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ANDY GOLDSWORTHY: EPHEMERAL WORKS 2004 - 2014
No author listed. Illustrated by Andy Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1824261
Published by Abrams. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A selection of approximately 200 previously unpublished ephemeral works arranged in chronological sequence, capturing Goldsworthy's creative process as it interacts with material, place, and passage of time and seasons. Large, heavy format. White boards, blind title to front spine and blind squiggle to front. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9781419717796. Small knock to middle of rear board and rear panel of dustwrapper (minor), white boards a little grubby. Plain white endpapers a little grubby else contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed/grubby.

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FLORA
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Pamela Bianco.
Stock no. 1323527
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company; William Heinemann. 1st 1919. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"This volume grew out of an exhibition of the picture of Pamela Bianco (aged 12) which was held in 1919, they are accompanied by exquisite poems that De La Mare was inspired by them to write. Beautiful colour and b/w pictures. Large format. White boards with grey titles and illustration to front cover. This edition has the Angel & Child plate facing page 19. This was Dorothy Lathrop's copy with inscribed card from W. DLM laid in. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly worn. Some foxing and slight page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with just a tiny piece of loss to top front edge, slightly foxed and rubbed to front edge.

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SELF-LIFE-DEATH
Written by Nobuyoshi Araki; Akiko Miki; Yoshiko Isshiki; Tomoko Sato. Illustrated by Nobuyoshi Araki.
Stock no. 1824155
Published by Phaidon Press. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nobuyoshi Araki is on eof Japan't most celebrated photographers both at home and abroad. His photographs are highly controversial and often regarded as enigmatic. They incorporate a wide range of images: scenes from his own honeymoon, including sexual acts; enlarged photographs of genitalia and flowers; bondage scenes of trussed up women hanging from the ceiling; Tokyo street scenes and more. Special luxury edition limited to 3,000 numbered copies. Textured soft white leather, blind titles. Colour & b/w photos throughout. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery 6 October 2005 - 22 January 2006. ISBN: 0714845760. This is copy 0862 of 3,000.White leather boards just a little grubby. Contents are clean. Original clear plastic dustwrapper is torn to top front edge. Contained in original publisher's card slip jacket which is a little grubby and is split to one edge. Very heavy.

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IN SEARCH OF GREECE: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBIT OF DRAWINGS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY EDWARD DODWELL AND SIMONE POMARDI FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE PACKARD HUMANITIES INSTITUTE
Written by John McKesson Camp Ii. Illustrated by Edward Dodwell; Simone Pomardi.
Stock no. 1824089
Published by The Packard Humanities Institute. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A catalogue for the first public display of part of the Packard Humanities Institute's collection of more than 850 drawings done by Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi during their visit to Greece in 1805-6. Accompanied by introductory essays designed to set the collection in its historical, cultural, and artistic context. Large oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781938325304. A lovely item. Very scarce at the time of cataloguing.

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REPRESENTATIVE ART OF OUR TIME (8 VOLUMES)
Written by Charles Holme.
Stock no. 1824054
Published by Offices Of The Studio. 1st 1903. Very good condition.

With original etchings & lithographs, also reproductions of oil & water-colour paintings, pastels, &c. A set of 8 (complete) very large format grey card-wrap booklets with string binding. Each volume has an essay and 6 plates. Eight volumes with light edge0wear and browning to cover edges. All plates are present. Volume III has some foxing to a plate or two and facing blank pages, Volume VII has foxing to pages and plates are foxed on verso of page. Volume VIII has foxing to 1st plate and facing blank page. Some top edges unopened. All contained in a large presentation folder with ribbon clasp, folder is very worn, browned and scufffed, foxing to inside boards, spine is split. A nice, complete set.

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[C]ARTOGRAPHY MAP-MAKING AS ARTFORM
Written by William J. Smyth; William Laffan; Mic Moroney.
Stock no. 2140852
Published by Crawford Art Gallery; Raven Design. 1st IRELAND 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. White boards with titles. Colour and b/w photos, maps and illustrations. Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. ISBN: 1874756066. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and some grubby marks.

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THE INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS WHO PAINTED MALTA
Written by Nicholas De Piro.
Stock no. 2139073
Published by Said Internationa Ltd. 1st MALTA 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards with gilt titles to spine and front cover. The author gathers together nearly 600 artists who painted Malta together all in one volume, with colour and b/w copies of their works. ISBN: 1871684005. Bumping to top and tail of spine. Page edges/margins are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with browning to spine and edges.

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COSIMO DE' MEDICI AND THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE: THE PATRON'S OEUVRE
Written by Dale Kent.
Stock no. 2138945
Published by Yale University Press. Circa 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red boards with gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 0300081286. A few small knocks along cover edges. Page edge browning. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing.

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VENICE AND THE VENETO
Written by Peter Humfrey.
Stock no. 2138868
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with silver title to spine. Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780521808439. Light page edge browning.

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FROM FLANDERS TO FLORENCE: THE IMPACT OF NETHERLANDISH PAINTING, 1400-1500
Written by Paula Nuttall.
Stock no. 2138867
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300102445. Light page edge browning. A few marks to prelim pages. Wrapper has some light edge-creasing and small nicks to corners.

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ITALIAN ALTARPIECES 1250 - 1550: FUNCTION AND DESIGN
Written by Eve Borsook; Fiorella Superbi Gioffredi.
Stock no. 2138862
Published by Clarendon Press. Circa 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. B/w photos. ISBN: 0198172230. Some light page edge browning. Bookplate to bottom of title page, appears to be from previous owner. Wrapper has slight fading to spine.

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AUDUBON'S AVIARY: THE ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS FOR THE BIRDS OF AMERICA
Written by Roberta J.M. Olson; Marjorie Shelley; Alexandra Mazzitelli.
Stock no. 2136489
Published by Skira Rizzoli Publications, Inc.; The New-York Historical Society. 1st thus 2012. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with white, black and yellow title. This is the Deluxe edition and includes a hand-produced facsimile of an Audubon watercolour (The Tufted Titmouse). Stunning colour illustrations throughout! In colour pictorial slip case. Features the one-and-only set of watercolours that Audubon created as a prototype for the large engraved edition of 'The Birds of America'. All 474 watercolours of the New-York Historical Society are reproduced. ISBN: 9780847839438. Wrapper has some very light edge-creasing. Facsimile reproduction painting is contained in an envelope to front endpaper, which has come unstuck from endpaper. Still excellent. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Slip case is in fine condition. Also contained in original colour cardboard box, which has a couple of dents and some wear.

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