THE MIND IN THE CAVE: CONCIOUSNESS AND THE ORIGINS OF ART
Written by David Lewis-Williams.
Stock no. 1829151
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The beautiful art created deep inside the caves of Western Europe in the late Ice Age provokes awe and wonder in equal measure. What do these animals and symbols on the walls of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet and Altamira tell us about the nature of the ancestral mind? The author combines a lifetime of anthropological research with the most recent neurological insights... Navy blue cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour photos, b/w illustrations. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0500051178. Text block lightly browned, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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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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SILK ROADS: PEOPLES, CULTURES, LANDSCAPES
Written by Susan Whitfield.
Stock no. 1829056
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

From precious stones to spices, from new religions to technological innovations, the exchange of goods and ideas along the ancient trading routes of the Silk Roads has played a crucial role in the development of civilizations across Europe and Asia. An illustrated overview placing landscapes at the heart of 1,500 years of Eurasian history. With contributions from over 80 leading experts from around the world, each chapter explores the history of trade and cultures along the Silk Roads in the context of a particular terrain. Edited by Susan Whitfield. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. 479 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500021576. A lovely copy with no real faults. Green wrap-around has 2" closed tear to spine (no loss).

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FIFTY ENGLISH STEEPLES
Written by Julian Flannery.
Stock no. 1828999
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2016. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. Large format. Purple cloth spine with silver titles, white pictorial boards. Purple endpapers. B/w photos and diagrams. Purple ribbon page marker. 495 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500343142. White boards a little grubby. Contents clean. Some church steeples accompanied with a card drawing inserted.

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SCYTHIANS: WARRIORS OF ANCIENT SIBERIA (THE BP EXHIBITION)
Written by St John Simpson; Svetlana Pankova.
Stock no. 1828329
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book accompanies the BP exhibition Scythians: Warrors of Ancient Siberia at the British Museum from 14 September 2017 to 14 January 2018. Edited by Simpson & Pankova. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780500293645. Rear cover heavily scuffed. Date written in ink to top corner of half-title page and has imprinted on the following title page. Otherwise, contents clean.

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THE WHITE GOBLIN
Written by Ul De Rico. Illustrated by Ul De Rico.
Stock no. 1327868
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1996. Almost very good condition.

Oblong format, 10 x 12". Glazed pictorial boards. Color illustrated endpapers. The White Goblin persuades the colourless Cave Goblins to venture out of their safe homes and follow him into the world where they can enjoy and feed themselves on all the colours of nature. ISBN: 0500017247. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Uneven fading to front cover. Contents clean.

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MOUNTAINS: EPIC CYCLING CLIMBS
Written by Michael Blann; et al.
Stock no. 1327820
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2016. Very good condition.

Featuring climbs of the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Italian/Swiss Alps, Majorca, Tenerife and Asturias. Large oblong format. Pictorial boards. Colour photos. ISBN: 9780500518915. Rubbing to spine and corners. Rear cover scuffed, small dent to top edge of rear cover. Contents fine.

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HAND TO EARTH: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY SCULPTURE 1976-1990
Written by Andy Goldsworthy; Terry Friedman; Clive Adams; et al. Illustrated by Andy Goldsworthy.
Stock no. 1828112
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black boards, silver title to spine. B/w and colour photography. Terry Friedman has assembled Goldsworthy's lyrical photographs of his own works plus interviews and essays by ten contributors. ISBN: 0500511721. Lower board corners bumped and thus lower margins of first half of contents are also creased (dropped?). Green ink has imprinted from facing colour page onto page 73 lower corner (margin, not affecting text). Otherwise, contents are lovely. Pictorial dustwrapper has narrow band of vertical fading along the front edge of spine, lightly creased at lower corners.

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LORENZO LOTTO PORTRAITS
Written by Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo; Miguel Falomir. Illustrated by Lorenzo Lotto.
Stock no. 1828105
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition of Lorenzo Lotto's portraits of the Italian renaissance period. Edited by Dal pozzolo and Miguel Falomir. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500970935. A lovely copy with light scuffing to rear cover.

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CREATION: ARTISTS, GODS & ORIGINS
Written by Peter Conrad.
Stock no. 1827982
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A book of breathtaking scope, in which the mystery of how the world began unfolds in an epic narrative that sets the Gods against the world's great artists, their rivals in creative energy. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 592 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500513569. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, else a lovely copy.

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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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THE INTIMATE INTERIORS OF EDOUARD VUILLARD
Written by Elizabeth Wynne Easton. Illustrated by Edouard Vuillard.
Stock no. 1827606
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Intimate Interiors of Edouard Vuillard which ran from 18 November 1989 - 30 July 1990. Red cloth boards, grey titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 050023566X. Very slight lean to spine. Contents are lightly crinkled (but not creased). Endpaper lightly browned else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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