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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 2114423
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth. "Sendak's Life and Works are explored in affectionate detail, including many colour and b/w illustrations and folding plates, a moveable scene and a facsimile of the tiny mock-up that Sendak first made for the story that would later become Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0370303865. Light wear to cover edges. Light page browning.

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THE ART OF MAURICE SENDAK
Written by Selma G. Lanes. Illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
Stock no. 1312475
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st 1980. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Sendak's life and work are explored in affectionate detail in this charming fun-filled book. 94 full-colour illustrations and more than 165 b/w illustrations. Large oblong format. Pictorial cloth showing scene from "Where The Wild Things Are". ISBN: 0810916002. A few very light scartch marks to the heavy plastic original dustwrapper.

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STEINLEN AND HIS ART TWENTY-FOUR CARTOONS
No author listed. Illustrated by Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen.
Stock no. 1710303
Published by Chatto & Windus. Circa 1911. Fair condition.

Large format. Pictorial cloth. Illustrations tipped-in on all four corners. With a critical introduction and descriptive notes. Backstrip missing. Rear board detached, front board fragile at binding. All plates present. Fraying to cloth edges. Rippling to cloth on front cover. 1 plate has a large closed tear. Odd margin mark.

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EARLY GEORGIAN PORTRAITS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by John Kerslake.
Stock no. 2112520
Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1st 1977. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt titles. Volume 1 is Text and Volume 2 contains the plates. ISBN: 0112900437. A few grubby marks to outer page edges. Wrapper spines are faded. Contained in a very good slip-case that has some scuffing and wear to edges.

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ROMNEY A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL ESSAY WITH A CATALOGUE RAISONNE OF HIS WORKS (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Humphrey Ward; W. Roberts.
Stock no. 2111890
Published by Thos. Agnew & Sons. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Large format. Blue leather spines with gilt titles and intricate decorations. Blue cloth covers with gilt titles. Captioned, tissue-guard plates. Limited edition to 350 copies. These volumes are copy no. 20. Spines are faded; now look green. Some bumping and wear to cover edges and corners. A little brown spotting to covers. Bookplates to front pastedowns. Names in ink to front endpapers. Page browning; some foxing. The books appear to have been restitched at one time - bindings are nice and tight.

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READING THE PORTRAITS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I
Written by Elizabeth W. Pomeroy.
Stock no. 2111887
Published by Archon Books; The Shoe String Press. 1st 1989. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates. Using 10 works of art, 9 in colour Pomeroy explores the border-lines between disciplines to shed new light on the portraits of Elizabeth I. She combines ideas from cultural anthropology, semiotics, literary theory, social history and the psychology of perception to create a web of meanings and harmonies, centering the paintings of the Queen in a new, complex environment. ISBN: 0208021892. Wrapper is a little browned, with a few marks.

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I WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF MY LIFE EVERYWHERE, WITH EVERYONE, ONE TO ONE, ALWAYS, FOREVER, NOW
Written by Damien Hirst. Illustrated by Damien Hirst.
Stock no. 2109753
Published by Booth-Clibborn. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. First book by the author. Looking at his art works so far, expressed in his own words, and illustrated by his own selection of over 700 images, pop-ups and special inserts. ISBN: 1873968442. Front joint is a bit cracked. Two pop-up/moveable pieces have come unglued - but could be repaired with double-sided sticky tape. Many inserts present and original sticker sheet - but no list to discover if any are missing - assumed all present. Wrapper is faded to spine with some edge-creasing.

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THE POACHERS PROGRESS
No author listed. Illustrated by C. Blake; C. Turner.
Stock no. 1706439
Published by Paul Harris. 1st thus 1981. Very good condition.

Facsimile edition first published by C. Turner in 1826. Limited to 750 copies. Very Large Oblong format, Approx. 60cm by 40cm. 8 colour plates from paintings by C. Blake, engraved by Turner. Leather spine. Due to the size of this book, if posted, it will need to be sent via courier. ISBN: 0862280303. Base of spine and bottom edge worn. This copy is unnumbered. A few scuffs to covers. Plates bright and clean. REDUCED from £250.

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DIE MINIATUREN IN DEN BASLER BIBLIOTHEKEN, MUSEEN UND ARCHIVEN
Written by Konrad Escher.
Stock no. 693742
Published by Kober C.F. Spittlers Nachfolger. 1st 1917. Very good condition.

Large format. Three-quarter brown morocco, raised bands and gilt title to spine. Marbled edges. Two tipped-in colour plates plus other b/w plates. Text in German. Limited edition. Copy no. 53. Some neat pencil underlining and annotation to text. A couple of words underlined in ink. Corners rubbed. REDUCED from £400.

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VOLUME 1 OF MY SKETCH BOOK
Written by George Cruikshank. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Stock no. 803252
Published by Charles Tilt. 1st 1834. Good condition.

Oblong format, green cloth with gilt title to front. Colour illustrations and etchings. 24 colour plates. A further 12 plates were published in the 1835 edition. Spine and corners bumped. Top and tail of spine frayed. Front joint broken. Rear joint strengthened with tape. 1st title page and 1 plate strengthened to edges with yellowing tape. Occasional grubby marks to page edges. A few page edges chipped. First title page lightly creased.

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COLLECTION D'ESQUISSES POUR DESSINATEURS
No author listed. Illustrated by F. Baenziger.
Stock no. 900282
Circa 1911. Good condition.

very Large format. 22" X 17";Beige decorative boards; 50 b/w plates. Of the 50 3 are titled each in a different language: Plate 1 - Collection D'Esquisses pour Dessinateurs, 50 feuilles composes par F. Baenziger; Plate 2 - Artistic Motives for Designers, 50 plates drawn by F. Banziger (note spelling of Motives maybe Motifs?? and variant spelling of the artits's name); Plate 3 - Federzeichnungen Material fur Zeichner, 50 Blatt entworfen von Ferd. Banziger Leiden Schweiz. Boards heavily worn and browned, spine and corners repaired with blue cloth. Plates slightly edge-chipped; title plates have stamp not affecting illustrations. REDUCED FROM £350.

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LOS BAYEU
Written by Jose Luis Morales Y. Marin. Illustrated by Francisco Bayeu; Ramon Bayeu; Fray Manuel Bayeu.
Stock no. 987096
Published by Instituto Camon Aznar. 1st 1979. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Limited edition. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in Spanish. A list of numbered plates and descriptions, with the plates mainly at the end of the volume. ISBN: 8450032725. Copy no. 196. Top of wrapper spine rubbed. REDUCED FROM £185.

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