Circa press london (388 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Cars have a talismanic quality. No other manufactured object has the same disturbing allure. More emotions are involved in cars than any other product: vanity, cupidity, greed, social competitiveness, cultural modelling. But when all this perverse promise ends in catastrophe, these same talismanic qualities acquire an extra dimension. The car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. Death Drive is both an appreciative essay about the historic place of the automobile in the modern imagination and an exploration of the circumstances surrounding multiple celebrity denouements, including Isadora Duncan, Jane Mansfield, James Dean, Jackson Pollack, Princess Grace, and Helmut Newton, among many others. En route the narrative traces one very big arc - the role of the car in extending or creating the personality of a celebrity - and concludes by confronting the imminent death of the car itself. Stephen Bayley recounts delightfully grotesque tales about celebrities done in by trees, by lampposts, or by nonentities in ancient Chevys. A design masterpiece, this book combines exquisite prose with stylish presentation - the cars are described more lovingly than the people who perished in them. Like a Bugatti, Death Drive recalls a time when books and cars were beautiful. 'Albert Camus once remarked that there s nothing more absurd than to die in a car accident . That was before his car hit a tree at 80mph. Death Drive a compendium of stories about famous people killed stupidly in cars oozes absurdity. Stephen Bayley recounts delightfully grotesque tales about celebrities done in by trees, by lampposts, or by nonentities in ancient Chevys. A design masterpiece, this book combines exquisite prose with stylish presentation the cars are described more lovingly than the people who perished in them. Like a Bugatti, Death Drive recalls a time when books and cars were beautiful. The Times, Books of the Year, 26 November 2016. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. Black ribbed paper-covered boards, lettered in white, front cover color pastedown illus., in New/as issued, with wrap containing text on back cover, as issued. 1st ed. 128 pp., illus. w/ color plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Condición: Good. Good condition. (childrens, fairytales, classics, anthology) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Written for children, but with parents very much in mind, this book tells the Apollo 11 story through the medium of artist Adrian Buckley's atmospheric imagery. From President Kennedy's call to put a man on the moon to the celebratory ticker tape parade in Manhattan, this is a story of three extraordinary men and their incredible achievement: Mission Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Buzz Aldrin and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins. On 21 July 1969, when Neil Armstrong opened the hatch in the Lunar Module and descended the ladder to set foot on the surface of the Moon, he became in an instant the greatest traveller in human history. Full of period detail and fascinating insights, this is a book to be explored and enjoyed. AGES: 6 to 12 years AUTHOR: David Jenkins is an author who ranges across disciplines. This is his second book for children. His first, An Igloo on the Moon: Exploring Architecture, won the DAM Architectural Book Award 2015. SELLING POINTS: . Celebrates one of the greatest feats of human engineering - putting a man on the moon - in a child-friendly format . Enjoyable both for children and parents . Contains fun historical and scientific facts designed to encourage curiosity and interest in space 20 colour images Celebrates one of the greatest feats of human engineering - putting a man on the moon. Contains fun historical and scientific facts designed to encourage curiosity and interest in space. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Buckley, Adrian (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Almost everyone uses a smartphone, and most of us are addicted. In this book, photographer Dafydd Jones shows us just how pervasive our screen addiction has become. In almost every social situation, he shows how the smartphone has killed conversation and changed the way we look at the world. 'In the eighties and nineties', says Jones, 'when I photographed young people at parties or balls, I'd find them chatting each other up, or smooching in corners. Now I see them sneaking looks on their iPhones, checking on their Instagram feeds, or whatever it is they're hooked on. They hardly talk to each other, or make eye contact at all. And it's not just a generational thing - it afflicts the oldies too. Who knows what impact it's having in the bedroom. It's probably a race to see what will wipe out humanity first - global climate change or screen-induced sexual indifference.' AUTHOR: Dafydd Jones (b. 1956) is one of the world's leading social photographers. He decided to become a photographer while studying fine art at university. In 1981 he entered a set of pictures of 'Bright Young Things' in a photography competition run by the Sunday Times Magazine, and was awarded a prize. As a result, he was hired by Tina Brown to photograph balls, debutante dances and weddings for the Tatler. He moved to New York in 1989 - a move helped by generous editors. While there, he worked for the New York Observer, producing feature and news-related pictures, and covered celebrity and society events for Vanity Fair. For his own enjoyment, he also took all the pictures for one issue about New York for Paper magazine. He came back to England in 1996, having watched London becoming 'the centre of the cultural world and the place I wanted to be'. SELLING POINTS: . Dafydd Jones is recognised as one of the world's leading social photographers, which over the years has given him unique access to an extraordinary range of social events - from exclusive parties, to the races, to fashion shows, film festivals and debutantes balls . His keen eye, and an instinct for the absurd, has allowed him to capture the behaviour of people who are either unaware of or indifferent to the camera . Screen Time explores a variety of social situations, from the mundane to the exalted, and features celebrities, actors, models and even the occasional princess - all glued to their phones 90 colour images Screen Time explores a variety of social situations, from the mundane to the exalted, and features celebrities, actors, models and even the occasional princess - all glued to their phones Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. "Reading Tableaux was like revisiting old haunts, or places I would have liked to have haunted. It sparked visceral sense memories and made me nostalgic. And the ending." Midori It is 1984, the year of Ronald Reagan's re-election and the Brighton bomb; one can sense revolution in the air. Oliver