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Oskar Kokoschka
by [KOKOSCHKA, Oskar] PLAUT, James S. (editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Max Parrish & Co. Limited, in association with Chanticleer Press Incorporated, New York, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. London, Max Parrish & Co. Limited, in association with Chanticleer Press Incorporated, New York, 1948. Quarto, 88 pages with in-text illustrations and 48 full-page photogravures plus 8 colour plates and 2 original lithographs signed by the artist. Cloth slightly bumped, with the rear cover slightly marked and bowed; endpapers offset; first and last leaf foxed, with scattered light foxing elsewhere (but confined mainly to the preliminaries); a very good copy with the very good dustwrapper a little marked, rubbed and slightly chipped. The lithographs are in fine condition, protected on each side by the original tissue-guards. The book was issued in conjunction with Kokoschka's first American exhibition, organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. The colophon states that 'Of this edition of 2,000 copies, 200 numbered copies have been specially bound and the lithographs have been signed by the Artist. This is number 168'. The monochrome lithographs, bound in between pages 24 and 25, are signed in pencil, as issued.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108391
- Title
- Oskar Kokoschka
- Author
- [KOKOSCHKA, Oskar] PLAUT, James S. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Max Parrish & Co. Limited, in association with Chanticleer Press Incorporated, New York
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Foxed
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- Quarto
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