MOSTLY WOMEN: A PHOTOGRAPHER'S LIFE
Written by Michael Ward.
Stock no. 1831013
Published by Granta Books. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A remarkable anthology of the photographer's, Michael Ward's, work catching the various moods of Britain and its stars from the 1950s to the 1980s. It also tells of Ward's own strange story: of a boy born to theatrical and quite spectacularly careless parents who sent him to boarding school at the age of three; of his beautiful mother, who fell in love with him; of a failed career as an actor; of his working life on a great newspaper; and of his five marriages and the women in between. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xi and 356 pages including index. ISBN: 9781862078499. SIGNED by Michael Ward to title page with gift inscription. Very minor mark to lower edge of text block. Else contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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ILLUSTRATING CAMELOT (ARTHURIAN STUDIES LXXIII)
Written by Barbara Tepa Lupack. Illustrated by Gustave Dore; Julia Margaret Cameron; Dan Beard; Aubrey Beardsley; Jessie M. King; et al..
Stock no. 1831012
Published by D.S. Brewer. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Examining the special collaboration between illustrators and authors and exploring the ways that the best Arthurian illustrators move beyond mere reproduction to become interpretive readers of the texts they embellish. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. xii and 265 pages including index. ISBN: 9781843841838. Heavy bump to lower horizontal edges. A few minor foxspots to top edge of text block. Else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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LIOTARD: A PORTRAIT OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY EUROPE
Written by Christopher Baker. Illustrated by Jean-Etienne Liotard.
Stock no. 1831010
Published by Unicorn. 1st 2023. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The career and practice and reputation of an extraordinary artist that is Jean-Etienne Liotard, one of the most accomplished, idiosyncratic and witty artists of eighteenth century Europe. This study throws light on the wider cultural environment he navigated, illuminating connected themes, including fashion history, orientalism and the promotion and display of portraits in the public and private spheres of Englightenment Europe. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 175 pages including index. ISBN: 9781911397595. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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POUSSIN THE EARY YEARS IN ROME: THE ORIGINS OF FRENCH CLASSICISM
Written by Konrad Oberhuber. Illustrated by Nicolas Poussin.
Stock no. 1830989
Published by Phaidon.Christie's. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This work focuses on a crucial phase in Poussin's career, his early years in Rome. Accompanied by a complete catalogue of all the works he produced in this period, it provides and important reassessment of the founder of the classical school of European painting. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine, blind title to front board. B/w and a few colour illustrations. 367 pages including index. ISBN: 0714880655. Boards are clean. Text block slightly grubby. A few pale foxspots to half-title page else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed, faint score marks where the book has been used as a firm surface to write on.

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OXFORD ART JOURNAL: EARLY MODERN HORROR SPECIAL ISSUE VOLUME 34 NUMBER 3
Written by Maria H. Loh; David Young Kim; Bronwen Wilson; et al.
Stock no. 1830924
Published by Oxford University Press. 2011. Nearly fine condition.

A series of essays on the relationship between early horror and art. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. A few minor marks to rear cover else very nice copy, little read.

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THE VISUAL AND VERBAL SKETCH IN BRITISH ROMANTICISM
Written by Richard C. Sha.
Stock no. 1830913
Published by University Of Pennsylvania. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With their broken lines and hasty brush-work, sketches acquired enormous ideological and aesthetic power during the Romantic period in England. This book investigates the varied implications of sketching in late eighteenth - and early nineteenth - century culture. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. 277 pages including index. ISBN: 0812234200. Text block slightly dusty. A few neat annotations to margins else contents clean. Green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed with some discolouration and a few small marks.

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STONE AND MARBLE CARVING: A MANUAL FOR THE STUDENT SCULPTOR
Written by Alec Miller.
Stock no. 1830911
Published by Alec Tiranti. 1st 1948. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The practical side of carving in stone and marble. A geeneral essay on carving and a warning of its many pitfalls, a list of stones (giving colour, texture, consistency, etc), and a chapter on tools. Grey cloth boards, red title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 96 pages including index. Boards mottled by damp. Endpapers browned. Tiny nick to front joint. Contents clean. Cream dustwrapper is a little grubby and browned, a few small stains to spine, a few small chips to corners.

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A SCULPTOR'S MANUAL
Written by Bainbridge Copnall.
Stock no. 1830906
Published by Pergamon Press Ltd.. 1st 1971. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An illustrated account of experiences in a number of different media with which the author has experiments, and which he has mastered or been governed by during a period of forty-five years in the field of sculputure. Short, oblong format. Bown cloth boards, purple title block with gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour photos. ix and 266 pages including index. ISBN: 0080155774. SIGNED by the author/artist with an inscription to the front endpaper. Text block browned. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is edge-worn and torn with a few small chips, strengthened to verso with brown paper, verso is very browned. Musty odour present.

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POSTER TO POSTER RAILWAY JOURNEYS IN ART VOLUME 3: THE MIDLANDS AND WALES
Written by Richard Furness.
Stock no. 1830901
Published by Jdf & Associates Ltd. 1st 2011. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A mixture of documentary reference, geographic study, historical view and artists review using the central theme of posters. View the wonderful poster images issued bye the Pre-grouping companies, through the era of the 'Big Four', then the British Railway period and into the age of Intercity and Contemporary posters. Large oblong format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour railway poster art throughout. xii and 208 pages. ISBN: 9780956209245. Minor knock to top of spine nad lower board edges. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pixtorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel, rear panel depicts Tintern Abbey.

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STATE BARGES ON THE THAMES
Written by Anne Petrides. Illustrated by Brian Allderidge.
Stock no. 1830888
Published by Hugh Evelyn. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large oblong format. Unlike the architecture and furniture of the period, most of the ships and boats built between 1650 abnd 1850 have disappeared. Only two of the barges illustrated in this book have been preserved, both of them Royal barges and both small enough to be kept out of the water and under cover when not in use. The others - all examples of the great civic barges - are known to us only through models, drawings and descriptions. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. 45 pages. Rubbing to vertical edge of front board. Boards clean. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears, a few small chips to edges, 2" closed tear to rear panel (no loss), price-label to front flap with price crossed out and pencil price added.

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IAN HAMILTON FINLAY: A VISUAL PRIMER
Written by Yves Abrioux; Stephen Bann. Illustrated by Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Stock no. 1830863
Published by Reaktion Books. 2nd 1992. Slightly better than very good condition.

Second Edition. Includes biographical notes. This book describes and illustrated Ian Hamilton Finlay's whole artistic career. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. 318 pages including index. ISBN: 0948462353. Light rubbing to cover edges. Vertical reading crease to spine. Couple of minor marks to lower edge of text block. Contents clean.

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AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Thomas Daniell; Samuel Daniell; William Daniell; Katherine Prior. Illustrated by Samuel Daniell; Thomas Daniell; William Daniell.
Stock no. 1208993
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

The story of the Daniell brothers' voyages from London to Canton in 1786 and return via India in 1794, when China was a very exotic and relatively unknown destination. Edited and introduced by Katherine Prior. 3/4 buckram cloth with pictorial front board and gilt title. Large oblong format. Endpapers are maps. Full page colour illustrations throughout. xix and 329 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is shelf-scuffed on non-illustrated sides.

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