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The Monumental remains of Noble and Eminent Persons, Comprising the Sepulchral Antiquities of Great Britain, Engraved from Drawings By Edward Blore

By: N/A

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Pall Mall East, London, Harding, Lepard and Co.: 1826

Seller ID: 003671

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Half leather with decorative marbled paper covered boards, with titles in gilt on spine. Marbled endpapers. Condition: Good, described as such becaused the covers are in fair condition, but internally the contents are in very good condition. The leather of the spine is rubed, the boards have generaly rubbind and shelfwear as to the leather covered cover corners, which are worn and frayed. The front hinge is nearly separated from spine, being held in place by one binding cord. Rear hinge holding firmly. Light foxing to inner endpapers. Text clean apart from occasional browning to page edges. Th...
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Etchings by Jim Dine - Nancy Outside in July

By: Ackley, Clifford

Price: £75.00

Publisher: New York, Universal Limited Art Editions: 1983

Seller ID: 006407

ISBN: 0910435057

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dark grey hardcover with title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. There is some foxing to immediate fore-edge of textblock, heavy in places, not affecting book internally. Inscribed to the previous owner by Jim Dine on title page (see image). Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, lightly shelfworn with some general light soiling. 25 colour plates. This book contains images of a series of twenty-five prints by the American artist Jim Dine (b.1935) of his wife and muse, Nancy, started in 1977 and finished in 1981.
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A catalogue of the etchings of Samuel Palmer

By: Alexander, R.G. (intro.)

Price: £39.00

Publisher: London, The Print collectors' Club: 1937

Seller ID: 004886

Binding: Buckram

Condition: Fair

Dark brown/black buckram with title in gilt on the spine and the monogram of the Print Collector's Club outlined in gilt on front cover. Condition: Fair to good, covers have general light shelfwear, and endpapers have some foxing with light foxing generally throughout the book. Previous owners name on front endpaper in pencil with the date 1945. Binding sound. 62pp. 21 collotype plates plus frontispiece portrait of Samuel Palmer. This edition, printed at the Baynard Press, was limited to 375 copies, of which this is no.32. In his preface, the author states that the object of the book was to re...
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Gainsborough's Vision

By: Asfour, Amal and Williamson, Paul

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Liverpool, Liverpool University Press: 1999

Seller ID: 006718

ISBN: 085323874x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dark green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, Binding sound, no inscriptions Dustjacket condition: Fine with just a very faint hint of shelfwear. 325pp.185 illustrations, many in colour.
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Dosso Dossi - La Pittura a Ferrara Negli Anni Del Ducato Di Alfonso I - 2 Vols.

By: Ballarin, Alessandro

Price: £195.00

Publisher: Cittadella (Padua), Bertoncello Artigraphiche: 1995

Seller ID: 005008

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fine

NB: Text is in Italian throughout. Hardcover in slipcase. Scarlet cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Both volumes are in fine condition. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a hint of very light shelfwear. The slipcase is in good condition with light scuffing to base and top left edge of slipcase. Vol I - 533pp. 204 colour and 244 b/w plates, Vol II - 815 b/w plates. A very heavy set - will require extra postage if to be sent outside UK. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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"The Roundhouse of International Spirits"

By: Barassi, Sebastiano (ed.)

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge: 2009

Seller ID: 006787

ISBN: 1904561322

Condition: Very Good

Softcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 96pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the artists Hans Arp, Raffael Benazzi, Julius Bissier, Ben Nicholson, Hans Richter, Mark Tobey and Italo Valenti who all spent time in the surroundings of the Ticino, Italy in the 20th century. The exhibition was held at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge from 17 January to 15 March, 2009 and later toured to Ticino.
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The Great Utopia - Russian Avant-Garde 1915-1932

By: Beeren, W.A.L. (foreword)

