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A BRUSH WITH BROWN THE LANDSCAPES OF 'CAPABILITY' BROWN
Written by Tim Scott Bolton. Illustrated by Tim Scott Bolton.
Stock no. 1329688
Published by Dovecote Press. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The author/illustrator visits 50 of Brown's landscape gardens. Oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Beautiful colour illustrations. 135 pages (including index). ISBN: 9780992915131. SIGNED by the author/artist to half title-page. Minimal white specks to covers and minimal fading at lower edges. Dustwrapper is just a little creased at top edges.

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THOMAS SMITH OF DERBY, 1721-1767: PIONEER OF THE PICTURESQUE
Written by Trevor Brighton. Illustrated by Thomas Smith.
Stock no. 1829659
Published by Bakewell And District Historical Society. 1st 2013. Very good condition.

Thomas Smith was a topographical and picturesque landscape painter. Oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. 207 pages including index. A few minor marks to covers, lower rear corner of cover is creased. Top margin corner of first few pages is lightly creased. Contents clean.

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THOMAS JONES (1742-1803): AN ARTIST REDISCOVERED
Written by Ann Sumner; Greg Smith; et al. Illustrated by Thomas Jones.
Stock no. 1829652
Published by National Museums & Galleries Of Wales; Yale University Press. 1st 2003. Very good condition.

Welsh artist, Thomas Jones, a talented landscape painter, has received increasing popular attention in recent decades although little has been published about his life and work. This comprehensive catalogue was produced for a major exhibition of the same name and offers groundbreaking essays by leading Jones scholars and presenting paintings and drawings from throughout the artist's career. ~Edited by Sumner and Smith. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. xv and 287 pages including index. ISBN: 0720005345. Diagonal crease to front cover. Rear cover lightly scuffed and laminate beginning to lift at edges. Top corner of Prelims creased. Some waviness to contents but clean.

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PAUL NASH: MODERN ARTIST, ANCIENT LANDSCAPE
Written by Jemima Montagu; Andrew Causey; Simon Grant; Paul Nash. Illustrated by Paul Nash.
Stock no. 1829627
Published by Tate Publishing. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition.

Published on occasion of the exhibition of the same name 23rd July to October 19th 2003 at Tate Liverpool. Large format. Card wraps. Colour illustrations. 127 pages. ISBN: 1854374680. Light rubbing to base of spine and corners, light scuffing to covers. Else a lovely copy.

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EDWARD SEAGO: THE VINTAGE YEARS
Written by Ron Ranson. Illustrated by Edward Seago.
Stock no. 1829424
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1992. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Seago's finest and most characteristic landscape paintings. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0715399276. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Large grubby mark to lower margin of page 69 slightly affecting the text but not the picture. Otherwise one or two minor marks to contents. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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PETER DEWINT 1784 - 1849 'FOR THE COMMON OBSERVER OF LIFE AND NATURE'
Written by John Lord. Illustrated by P. Dewint.
Stock no. 1829421
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2007. Very good condition.

Accompanies the exhibition of the same name held in 2007. A major reappraisal of the artist's life and career with essays by Peter Bower, Jim Cheshire, John Ellis, John Lord and Ian Waites. Large format, pictorial cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. 208 pages including index. ISBN: 9780953923861. Tiny mark to front edge of spine. Text block slightly grubby. One or two minor margin marks but generally clean.

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S.R. BADMIN AND THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE
Written by Chris Beetles. Illustrated by S.R. Badmin.
Stock no. 1329221
Published by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Brown boards. A compilation of the beautiful paintings of S. R. Badmin with accompanying biographical details. ISBN: 0004120205. Some foxing to front endpapers and to top edge of textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly creased/rubbed at edges.

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THE ART OF PETER SCOTT: IMAGES FROM A LIFETIME
Written by Philippa Scott; Keith Shackleton. Illustrated by Peter Scott.
Stock no. 1829384
Published by Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. 1st thus 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Selected and with captions by Philippa Scott. Introduction by Keith Shackleton. The first and only book to cover the whole range of Sir PPeter's output - ranging from early childhood sketches to the last unfinished painting: his vision of the London Wetlands Centre. Oblong format. B/w pictorial endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 168 pages. ISBN: 9780900806377. Lower edge of boards rubbed. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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GLYN MACEY'S CORNWALL
Written by Glyn Macey; Vivien Minton. Illustrated by Glyn Macey.
Stock no. 1829243
Published by Halsgrove. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Glyn Macey is one of Cornwall's foremost young artists whose fresh approach to painting is bringing a new vibrancy to the art scene in the county. Macey's landscape paintings. Oblong format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 144 pages. ISBN: 9781841147246. Lower edges of boards very lightly knocked else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE ENGLAND OF ERIC RAVILIOUS
Written by Freda Constable; Sue Simon. Illustrated by Eric Ravilious.
Stock no. 1828818
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Re-issue of the 1982 publication by Scolar Press. In his powerful yet exquisite watercolours, Ravilious's England reveals itself as a country of rolling downland, quiet countryside, tranquil gardens, greenhouses and farmhouse interiors, the calm and beauty of which are threatened by the gathering storm of an imminent war. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0853318808. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, covers lightly scuffed. Contents generally clean.

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CASTLES AND LANDSCAPES
Written by O.H. Creighton.
Stock no. 1828319
Published by Continuum. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Archaeology of Medieval Europe 1100-1600 series. A fascinating and provocative study looking at castles of the medieval landscape using theories and methods of landscape studies. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and plans. ISBN: 0826458963. Initials and date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BEACONS IN THE LANDSCAPE: THE HILLFORTS OF ENGLAND AND WALES
Written by Ian Brown.
Stock no. 1828022
Published by Windgather Press Ltd.. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Were the hillforts of Britain's landscape something special by those who created them or is the 'hillfort' purely an archaeologists' 'construct'? How were they built, who lived in them and to what uses were they put? A valuable synthesis of the rich vein of research carried out in England and Wales on hillforts. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781905119226. Covers lightly scuffed. Name & date in ink to title page. Else a lovely copy.

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