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NY: Grove Weidenfeld (©1958).. Softcover. VERY GOOD (lower tip creased; 2 pages underlined with pen; otherwise sound). Includes the essays, "No More Masterpieces," "An Affective Athleticism," and "The Theater and the Plague." Will ship 500g. 159 pages: black/white photos; 21cm.. more information

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Toronto: Society for Arts Publication (©1974). . Pictorial softcover. Very Good Plus. This 'Thirtieth Anniversary Special Double Issue' "celebrates the ritual and shamanic arts of the native peoples" of Canada. 214 pages: numerous photos, many in colour, 2 fold-outs; 29cm. VERY GOOD PLUS (clean, bright & tight; minor wear & spine creasing). [D] 214p: ill.; 29cm. . more information

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London: Penguin Books , (©1948). Paper-covered illus hardcover. Very Good (light shelf soiling otherwise clean & sound). 25p (text) + [84p] (111 plates); 18cm. 174g. [A] For sale on behalf of the Bury Municipal Library. more information

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Oberon Press (©1991). Originally published by VLB Editeur as L'ile.. Illustrated softcover. Near Fine. William Morris (cover art). . A number of men and women find themselves together and alone on an unknown island." NEAR FINE (clean, bright and tight; minor edgewear, upper tips bumped, a touch soiling on rear cover). [A] 55p; 23cm. 107g.. more information

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Québec: Ministére des Affaires culturelles (©1978).. Softcover. 216 pages: 190 works reproduced, 5 black/white photos; 23cm. Chronology, Index of Works, Bibliography. VERY GOOD PLUS (very light shelfwear, no defects). Small bronzes depicting early Québécoises at work. Will ship 1 kg. more information

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Italy: Editions Longo, sans date. Softcover-broché, sewn binding. Near Very Good (slight shelfwear & edgewear, red stamp title-page). A guide to the mosaic heritage of Ravenna. In French. 125p: 60 page planches en couleurs, incl. la décoration de mosaïques, plus noir et blanc illustrations in-texte; 27cm. 600g. [C] more information

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Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown (©1973). . First American Edition 1974.. Purple hardcover, gilt titles. Good. Helen Bradley.. Highlights in a year of the life of a family in Blackpool, from Christmas, Great Wash Day, a funeral, a parade and eventually back to Christmas again. Lots to look at in these illustrations. 31 pages: 26 three-quarter page colour illustrations; 27cm oblong. GOOD (slight edgewear, some spillage, mostly to rear board; 1/2" tear & crease free-front endpaper; 2" tear page 11-12 running into the illustration 1/2"; light smudging throughout). No dj. [C] 31p: ill.; 27cm oblong.. more information

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Paris: Larousse, (©1992). Softcover-broché with french (folded) flaps. Near Fine (clean, tight, & uncreased; minor edgewear). Un dictionnaire alphabétique de quelque 500 entrées présente, entre 1860 et 1914, les peintres français, britanniques, américains, suisses, etc...". 412p: colour plates; 23cm. 813g. [C] more information

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Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau , 1913. Green cloth hardcover. Interior Very Good (clean and sound), binding Good (evidence of spillage to spine and rear board, less so to front board). 1913 was an important formative year for the National Gallery. 384 Canadian & European works of art catalogued under 220 artist entries in 5 sections: oil paintings; water-colours; drawings, etchings and designs; architectural drawings; and sculpture. Includes artists' bios (varies from a couple lines to a couple pages), number and title of piece(s) with little or no description (e.g., "sepia and gouache", "diploma picture", "bought by the Advisory Arts Council, 1908"). 177p: chain-laid paper; 14 leaves of black/white plates on coated paper hors-texte; 24cm. Index. 637g. [C] more information

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Quebec: Galerie Madeleine Lacerte / Galerie Trois Points (©1990). Exhibition catalogue. . Softcover. 79 pages: 32 colour plates, exhibition card layed-in; 28cm. NEAR FINE (both covers slightly flaired out). In English et traduit de l'anglais par Alain Caven. more information

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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (©1994). . Softcover. GOOD (covers & prelims creased, 7 highlighted pages, otherwise sound). "Offers a comprehensive survey of the rich and varied contributions feminist scholars have made to film studies over the past two decades... from psychoanalytic, linguistic, and historical, to Marxist, textualist, and postcolonial discourses." Will ship 1.5kg. 547 pages: black/white photos; 23cm. Index.. more information

