The Glory of the Garden. [Catalogue of] A Loan Exhibition in association with the Royal Horticultural Society. 2 January 1986 to 28 January 1987. NEAR FINE COPY

Sotheby's,, 1987. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, backstrip lightly sunned else a near fine copy. The catalogue lists 181 lots with index of artists.

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Book number: 30019

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ABBAZIA SALVATORE AL MONTE AMIATA.

Renato Guerrini. Presentazione di Piero Torriti. NEAR FINE COPY

Comunale di Abbadia S. Salvatore, Siena,, 1985. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions throughout; pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. SCARCE.

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Book number: 30346

Catalogue: Fine Art0

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ABBOT HALL GALLERY

[Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by] William Havell 1782-1857. Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Prints. Spink & Son, Reading Museum & Art Gallery, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, 24 November - 10 April 1982. [Introduction by Felicity Owen].

Reading Museum and Art Gallery,, 1981. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Includes chronology, art critics, full-page pedigree, and bibliography. Scarce.

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Book number: 19543

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ACKERMANN & SON LTD

The Pleasures of Observation. 6 June to 30 June 1990. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Ackermann & Son,, 1990. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece and 37 fine coloured plates (the majority full-page); original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. This notable sale exhibition comprises 37 paintings. The artists represented include Pyne, Watts, Haytley, Tuke, Pissarro, Munnings and Grant among others.

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Book number: 15883

Catalogue: Fine Art0

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ADAMS T.

The Eye of Thomas Jefferson.

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC,, 1976. Roy. 4to., First Edition with a portrait frontispiece and very numerous photographs, illustrations and facsimiles throughout, gift inscription on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy. Catalogue of the exhibition that ran from 5 June to 6 September 1976. Lists a total of 609 items with extensive descriptions.

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Book number: 18022

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AGNEW, Ltd

The Watercolour Collection formed by Mrs. Cecil Keith. Cecil Keith. Including a Group of Drawings from the Collection of her Father. 1-25 May 1984. [Introduction by Evelyn Joll]. FINE COPY

Agnew,, 1984. Oblong 4to., First Edition, with reproductions; pictorial wrappers, a fine copy.

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Book number: 25635

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ALAZARD Jean

The Florentine Portrait. Translated from the original French by Barbara Whelpton. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Nicholson & Watson,, [1948]. 4to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 31 collotype plates; black cloth, gilt back, endpapers browned else a very good copy. Includes a useful bibliography.

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Book number: 1196

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ALBEMARLE GALLERY

Jiri Kolar. Defective Art 1986-1990. 2 - 25 May 1990. NEAR FINE COPY

Albemarle Gallery,, 1990. 4to., First Edition, with coloured reproductions; printed wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 31169

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ALBEMARLE GALLERY

Summer 2003. FINE COPY WITH PRICE LIST

Albemarle Gallery,, 2003. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured reproductions throughout; printed wrappers, a fine copy. The invitation card and exhibition price list are loosely inserted. SCARCE.

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Book number: 29608

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ALBERTINA FACSIMILES

The Albertina Facsimiles from Drawings of Great Masters. Complete Catalogue.

Anton Schroll, Vienna,, [1939]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous reproductions; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy.

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Book number: 28990

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ALEXANDER Sidney

Marc Chagall. A Biography. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Cassell,, [1978]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, fore-edges very lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 40986

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ALFORD, ed. Violet

Handbooks of European National Dances. Published under the Auspices of the Royal Academy of Dancing and the Ling Physcial Education Association. Edited by Violet Alford. A run of 8 volumes as follows. BRIGHT RUN IN DUSTWRAPPERS

Max Parrish,, [1948-53]. 8 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispieces, coloured, plates, maps and musical scores, neat inscription on front free endpapers; original printed cloth, upper boards and backstrips lettered in red, a very good bright, clean run in dustwrapper. The run comprises: Austria (1948), Greece (1948), Portugal (1948), Netherlands (1949), Denmark (1950), England & Wales (1950), Germany (1951), Belgium (1953).

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Book number: 28010

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ALFORD Violet

Peeps at English Folk-Dances. NEAR FINE COPY

A&C Black,, 1923. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 2 coloured plates, 8 plates in monochrome and 2 illustrations (one full-page) in the text, neat signature on free endpaper; original decorative cloth elaborately blocked in black, large coloured illustration (not repeated in text) mounted on upper board, backstrip lettered and blocked in black, a near fine copy. Published in Black's well-known 'Peeps' series. Inman 858.

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Book number: 8812

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ALHADEFF Albert

The Raft of the Medusa. Gericault, Art and Race. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Prestel, Munich,, [2002]. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red, yellow and black, And numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations in the text; red cloth, backstrip lettered in cream, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 26796

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ALLEN Gordon

The Smaller House of To-day.

Batsford,, [1926]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 219 photographs and plans in the text, free endpapers mildly browned; original decorative blue cloth upper board blocked and lettered in black, gilt back, backstrip faded (but all lettering wholly legible), a very good, clean, tight copy. Designs for commuter-belt housing in the style of the Twenties. Architects include Basil Oliver, Quennell and the author, with a well-organised text. Uncommon in this condition.

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Book number: 19212

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