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JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY IN LIVERPOOL
Written by Elizabeth E. Barker; Alex Kidson. Illustrated by Joseph Wright.
Stock no. 1828106
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2008. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

In 1768 Joseph Wright left his native city of Derby and moved to Liverpool in search of recognition and success. He painted portraits of the prosperous merchants and their families, and he continued to develop the brilliantly illuminated subject paintings on which is reputation chiefly rests today. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name in 2008. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780300117455. Name & date in ink to half-title page else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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LORENZO LOTTO PORTRAITS
Written by Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo; Miguel Falomir. Illustrated by Lorenzo Lotto.
Stock no. 1828105
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition of Lorenzo Lotto's portraits of the Italian renaissance period. Edited by Dal pozzolo and Miguel Falomir. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500970935. A lovely copy with light scuffing to rear cover.

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VIKING AGE SCULPTURE
Written by Richard N. Bailey.
Stock no. 1327789
Published by Collins. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Collins Archaeology series. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages including index. B/w photos and drawings. ISBN: 0002162288. Spine and corners bumped. Top edge of textblock is foxed else contents clean. Dustwrapper is rubbed to spine and corners, minimal fading to spine.

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ANSEL ADAMS: 400 PHOTOGRAPHS
Written by Andrea G. Stillman. Illustrated by Ansel Adams.
Stock no. 1828094
Published by Little, Brown and Company. Circa 2007. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An unprecedented survey of Ansel Adams' development as an artist, of the themes and subjects that animate his work, and of the evolution of a style that is unquely his. Oblong format. Matt, white pictorial boards. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 9780316117722. 7th printing. A nice, clean copy.

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ANGELS OF ANARCHY: WOMEN ARTISTS AND SURREALISM
Written by Patricia Allmer.
Stock no. 1828081
Published by Prestel. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name which took place at Manchester Art Gallery 26 September 2009-10 January 2010. A most comprehensive survey of women who contributed to much to the surrealist movement. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780901673749. Covers lightly scuffed, front cover has a light vertical crease towards edge which gives a bowed appearance/feel. Glue in front joint drying out and thus front joint pulled. Contents clean.

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DORA MAAR WITH & WITHOUT PICASSO: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Mary Ann Caws.
Stock no. 1828080
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A biography of Dora Maar, a photographer and Picasso's lover and muse for seven years. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w & colour illustrations. ISBN: 0500510091. Small knock to front vertical edge of boards. Name & date in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear (no loss) to top rear edge and light wear, light scuffing to rear panel.

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TATE WOMEN ARTISTS
Written by Alicia Foster.
Stock no. 1828076
Published by Tate Publishing. 1st 2004. Very good condition.

The Tate Collection houses work by over 250 women artists spanning five centuries. In this celebration of women's creative endeavour, Alicia Foster explores the achievement of these artists. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1854373110. Corners lightly rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed. A few minor marks to spine and a small nick to lower edge of rear cover which also scrapes the lower edge of pages to rear half of book (relatively minor). Contents clean.

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  • ART

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JOHN NASH
Written by John Rothenstein.
Stock no. 1828075
Published by Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

John Nash ws a landscape painter of outstanding importance in twentieth-century English art. This book includes his early work, describes his vivid and memorable paintings of World War I, and traces his development as a landscape painter with an intense love of his subject, the English countryside. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 0356097803. Spine & corners lightly rubbed. Black felt-tip mark to lower edge of text block with slight bleeding of same to the lower edge of margins (very minor). Else contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

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DALI ON MODERN ART: THE CUCKOLDS OF ANTIQUATED MODERN ART
Written by Salvador Dali; Haakon M. Chevalier.
Stock no. 1828069
Published by Vision Press Limited. 1st 1958. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

In this book, Salvador Dali taks a sharp look at modern art. He does not like what he sees... In one hundred and sixty brilliant, impudent, sarcastic, provoking pages - which contain both Haakon Chevalier's lucid translation and Dali's original French text - the man tells us what is wrong with modern art, its artists and its critics. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. French text to rear is printed on green paper. Light rubbing to top & tail of spine and corners. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn, repaired on verso to top front panel with clear tape, browned to spine and scuffed to rear panel.

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72 DRAWINGS BY DAVID HOCKNEY
Written by David Hockney. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1828065
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

Mostly monochrome and a few colour illustrations chosen by Hockney. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 022400655X. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, page margins lightly browned. Else a nice copy.

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WALTER LANGLEY: PIONEER OF THE NEWLYN ART COLONY
Written by Roger Langley; Elizabeth Knowles. Illustrated by Walter Langley.
Stock no. 1327769
Published by Sansom & Company. 1st PB 1997. Slightly better than very good condition.

A full chronology of Langley's life, a meticulously prepared catalogue raisonne and comprehensive details of the artist's exhibitions and sales. Cardwraps. 191 pages including index. 48 reproductions in colour plus b/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1900178451. Slight rubbing to cover edges.

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SELECTED POEMS
Written by W.B. Yeats. Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats.
Stock no. 1828064
Published by Folio Society. 1999. Slightly better than very good condition.

Green cloth, gilt title to spine. Colour plates from paintings. Second printing. Spine lightly faded and lightly mottled else a lovely clean copy. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is a little marked (fairly m inor) (VG+).

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