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Warhol. A Personal Photographic Memoir
by Makos, Christopher
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1989
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780453006699
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$75.00
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New York: New American Library, 1989. Foreword by art critic Henry Geldzahler; introduction by Glenn Albin. One of Warhol's closest friends for the last fourteen years of his life, Christopher Makos shares with us that friendship and shows us , close up, a fascinating portrait of Andy Warhol.. 150 revealing b/w photographs filled with Warhol, his world, and… Read more
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Styles In Painting. A Comparative Study
by Zucker Paul
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1950
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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$60.00
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New York: The Viking Press, 1950. This work combines the historical and the aesthetic by comparing the ways in which themes have been treated by the painters of different periods. 239 beautifully printed half -tone reproductions represent the range and inherent contrasts of the themes, fully developed captions supply a running commentary and introductory sections provide the general background… Read more
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The Amateur Artist or Oil and Water Color Painting Without the Aid of a Teacher
by Delamotte F
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1906
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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$42.50
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Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. Publishers, 1906. A complete self educational treatise, giving thorough instructions in nine branches of Decorative Art, Flower and Landscape Painting in Oil and Water Colors, Pastels on Paper and Leather, Pen and Ink Drawing, China Painting, Pyrography or Burnt-wood etching, Repousse and Cut-out Brass work etc. Illustrations and figures accompany text, followed by… Read more
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The Art Of The Munich Galleries
by Ansell Florence Jean and Frank Roy Fraprie
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1910
- Condition
- Near Fine
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- First Edition, First Impression
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$45.00
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Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1910. Being a History of the Progress of the art of Painting Illuminated and Demonstrated by Critical Descriptions of the Great Paintings in the Old Pinakothek, the New Pinakothek, and the Schack Gallery in Munich. Frank Roy Fraprie - S,M., F.R.P.S. Frontispiece titled: Rubens - Wife and Child ( with tissue guard) .… Read more
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God's Second Door
by Roesler, J.H
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1962
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- Third Printing
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$16.50
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London: Painted Postcards Limited, 1962. Translated from the German by Leonore Sierigh and Edward Gallagher. The original title being: Mitleid Verbeten. The book describes the lives and struggles of a group of artists who lost the power of their hands and who now paint with the mouth or with the foot. It is a telling human document of the disappointments,… Read more
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Life Among The English: Britain In Pictures
by Macaulay, Rose. General Editor W.J. Turner
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1942
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- First Edition
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$35.00
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London: William Collins of London, 1942. 'Life Among The English' - with eight plates in colour and twenty-six in b/w, reproduced from museums, libraries, galleries and others. Dame Rose Macaulay is well-known as one of the ablest writers of our time. She has a wonderful subject, perfectly suited to her pen and her account of how the English people lived… Read more
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Voices of Film Experience 1894 To Present
by Leyda, Jay Edited By
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1977
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- First Edition, First Printing
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- 9780025716001
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$28.50
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New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.,Inc., 1977. Actors, Writers, Composers, Designers, Producers, Directors talk about films. Over 600 voices of film experience - past and present, from all film producing countries in film jobs of every kind - speak directly about the art of cinema. Voices of Film Experience, an important and original contribution to film literature, is the most… Read more
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The Art Of The Print. Masterpieces. History. Techniques
by Eichenberg Fritz
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1976
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780810901032
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$155.00
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc,, 1976. 611pp. 746 illustrations including 95 plates in full color. This book explores the development of the graphic arts from the earlist examples of true prints made in the Far East over a millenium ago to the latest experiments with new materials that have released the print from the flat surface of… Read more
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Sculpture Of The Eskimo
by Swinton George
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1982
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- 9780771083716
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$120.00
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1982. 255pp. 37 color plates, 770 b&w photographs. This author has devoted himself for twenty-five years to the study of Eskimo Art, making yearly trips to the arctic to research prehistoric Eskimo art and to live among and study the work of contemporary Eskimo sculptors. Not only is this book a visual catalogue… Read more
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The Democratic Forest
by Eggleston William
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1989
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780385266512
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$130.00
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New York: Doubleday, 1989. Oblong format. Introduction by Endora Welty. 176 pp. "The Democratic Forest" radiates out from Eggleston's private world to a common international landscape, passing through Pittsburgh, Nashville, New Orleans, Dallas and Miami, to reach as far as the Berlin Wall. The book contains one hundred and fifty images in color which have been sequenced in an… Read more