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum: 1992

Seller ID: 006426

ISBN: 9050060749

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

NB: Text is in three languages, English, Dutch and German. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 871pp. More than 650 colour reproductions. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam from 5th June to 23rd August, 1992. It includes a chronology and essays on the Russian Avant-Garde during the period 1915-1932
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First Friends - Paul and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington

By: Blythe, Ronald

Price: £185.00

Publisher: Denby Dale, Huddersfield, W.Yorkshire, The Fleece Press: 1997

Seller ID: 005642

ISBN: 0948375590

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Quarter-cloth (terracotta colour) with a blue Paul Nash pattern paper put together from one of the drawings he made for "Images of War", 1919. Title in black on paper label on spine. One of an edition of 300 copies. Condition: Fine. Grey paper covered slipcase with brown cloth edges is in good condition, with a couple of small watersplashes to the brown cloth (not affecting the book in any way). 175pp. Several tipped-in and colour plates and full page b/w photographic images. This beautifully produced book is based on the letters written by Paul Nash, John Nash, his wife Christine, and...
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Fonts and Font Covers

By: Bond, Francis

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne, Henry Frowde: 1908

Seller ID: 003577

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Blue cloth with titles stamped in white on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers, and some rubbing and sunning to spine. Foxing to endpapers. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions, apart from previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. 347pp. 426 b/w photographs and drawings. A thorough reference work on the history and types of fonts in England, including descriptions of fonts of gold, silver, bronze, pewter, brick and lead. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Folk Art of Primitive Peoples

By: Bossert, Helmuth Th.

Price: £19.00

Publisher: London, A.Zwemmer Ltd.: 1955

Seller ID: 001105

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Oatmeal colour paper-covered boards with buff cloth spine and titles in dark red on spine and cover. Condition: Good, v.light cockling to cover from an old water splash. Binding sound, text clean, no marks or inscriptions. Page edges v.lightly browned. D/J condition: Poor, very grubby, ripped and worn. 15pp. text with 40 colour plates of various tribal artefacts. In all, illustrating six hundred decorative motifs in colour, forming a survey of the applied art of Africa, Asia, Australia and Oceania, North, Central and South America Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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Twentieth-century Russian and East European Painting (The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection)

By: Bowlt, John E. and Misler, Nicoletta

Price: £35.00

Publisher: London, Zwemmer: 1993

Seller ID: 005626

ISBN: 0302006192

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Black buckram with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. 329pp. Many colour illustrations. The fifty-nine Russian and East European paintings and drawings accumulated by the present Baron Thyssen during the 1970s and 1980s include major works by Goncharova, Larionov, Lissitzky, Malevich, Rodchenko, Moholy-Nagy, Popova, Rozanova and other avant-garde artists. The catalogue is introduced by three essays: the Russian avant-garde, the Hungarian avant-garde and the history of the collecting of Russian avant-garde art. The volume concludes w...
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Terence Cuneo - Railway Painter of the Century

By: Chakra, Narisa

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, New Cavendish Books: 1990

Seller ID: 006675

ISBN: 0904568741

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dark sand colour hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 160pp. 110 colour and 48 b/w illustrations. Terence Cuneo (1907-1996) faithfully recorded the railways of Britain as well as many abroad, from the narrow gauges of South Africa to the mountain railways of India, many of which can be seen in this book. Cuneo was also frequently commissioned by British Rail and a large selection of his poster commissions are also included.
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The Pastel Society: Pastel Painting and Drawing 1898-2000

By: Coates, Thomas J. (foreword)

Price: £24.00

Publisher: London, The Pastel Society: 2000

Seller ID: 005178

ISBN: 0953792706

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 136pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition of the Pastel Society held at the Mall Galleries, London from 2nd to 19th March 2000. The catalogue includes works by many well known artists such as Roger Hilton, Eileen Agar, Henry Moore and David Bomberg. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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The Gilbert Collection - Portrait Miniatures in Enamel

By: Coffin, Sarah and Hofstetter, Bodo

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers in Association with the Gilbert Collection: 2000

