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HAND TO EARTH: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY SCULPTURE 1976-1990
Written by Andy Goldsworthy; Terry Friedman; Clive Adams; et al. Illustrated by Andy Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1828112
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photography. Terry Friedman has assembled Goldsworthy's lyrical photographs of his own works plus interviews and essays by ten contributors. ISBN: 0500511721. Lower board corners bumped and thus lower margins of first half of contents are also creased (dropped?). Green ink has imprinted from facing colour page onto page 73 lower corner (margin, not affecting text). Otherwise, contents are lovely. Pictorial dustwrapper has narrow band of vertical fading along the front edge of spine, lightly creased at lower corners.

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GAINSBOROUGH'S FAMILY ALBUM
Written by David H. Solkin. Illustrated by Thomas Gainsborough.
Stock no. 1828111
Published by National Portrait Gallery. 1st 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Despite his famous antipathy towards portraiture, Gainsborough painted and drew over fifty portraits of his extended family. This book brings together some of his best loved works as well as many that are little known and rarely exhibited. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name that ran from 2018-2019. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781855147904. Corners of boards very lightly rubbed else a lovely copy.

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LORENZO LOTTO PORTRAITS
Written by Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo; Miguel Falomir. Illustrated by Lorenzo Lotto.
Stock no. 1828105
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition of Lorenzo Lotto's portraits of the Italian renaissance period. Edited by Dal pozzolo and Miguel Falomir. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500970935. A lovely copy with light scuffing to rear cover.

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ANGELS OF ANARCHY: WOMEN ARTISTS AND SURREALISM
Written by Patricia Allmer.
Stock no. 1828081
Published by Prestel. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name which took place at Manchester Art Gallery 26 September 2009-10 January 2010. A most comprehensive survey of women who contributed to much to the surrealist movement. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780901673749. Covers lightly scuffed, front cover has a light vertical crease towards edge which gives a bowed appearance/feel. Glue in front joint drying out and thus front joint pulled. Contents clean.

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TATE WOMEN ARTISTS
Written by Alicia Foster.
Stock no. 1828076
Published by Tate Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

The Tate Collection houses work by over 250 women artists spanning five centuries. In this celebration of women's creative endeavour, Alicia Foster explores the achievement of these artists. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1854373110. Corners lightly rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed. A few minor marks to spine and a small nick to lower edge of rear cover which also scrapes the lower edge of pages to rear half of book (relatively minor). Contents clean.

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72 DRAWINGS BY DAVID HOCKNEY
Written by David Hockney. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1828065
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mostly monochrome and a few colour illustrations chosen by Hockney. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 022400655X. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, page margins lightly browned. Else a nice copy.

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  • ART

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SELECTED POEMS
Written by W.B. Yeats. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Stock no. 1828064
Published by Folio Society. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates from paintings. Second printing. Spine lightly faded and lightly mottled else a lovely clean copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little marked (fairly m inor) (VG+).

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FROM MEDIEVAL TO REGENCY
Written by Christopher Wright.
Stock no. 1828044
Published by Hull City Museums. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Old Masters in the Collection of the Ferens Art Gallery. An extensive catalogue of the old master collection at one of Britain's leading public galleries. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0904490297. Minor bump to base of spine. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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FROM VICTORIAN TO EDWARDIAN
Written by Christopher Wright.
Stock no. 1828043
Published by Hull Museum. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Ferens Art Gallery Collection of Victorian and Edwardian Art. A catalogue dedicated to the permanent collection of the Ferens Art Gallery. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrationns throughout. ISBN: 0904490386. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine and has a couple of very minor scuff marks to rear panel.

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THE LEICA WAY: THE LEICA PHOTOGRAPHER'S COMPANION
Written by Andrew Matheson.
Stock no. 1827999
Published by Focal Press. 2nd 1954. Almost very good condition.

2nd edition. Blue cloth boards, silver titles. B/w photos. Spine is faded and heavily foxed. Boards are scuffed and a little browned. Spine is cocked. Text block is grubby. Endpapers browned. First colour plate, 'Vison of a Reign' is almost detached. Hinges a little pulled but binding is tight. Contents are generally clean with a little minor foxing.

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PHOTOGRAPHING COLOUR
Written by Walter Benser.
Stock no. 1827997
Published by Fountain Press. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A book for the amateur photographer by a master of colour photography. Encouragement for those who, afraid of technical problems, have in the past hesitated to make their own colour photographs. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt vignette to front. Colour photos & b/w text illustrations. Narrow band of fading to top & tail of spine. Boards a little dusty. Text block browned and a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with slight loss, a few closed tears repaired to verso with clear tape, and is scuffed.

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HOW TO MAKE GOOD PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327706
Published by Kodak. Circa 1939. Almost very good condition.

The Kodak manual for amateur photographers. New, completely revised edition. Blue cloth spine, blue boards with dark blue title to front. B/w photos throughout. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Slight mark to front cover. Endpapers foxed. Tear to lower margin of page 29/30 and crease to lower margin of page 31-39.

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