REPRESENTING SLAVERY: ART, ARTEFACTS AND ARCHIVES IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
Written by Douglas Hamilton; Robert J. Blyth.
Stock no. 1828117
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This book draws on the extensive collections of the National Maritime Mueseum, Greenwich, and is published to mark the 200th anniversary of Parliament's abolition of the British slave trade in 1807. Ten specially commissioned essays by leading scholars set the collections in their historical context, demonstrating the scale and brutality of slavery, the nature and extent of African resistance, and the widespread effort to achieve abolition and emancipation. Edited by Hamilton & Blyth. Grey cloth boards, white title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780853319665. Light rubbing to base of spine. Name & date in ink to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapperi s lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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BEYOND THE PALACE WALLS: ISLAMIC ART FROM THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM
Written by Mikhail B. Piotrovsky; Anton D. Pritula.
Stock no. 1827711
Published by Nmse Publishing. 1st 2006. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Islamic Art in a World Context. Exhibition at National Museums of Scotland Edinburgh 14 July to 5 November 2006. Edited by Piotrovsky and Pritula. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781905267040. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few minor marks.

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LONDON BUSES A LIVING HERITAGE: FIFTY YEARS OF THE LONDON BUS MUSEUM
Written by Graham Smith.
Stock no. 1827338
Published by Silver Link Publishing. 1st 2017. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

London Bus Museum is home to the world's largest collection of historic London buses, covering some 125 years from 19th century horse-buses through to today's accessible low-floor buses. This book celebrates the London Bus and tells the story of its development, stage by stage, from the very first "Ominbus" of 1829 through to the latest designs of the 21st century. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. Subscribers list to rear. ISBN: 9781857944761. Green ribbon bookmark starting to fray at bottom else a lovely copy.

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DUTCH PAINTING IN SOVIET MUSEUMS
Written by Yury Kuznetsov; Irene Linnik.
Stock no. 1827169
Published by Aurora Art Publishers. 1st 1982. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Five centuries of Dutch painting. Introduction by Yury Kuznetsov provides a satisfying backdrop to the superb plates, accompanied by commentaries that offer brief biographies of the artists, the history of each work and much other information that will be of interest to scholars and art lovers. Compiled and annotated by Irene Linnik. Large, heavy format. Peach silk moire boards, gilt title and decoration to spine, embossed decoration to boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Top edge of text block slightly grubby. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and lightly scuffed.

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CATALOGUE OF ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS MUSEUM PLANTIN-MORETUS, ANTWERP
Written by Lieve Watteeuw; Catherine Reynolds.
Stock no. 1827166
Published by Peeters. 1st 2013. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This catalogue is published in the series of the Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts (volume 20). Large format. Red cloth boards, white titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9789042929159. 'In memory of Melvin R. Seiden' plate taped in to front endpaper. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and very lightly scuffed.

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MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE HERMITAGE & PUSHKIN MUSEUMS
Written by Pierpont Morgan Library.
Stock no. 1827132
Published by The Pierpont Morgan Library. Circa 1998. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. This copy would make a wonderful gift. Believed to be hardback in dustwrapper and contained in publisher's slipcase. Still in original shrinkwrap which is a little scuffed.

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THE ALBERTINA: THE PALAIS AND THE HABSBURG STATE ROOMS
Written by Christian Benedik.
Stock no. 1827130
Published by Christian Brandstatter Verlag. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Albertina in Vienna is one of the most important art collections in the world. Furthermore, it has since 1802 been housed in one of the most magnificent neo-Classical palaces in Europe: the Palais Albertina. Large format. Duck egg blue paper boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9783850332446. Top corners of boards lightly bumped. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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KENYA RAILWAYS MUSEUM - NAIROBI
No author listed.
Stock no. 1827128
Published by Kenya Railways Museum. 1984. Very good condition.

Thin, cream cardwraps with stapled binding. B/w photos. 4th reprint. Covers and text block lightly browned. One or two grubby marks to contents but generally clean.

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THE GREAT MASTERS OF THE ALBERTINA
Written by Klaus Albrecht Schroder.
Stock no. 1827087
Published by Michael Imhof Verlag Gmbh & Co.. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The Albertina in Vienna is among the most important art collections in the world. Large, fat, heavy format. Pictorial paper boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9783865683267. Text block slightly skewed. top & tail of spine and corners bumped. Text block a little grubby. Rear board scuffed. Light crease to lower margin corner of contents. Contents clean.

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DRY STORE ROOM No.1: THE SECRET LIFE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Written by Richard Fortey.
Stock no. 1826866
Published by Harper Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Richard Fortey, former senior palaeontologist at London's Natural History Museum, celebrates the pioneering work of the Museum from its inception to the present day. Green cloth boards, orange foil title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780007209880. Dustwrapper is lightly creased at edges and a little scuffed.

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THE MURRAY'S MUSEUM TT ARCHIVE
Written by Peter Murray; Raymond Ainscoe.
Stock no. 1826814
Published by Ilkley Racing Books. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limited edition of 500. Large format. Yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780952480235. This is book number 269 of 500. Cover corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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SARAH STONE: NATURAL CURIOSITIES FROM THE NEW WORLDS (ART OF NATURE)
Written by Christine E. Jackson. Illustrated by Sarah Stone.
Stock no. 1825865
Published by Merrell Holberton Publishers; Natural History Museum. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From about 1777 the talented watercolourist Sarah Stone was employed by the entrepreneur Sir Ashton Lever to record the contents of his extraordinary private museum. This consisted of specimens and ethnographic material being brought back by British expeditions to Australia, the Americas, Africa and the Far East. The Lever Museum was tragically dispersed in 1806, and most of its zoological specimens have been lost. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 185894063X. A lovely copy.

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