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Jean Royere, Decorateur a Paris
by Jean and Mari-Claude Beaud, Jean-Luc Olivie, Constance Rubi, Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier Royere
African Art Books & Ephemera
Nouvelle-Irlande: Arts du Pacifique Sud
by Gunn, Michael & Philippe Peltier (sous la direction de)
Paris: Musée du quai Branly, 2007. 304 pages; more than 20 essays with illustrations; 131 color plates. French text.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.
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£80.95
Echoing Images: Couples in African Sculpture
by LaGamma, Alisa
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. 52 pages; thorough text; 32 color plates; Exhibition Checklist; Works Cited.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.
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£12.14
MAKING MUSIC
by JONES, CLAIRE
Rear edge of spine is scuffed; last 10 pages, 5 sheets, & rear cover are warped from damp. B&w photos and line drawings in text. Covered in adhesive plastic.
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£8.78
Stephan Balkenhol: Sculptures and Drawings
by Benezra, Neal (on Stephan Balkenhol)
Washington, DC: Hirshhorn Museum/Smithsonian Institution, 1995. 84pp + illustrations. paperback 4to: Fine [some scuffing of back cover; else F] An exceedingly handsome production.
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£12.14
Paper as Art and Craft: The Complete Book of the History and Processes of the Paper Arts
by Newman, Thelma R., Jay Hartley & Lee Scott
New York: Crown, 1974 2nd ptg. 308pp. illus. red cloth sm 4to: Very Good+ in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [dj = spine sunned; else nrVG] Includes 755 photographs, 73 diagrams and 20 color plates.
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£20.24
Impressionism to symbolism: the Belgian avant-garde, 1880 - 1900
by Stevens, Mary Anne & Robert Hoozee
Royal Academy of Arts. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0900946466 . Very clean, tightly bound larger format book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears virtually as new. 296 pages, colour & b/w illustrations, chronology, bibliography, index. Heavy book, 2kg unpacked, so additional postage may be requested .
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£23.00
The Collection of Monsieur and Madame Gerald Bauer: British Watercolours from the Golden Age.
by Christie's / Andrew Wilton
London: Christie's London, 22 January 2003. Paperback. As New. Collectible
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£17.12
Pop as art: A survey of the new super realism
by Amaya, Mario
Studio Vista. Good with no dust jacket. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with black titles on a red background, cloth has minor rubbing at spine ends, name on front endpaper. 148 pages, illustrations in the text, bibliography, index .
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£22.00
Gabriel Orozco
by Morgan, Jessica
Tate Publishing. Very Good. 2011. First Edition. Softcover. 1854379127 . Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 128 pages, colour illustrations in the text, chronology, index. Modern Artists series .
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£7.00
New Zealand painting since 1960: a study in themes and developments
by Cape, Peter
New Zealand: Collins. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002169363 . Very clean, large format, tightly bound book which has shelf wear at the bottom edge, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine and creased at the edges with a repaired chip at top of front foldover. 224 pages, 236 photos on in the text, appendices, bibliography, index of artists and painting .
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£15.00
Sisley
by Shone, Richard
Phaidon Press Ltd. Fair in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0714826871 . Good reading copy, large format hardback, ex library with the usual stamps & has had the front endpaper excised, but otherwise clean and complete, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. 240 pages, 166 illustrations in the text, notes, appendices, chronology, index .
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£15.00
Nineteenth century Italian painting
by Borgese, Leonardo
Italy: Arti Grafiche Ricordi. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean larger format book with no inscriptions, tightly bound in padded pictorial cloth over boards, in a clear plastic dustjacket which has a couple of closed tears at the top edge, neatly repaired with archival tape. Unpaginated (48 pages), 12 tipped in colour plates. Text in English, translated from the Italian by Brennan Wales .
