ART NOUVEAU: AN ARCHITECTURAL INDULGENCE (NEW ARCHITECTURE 6)
Written by Andrea Papadakis; et al.
Stock no. 1829057
Published by Andreas Papadakis Publisher. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Andreas Papadakis. The series of movements that formed Art Nouveau are introduced by Victor Awas, a leading international expert on the period and described in a series of essays by specialists from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 136 pages. ISBN: 1901092348. Front and rear joint pulled from front & rear endpaper due to glue of spine drying out. Contents still tight. Name and date in ink to top of front endpaper (also half-title page). Otherwise a lovely, clean copy.

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DAME LAURA KNIGHT
Written by Caroline Fox. Illustrated by Laura Knight.
Stock no. 1829049
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From her captivating portrayals of the exotic worlds of theatre, ballet and circus to the starkness of her recordings of the Nurembuerg Trials, Dame Laura Knight has painted humanity in all its guises. A highly personal and engaging portrait of one of the leading women artists of the twentieth century. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 071482447X. Small pin holes piercing lower spine edge of dustwrapper and spine beneath. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Minor pen mark to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small tear to surface paper at rear lower spine edge and is rubbed to base of spine, light scuffing.

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JOHN CONSTABLE'S SKIES: A FUSION OF ART AND SCIENCE
Written by John E. Thornes. Illustrated by John Constable.
Stock no. 1829017
Published by University of Birmingham. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

John Constable is arguabley the most accomplished painter of English skies and weather of all time. The author looks at Constable's many skies with the searching eye of a meteorologist. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1902459024. Light scuffing to rear cover. Text block just a little grubby. Contents clean.

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THE WARS OF THE ROSES: THE MEDIEVAL ART OF GRAHAM TURNER
Written by Graham Turner. Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Stock no. 1829013
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st 2024. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A detailed history of the wars alongside a unique and comprehensive collection of over 120 of the author's paintings and drawings, many created especially for this book. Meticulously researched details of arms, armour, settings and countless other aspects of the period, bringing to life the human stories behind the turbulent events. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations & photos throughout. 287 pages including index. ISBN: 9781472847287. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.

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NATURE & THE DESIGNER
Written by T.J. Corbin.
Stock no. 1328696
Published by Adam & Charles Black Ltd. 1st 1948. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A practical study of the use of natural objects in the design of fabrics, embroidery, wood engraving and other crafts. Pink boards with red title, dark pink cloth spine with silver title. Colour frontis, b/w illustrations and photos throughout. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some light fading to cover edges. Foxing else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is grubby, foxed and edge chipped with slight loss.

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SHAKESPEARE AND THE BIRDS
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Persis Kirmse.
Stock no. 1328687
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wonderful b/w illustrations accompany quotations from Shakespeare. Red cloth, black titles. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn, grubby and browned to spine with inscription in ink to front panel.

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METROPOLITAN CATS
Written by John P. O'Neill.
Stock no. 1328653
Published by Metropolitan Museum Of Art (Harry & Abrama). 1st 1981. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth with white title to spine and square vignette to front cover. The cats of The Metropolitan Museum of Art speak for themselves, proudly displaying their dominance over their human companions, through 50 centuries of paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, book illustrations, needlework, lacquers and ceramics. Design by Alvin Grossman. ISBN: 0870992767. A fine copy in dustwrapper which is very slightly edge rubbed and faded to spine.

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THE LIFE OF BIRDS
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328638
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wonderfully acute observations of how birds behave become a commentary - kindly, but penetrating - on human nature. The pictures in this book are bigger, broader, and more sombre, but no less lively than Blake's much-loved and hugely admired children's book illustrations. Oblong format. Lilac cloth, black title to spine. 59 pages. ISBN: 038560985X. Small mark to top corner of front panel of wrapper.

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PICTURE MAKING BY CHILDREN
Written by R.R. Tomlinson; C.G. Holme.
Stock no. 1328621
Published by The Studio Limited. 1st 1934. Almost very good condition.

Rebound in black cloth with blue cloth spine. Original cardwraps are bound in. Colour mounted plates plus b/w illustrations by children throughout. Covers edge rubbed and lightly scuffed. Textblock is a bit grubby. There are grubby fingermarks to the page margins.

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GEORGE TUTE WOOD ENGRAVER
No author listed. Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1328613
Published by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. 1986. Very good condition.

Grey card wraps. B/w illustrations. Catalogue of a retrospective exhibition held in Bristol. ISBN: 090019930X. Slightly grubby mark to front cover, spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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ILLUSTRATORS ISSUE THREE
Written by Peter Richardson. Illustrated by F. Matania; Peter Maddocks; Andy Virgil; Bernie Fuchs.
Stock no. 1828916
Published by Geoff West. 2013. Very good condition.

Published quarterly. Issue Number Three Published Spring 2013. This issue contains articles about the art of Forunino Matania, Andy Virgil, Peter Maddocks, Bernie Fuchs. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 95 pages. ISBN: 9781907081101. Rear cover unevenly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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FLINT FLUSHWORK: A MEDIEVAL MASONRY ART
Written by Stephen Hart.
Stock no. 1828910
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Flint Flushwork is a wholly external decorative medium, where the skills of a medieval craftsman blended with the iconography of the medieval church to create a new art form. It is an artistic achievement that is built into the very fabric of many hundreds of medieval churches. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos. v and 175 pages. ISBN: 9781843833697. Neat name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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