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Le Corbusier and the tragic view of architecture (The Architect and society)

Le Corbusier and the tragic view of architecture (The Architect and society)

by Jencks, Charles

London: Allen Lane, 1973. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Well-illustrated critical study on influential architect. 198 pages : illustrations, plans ; 23 cm. First edition, first printing. Oatmeal cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 67.08
The Sanity of Art: An Exposure of the Current Nonsense about Artists being Degenerate

The Sanity of Art: An Exposure of the Current Nonsense about Artists being Degenerate

by Bernard Shaw

London.: Constable and Company Ltd., 1911. First printing. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Very good in like dust jacket. 12mo.. Very good in like dust jacket.
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SGD 20.67
Photography at MoMA : 1920 to 1960

Photography at MoMA : 1920 to 1960

by Quentin Bajac ; Lucy Gallun ; Roxana Marcoci ; Sarah Meister

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2016. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Contents: Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Modern photography at MoMA / Quentin Bajac -- American modernism, 1920-1940. Experience with reality / Quentin Bajac -- The new photographer, 1920-1940. The new photographer : propositions for the future / Roxana Marcoci -- Surrealism and the everyday, 1920-1940. Photography between reality and dream / Pepper Stetler -- America and the documentary style, 1930-1950.... Read more about this item
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SGD 111.86
Meaning in the Visual Arts

Meaning in the Visual Arts

by Panofsky, Erwin

Penguin Books Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Collectable - Very Good Condition. VG- 1st impression 1993 Penguin edition, with photo section. Some fading to spine with very light spine creases, a little page tanning, tight and unmarked, secure binding. Size: 128\nx 198\nx 22mm. 416 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design; Art Theory; ISBN: 0140136223. ISBN/EAN: 9780140136227. The photos provided are of our own book,... Read more about this item
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SGD 66.31SGD 53.05
Filmfront : A Reprint Edition

Filmfront : A Reprint Edition

by Slide, Anthony ; Platt, David

Metuchen, NJ ; London: Scarecrow Press, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good. Reprint of Filmfront / Film Front issues, 1934-1935. vii,146 p. ; 23 cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, '387' inscribed on front free endpaper, no other inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 25.75
Creative Camera, July 1972, number 97

Creative Camera, July 1972, number 97

by Colin Osman (editor) ; Colin Curwood ; Felix H. Man ; Andre Gelpke ; Florence Henri ; Guy Borremans

London: Coo Press Ltd., 1972. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Colin Curwood ; Felix H. Man ; Andre Gelpke ; Florence Henri ; Guy Borremans. Paginated pages 217-252, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 18.86
Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market

Beauty and the Beasts: On Museums, Art, the Law, and the Market

by Weil, Stephen E

Smithsonian Inst Pr, 1983. paperback. Clean pages, tight binding, clea. 8x5x0. Clean pages, tight binding, clean gloss soft boards
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SGD 18.29
AA Files 64, 2012

AA Files 64, 2012

by Architectural Association (Great Britain). School of Architecture ; Thomas Weaver (editor)

London: Architectural Association, 2012. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes essays on Fred Herzog by Jeff Wall, John Portman, Thomas Demand, Tatlin's Tower, John Frazer, Gillian Darley on Ian Nairn, and Barthes on the Eiffel Tower. [144] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Slight shelf wear to cover, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 20.58
Creative Camera, October 1971, number 88

Creative Camera, October 1971, number 88

by Colin Osman (editor) ; Andrew Lanyon ; Ruth Bernhard ; Marketa Luskacova ; Euan Duff

London: Coo Press Ltd., 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Andrew Lanyon ; Ruth Bernhard ; Marketa Luskacova (pilgrams) ; Euan Duff ('How we are'). Paginated pages 325-360, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 20.58
Situation : an exhibition of British abstract painting

Situation : an exhibition of British abstract painting

by Roger Coleman ; Gordon House

London: R.B.A. Galleries, 1960. Soft cover. Very Good. Catalogue of an important exhibition held at the Royal Society of British Artists (R.B.A. Galleries), London, September 1960. Introduction by Roger Coleman. Catalogue designed by Gordon House and printed by The Kynoch Press. Includes work by Ayres, Cohen, Denny, William Green, Ralph Rumney, Hoyland, Irwin, and Richard Smith amongst others. [20] : ill. ; 18 cm. Minimal shelf wear to cover, staples starting to rust, no inscriptions. Photographs... Read more about this item
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SGD 198.06
Unto This Last : Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin

Unto This Last : Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin

by Barringer, Tim ; Contractor, Tara ; Hepburn, Victoria ; Stapleton, Judith ; Skipton Long, Courtney

New Haven ; London: Yale University Press, 2019. Hardcover. Very Good. This book presents an innovative portrait of John Ruskin (1819-1900) as artist, art critic, social theorist, educator, and ecological campaigner. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut, September 5-December 8, 2019 and at the Watts Gallery--Artist's Village, Compton, England, March 10-May 31, 2020. 331 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm. Slight shelf wear... Read more about this item
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SGD 111.86
AA Files 63, 2011

AA Files 63, 2011

by Architectural Association (Great Britain). School of Architecture ; Thomas Weaver (editor)

London: Architectural Association, 2011. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes essays on John Winter, the Suburbanist, fashion models, stripes, and Margate sands. [120] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Slight shelf wear to cover, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 20.58
Architectural Design, Volume XXIII, nos. 1-12, 1953

Architectural Design, Volume XXIII, nos. 1-12, 1953

by Pidgeon, Monica ; Randell, B. C. ; Crosby, Theo (editors)

