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STORIES OF THE TUSCAN ARTISTS
Written by Albinia Wherry.
Stock no. 1606796
Published by J.M. Dent. 1901. Good condition.

Spine and corners bumped and worn, with splits and loss of cloth at top and tail of spine. Frontis detached, 3 plates are loose. Inscription to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Scattered foxing.

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SUNER
Written by Mauricio Wiesenthal.
Stock no. 2116537
Published by Editorial Ausa. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w photos. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 8486329019. Some marks to cover edges. Inscription to half-title page (appears to be Suner?). Damp mark to bottom corner and edge of rear cover. Pale page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with damp stain to verso along bottom edge of rear panel; remains of label to spine; corners are chipped with a bit of loss.

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ANTIQUE ART ON THE NORTHERN BLACK SEA COAST
Written by G. Sokolov.
Stock no. 1606729
Published by Aurora Art Publishers. 1974. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Architecture: Sculpture: Painting: Applied Arts. B/w and colour photos. Cloth at board edges is browned and lightly worn. Endpapers foxed, some foxing to contents. Wrapper is browned and edge creased with some small tears and lifting of laminate.

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A GENIUS FOR FAILURE: THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON
Written by Paul O'Keeffe.
Stock no. 1713374
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The tragedy of Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions - his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA. Colour plates. 568 pages. ISBN: 9780224062473. SIGNED by author to title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE ENCHANTED WORLD OF JESSIE M. KING
Written by Colin White. Illustrated by Jessie M. King.
Stock no. 1314300
Published by Canongate Publishing Limited. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Grey boards with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations and photographs throughout. This is the first major book to be published about the life and works of Jessie M. King, who is one of the most important illustrators of the 20th century. Includes a detailed list of bibliographical information. Large format. ISBN: 0862412358. A couple of tiny marks to rear cover. Tiny splash marks (possibly from a drink?) to lower cover edges and textblock (marks very faint to textblock). Slight wear to top edges of dustwrapper.

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CALIFORNIA PAINTERS: NEW WORK
Written by Henry T. Hopkins.
Stock no. 1810583
Published by Chronicle Books. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A spirited look at the best contemporary painting in California. Forty-one of the state's most noted painters are represented, with more than one hundred recent works reproduced in full colour. Jim McHugh's photographic portraits of the artists add an intimate and discerning personal dimension tot he artists' works and words. Large format. Navy cloth boards, gilt titles. ISBN: 0877016011. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and slightly scuffed.

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100 CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTS: DRAWINGS & SKETCHES
Written by Bill Lacy.
Stock no. 1810576
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How does an architect envisage a building? And how is that idea first explored? Architecture is one of the few remaining professions whose practitioners draw on paper, and in which drawing is essential to the very creation of an idea or project. 100 significant figures from across the globe selected for this survey of drawings by architects. Large format. Blue cloth boards, silver title to spine and publisher's vignette to front. B/w and colour illustrations. 272 pages. ISBN: 0500341192. Dustwrapper is lightly worn at corners, has a 0.5" closed tear to top edge of rear flap and old publisher's price label to rear panel.

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ANDREY LEKARSKI MIHAIL CHEMIAKIN L'ETE DE LA SCULPTURE
No author listed. Illustrated by Andrey Lekarski; Mihail Chemiakin.
Stock no. 1810570
Published by Le Monde De L'Art. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

Exhibition catalogue, June-September 1993, Nancy. White cardwrap wallet containing two catalogues (one by each artist). Large format. Text in French. White wallet is browned and grubby. Books inside are clean.

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ROBERT MOSKOWITZ
Written by Ned Rifkin. Illustrated by Robert Moskowitz.
Stock no. 1810518
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

One of the most important painters on the American scene. His collages, paintings and drawings form a significant link between the Abstract Expressionism of the New York School and the 'New Image Abstraction' painters of the mid-1970s. Based on a major retrospective exhibitions, this book surveys the whole range of Moskowitz's career to date. Large format. Black cloth, red title to spine, blind windmill vignette to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0500091994. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and scuffed to rear panel.

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DESIGN IN GERMANY 1870-1918
Written by John Heskett.
Stock no. 1810501
Published by Trefoil Books. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The changing approach from historically-oriented styles to innovative concepts of art and design which placed Germany at the forefront of design theory and practice in the early twentieth century. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0862940834. Corners bumped. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned.

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THE SCULPTURE OF ISIDORE KONTI 1862-1938
No author listed. Illustrated by Isidore Konti.
Stock no. 1810453
Published by The Hudson River Museum. 1975. Very good condition.

Exhibition catalogue January 26-March 30, 1975. Cardwraps. B/w photos. Top of spine worn and torn.

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DIPTICOS
Written by Michele Chomette. Illustrated by Rafael Navarro.
Stock no. 1810450
Published by Photovision. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Dual langauage: Spanish & English. Fine art photography. Large format. White cloth boards, no titles. B/w photography. ISBN: 8486620007. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly worn at corners. Scuffed to rear panel.

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