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KATHLEEN HALE ARTIST ILLUSTRATOR
Written by Margaret Drabble.
Illustrated by Kathleen Hale.
Stock no. 1329002
Published by The Gekoski Galley; Frederick Warne.
1st
1995.
Very good condition.
Catalogue of 24 plates from the retrospective exhibition shown at the Gekoski Gallery. Includes a short biography of Hale. Grey cardwraps. Limited edition of 750 copies. ISBN: 0952716909. Some scuffing/rubbing to cover edges. Some faint foxing else contents clean.
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- CHILDRENS
- ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- BIOGRAPHY
- CATS
- CATS (CHILDRENS)
- LIMITED EDITION
THE MACWHIRTER SKETCH BOOK
Written by Edwin Bale.
Illustrated by John MacWhirter.
Stock no. 1328978
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1906.
Very good condition.
Being reproductions of sketches in colour and pencil. Pale blue/green cloth with dark titles and vignette of a flower to front cover. 24 examples (tipped-in plates) in colour and many b/w pencil sketches. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Spine browned. Some pale page edge browning and endpapers lightly browned. Front joint is partially cracked.
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- ART
- WATERCOLOUR
SKETCHES FROM NATURE
Written by Katharine Macwhirter.
Illustrated by John MacWhirter; Hubert Von Herkomer.
Stock no. 1328977
Published by Cassell & Company Limited.
1st
1913.
Very good condition.
Green cloth, black titles. 24 mounted colour plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Inscription in pencil to front pastedown. Heavy foxing to contents but plates not affected. Corner crease to frontis (the portrait by Von Herkomer).
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- ART
- NATURAL HISTORY
- WATERCOLOUR
RAPHAEL
Written by Pierluigi De Vecchi.
Illustrated by Raphael.
Stock no. 1829203
Published by Abbeville Press.
1st thus
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
All of Raphael's most important paintings are reproduced in this book, as well as a significant number of his drawings and engravings. A fresh, crictical look at the life and work of an artist who was "touched by grace," according to Vasari. Large, heavy format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 380 pages including index. ISBN: 0789207702. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.
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- ART
- ART HISTORY
- RENAISSANCE
- BIOGRAPHY
THE RENAISSANCE
Written by Stefano Zuffi.
Stock no. 1829202
Published by Collins.
Circa
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Large heavy format. Blue cloth boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0007164572. Unable to date as book is still in original shrinkwrap. Shrinkwrap is worn and split open at corners, also split lower edge, is a little grubby and scuffed.
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- ART
- RENAISSANCE
- ART HISTORY
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MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE MEDIEVAL ART (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Paolo Piva; A. Cadel; F. Gandolfo; et al.
Stock no. 1829195
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
2012.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Edited by Paolo Piva. This is the first English language edition, originally published in Italian in 2008 as Architettura. Medievale La Pietra e La Figura. Large format. Black cloth with white titles to spines. Stunning colour photographs. A lovely set contained in publisher's slipcase which is split at top closed edge else Very Good.
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- FOLIO SOCIETY
- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY (MEDIEVAL)
NORTH ATLANTIC PATROL: THE LOG OF A SEAGOING ARTIST
Written by Griffith Baily Coale.
Illustrated by Griffith Baily Coale.
Stock no. 1829192
Published by Farrar & Rinehart.
1st
1942.
Very good condition.
The author was commissioned as the official painter for the US Navy. Blue cloth boards, blue titles and vignette to front. 17 b/w drawings. xii and 48 pages. Boards a little grubby, lightly rubbed at edges, corners of boards bumped, white marks to top of rear board. Endpapers and text block browned, endpapers also grubby. Hinges pulled and a few minor margin marks present.
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FRIDA KAHLO: THE PAINTINGS
Written by Hayden Herrera.
Illustrated by Frida Kahlo.
Stock no. 1829172
Published by Bloomsbury.
1st
1992.
Very good condition.
A lavishly illustrated and sumptuously produced visual array of the acclaimed artist's powerful and haunting paintings. Square format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 255 pages including index. ISBN: 0747514771. Front cover is faded to lower half. Tiny nick to base of spine. Covers are scuffed. Corners lightly worn. Contents clean.
BLOOMSBURY ROOMS: MODERNISM, SUBCULTURE, AND DOMESTICITY
Written by Christopher Reed.
Stock no. 1829168
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2004.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
New light on the notorious Bloomsbury Group and how the issues of their day influenced their interpretation and decoration of the home. The author analyzes the rooms designed by Bloomsbury artists as spaces in which to be modern. This book traces the development of Bloomsbury's domestic aesthetic from the group's influential promulgation of Post-Impressionism in Britain around 1910 through the 1930s. Large format. Green cloth boards, black title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. viii and 314 pages including index. ISBN: 0300102488. Tip of board corners lightly bumped else boards clean and bright. Light browning to text block. Title page has light marks from colour imprinting from facing colour frontispiece. Otherwise, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, old price label to rear panel. The book has a lingering cigarette odour.
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- ART
- INTERIOR DESIGN
- POST-IMPRESSIONISM
- HOMES AND HOUSING
RENAISSANCE RIVALS: MICHELANGELO, LEONARDO, RAPHAEL, TITIAN
Written by Rona Goffen.
Stock no. 1829166
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
This enthralling book views the lives and greatest works of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Titian through the prism of their ardent rivalry. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 521 pages including index. ISBN: 0300094345. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
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- RENAISSANCE
BIRD PORTRAITURE
Written by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1328929
Published by The Studio.
1946.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
How To Do It series no. 35. Colour & b/w illustrations. Green cloth, dark green title to spine. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Light discolouration to cover edges. Name plate to front pastedown. Foxing to endpapers and light foxing to some page margins. Dustwrapper is browned and slightly grubby with slight loss to spine, foxed on verso.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- ART
- ILLUSTRATED
- WOOD ENGRAVINGS
THE MIND IN THE CAVE: CONCIOUSNESS AND THE ORIGINS OF ART
Written by David Lewis-Williams.
Stock no. 1829151
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
2002.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The beautiful art created deep inside the caves of Western Europe in the late Ice Age provokes awe and wonder in equal measure. What do these animals and symbols on the walls of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet and Altamira tell us about the nature of the ancestral mind? The author combines a lifetime of anthropological research with the most recent neurological insights... Navy blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0500051178. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.
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- ART
- CAVES AND CAVING
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ANTHROPOLOGY