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L'Assiette Au Beurre -- Les Anglais Chez Nous No 92 -- 3 January 1903
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Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna: The Paintings (Museums of the World)
by Prohaska, Wolfgang
London: C.H. Beck/Scala Books. 1998. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with colour plates. Translated by Judith Hayward. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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$14.31
Monet: The Seine and the Sea
by Richard Thomson
Published to accompany exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, a catalogue of the works shown with articles by Richard Thompson and Michael Clark plus a chronology. 176 pages, colour illustrations. 24 x 30cm, oversize. In near fine condition.
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$12.62
The Age of Rubens and Rembrandt: Old Master Prints from the Art Gallery of South Australia. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
by Robinson, Julie
Adelaide: Art Gallery Board of South Australia. 1993. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Full page black & white reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 87 pages. The informative and well illustrated catalogue of the 1994 exhibition. . 1st Edition. Card Covers.
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$22.77
Painting in Scotland. The Golden Age
by Macmillan, Duncan
Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited. 1986. Quarto Size [approx 22cm x 28cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with full-page colour plates and black and white drawings. Includes Index. 206 pages. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Edinburgh Festival and the Tate Gallery, London in 1986 as a celebration of the painters of Scotland's Golden Age from the early 18th to the 19th centuries. . 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover.
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$11.71
The Age of Sultan Suleyman The Magnificent
by Veinstein, Gilles; Bittar, Therese; Kalus, Ludvik; Taylor,Marthe Bernus
Sydney: of Australia Limited. 1990. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Foreword by James Leslie and Preface by Edmund Capon. 144 pages. The beautifully illustrated catalogue of the Exhibition of the same name, presented in association with the Turkish Government for the 75th anniversary of Gallipoli. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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$13.01
Islamic Art (Revised Edition)
by Rice, David Talbot
London: Thames and Hudson. 1979. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white photographs as well as diagrams. 288 pages. Part of the 'World of Art' series. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint of Revised Edition. Softcover.
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$9.76
![Catalogue of the important collection of objects of art, antiquities, armour and arms formed by S.E. Kennedy who is giving up his residence 24 Upper Brook St W. [ Christie, Manson & Woods, auction catalogue, sale date: 18 March 1918 ]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/334/072/1402072334.0.b.jpg)
Catalogue of the important collection of objects of art, antiquities, armour and arms formed by S.E. Kennedy who is giving up his residence 24 Upper Brook St W. [ Christie, Manson & Woods, auction catalogue, sale date: 18 March 1918 ]
by Christie, Manson & Woods
Christie, Manson & Woods, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 18th March 1918. Printed boards, 8vo, 27 cm,. 91 pp, 15 plates. 713 lots. Among the highlights noted were the following: Boards heavily browned at edges and a little edgeworn, contents Good.
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$52.00
William Blake (World of Art)
by Kathleen Raine
216 pages. By leading Blake scholar and critic, Kathleen Raine. 156 Plates, 28 in colour. First edition, paperback. In wonderful condition, neat owner inscription on half-title, otherwise unmarked. In very good condition.
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$12.62
Le premier Livre des Cachets, Marques et monogrammes dessine's
by Auriol,George
2 volumes.
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$250.00
Sloan's Constructive Architecture; A Guide to the Practical Builder and Mechanic. In Which Is Contained A Series Of Designs For Domes, Roofs And Spires, etc..
by Sloan, Samuel
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1866. Second edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's cloth with front cover gilt decoration bright and clean. Very good. 148 pages. 30 x 24 cm. Sixty-six plates, most of which are colored lithographs, and one, a large fold-out [uncolored]. Glossary. Geometrical Definitions. The second edition is identical to the first, published in 1859. KARPEL B295. "Before this work appeared in 1859, the standards for carpentry and building construction were largely set by foreign...
