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Recent Arrivals from Ultramarine Books

Islamic Glass: A Brief History
by Jenkins, Marilyn
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1986
- Condition
- Very Good.
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$10.00
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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986. 56 pages; 80 items illustrated in color photographs. The MMA Bulletin Fall 1986. Clean and tight; front cover a bit rubbed.. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good.. 4to. Art periodical.
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Champlain's Dream
by Fischer, David Hackett
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780307397676
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$10.00
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Canada: Vintage Canada, 2008. 834 pages. b&w illustrations, maps. Champlain, the adventurer, spy, mariner, explorer, settler and founder of Quebec and builder of New France.. A thorough biography. Clean and tight throughout.. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Very Good. thick 8vo.
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The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings
by Rosenberg, John D. (Edited and Introduction)
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1963
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
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$15.00
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New York: George Braziller, 1963. 560 pages. No illustrations. Chronology; Selected Bibliography. Chosen from Ruskin's writings: Art, Architecture, Society, Solitude, Self. Clean throughout; tight binding; mild wear to edges of the dustjacket.. First Printing. quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. thick 8vo.
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$15.00

Paper Museum: Writings About Painting, Mostly
by Graham-Dixon, Andrew
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1997
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- ISBN
- 9780679455202
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$8.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. 383 pages; b&w illustrations; several color. The author, a gifted English art crtic, it is said, offers a set of essays that followed a number of western-art exhibitons in Europe. Clean throughout; tight binding; dustjacket darkened along top edge, ghost of a price label in a corner.. First American Edition. orange boards. Fine/Very Good.… Read more
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$8.00

The Performance Today Basic Record Library
by Goldsmith, Martin
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Very Good
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$10.00
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National Public Radio, 1995. 70 pages. Classical Music Starter Set; Orchestral; Concertos; Chamber Music; Solo Keyboard; Solo Vocal and Choral; Opera; Other, How many? Hundreds; maybe more. Clean and well bound.. Ringbound decorative wrappers. Very Good. 9" x 6".
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Gilbert Stuart, A Great Life in Brief
by Flexner, James Thomas
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1955
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
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$10.00
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. 197;viii. pp. Of the Great Lives in Brief series by Borzoi Books. Clean throughout; tight binding; green boards bright and clean. Dustjacket price clipped. mild wear at head and tail; age toned.. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 7" x 5".
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St. Philip Neri
by Jouhandeau, Marcel; George Lamb (translated)
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1960
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
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$15.00
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London: Longmans, 1960. 129 pages. The author, "I am no historian. All I shall try to do is to give some sense of the exceptional being St. Philip was, and to make him palpable..." "With his character and teaching, he left a great name behind him and also a memory of great gaiety." Clean throughout; tight binding.. First Thus. Glossy… Read more
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Turner
by Reynolds, Graham
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1984
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780500200834
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$6.00
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London: Thames & Hudson, 1984. 216 pages; 176 illustrations, including 35 color. "An exceedingly happy blend of narrative and perceptive, sensitive criticism". Clean and bright; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Very Good. 8vo.
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$6.00

Visions of Love and Life, Pre-Raphaelite Art from the Birmingham Collection, England
by Wildman, Stephen with Jan Marsh and John Christian
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780883971130
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$12.00
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Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1995. 372 pages; 118 catalogue items, numerous illustrations color and b&w.; Artists' Biographies; Chronology. Sumptuous catalogue with all the names of the era. Clean throughout; tight binding.. First Edition. Pictorial Card Wrappers. Fine. 12" x 9.5". Exhibition Catalogue.
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$12.00

Guy Pène du Bois, Painter of Modern Life
by Fahlman, Betsy
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 2004
- Condition
- Fine
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$12.00
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New York: James Graham & Sons, 2004. 176 pages; thoroughly illustrated in color. Brooklyn born with Creole roots in Louisiana; a French connection through his father. The narrative of the text enhances the numerous color plates. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Blue cloth. Fine/Fine. 12" x 10".
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$12.00