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Toronto: B. Mitchell (©1986).. Black cloth hardcover. 304 pages: 274 illustrations, including 108 in colour; 23cm. List of Illustrations, Index. "One of a series of comact guides". Book NEAR FINE (light blue blotch top-edge). Illustrated dustjacket NEAR GOOD (edgewear, three 1" tears). more information

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Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada (1973). . Softcover. Very Good. Colour illustrated wraps with turn-ins. English / French. 23 pages: black/white illustrations; 21cm sq.. more information

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Berlin: Paul Cassirer , (©1920). Dritte auflage.. Yellow hardcover, sewn binding.. Interior: Very Good. Binding: Near Good (binding is secure; the spine-back is torn mid-spine and also suffers two small holes; spine slightly darkened; some wear to tips and spine ends; light soiling to rear cover). . The Education of the Artist. 205p: frontispiece with tissue-guard + black/white illustrations (in-text and full page); 23cm. 664g. [C] Note: Booklet laid-in is by Julius Held: Lovis Corinth, 1858-1925. Retrospective Exhibition, 1950-1951. Wraps in Very Good Plus condition. [12p]: 6 black/white plates; 19cm. more information

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Québec: Galerie de l'UQAM (©1992). . Black softcover. 87 pages: 42 colour illustrations ; 28cm. VERY GOOD PLUS (light edgewear) "Les œuvres de 32 artistes sont réunies à l'occasion du 50e anniversaire de la première exposition solo de Borduas. Gagnon documente le contexte propre à cet événement fondateur de l'automatisme, tandis que Saint-Martin réexamine le conflit opposant figuration et abstraction dans l'histoire de l'art contemporain au Québec. Daigneault commente diverses manifestations de la peinture montréalaise des années 1980." Will ship 1kg. more information

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Ottawa: Affaires indiennes et du Nord, 1972. No additional printings.. Illustrated hardcover - cartonné illustré . Very Good (cover tips & spine ends slightly worn; rear cover slightly rubbed & scraped; interior Fine) . Rudi Haas, photographer.. 138p: 101 numbered black/white & colour plates; 29cm sq. 1202g. [D] Text in French. more information

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NY: Bramhall House / Clarkson N. Potter, (©1965 "a"). No additional printings.. Blue cloth hardcover with black titles & design . Very Good (clean and sound, name free-front endpaper, light edgewear)/Very Good (light edgewear, spine head chipped). Lou Schifferl (drawings). . The origin, development, and examples (from public and private collections) of the American folk art of the carved bird decoy along with brief biographies of famous carvers. Examples include sandpipers, curlews, ducks, geese, swans, gulls, herons, crows, loons, and many others. 208p: 192 black/white photos, 8 pages in colour hors-texte, 40 line drawings; 29cm. References, Illustration Sources. 982g. [D] more information

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Toronto: Clarke, Irwin & Company, 1969, (©1969). Hardcover with gilt spine titles. Near Fine (clean, bright, and tight; penned squiggle on title-page, no other marks)/Very Good (slight edgewear and shelf rubbing, a few tiny top-edge tears). An intimate portrayal" of an eccentric Canadian artist by her close friend and fellow artist. 123p; 20cm. 306g. [A] more information

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Firenze: Israel Museum / Bonechi editore , (©1989). Softcover. Near Fine (clean & tight, no defects). An eclectic selection from the collection of the Israel Museum, from 7500 BC to 1980's, each piece colour illustrated with a brief text auf Deutsch. Archaeological artifacts, early books, mosaics, textiles, torah scrolls, human ornament, paintings, drawings, & sculptures. 64 pages: colour illustrations; 27cm. [A] more information

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Pulborough: Blot Publishing, 1998 , (©1998). No additional printings.. White softcover. Near Fine (minor wear, fore-edges slightly flaired, one tiny brown spot, otherwise clean, bright and sound). A modern English translation, along with the original medieval text, of a British comedy first performed at the royal palace in Hertford Castle around 1427. 82p: frontispiece + 4 plates., 21cm. [A] more information

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NY: Random House / Chanticleer Press, no date. Pictorial hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine (light top-edge wear, no chips or tears). 160p: 110 illustrations including 50 in full colour; 28cm. Index. [D] more information

