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| AUSTEN, R.L. Gems & Jewels Evans Brothers. 1979. (ISBN: 0237449331) Hard Cover. 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. Good/Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 033334 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| BAIRD, LJILJANA Quilts Philadelphia, Courage. 1994. (ISBN: 1561384739) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 14.00 [Appr.: EURO 15.75 US$ 23.25 | JP¥ 2054] Book number: 033664 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| COYSH, A.W. Blue and White Transfer Ware 1780-1840 Newton Abbott, David & Charles. 1979. (ISBN: 0715365355) Hard Cover. 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. Good/Good. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 034868 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| GARRATT, COLIN Scarecrows Newton Harcourt, Milepost. 1995. (ISBN: 1900193108) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 | JP¥ 954] Book number: 033907 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| HAYDEN, ARTHUR Chats on English China T. Fisher Unwin. 1922. Hard Cover. Brown cloth covers, no dj, 280 pp with 150 b/w illustrations and colour frontispiece. A few fraying pgs. Good -. Good. GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.14 | JP¥ 807] Book number: 031028 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| HULTON, PAUL & SMITH, LAWRENCE Flowers in Art From East And West London, British Museum Publications. 1979. (ISBN: 0714100994) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. Very Good. GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 033869 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| LYNTON, NORBERT The Story of Modern Art Oxford, Phaidon Press. 1986. (ISBN: 0 7148 1848 8) , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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). GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 031386 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| MILLER, MARTIN Antiques Source Book 2003-2004 The Definitive Guide to Retail Prices for Antiques and Collectables London, Carlton. 2003. (ISBN: 1 84442 968 7) Soft Cover. 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. GBP 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 US$ 9.97 | JP¥ 880] Book number: 031680 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| OLME, BRIAN (ED) Master Drawings London, Studio Publications. 1947. Hard Cover. 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. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 032778 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| PEARSALL, RONALD Illustrated Guide to Collecting Antiques Twickenham, Tiger Books. 1996. (ISBN: 1855018462) Hard Cover. 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. Very Good/Very Good. GBP 6.50 [Appr.: EURO 7.25 US$ 10.8 | JP¥ 954] Book number: 032248 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| PETERSON, HAROLD L. The Book of The Gun London, Paul Hamlyn. 1967. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. Good/Good. GBP 8.50 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 14.12 | JP¥ 1247] Book number: 033744 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| SAVAGE, GEORGE Glass Octopus. 1972. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 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. Good/Good. GBP 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.75 US$ 8.31 | JP¥ 734] Book number: 033329 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| SELZ, JEAN Edvard Munch Italy, Bonfini Press. 1976. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 031816 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| WARREN, GEOFFREY All Colour Book of Art Nouveau London, Octopus. 1972. (ISBN: 0706400682) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. Good/Good. GBP 5.50 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 US$ 9.14 | JP¥ 807] Book number: 033735 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| VAN ZANDT, ELEANOR The Life and Works of William Morris Parragon. 1995. (ISBN: 0752507419) Hard Cover. 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. GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 033316 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. | ||
| ZDZISLAW ZYGULSKI JR. An Outline History of Polish Applied Art Warsaw, Interpress. 1987. (ISBN: 8322320574) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 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. Good/Good. GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 035474 Click here to order or inquire at Glynn's Books. |
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