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	BRUYN, JOOST, AND CARTER, DAVID G. Rembrandt et ses élèves = Rembrandt and His Pupils Montreal and Toronto, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Art Gallery of Ontario. 1969. Soft Cover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue, 118 pp. 120 pp. of illus. (part col.), maps (on lining papers), bib. notes; 25 cm. Text in English and French. A loan exhibition of paintings commemorating the 300th anniversary of Rembrandt, under the high patronage of His Excellency Dr. Theodorus Bot, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Canada. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, January 9-February 23, 1969; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, March 14-April 27, 1969. Good+. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. Browning. BON+ ETAT. Good. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 038266 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	ROCQUET, CLAUDE-HENRI; SCOTT, NORA (TRANSLATED BY) Bruegel or the Workshop of Dreams: A Novel Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 1991, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0226723429) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 210 pp. [8] pp. of plates, illus. biblio.; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light handling soil/foreedge, else fine. Dust jacket with creased back flap. "Claude-Henri Rocquet--poet, playwright, and critic--has marshalled the full range of his talents to create a dazzling historical novel about the artist Peter Bruegel the Elder. To the few facts we have--Bruegel died in 1569 around the age of fifty; he lived in Antwerp and in Brussels; his work was much admired--Rocquet adds his own speculations on the sights, smells, and textures of Bruegel's world, on the artist's innermost feelings and intimate conversations, on his spiritual life and its possible translation on the artist's canvas." - Publisher. Very Good/Very Good. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 016938 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	JACOB, JOHN Rembrandt London, Octopus Books; Hannerwood. 1990. (ISBN: 090632081X) Soft Cover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64 pp. illus.; 28 x 22 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's blind stamp, otherwise unmarked. Browning. Good. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 004996 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	BOUINEAU, JEAN-MARC; NEUMEIER, ED (FOREWORD BY) Paul Verhoeven: Beyond Flesh and Blood Paris, Le Cinephage. 2001. (ISBN: 2951630603) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 126 pp. illus. (some col.), filmography, biblio. index; 21 cm. Text in English. AS NEW. A profile of the Dutch director of Robocop, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and other cult films. Fine. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 030647 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	STEADMAN, PHILIP Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press. 2002, First paperback edition. (ISBN: 0192803026) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 207 pp. [8] pp. of plates, illus. (some col.), maps, biblio. index; 24 cm. BRAND NEW. Remainder mark/tail edge. "Art historians have long speculated on how Vermeer achieved the uncanny mixture of detached precision, compositional repose, and perspective accuracy that have drawn many to describe his work as 'photographic.' Indeed, many wonder if Vermeer employed a camera obscura, a primitive form of camera, to enhance his realistic effects? In Vermeer's Camera, Philip Steadman traces the development of the camera obscura--first described by Leonaro da Vinci--weighs the arguments that scholars have made for and against Vermeer's use of the camera, and offers a fascinating examination of the paintings themselves and what they alone can tell us of Vermeer's technique. Vermeer left no record of his method and indeed we know almost nothing of the man nor of how he worked. But by a close and illuminating study of the paintings Steadman concludes that Vermeer did use the camera obscura and shows how the inherent defects in this primitive device enabled Vermeer to achieve some remarkable effects--the slight blurring of image, the absence of sharp lines, the peculiar illusion not of closeness but of distance in the domestic scenes. Steadman argues that the use of the camera also explains some previously unexplainable qualities of Vermeer's art, such as the absence of conventional drawing, the pattern of underpainting in areas of pure tone, the pervasive feeling of reticence that suffuses his canvases, and the almost magical sense that Vermeer is painting not objects but light itself. Drawing on a wealth of Vermeer research and displaying an extraordinary sensitivity to the subtleties of the work itself, Philip Steadman offers in Vermeer's Camera a fresh perspective on some of the most enchanting paintings ever created. / Philip Steadman is Professor of Urban and Built Form Studies, University College London." - Publisher. NEW. