HOW TO MAKE GOOD PICTURES
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327706
Published by Kodak. Circa 1939. Almost very good condition.

The Kodak manual for amateur photographers. New, completely revised edition. Blue cloth spine, blue boards with dark blue title to front. B/w photos throughout. 255 pages. Spine and corners bumped. Spine faded. Slight mark to front cover. Endpapers foxed. Tear to lower margin of page 29/30 and crease to lower margin of page 31-39.

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CREATION: ARTISTS, GODS & ORIGINS
Written by Peter Conrad.
Stock no. 1827982
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A book of breathtaking scope, in which the mystery of how the world began unfolds in an epic narrative that sets the Gods against the world's great artists, their rivals in creative energy. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 592 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500513569. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, else a lovely copy.

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THE FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PORTRAITS
Written by Martin Bailey.
Stock no. 1827884
Published by Folio Society. 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Martin Bailey. Large format. Colour illustrations. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed (VG+).

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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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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 POWER OF DOGU: CERAMIC FIGURES FROM ANCIENT JAPAN
Written by Simon Kaner; et al.
Stock no. 1827713
Published by British Museum Press. 1st 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Mueseum from 10 September to 22 November 2009. Dogu - abstract clay figures with recognizably human or animal features - have a long and fascinating history in Japan. This book illustrates 67 Dogu. Edited by Kaner. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780714124643. Light fading horizontally to top of rear cover. Contents fine.

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HETEROPTERA: THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE OTHER, OR IMAGES OF A MUTATING WORLD
Written by Cornelia Hesse-Honegger.
Stock no. 1327294
Published by Scalo Zurich. 1st UK 2001. Very good condition.

Large format. Cream boards. 309 pages. ISBN: 3908247314. Spine and corners bumped. Covers very slightly grubby. Contents fine.

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HOCKNEY'S PORTRAITS AND PEOPLE
Written by Marco Livingstone; Kay Heymer. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1827683
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards. With 246 illustrations, 233 in colour. Through a careful selection of works both iconic and previously unpublished, this book explores the many ways in which Hockney has depicted the people around him, be they famous names or life long friends. ISBN: 050023812X. A couple of very minor scratch marks to front board else fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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RAILWAY POSTERS OF THE YORKSHIRE COAST
Written by J. Robin Lidster.
Stock no. 1327239
Published by Scarborough Borough Council. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

Prepared in conjunction with an exhibition of railway posters mounted in Scarborough Art Gallery, 1990. Large format. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0905120027. Slight rubbing to cover edges and some slight grubbiness at spine edges. There is some minor curling of page corner tips.

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ROYAL ACADEMY PICTURES 1896
No author listed.
Stock no. 1327179
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1896. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Decorative blue cloth with gilt title to front cover and black title to spine. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers slightly grubby. Small booksellers label to front pastedown. Foxing and some page margin finger creasing.

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MANET BY HIMSELF
Written by Juliet Wilson-Bareau. Illustrated by Edouard Manet.
Stock no. 1327173
Published by MacDonald. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. Correspondence & Conversation, Paintings, Pastels, Prints & Drawings. ISBN: 0356191613. Spine and corners slightly rubbed. Contents fine. Wrapper is slightly creased at top edges.

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THE PATTERN-WELDED BLADE: ARTISTRY IN IRON
Written by Jim Hrisoulas.
Stock no. 1327037
Published by Paladin Press. Very good condition.

The secret of this ancient craft, from the welding of the starting billet to the final assembly of the blade. Cardwraps. 113 pages. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9781581605440. Some slight wear to cover edges/corners. Small crease to lower corner of rear cover. Contents fine. Undated edition but 13 digit ISBN (so at least 2007).

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