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Exposed
by Alison Smith
Alison Smith is a curator at Tate Britain and the author of The Victorian Nude: Sexuality, Morality, and Art. She lives in London, England.
British Art Books & Ephemera
The Complete Illuminated Books
by Blake, William; David Bindman (Introduction)
New York: Thames and Hudson, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, first thus, in brown textured boards with publisher's dolphin colophon pressed into the front and gilt titling to the spine. A heavier book: might require additional shipping charges. Illustrated with 366 colour and 27 monotone reproductions of Blake's illuminations. With one exception, all plates conform to the size of Blake's originals. Includes A Chronology of Blake...
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$150.00
Edwards's Botanical Register, Vol. 33
by John Lindley
Very good copy of Volume XXXIII (33) of Edwards's Botanical Register, 1847.
Complete with all 64 (2 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1-64).
The majority by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake.
Includes 20 exotic species of showy orchids (Coelogyne, Dendrobium, Cattleya, Staurochilus, Bletilla, Encyclia, Pinalia, Rhynchostylis, Oncidium, Calanthe, Brassia, Ascocentrum, etc.), as well as iris, hibiscus, bindweed, ginger lily, primrose, columbine, forsythia, Oriental paper bush,... Read more about this item
Complete with all 64 (2 folding) hand-coloured botanical plates (No. 1-64).
The majority by talented woman botanical artist Miss Sarah Drake.
Includes 20 exotic species of showy orchids (Coelogyne, Dendrobium, Cattleya, Staurochilus, Bletilla, Encyclia, Pinalia, Rhynchostylis, Oncidium, Calanthe, Brassia, Ascocentrum, etc.), as well as iris, hibiscus, bindweed, ginger lily, primrose, columbine, forsythia, Oriental paper bush,... Read more about this item
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$1200.00
Sunshine in the Country. A Book of Rural Poetry. Embellished with Photographs from Nature
by [GRUNDY, William Morris]; KEATS, John; DONNE, John; CLARE, John; WORDSWORTH, William
London: Richard Griffin and Company, 1861. A lovely near-fine copy, the binding firm and bright. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and a little spotting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and fresh throughout. A superb example of a very scarce title. 8vo (21.8 x 15.7 cm). Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the upper board and spine, gilt to all page edges. Illustrated with 20 mounted albumen prints. FIRST EDITION of one of the...
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$3750.00
William Blake / Martin Butlin
by Butlin, Martin ; William Blake (Exhibition) (1978 : London, Manchester)
London : Tate Gallery Publications, 1978. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 164 pages; Physical desc. : 164p. , [16]p. Of plates : ill (some col), facsims. (some col), ports. ; 28cm. Subject: Blake, William, 1757-1827 - Exhibitions - Catalogs. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Tate Gallery 9 March-21 May 1978...
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$17.94
The Dance of Death
by Wenceslaus Hollar
A very scarce, hand-coloured edition of Wenceslaus Hollar's Dance of Death.With 33 plates engraved by Hollar, comprising 31 hand-coloured engravings of the Dance of Death, one hand-coloured engraving of the Dance of Macaber, and two engraved portraits (of Hollar and Holbein).According to the exhaustive Dance of Death website dodedans.com, Hollar's engravings are based primarily on Arnold Birckmann's copies of Holbein's woodcuts. Most of the plates have the initials HB (Holbein) and WH (Hollar), apart...
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$1500.00
Johan Zoffany RA Society Observed
by Postle, Martin (ed.)
Yale University Press/ Yale Center for British Art/ Royal Academy of Arts. Very Good. 2011. Paperback. 1907533265 . Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage.; Card covers bright, stiff and clean, spine a trifle cocked, yet uncreased; Internally clean, no ownership mark or annotations, illustrated with copious colour reproductions; Binding tight. Overall an attractive, sturdy copy of this handsomely produced edition.; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 312 pages .
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£15.00
First Nudes Eric Gill
by Gill, Eric; Sir John Rothenstein (intro.)
