A GENIUS FOR FAILURE: THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN ROBERT HAYDON
Written by Paul O'Keeffe.
Stock no. 1713374
Published by The Bodley Head. 1st 2009. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The tragedy of Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions - his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA. Colour plates. 568 pages. ISBN: 9780224062473. SIGNED by author to title page. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE DRAWING 1830-1880
Written by Bridget Whitelaw.
Stock no. 2115824
Published by National Gallery Of Victoria. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

In The National Gallery of Victoria. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0724100261. Some grubby marks to covers. Contents are excellent.

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COLLECTING ENGLISH WATERCOLOURS
Written by Derek Clifford.
Stock no. 1809803
Published by John Baker. 1st 1970. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A book for collectors of English Watercolours. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w plates. ISBN: 0212983695. Corners lightly rubbed, boards nice and bright. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and lightly worn.

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EARLY VENETIAN PAINTERS 1415-1495
Written by F.M. Godfrey.
Stock no. 2114941
Published by Alec Tiranti. 1st 1954. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth, white title to spine. B/w illustrations. Grubby marks to covers, bumping to spine. Foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-torn and price-cut with a few chips of loss.

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FLEMISH PAINTING THE AGE OF RUBENS AND VAN DYCK
Written by Leo Van Van Puyvelde; Thierry Van Puyvelde. Illustrated by Anthony Van Dyck; Peter Paul Rubens.
Stock no. 1710913
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1970. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour illustrations. 243 pages. ISBN: 0297004115. Tape residue to endpapers.

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A SHORT HISTORY OF ART
Written by Andre Blum; R.R. Tatlock.
Stock no. 1605496
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1926. Very good condition.

From prehistoric times to the present day. Translated from the French of Andre Blum. B/w photos and illustrations. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers. Contents clean.

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ALL THE GALLANT BEASTS AND MONSTERS
Written by Bill Reid. Illustrated by Bill Reid.
Stock no. 1807908
Published by Buschlen Mowatt. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The art of the Haida people of the Northwest Coast. Black cloth boards, black embossed titles. Vertical page edges uncut and coloured. Colour & b/w illustrations. 47 pages. ISBN: 189518305. Wrapper spine faded else a lovely copy.

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SPORTING ART IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY
Written by Stephen Deuchar.
Stock no. 1604857
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A full account of this artistic phenomenon, combining a cogent analysis of the ideologies lying behind these sports with the history of their imagery. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300041160.

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AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF POLISH APPLIED ART
Written by Zdzislaw Zygulski.
Stock no. 657331
Published by Interpress Publishers. 1st 1987. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 8322320574.

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