Woolf is a thirty-something journalist, well-connected socially, and an instinctual conservative, whose comfortable routine is upset by a chance encounter in the rain. The girl in the rain is Candy, who is not what she first seems. Over the summer, Oliver and Candy form an unlikely friendship, and when she stops calling on him, he sets out to find her. His search leads him through a labyrinthine underworld that extends from London to Manhattan. Along the way, he meets someone who will change his life forever. A late-twentieth century Rake's Progress, Oliver's journey confronts issues that are still largely taboo. Illustrated with photographs by Steve Diet Goedde, Tableaux combines art and storytelling in a new hybrid form. AUTHOR: Dominic Jay is a former arts journalist. His professional life gave him privileged access to people and places that are usually off limits. The material for this, his first novel, was collected over many years. Many of the scenes and characters are drawn from life. As he says, 'all writers are voyeurs'. SELLING POINTS: . First novel by former arts journalist Dominic Jay . A gripping roman-a-clef, set in 1980s London and Manhattan . Authentic insights into the 1980s fetish club scene . Combines art photography and storytelling in a new hybrid form 10 b/w illustrations Set in the mid-1980s, the decade of excess, Tableaux weaves together scenes from two very different lives. When those two characters meet, their lives change course dramatically. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. The automobile is the ultimate analogue machine and mankind's most ingenious, seductive and damaging invention. For over a century, cars have provided reference points for our notions of style, status and desire. In design terms, the Age of Combustion was as rich and varied as architecture's Baroque and far more popular. And now it is coming to an end, as the internal-combustion engine is superseded by the battery and cars become wheeled computers, running on AI not oil. Together with a wide-ranging introduction, this book reproduces 60 of Stephen Bayley's popular monthly columns for Octane, the outstanding classic car magazine where, for more than 10 years, he has provided the most consistent and insightful commentary on car culture, often based on privileged access to industry insiders. AUTHOR: Stephen Bayley is an author, critic, consultant, broadcaster, curator and founding director of the influential Design Museum. Over the past 30 years his writing has changed the way the world thinks about design. A lead columnist for Octane, the leading monthly classic car magazine, and the author of Cars: Freedom, Style, Sex, Power, Motion, Colour, Everything, he is one of the world's most respected commentators on car culture. Tom Wolfe on Stephen Bayley: 'I don't know anybody with more interesting observations about style, taste and contemporary design'. SELLING POINTS: . Author Stephen Bayley considers the car as the greatest cultural and design phenomenon of the 20th century . Includes 60 of his popular monthly articles for Octane the leading classic car magazine 20 b/w illustrations A witty and insightful account of the life and times of the automobile, by one of the worlds great design writers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Cars have a talismanic quality. No other manufactured object has the same disturbing allure. More emotions are involved in cars and car design than in any other product: vanity, cupidity, greed, social competitiveness and cultural modelling. But when all this perverse promise ends in catastrophe, these same talismanic qualities acquire an extra dimension. The car crash is a defining phenomenon of popular culture. Death Drive is both an appreciative essay about the historic place of the automobile in the modern imagination and a detailed exploration of the circumstances of 24 celebrity car crashes, from Isadora Duncan in an Amilcar, in 1927, to Helmut Newton in a Cadillac, in 2004. The author concludes by confronting the imminent demise of the car itself. AUTHOR: Stephen Bayley is an author, critic, columnist, consultant, broadcaster, curator and founding director of the influential Design Museum. Over the past 40 years his writing has changed the way the world thinks about design. SELLING POINTS: . New edition of Stephen Bayley's classic text a Times Book of the Year, 2016 . Expanded to include the tragic stories of Princess Diana and Ayrton Senna . Softback edition with deluxe binding perfect as a gift 30 colour, 50 b/w illustrations New edition of Stephen Bayleys classic text (a Times Book of the Year, 2016) on the historic place of the automobile in the modern imagination. His exploration of the circumstances of 24 celebrity car crashes is now expanded with two further essays - on Princess Diana and Ayrton Senna. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. "An excellent resource for educating and inspiring young minds on the subjects of architecture, engineering, and the built environment" - Architect's Toy Box Aimed at young, enquiring minds, An Igloo on the Moon explores how and why we build. Beginning with the igloo, whose origins are lost in time, and culminating in the latest 3D-printing technology for lunar habitation, the book weaves together themes and ideas to create an unfolding visual story. Illustrated with a sequence of extraordinary collages, specially created by artist Adrian Buckley, the book ranges through history and across continents. Underlying the narrative is an awareness of environmental issues and the need to reconnect with sustainable patterns of building. It is a book to engage the next generation of architects - and their parents and teachers. Thank you for your beautiful book it reminds us what architecture is about! - Renzo Piano AGES: 6 to 12 years AUTHOR: David Jenkins is an architect who writes about architecture with insight and wit. He has written and edited numerous critically acclaimed books, including Foster 40 and The Strange Death of Architectural Criticism. Adrian Buckley is a renowned graphic artist. For An Igloo on the Moon he has created a compelling series of inhabited landscapes, rich with ideas and possibilities. SELLING POINTS: . A fun and engaging introduction to the basic principles of engineering and architecture . Encourages environmental awareness . Aimed at the next generation of architects 56 colour illustrations A fun and engaging introduction to the basic principles of engineering and architecture; aimed at the next generation of architects. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Buckley, Adrian (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: New. 1st Edition. Black ribbed paper-covered boards, lettered in white, front cover color pastedown illus., in New/as issued, unopened in original publisher's shrinkwrap. 1st ed. 128 pp., illus. w/ color plates. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. …

