TOPICS OF OUR TIME: TWENTIETH-CENTURY ISSUES IN LEARNING AND IN ART
Written by E.H. Gombrich.
Stock no. 1829404
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Includes a short autobiography of the author. The author devotes this volume of his essays to some of the most urgent issues confronting the student of art and of civilization today. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 071482707X. A nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel has has an old price-label to rear.

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ILYA KABAKOV
Written by Boris Groys; David A. Ross; Iwona Blazwick. Illustrated by Ilya Kabakov.
Stock no. 1829388
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Ilya Kabakov is the most prominent contemporary Russian artist. Boris Groy, an art critic and philosopher, surveys the artist's long career and analyzes its philosophical and formal dimensions in terms of art history as well as the artist's own biography. David A. Ross discusses the artist's practice and its bridging of Eastern and Western contemporary art by means of an interview with the artist. Large format. White cardwraps with black titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0714837970. Text block slightly grubby, cover edges lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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OLD TESTAMENT MINIATURES
Written by Sydney Cockerell; John Plummer.
Stock no. 1829105
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. Circa 1970. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Medieval Picture Book with 283 Paintings From The Creation to The Story of David. Reproduced from the Illuminated Book belonging to The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, with additional leaves from the collections of The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, and Dr. Peter and Irene Ludwig, Aachen. Introduction and Legends by Sydney C. Cockerell. Preface by Plummer. Very large format. Light grey speckled cloth boards, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. 208 pages. ISBN: 0714813265. Top & bottom edge of boards browned. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed & worn and a little scuffed.

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DAME LAURA KNIGHT
Written by Caroline Fox. Illustrated by Laura Knight.
Stock no. 1829049
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From her captivating portrayals of the exotic worlds of theatre, ballet and circus to the starkness of her recordings of the Nurembuerg Trials, Dame Laura Knight has painted humanity in all its guises. A highly personal and engaging portrait of one of the leading women artists of the twentieth century. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 071482447X. Small pin holes piercing lower spine edge of dustwrapper and spine beneath. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Minor pen mark to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small tear to surface paper at rear lower spine edge and is rubbed to base of spine, light scuffing.

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SANCTUARY: THE TEMPLES OF ANGKOR
Written by Steve McCurry; John Guy.
Stock no. 1828354
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Steve McCurry has beautifully and evocatively photographed Temples of Angkor in Cambodia, among the world's most impressive monuments. A sublime portrait of the buildings, sculpture and people of Angkor. Introduction by John Guy. Oblong format. Black textured cloth boards, black title to spine, publisher to front. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0714841757. Board edges lightly knocked else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine (no title visible) and is slightly grubby.

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ARTS AND CRAFTS ARCHITECTURE
Written by Peter Davey.
Stock no. 1826741
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

For about three decades at the turn of the century, Arts and Crafts architecture and the theories behind it caught the attention of the Western world. This book gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and America. Large format. White cardwraps, black title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0714837113. Reprint. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded at front spine edge, lightly rubbed at edges, and scuffed to rear panel.

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THE GLORY OF BYZANTIUM AND EARLY CHRISTENDOM
Written by Antony Eastmond.
Stock no. 1825578
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 2013. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Gold coloured cloth with dark blue titles. All edges gilt. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780714848105. A few scuff marks to boards. Contents clean.

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TOMB SCULPTURE: FOUR LECTURES ON ITS CHANGING ASPECTS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO BERNINI
Written by Erwin Panofsky; Martin Warnke.
Stock no. 2138948
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st thus 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue cloth with white titles. B/w photos. ISBN: 0714828246. Some light page edge browning.

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GRAHAM CLARKE'S GRAND TOUR
Written by Graham Clarke. Illustrated by Graham Clarke.
Stock no. 2126394
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. 24 etchings, 15 watercolours and numerous drawings. A humourous look at the Grand Tour. ISBN: 0714825719. SIGNED by Graham Clarke, with dedication to previous owner on half-title page. Wrapper is edge-creased with a faded spine.

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THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH INTERIORS
Written by Alan Gore; Ann Gore.
Stock no. 2111086
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0714834688. A few marks to covers.

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