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SIXPENNY WONDERFULS 6D GEMS FROM THE PAST
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320956
Published by Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations of the front covers of books first published between 1880 and 1914. ISBN: 0701139366. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny indentation to top edge of front cover. Erased pencil markings to endpapers.

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ENGLISH COLOURED BOOKS
Written by Martin Hardie.
Stock no. 1821318
Published by Methuen & Co.. 1st 1906. Almost very good condition.

A classic, comprehensive study of colour printing. The text is enhanced by 28 plates spanning the history of coloured book illustration techniques. Red cloth boards, gilt title and tooling to spine, blind title and pattern to front board. xxiv and 339 pages including index. Small stain to rear board. Corners bumped and rubbed. Top & tail of spine lightly worn with small nick in the cloth to base of spine. Endpapers browned. Scattered foxing throughout. All plates present. Some hinges pulled.

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M
Written by Peter Robb. Illustrated by Caravaggio.
Stock no. 1320358
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art forever. The author looks at the crisis in politics, religion, art and science as the seventeenth century began. Colour plates. ISBN: 0747545995. Spine bumped. A few small ink marks to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and creased at edges.

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THE ACKERMANN MILITARY PRINTS UNFORMS OF THE BRITISH AND INDIAN ARMIES 1840-1855
Written by William Y. Carman.
Stock no. 1821150
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Based on the magnificent colour prints published by the firm of Rudolf Ackermann during the 19th century this book presents a period in British military uniform history which has not been well covered before. Large format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0764316710. Text block lightly browned. Dustwrapper corners, top & tail of spine lightly rubbed.

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THE PRIVATE KLEE: WORKS BY PAUL KLEE FROM THE BURGI COLLECTION
Written by Stefan Frey; Josef Helfenstein.
Stock no. 1821134
Published by National Galleries Of Scotland. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Produced for the exhibition of the same name during the year 2000. Large format. Matt blue pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1903278090. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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INDUSTRY, ART & TASTE
Written by Barbara C. Morden.
Stock no. 1320155
Published by Quoin Publishing Ltd. Circa 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

19th century north east industrialists: an introduction to their business & social connections, their houses & art collections. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 92 pages. ISBN: 9780905974941. SIGNED by the author to inside of front cover. Light creases to corner tips. Contents fine.

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ENGLISH BOOKS WITH COLOURED PLATES 1790-1860
Written by R.V. Tooley.
Stock no. 1820959
Published by Dawson. 1979. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Revised edition with appendix. A Bibliographical Account of the most Important Books illustrated by English Artists in Colour Aquatint and Colour Lithography. ISBN: 0712909052. Board edges rubbed. Endpapers & text block grubby. Price-cut green dustwrapper is split in two at front spine edge and is edge-worn.

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WAR PAINT VOLUME 3
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820854
Published by Euro Militaire & Verlinden Publications. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition.

A fully illustrated guide of the Euro-Militaire International Military Modelling Competition 1993. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos.

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WAR PAINT VOLUME 2
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820853
Published by Euro Militaire & Verlinden Publications. 1st 1993. Nearly fine condition.

A fully illustrated guide of the Euro-Militaire International Military Modelling Competition 1992. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. Light crease to top corner of front cover. Black card covers lightly scuffed.

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WAR PAINT VOLUME 1
No author listed.
Stock no. 1820852
Published by Euro Militaire & Verlinden Publications. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition.

A fully illustrated guide of the Euro-Militaire International Military Modelling Competitions 1988-1991. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. Black cardwraps lightly scuffed.

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GETTYSBURG: THE PAINTINGS OF MORT KUNSTLER
Written by James M. McPherson.
Stock no. 1820495
Published by Turner Publishing, Inc.. Circa 1993. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The thoughts, emotions, and actions of the men who commanded, fought, and died at Gettysburg. Cloth spine with blue title, Blue boards with gilt title. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1878685791. Cigarette odour present.

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HOCKNEY: THE BIOGRAPHY VOLUME 1 1937-1975
Written by Christopher Simon Sykes. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 2134000
Published by Century. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Rake's Progress. White cloth, black title to spine. ISBN: 9781846057083. Grubby marks along bottom edge of front cover.

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