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. "An excellent resource for educating and inspiring young minds on the subjects of architecture, engineering, and the built environment" - Architect's Toy Box Aimed at young, enquiring minds, An Igloo on the Moon explores how and why we build. Beginning with the igloo, whose origins are lost in time, and culminating in the latest 3D-printing technology for lunar habitation, the book weaves together themes and ideas to create an unfolding visual story. Illustrated with a sequence of extraordinary collages, specially created by artist Adrian Buckley, the book ranges through history and across continents. Underlying the narrative is an awareness of environmental issues and the need to reconnect with sustainable patterns of building. It is a book to engage the next generation of architects - and their parents and teachers. AGES: 6 to 12 years AUTHOR: David Jenkins is an architect who writes about architecture with insight and wit. He has written and edited numerous critically acclaimed books, including Foster 40 and The Strange Death of Architectural Criticism. Adrian Buckley is a renowned graphic artist. For An Igloo on the Moon he has created a compelling series of inhabited landscapes, rich with ideas and possibilities. SELLING POINTS: . A fun and engaging introduction to the basic principles of engineering and architecture . Encourages environmental awareness . Aimed at the next generation of architects 56 colour illustrations Aimed at young, enquiring minds An Igloo on the Moon explores how and why we build. Beginning with the igloo, whose origins are lost in time, and culminating in the latest 3D-printing technology for building dwellings on the Moon, the book weaves together themes and ideas to create an unfolding visual narrative. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Buckley, Adrian (ilustrador).…