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 037185 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	WEBER, KATHARINE The Music Lesson : A Novel New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. 1998, First Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 0609603175) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible, 178 pp.; 20 cm. A 1999 New York Times Notable Book. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." Fine DJ. "'She's beautiful,' writes Irish-American art historian Patricia Dolan in the first of the journal entries that form The Music Lesson. 'I look at my face in the mirror and it seems far away, less real than hers.' The woman she describes is the subject of the stolen Vermeer of the novel's title. Patricia is alone with this exquisite painting in a remote Irish cottage by the sea. How she arrived in such an unlikely circumstance is one part of the story Patricia tells us: about her father, a policeman who raised her to believe deeply in the cause of a united Ireland; the art history career that has sustained her since the numbing loss of her daughter; and the arrival of Mickey O'Driscoll, her dangerously charming, young Irish cousin, which has led to her involvement in this high-stakes crime. How her sublime vigil becomes a tale of loss, regret, and transformation is the rest of her story. The silent woman in the priceless painting becomes, for Patricia, a tabula rasa, a presence that at different moments seems to judge, to approve, or to offer wisdom. As Patricia immerses herself in the turbulent passions of her Irish heritage and ponders her aesthetic fidelity to the serene and understated pleasures of Dutch art, she discovers, in her silent communion, a growing awareness of all that has been hidden beneath the surface of her own life. And she discovers that she possesses the knowledge of what she must do to preserve the things she values most. / Katharine Weber lives in Connecticut with her husband and their two daughters and spends part of the year in West Cork, Ireland. She teaches fiction writing at Yale University." - Publisher. Fine/Fine. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 028320 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.

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	BRUYN, JOOST, AND CARTER, DAVID G. Rembrandt et ses élèves = Rembrandt and His Pupils Montreal and Toronto, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Art Gallery of Ontario. 1969. Soft Cover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue, 118 pp. 120 pp. of illus. (part col.), maps (on lining papers), bib. notes; 25 cm. Text in English and French. A loan exhibition of paintings commemorating the 300th anniversary of Rembrandt, under the high patronage of His Excellency Dr. Theodorus Bot, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Canada. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, January 9-February 23, 1969; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, March 14-April 27, 1969. Good+. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. Browning. BON+ ETAT. Good. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3870] Book number: 038266 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	ROCQUET, CLAUDE-HENRI; SCOTT, NORA (TRANSLATED BY) Bruegel or the Workshop of Dreams: A Novel Chicago, University of Chicago Press. 1991, First American Edition. (ISBN: 0226723429) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 210 pp. [8] pp. of plates, illus. biblio.; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light handling soil/foreedge, else fine. Dust jacket with creased back flap. "Claude-Henri Rocquet--poet, playwright, and critic--has marshalled the full range of his talents to create a dazzling historical novel about the artist Peter Bruegel the Elder. To the few facts we have--Bruegel died in 1569 around the age of fifty; he lived in Antwerp and in Brussels; his work was much admired--Rocquet adds his own speculations on the sights, smells, and textures of Bruegel's world, on the artist's innermost feelings and intimate conversations, on his spiritual life and its possible translation on the artist's canvas." - Publisher. Very Good/Very Good. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 016938 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	JACOB, JOHN Rembrandt London, Octopus Books; Hannerwood. 1990. (ISBN: 090632081X) Soft Cover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64 pp. illus.; 28 x 22 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Previous owner's blind stamp, otherwise unmarked. Browning. Good. USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 \| £UK 3.25 \| JP¥ 430] Book number: 004996 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	BOUINEAU, JEAN-MARC; NEUMEIER, ED (FOREWORD BY) Paul Verhoeven: Beyond Flesh and Blood Paris, Le Cinephage. 