Seller ID: 006486

ISBN: 085667513x

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover. Condition: Fine, with just a faint hint of shelfwear. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 168pp. Many colour illustrations. This book describes and illustrates the portrait miniatures in the Gilbert Collection, from 17th century miniatures from German, French and Swiss enamellers to 19th century examples by Henry Bone and other English artists.
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Pottery: techniques of Decoration

By: Colbeck, John

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, B T Batsford: 1991

Seller ID: 002647

ISBN: 0713460547

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Softcover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 288pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. The author was a student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Subsequently he taught part-time at the Central School and at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham. Using photographs and illustrations, he shows simply and clearly the processes involved in creating a wide variety of pottery decoration. The contents include impressed and modelled relief, sprigging, marbling, feathering, burnishing, wax resist, stencilling and many more techniques. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾...
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The Geographies of Englishness: Landscape and the National Past 1880-1940 (Studies in Briitish Art 10)

By: Corbett, David Peters et al.

Price: £195.00

Publisher: New Haven and London, Yale University Press: 2002

Seller ID: 006170

ISBN: 0300094884

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Silvery dark grey cloth with title in silver on spine. Condition: Fin, with a couple of small marks to front endpaper. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 386pp. 10 colour plates and several b/w illustrations. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the notion of Englishness was widely debated in English art and cultural circles. Might there be a specifically English landscape and an English way of representing it? This volume was the first to examine the intersection of national identity, modernisation and landscape in English art duri...
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Old Pewter: Its Makers and Marks in England, Scotland and Ireland - an Account of the Old Pewterer & His Craft

By: Cotterell, Howard Herschel

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, B.T.Batsford: 1969

Seller ID: 003498

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Third reprint of the first edition published in 1929. Silver grey cloth with titles stamped in blue on front cover and spine. Cardboard slipcase in fair condition comes with the book. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and spine. Some foxing to endpapers and half-title. Binding sound. Some light foxing to fore-edge of textblock. One or two occasional finger smudges to pages. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with a couple of small tears and a small chip missing to head of spine of jacket. Not price-clipped.432pp. 76 b/w plates and numerous illustrations in the text. ...
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Art Under Stalin

By: Cullerne Bown, Matthew

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Phaidon Press: 1991

Seller ID: 006293

ISBN: 0714826065

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Red hardcover with title in black on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 256pp. Many b/w illustrations. In this book the author provides a fascinating and often provocative analysis of the art of the Stalin era, from 1932 to 1953, as well as a discussion of the years before and after. He details the political and social framework of the time, and provides a complete expose of Stalinist aesthetics: social realism in art and neo-classicism in architecture; the Cult of the P...
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The Nude in French Art and Culture, 1870-1910

By: Dawkins, Heather

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 2002

Seller ID: 006646

ISBN: 0521807557

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dark green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 231pp. 60 b/w illustrations. This book examines the forces that made the nude a contentious image in the early Third Republic. Analysing the evolving relationship between the fine art nude, print culture, and censorship, the author explores how artist, art critics, politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers and judges evaluated the nude. An art form made for and by men, the nude was rarely the subject of serious engagement on the part of wome...
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Writings on Cy Twombly

By: Del Roscio, Nicola (ed.)

Price: £125.00

Publisher: Munich, Schirmer/Mosel Publishers: 2002

Seller ID: 006005

ISBN: 0948835397

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Ochre yellow cloth with title in black on spine.Condition: Very good, with just a hint osf shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear, sunning to spine and immediate surrounding area. 315pp. In this volume, Nicola Del Roscio brings together 43 commentaries on Cy Twombly (1928-2011) in the form of poems, exhibition reviews, letters, philosophihcal essays and discussions of art history dating from 1951 to the date of publication in 2002. The authors include Roland Barthes, Robert Motherwell and Kirk Varnedoe.A heavy book, will re...
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