CARAVAGGIO: A LIFE SACRED AND PROFANE
Written by Andrew Graham-Dixon.
Stock no. 1831448
Published by The Penguin Group. Circa 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. The worlds of Milan, Rome and Naples through which Caravaggio moved and which Andrew Graham-Dixon describes brilliantly in this book, are those of cardinals and whores, prayer and violence. In the course of this desperate life Caravaggio created the most dramatic paintings of his age, using ordinary men and women - often prostitutes and the very poor - to model for his depictions of classic religious scenes. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour plates. xxviii and 514 pages. ISBN: 9780241954645. Third printing. Red title to spine lightly faded to pink, light reading creases to spine. Covers lightly scuffed. Text block slightly grubby. Else contents clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF MODERN ART
Written by William Gaunt.
Stock no. 1831432
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1980. Very good condition.

Observer's book no. 34. With 16 plates in full colour and 52 monochrome reproductions from the originals. Laminate edition. From the impressionism to the Present Day. ISBN: 0723200769. Third reprint. Boards browned, red title to spine is lightly sunned/faded to orange. Publisher's price-label to rear board. Contents clean.

LEONARDO AND THE LAST SUPPER
Written by Ross King. Illustrated by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Stock no. 1831341
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In Leonardo and the Last Supper, Ross King tells the complete story of this creation of this mural: the adversities suffered by the artist during its execution; the experimental techniques he employed; the models for Christ and the Apostles that he used; and the numerous personalities involved - everyone from the Leonardo's young assistants to Ludovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan who commissioned the work. Ross King's book is both a record of Leonardo da Vinci's last five years in Milan and a 'biography' of one of the most famous works of art ever painted. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour plates. 336 pages including index. ISBN: 9780747599470. Boards clean. Text block browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is very lightly faded to spine and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

THE PRE-RAPHAELITES & THEIR WORLD: A PERSONAL VIEW
Written by William Michael Rossetti; Angela Thirlwell.
Stock no. 1831253
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1995. Very good condition.

From Some Reminiscences and other writings of William Michael Rossetti. Introduction and Epilogue by Angela Thirlwell. Purple cloth with elaborate gilt decorations to front. Colour photos. xvii and 234 pages including index. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned to text block (very minor). Pale foxspots to last page. Contained in publisher's slipcase which is in Very Good condition, having some pale marks and stains.

WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE AGE OF REVOLUTION
Written by J. Bronowski. Illustrated by William Blake.
Stock no. 1831221
Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. 1st thus 1972. Very good condition.

A history of the life and changing times of Blake. Presented here are the experiences of Blake during the most violent time of English history. Bronowski brings to life the evolving philosophy and psyche of Blake, showing how he changed and was changed by his experiences and insights over his lifetime. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 207 pages including index.` ISBN: 0710072783. Reading crease to spine. Text block a little grubby and a few foxspots. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY: AN ESSAY
Written by Jacob Burckhardt.
Stock no. 1831193
Published by Phaidon Press Ltd.. 4th 1951. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Fourth Edition, revised. In this work Burckhardt traced the cultural patterns of transition from the medieval period to the awakening of the modern spirit and creativity of the Renaissance. Phaidon Pocket Series. Complete and Unabridged. Red cloth boards, gilt titles on brown title blocks. B/w plates to rear. xxiii and 462 pages including index. Some light mottling to boards and a few minor marks. Text block browned. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Browning to endpapers and a few scattered foxspots, mainly to text block. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is browned, rubbed at edges and a little grubby.

THE DODO: THE BIRD THAT DREW THE SHORT STRAW
Written by Jan Den Hengst.
Stock no. 1831166
Published by Art Revisited. 1st 2003. Slightly better than very good condition.

Analysing and comparing 17th century illustrations along with eye-witness accounts, the book reconstructs an accurate portrait of the Dodo. Slightly oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations. 118 pages. ISBN: 9072736265. Spine lightly sunned. Corners lightly bumped/rubbed. Name & date in ink to first page else contents clean. A nice copy.

LINOLEUM: HISTORY, DESIGN, ARCHITECTURE 1882-2000
Written by Gerhard Kaldewei; Ingrid Nina Bell.
Stock no. 1831151
Published by Hatje Cantz Publishers. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

This text presents linoleum in its various guises. It looks at the historical and ecological importance of this material. The essays are contributed by experts and cover the history of linoleum, its "discovery" by modernist designers and architects and its renaissance in contemporary design. Edited by Gerhard Kaldewei, translated by Ingrid Nina Bell. Black spine with white title, brown paper boards with black title to front. B/w and colour illustrations/photos. 251 pages including index. ISBN: 3775709908. A very nice copy.

THE ART OF ARTHUR BOYD
Written by Ursula Hoff; T.G. Rosenthal. Illustrated by Arthur Boyd.
Stock no. 1831133
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. 1st 1986. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the first major study of Arthur Boyd since the long out-of-print book by Franz Philipp. This book is illustrated with more than 200 pictures, ranging from line drawings to engravings to sculptures to pastels to the major oil paintings and constitutes a significant contribution to the study of Australian art. The author is a noted authority on Australian art. Introduction by T.G. Rosenthal. Large format. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. 247 pages. ISBN: 0233978240. Text block lightly browned, top edge has some minor foxing. A few grubby marks to endpapers. Light browning to page edges else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

SNAFFLES ON RACING AND POINT TO POINTING
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles; Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1831130
Published by The Lambourn Press. 1st 1988. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Snaffles (Charlie Johnson Payne) work gives an accurate and interesting development of point-to-poinnting and steeplechasing between 1907 and 1953. Large oblong format. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 159 pages. ISBN: 0951369709. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and lightly creased across top edge.

SNAFFLES: THE LIFE AND WORK OF CHARLIE JOHNSON PAYNE (SNAFFLES) 1884-1967
Written by John Welcome; Rupert Collens. Illustrated by Snaffles; Charlie Johnson Payne.
Stock no. 1831129
Published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.. 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A full range of Snaffles's work from the war at sea and on land, hunting, shooting, fishing, polo, show-jumping. big game. pigsticking, point-to-point, horse dealing and otter hunting. Large oblong format. Green cloth boards with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 160 pages. ISBN: 0091726670. A very nice copy, no visible marks. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded and lightly scuffed.

FAUVES AND FAUVISM
Written by Jean Leymarie.
Stock no. 1831127
Published by Rizzoli International Publications. 1st thus 1987. Very good condition.

Revised paperback edition. Fauves and Fauvism is a lucid, image-centred account that rescues a movement too often reduced to a catchphrase about “wild” colour. Jean Leymarie combines connoisseurship, historical sweep and clear critical intelligence to show that Fauvism belongs among the decisive aesthetic moments of modern painting. This is a comprehensive study, illustrating the work of some twenty artists, French, German, Dutch and Russian, and fills in the essential background of pre-Fauvism going back to Monet, Gauguin and Van Gogh. Large format. Green pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 120 pages including index. ISBN: 0847808157. Corners of covers lightly rubbed, a few minor marks and scuffs to covers. Minor foxing to text block. Contents clean.