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Claude Monet. The First of The Impressionists
by Petrie, Brian
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1979
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780714819686
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$30.00
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Oxford: Phaidon, 1979. 80pp. 69 illustrations, 28 in colour. Claude Monet (1840-1926) achieved his first successes in the 1860s, with works painted in a realist/naturalist vein. By the late 1970 he was recognized as the dominant artistic personality among the group then known as The Impressionists. Brian Petrie is lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Reading.… Read more
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Giants
by Larkin David (Devised by) Text by Sarah Teale
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1979
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- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780810909557
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$32.50
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New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, Publishers, 1979. 191pp. 171 illustrations, including 141 in full color. Folklore abounds in stories of enormous creatures, predatory or friendly, who ravaged or rescued according to their nature. This and other fascinating giant lore, together with an exploration of the various types and forms of giant, their ethnic origins, habits, customs and cultures,… Read more
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English Art Series. London Buildings, Painting and Sculpture. Influences and Developments in The Progress of Art in Britain
by Brown Frank P
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1933
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$100.00
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London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1933. Three volumes in one. (i) London Buildings, (II) London Paintings, (III) London Sculpture. Each volume has Preface, Table of Contents and List of Illustrations. Very well illustrated with b/w photos. Fold-out map at rear (London Buildings). Map to rear endpapers ( London Sculpture). Minor foxing to prelims. Scarce dust jacket has kept… Read more
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Arts Of Clay
by Price Christine
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1977
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- First Edition
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- 9780684151205
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$16.50
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977. 64pp. Christine Price brings together the earth arts of people throughout the world. Village potters of the present day and their traditional methods are represented as well as the potters of ancient times. The pots in this book are a mixture of old and new. Some of them were made by Indian potters… Read more
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The Easy Drawing Book
by White, Peter
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1966
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- Combined Edition
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$12.50
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New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1966. Starting with the simplest of lines, curves and circles, Mr. White in the first section of this book shows step-by-step how to make a drawing of almost every object imaginable. There is no text for this section as the drawings, in an easy progression from easy to more difficult, speak for themselves.… Read more
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Duveen
by Behrman, S.N. Illustrated By Saul Steiberg
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1952
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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$16.50
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Random,NY/ Random House, Canada, 1952. First Canadian Printing. The author provides a list of people who each shared with him their recollections of Joseph Duveen....the most spectacular art dealer of all time and later became Lord Duveen of Millbank. The contents offer six insightful chapters - (1) Itinerary - (2) A Beginning in Delft - (3) A Brisk Market… Read more
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Pick Of Punch
by Coren, Alan Edited By
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780091619404
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$18.50
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London: Hutchinson, 1985. "Pick of Punch" ia as funny and beguilding as ever....and that's just the cartoons. All the magazine regulars are here, and whether caught up in the memories of VE Day or captivated by the journeyings of Charles and Di in Italy, their carefully honed prose is hard to resist. Full page color cartoons : "Handelsman… Read more
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The Art Of The Louvre
by Potter, Mary Knight
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1920
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- Very Good
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- Seventh Impression
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$18.50
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Boston: The Page Company Publishers, 1920. . "Containing a brief history of the Palace and of its collections of paintings, as well as descriptions and criticisms of many of the principal pictures and their artists." Tissue-guarded frontispiece is a portrait of 'Mona Lisa'. This book offers twenty-two chapters and a generous list of illustrations (three pages) … Read more
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Kurelek. A Biography
by Morley,Patricia
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN
- 9780771594755
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$27.50
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Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1987. Heavy card covers. Cover photograph: self-portrait (1950,1953) by William Kurelek. Artist, author, prophet, family man, social activist, lecturer, and fervent Catholic.....painter William Kurelek was a complex man of passionate convictions and artistic genius. Here is the full story of the dramatic and tormented life from which he produced his landscapes of gentle prairie nostalgia and… Read more
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Rembrandt's Portrait. A Biography
by Mee, Charles L. Jr
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- Gilt Edge Books
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780671622138
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$22.50
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New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. " A thoroughly engaging portrait. Not only do we learn about Rembrandt, but diverse facets of 17th century Europe as a whole are captured. Charles Mee communicates his love for Rembrandt's painting, as well as his compassion for Rembrandt as a man. A gripping and compelling book." These are the words of… Read more
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