Nicolai Abildgaard. Revolution Embodied.
(Copenhagen: Statens Museum for Kunst, 2009). First edition, 4to, 294, (2) pp. Numerous illustrations, mainly in colour. Pictorial boards, fine. More about Nicolai Abildgaard. Revolution Embodied
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The Chapel of the Magi. Benozzo Gozzoli's Frescoes in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence. Edited by...
London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. First edition. 4to. 387, (1) pp. Publisher's tan cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Illustrated in colour throughout. Very good. More about The Chapel of the Magi. Benozzo Gozzoli's Frescoes in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence....
Appalachian Lives.
Jackson: University of Mississippi, (2003). First edition, 4to, xxii, 98 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Pictorial boards, d.w., a fine copy. More about Appalachian Lives
Dada and Surrealism Reviewed. With an Introduction by David Sylvester and a Supplementary Essay by Elizabeth Cowling. [with] An Outline of Dada and Surrealism by...
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978. First edition. Two volumes. 4to. xii, 475, (1) pp. Publisher's taupe cloth decorated with stylised lettering to both boards, "Outline" in plain white wrappers with black lettering. Profusely illustrated in black and white throughout plus 30 pages of colour illustrations to the rear... More about Dada and Surrealism Reviewed. With an Introduction by David Sylvester and a Supplementary Essay...
Qilima Shqiptare. Tapis Albanais. The Albanian Carpets.
The State University of Tirana, [1970s]. Folio. 12, 12, 12 pp. Publisher's grey cloth backed ring bound covers with gold decoration to the upper board, dust jacket. 54 colour plates. Some soiling and light wear to the jacket, else in very good condition. More about Qilima Shqiptare. Tapis Albanais. The Albanian Carpets
David de Almeida.
[Lisbon]: ACD Editores, 2008. First edition. 4to. 349, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. A well illustrated catalogue of this Portuguese artist. The three articles on the artist are repeated in English at the rear of the book. More about David de Almeida
Hints to Young Practitioners in the Study of Landscape Painting... Intended to Show the Different Stages of the Neutral Tint... to which are Added, Instructions in the Art of Painting on Velvet.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, [c. 1804]. Second edition. 8vo. (vi), 67, (1) pp. Original boards, recently rebacked to style. Engraved title page with vignette plus 6 plates, including 1 hand coloured and 1 tinted. A very good copy. More about Hints to Young Practitioners in the Study of Landscape Painting... Intended to Show the Different...
Santa Barbara Architecture from Spanish Colonial to Modern. Photography by Wayne McCall. Text by... Introduction by David Gebhard. Edited by Bob Easton and Wayne McCall.
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1980. Second edition. Oblong 4to. 297, (3) pp. Publisher's pebbled black board, gilt lettered to the spine and upper cover, the latter with mounted photographic illustration, pictorial endpapers, original glassine wrapper. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. More about Santa Barbara Architecture from Spanish Colonial to Modern. Photography by Wayne McCall. Text...
The Art of Florence. Principal Photography by Takashi Okamura.
New York and London: Artabras, [N.d.]. First Artabras edition, ninth printing overall. Two volumes. 4to. 703, (1); (8), 713-1312 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spines and blind stamped to the boards, slipcase with colour illustrations to the sides. Profusely illustrated throughout. An excellent set. More about The Art of Florence. Principal Photography by Takashi Okamura
The Half. Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage.
(London): Faber and Faber, (2008). First edition. 4to. xii, 308 pp. Publisher's grey boards, blind lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Black and white photographs throughout. Fine. More about The Half. Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage
Picture Magazine. Issue # 16. Diane Arbus: A Monograph of Seventeen Photographs.
(Los Angeles, 1980). Folio, (36) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, subscription insert bound in. Original wrappers, stapled as issued, some mild soiling, very good. More about Picture Magazine. Issue # 16. Diane Arbus: A Monograph of Seventeen Photographs
Arnaboldi.
(Basel: Birkhaüser Verlag AG, 2010). First edition. 4to. 62, (74) pp. Publisher's grey cloth with light grey lettering to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. 48 pages of colour photographic illustrations to the front plus numerous black and white illustrations to the text pages at the rear. A few... More about Arnaboldi
Cinéma Calendrier du Cœur Abstrait: Maisons. Bois par Arp.
