Search Results: art from VFOL UsedBooks

Portraits of 70 famous people before 1946. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Minor wear on spine ends, scuff marks on book back. Inscribed to previous owner (1947); signed by previous owner with address on front endpaper. Binding tight; textblock clean

Spine has some bumping. Burgundy boards with gilt decoration and lettering. Some foxing on pages, other text is clean; binding tight. 4 full page copper plates (including frontispiece) and in text b/w plates.

Grey linen cover boards are slightly bowed. No D/J as issued. Beautiful colour plates of paintings by this famous Romanian painter.181 pp

Red cloth cover boards with gilt lettering on the front and spine. The spine lettering is faded on two books. No D/J Binding tight and secure on all three books. The text block is clear with mild age toning for all three volumes. The French & German Operas book has some ink notes on the contents page and all are signed by the previous owner. The front gutter is partially cracked on the Italian Opera book.470 pp, 481 pp, 504 pp

A biography of the famous Canadian artist by a rare good friend of Emily Carr, an intimate portrayal of a close friendship. The light blue cloth cover boards are clean. The text block appears soiled on the top edge but the text is clean, bright and unmarked. The dust jacket is rubbed and shows wear on the edges. First edition, First Printing 123 pp

We have 69 individual books from this set. Each book has 5 pages of text & sketches 2 pages of plate descriptions, and 16 good quality color plates.All are in good to very good condition. The 7 slipcases are not in great shape.
We want to sell in groups of 3 or more, due to postage costs.
1 Goya2 Vermeer3 Canaletto4 Botticelli 5 Hals6 Blake7 Poussin8 Toulouse-Lautrec 9 El Greco10 Tiepolo11 Duccio12 Turner13 Modigliani14 Raphael15 Delacroix16 Ingres17 Rembrandt18 Lawrence19 Miro20 Antonello21 Renoir22 Wright of Derby23 Durer24 Sisley25 Parmigianino26 Giotto 27 Monet28 Kandinsky29 Titian30 Murillo31 Reynolds32 Gainsborough33 Mantegna34 Correggio35 Manet36 Guardi37 Watts39 Sarto39 Boucher40 Yeats41 Michelangelo42 Matisse43 Ramsey44 Sassetta45 Tintoretto46 Raeburn47 Gericault48 Giacometti59 Longhi50 Picasso51 Velazquez 52 Crivelli 53 Elsheimer 54 Van Der Weyden 55 Lorrain 56 Chardin 57 Wilson 58 Guercino 59 Corot 60 Della Francesca 61 Constable62 Braque63 Sutherland64 Gaugin65 Leonardo66 Bosch67 Millais68… Read More

Black boards with Title, Author & Publishers's colophon in gilt on the spine. Shelf wear on the bottom edge and top of spine. Mylar cover on the dust jacket is worn and has been taped to the boards. Ex-library copy with labels on bottom of the spine and front end paper. Otherwise the dust jacket is intact. The binding is like new. The text block is clean, unmarked and full of colourful photography. 176 pp

NEW in original shrink wrap Red paper boards with black illustrated dust jacket. Includes 140 full color illustrations of Haida art - totem poles, masks, baskets, plates, pipes and much more. Beautifully written history of Haida art.

Binder in slip case. Matte finish green boards on binder with black cloth spine. Title and editor's name on label attached to front board. Slip case is black cardboard, firm with slight wear at corners and edges, title label on spine has slight wear. Pages and prints are clean, clear and unmarked. A selection of one hundred etchings and lithographs by the foremost living American artists at the time, each with a brief biography and description on verso and detachable for framing. Plates are numbered but no pagination.

Fine copy with dark blue cloth boards with gilt printing on the cover and spine. Slight bumping on the corners and top of the spine. The dust cover is clipped and two tears have been taped from the inside. The binding is intact and secure. The text block is clear and unmarked with mild age toning. Gift inscription Christmas 1953 on front end paper. 642 pp