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THOMAS EARP MASTER OF STONE
Written by Anthony Mitchell.
Stock no. 1830673
Published by Barracuda Books. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Life and Work of this noted sculptor of the Victorian Era. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. 112 pages including index and subscribers list. ISBN: 0860234630. A few minor marks to boards. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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RUDOLF STEINER'S SCULPTURE IN DORNACH
Written by Ake Fant; Arne Klingborg; A. John Wilkes; Hagen Biesantz. Illustrated by Rudolf Steiner.
Stock no. 1830474
Published by Rudolf Steiner Press. 1st 1975. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Rudolf Steiner's wood sculpture of the 'Representative of Humanity' - or the 'Christ Being' as he himself also referred to it - stands in a room specially provided for it in the present Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland. This book is an intriguing survey of the sculpture's development, supported by a factually clear and artistically perceptive commentary as well as by numerous clearly documented utterance of Rudolf Steiner's on his own conception of the work and its particular style of execution. Introduced by Hagen Biesantz. Large format. Yellow cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 85 pages. ISBN: 0854403019. Light rubbing to base of spine, boards clean. Some pale foxing present, mainly to prelims. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased and lightly scuffed. Musty odour present.

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STRUGGLE: THE ART OF SZUKALSKI
Written by Stanislav Szukalski; Eva Kirsch; Donat Kirsch. Illustrated by Stanislav Szukalski.
Stock no. 1830420
Published by Last Gasp. 2nd 2023. Nearly fine condition.

Szukalski was a Polish sculptor. Foreword by Leonardo & George DiCaprio. Second Edition. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos. 199 pages. ISBN: 9780867194791. Third printing. A very nice copy.

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ROLAND PENROSE: THE LIFE OF A SURREALIST
Written by James King.
Stock no. 1830234
Published by Edinburgh University Press. 1st 2016. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The first biography of Roland Penrose, one of the great English-born practitioners of modernism in the twentieth century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. B/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 9781474414500. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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ODD BIRDS & OTHER SELVES: JON BUCK
Written by Colin Rhodes. Illustrated by Jon Buck.
Stock no. 1830160
Published by Gallery Pangolin. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Published for the sculpture exhibition of the same name. Introduction by Colin Rhodes 2005. Cardwraps. Colour photos. Covers faintly scuffed. Contents clean.

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LYNN CHADWICK
No author listed. Illustrated by Lynn Chadwick.
Stock no. 1830139
Published by Beaux Arts. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A selection of sculptures produced by Lynn Chadwick 1950-1988. White cardwraps with no title present. B/w illustrations. Front cover lightly bowed upwards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased across top edge and has a few minor marks.

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HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS 1921-1969
Written by Robert Melville. Illustrated by Henry Moore.
Stock no. 1329819
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A heavy tome! Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 368 pages. ISBN: 0500090564. Tiny indentations to cover edges. Small mark to front cover. Small booksellers sticker (Foyles) to front pastedown. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page browning else contents clean. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, mark to front panel.

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CLASSICAL ART A LIFE HISTORY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT
Written by Caroline Vout.
Stock no. 1329690
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 2018. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be seen as "classical" and as "art"? Blue boards, white title to spine. 359 pages (including index). Colour and b/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780691177038. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, dent to lower edge of front cover. Textblock is very slightly grubby. Dustwrapper is slightly sunned to spine and is a little creased at top edge.

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HENRY MOORE: SCULPTING THE 20TH CENTURY
Written by Dorothy M. Kosinski; et al. Illustrated by Henry Moore.
Stock no. 1829647
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

This catalogue accompanies a major exhibition organized by the Dallas Museum of Art, collaborating with the Henry Moore Foundation. The exhibition ran from 2001-2002. Edited by Dorothy M. Kosinski. Large format, heavy. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. 323 pages including index. ISBN: 0300089929. Spine is slightly cocked else this is a lovely copy.

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THE VORTICISTS: MANIFESTO FOR A MODERN WORLD
Written by Mark Antliff; Vivien Greene; et al.
Stock no. 1829628
Published by Tate Publishing. 1st 2010. Slightly better than very good condition.

The history of Vorticism, born in London during the summer of 1914. The Vorticists set out to break decisively with the past and to forge an art that expressed the dynamism of the moder age. Published to accompany a major, touring exhibition of the same name. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 9781854378859. Light rubbing to cover corners. Rear cover scuffed with a small mark. Contents clean.

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LUCA, ANDREA, GIOVANNI DELLA ROBBIA
Written by G. Gaeta Bertela. Illustrated by Luca Della Robbia; Andrea Della Robbia; Giovanni Della Robbia.
Stock no. 1829464
Published by Constable. Very good condition.

The work of the Della Robbia family constitutes a unique chapter in the history of Renaissance art. Black pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. 64 pages. ISBN: 0094632901. Undated. Base of spine is lightly worn. Rear cover has a small mark from the remains of a label. Contents are clean.

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FRINK: A PORTRAIT
Written by Edward Lucie-Smith; Elisabeth Frink. Illustrated by Elisabeth Frink.
Stock no. 1829436
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Limited. 1st 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Elisabeth Frink was the foremost British sculptor of her generation, renowned for her haunting and majestic representations of birds, animals and men. Here, Frink's words speak with a freshness and authenticity which, when combined with Lucie-Smith's illuminating commentary, succeed in portraying the very essence of a truly great artist. Oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 138 pages. ISBN: 0747515727. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Name in ink to top of half-title page. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn and grubby.

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