2001. (ISBN: 2951630603) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 126 pp. illus. (some col.), filmography, biblio. index; 21 cm. Text in English. AS NEW. A profile of the Dutch director of Robocop, Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and other cult films. Fine. USD 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 5.5 \| £UK 5 \| JP¥ 688] Book number: 030647 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	STEADMAN, PHILIP Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces Oxford and New York, Oxford University Press. 2002, First paperback edition. (ISBN: 0192803026) Trade Paperback , 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 207 pp. [8] pp. of plates, illus. (some col.), maps, biblio. index; 24 cm. BRAND NEW. Remainder mark/tail edge. "Art historians have long speculated on how Vermeer achieved the uncanny mixture of detached precision, compositional repose, and perspective accuracy that have drawn many to describe his work as 'photographic.' Indeed, many wonder if Vermeer employed a camera obscura, a primitive form of camera, to enhance his realistic effects? In Vermeer's Camera, Philip Steadman traces the development of the camera obscura--first described by Leonaro da Vinci--weighs the arguments that scholars have made for and against Vermeer's use of the camera, and offers a fascinating examination of the paintings themselves and what they alone can tell us of Vermeer's technique. Vermeer left no record of his method and indeed we know almost nothing of the man nor of how he worked. But by a close and illuminating study of the paintings Steadman concludes that Vermeer did use the camera obscura and shows how the inherent defects in this primitive device enabled Vermeer to achieve some remarkable effects--the slight blurring of image, the absence of sharp lines, the peculiar illusion not of closeness but of distance in the domestic scenes. Steadman argues that the use of the camera also explains some previously unexplainable qualities of Vermeer's art, such as the absence of conventional drawing, the pattern of underpainting in areas of pure tone, the pervasive feeling of reticence that suffuses his canvases, and the almost magical sense that Vermeer is painting not objects but light itself. Drawing on a wealth of Vermeer research and displaying an extraordinary sensitivity to the subtleties of the work itself, Philip Steadman offers in Vermeer's Camera a fresh perspective on some of the most enchanting paintings ever created. / Philip Steadman is Professor of Urban and Built Form Studies, University College London." - Publisher. NEW. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2150] Book number: 037185 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.
	WEBER, KATHARINE The Music Lesson : A Novel New York, Crown Publishers, Inc. 1998, First Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 0609603175) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Collectible, 178 pp.; 20 cm. A 1999 New York Times Notable Book. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." Fine DJ. "'She's beautiful,' writes Irish-American art historian Patricia Dolan in the first of the journal entries that form The Music Lesson. 'I look at my face in the mirror and it seems far away, less real than hers.' The woman she describes is the subject of the stolen Vermeer of the novel's title. Patricia is alone with this exquisite painting in a remote Irish cottage by the sea. How she arrived in such an unlikely circumstance is one part of the story Patricia tells us: about her father, a policeman who raised her to believe deeply in the cause of a united Ireland; the art history career that has sustained her since the numbing loss of her daughter; and the arrival of Mickey O'Driscoll, her dangerously charming, young Irish cousin, which has led to her involvement in this high-stakes crime. How her sublime vigil becomes a tale of loss, regret, and transformation is the rest of her story. The silent woman in the priceless painting becomes, for Patricia, a tabula rasa, a presence that at different moments seems to judge, to approve, or to offer wisdom. As Patricia immerses herself in the turbulent passions of her Irish heritage and ponders her aesthetic fidelity to the serene and understated pleasures of Dutch art, she discovers, in her silent communion, a growing awareness of all that has been hidden beneath the surface of her own life. And she discovers that she possesses the knowledge of what she must do to preserve the things she values most. / Katharine Weber lives in Connecticut with her husband and their two daughters and spends part of the year in West Cork, Ireland. She teaches fiction writing at Yale University." - Publisher. Fine/Fine. USD 6.00 [Appr.: EURO 4 \| £UK 3.75 \| JP¥ 516] Book number: 028320 Click here to order or inquire at Left Coast Books.