RENAISSANCE RIVALS: MICHELANGELO, LEONARDO, RAPHAEL, TITIAN
Written by Rona Goffen.
Stock no. 1829166
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This enthralling book views the lives and greatest works of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Titian through the prism of their ardent rivalry. Black boards, gilt title to spine. Red endpapers. Colour & b/w illustrations. 521 pages including index. ISBN: 0300094345. Lower edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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EDWARD WESTON: A LEGACY
Written by Susan Danly; Jonathan Spaulding; Jessica Todd Smith; Jennifer A. Watts.
Stock no. 1829112
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Edward Weston was the first photographer ever to receive a Guggenheim fellowship. This book celebrates Huntington Library's extraordinary collection of five hundred Edward Weston photographs, all of them selected and printed for the institution by the artist in the 1940s. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name which ran from June 28-October 5, 2003. Edited and with an introduction by Jennifer A. Watts. Large format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. 288 pages including index. ISBN: 1858942063. Black endpapers have very light scuffing (very minor). Else a beautiful copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, light fading to top edge of flaps.

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COLOURS OF MEDIEVAL CYPRUS
Written by Demetra Papanikola-Bakirtzi; David Hunt; Eleni Loizides.
Stock no. 1829111
Published by Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation. 1st 2004. Nearly fine condition.

Through the Medieval Ceramic Collection of the Leventis Muncipal Museum of Nicosia. Essays by Sir David Hunt and Eleni Loizides. Published in the event of the exhibition 'Colours of Medieval Cyprus: Aspects of Daily Life 1191-1571' organized to mark the accession of Cyprus to the European Union. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 165 pages. ISBN: 9963560636. Minor scuffing to rear cover. Contents clean.

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THE RENAISSANCE: STUDIES IN ART AND POETRY
Written by Walter Pater; Michael Prodger.
Stock no. 1829092
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Nearly fine condition.

Introduced by Michael Prodger. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine and blocked decoration to front. Colour illustrations. A lovely copy, still in original shrinkwrap!

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HENRY MOORE: MY IDEAS, INSPIRATION AND LIFE AS AN ARTIST
Written by Henry Moore; John Hedgecoe. Illustrated by Henry Moore.
Stock no. 1829060
Published by Collins & Brown. 1st thus 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A revealing insight into the life, work and inspiration of one of the greatest sculptors of the twentieth century, told in Moore's own words. Large format. Glazed boards. B/w illustrations. 208 pages. ISBN: 185585757X. A few minor marks to text block else a nice, clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed to rear panel and rubbed to corners.

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ART SINCE 1900
Written by Hal Foster; Rosalind Krauss; Yve-Alain Bois; Benjamin H.D. Buchloch.
Stock no. 1829058
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2004. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A landmark study in the hsitory of modern art. Large, heavy format. Green cloth boards. ISBN: 0500238189. Still in original shrinkwrap which is split to top allowing some dust to settle on dustwrapper flap. Lower corners lightly bumped. A nice, unused copy.

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DAME LAURA KNIGHT
Written by Caroline Fox. Illustrated by Laura Knight.
Stock no. 1829049
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From her captivating portrayals of the exotic worlds of theatre, ballet and circus to the starkness of her recordings of the Nurembuerg Trials, Dame Laura Knight has painted humanity in all its guises. A highly personal and engaging portrait of one of the leading women artists of the twentieth century. Large format. Red boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 128 pages including index. ISBN: 071482447X. Small pin holes piercing lower spine edge of dustwrapper and spine beneath. Top edge of text block lightly browned. Minor pen mark to half-title page. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small tear to surface paper at rear lower spine edge and is rubbed to base of spine, light scuffing.

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SHAKESPEARE AND THE BIRDS
Written by William Shakespeare. Illustrated by Persis Kirmse.
Stock no. 1328687
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Wonderful b/w illustrations accompany quotations from Shakespeare. Red cloth, black titles. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge chipped and torn, grubby and browned to spine with inscription in ink to front panel.

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THE LIFE OF BIRDS
Written by Quentin Blake. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1328638
Published by Doubleday. 1st 2005. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Wonderfully acute observations of how birds behave become a commentary - kindly, but penetrating - on human nature. The pictures in this book are bigger, broader, and more sombre, but no less lively than Blake's much-loved and hugely admired children's book illustrations. Oblong format. Lilac cloth, black title to spine. 59 pages. ISBN: 038560985X. Small mark to top corner of front panel of wrapper.

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GEORGE TUTE WOOD ENGRAVER
No author listed. Illustrated by George Tute.
Stock no. 1328613
Published by City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. 1986. Very good condition.

Grey card wraps. B/w illustrations. Catalogue of a retrospective exhibition held in Bristol. ISBN: 090019930X. Slightly grubby mark to front cover, spine slightly faded. Contents clean.

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ILLUSTRATORS ISSUE THREE
Written by Peter Richardson. Illustrated by F. Matania; Peter Maddocks; Andy Virgil; Bernie Fuchs.
Stock no. 1828916
Published by Geoff West. 2013. Very good condition.

Published quarterly. Issue Number Three Published Spring 2013. This issue contains articles about the art of Forunino Matania, Andy Virgil, Peter Maddocks, Bernie Fuchs. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 95 pages. ISBN: 9781907081101. Rear cover unevenly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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CARPACCIO
Written by Terisio Pignatti. Illustrated by Carpaccio.
Stock no. 1328552
Published by Skira. 1st 1958. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Taste Of Our Time series. Square format. Textured cream cloth with red title to spine and red 'S' to centre of both covers. Beautiful mounted colour plates. Italian translated into English by James Emmons. A couple of tiny marks to front endpapers else a fine copy. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly browned. Contained in a blue slipcase with 'made in Switzerland' printed to spine. Fading to edges of slipcase.

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