Rayyane Tabet / Alien Propertyt
by Benzel, Kim; Rayyane Tabet; Clare Davies
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 2019
- Condition
- Fine
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$12.00
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New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019. 48 pages; well illustrated. The Met Art Bulletin, Fall 2019. The story of the archaeological site Tell Halaf beginning in the Sixth Millennium B.C. through to early Twentieth Century when the excavations involved Rayyane Tabet great grandfather of contemporary artist Rayyane Tabet an author of the Bulletin. Clean and bright throughout.. Pictorial… Read more
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The Transcendentalists
by Miller, Perry (Edited by)
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1978
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN
- 9781567312157
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$10.00
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New York: MJF Books, 1978. 521 pages. Originally published by Harvard in 1950 this is by arrangement with Harvard University Press. An anthology of early-nineteenth-century American writers of whom the author feels have offered "pertinent and penetrating things about the nature of this society". Clean and bright throughout; tight binding ; clean dustjacket.. First Thus. quarter-cloth / paper boards. Fine/Fine.… Read more
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New Orleans as It Was: Episodes of Louisiana Life
by Castellanos, Henry C. ; Charles L. Dufour (Foreword)
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1990
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780882897875
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$10.00
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Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1990. 352 pages. "an exhilarating journey through the Crescent City's turbulent past." First published in 1895. The author was lawyer, teacher and journalist. He had been planning a series of books on Louisiana history but had completed only this when he died. His obituary in the New Orleans Picayune is printed on the final two… Read more
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The Civil War: The Artists' Record
by Williams, Hermann Warner, Jr.
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1961
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Boston: Beacon Press, 1961. 251 pages followed by the Catalogue listing all the 236 artworks with full descriptions and the Index of Artists.. The exhibition was mounted at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. It includes drawings, sketches, paintings, carvings along with quotes or ahort statements by soldiers on the scenes. Superb history; first-person sources. Previous owner's name… Read more
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A History of the Rise and Progress of The Arts of Design in the United States (3 volumes)
by Dunlap, William; James Thomas Flexner (Introduction); Rita Weiss (Edited by)
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1969
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Reissue
- ISBN
- 9780486216959
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$17.00
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New York: Dover Publications, 1969. Vol.I 435 pages; Vol. II, Part One 1- 275 pages; Vol. II, Part Two 275 - 513 pages. 394 b&w illustrations. Three volumes, all clean throughout except for previous owner' s rubber stamp on each front endpaper.. Reissue. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Very Good. 8vo.
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Turn This Book Into a Beehive! And 19 Other Experiments and Activities That Explore the Amazing World of Bees
by Brunelle, Lynn
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 2018
- Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781523501410
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$10.00
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New York: Workman Publishing, 2018. 92 pages followed by as many activity pages; thoroughly illustrated. Clean throughout; tight binding.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. 4to.
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The Power of the Center: A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts (The New Version)
by Arnheim, Rudolf
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780520062429
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$6.00
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. 239 pages; more than 150 b&w illustrations. Bibliography; Index. "What determines the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture?" The book, helpful to the viewer as well as the artist. Clean throughout; tight binding.. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Very Good. 8vo.
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The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques. Fifth Edition, Revised and Updated
by Mayer, Ralph; Steven Sheehan (Revised and Updated)
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1991
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9780670837014
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$22.00
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New York: Viking Press, 1991. 761 pages. grounds and pigments and oils; how to use an egg yolk for tempera; .home making watercolors; solvents and thinners. "The first and last word on the technical side ogf painting - a must for artists and art studnts.", Ben Shahn. Clean and bright throughout; binding tight; dustjacket with mild soiling.. quarter-cloth and… Read more
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$22.00

Old-Fashioned Nautical Illustrations - Ready to Use, Copyright Free Designs
by Grafton, Carol Belanger (Selected and Arranged)
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN
- 9780486268804
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$10.00
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New York: Dover Publications, 1991. 64 pages; Over 400 b&w illustrations printed on only one side. Nautical, marine, maritime, naval, seaside, sealife, seaborne, in-the-sea. They're all here. . Pictorial Card Wrappers. Very Good. 4to.
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In the Fullness of Timw: Masteroieces of Egyptian Art from American Collections
by Romano, James F.; John Olbrantz (Introduction)
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- Ultramarine Books
- Published
- 2002
- Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9781930957527
- Item Price
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$25.00
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Illamette University: Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 2002. 94 pages; illustrated throughout, mostly in color. A gathering of important works of Egyptian art that lies shelved in American collections. Clean throughout; tght binding.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers (softcover). Fine. 11" x 8.5". Exhibition Catalogue.
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$25.00