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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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PAPER POOLS
Written by David Hockney. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1828245
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A series of twenty-nine works which Hockney made in the summer of 1978: they represent his fascination with new techniques that serve his passionate pursuit of creative representation by fusing painting and paper-making. Also contains a vivid and humorous description by Hockney of how he came to make the Paper Pools and how he met the challenges presented by the use of an unfamiliar medium. Blue cloth boards, dark blue title to spine, dark blue publisher's logo to front. Colour & b/w illustrations, b/w photos. ISBN: 050023311X. A few small brown marks to front endpaper else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly rubbed to top & tail of spine, old price label to lower rear panel.

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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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THE COMPLETE TEMPLES OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Written by Richard H. Wilkinson.
Stock no. 1828186
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The secret rites and architectural wonders of these powerful and mysterious monuments, from early pharaonic times to the Roman period. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and a few colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0500051003. A lovely copy.

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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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DORA MAAR WITH & WITHOUT PICASSO: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Mary Ann Caws.
Stock no. 1828080
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A biography of Dora Maar, a photographer and Picasso's lover and muse for seven years. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0500510091. Small knock to front vertical edge of boards. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear (no loss) to top rear edge and light wear, light scuffing to rear panel.

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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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THE BIG ADVENTURE OF A LITTLE LINE
Written by Serge Bloch. Illustrated by Serge Bloch.
Stock no. 1326468
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2015. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Enter the magical, creative world of the renowned artist where anything can happen, and the most ordinary little line can have the most marvellous adventure. White pictorial boards. Unpaginated. Colour illustrations throughout with minimal text. ISBN: 9780500650585. Minimal bumping to spine and corners, some small dents to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased and a little grubby.

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