HILL, THOMAS EDIE

Hill's Album of Biography and Art Containing Portraits and Pen-Sketches of Many Persons Who Have Been and Are Prominent As Religionists, Military . . . Household Decoration and Landscape Gardening

Chicago: Hill Standard Book Co, 1884. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 8 1/2 x 11 x1 3/4; 451 pages; Originally published In 1881, this volume is from 1884. Hard cover is red black lettering. All edges red. Covers have rubbing, sunning, bumping, fading, damp spots and 2 1/4" piece missing from bottom of spine, exposing the gathers. Some pencil notations on end papers. Bottom of rear end paper and inside back cover is red mark, from red dye of covers, bleeding. Weak gutters. Some pages have some light foxing. Lavishly illustrated with b/w pictures. This is Hill's album of biography and art : containing portraits and pen-sketches of many persons who have been and are prominent as religionists, military heroes, inventors, financiers, scientists, explorers, writers, physicians, actors, lawyers, musicians, artists, poets, sovereigns, humorists, orators and statesmen, together with chapters relating to history, science, and important work in which prominent people have been engaged at various periods of time. Oversized, 6#.. Good+ .

Pegasus BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9889

Keywords: 19th Century America; Cultural History; Social History; Biography; Military Leaders; Political Leaders; Artists; Scientists; Explorers;

Kirk, Malcolm

Man as art. New Guinea Body Decoration.

Berlin, Taco, 1987. Paperback, 34 x 29 cm, 24 + [119] pp. Ills.: z/w en kleurenillustraties. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 3892680167.

Bij tij en ontij . . . .Professional seller

Book number: 36576

Catalogue: Kunst - Art

Keywords: 3892680167

Strathern, Andrew. (Introduction).; Kirk, Malcolm. (Photographs).

MAN AS ART. NEW GUINEA BODY DECORATION.

144 pp.; 62 colour plates, 30 duotone illus., London, 1981. Cloth. First edition. With a dedication to the previous owner on the first page.

Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre VolkenProfessional seller

Book number: 3042

Keywords: New Guinea/Melanesia

Strathern, Andrew (introduction) & Malcolm Kirk (photographs)

Man as Art: New Guinea Body Decoration

Paperback; 1987; Berlin : Taco; 119pp.; Conditie: Goed; Original wrappers, (full page) illustrations in colour and b/w, folio.; Engels; ISBN10: 3892680167, ISBN13: 9783892680161

Klondyke BVProfessional seller

Book number: 297238

Catalogue: Kunst/Algemeen

Keywords: Algemeen Kunst

Andrew Strathern

Man As Art New Guinea Body Decoration

London, Thames and Hudson, 1981 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this beautiful collection of photography of body art in the original dust wrapper. First edition of Man As Art New Guinea Body Decoration in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. A beautiful collection of photography capturing body art and decoration traditions of New Guinea in bright and vibrant colour photographs by Malcolm Kirk.With text by Andrew Strathern.  In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. There is some very slight shelf wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Malcolm Kirk. Fine/Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 843W78

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

Keywords: Body Art New Guinea First edition Malcolm Kirk New Guinea Dust wrapper Malcolm Kirk