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PETRO MAGRO
Written by Tetyana Honcharenko. Illustrated by Petro Magro.
Stock no. 1826750
Published by Alpine Fine Art Books Ltd.. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Petro Magro is a Ukrainian artist, this exhibition is a representative of the traditional landscape painting of Ukraine. Text in English and Ukrainian. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to front. Colour photos and paintings. ISBN: 0881682896. A nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, lightly scuffed and a few small nicks to edges.

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MAKING IT NEW: THE ART AND STYLE OF SARA AND GERALD MURPHY
Written by Deborah Rothschild. Illustrated by Gerald Murphy.
Stock no. 1826739
Published by University of California Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published as the catalogue for the exhibition of the same name which ran from 2007 to 2008. This is a captivating and absorbing collection of essays examining through images and text the Murphys' influence on a remarkable constellation of artists. The Murphys, who endeavored to make art of their own lives, embodied a predominant theme of the 1920s: life as one would like it to be versus life as it is. Featuring art by Gerald Murphy, Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Man Ray, and many others in addition to numerous documentary photos. Red cloth boards, yellow title to spine, blind title to front. ISBN: 9780520252387. Frontis is slightly grubby. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed to rear panel.

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ROMAN CIESLEWICZ
Written by Margo Rouard-Snowman. Illustrated by Roman Cieslewicz.
Stock no. 1826736
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1993. Very good condition.

Master of Graphic Design. Roman Cieslewicz is one of a handful of graphic artists who have attained worldwide recognition. Best known for a number of unforgettable images, as this book so splendidly demonstrates, Cieslewicz continues to set the pace in an extremely competitive field. Published to accompany a retrospective exhibition at the Pompidou Centre, Paris. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 050027729X. Covers a little scuffed and grubby, edges lightly rubbed. Light foxing to text block. Contents clean.

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ARCHITECTURE DE PAPIER D'URSS
Written by Helene Larroche.
Stock no. 1826731
Published by Seeri Sari. 1st 1988. Very good condition.

Text in French. Catalogue de L'exposition de la Grande Halle de la Villette du 20 Juin au 29 Juillet 1988. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Rear cover scuffed. Foxing throughout to endpapers, text block and margins. Some hinges pulled.

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RAFFLES' ARK REDRAWN
Written by Henry J. Noltie.
Stock no. 1826561
Published by The British Library. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Natural History Drawings from the collection of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. An illustrated catalogue of the 123 colourful natural history drawings of the Raffles Family Collection. Oblong format. Cardwraps. ISBN: 9780712350846. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Written by Graham Reynolds.
Stock no. 1826002
Published by Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Collection contains one of the largest and most comprehensive groups of miniatures in existence. This catalogue describes the portrait miniatures dating from the origins of the art in the 1520s up to the end of the seventeenth century. Large format, heavy. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902163451. Minor white mark to lower edge of front board. Text block slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and slightly scuffed.

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THE LIMBOURG BROTHERS: NIJMEGEN MASTERS AT THE FRENCH COURT 1400-1416
Written by Rob Duckers; Pieter Roelofs.
Stock no. 1825613
Published by Ludion, Museum. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which ran from 28 August - 20 November 2005. The Limbourg brothers were famous for their miniature paintings and late Gothic manuscript illuminators. Large format, very heavy! Dark blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour illustrations throughout. 447 numbered pages. ISBN: 9055445967. A few minor marks to boards. Text block lightly browned else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper has a tiny closed tear to top edge and is unevenly faded.

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LARTIGUE: ALBUM OF A CENTURY
Written by Martine D'Astier; Clement Cheroux; et al. Illustrated by Jacques Henri Lartigue.
Stock no. 1824269
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) took his first photograph using his father's camera when he was just six years old, and with this began the creation of an enduring record of twentieth-century French life. Published on the occasion of the exibition Jacques Henri Lartigue: Photographs 1901 - 1986 London 2004. Large, oblong format. Brey cloth boards, silver title to spine and blind publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 0500542910. Spine slightly cocked. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby mainly to rear panel.

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HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE MODERN CENTURY
Written by Peter Galassi. Illustrated by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Stock no. 1824268
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published to accompany the major retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, drawing fully on the extensive holdings of the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. Large format. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine and blind publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780500543917. Boards clean and bright. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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CREATING OURSELVES: THE SELF IN ART
Written by Emily Butler; Candy Stobbs.
Stock no. 1824266
Published by Whitechapel Art Gallery. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Works from the ISelf Collection. Photography. Published on the occasion of the exhibition in four chapters at the White Chapel Gallery 2017 - 2018. Exploring the self in modern and contemporary art. Limp cardwraps with mottled cream cloth and pictorial onlay to front. White title label with black title to spine and front. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780854882571. Light fading to front cover. Contents clean.

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SOUL OF A NATION: ART IN THE AGE OF BLACK POWER
Written by Mark Godfrey; Zoe Whitley.
Stock no. 1824249
Published by Tate Publishing. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

A significant and transformative contribution to art history and American history. This volume documents the powerful role black artists had in shaping contemporary art and our society at a pivotal moment in history. Published to compliment the exhibition at Tate Modern 2017 of the same name. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781849764636. Light scuffing to covers, contents fine.

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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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