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$625.00
Art : A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
by Frederick Hartt
Prentice Hall PTR, 2003. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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$18.99
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE 1922-1927. 10 Volumes, 60 magazine issues
by Howard V. Brown (Illustrator), Orson Desaix Munn II (Editor)
[HOWARD VACHEL BROWN]. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE. Munn & Co., New York, 1922-1927. 60 magazine issues professionally bound in 10 volume books with cover art work on most issues by the famous Science Fiction pulp artist Howard V. Brown. First Edition (s). Three-quarter black Morocco and cloth covered boards. Titles and volumes in gilt on spine. Vol. 126-133 (1922-1925 complete set) Vol. 135/136 (July-Dec. 1926, Jan-June 1927). Condition: Fine / Near Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and...
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$1,800.00
An Invitation to See 125 Paintings from the Museum of Modern Art
by Franc, Helen M. (Introduction and Comments by)
New York: The Museum of Modern Art. 1974. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 159 pages. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.
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$11.71
American Painting History and Interpretation
by Barker, Virgil
New York: Bonanza Books. No Date, circa 1950. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners and spine faded. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page. 717 pages. A scholarly and comprehensive work. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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$29.28
Baroque and Rococo (Painting of the Western World)
by Hill, Ian Barras
New York: Galley Press. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine condition, pictorial laminated boards, in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 72 pages. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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$9.76
The Pocket Gallery of Art : Mothers
by Howarth, Eva
London: Garamond. 1990. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards in a Very Good Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made plastic sleeve. Full page colour reproductions. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Unpaginated.. Portraits of mothers arranged chronologically, showing how painters have approached this subject. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$11.71
Great Artists A Treasury of Paintings by the Masters
by No Author Noted
Sydney: Golden Press. 1987. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine a little sunned & now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions and photographs. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 452 pages. Foreword by Melvyn Bragg. As well as the paintings includes substantial information about the artists. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all...
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Kandinsky: the Path to Abstraction
by Hartwig Fischer (Editor), Sean Rainbird (Editor)
Art book published by Tate Gallery for exhibition in 2006. 224 pages, beautiful. Near fine first edition hardcover book in near fine jacket. Heavy, may need extra shipping.
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$37.84
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: The European Avant-gardes Art in France and Western Europe 1904-c1945
by Green, Christopher
London: Zwemmer. 1995. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 496 pages. This book deals with the most innovative art-works of the first half of the twentieth century. More than forty artists from ten countries, including France, Spain, Italy, Britain and The Netherlands and it throws new light on a period of intense creative...
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$45.54
The Domestic Architect: Comprising A Series Of Original Designs For Rural And Ornamental Cottages, With Full And Complete Explanations And Directions To The Builder, etc..
by Smith, Oliver P
New York: Phinney & Co., Buffalo, 1854. Second edition. Hardcover. Contemporary full red morocco front cover decorated and lettered in gilt. Very good. 123 pages. 27.5 x 22 cm. Forty two plates. Plates and text generally clean, wide text margins. Glossary of Technical Terms. The author attacks the conventional architecture of the day. Lacks free front endpaper, rubbing to backstrip head. HITCHCOCK 1221.
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$650.00
English Naive Painting 1750 - 1900
by Ayres, James
London: Thames & Hudson. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 151 Illustrations, 48 in colour. Preface by Andras Kalman. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 168 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$14.31
Joan Miro: The Ladder of Escape
by Gale, Matthew; Malet, Rosa Maria; Serota, Nicolas
Miro! To accompany 2011 exhibition that started at the Tate Modern. First edition hardback in dust jacket, all in near fine condition. Oversize, 240 pages.
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$63.08
Encyclopedia of Australian Art
by McCulloch, Alan
Richmond Vic: Hutchinson of Australia. 1977. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 668 pages. . Reprint with Corrections. Hardback.
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$19.52
Van Dyck & Britain
by Hearn, Karen
Published for Tate Exhibition, 256 pages, heavy. Softcover first edition in very good condition.
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$22.71
Hermitage and Tretiakov: Master Drawings and Watercolours
by Nemirovskaya, M.A. (Catalogue)301629; Zhukova, E.M. (ArtistBiographies)
Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria. 1978. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Card Covers. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 199pages.. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$9.76
