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Arts of China. Horizon Book of the... By the Editors of Horizon Magazine. Introduction by Hugh Honour.
American Heritage Publishing. 1969
4to. In patterned brown cloth covers with gilt to plain brown cloth spine. Yellow endpapers. With illustrated dustwrapper. 383pp. With b/w and colour illustrations throughout. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; rubbed and creased with small tears. Smal piece missing from front but loose in front. Price clipped). Inscription to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. A comprehensive survey of the entire panolpy of Chinese art from the first sacrificial vessels and ritual daggers of the Shang Dynasty to 20th century scroll painting. The book narrates the recurring legends and translates the eternal symbols.
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10.00 GBP
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English Romanesque Art 1066-1200. Hayward Art Gallery, London 5 April -8 July 1984.
Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1984.
Size 8.75 x 10.75 inches. In dark blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. 416pp. With b/w and colour photographs and illustrations. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). Small address label to front endpaper. Else a very clean and tight copy. This is the first comprehensive survey of the art of Norman England. The catalogue of the Arts Council’s major exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London in 1984.
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20.00 GBP
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Modern Masters From the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.
Electa International. 1984 1st edition.
4to. In silver limp card covers with black lettering to spine and colour plate to front. 210pp. With colour plates and b/w photographs throughout. In very good condition. Very slightly rubbed along edges. Else a clean and tight copy. Produced to accompany the exhibition of this important private collection held at the Royal Academy in 1984.
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12.00 GBP
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The Art-Journal.
James S.Virtue, London. 1862
Size 9.75 x 13.0 inches. In maroon half calf binding with gilt to spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Green endpapers. 244pp. With b/w steel engraved plates with tissue guards and engravings in text. In very good condition. Slightly rubbed around edges with small patches rubbed at back. Occasional small marks and foxing spots. Else a clean and tight copy. 1862 editions of the Art-Journal in a finely bound volume. Includes engravings of works by Landseer and Turner together with various articles in tri-columnar text.
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125.00 GBP
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The People’s Gallery of Engravings. Second Series.
Peter Jackson. n.d. ca 1850.
Size 8.25 x 11.25 inches. In dark blue half calf leather binding with gilt to spine. Raised bands. Marbled edges and endpapers. 128, 28pp. With b/w engravings with tissue guards.. In very good condition. Spine slightly rubbed. Slightly rubbed around edges. Small marks to boards. Slight browning to reverse of some plates. Else a clean and tight copy. The plates are accompanied by either a brief essay or a laudatory poem. The last 28 pages seem to belong to the first volume, and finish abruptly, a publisher’s error? The plates show portraits, works of art and views.
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60.00 GBP
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Works of Art from the Plantin-Morteus Museum.
Municipal Authorities, Antwerp. 1925 1st edition.
4to. In pale hard card covers with brown cloth spine. Paper title label to front. Unpaginated with b/w plates. In very good condition. Small marks to covers. A couple of pages have small tears. Else a clean and tight copy. Illustrations of works from the Plantin-Morteus Museum in Antwerp. Each plate has accompanying text on opposite page.
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10.00 GBP
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(BAXTER) COURTNEY LEWIS, C.T.: George Baxter. Colour Printer. His Life and Work. A manual for Collectors.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1908
8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Top edge gilt. 276pp. 32 b/w plates. In very good condition. Spine and covers slightly rubbed at edges. Small bumps on back cover. Mild foxing to edges. Owner’s inscription on front endpaper. Slight browning to first blank page. A couple of slight separations at gatherings. "In this volume I have done my best to assist all these points of view. The thoughtful and the studious will find, I think, in its pages all information brought up to date, all disputed points argued and difficulties explained, not has the interesting history of the rise in modern times of the Baxter print been overlooked; the dilettante will find guidance as to the most decorative specimens, and the collector, if a tryo, will derive instruction and help in his hobby, or, if more advanced, there is a full description in the catalogue of every print and every known variety of every print."
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35.00 GBP
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(FLINT, W.RUSSELL) LITTLEJOHNS, J.: British Water-Colour Painting & Painters of To-Day.
Sir Isaac Pitman. 1931 1st editon.
Size 8.5 x 11.0 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. 106pp. With some b/w illustrations and 40 colour plates tipped in, by various authors (on dark background), incl.2 by William Russell FLINT. In very good condition. Spine slightly darkened and bumped at ends. Colour plates clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. Arists incl.: ANNA AIRY, R.A.BELL, O.GARSIDE, SIR C.HOLMES, C.H.HUNT, DAME L.KNIGHT, E.LORD, W.REDWORTH, J.LITTLEJOHNS, H.WATSON, W.W.RUSSELL, ETC.
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40.00 GBP
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(TUNNNICLIFFE) NIALL, IAN: Portrait of a Country Artist. Charles Tunnicliffe R.A. 1901-1979.
V.Gollancz. 1980 1st edition.
Size 8.25 x 11.25 inches. In brown cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. 160pp. With colour & b/w plates and engravings in text. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Slightly creased and marked along edges. Price clipped). Neat inscription to front endpaper, dated 1980. Else a very clean and tight copy. Tunnicliffe first came to the public notice with his illustrations for Tarka the Otter in 1932. He followed this with many other book illustrations before turning to the study of birds. This book tells his story and gives a sample of his enormous output.
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20.00 GBP
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ALLEN, J.ROMILLY: Celtic Art In Pagan and Christian Times.
London. Bracken Books. 1993 1st thus
Size 5.25 x 8.5 inches. In yellow cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Yellow endpapers. 315pp. With b/w photographs and line drawings in text. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. Facsimile of J.Romilly Allen’s original 1904 attempt to form a theory as to the origin and development of Celtic Art in Britain and Ireland, which naturally divides into the Pagan and Christian periods.
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8.00 GBP
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AMIEL, LEON: Chagall in Jerusalem. Special issue of the XXe Siecle Review.
Leon Amiel. New York.. 1983
Folio. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. 192pp. With colour and b/w plates. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. "...how Chagall rose to the challenge of transforming the blank walls and floors of the Knesset and produced some of the most beautiful original works in modern art." The book describes the artist’s three tapestries, mosaic floor inlays and the Jerusalem Windows.
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30.00 GBP
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ANON: Das Werk Des Malers Diego Rivera. German and Russian Language.
Neuer Deutcher Verlag. Berlin. 1928 1st edition.
4to. Bound in white hard card covers with black lettering and portrait to front. unpaginated. Many b/w reproductions of frescos. In very good condition. Covers and spine slightly darkened. Corners slightly bumped. Small puncture wound to fore edges of second half of the book, not affecting the pictures. Else a clean and tight copy. Title translates as ‘The works of the painter Diego Rivera’. A Mexican communist who worked mainly in frescos, Rivera was the husband of the artist Freda Kahlo. The works reproduced here are mainly from the period 1922 to 1927, and show scenes of the lives of ordinary people, especially workers. The main text is in German and the pictures have titles in both German and Russian.
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75.00 GBP
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ANON: Stained Glass Makers’ Marks.
NADFAS. 1993
Size 8.5 x 11.75 inches. In illustrated limp card covers with plastic spine and covers. Unpaginated. With line drawings in text. In very good condition. Slight browning to front plastic board. Several pages loose in back. Else a clean and tight copy. Alphabetical listing of Stained Glass makers and their marks. Most of the entries have accompanying marks with details of the maker and their active years and where their work can be found.
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18.00 GBP
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