A NEW THEORY OF BEAUTY
Written by Guy Sircello.
Stock no. 1822192
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Princeton Essays on the Arts, 1. A comprehensive theory that encompasses beauty in art and nature, as well as intellectual, utilitarian, and moral beauty. Mustard cloth boards, white title to spine. Vertical crease to spine. Large bookplate to front pastedown else contents clean. Dustwrapper is heavily faded to spine and rubbed at edges.

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BADLANDS
Written by Jan Hendrix; Jennifer Clement; Juan Manuel Bonet; et al.
Stock no. 2135193
Published by Editorial Rm Verlag. 2008. Very good condition.

Suede style covers; red/silver title. B/w and colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9788492480227. Some scuffing/marks to covers.

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THE DREAM OF POLIPHILUS: FAC-SIMILES OF ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT WOODCUTS
Written by J.W. Appell.
Stock no. 1822080
Published by Department Of Science And Art In Photo-Lithography. 1st thus 1888. Almost very good condition.

Woodcuts in "Poliphili Hypernatomcachia," Venice, 1499. With an introductory notice and descriptions by Appell. Originally published by Aldus in 1499. Large format. White cloth boards, title to front, no title to spine. Boards very grubby and browned. Front joint cracked, rear joint just starting to crack. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Rear hinge split from staple binding. Foxing to text pages and some minor pencil annotations, woodcut pages generally clean if slightly browned.

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THE NEW WONDERFUL MUSEUM, AND EXTRAORDINARY MAGAZINE VOL. V
Written by William Granger; James Caulfield.
Stock no. 2134922
Published by Alex Hogg. 1807. Good condition.

Being a complete repository of all the wonders, curiosities, and rarities of nature and art. Maroon leather spine and corners, gilt title to spine. Marbled paper sides. 24 plates. Large split to leather spine at front edge. Heavy wear and scuffing to leather and rest of covers - some chipping. Bookplate to front pastedown. Inscription in ink to free front endpaper. Damp marks to some pages. Foxing and browning. Some page margin tears (pages 2509-2511). Pencil annotations to a couple of pages. A working copy only!

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THE SCULPTURES OF HOUDON
Written by H.H. Arnason.
Stock no. 1822053
Published by Phaidon. 1st 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828) was one of the greatest eighteenth-century sculptors, his works include many world-famous statues such as the Diana and the Seated Voltaire. Large format. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos throughout. ISBN: 0714816353. Top edge of text block browned. Large bookplate to front pastedown. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel.

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WORKTOWN: THE DRAWINGS OF FALCON HILDRED
Written by Peter Wakelin. Illustrated by Falcon D. Hildred.
Stock no. 1822008
Published by RCAHM (Wales). 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

A unique personal project to make a visual record of the buildings of a disappearing industrial culture. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781871184471. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Light marks to text block. Contents fine.

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KYFFIN WILLIAMS
Written by Nicholas Sinclair; Ian Jeffrey. Illustrated by Kyffin Williams.
Stock no. 1822005
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

With an essay by Jeffrey. This book encapsulates all aspects of Wales' most famous living artist and is consequently an invaluable resource for both scholars and art collectors. ISBN: 0853318964. Spine & corners bumped & rubbed. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Small nick to lower rear edge. 'LOFT15' written in ink to front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners.

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HOKUSAI: LIFE AND WORK
Written by Richard Lane. Illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai.
Stock no. 2134635
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Japanese artist and print-maker, is now recognised as one of the great masters of the ukiyo-e print, illustration, sketch and painting. Large format. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0712625062. A couple of small knocks to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning.

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THE VATICAN LIBRARY
Written by Ambrogio M. Piazzoni; et al.
Stock no. 1821741
Published by Musei Vaticani; Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Circa 2012. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased across top edge of front panel with a small closed tear (no loss). Still in original shrinkwrap (unread) which is torn across the top.

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MORE THAN A BOOKSHOP: ZWEMMER'S AND ART IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Written by Nigel Vaux Halliday.
Stock no. 1821737
Published by Philip Wilson Publishers. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Zwemmer's bookshop, art gallery and publishing house has a central place in the history of British art in the twentieth century. A unique source of information on modern art, supplemented in 1929 by the opening of the Zwemmer Gallery specialising in contemporary art. Zwemmer's was a meeting place for a cross-section of the art world - artists, collectors, academics and laymen - attracted by a range of books covering all arts of all periods. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 0856674095. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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PINACOTECA VATICANA: IN THE PAINTING THE EXPRESSION OF THE DIVINE MESAGE IN THE LIGHT THE ROOT OF THE PICTORIAL CREATION
Written by Baldini Umberto; et al.
Stock no. 1821732
Published by Fabbri Editori. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Very large format. Grey picotrial boards, blind title to spine. 471 pages. Colour illustrations throughout, some fold-out. Tiny lower corner crease to a few pages. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase in almost fine condition.

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THE ASHKENAZI HAGGADAH
Written by Joel Ben Simeon; Feibusch Ashkenazi; Eleazar Ben Judah Of Worms; David Goldstein.
Stock no. 1821635
Published by Steimatzky. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

A Hebrew manuscript of the mid-15th century from the collections of the British Library. Written and illuminated by Joel Ben Simeon called Feibusch Ashkenazi with a commentary attributed to Eleazar Ben Judah of Worms. Introduction, notes on the illuminations, transcription and English translation by Goldstein. Very large format. Colour illustrations. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles, English title to front board, Hebrew to rear board. Some text in Hebrew. Small mark to lower edge of front board. Gilt title to spine a little rubbed. Contained in matching publisher's slipcase which has some very light fading.

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