Reprint. 16mo. Original maroon cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Edges a little foxed, o/w very good. Introduction by John Kelman.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In the 1960s and '70s, Archigram speculated on the nature of architecture in ways that influenced a generation. In an era defined by the space race, the group's exploration of movable structures and modular systems stretched far beyond known technologies or contemporary realities. Archigram magazine became the platform for exploring and sharing many of these themes. Launched in 1961, the magazine ran for 9 issues until 1974, when Archigram disbanded. Now, after a 50-year pause for thought, Archigram is back. Edited by Peter Cook, with contributions from Archigram founding members Dennis Crompton, David Greene and Michael Webb, and with inputs from numerous contemporary designers, technologists and critics, Archigram 10 takes a wry backward glance and imagines a bold leap forward. It looks at where architecture is going currently and asks: why? Contributors include: Hitoshi Abe, Nigel Coates, Odile Decq, Elizabeth Diller, Simon Herron, Thom Mayne, and Eric Owen Moss. AUTHOR: Peter Cook (b. 1936) is a founding member of Archigram and the pre-eminent architectural educator in the UK. From 1990 to 2006 he was Chair of Architecture (now Professor Emeritus) at the Bartlett School of Architecture, where he transformed an academically sober institution into one of the world's leading centres of creative design. In 2002, his achievements with Archigram were recognised when the group was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal. In 2007, he was awarded a knighthood for his services to architecture and education. SELLING POINTS: . Archigram 10 looks at where architecture is going currently and asks: why? . First new Archigram magazine for 50 years 50 colour, 50 b/w illustrations After a 50-year pause, Archigram magazine is back! Edited by Peter Cook, with contributions from numerous designers and critics, it asks: where is architecture going? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Why write about buildings? Buildings are chunks of natural material, refashioned by humans and set down into place to stand as silent as the rocks and trees from which they were made. How can we describe that mute actuality? A building's only complete description is itself. Writing often intensifies the cloud that obscures buildings rather than dissipates it. So why do it? Two generations ago, architects had a real job to do, rebuilding cities shattered by war. It turned out to be more difficult than it looked. Now the grandchildren of those utopians have a different role, which is to rescue a world that is being turned by the media, the money men and the machines into a replica of itself. In this book Paul Shepheard takes a sideways look at this elusive task and finds himself writing an ode to buildings, asking: What are they? When do they happen? And how are they used? AUTHOR: Paul Shepheard is an architect living in London. He is the author of four previous books: What is Architecture? An Essay on Landscapes, Buildings, and Machines (1994); The Cultivated Wilderness: Or, What is Landscape? (1997); Artificial Love: A Story of Machines and Architecture (2003) and How to Like Everything: A Utopia (2013). SELLING POINTS: . A unique and philosophical insight into buildings: their history, their current state, and their future . Of interest to architects, or anyone else who wants to know more about humanity's habits of construction 8 b/w images A unique and philosophical insight into buildings: their history, their current state, and their future. Of interest to architects and anyone wanting to know more about humanity's habits of construction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Leather Bound. Condición: Fine. pp. 127. Small 8vo. Bound in full textured navy blue leather with gilt lettering and ornaments to the spine and front board. Bright, clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; fine.

