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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND THE FUTURE
Written by Geoffrey Holme.
Stock no. 1830406
Published by The Studio Limited.
1st
1934.
Almost very good condition.
A Challenge to the Producer. Industrial Design. Green cloth boards, black title to spine, black pattern to front board. B/w photos. 160 pages. Boards a little marked, rubbed at edges and lightly worn to corners. Endpapers and text block browned. Some foxing present. Slight tobacco odour present.
THE ART OF TAXIDERMY
Written by Jane Eastoe.
Stock no. 1330183
Published by Pavilion Books.
1st
2012.
Nearly fine condition.
A striking and thought-provoking exploration of the fine art of taxidermy. Black glazed pictorial boards. 160 pages. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 9781862059870. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- TAXIDERMY
- ART
ROLAND PENROSE: THE LIFE OF A SURREALIST
Written by James King.
Stock no. 1830234
Published by Edinburgh University Press.
1st
2016.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The first biography of Roland Penrose, one of the great English-born practitioners of modernism in the twentieth century. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Yellow endpapers. B/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 9781474414500. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-rubbed else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- SURREALISM
- SCULPTURE
- BIOGRAPHY
AUREL STEIN ON THE SILK ROAD
Written by Susan Whitfield.
Stock no. 1830222
Published by Serindia Publications.
1st
2004.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Evocatively illustrated account of the intrepid adventures and amazing discoveries of the great explorer and archaeologist Sir Marc Aurel Stein, who travelled the Silk Road nearly a century ago in the footsteps of Alexander the Great and the seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim monk Xuanzang. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 143 pages including index. ISBN: 1932476113. 1cm crease to cloth at top front edge of spine else a lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- ART
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- EXPLORATION
- TRAVEL
- BUDDHISM
- BIOGRAPHY
CELTIC AND ANGLO-SAXON ART: GEOMETRIC ASPECTS
Written by Derek Hull.
Stock no. 1830219
Published by Liverpool University Press.
1st
2003.
Very good condition.
Much of early medieval Celtic and Anglo-Saxon art is based on the display of motifs - key, interlacing, spiral and zoomorphic - in well-defined panels in simple and complex arrays. This book reflects the author's life-long interest in interpreting the exciting and exotic patterns revealed by scientific studies using light and electron microoscopes. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 254 pages including index. ISBN: 085323549X. A few minor marks to covers, spine faded but title bright, minor foxing to vertical edge of text block. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- CELTS
- ANGLO-SAXON
- HISTORY
ARTS & CRAFTS
Written by Judith Miller.
Stock no. 1830183
Published by Miller's.
1st
2014.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An elegant and informative guide for all those who want to know more about this hugely influential movement. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colourful endpapers. Colour illustrations throughout. 239 pages including index. ISBN: 9781845339432. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is rubbed at top of spine and lightly scuffed, small closed tear to lower corner of rear panel (no loss).
CELEBRATION OF FLIGHT: THE AVIATION ART OF ROY CROSS
Written by Roy Cross; Arthur Ward.
Illustrated by Roy Cross.
Stock no. 1830178
Published by Airlife Publishing Ltd.
1st
2002.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A collection of some of Roy's best sketchs, paintings and technical drawings. Large oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Endpapers show sketch of Sopwith Pups. Colour illustrations. 128 pages. ISBN: 1840373261. SIGNED by the artist with personal dedication to title page. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded.
PAINTINGS AT HASDRUBAL
Written by Rachida Triki.
Stock no. 1830171
Published by Hasdrubal-Thalassa Hotels.
1st
2000.
Good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book presents to the reader one of the most comprehensive private collections of paintings in Tunisia. The fruit of the relentless endeavours of Mohamed Amouri, one of the country's pioneers in the hotel trade and president of the Hasdrubal chain. The collection is now disseminated in the Hasdrubal hotels at El Kantaoui, Jerba and Yasmine Hammamel. Large format. Navy blue cloth boards with no titles. Colour illustrations and b/w portraits of the artists. 231 pages. Boards faded at edges. Hinges cracked and pulled, Couple of hinges are split wide but thread is not broken. Contents themselves are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, worn at corners and lightly faded to spine.
ODD BIRDS & OTHER SELVES: JON BUCK
Written by Colin Rhodes.
Illustrated by Jon Buck.
Stock no. 1830160
Published by Gallery Pangolin.
1st
2005.
Nearly fine condition.
Published for the sculpture exhibition of the same name. Introduction by Colin Rhodes 2005. Cardwraps. Colour photos. Covers faintly scuffed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- SCULPTURE
DAVID TENIERS DE JONGE: SCHILDERIJEN . TEKENINGEN
Written by Margret Klinge.
Illustrated by David Teniers.
Stock no. 1830157
Published by Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon.
1st
1991.
Very good condition.
Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts 11 May - 1 September 1991. Text in Dutch. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 335 pages. ISBN: 9053490175. Covers lightly edge-rubbed and lightly creased. Vertical crease to spine (reading wear). A few light marks to prelims but contents generally clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- BAROQUE
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- DUTCH
- CATALOGUE (ART)
LYNN CHADWICK
No author listed.
Illustrated by Lynn Chadwick.
Stock no. 1830139
Published by Beaux Arts.
1st
1998.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
A selection of sculptures produced by Lynn Chadwick 1950-1988. White cardwraps with no title present. B/w illustrations. Front cover lightly bowed upwards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased across top edge and has a few minor marks.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- SCULPTURE
- CATALOGUE (ART)
DRAWING ON LIFE: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PAUL HOGARTH
Written by Paul Hogarth; Richard Ingrams.
Illustrated by Paul Hogarth.
Stock no. 1830124
Published by David & Charles.
1st
1997.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Introduction by Richard Ingrams. Hogarth is one of the most distinguished illustrators and graphic artists of our age. Written with a great energy and wit, accompanied by a wealth of drawings and paintings from the earliest days right up to his latest works. Large format. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0715306448. Lower tip of front board has a couple of tiny holes in cloth and is lightly rubbed. Contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly faded to spine, creased to top of rear panel with small closed tear (under 1") to vertical edge.