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TABAIMO
No author listed.
Illustrated by Tabaimo.
Stock no. 2135901
Published by Fondation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain.
Circa
2006.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Red decorated boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in English and French. ISBN: 2742764860. Bump/chip to top of spine. Contents are still excellent. Wrapper has crease and tear to hole cut out of front panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- FRENCH
ANGLING IN BRITISH ART THROUGH FIVE CENTURIES: PRINTS, PICTURES, BOOKS
Written by Walter Shaw Sparrow; H.T. Sheringham.
Illustrated by Norman Wilkinson; Ernest Briggs; et al..
Stock no. 2135850
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited.
1st
1923.
Very good condition.
Large format. Black leather spine and corners; raised bands to spine with brown/red title block; gilt title. Brown cloth. With a foreword by Sheringham. 200 illustrations, 39 in colour. Foxing throughout the book and to outer page edges. A few plate pages have margin tears, but still present and complete.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ANGLING
- LEATHER BINDING
HANDBOOK OF AUDUBON PRINTS
Written by Lois Elmer Bannon; Taylor Clark.
Stock no. 2135513
Published by Pelican Publishing.
1991.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0882898620. A few marks to covers. Wrapper is faded to spine and edge; some edge-creasing and chipping.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- ART
THE OUTLINE OF ART
Written by William Orpen.
Stock no. 1822447
Published by George Newnes Limited.
Circa
1950.
Very good condition.
John O'London's Edition. Edited by William Orpen. Dark blue cloth spine with gilt title, light blue cloth boards with gilt title and publisher's vignette to front. B/w illustrations. 677 pages including index. Spine lightly rubbed boards a little marked and fading. Endpapers browned. Front hinge pulled but binding tight. Contents are very nice.
- Categorised in:
- ART
MOSCOW 1900-1930
Written by Serge Fauchereau; et al.
Stock no. 1822337
Published by Mallard Press.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A series of essays presenting an array of the finest and most distinctive works from the various fields of Russian and Soviet visual and performance art, film, and literature, refining our knowledge of individual artists, movements, and areas of study providing a thorough look at this great Eastern city during a time of political, social, and artistic upheaval. Red cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0792457374. Light scuffing to black pictorial dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ARCHITECTURE
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- RUSSIA
- PERFORMING ARTS
THE PAPER DOLL'S HOUSE OF MISS SARAH ELIZABETH BIRDSALL OTIS, AGED TWELVE
Written by Eric Boman.
Stock no. 1822329
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
2014.
Slightly better than very good condition.
In 1884 the remarkable Miss Birdie Otis, aged twelve, made an extraordinary paper doll's house in the form of a book. This book replicates that and is presented with press-out dolls and costumes as per the original collection and showcases an astonishingly daring, innate artistry, and is guaranteed to appeal to adults and children alike. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 6 press-out cards presented in back pocket. ISBN: 9780500650417. Rear board slightly grubby, small tear to lower edge of rear board. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- DOLLS HOUSES
- PAPER DOLLS
- ART
GLASS PAPERWEIGHTS IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Written by Geraldine J. Casper.
Stock no. 1822328
Published by The Art Institue Of Chicago.
1st
1991.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Since their invention in the last century, spherical glass paperweights have fascinated viewer and collector alike. This book is an introduction to the collection of The Art Institute of Chicago, which includes over fourteen hundred paperweights in the Arthur Rubloff Collection, on of the finest in the world. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0810933632. Small bump to lower edge of front board. Contents fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and lightly edge-creased across top.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- COLLECTING
BREAKFAST IN PERIGORD
Written by William Russell Flint.
Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1822281
Published by Charles Skilton.
1st
1968.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Essays on Various Occasions and in Diverse Moods with favourite quotations decorated and enlivened with 60 illustrations & devices. Large format. Black leather spine with gilt title. White boards with black vignette to front. Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 525 signed and numbered copies. SIGNED by the author to rear. This is copy 147 of 525. A few minor grubby marks to white boards. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has a large bookplate to one side and is lightly shelf scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
- LEATHER BINDING
- LIMITED EDITION
WILLIAM KENT: ARCHITECT, DESIGNER, PAINTER, GARDENER, 1685-1748
Written by Michael I. Wilson.
Stock no. 1822200
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul.
1st
1984.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
William Kent is one of the most important figures in the history of English eighteenth-century art. Here, the author presents a broad overall survey of Kent's work together with a narrative account of his life. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0710099835. Large bookplate to front pastedown else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned at edges and slightly faded to spine.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- ART
- HISTORY
- BIOGRAPHY
A NEW THEORY OF BEAUTY
Written by Guy Sircello.
Stock no. 1822192
Published by Princeton University Press.
1st
1975.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Princeton Essays on the Arts, 1. A comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty. Mustard cloth boards, white title to spine. Vertical crease to spine. Large bookplate to front pastedown else contents clean. Dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and rubbed at edges.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- PHILOSOPHY
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.
- Categorised in:
- ART
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.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- WOODCUTS
- ANTIQUARIAN