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BADLANDS
Written by Jan Hendrix; Jennifer Clement; Juan Manuel Bonet; et al.
Stock no. 2135193
Published by Editorial Rm Verlag. 2008. Very good condition.

Suede style covers; red/silver title. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9788492480227. Some scuffing/marks to covers.

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THE DREAM OF POLIPHILUS: FAC-SIMILES OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT WOODCUTS
Written by J.W. Appell.
Stock no. 1822080
Published by Department Of Science And Art In Photo-Lithography. 1st thus 1888. Almost very good condition.

Woodcuts in "Poliphili Hypernatomcachia," Venice, 1499. With an introductory notice and descriptions by Appell. Originally published by Aldus in 1499. Large format. White cloth boards, title to front, no title to spine. Boards very grubby and browned. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Rear hinge split from staple binding. Foxing to text pages and some minor pencil annotations, woodcut pages generally clean if slightly browned.

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THE NEW WONDERFUL MUSEUM, AND EXTRAORDINARY MAGAZINE VOL. V
Written by William Granger; James Caulfield.
Stock no. 2134922
Published by Alex Hogg. 1807. Good condition.

Being a complete repository of all the wonders, curiosities, and rarities of nature and art. Maroon leather spine and corners, gilt title to spine. Marbled paper sides. 24 plates. Large split to leather spine at front edge. Heavy wear and scuffing to leather and rest of covers - some chipping. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Damp marks to some pages. Foxing and browning. Some page margin tears (pages 2509-2511). Pencil annotations to a couple of pages. A working copy only!

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GIULIO ROMANO: MASTER DESIGNER
Written by Janet Cox-Rearick. Illustrated by Giulio Romano.
Stock no. 1822073
Published by The Bertha And Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery; Hunter College Of The City University Of New York. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published in connection with the exhibition: Guilio Romano, Master Designer: An Exhibition of Drawings in Celebration of the Five Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth, 16 September - 27 November 1999. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 188599821X. Large 'Cloverdale' bookplate to inside front cover (hidden by flap). Covers lightly scuffed. Contents fine.

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BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE, SCULPTURE, PAINTING
Written by Rolf Toman.
Stock no. 1822055
Published by H.F. Ullmann. 1st thus 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Baroque painting of the seventeenth century and the development of architecture and sculpture into the late baroque and the rococo eras, without drawing precise boundaries between them. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Extensive colour photos. ISBN: 9783848004034. Light bumping to board edges. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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THE SCULPTURES OF HOUDON
Written by H.H. Arnason.
Stock no. 1822053
Published by Phaidon. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) was one of the greatest eighteenth-century sculptors, his works include many world-famous statues such as the Diana and the Seated Voltaire. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0714816353. Top edge of text block browned. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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ARTHUR BOYD HOUGHTON
Written by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by A.B. Houghton.
Stock no. 1321205
Published by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1896. Very good condition.

"A selection from his work in black and white, printed for the most part from original wood-blocks." Introduction by Housman. Rebound with a red leather spine and gilt title. Red and white marble-effect boards. New endpapers. 89 pages. Minimal rubbing to corners. Some foxing and light page browning.

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JOCK MCFADYEN: A BOOK ABOUT A PAINTER
Written by David Cohen; et al. Illustrated by Jock McFadyen.
Stock no. 2134830
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Square format. Black cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour reproductions of the artists works. ISBN: 0853317917. A few marks to covers. Contents are still excellent!

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WORKTOWN: THE DRAWINGS OF FALCON HILDRED
Written by Peter Wakelin. Illustrated by Falcon D. Hildred.
Stock no. 1822008
Published by RCAHM (Wales). 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

A unique personal project to make a visual record of the buildings of a disappearing industrial culture. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781871184471. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Light marks to text block. Contents fine.

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KYFFIN WILLIAMS
Written by Nicholas Sinclair; Ian Jeffrey. Illustrated by Kyffin Williams.
Stock no. 1822005
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

With an essay by Jeffrey. This book encapsulates all aspects of Wales' most famous living artist and is consequently an invaluable resource for both scholars and art collectors. ISBN: 0853318964. Spine & corners bumped & rubbed. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Small nick to lower rear edge. 'LOFT15' written in ink to front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners.

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HOKUSAI: LIFE AND WORK
Written by Richard Lane. Illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai.
Stock no. 2134635
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Japanese artist and print-maker, is now recognised as one of the great masters of the ukiyo-e print, illustration, sketch and painting. Large format. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0712625062. A couple of small knocks to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning.

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THE VATICAN LIBRARY
Written by Ambrogio M. Piazzoni; et al.
Stock no. 1821741
Published by Musei Vaticani; Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Circa 2012. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased across top edge of front panel with a small closed tear (no loss). Still in original shrinkwrap (unread) which is torn across the top.

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