FS: 4 on Art, Architecture
Gerard Gormley
CONTENTS
Cunliffe, Barry. THE CELTIC WORLD. McGraw-Hill 1979.
Leeuwen, Thomas. THE SPRINGBOARD IN THE POND: An Intimate History of the
Swimming Pool. MIT Press, 1998.
Pognon, Edmond. LES TRES RICHES HEURES DU DUC DE BERRY: 15th-Century
Manuscript. Editions Minerva SA, 1979/1983.
Tyler, Ron. AMERICAN CANVAS: The Art, Eye, and Spirit of Pioneer Artists.
NY: Portland House, 1990.
Cunliffe, Barry~. THE CELTIC WORLD~. NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979.
[Copyright by McGraw-Hill (UK) Limited, Maidenhead, England. No
designation of edition or printing. I'm assuming First Printing (No
Additional Printings indicated)]. Dust jacket present, price intact. 224
pages: Bibliography, Index, hundreds of color & black & white photos &
illustrations (many rarely published). Keywords: History, Art, Archaeology
& Anthropology, Illustrated, Celtic Civilization. Binding size: 11-7/8"H x
9-3/4"W. Green full cloth, gilt. Book Fine. Dust jacket Very Good:
moderate wrinkle to 1 fore-corner & spine-top, lightest scoring & 3/8"
closed tear to front, heavy scratching/scoring & moderate rubbing to back.
1294~. US$39.95
Leeuwen, Thomas A.P. van~. THE SPRINGBOARD IN THE POND: An Intimate
History of the Swimming Pool~. Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 1998. First
Printing (No Additional Printings indicated). Dust jacket present, no
price ever printed. 321 pages: Bibliography, Index, color & black & white
photos & illustrations. Keywords: Art & Architecture, History of swimming
pools, part of MIT series in contemporary architecture. Binding size: 10-
1/4"H x 10-3/8"W. Full cloth, spine gilt. Book Fine (as new). Dust
jacket Fine (as new). 1297~. US$39.95
Pognon, Edmond (translated by David Macrae)~. LES TRES RICHES HEURES DU
DUC DE BERRY: 15th-Century Manuscript~. Fribourg -- Geneve Switzerland:
Productions Liber SA & Editions Minerva SA, 1979/1983. This edition very
hard to find. Dust jacket present, no price ever printed (original
edition). 123 pages: gorgeous color reproductions throughout. Keywords:
Art, reproductions of the finest plates of Jean, Duke of Berry's Book of
Hours, one of the most beautiful illuminated manuscripts of the Middle
Ages. Binding size: 11"H x 8-5/8"W. Full cloth, spine gold-stamped,
decorative endpapers. Book Near Fine: light rubbing to fore-corners &
spine-top/bottom. Binding strong & tight, inside Fine. Dust jacket Near
Fine: lightest wrinkle to top fore-corners & inside of spine-top/bottom,
lightest scoring (barely visible) to front. Dust jacket pluses: virtually
no rubbing or scratching. 1284~. US$49.95
Tyler, Ron~. AMERICAN CANVAS: The Art, Eye, and Spirit of Pioneer
Artists~. NY: Portland House, 1990. First US (letter code, "a" present) -
- first published in 1983 by Thames & Hudson, London. Portland House
firsts very hard to find with dust jackets. Dust jacket present, price
clipped (original edition). 208 pages: Bibliography, Annotated Catalogue
of Illustrations, Index, 178 art reproductions (57 in color), map of
America. Keywords: Art, American pioneers. Binding size: 10-7/8"H x 8-
3/4"W. Full cloth, gold-stamping. Book Fine: faint stain from bookstore
label on front free endpaper. Dust jacket Very Good to Near Fine: price
clip, light wrinkle to spine-bottom & bottom back edge, 2 small scores to
front, a few faint scratches to back. 1300~. US$29.95
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