HARDCOVER SAND ORANGE. Condición: GOOD. JACKET: TORN DJ. gold gilt letering on spine, small sticker residue on free endpaper DATE PUBLISHED: 1970 CIRCA EDITION: 46.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 41, (4)pp., bounjd in pale peach pictorial paper covered boards with two littl mice in the center of upper cover in black over white, spine lettered in black, pcitorial lime green endpapers, near fine in lightly edge worn and chpped pictorial dust jacket. Very cute.…

Soft cover. Condición: Good. Good condition. Paperback booklet, printed paper covers, 30 pages, some creasing to front cover. [QP].

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Dust Jacket Included. Size 25cm x 18.5cm, 208 pages, including 8 Pages in Full Colour plus Nearly 250 Photographs in Black-and-White, Internally (Very Good), Blue Cloth (some fading o/w Good/Very Good), Dust Jacket (chipped, some loss especially to top of spine o/w Good) - a nice period piece please see images. …

Reprint. Hardcover. 16mo. Very good in good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Compiled by the staffs of "The Motor," "The Commercial Motor," and "The Aeroplane." Very Good condition. Dust jacket Good but lightly soiled with wear at extremities.

Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. Nietzsche said all of life is a question of taste. And he was right. But nowadays all of life is also a question of branding. A brand is not something concocted by graphic designers and marketing consultants: it is "the intangible aspects of an intangible thing", as Massimo Vignelli (who re-branded the New York subway) explained. Brand values are the expectations and associations that all successful (and, indeed, unsuccessful) products and services possess. And now they are under threat from Health and Safety. Ugly, generic packaging for cigarettes will soon be mandatory. Bans on attractive presentation for sugar, alcohol and cars will logically follow. Simultaneously, brands are vulnerable as conventional advertising becomes redundant and younger affluent consumers suffer from consumer fatigue. With Signs of Life Stephen Bayley makes the case that far from being pernicious, manipulative voodoo, brands and branding should be regarded as the contemporary equivalent of folk-art. AUTHOR: Stephen Bayley is an author, critic, columnist, consultant, broadcaster, curator and founding director of the influential Design Museum in London. Over the past thirty years his writing has changed the way the world thinks about design. He is the author of Death Drive, one the most talked about books of 2016. SELLING POINTS: . A majestic sweep across the history and culture of brands and branding . First of a series of polemical books to come from Bayley and Circa . Timed to gain maximum leverage from the UK ban on tobacco branding 70 colour images A sweep across the history and culture of brands and branding, in the first in a series of collaborations between Stephen Bayley and Circa. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

London: The Fortune Press, [no date, circa 1930s]. NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION. NUMBER 522 OF 600. Facsimile of 1708 edition of Roscius Anglicanus, Or an Historical Review of the Stage. Hardcover. 8vo. Very good. Wear to exterior includes bumping to spine ends and corners, minor rubbing, and a damp stain to the rear board. Minor browning to endpapers. Ownership inscriptions to front free end paper. Else is clean and bright. 286 pages. DRA/022624. Book.…

HARD BACK GREY. Condición: GOOD. JACKET: TATTERED DJ. General wear: breaking rear hinge, foxing, small bookplate, worn slipcase DATE PUBLISHED: 1960 CIRCA EDITION: 118. W.&B. FORMAN (ilustrador).

gold cloth, 216pp, VG(v sl wear & bumped spine head & foot, prev owners inscr & stamp to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges with v sl spasmodically throughout) d/w G-(price clipped, d/w reinforced with stiffened paper, sl wear to extrems with sl chipped spine head & foot & corners, creased, remains of sticky paper to rear flap, rubbed soiled & sl sunned).…

ex lib, minimal markings, 384pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl sunned spine) d/w G(rough with tears & chipped extrems, rubbed & sunned).

Full title - THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID, POINTED AS THEY ARE TO BE SUNG OR SAID IN CHURCHES; AND THE FORM AND MANNER OF MAKING, ORDAINING, AND CONSECRATING OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND DEACONS. Unpaged. Hardcover: H 14.75cm x L 9.5cm (title page specifies "Long Primer 24mo"). Full black morocco leather rubbed with scuffing at board edges (particularly corners) and spine ends; spine also decorated with four slightly raised bands with gilt lettering "Common Prayer" in second compartment from head. All edges gilt. Several initial and rear leaves have shallow edge-wear (book utilizes rather thin paper stock); a few scattered spots of foxing and small stains but overall pages are clean. Foxed and slightly soiled large presentation bookplate on front pastedown from "Asylum for the Deaf & Dumb, Old Kent Road, London and Margate" to student George Enfield on leaving school and dated for July 1892. No publishing/copyright date provided on title leaf so bookplate at least provides a circa 1890 date for book. Still a handsome small book despite some cosmetic scuffing.…

London, UK: Odhams Press Limited. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. Circa 1945. 8vo., 384 pp. . Very good condition/No Dustjacket. Black & White Plates (ilustrador).

Hardback. Printed pages: 312. Condición: Good Plus. 1st Edition. Lacking jacket. Orange cloth binding. Heavy foxing to page edges, scattered foxing to text. Good solid binding. Colour frontis. Includes a letter from the Daily Herald Newspaper congratulating the recipient for winning this book in a handwriting competition. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8 inches (14.5 x 20 cm).…

Condición: VG- very minor corner bumping. Blue cloth boards with inlaid color illustration and white lettering. 128 pages. Color illustrations. Atlantic City was born in the mid-nineteenth century and grew so big, so fast, that it captured the American imagination. It was 'the World's Playground'. Its hotels were the largest and finest, its nightclubs legendary, its boardwalk an endless promenade. And then, as it began to fade, the casinos came. And instead of reviving the city they killed it. Chief among the villains in this piece is Donald J Trump, who built his casinos on dunes of debt and bled them into bankruptcy. On the presidential campaign trail Trump boasted of his 'success' in Atlantic City, how he had outwitted Wall Street and leveraged his own name for riches. He would do for America what he had done for Atlantic City, he said. And so it came to be. Brian Rose has documented what remains of the city in the aftermath of the casino explosion. The images are haunting. Atlantic City may never recover. -FirstSearch. …