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ART MADE MODERN ROGER FRY'S VISION OF ART
Written by Christopher Green.
Stock no. 1329686
Published by Merrell Holberton Publishers. 1st 1999. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book accompanies a major exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery in London and contains essays by a number of distinguised scholars and writers, edited by Green. Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. 224 pages. ISBN: 1858940818. Light mark to front free-endpaper else contents fine. Spine and corners bumped. Dustwrapper is lightly edge creased.

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MASTERPIECES FROM THE PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION
Written by Thomas Krens; Philip Rylands.
Stock no. 1829633
Published by Guggenheim Museum. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Foreword by Thomas Krens; The Story of a Museum-Collection by Philip Rylands. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and colour illustrations. Includes biographies of the artists featured. 256 pages. ISBN: 0892071818. Spine cocked, covers lightly scuffed. Else a lovely copy.

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GRAHAM SUTHERLAND: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Roger Berthoud. Illustrated by Graham Sutherland.
Stock no. 1829595
Published by Faber & Faber. 1st 1982. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An authorised biography, showing the artist, Graham Sutherland, to be no less complex and fascinating as a man than as an artist. Green cloth boards, brown title block with gilt title to spine, brown title to front. B/w and a few colour photos and illustrations. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 0571118828. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Text block very slightly browned. Contents clean. White dustwrapper is grubby.

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BEN NICHOLSON
Written by Jeremy Lewison. Illustrated by Ben Nicholson.
Stock no. 1829389
Published by Tate Gallery. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition.

This catalogue, published to accompany the major exhibition of Nicholson's work held at the Tate Gallery 1993-1994, sheds new light on Nicholson's achievements and his life. All the works in the exhibition are described and analysed and there are ten essays on different aspects of Nicholson's art. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 277 pages. ISBN: 1854371304. Lower front edge and top & tail of spine lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Contained in publisher's pictorial slipcase which has a few marks.

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ART SINCE 1900
Written by Hal Foster; Rosalind Krauss; Yve-Alain Bois; Benjamin H.D. Buchloch.
Stock no. 1829058
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2004. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A landmark study in the hsitory of modern art. Large, heavy format. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0500238189. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split to top allowing some dust to settle on dustwrapper flap. Lower corners lightly bumped. A nice, unused copy.

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URBAN WALLS: A GENERATION OF COLLAGE IN EUROPE & AMERICA
Written by Brandon Taylor. Illustrated by Burhan Dogancay; et al..
Stock no. 1828547
Published by Hudson Hills Press. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An extensive look at the history of Collage and its dialogue with the art of decollage, this book examines the movement through the work of some of its pivotal participants, artists such as Robert Rauchenberg, Mimmo Rotella, Wolf Vostell, Jacques Villegle and within this context is able to frame the work of New York-based, Turkish-born artist, Burhan Dogancay. Large format. Red title to spine, blind title to front board. Colour illustrations. 158 pages including index. ISBN: 9781555952884. A lovely copy.

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ALFRED STIEGLITZ: A LEGACY OF LIGHT
Written by Katherine Hoffman. Illustrated by Alfred Stieglitz.
Stock no. 1824244
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A compelling portrait of the American photographer's life and art from 1915 to 1946, focusing on his American works, issues of identity, and the rise of modernism in America. Black cloth boards, white titles. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780300134452. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few small marks.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF MODERN ART (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by William Gaunt.
Stock no. 2130419
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer's book no. 34. With 16 plates in full colour and 52 monochrome reproductions from the originals. Laminate boards. In rare advertising wrapper. From Impressionism to the present day. Light bumping to top and tail of spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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BEYOND BELIEF
Written by Damien Hirst; Will Self. Illustrated by Damien Hirst.
Stock no. 2122052
Published by Other Criteria. Circa 2007. Fine condition.

Large format. Stiff card covers, white cloth spine. Published to accompany Damien Hirst's 2007 exhibition at White Cube in London. ISBN: 9781904212218. Still in original shrink wrap that is a bit torn in places - unopened!

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ADRIAN TRANQUILLI
Written by Maria Grazia Tolomeo Speranza; Alberto Fiz; et al.
Stock no. 2116801
Published by Charta. Circa 2009. Fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Dual language book; text in Italian and English. 37 illustrations, including 12 in colour. ISBN: 8881583534. Still in original shrink wrap.

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GONO IN 'DIVIDE ET IMPERA' LAND
Written by Bramamtyo Priyosusilo. Illustrated by Gono Sudargono.
Stock no. 1810333
Published by Gono Studio. 1st 1999. Very good condition.

Biography and modern art of Gono. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w and colour illustrations. SIGNED by the author to title page (with dedication). Covers rubbed and creased. Contents clean.

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BERNAR VENET PERFORMANCES, ETC. 1961-2006
No author listed.
Stock no. 1605507
Published by Charta. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. B/w and colour photos. ISBN: 8881585995.

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