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BONES TO BRONZE: EXTINCT SPECIES OF THE MASCARENE ISLANDS
Written by Nick Bibby.
Stock no. 1827859
Published by Gallery Pangolin. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition.

Cardwraps. Sculptures of extinct species by Nick Bibby. Published on the occassion of the exhibition. A nice copy.

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DAVID HOCKNEY NUR NATUR: JUST NATURE
Written by Gregory Evans. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1827842
Published by Kunsthalle Wurth. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Published in conjunction with the exhibition David Hockney/Nur Natur/Just Nature which took place at Kunsthalle Wurth, Schwabisch Hall, 27.04.-27.09.2009. Text in German to front, English to rear. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards with pink titles. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9783899291544. Lower corners lightly worn. Top edge of front board has a small knock. Top rear edge of board has a small mark. Small black mark to lower edge of text block. Contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is worn at corners, edge-worn with a few closed tears and nips, slight loss to top edge of rear panel, rear panel is grubby and has a repair to closed tear to verso.

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AN IRISH FLORILEGIUM II: WILD AND GARDEN PLANTS OF IRELAND
Written by Charles Nelson. Illustrated by Wendy Walsh.
Stock no. 1827837
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1987. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

48 Watercolour Paintings by Wendy Walsh. Introduction and Notes on the Plates by Charles Nelson. Large format. Green cloth, gilt title to spine, publisher's logo in gilt to front. ISBN: 0500235082. Text block a little grubby. Narrow band of fading to lower edge of boards. Else boards are nice and bright. Contents fine. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly worn at top & tail of spine and corners, is a little scuffed and slightly grubby to rear panel, diagonal crease to rear panel.

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BUTTERFLY LANDSCAPES: A CELEBRATON OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES PAINTED IN NATURAL HABITAT
Written by Richard Tratt. Illustrated by Richard Tratt.
Stock no. 1827833
Published by Langford Press. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A feast for the eyes, featuring over 200 paintings. Large format. Olive green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 190407815X. Board corners lightly rubbed. Minor knock to lower edge of boards and a minor indentation. Tiny spot to title page and facing page. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby, slightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.

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CHARLES WILLSON PEALE ART AND SELFHOOD IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC
Written by David C. Ward. Illustrated by Charles Willson Peale.
Stock no. 1327574
Published by University of California Press. 1st USA 2004. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Biography: A portrait painter who produced an unparalleled body of work, including the iconic Artist in His Museum, Peale was also a revolutionary soldier, a radical activist, an impresario of moving pictures, a natural historian, an inventor, and the proprietor of one of the first modern museums. Black boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0520239601. Red ink stamp to vertical edge of text block (examination copy, not for resale). Contents clean. Dustwrapper slightly faded to spine, small charity price label to rear panel.

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THE ART OF IDW'S TRANSFORMERS
No author listed. Illustrated by M.D. Bright; Don Figueroa; Guido Guidi; et al..
Stock no. 1827801
Published by Idw. 1st 2008. Very good condition.

The most memorable work from series such as Beast Wars, Generations, Stormbringer, etc. Large format. Cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781600102561. Front cover and prelims creased. Top of spine & corners lightly rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. First section starting to come unglued from bottom edge. Contents clean.

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THE BIBLE DESIGNED TO BE READ AS LITERATURE (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Ernest Sutherland Bates.
Stock no. 1827779
Published by Folio Society. 1997. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt illustration to front cover and gilt title to spines. Colour illustrations. Edited and arranged by Bates with Old Master drawings. Vollume I has a darkened stain running the length of the spine (water stain?). Otherwise a lovely set. Contained in publisher's slipcase which has some slight shelf-scuffing and a faint vertical stain to plain board (VG).

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THE CIVILISATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
Written by Jacob Burckhardt; Anthony Grafton.
Stock no. 1827778
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

An Essay. Introduced by Anthony Grafton. Very attractive green and gold pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. xxviii + 451 pages. Spine faded from being in the sun (not noticeable until the book is removed from slipcase). Contents clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG).

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THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE MANUSCRIPTS CLUB
Written by Christopher De Hamel.
Stock no. 1827774
Published by Allen Lane. 1st 2022. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This entrancing book describes some of the extraordinary people who have spent their lives among illuminated manuscripts over the last thousand years. Cream paper boards, black title to spine. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780241304372. Tiny nick to base of spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top & tail of spine. A lovely copy.

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STAN ROSENTHAL: APPROACHES TO ART
Written by Stan Rosenthal; Shelagh Hourahane. Illustrated by Stan Rosenthal.
Stock no. 1827766
Published by Gomer Press. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Coloured landscapes of Wales in this artist's vibrant style. Green cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Vibrant colour illustrations. ISBN: 1843231158. SIGNED by Stan Rosenthal to half-title page. Heavy bump to top front corner of board. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at top corners and is a little faded to spine.

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THE MOUSE AND HIS MASTER: THE LIFE AND WORK OF TERENCE CUNEO
Written by Terence Cuneo. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo.
Stock no. 1827732
Published by New Cavendish Books. 1st 1977. Very good condition.

Terence Cuneo's life story and a cross-section of his life's work. Cuneo was an artist of many subjects including steam trains, military, industrial. Large oblong format. Cream textured cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. Top edge deep green. ISBN: 0904568083. Cream coloured boards a little grubby, remains of labels to rear. Contents are clean. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly worn and a little grubby.

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THE ART OF THE ENGINEER
Written by Ken Baynes; Francis Pugh.
Stock no. 1827731
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This book reproduces and discusses a selection of mechanical engineering drawings made for the transport industries between the late sixteenth century and the 1980s. Large format. Blue cloth boards, white title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour. ISBN: 0718825063. Text block lightly browned, a few minor foxspots to top edge. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed-tears (no loss).

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