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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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ROCK DREAMS
Written by Guy Peellaert; Nik Cohn; Michael Herr.
Stock no. 1829383
Published by Taschen. 1st thus 2003. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A fantasy tribute to Rock 'n'Roll and R&B through surreal images and texts which paint an imaginary world in which the great gods of mid-century popular music appear in their own settings. An attempt to catch the most crucial dreams in each new stage as Rock has developed. Introduced by Michael Herr. Large format. white cardwraps with pink title to front. Colour illustrations throughout. Text in English, German and French. 222 pages. ISBN: 382282612X. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed to corners and a little scuffed.

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SELECTED POEMS
Written by W.B. Yeats. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Stock no. 1829368
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1998. Very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates from paintings. xxvii and 228 pages. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is faded to one side, faded to edge of other sides and a little grubby (VG).

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ART AND ILLUSION: A STUDY IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION
Written by E.H. Gombrich.
Stock no. 1829307
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Blue cloth boards with silver title to spine and blocked design based on a Roman mosaic to front board. Colour pictorial endpapers. B/w illustrations. 386 pages including index. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly bumped & rubbed at corners and very lightly scuffed.

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OUR NEIGHBORS
No author listed. Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson.
Stock no. 1829247
Published by James Henderson. 1st 1905. Poor condition.

The tenth book in the regular series of Mr. Gibson's published drawings. Mr. Gibson's best cartoons from Life Publishing Company 1904 & 1905, and Collier's Weekly 1904 & 1905. Very large oblong format. White cloth spine, white paper boards with illustration by the artist to front. Boards have bevelled edges. B/w cartoons throughout. Unpaginated. Boards marked and stained. Spine browned, cloth fraying to rear edge. Edges of boards worn with surface paper loss. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Front joint pulled wide exposing webbing between front endpaper and half-title page, also rear hinge pulled with some surface paper damage to gutter. Binding is generally tight. Endpapers are grubby and marked. A few marks to contents. Some page edges worn.

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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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SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles.
Stock no. 1829241
Published by The Lambourn Press. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Snaffles work gives an accurate and interesting development of point-to-poinnting and steeplechasing between 1907 and 1953. Large oblong format. Colour & b/w illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0951369709. Light fading to front board. Heavy foxing to top edge of text block, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to front panel and is scuffed, creasing to top edge of rear panel.

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EDWARD BURRA
Written by Simon Martin. Illustrated by Edward Burra.
Stock no. 1829237
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2011. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Edward Burra (1905-76) was an English painter who is best known for his paintings of the seedy underworld of urban life. Published to accompany a major exhibition of Burra's paintings and drawings at Pallant House Gallery and is the first full-scale monograph on Edward Burra. Large format. Black boards, white title to spine. Colour illustrations. 176 pages including index. ISBN: 9781848220904. Boards a little marked by scuffing. Personal gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed.

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JEAN-LUC BARONI LTD.: AN EXHIBITION OF MASTER DRAWINGS NEW YORK & LONDON 2003
Written by Stephen Ongpin.
Stock no. 1829235
Published by Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd.. 1st 2003. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Exhibition ran from 1st to 30th May 2003 in New York, 3rd to 26th July in London, this is the catalogue of drawings. Large format. Dark green cloth, light green title to spine, front board has faint vignette in light green. B/w and colour illustrations by various artists. Not paginated. 56 Master Drawings. Light rubbing to spine and lower edge of boards. Lower edge of boards lightly knocked. Text block a little dusty. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased, worn at top rear edge of spine with slight loss, scuffed to rear panel.

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DURER IN AMERICA: HIS GRAPHIC WORK
Written by Charles W. Talbot; Gaillard F. Ravenel; Jay A. Levenson; Wolfgang Stechow. Illustrated by Albrecht Durer.
Stock no. 1829230
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

Exhibition dates at the National Gallery of Art, April 25 - June 6, 1971. Edited by Talbot, Notes by Ravenel & Levenson, Essay by Stechow. Large format. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 362 pages. A few marks to boards, top corners bumped, Spine slightly faded and worn at top & tail. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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MAN, DRAGON AND DEATH: THE GLORY OF SAINT GEORGE
Written by Laurent Busine; Manfred Sellink.
Stock no. 1829229
Published by Mercatorfonds. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name which ran from October 2015 - January 2016. This book offers the first-ever survey of artistic depictions of the legend of Saint George defeating the dragon. White paper boards, black title to spine, red title to front. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 287 pages. ISBN: 9780300215755. A few grubby marks to white boards, else a lovely copy.

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STUART LUKE GATHERER: A RAKE'S PROGRESS
No author listed. Illustrated by Stuart Luke Gatherer; William Hogarth.
Stock no. 1829227
Published by Albemarle Gallery. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Oblong format. Beige cardwraps, black titles. Colour illustrations. Exhibition catalogue. Some fading to covers. Contents clean.

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