London: Standard Catalogue Co. Ltd., 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Key UK-based architectural journal of the period, aka 'AD'. Includes features on Marcel Breuer, Mies van der Rohe, Plan 9, Eames, new Time-Life building in London, Goldfinger's Fletcher Warehouse in Birmingham, Golden Lane Estate, new flats in Pimlico. Hunstanton School by the Smithsons, and a special issue on small houses. Index to volume 23 bound in at front. 357 pages, illustrations,... Read more about this item
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SGD 129.09
The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of Fundamentalism

The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of Fundamentalism

by Steiner, Wendy

University of Chicago Press, 1995-12-17. First Edition. hardcover. clean pages, tight binding, clea/Illustrated dust jacket over clo. 7x0x9. clean pages, tight binding, clean boards, original dust jacket, Illustrated dust jacket over cloth boards
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SGD 22.79
Art History : Journal of the Association of Art Historians, Volume 6, number 2, June 1983

Art History : Journal of the Association of Art Historians, Volume 6, number 2, June 1983

by John Onians (editor)

Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 1983. Soft cover. Good. Academic journal, this with articles on Hogarth, William Hodges, Ingres, Anna Jameson, Le Corbusier, and Tanguy. Slight shelf wear to edges, crease to back cover corner, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 18.86
Line + movement : Mondrian, van Doesburg, van der Leck, Vantongerloo, Vordemberge-Gildewart, Domela and Moholy-Nagy : 27 June-29 September, 1979

Line + movement : Mondrian, van Doesburg, van der Leck, Vantongerloo, Vordemberge-Gildewart, Domela and Moholy-Nagy : 27 June-29 September, 1979

by Annely Juda Fine Art

London: Annely Juda Fine Art, 1979. Soft cover. Very Good. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Annely Juda Fine Art, London, from 27 June-29 September, 1979. 71 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24.cm. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 18.86
Creative Camera, May 1975, number 131

Creative Camera, May 1975, number 131

by Colin Osman (editor) ; Edward Miller ; Jack Yates ; Anthony Barboza ; Lloyd Philips

London: Coo Press Ltd., 1975. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes works by Edward Miller ; Jack Yates ; Anthony Barboza ; Lloyd Philips. Paginated pages 145-180, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, staples starting to rust, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 18.86
Producta

Producta

by Manuel Castells ; Anthony Davies ; Simon Ford ; Manuel de Landa ; Michael Hardt ; Hans Ulrich Obrist

Barcelona: Y.Productions, 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Collection of essays on the theme of production published as part of a string of events entitled Producta1 that took place in Barcelona throughout March 2004. Includes work by Manuel Castells, Anthony Davies and Simon Ford, Manuel de Landa, Michael Hardt, Hans Ulrich Obrist, etc. Texts in Spanish and English. 206 pages. First edition, first printing. Bump to foot of spine, no inscriptions, tight... Read more about this item
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SGD 20.58
Principles of Neo-Plastic Art (A Bauhaus Book)

Principles of Neo-Plastic Art (A Bauhaus Book)

by Theo Van Doesburg

London: Lund Humphries, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Includes an introduction by Hans M. Wingler and a postscript by H. L. C. Jaffé; translated from the German by Janet Seligman. x, 73 p. : illus. (incl. 2 col.) ; 26 cm. First UK edition, first printing. Originally published as Grundbegriffe der neuen gestaltenden Kunst (1925). Red cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to jacket, light... Read more about this item
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SGD 30.92
Cubism Praeger World of Art

Cubism Praeger World of Art

by Schwartz, Paul Waldo

Prager, 1971. First Edition. paperback. Clean pages, tight binding, clea. Clean pages, tight binding, clean crisp soft covers
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SGD 24.30
Beauty

Beauty

by Scruton, Roger

Oxford University Press, 2009. Early Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. VG+/VG+ 2nd print 2009 Oxford hardback, unclipped DJ. A little edge-rubbing wear to jacket, VG+ bright and unmarked otherwise, no tears to jacket. Size: 5 x 0.75 x 7 inches. 223 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design; Art Theory; ISBN: 019955952X. ISBN/EAN: 9780199559527. Dewey Code: 111.85. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged... Read more about this item
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SGD 160.17SGD 128.14
A Joy Forever; being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art

A Joy Forever; being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art

by John Ruskin

London.: George Allen., 1907. 2nd Edition . Hard. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Good. Publishers full green calf. Gilt tooled. Spine toned. Endpapers toned. Contemporary ownership inscription neatly penned to free front endpaper. Top edge gilt. 274pp. 6".
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SGD 17.22
Blood: Art, Power, Politics and Pathology

Blood: Art, Power, Politics and Pathology

by Bradburne, James M

Prestel, Munich, Germany, 2002. First Edition. Hardback. Collectable - Very Good Condition/Very Good. Near Fine/VG 1st edition 2002 Prestel hardback, unclipped DJ, profusely illustrated high quality edition, an acclaimed resource. Superficial creasing and waviness mainly along rear edges of jacket, near fine bright and unmarked otherwise. Size: 254\nx 311.15\nx 25.4mm. 280 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Art Theory; ISBN: 3791326007. ISBN/EAN:... Read more about this item
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SGD 160.17SGD 128.14
Creative Camera, January 1971, number 79

Creative Camera, January 1971, number 79

by Colin Osman (editor) ; Tony Ray-Jones ; Allen Dutton ; Ken Graves ; Minor White

London: Coo Press Ltd., 1971. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. Includes work by Tony Ray-Jones (6 pages of New Orlean portraits) ; Allen Dutton ; Ken Graves ; and Minor White on French primitive photography. Paginated pages 1-36, illustrations. Slight shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
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SGD 34.36