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Price: US$11.02 + shipping
Description: cloth, dustj, large 4to 40 pp., 20 plates (10 in color) fine and rare publication of the work of this abstract painter working ± 1950; G/VG condition (dustj. sev. damaged but almost complete, binding and interior VG)
Seller: Pallas Books Antiquarian Booksellers, Leiden, Netherlands
. Alva : Recent Paintings and Drawings. Bodley Head, London, 1951.
Price: US$15.40 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 11pp text. 20 plates. Foreword by Herbert Read and Intro. by Maurice Collis. Cloth spine. Both boards and spine sl. rubbed and darkened. A sl. shaken copy. Size: 12.75" x 10.25"
Seller: Scorpio Books, IOBA, Bungay, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.67 + shipping
Description: 12pp text, 20 tipped-in coloured plates, Bodley Head, London 1951. Covers & dust jacket a little marked, contents very good.
Seller: Anthony C. Hall, Bookseller ABA ILAB, Isleworth, MIDDX, United Kingdom
Price: US$27.55 + shipping
Description: cloth, dustj, large 4to 40 pp., 20 plates (10 in color) fine and rare publication of the work of this abstract painter working ± 1950; good condition (no dustjacket, front of dustjacket clipped loosely inserted0
Seller: Pallas Books Antiquarian Booksellers, Leiden, Netherlands
Read, Herbert; Collis, Maurice. Alva: Recent Paintings and Drawings. The Bodley Head, London, 1951.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Text by Read and Collis - and 20 plates (color and b/w) of paintings and drawings. Light brown cloth exterior with black title on front. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.
Seller: G.J. Askins Bookseller, New Lebanon, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.54 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 11 (text) pp., 20 plates; hardcover, lacks the jacket, else good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
Seller: Zubal-Books, Since 1961, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This is a good copy in a worn jacket that is separated along the folds and with a big piece missing. Still it could be non existent and it has helped save the book from some wear. This copy from the collection of Doris Meltzer, gallery owner, painter, educator and author. With her ownership and stamp and with an inscription from Alva to her on the front flyleaf.
Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.
ALVA - Read Herbert,. Alva. Recent paintings and drawings. London, The Bodley Head,, 1951.
Price: US$66.12 + shipping
Description: Introduction by Maurice Collis. With 19 colour and black and white plates and an original lithography at the frontispiece . 4to. pp. 36. . Molto buono (Very Good). . Prima edizione (First Edition). . Rilegato mezza tela (half-cloth binding)
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, Italy
Price: US$82.66 + shipping
Description: Orig.-Halbleinenband., 4°, Mit 20 Tafeln. Beiligend eine Visitenkarte Alvas mit dem handschriftl. Schriftzug "With compliments" Einband angestaubt und an Kanten und Ecken gestaucht
Seller: Antiquariat Hans Hammerstein OHG, München, Germany