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LARTIGUE: ALBUM OF A CENTURY
Written by Martine D'Astier; Clement Cheroux; et al. Illustrated by Jacques Henri Lartigue.
Stock no. 1824269
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) took his first photograph using his father's camera when he was just six years old, and with this began the creation of an enduring record of twentieth-century French life. Published on the occasion of the exibition Jacques Henri Lartigue: Photographs 1901 - 1986 London 2004. Large, oblong format. Brey cloth boards, silver title to spine and blind publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 0500542910. Spine slightly cocked. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby mainly to rear panel.

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE MODERN CENTURY
Written by Peter Galassi. Illustrated by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Stock no. 1824268
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published to accompany the major retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, drawing fully on the extensive holdings of the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. Large format. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine and blind publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780500543917. Boards clean and bright. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

CREATING OURSELVES: THE SELF IN ART
Written by Emily Butler; Candy Stobbs.
Stock no. 1824266
Published by Whitechapel Art Gallery. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Works from the ISelf Collection. Photography. Published on the occasion of the exhibition in four chapters at the White Chapel Gallery 2017 - 2018. Exploring the self in modern and contemporary art. Limp cardwraps with mottled cream cloth and pictorial onlay to front. White title label with black title to spine and front. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9780854882571. Light fading to front cover. Contents clean.

IN SEARCH OF GREECE: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBIT OF DRAWINGS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY EDWARD DODWELL AND SIMONE POMARDI FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE PACKARD HUMANITIES INSTITUTE
Written by John McKesson Camp Ii. Illustrated by Edward Dodwell; Simone Pomardi.
Stock no. 1824089
Published by The Packard Humanities Institute. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A catalogue for the first public display of part of the Packard Humanities Institute's collection of more than 850 drawings done by Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi during their visit to Greece in 1805-6. Accompanied by introductory essays designed to set the collection in its historical, cultural, and artistic context. Large oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781938325304. A lovely item. Very scarce at the time of cataloguing.

OTTO FRELLO - AN INCORRIGIBLE PAINTER
Written by Ole Faber. Illustrated by Otto Frello.
Stock no. 1824077
Published by Museet For Varde By Og Omegn. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

An exhibition in 2009 featuring the broadest possible spectrum of the many different genres Frello has covered and the many ingenious items that Frello has brought into existence in the course of a long and exceptionally creative life. Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 8789834690. A lovely copy.

TURNER AND GEORGE THE FOURTH IN EDINBURGH 1822
Written by Gerald Finley. Illustrated by J.M.W. Turner.
Stock no. 1823875
Published by Tate Gallery; Edinburgh University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Written to complement the exhibition 'Turner and George IV in Edinburgh 1822'. Examines JMW Turner's proposal for a grand series of paintings of the Royal visit to Scotland. Oblong format. Beige cloth boards, gilt title to spine on brown title block. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0852244320. Text block has minor foxing. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned across top front panel edge.

TILMAN RIEMENSCHNEIDER MASTER SCULPTOR OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
Written by Julien Chapuis; Michael Baxandall; et al.
Stock no. 2139075
Published by The National Gallery Of Art, Washington; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Circa 1999. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Black cloth with silver title to spine. For the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington 3rd October 1999-9th January 2000 and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 7th February - 14th May 2000. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0300081626. Bumping to a couple of corners. A few marks to endpapers and browning to outer page edges. Pencil annotations in margins to some pages. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small tears and chips.

ORIGINS OF EUROPEAN PRINTMAKING: FIFTEENTH-CENTURY WOODCUTS AND THEIR PUBLIC
Written by Peter Parshall; Rainer Schoch; David S. Areford; Richard S. Field; Peter Schmidt.
Stock no. 2139072
Published by The National Gallery Of Art, Washington; Yale University Press. 1st USA 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark orange cloth with black title to spine. For the exhibition held in Washington September 4th - November 27th 2005 and in Nuremberg December 14th 2005 - March 19th 2006. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0300113390. Some light browning to outer page edges.

ANDREA MANTEGNA
Written by Jane Martineau; et al. Illustrated by Andrea Mantegna.
Stock no. 2139030
Published by Olivetti; Electa. Circa 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Beige cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0810964155. Wrapper is edge-creased with tear to top of spine.

FROM ATTILA TO CHARLEMAGNE
Written by Katharine Reynolds Brown; Dafydd Kidd; Charles T. Little.
Stock no. 2138941
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Circa 2000. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Arts of the Early Medieval Period in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Symposia. B/w photos. ISBN: 0870999680. Some knocks and bumps along cover edges. Browning to outer page edges.

THE RENAISSANCE PORTRAIT FROM DONATELLO TO BELLINI
Written by Keith Christiansen; Stefan Weppelmann; et al. Illustrated by Donatello; Giovanni Bellini; et al..
Stock no. 2138869
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Circa 2012. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Dark cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour photos and illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780300175912. Some light knocks along cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

TEMPTATION IN EDEN: LUCAS CRANACH'S ADAM AND EVE
Written by Caroline Campbell; Stephanie Buck; et al. Illustrated by Lucas Cranach.
Stock no. 2138857
Published by Courtauld Institute Of Art Gallery. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Green boards with red title to spine. Published to accompany the exhibition with the same name at the Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery Somerset House, London, 21st June 2007 - 23rd September 2007. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781903470541. Wrapper is faded to spine, with some edge-creasing and small nicks to top and tail of spine.