A CITY IN THE MAKING: DRAWINGS OF NOTTINGHAM
Written by Thomas William Hammond; John Beckett; Ken Brand. Illustrated by Thomas William Hammond.
Stock no. 1828819
Published by Nottingham City Museums; Nottingham Civic Society. 1st 1997. Very good condition.

Published for the exhibition of the same name. Introductory Essay by John Beckett, Captions by Ken Brand. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and a few colour drawings. 72 pages. ISBN: 0905634322. Spine lightly faded. Light page edge browning. Some crinkling to cover and contents else a clean copy.

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THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET & OTHER EARLY AUSTRALIAN DRAWINGS
Written by Bernard Smith; Alwyne Wheeler.
Stock no. 1828619
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Smith & Wheeler. In 1788, the First Fleet landed in New South Wales, and European settlement in Australia began. Among those on board the eleven ships of the fleet were artists who recorded their impressions of the land, its indigenous people, its flora and fauna, and incidents or events which they considered significant. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage and from the early years of settlement. Large format. Pale grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0300041187. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, mainly to front panel.

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CHAGALL: LOVE AND EXILE
Written by Jackie Wullschlager.
Stock no. 1828610
Published by Allen Lane. 1st UK 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An elegantly written biography giving a full and true account of the Chagall the man and the artists and of a life as intense, theatrical and haunting as his paintings. Fuchsia cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w plates. 582 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780713996524. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Pictorial dustwwrapper lightly rubbed at edges and scuffed.

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CLASSICAL PAINTING ATELIER: A CONTEMPORARY GUIDE TO TRADITIONAL STUDIO PRACTICE
Written by Juliette Aristides.
Stock no. 1828600
Published by Watson-Gupthill Publications. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Classical art training based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. xiii and 240 pages including index. ISBN: 9780823006588. Reprint. Light rubbing to corners of boards. Rubbing of colour front frontis onto title page (minor). Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY PAINTER OF LIGHT (TWO VOLUMES)
Written by Benedict Nicolson. Illustrated by Joseph Wright.
Stock no. 1328446
Published by The Paul Mellon Foundation For British Art. 1st 1968. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large heavy volumes. Green cloth with gilt titles. Volume one contains text and catalogue, volume two contains tipped-in colour plates plus b/w photos of illustrations. ISBN: 0710062842. Bumping to spines and corners. Some slight discolouration to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrappers are edge worn with small tears and white rear panels are grubby.

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THE WORLD OF CHARLES RICKETTS
Written by Joseph Darracott. Illustrated by Charles Ricketts.
Stock no. 1328428
Published by Eyre Methuen. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, gilt title to spine. 200 pages. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0413396800. Pale yellow mark to front pastedown. Pale browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is price-cut and a tiny bit rubbed at lower edge of front panel.

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PONTORMO: PORTRAIT OF A HALBERDIER
Written by Elizabeth Cropper. Illustrated by Jacopo Carucci Pontormo.
Stock no. 1828569
Published by Getty Museum. 1st 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

Getty Museum Studies on Art series. Monograph. A masterpiece of Italian Mannerism, Pontormo's painting of the Halberdier is a poignant image of a heroic youth. But is this proud and beautiful youth the Florentine duke Cosimo I de' Medici, or is he Frencesco Guardi, unknown to history except for Vasari's mention that he was painted by Pontormo during the harrowing seige of Florence in 1529-302? The author examines the many problems surrounding this mysterious portrait, discovering new possibilities of meaning within the volatile politics of the period. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 132 pages. ISBN: 0892363665. A very nice copy.

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MAX GIMBLETT: THE BRUSH OF ALL THINGS
Written by Wystan Curnow; Thomas McEvilley; Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett. Illustrated by Max Gimblett.
Stock no. 1828566
Published by Aukland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which ran 2004-2005. Red & black pictorial cardwraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. 72 pages. ISBN: 0864632568. SIGNED by Max Gimblett (with personal dedication) to half-title page. Contains various related invitations etc. loosely inserted in the book by previous owner. A few scuffs to covers. Contents clean.

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URBAN WALLS: A GENERATION OF COLLAGE IN EUROPE & AMERICA
Written by Brandon Taylor. Illustrated by Burhan Dogancay; et al..
Stock no. 1828547
Published by Hudson Hills Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An extensive look at the history of Collage and its dialogue with the art of decollage, this book examines the movement through the work of some of its pivotal participants, artists such as Robert Rauchenberg, Mimmo Rotella, Wolf Vostell, Jacques Villegle and within this context is able to frame the work of New York-based, Turkish-born artist, Burhan Dogancay. Large format. Red title to spine, blind title to front board. Colour illustrations. 158 pages including index. ISBN: 9781555952884. A lovely copy.

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MARY CASSATT: AN AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST
Written by Gerhard Gruitrooy. Illustrated by Mary Cassatt.
Stock no. 1828534
Published by Todtri. 1st 1996. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

American Impressionist Mary Cassatt fulfilled a childhood determination to become a great artist, and her colourful paintings and prints rank with the works of Degas, Monet, and Renoir. This volume explores Cassatt's life and art, with an exquisite portfolio of 70 full-colour illustrations. Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. 78 numbered pages. ISBN: 1880908670. Pale page edge browning else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and rubbed at top of spine, a few minor marks.

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PITMEN PAINTERS: THE ASHINGTON GROUP 1934-1984
Written by William Feaver.
Stock no. 1828498
Published by The Mid Northumberland Arts Group. 1st thus 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Ashington Group began in the early 1930s as an evening class of Northumberland pitmen keen to learn about art. Within weeks they were producing their own work and within a few years their paintings amounted to a complete record of life in a mining community. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations, some colour illustrations. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 0904790819. A very nice copy.

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THE WORLD OF BERYL COOK
Written by Jess Wilder; Jerome Sans. Illustrated by Beryl Cook.
Stock no. 1328241
Published by Baltic. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

A unique survey of Cook's forty year career and the origins of her inspiration. Also, a specially commissioned interview with Beryl, who just celebrated her 80th birthday. Cardwraps. 159 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9783791339207. Corners bumped and some slight bumping to cover edges. Contents fine.

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