Ann Arbor: Thomas Press, (c.1982). Limited edition, one of 1,000 copies. Small 4to. (40) pp. Original white boards with red printed wraparound band, slipcase, folded sheet comprising of 6 pp. of English translations by Mary Ann Caws loosely inserted. 19 woodblocks after Hans Arp. Mark to the slipcase which has... More about Cinéma Calendrier du Cœur Abstrait: Maisons. Bois par Arp
The School Prints. A Romantic Project.
(London: Ruth Artmonsky, 2006). First edition, oblong 8vo, 125, (1) pp. Illustrations in both colour and black and white. Paperback, d.w., a fine copy. More about The School Prints. A Romantic Project
Mute 3. (Works after 1987).
Sorø: Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum; Dublin: The Irish Museum of Modern Art & Manchester: Cornerhouse, (1992). 4to, 35, (1) pp. Coloured illustrations. Pictorial wrappers, spine a little worn. More about Mute 3. (Works after 1987
Observations. Photographs by Richard Avedon. Comments by Truman Capote.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, (1959). First English edition, folio, 151, (1) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, brief inscription to fly leaf. Original boards, slightly soiled, foot of spine rubbed, slipcase also somewhat marked and a little worn, one corner with loss. More about Observations. Photographs by Richard Avedon. Comments by Truman Capote
The Life and Lineage of Nancy Haselswon.
(London: Nylon, 1999). Limited edition, one of 1,000 copies, this copy not numbered or signed, 4to, (64) pp. Coloured illustrations, one corner creased. Cloth, d.w. with mild soiling, very good. More about The Life and Lineage of Nancy Haselswon
Paintings by Michael Ayrton. (Introduction by James Laver).
London: The Grey Walls Press, 1948. First edition, small 4to, 17, (3) pp, followed by 40 black and white illustrations. Signed by Ayrton on the fly leaf, dated September 1948, and with two good quality photographic reproductions of his work (a portrait of Norman Douglas and a painting entitled "The... More about Paintings by Michael Ayrton. (Introduction by James Laver
Berlioz. A Singular Obsession. A personal portrait of Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) on the centenary of his death.
(London): British Broadcasting Corporation, (1969). First edition, large 8vo, 64 pp. Numerous illustrations, a few in colour. Inscribed from Ayrton on the fly leaf, later owner's ink stamp to the foot of the same page. Cloth, d.w. a little worn to extremities. More about Berlioz. A Singular Obsession. A personal portrait of Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) on the centenary...
Goodbye Baby & Amen. A Saraband for the Sixties.
New York: Coward-McCann, (1969). First American edition, folio, 237, (3) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., slight rubbing to spine ends, small crease to the foot of the upper cover. More about Goodbye Baby & Amen. A Saraband for the Sixties
David Bailey. Archive One. 1957-1969.
(London): Thames & Hudson, (1999). First edition, 4to, 273, (3) pp. 313 photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More about David Bailey. Archive One. 1957-1969
Architecture & Personalities.
London: Country Life Limited, (1944). First edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, lettered and decorated to the upper board, dust jacket, price clipped. Frontispiece, illustration of a bust of the author which is also replicated on the upper cover of the dust jacket plus 182 black... More about Architecture & Personalities
The Casting-Counter and the Counting-Board. A Chapter in the History of Numismatics and early Arithmetic.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1916. First edition, 4to, 357, (1) pp. 64 plates, some foxing, with a letter to a previous owner and several relevant press cuttings tipped in, other material loosely inserted. Original gilt titled dark blue buckram, some rubbing to extremities otherwise very good. A scholarly and very scarce... More about The Casting-Counter and the Counting-Board. A Chapter in the History of Numismatics and early...
The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water-colours.
London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1858. "New and Enlarged Edition". Large 8vo. (viii), 286 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, rebacked preserving the original spine, gilt to the spine and upper board, blindstamped decoration replicated on the lower board, new endpapers, all edges gilt. 30 colour lithographed plates using "Leighton Brothers' Chromatic... More about The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water-colours
Venetian Art Glass. An American Collection 1840-1970.
(Stuttgart): Arnoldsche, (2004). First edition, 4to, 352 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Boards, d.w., a fine copy. More about Venetian Art Glass. An American Collection 1840-1970