THE SURINAM ALBUM
Written by Julie Harvey. Illustrated by Maria Sybylla Merian.
Stock no. 1812675
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2006. Nearly fine condition.

Facsimile edition with introductory booklet in custom made clamshell box. 91 watercolour facsimiles from the Maria Sibylla Merian Collection in the British Museum. Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries' great painters of plants and animals. Limited edition of 1000. A sturdy inner panel holds the commentary volume underneath. This is bound in green cloth and printed on high-quality white laid paper. Julie Harvey of the Entomology Library at the Natural History Museum has written a fascinating introduction to Merian's work, setting it in context and providing an overview of her life and times. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. Small scuff mark to top of rear board (minor). Else a beautiful copy. Copy No. 16 of 1000. Clam shell case is in fine condition. Contained in original packaging from the Folio Society - polystyrene (reinforced and repaired with brown tape) and cardboard box. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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FROM OCEAN LINER TO CRUISE SHIP
Written by Harley Crossley. Illustrated by Harley Crossley.
Stock no. 1608545
Published by Amberley. 1st 2010. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Oblong format. The Marine Art of Harley Crossley. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781848689268.

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THE GREAT BOOK OF FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM
Written by Diane Kelder. Illustrated by Edouard Manet; Claude Monet; Auguste Renoir; Edgar Degas; Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec; Paul Cezanne.
Stock no. 2122019
Published by Abbeville Press. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Very large, heavy format - chunky volume (extra postage may be requested)! Some fold-out pages. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0896591514. Some foxing. A few marks to outer page edges. Illustrations are beautifully bright! Wrapper is faded to spine and edges; with a little edge-creasing.

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GEOMETRY AND THE LIBERAL ARTS
Written by Dan Pedoe.
Stock no. 1608090
Published by Penguin Books. 1976. Very good condition.

The effect geometry has on artistic achievement. Professor Pedoe takes a look at Euclid's Elements (an inspiration of modern geometry) and guides the reader through the discoveries stimulated by the theory of perspective and discusses form in architecture, projective geometry, and mathematical curves as well as the concept of space. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w plates and diagrams. 296 pages including index. ISBN: 0140551190. Pages browned. Some foxing, especially to endpapers. Else contents clean.

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BILLEDHOGGER HILDE MAEHLUM
Written by Hilde Maehlum; Maaretta Jaukkuri; Arve Bringaker.
Stock no. 1208581
1st 2004. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The works of the artists and sculptor Hilde Maehlum, best-known for her sculptures of masks and faces. Colour photos. Text in Norwegian and English. 56 pages. ISBN: 8230302847. SIGNED by author with an inscription on front endpaper "Form is emptiness and emptiness itself is form." A fine copy in blue dustwrapper which is a little grubby.

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CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI
Written by Lynn Gumpert. Illustrated by Christian Boltanski.
Stock no. 1811902
Published by Flammarion. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Chritian Boltanski is one of France's best-known artists of the postwar generation and has developed a highly personal and often disconcerting oeuvre that challenges basic assumptions of what constitutes an artwork. Over 150 black-and-white and 5 colour illustrations that span the entire range of Boltanski['s production, materials and influences. Red boards, black title to spine. 192 pages. ISBN: 2080135597. Board edges lighlty bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly faded to spine.

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FANTASTIC ILLUSTRATION AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1850-1930
Written by Diana L. Johnson.
Stock no. 2119771
Published by Museum Of Art. 1979. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth, gilt titles. Colour plates, b/w photos and illustrations. Limited to 7000 copies. Not only a book on the subject of fantastic illustration, but also the catalogue of an exhibition. Foxing and some page browning. Wrapper is unevenly foxed and browned, with edge-creasing and a few chips and nicks.

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A CENTURY OF RAILWAYS
Written by Peter W.B. Semmens.
Stock no. 2118811
Published by Oxford Publishing. 1st 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large, oblong format. Colour and b/w photos. Through the pages of 'Railway Magazine' and paintings from members of the Guild of Railway Artists. Includes the 100-year history of 'Railway Magazine' by Peter W.B. Semmens. ISBN: 0860935353. A few marks to covers. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears/nicks to corners; fade marks to a few edges.

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IL MEO PATACCA OVVERO ROMA IN FESTE NEI TRIONFI DI VIENNA
Written by Giuseppe Berneri. Illustrated by Bartolomeo Pinelli.
Stock no. 2118558
Very good condition.

Large oblong format. Card wraps. Text in Italian. Full page b/w illustrations by Pinelli. Creasing and some chipping to cover edges. A few marks to covers. Some light foxing.

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VISIONS OF JAPAN (BOXED SET)
Written by Arata Isozakie; Hidetoshi Kato; Simon Hoggart; Peter Popham; et al.
Stock no. 2117982
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum; The Japan Forum. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. This set was produced to go along with the 'Japan Festival' held in 1991. The exhibition took place at The Victoria and Albert Museum. there are 3 items in card case. First is a text volume, second is concertina style photographic album. Lastly in another slip-case and card cover is 'scrapbook', with a captions leaflet to accompany it. One volume (text) has some wear to edges and spine - otherwise rest are nearly fine. Slip-case has some edge-wear.

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ARTHUR RACKHAM HIS LIFE AND WORK
Written by Derek Hudson. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1314867
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1976. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

An introduction to the man behind the work with comments on his technique and achievements. Bibliography at rear. Re-issued with a revised checklist of Rackham's work. Large format. Green cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour tipped-in plates and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0434353507. Spine slightly bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is edge worn with a few small tears and is faded to spine, laminate has started to lift at front edge of spine.

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BADAIN JARAN: THE FORGOTTEN DESERT: DIE VERGESSENE WUSTE
Written by Catherine Hug; Bill Kouwenhoven. Illustrated by Luis Fresnocarlos Crespo.
Stock no. 1811246
Published by Scheidegger & Spiess. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A photographic account of the Badain Jaran Desert in China. Dual language: English and German. Large format. Black paper boards, black title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 9783858813824. Fingermarks to black free front endpaper. Else a fine copy in a like dustwrapper.

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