruising to tail edges. Dust jacket is price-clipped, sunned to spine, edge worn, spine head reinforced at reverse with tape.