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NY: Abrams, no date. [1968].. Brown cloth hardcover. 288 pages: 184 illustrations including 32 in full colour; 22cm. Bibliographical Notes, List of Illustrations, Index. Book VERY GOOD (used but not abused; a bit of top-edge spotting). Illustrated dustjacket VERY GOOD (light edgewear, 1 tiny tear; lightly darkened). "It is the purpose of this book to suggest ways of looking at paintings in order to understand them and derive enjoyment from them. more information

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Paris: Les Presses Artistiques, 1959. Softcover-broché. Very Good (slight edgewear & rubbing otherwise sound). Art exhibit catalogue paying homage to the French, Rococo Era, artist Jean Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779). Unpaginated: 26 artistes avec brief texte + 40 planche; 21cm. 204g. [B] more information

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National Museum of Design (©1981). . No additional printings.. Green cloth-backed hardcover. 128 pages: illustrated endpapers, 29 colour plates, 88 black/white photos; 28cm. Glossary, Reading and Reference, Some Public Collections of Pottery, Index. Book VERY GOOD PLUS (clean & sound; minor fading & edgewear to boards). Illustrated dustjacket NEAR VERY GOOD (top-edge shelfworn, one 1/2" tear, spine head chipped, light shelf soiling). A concise world history of pottery, including a chapter on collecting, and a glossary of special terms. more information

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Hachette (1967).. Hardcover. Good Plus. Pierre Bizet; de Michel Bastit, Guy Oulamar; Leni Iselin; Lejeune; Michel Tayals. Heavy duty brown library sewn binding with gilt titles. 353 pages: [800] noir et blanc (black/white) photos + 16 full-page en couleurs (colour) photos hors-texte; 22cm. GOOD PLUS solid ex-library (library stamps, rear pocket & sticker; portions of the dustjacket have been pasted to the prelims, tips bumped, price erasure damage free-front endpaper; otherwise Very Good). No dj. [C] 353p: ill.; 22cm.. Ex-Library. more information

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Dusseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1967. . First Thus. Brown cloth hardcover. Fine/Near Fine slipcase. Ernst Barlach. First Droste edition, a quality reprint of the 1923 edition published by Paul Cassirer. Book FINE in NEAR FINE slipcase (minor fading & wear). [C] 44p: 20 woodcuts; 25cm. 411g.. more information

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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart (©1967). . First Edition.. Hardcover. Blue cloth, front panel debossed, gilt spine title. 222 pages: 24p black/white photo section on coated paper hors-texte; "With the Compliments of the Canadian Federated Women's Institutes of Canada" taped to free-front endpaper; 23cm. VERY GOOD PLUS to NEAR FINE (minor edgewear, name free-front endpaper; clean, bright & tight). "The story of the origin and development of the crafts in all the provinces of Canada, the chapters being contributed by the different branches of each province, each representing extensive research along these lines." (Dorothy Dumbrille) more information

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Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, 1982. Blue boards, white spine. Near Fine (upper tips creased otherwise Fine). An Exhibition Organized by the Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen Stuttgart". Each artist is represented by one colour plate with a short biography on the facing page (in English). 79p: 32 colour plates; 23cm. 308g. [B] more information

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Paris: Dessain et Tolra, (©1979). 1984. Hardcover-cartonnage illustré, sewn binding. Very Good minimal ex-library (rear pocket, no other library marks; clean, minor wear, one gutter over-stressed). Brieuc Segalen et Catherine Hardy-Gavarry (animation); Christophe Gruner (photographies).. Premiere partie: Masques et civilisations; Deuxieme partie: Fabrication du masque; Troisieme partie: Le jeu de masques. 143p: illustré avec photographie en noir/blanc et couleurs; 21cm. sq. 571g. [C] more information

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NY: Harper (©1950).. Black cloth hardcover. Book NEAR FINE (1" binder's minor defect front joint otherwise clean & sound). Illustrated dustjacket GOOD (edgewear with small chips & tears including one 1/2" square chip; folds rubbed). 173 pages; 21cm. Index.. more information

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Vancouver: W.E.G. MacDonald, 1965. Second edition, B.C. Centenary Issue. Red illustrated stapled wraps. Very Good Plus (light shelfwear, 3 lower tips creased). An illustrated description of a group of aboriginal totem poles which present a unique outdoor exhibition in Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada. 23 pages: black/white photographs; 21cm. 56g. [A] more information

