THE FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PORTRAITS
Written by Martin Bailey.
Stock no. 1827884
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Martin Bailey. Large format. Colour illustrations. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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CHARLES WILLSON PEALE ART AND SELFHOOD IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC
Written by David C. Ward. Illustrated by Charles Willson Peale.
Stock no. 1327574
Published by University of California Press. 1st USA 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Biography: A portrait painter who produced an unparalleled body of work, including the iconic Artist in His Museum, Peale was also a revolutionary soldier, a radical activist, an impresario of moving pictures, a natural historian, an inventor, and the proprietor of one of the first modern museums. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0520239601. Red ink stamp to vertical edge of text block (examination copy, not for resale). Contents clean. Dustwrapper slightly faded to spine, small charity price label to rear panel.

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THE MOUSE AND HIS MASTER: THE LIFE AND WORK OF TERENCE CUNEO
Written by Terence Cuneo. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1827732
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Terence Cuneo's life story and a cross-section of his life's work. Cuneo was an artist of many subjects including steam trains, military, industrial. Large oblong format. Cream textured cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. Top edge deep green. ISBN: 0904568083. Cream coloured boards a little grubby, remains of labels to rear. Contents are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly worn and a little grubby.

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HOCKNEY'S PORTRAITS AND PEOPLE
Written by Marco Livingstone; Kay Heymer. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1827683
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards. With 246 illustrations, 233 in colour. Through a careful selection of works both iconic and previously unpublished, this book explores the many ways in which Hockney has depicted the people around him, be they famous names or life long friends. ISBN: 050023812X. A couple of very minor scratch marks to front board else fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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MURILLO: SCENES OF CHILDHOOD
Written by Xanthe Brooke; Peter Cherry. Illustrated by Bartolome Esteban Murillo.
Stock no. 1826993
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Produced to accompany the exhibition of the same title. Murillo's pictures of childhood are collected together, demonstrating how the artist's own experiences as a member of the Brotherhood of Charity, which distributed bread to the starving of Seville, invested his paintings of street children with first-hand knowledge of their lives and genuine compassion for their plight. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 185894130X. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded to rear panel and is edge-rubbed with laminate covering peeling a little to top rear edge.

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THE NELSON PORTRAITS
Written by Richard Walker.
Stock no. 1826869
Published by Royal Naval Museum. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An iconography of Horatio, Viscount Nelson, K.B. Vice Admiral of the White. Every known contemporary image of Nelson is collated here, along with a detailed and scholarly catalogue listing the history, provenance and present whereabouts of each image - 238 in all. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 0952637758. Scuff marks to rear board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-creased and lightly scuffed.

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ART IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1826223
Published by Routledge. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Michael Grant has specially selected some of the most significant examples of painting, portraits, architecture, mosaic, jewellry and silverware to give us a unique insight in to the functions and manifestations of art in the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415120314. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Written by Graham Reynolds.
Stock no. 1826002
Published by Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Collection contains one of the largest and most comprehensive groups of miniatures in existence. This catalogue describes the portrait miniatures dating from the origins of the art in the 1520s up to the end of the seventeenth century. Large format, heavy. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902163451. Minor white mark to lower edge of front board. Text block slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and slightly scuffed.

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PORTRAITS: A HISTORY
Written by Andreas Beyer.
Stock no. 1825477
Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Circa 2003. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A fascinating overview of portraiture in all its manifestations: individual and group portraits; official and casual settings; sitters ranging from the famous to the anonymous; renderings of lovers, friends, and family; artists' powerful depictions of themselves; idealized visions along with warts-and-all realism. Large format. Red cloth boards, blind titles. Colour illustrations throughout. A hefty volume. ISBN: 0810945398. 2nd printing. A lovely copy in a pictorial dustwrapper which is lightly faded in places.

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THE MOMENT OF SELF-PORTRAITURE IN GERMAN RENAISSANCE ART
Written by Joseph Leo Koerner.
Stock no. 2138931
Published by University of Chicago Press. 1996. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0226449998. Spine is faded, with large bump/dent to base. Browning to outer page edges.

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THE RENAISSANCE PORTRAIT FROM DONATELLO TO BELLINI
Written by Keith Christiansen; Stefan Weppelmann; et al. Illustrated by Donatello; Giovanni Bellini; et al..
Stock no. 2138869
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Circa 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos and illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780300175912. Some light knocks along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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TITIAN'S PORTRAITS THROUGH ARETINO'S LENS
Written by Luba Freedman; Pietro Aretino. Illustrated by Titian.
Stock no. 2138860
Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0271013397. Page edge browning/foxing. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few nicks; faded to spine.

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