ARNASON, H. H.

The Sculptures of Houdon

London, Phaidon Press. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0714816353) Hard Cover, 11.5 x 9 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to top of page edges and minor bumping to some corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge and general traces of storage. 294pp. The life and work of 18th century sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. Very well illustrated with 144 full page plates, 208 photographs plus text on 134 pages. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery. Very Good (+)/Very Good.

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Book number: 026500

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Art, Artist, Sculptor Biography - Art 0714816353

ARNOLD, BRUCE

The Art Atlas of Britain and Ireland : In Association with the National Trust

London, Penguin Books. 1991, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670819255) Hard Cover, 10 x 7.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with creasing to upper edge. This Art Artlas gives a uniquely comprehensive survey of the amazing variety of fine art available to the public in houses, museums and art galleries. With colour illustrations of a wealth of examples. With a gazetteer by country and county plus twenty-nine full-page maps showing where to go to see the exhibits. 489pp. Fine/Very Good (+).

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Book number: 019714

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Art, Irish Art, Celtic Art, British Art Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 0670819255

BANEKE, JOOST; GROEN-PRAKKEN, HAN; IETSWAART, WILLEM; TREURNIET, NIKOLAAS (EDITORS)

Dutch Art & Character

Amsterdam, Swets & Zeitlinger. 1993, First Edition. (ISBN: 9026513739) Soft Cover, 9.5 x 6.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to slightly arched spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 220pp. Psychoanalytic perspectives on Bosch, Bruegel, Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Mondrian, Willink and Queen Wilhelmina. Scarce. Near Fine.

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Book number: 026719

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Psychoanalysis, Art, Character, Netherlands Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing Psychology 9026513739

BAYER, PATRICIA & WALLER, MARK

The Art of Rene Lalique

Royston, Hertfordshire, Eagle Editions. 2001. (ISBN: 1861604270) Soft Cover with Self-Wraps, 12.75 x 9.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 192pp. A detailed study of over 250 stunning pieces with an examination of Lalique's glassmaking techniques and around 350 colour photographs of his work. Near Fine.

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Book number: 022653

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Art, Glassware, Design, Jewellery, Interior Design Crafts / Needlecraft / Woodwork Biography - Art 1861604270

BAYER, PATRICIA ETC

Encyclopaedia of Arts and Crafts: International Arts Movement, 1850-1920

London, Headline Book Publishing. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747201803) Hard Cover, 10.25 x 10.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with repaired tear/crease to upper front edge. 192pp. A comprehensive survey of the Arts and Crafts Movement which originated in Britain in the 19th century and which influenced world-wide design. The book takes a subject-by-subject approach to the key areas in which the Movement made important contributions. Very well illustrated. Fine/Very Good (-).

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Book number: 022779

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Art, Artists, Houses, Furnishings, Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing Social History Homes / Furnishings 0747201803

BAYLE, FRANCOISE

Orsay - Visitor's Guide (Anglais)

Art Lys. 2002. (ISBN: 2854951999) Soft Cover, 11.25 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to two corners. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 95pp. Guide to the exhibits at the Musee d''Orsay in Paris. Near Fine.

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Book number: 019137

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Art, Paintings, Museum, Paris, Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 2854951999

ROGER BERTHOUD

The Life of Henry Moore

New York, E P Dutton. 1987, First Edition. (ISBN: 0525245634) Hard Cover, 9.5 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards, a little tanning to pages and tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with ninor rubbing to upper edge. 465pp. Biography of the man considered to have been the greatest sculpture of the 20th century. Very well illustrated. First American Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 021482

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Sculpture, Biography Biography - Art 0525245634

BIER, BARRY

The Art of Stained Glass Made Easy

London, New Holland Publishers. 1996. (ISBN: 1853682268) Soft Cover, 11 x 8.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. A modern technique for a traditional craft - step-by-step guide, with over 60 beautiful designs and templates to trace and use. Fine.