Neville Spearman. Very Good- in Fair dust jacket. 1954. Hardback. Dust jacket a trifle grubby, wear at the corners and a few tears and creases at the spine and the rear top edge, internal tape repairs, now wrapped in a removable archival sleeve; Boards bright and clean, corners sharp, gilt titles bright; Internally clean, no ownership mark or annotation, notable off-setting on the endpapers; generously illustrated with full-page reproductions of Gill's nude sketches; Binding tight. Overall a...
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£45.00
English Popular and Traditional Art
by Lambert, Margaret and Mark, Enid:
William Collins London 1946 . First Edition. Part Of The Britain In Pictures set . Brown decorative boards with G DJ in same design. 7x9", 48 pages with eight color plates and 30 b/w illustrations.
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£15.00
Graham Sutherland
by Hammer, Martin; Sutherland, Graham
London: The Ambassador Publishing Co Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. 1950. Limited Edition [2000]. Beige hardback cloth cover. 360mm x 280mm (14" x 11"). 176pp. Colour plates from the exhibition. Heavy book – extra shipping needed for overseas. .
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£28.00
Monumental Brasses
by Macklin, H W
United Kingdom: Allen & Unwin. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1965. Reprint. Hardcover. 0047390026 . A Very Good Reprint hardcover in an About Good unclipped dustjacket. Book is in clean green boards, bumped to the spine ends and corners. Internally, no writing or stamps, unmarked toned pages, a little tanned to the text-block edges. The lightly soiled dustjacket is creased and rubbed to the edges, with small closed tears, a small loss to the spine head, and chips to the spine heel and tips -...
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£5.95
Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol. 50
by John Sims
Very good incomplete copy of Volume L (50) or Eighth of the New Series of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1823.
With 64 (of 84) hand-coloured botanical plates, six folding (No. 2356-2440). Missing 20 plates: 2364-2369, 2410, 2412-2418, 2427-2432.
Copperplate engravings by John Curtis, a few by Sydenham Edwards, mostly engraved by Weddell.
Includes many exotic flowers and plants such as the Claramond tulip, iris, pineapple, hibiscus, Indian fig, protea, amaryllis, aloe, azalea, banksia, crinum, etc.
John... Read more about this item
With 64 (of 84) hand-coloured botanical plates, six folding (No. 2356-2440). Missing 20 plates: 2364-2369, 2410, 2412-2418, 2427-2432.
Copperplate engravings by John Curtis, a few by Sydenham Edwards, mostly engraved by Weddell.
Includes many exotic flowers and plants such as the Claramond tulip, iris, pineapple, hibiscus, Indian fig, protea, amaryllis, aloe, azalea, banksia, crinum, etc.
John... Read more about this item
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$800.00
William Blake: a complete catalogue of the works in the Tate Gallery
by Martin Butlin
Tate, London, 1971. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: William Blake. Size: Oblong 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 80 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm, spine cocked and slightly worn. Boards bowed. Corners slightly bumped. Profusely illustrated. Illustrator: William Blake. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Art & Design; England; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 49450. .
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£8.00
Whistler As I Knew Him
by Menpes, Mortimer; Menpes, Dorothy
London: A & C Black, 1904. First edition. Hard cover in original patterned cloth. Published London: A & C Black, 1904. 4to., 9" x 10 3/4", xxvi+153pp., illustrated with 125 black and white and color, full page plates, all with tissue guards, top edge gilt. Four inch split to rear outer hinge cloth, some soil and fade to the covers and spine. Pages and plates clean and bright, internally very good. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket. 4to.
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$195.00
THE GENIUS OF BRITISH PAINTING
by Piper, David (Editor)
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1975. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 64 Pages of Colour reproduction and 300 Black and White Illustrations. 352 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$25.00
Christopher Wood
by Newton, Eric et al
Heinemann, for the Redfern Gallery. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1938. Hardback. Quarter white cloth and black paper boards, rubbed at edges w/ splitting of the paper, bumped on corners, flecked staining to front board, lettering on front chipped, spine a touch grubby, a number of superficial score marks; Pages age-toned and lightly spotted, ex-lib with a number of the usual stamps and labels, B&W coloured tipped in plates, all present, front joint exposed; Stitch/library binding loosening. ; 10 x...
