BACKHOUSE, JANET

The Illuminated Manuscript

Stroud: Oxford, Phaidon, 1979. ISBN: 0714819697. First Edition: Fine black boards (hardback) , silver lettering to the spine, 11.5 x 9.00 inches approx, near fine coloured pictorial dust jacket, not price clipped, tiny inscription of a previous owner to the front endpaper, 80 pages, illustrated in colour and black & white..

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Book number: 14059

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0714819697 Painting Illustrating History Books

BALL, WILFRED

Wet Watercolour

London: B. T. Batsford, 1987. Hardcover in dust acke. ISBN: 0713454326. First edition quarto, 159 pages illustrated with 50 colour and 73 black & white photographs. Fine green cloth and gilt hard back with fine dust jacket, not price clipped, tiny gold printed name and address label pasted to bottom of the front paste down. No inscriptions or marks.. Fine .

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Book number: 16557

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0713454326 Painting Watercolours

BORENIUS, T

Rembrandt Selected Paintings

London: Phaidon Press, 1944. 2nd Impression. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good oatmeal cloth hardcover. Neat signature and date (1947) to front pastedown half hidden under flap of dust jacket. Tipped in colour frontispiece 36 pages of text and 104 full page plates 7 of which are coloured. The dust jacket is rubbed to extremities but is unclipped. ; Black & white and colour; Folio 13" - 23" tall. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 17405

Catalogue: Art

CLAY, JEAN

Modern Art, 1890-1918

London: Octopus Books, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0706408179. Green cloth and gilt, slight mark to lower front board no inscriptions. Heavy item. "The six keys to understanding the art of the period 1890-1918, as identified by Jean Clay and used as the structure of this volume are colour, distortion, the pulverized object, frontality, the real object, and movement. These themes reveal a lively and revolutionary age whose art was dominated by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Leger, Robert Delaunay, Paul Klee, Kazimir Malevich, Piet Mondrian, Marc Chagall, Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, and Wassily Kandinsky. "; Colour plates and photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 320 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 17329

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0706408179

HECTOR, GERTRUDE AND BARNARD, HARRY

Arts and Crafts and the Story of the Potter

London: A & C Black, Ltd, 1932. . Very good orange cloth boards with a textured appearance, black lettering to spine which is a little faded, no inscriptions, 88 numbered pages, black and white and coloured illustrations. A very good, tight and clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

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Book number: 8226

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Pottery Craftsmen

JONES, SYDNEY R. & GEOFFREY HOLME (EDITOR)

Posters & Their Designers

London: The Studio, 1924. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 12 pages of text with 150 pages of black & white and colour illustrations. Fine blue decorated cloth hardback. Minor foxing to endpapers and prelims. Neat signature and date Sept 1924 to front endpaper. No other marks. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 150 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 16916

Catalogue: Art

LAWRENCE, DAVID

A Logo for London

Capital Transport, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1854142321. Fine pictorial laminated boards, no inscriptions or marks. ; Black & white and colour artwork & photographs; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; 112 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 17897

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 1854142321

PYE, DAVID

The Nature and Aesthetics of Design

London: The Herbert Press, 1982. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0906969271. Fine card covers - paperback. No inscriptions or marks. ; Black & white photographs; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine .

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Book number: 17140

Catalogue: Art & Design

Keywords: 0906969271 Architecture Taste

REID, JAMES W

Edward Seago - the Landscape Art

London: Sotheby's Publications, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. ISBN: 0856674028. Illustrated by Edward Seago. Fine bottle green cloth hardcover. No inscriptions or marks with a near fine unclipped dustjacket. With 90 colour plates, 110 black & white illustrations and 6 maps. This a heavy and substantial item. ; Colour and black & white; Landscape format 4to 9" - 11" tall; 264 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17306

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0856674028 Artist

VANNS, MICHAEL A.

Witness to Change a Record of the Industrial Revolution - the Elton Collection at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum

Hersham: Ian Allan, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 0711029539. Fine maroon cloth with a near fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. ; Black & white and colour photographs; landscape 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 160 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 17506

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0711029539

VAN DE VELDE, CARL (RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY)

Jan Wierix the Creation and the Early History of Man 1607-1608

London: Richard L Feigen & Co,, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. ISBN: 1873232004. Fine dark blue cloth gilt titles to the front and spine, no inscriptions or marks. Near fine matching blue dust jacket. Enerally in a near fine condition, illustrated in black and white and sepia. An inspiring look at the work of Flemish engraver and draughtsman Jan Wierex concentrating on twenty drawings that illustrate the Creation. ; Tall 8vo 9" - 10" ; xxiii 102 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 14385

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 1873232004 Theology Engraving Artists Creationists Creationalism

YOUNG, JOHN

The Aviation Paintings of John Young

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 0715393952. First edition landscape folio, 96 pages fine blue cloth hard back with a fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. This book features the aviation paintings of John Young, with 48 paintings in all, featuring aircraft from before World War I, biplanes for military and sporting use, heavy bombers, sleek fighters, modern military jets and airliners. The author tells in his own words the story of his early struggles and adventures, and offers an insight into the creation of his oil paintings.. Fine .

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Book number: 15602

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0715393952