Art & Antiques

Evans Brothers, 1979. Hb, 128pp, colour and b/w illustrations. Clipped dj. Tanning on endpapers and some page edges. Presentation of the jeweller's art, encompassing judgement of quality, the cutting and setting processes and some historical background. With numerous attractive illustrations.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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Philadelphia: Courage, 1994. Hb, 128pp, colour illustrations. Clean throughout. Lavishly illustrated coffee-table book of 70 antique quilts from museums and private collections around the world, with commentary on origin, history, pattern and fabric. Plus an overview of quiltmaking within American and English textile traditions. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Italy: Banca Di Credito Cooperativo Di Lepreno, 1998. In Italian. Hb, 442 pp, 29.5 cm x 25cm, colour illustrations. In appendice: Don Tomaso Carrara Erasmi (1744-1818) Notizie istoriche di Serina e di Leprenno.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1979. Hb, 112pp, b/w illustrations. Good+, with clean contents in Good+ dj which has original price sticker on cover but otherwise only very slight wear. Describes and illustrates over 150 of the relatively few pieces of blue and white transfer wear that bear the maker's mark, stressing the need to fully examine all characteristics (such as colour, glaze, shape, etc.) before identification.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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Newton Harcourt: Milepost, 1995. Hb, colour plates. VG clean copy in VG dj. Photographic collection of scarecrows. The 50 pictures depict genuine working scarecrows "in-situ" and many have an eerie, spectral feel to them.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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T. Fisher Unwin, 1922. Brown cloth covers, no dj, 280 pp with 150 b/w illustrations and colour frontispiece. A few fraying pgs. Good -.. Hard Cover. Good. more information

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London: British Museum Publications, 1979. Pb, x + 150pp, colour and b/w illlustrations. VG clean copy. Illustrates the development of floral art (except for oil painting) from the early manuscripts of the Byzantine Empire through to the paintings of the Sung Dynasty court, the scientific drawings of Europe, the miniatures of Persia and India, woodblock printing in China and Japan, and engraving and lithography in Western Europe.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1986. Softback reprint, 382 pgs with 300 illustrations, 85 in colour. G+ with only minor scuffs/creases to corners of covers. No tears or marks. The book is "aimed at helping the reader to form a relaxed and sympathetic relationship to this art while providing information about it". From 1900 to present day, Professor Norbert "brings out the motives behind the main developments...stresses surviving traditions...and major differences between artists identified with the same movements". (Heavier book than average).. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Octopus, 1973. Hb, 97pp, colour and b/w illustrations. Clean contents; slight edgewear to dj. Includes: brief history of chess; chess pieces which have survived from the medieval period and other European chesspieces; those from Russia, the Middlle east and North Africa; Far eastern chess pieces; Modern chesspieces.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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London: Carlton, 2003. Pb, 639 pp. G+ with light edgewear to spine and bottom corner front cover. Tight, clean copy. Full-colour illustrated guide to prices of antiques and collectables in a handy format. Excellent source book by the co-founder of the Miller's Antiques Price Guides.. Soft Cover. more information

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London: Studio Publications, 1947. Blue cloth covers, 145pp, with over 120 full-page b/w illustrations. Fair+ in Poor Dj. Dj torn and chipped; covers faded at edge of spine; contents clean except for slight tanning. Selection of 129 drawings, from the 14th to 20th centuries. There are no annotations aside from a general introduction. Includes works from Botticelli and Holbein to Picasso and Tchelitchew.. Hard Cover. more information

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Twickenham: Tiger Books, 1996. Hb, 128 pgs, colour plates. VG clean copy in VG dj. Includes furniture, pottery, china, glass amongst others. Explains about buying and selling, repairs/renovation, tricks of the trade and making a hobby into a business.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967. Hb reprint, 268pp, colour illustrattions. Dj (price-clipped) has a couple of small closed tears and light wear. Contents clean. From Friar Bacon's experiments with gunpowder to the modern era of magazine weapons, and including such illustrious names as Winchester, Henry and Mauser.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Octopus, 1972. Hb, 97pp, colour and b/w illustrations. Light edgewear to dj. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Introduction to glass-making, covering history, techniques, terms and artistic aspects. Contents: Ancient Glass; Oriental Glass; Venice; Germany & the Netherlands; France & Spain; English, Irish & American Glass; The Art of Glass.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Italy: Bonfini Press, 1976. Hb, 96 pgs with colour and b/w plates. G+ in G+ dj with light edgewear. Two word inscription on front endpaper. Contents clean and bright. Translated from the French. One of the first monographs on Munch to appear in France, this book analyzes the Norweigan painter's life and work in their aesthetic and pyschological correlation. The most representative canvases of his realist, Expressionist and post-Expressionist periods are studied and reproduced together with a selection of his graphic works.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Parragon, 1995. Hb, approx. 20.5 cm square format, 79pp, numerous colour plates. VG clean copy in G. dj which is a little chipped top of spine. Introduction to the work of the 19th century British artist and designer, enlivened by quotations from Morris' own writings. Gorgeously illustrated with his designs.. Hard Cover. more information

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London: Octopus, 1972. Hb, 72pp, colour illustrations. Light wear to dustjacket; contents clean. Illustrated introduction to the Art Noveau style and the designers associated with it. Includes architecture, furniture, ceramics, glass, fine metalwork, jewelley, painting, sculpture, graphics , book design.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Warsaw: Interpress, 1987. Hb, 264pp, colour illustrations. Good+ with clean contents in Good+ dj which has the lightest of edgewear. Faint tanning to page edges. Introductory history to the applied or decorative arts of Poland, extensively illustrated (over half the book consists of colour plates). Contents: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance; The Sarmatian Period; Polish Applied Art in the 19th Century; Minor Arts in 20th Century Poland.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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