RANSON,RON

The Art of John Yardley (from the Library of Artist Robert Eaton)

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A Very Good Copy in a Very Good Dust-Jacket,price clipped with NO previous names or inscriptions present.This title was acquired from the Library of Northern Artist Robert Easton 1936-2023. Bob Eaton was a respected Northern artist whose large catalogue of work reflected a number of painting styles that mainly captured the changing industrial and rural landscapes of North East Lancashire. His early love of art saw him trained at Accrington Art College in the 1950s and following his Army Service he became a secondary school art teacher in Accrington. Bob gained a growing reputation locally for his work, but he also exhibited Nationally at the Royal Academy in London and at an exhibition of British Artists at the Louvre in Paris in the 1970s.After retiring from teaching there followed a forty year period of prolific output that coincided with an increasing reluctance to sell his work or have any interest in the business side of the art world. This period of deliberate retreat from public recognition conversely saw him in regular correspondence with a number of famous artists of the time. This thirst for knowledge was supplemented by the purchase of a diverse library of hundreds of quality art books, used by him for reference, learning and for the pleasure of reading and examining the artists' work.A prolific collector of books; a visitor of galleries and an exchanger of ideas with some of the greats of 20th century British Art. He was a lifelong true lover of his subject. Foremost however, he was also a very capable and talented practitioner in his own right, painting from hundreds of sketches made in all weathers on the dark fields and streets of his native county. Shunning the limelight that his ability probably warranted, he leaves behind him, a considerable and interesting library of books and a large catalogue of excellent paintings, hidden from the public for four decades and which exists largely intact following his death in 2023.The book has a firm binding and with no hinge weakness.Illustrated throughout in colour.4to landscape Format First Edition 1st Impression [1990]. Very Good .

Richard Thornton BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 84135

Catalogue: The Arts

Keywords: Robert Eaton Art Paintings

Ron Ranson

The Art of John Yardley

Newton Abbot, London, David and Charles, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A catalogue published to coincide with an exhibition of John Yardley's work at the Catto Gallery, Hamstead, London in October 1990. Signed by the author and in original unclipped dustwrapper and box. First edition. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. 'John Yardley is one of Britain's finest contemporary Impressionists, with a rare ability to convey all the atmosphere of a scene with just a few well-placed brush strokes.' In a cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper and in original box. Externally, in excellent condition with only odd minor wear. Dustwrapper has very minor edgewear in places and the odd very slight mark. Box has slight bumping and the occasional mark. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean throughout. VERY GOOD box Fine . Ill.: John Yardley. Fine/Fine.

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: GEN22-A-1

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: John Yardley Signed Impressionism Signed John Yardley

Ranson, Ron,

Learn Watercolor the Edgar Whitney Way.

Cincinnati, Oh., North Light Books, 1994. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), Vg/Vg Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Dj in Mylar Wrap. Pages: 132.

Vintage BooksProfessional seller

Book number: MASTER370858I

Catalogue: Art

Ranson, Ron

Second Time Around - A Practical Guide To Beginning Life Again

David & Charles, 1986, 1st edition. Large format paperback, F. 126pp, b/w illustrations throughout, index, a fine copy. Paperback , no dustjacket. ISBN: 0715388096
¶ Guide to a change in lifestyle aimed at 40 - 60 years olds who are facing life changing situations such as redundancy, bereavement of the children leaving home & who could re start life again for the better.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 23866

Keywords: ISBN 0715388096, health, self help 0715388096

RANSON, RON

Watercolor Impressionists

U. S. A. North Light Books. 1990, Reprint. (ISBN: 0891343180). Hardcover. Book, Name inside else a very clean tight copy. Very slight wear at corners. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. Good/Good.

Rainy Day BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 32468

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: 0891343180

RANSON, RON

WATERCOLOR PAINTING FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

Watson-Guptill, 1998.. (ISBN: 0823057097) Soft cover . Paperback in stiff card covers, quarto, appx 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 128 pages, Fine. Square corners, very clean inside and out, no names, no writing. Fine.

Robert W. Reiner BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 06468

Keywords: Art Painting Watercolor Instruction 0823057097

RANSON, RON

Watercolour Painting: The Ron Ranson Technique

Poole: Blandford Press, 1985. Reprint.. Hardcover. 160 pages, illustrated, index, slight fading to jacket spine.. Very Good .

Philip EmeryProfessional seller

Book number: 149916

RANSON, RON

Watercolour Painting : The Ron Ranson Technique

Poole, Blandford. 1985, Reprint. (ISBN: 0713713968) Hardcover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book, 160 pages. In this book, the author gives a refreshingly down-to-earth illustrated guide which will help both beginners and experienced painters to rapidly improve their techniques. Good/Good.

Books & BygonesProfessional seller

Book number: 20551

Catalogue: Art & Artists

Keywords: 0713713968 Painting Art Artist Watercolour

Ranson, Ron,

WATERCOLOUR [Watercolor] PAINTING : The Ron Ranson Technique.

Blandford Press, Poole, 1985, reprint, 160pp, numerous in text coloured and half tone ills., line drawings and diagrams, large format (10 x 7.5 inches approx.), ochre cloth lettered in gilt at spine, decorative headband, coloured endpapers, pictorial dustwrapper, lightly rubbed at extrems., faint bump lower tip lower board, dustwrapper: unpriced, lightly rubbed at tips, very good in a very good plus dustwrapper,

A Book for all ReasonsProfessional seller

Book number: 35809

Catalogue: Art - History and Reference

Keywords: art painting watercolour 740gms

SEAGO, EDWARD; RANSON, RON

Edward Seago

London: David and Charles, 1987. First Edition. Grey hardback cloth cover. 330mm x 290mm (13" x 11"). 96pp. Full colour plates.. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. Faint marking to prelims .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: rra06

Catalogue: Art History

Keywords: Art History