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Book number: 025905

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Colours, Stained Glass, Windows, Crafts, Vases, Lamps Crafts / Needlecraft / Woodwork Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 1853682268

BLACKER, J. F.

The ABC of Collecting Old China

London, The London Opinion Curio Club. 1908, Second Edition. Hard Cover, 9 x 6 inches. No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with very lightly marked boards (faint cup ring), minor rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Foxing to end papers, a few pages and to untrimmed page edges. 142pp. A short history of the English china manufacturing factories and how to apply tests for unmarked china made before 1800. Good (+)/No Jacket.

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Book number: 018069

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Porcelain, China, Crockery, Collecting, 18th Century Collecting Homes / Furnishings

BOWNESS, ALAN (DIRECTOR)

The Tate Gallery : An Illustrated Companion

London, Tate Gallery. 1988. (ISBN: 0946590036) Soft Cover, 9.75 x 7.5 inches. Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 152pp. The National Collections of British and Modern Foreign Art at the Tate Gallery. Fine.

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Book number: 026143

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Art, Paintings, Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing 0946590036

BRIDGEWATER, ALAN; BRIDGEWATER, GILL

Treasury of Woodcarving Designs

New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.U.S. 1981, First Edition. (ISBN: 0442200846) Hard Cover, 11.25 x 8.75 inches. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with nicks and slight creasing to upper and lower rear edges. 192pp. A comprehensive source book with a wide-ranging collection of woodcarving designs from all over the world, illustrated with over 1,000 detailed drawings and photographs, plus their cultural and historical period connections. Hardback edition very scarce in the UK. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 024026

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Timber, Woodwork, Design, Carving, Crafts / Needlecraft / Woodwork Self Help 0442200846

BROUGHER, KERRY & TARANTINO, MICHAEL

Notorious: Alfred Hitchcock and Contemporary Art (Museum of Modern Art Oxford)

Oxford, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. 1999, First Edition. (ISBN: 1901352064) Soft Cover with Self-Wraps, 7.75 x 9.5 Inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 85pp. This study brings together a number of works dealing both directly and indirectly with the master of suspense and his art. Illustrated. Fine.

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Book number: 017406

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Art, Movies, Films, Hitchcock Performing Arts - Film 1901352064

BURY, DR STEVE (INTRODUCTION)

Chelsea College of Art and Design Degree Exhibition 1997

London, Chelsea College of Art and Design. 1997. Soft Cover, 9.75 x 8.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight curling outwards of cover fore-edges and no bumping to corners. 107pp. With full-page examples of the artwork from all eighty-three of the students at the Chelsea College of Art and Design as presented in their 1997 exhibition. Brief details of others works by the artists listed in the student details section. Very scarce. Near Fine.

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Book number: 026709

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Art, Student Exhibition, Design Arts - Graphic / Painting / Drawing

ANTHONY CARO

Five Sculptures: An Arts Council Collection Exhibition

London, Arts Council of Great Britain. 1982. (ISBN: 0728703092) Soft Cover, 8.25 x 8.75 Inches. No marks or inscriptions. Very faint creasing to rear cover, none to front. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. An exhibition catalogue discussing and displaying the work of sculptor Anthony Caro from a touring Arts Council exhibition in 1982. Very Good.

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Book number: 021941

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Sculpture, Art, Artist 0728703092

ROBERT HOPPER; VITTORIO MESSINA; PIER GIOVANNI CASTAGNOLI

Vittorio Messina: A Village and Surroundings

Torino, Italy, Hopefulmonster Editore Srl. 1999. (ISBN: 887757092X) Soft Cover with Self-Wraps, 9 x 6.25 inches. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, general traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 83pp. Exhibition catalogue from the Henry Moore Studio, Dean Clough, Halifax in 1999 of the work of Vittoria Messina, being a collection of photographs and text on village and city scenes. Text in English and Italian. Scarce. Very Good.

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Book number: 022089

Catalogue: Arts - General / Style / Ornament

Keywords: Photography Photography 887757092x