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Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1937. Hardcover with framed colour paste-down, brown titles. Near Very Good (spine & edges darkened; slight exposure of some gutters). Illustrations en couleurs de Marilac.. Off-white paper-covered hardcovers with framed colour paste-down & brown lettering. In French. 158p: 148 photographies (4 en colours hors-texte, noir/blanc in-texte), sewn signatures; 21cm. 538g. We also have the following volumes in the same series: "Paris", "Prague", "Rome" and "Venise". [C] more information

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Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good Plus (spine & edges somewhat darkened). Illustrations en couleurs de Zenker.. Off-white paper-covered hardcovers with framed colour paste-down & brown lettering. In French. 160 pages: 149 photographies (4 en colours hors-texte, noir/blanc in-texte), sewn signatures; 21cm. We also have the following volumes in the same series: "Paris", "Athenes", "Rome" and "Venise". [C] more information

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Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1937. Hardcover. Near Very Good (spine & edges darkened). Illustrations en couleurs de Marilac.. Off-white paper-covered hardcovers with framed colour paste-down & brown lettering. In French. 158 pages: 148 photographies (4 en colours hors-texte, noir/blanc in-texte), sewn signatures; 21cm. We also have the following volumes in the same series: "Paris", "Prague", "Athenes" and "Venise". [C] more information

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Montréal: Musée D'Art Contemporain. . Charcoal wraps (softcover). Fine (minor wear). Exhibition catalogue of an exhibit held at the Musée D'Art Contemporain in Montréal from June 23 - September 6, 1970 and at the Musée Rodin in Paris from October 27, 1970 - January 4, 1971. 195 pages: 95 numbered black/white plates representing the works of 74 artists with brief biographies & photo of each; 25cm. Newspaper article about the artist Robert Roussil, dated July 28, 1990, laid-in. In French. more information

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Ottawa: National Gallary of Canada (©1962).. Illustrated softcover. 80 pages: 4 tipped-in colour plates, black/white reproductions nearly every page; 25cm. Index. NEAR VERY GOOD (spine foot chipped; light spotting to rear cover; interior clean, sound). more information

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Toronto: University of Toronto Press , (©1997). No additional printings.. Softcover. Fine (clean, bright, tight and uncreased; appears unread). A look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages". 403 pages: maps, illustrations, Medieval texts & translation; 23cm. Bibliography, Index. 638g. [C] more information

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Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada [1964]. . Softcover. unpaginated: 103 numbered plates, 11 are in colour + front cover (Paul-Émile Borduas, Sous le vent de I'ile); 25cm. GOOD PLUS - sticker damage to upper tip front cover (illustration not effected) otherwise Very Good. Includes Borduas & Riopelle. "Focusing primarily on the 1940s and 1950s, Hubbard considers the movements and works that grew out of a rejection of landscape painting in Canada. Biographical notes on 11 artists." Will ship at 1kg. more information

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Pointe-Claire, QC: Roussan Editeur Inc., (©1990). Glossy illustrated hardcover. Very Good (clean and sound, light wear; gift inscription on page that faces copyright). Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada, as seen by 24 artists. Includes a short biography in addition to two colour plates by each artist. Bilingual French-English. Artists: Diane Auger, Denis Beauchamp, Ma-Reine Bérubé, Virginia Bordeleau, René Breton, Jean-Yves Brie, Louis Brien, Laura Brown Breetvelt, Huguette Cloutier, Claude Ferron, Réal Fournier, Daniel Gagné, Jean-Pierre Lafrance, Norbert Lemire, Glenna Matoush, Denis Miron, Laimon Mitris, Arsène Paquette, Roger Pèlerin, Christiane Plante, Joanne Poitras, François Ruph, Julie Vaillancourt and Edmond Vincent. 112p: colour plates; 28cm. 757g. [C] more information

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London/Boston: Marion Boyars (©1979). . No additional printings.. Red hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Appendices, Index. British Minister for the Arts from 1974-1976, Hugh Jenkins was "determined to bring the arts closer to the people and to wrest control of arts patronage from the Establishment and to bridge the Culture Gap."Drawing from his own diaries and official papers" he writes of his own experiences and "traces the attitude of successive governments towards the arts." 271 pages: frontis + 5p black/white photos; 22cm. . more information