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£18.00
Familiar Indian Flowers
by Lena Lowis
Lovely copy of a rare book on Indian flora by talented amateur female artist Lena LowisWith 30 elegant botanicals by Lena Lowis, lithographed by David Blair, and printed by M. & N. Hanhart. Among the exotic flowers portrayed are poinsettia, flame lily, bougainvillea, hibiscus, clustervine, coralbush, Rangoon creeper, Nepal trumpet flower, white orchid tree, elephant creeper, oleander, Darwin pea, bottlebrush and Eastern prickly pear.No publication date, but preface dated 1878.Lena Lowis (1845-1919) was a...
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$900.00
John Gardiner Crawford. Acrylic and Watercolour Paintings
by Crawford, John Gardiner; Boyd, James D [intro.]
Glasgow: William Hardie Ltd. VG : Very in Good condition without dust jacket. 1993. Limited Edition [2000]. Illustrated laminated card cover. 220mm x 300mm (9" x 12"). [72pp.]. Colour and b/w plates. .
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£22.00
Portraits of the Nobility
by Mrs Fairlie, Charles Heath
Near fine copy of the First Series of these charming portraits of the children of English aristocracy
Complere with 10 very fine steel engravings of chocolate-box Victoriana
Toddlers and teenagers in ringlets, satin and taffeta, both boys and girls in cute dresses.
One poem by Benjamin Disraeli, MP, who mourns the death of one of the subjects, Susannah Copley, at the tender age of 15.
The portraits by eminent artists such as Alfred Edward Chalon, John Bostock, and Daniel Maclise. The engravings by... Read more about this item
Complere with 10 very fine steel engravings of chocolate-box Victoriana
Toddlers and teenagers in ringlets, satin and taffeta, both boys and girls in cute dresses.
One poem by Benjamin Disraeli, MP, who mourns the death of one of the subjects, Susannah Copley, at the tender age of 15.
The portraits by eminent artists such as Alfred Edward Chalon, John Bostock, and Daniel Maclise. The engravings by... Read more about this item
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$350.00
Franz Xaver Winterhalter and the Courts of Europe 1830-1870
by Ormond Richard, and Blackett-Ord Carol
London: National Portrait Gallery. Very Good+. 1987. Paperback. 0904017834 . Please note this is a heavy item and will incur extra shipping charges for international orders. ; 4to. Reprint, 240pp, black paper wrappers, vg. , crease down length of spine, pages very slightly age toned, otherwise unmarked. German portrait painter whose patrons included Queen Victoria, full of beautiful cold. Plates portraying the splendour and opulence of this era. Cat. For the exhibition held at the National...
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£25.00
Flowers from an Indian Garden
by [Emily Eden]
A delightful Victorian botanical book by an aristocratic amateur artist living in IndiaTinted title page, 12 chromolithographic plates: preface printed in gold with botanical border, and 11 fine botanical plates each with text leaf printed in gold. Very fine botanical plates including group of flowers from Bombay, wild flowers from Mahableshwar, tulip tree, tuberose, Asian bleeding heart, jungle geranium, Bengal rose, crepe myrtle, tamarind, passionflower, lotus and the extinct Magnolia pterocarpa.Emily...
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$2000.00
British Paintings at the Huntington
by Asleson, Robyn; Bennett, Shelley M
New Haven / London: The Huntington Library / Yale University Press. VG : in very good condition with edge-chipped dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 330mm x 250mm (13" x 10"). vii, 568pp. Colour plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .
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£86.00
AUGUSTUS JOHN, A BIOGRAPHY
by Holroyd, Michael
May not be noted.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First American Edition. Hardcover. 0030138264 . Art; Biography; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B&W Illustrations; Holroyd, Michael Augustus John, a Biography New York Holt, Rinehart and Winston c1974, 1975.Gold-stamped siena cloth. 676 pgs indexed. In depth study of the well-known portratist born in Wales. .
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$14.65