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£11.50
Egon Schiele: the portfolio collection
by Schmidt, Ludwig
Zachary Kwintner. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1991. First English Edition. Hardcover. 1872532411 . Very clean, tightly bound large format book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has some loss (max 1½" x 1½") at the head of the spine. 132 pages, colour and a few b/w plates .
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£10.00
Keys to successful landscape painting
by Caddell, Foster
U.S.A: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1977. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. 0823025799 . Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is sunned at the spine, chipped and rubbed at spinends and foldovers. 160 pages, illustrations in the text, index .
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£10.00
19th century continental pictures, watercolours and drawings, London, 20 March 1992
by Anon
Christie's Publications. Very Good. 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, price list stapled in, appears little used. Unpaginated, illustrations in the text, index. Artists include Delacroix & Giannetti .
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£7.00
William Dobell
by Gleeson, James
Thames & Hudson Ltd. Fair in Good dust jacket. 1969. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0500180970 . Reading copy, an ex library hardback with the usual stamps & stickers, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has a little loss of laminate at the top & bottom edges. 216 pages, 133 illustrations, including 26 in colour, bibliography, index .
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£10.00
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
by BEVAN TONY:
LONDON, MICHAEL HUE-WILLIAMS, 2000. FIRST EDITION, LARGE QUARTO, FINE IN DUSTWRAPPER. 129 PAGES, WITH AN ESSAY BY RICHARD CORK.
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£35.00
ILLUMInations: 54th International Art Exhibition La Biennale Di Venezia
by Phongsathorn, Thomas & Curiger, Bice (eds)
Italy: La Biennale di Venezia. Very Good. 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, tightly bound paperback original, spine uncreased, no inscriptions. 236 pages, photos and illustrations in the text, indexes .
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£15.00
Impressionism in Britain
by McConkey, Kenneth
Yale University Press/Barbican Art Gallery. Very Good. 1995. First Edition. Softcover. 0300063350 . Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback, spine uncreased, no inscriptions, appears little used,. 224 pages, illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography, index .
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£16.00
D. I. Mitrokhine: gravures et dessins 1883 - 1973
by Alexandrova, N. I. & Anikst, M. A
Russia: Sovetskij Chudoznik. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean larger format hardback tightly bound in lettered grey boards, grey linen spine with card label, booksellers stamps to rear pastedown, no other marks or inscriptions. Unpaginated (64 pages), 32 colour plates, text in Russian & French, index. Heavy book, nearly 2kg packed .
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£35.00
Picasso: His Life and Work (Second Edition)
by Penrose, Roland (on Pablo Picasso)
New York: Schocken, 1966 reprint of 2nd ed. 410pp. illus. paperback 8vo: near Very Good [covers are slightly age darkened; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy]
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£5.66
Gainsborough and Rowlandson: drawings in Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
by Wildman, Stephen
Birmingham: Birmingham City Council Department of Leisure & Co. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0709301642 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 96 pages, 77 illustrations in the text, chronology, notes, bibliographical references .
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£7.00
The Collector's Eye: The Ernest Erickson Collections at The Brooklyn Museum
by Ferber, Linda S.; Diana Fane; Richard A. Fazzini; Robert S. Bianchi; James F. Romano; Amy G. Poster; Sheila R. Canby
The Brooklyn Museum, 1987. 272 pages; 203 b&w, 5 color illustrations. A broad collection, including ancient Andean and North American Indian, Ancient Egyptian, Ancient Iranian, Indian and Southeast Asian, Islamic Art.. Fifth Printing. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Fine. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue.
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£28.33
The works
by Cook, Beryl
John Murray and Gallery Five. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0719535565 . Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket (no printed price). A lovely copy of her first collection of paintings, with Beryl herself providing an introduction and commentary .
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£6.00
The John Johnson collection: catalogue of an exhibion
by Anon
Oxford: Bodleian Library. Very Good. 1971. First Edition. Softcover. 0900177101 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine sunned but uncreased, appears little used. 88 pages, illustrations in the text, notes, index .
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£7.00