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Seoul: The Korea Foundation, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover with slipcase. Fine (lower tips lightly bumped/Very Good Plus (slight wear at spine ends & tips, one tiny tear). This volume contains a list of Korean relics and approximately 360 illustrations with descriptions, consolidating information on Koran relics preserved in the Tenri University Central Library and the Tenri University Sankokan Museum." Text in English and Korean. Blue cloth with gilt titles in illustrated dustjacket and matching slipcase. 476 pages: illustrated blue endpapers, coated paper, colour & black/white plates, green ribbon bookmark; 31cm. [D] more information

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NY: Viking , (©1987). First Edition, first printing.. Cloth-backed hardcover. Near Fine (clean & sound, slight wear to bottom edge)/Good Plus (price clipped, edgewear with chips). A history about the nature of pornography, explaining how and why it grew and evolved in recent years. 288 pages; 24cm. 661g. Bibliography, Index. [C] more information

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Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2005 (©2005). . Illustrated softcover. Fine. Exhibition catalogue. FINE (clean & crisp, no defects). [C] 72p: ill.; 25cm. 349g.. more information

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Toronto: Brownstone Press (©1981).. Green cloth-backed hardcover. 141 pages: 40 full-page colour plates + 14 black/white sketches; 31cm. Selected Bibliography. Book VERY GOOD PLUS to NEAR FINE (tip bumped). Illustrated dustjacket GOOD (edgewear, a few small chips, two 2" tears; presentable). [D] more information

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Bielefeld: Univers-Verlag (©1983). . Blue cloth hardcover. Fine/Very Good Plus. Bilingual in English and German. Interrelationship between art and industry in our technological society since the turn of the century. Some chapters: "Bauhaus-questioned as to its topicality" by Dr. Wingler; "Gottfried Semper-between theory and practice" by Alfred Lau; "Design-the question as to the 'Why'" by Herbert Ohl; "It really first began with Peter Behrens" by Louis Joos; "Modern Maecenatism is unusually versatile" by Gustav Casparek. Fully illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. Book FINE. Dustjacket VERY GOOD PLUS. [D] 216 pages: photos; 30cm. 1737g.. more information

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Quebec: Galerie de Bellefeuille (©1996). . Softcover - broché. Very Good Plus. Vivid colours highlight this Canadian artist's work. 35 pages: frontispiece + 18 full-page colour plates + 1 double-page; 30cm. Mini-biography, lists of Selected Solo Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions, Commissions, Lithographs, Art Books and Collections. Bilingual: French / English. VERY GOOD PLUS (slight edgewear). [A] 35p: ill.; 30cm.. more information

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Oakland: Yosemite-Di-Maggio (©1983).. Stated First Printing.. Softcover. VERY GOOD (slight edgewear, covers flaired out, gift inscription free-front endpaper; clean & sound). The arts community, writers, painters & actors, in the San Fransisco Bay Area at the turn of the century. 248 pages: 16p black/white photo section; 21cm.. more information

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NY: Harper & Row, (©1971). First Edition.. Grey cloth hardcover. Very Good Plus (lightly used)/Good (edgewear, a few chips, 1 rear tear, shelf rubbing). The author picks ten paintings he'd like to hang on his own walls and tells why. How to enjoy a painting because you like it, not because you are supposed to like it. 118 pages: 10 tipped-in colour plates; 26cm. 590g. [C] more information

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Hertfordshire: Omega Books, (©1983). Burgundy cloth hardcover, gilt. Fine (clean & sound, no defects)/Near Fine (light shelf rubbing). Illustrated not only with fine views of buildings, people and landscapes, but also with many reproductions of rare art objects, paintings, sculptures, porcelain, jade and lacquer" arranged in chronological order. 227 pages: 119 illustrations (52 in full colour), maps, diagrams, wood engravings; 28cm. Notes, Brief Bibliography, Index. 975g. [D] more information

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Toronto: Dreadnaught , (©1981). First Edition, no. 52 of 250.. Hardcover. Very Good (cloth edges lightly faded, otherwise used but not abused)/Good (edgewear with small tears & chips). Emily Warren.. A loving memoir of English-born Canadian artist Emily Warren, a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Artists (1939). Grey cloth covered boards with paper spine label, publisher's pre-publication pamphlet laid-in. Signed by the author on the copyright page. 128p: 12 colour reproductions, 32 pages of black and white photographs; 24cm. [C] For sale on behalf of the Bury Municipal Library. more information

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