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Jean Royere, Decorateur a Paris
by Jean and Mari-Claude Beaud, Jean-Luc Olivie, Constance Rubi, Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier Royere
Pentacle Olle Baertling, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Carl Frederick Reutersward, Max Walter Svanberg, Per Olof Ultvedt
by Paris Musee Des Arts Decoratifs
African Art Books & Ephemera
The Complete Photographer, Issue 31 to Issue 36
by Morgan, Willard D., Editor
New York: National Educational Alliance, Inc., 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. Six copies of Volume VI bound into a handsome brown wrapper with embossed titles and a camera illustration on front cover. A complete guide to amateur and professional photography. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Each magazine has original red illustrated cover with white titles. Light wear to binder, edge wear along spine, boards a little curved, top of spine bumped in, minor spotting, a...
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€56.71
This Other Eden: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art
by Warner, Malcolm & Julia Marciari Alexander w/intro. by Patrick McCaughrey
New Haven: Yale Press, 1998 1st ed. 216pp. illus. blue cloth 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [hint of age darkening top edge; else F; dj = several tiny corner tears; else F] A lavish volume published to coincide with a traveling exhibition from the Yale Center for British Art to Australia in 1998.
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€23.63
Learn the art of pencil technique
by Coventry, Ralph S
Reeves and Sons Limited. Very Good. 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, large format, tightly bound paperback original, stapled spine, pictorial covers, no inscriptions, appears little used. 12 pages (unpaginated), illustrations in the text .
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€7.09
Graphic illustrations of Hogarth: from pictures, drawings and scarce prints, etc.
by Ireland, Samuel [Hogarth, William]
R. Faulder & J. Egerton. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown half leather with gilt titles on a black spine panel, marbled paper over boards, red sprinkled edges, worn at corners, minor tanning/offsetting of contents, no inscriptions. xvi + 184 pages, 55 (of 57) plates, one folds out. Two plates have been neatly excised (The complicated Richardson, and, Frontis-piss) as is often the case, else a very sound example .
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€70.94
Islamic art
by Hagedorn, Annette & Wolf, Norbert (ed)
Germany: Taschen Gmbh. Very Good. 2009. First Edition. Softcover. 9783822856697 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 96 pages, photos in the text .
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€9.46
Novembre
by Fabio Novembre
Birkhauser, 2001. Book. As New. Soft cover. Clean & very newlooking. Text is in English. .
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€51.99€41.59
Folk Crafts for World Friendship
by Temko, Florence
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1976. First edition, as stated. Paperback. Good/No jacket . Yaroslava. 144 pages, illustrated with black and white photographs and color drawings. Projects and history of crafts from different countries. Illustrated wraps with black and red titles on front cover and black titles on spine. Spine a bit faded, reading crease in spine, cover spotted with a little staining, some edge wear, light creases at corners, short tear and crease in bottom edge of...
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€6.62
Arthur Rackham
by Larkin, David (editor)
Pan Books. Good. 1975. First Edition. Softcover. 0330246828 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, corners rubbed, neat name/date on first page else no inscriptions, couple of fingermarks internally. xvi pages + 40 colour plates, introduction by Leo John de Freitas has a few text illustrations .
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€5.91
Korean art treasures
by Won-Yong, Kim et al; Whitfield, Roderick & Young-Sook, Pak (eds)
South Korea: Yekyong Publications. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0810912147 . Very clean & tightly bound large format hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 412 pages, 352 colour photos, illustrations in the text, chronology, maps. Extremely heavy book (packed weight over 4kg), usual postage rates inapplicable .
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€53.21
Contemporary Ukrainian artists
by Abramovych, Igor
Firtash Foundation/Saatchi gallery. Fine. 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound large format paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 112 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Text in English .
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€15.96
Degas and the ballet: picturing movement
by Kendall, Richard & Devonyar, Jill
Royal Academy of Arts. Fine. 2011. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 1905711697 . Clean and tightly bound paperback, french binding, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, as new. 280 pages, many colour & b/w illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography, index. Heavy book, near 1.5kg .
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€14.19
Rainer Maria Rilke und die bildende Kunst seiner Zeit
by Götte, Gisela und Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker
Germany: Prestel. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 3791317504 . Very clean, tightly bound larger format paperback original with no marks or inscriptions. Appears little used. 192 pages, colour & b/w photos throughout, notes, bibliography, index. Text in German .
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€14.78
The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
by Wood, Lucy (ed.)
Port Sunlight: National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside. Fine. 1996. Revised Edition. Softcover. 0906367840 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 112 pages, many colour & some b/w illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography, index. .
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€7.09
Groundstory: Tales from the Shade of the South
by Alembik, Lisa, curator
Decatur, GA: Agnes Scott College. undated. 93pp. illus. paperback oblong sm 4to: Fine [white back cover has some smudges; else a nice crisp copy] The catalogue of a storytelling exhibition at the Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College in 2012 that focused on the southeastern United States.
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€23.63
Annika Strom Live !
by Boutin, Christophe
Paris, France: Onestar Press , 2008. This is a fine softcover copy with a very good dust wrapper, with just a bit of wear to the top of the spine. Completely clean. 'Annika Strom Live!' compiles most of the artist's work between 1995 and 2008. Illustrated throughout in color. Contributions by fifteen different writers. 11" high X 8" wide, 240 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Soft...
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€89.79
Textile Dyeing and Printing Simplified
by Proud, Nora
New York: Arco, 1974 1st ed. 96pp. illus. hardback sq 8vo: Very Good in a near Very Good dj [top edge is slightly age darkened; small ink dots @ top and bottom edges; else a nice clean and crisp copy; dj = a long section of the laminate torn away @ tail edge of back cover; else nrVG] Includes 24 color plates and 64 photographs.
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€14.18
The Complete Photographer, Issue 49 to Issue 54
by Morgan, Willard D., Editor
New York: National Educational Alliance, Inc., 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. Six copies of Volume 9 bound into a handsome brown wrapper with embossed titles and a camera illustration on front cover. A complete guide to amateur and professional photography. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Each magazine has original red illustrated cover with white titles. Light wear to binder, edge wear along spine, boards a little curved, top of spine bumped in, minor spotting, a...
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€56.71
Danish paintings before 1900: artists born before 1876 (Aeldre Dansk malerkunst: Kunstnere fodt for 1876)
by Brons, Marianne & Folmer, Jorgen
Denmark: Statens Museum for Kunst. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 8790096290 . Clean hardback tightly bound in grey vinyl with white titles, 1" scratch to front cover, yellow silk bookmark sewn in, no inscriptions. 526 pages, around 2500 illustrations, bibliography. Heavy book so additional postage may be requested .
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€14.19
A Touch of Love
by Weedn, Flavia
Anaheim California: Buzza/Gibson Greeting Cards, Inc., 1972. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. Unpaginated. Beautifully illustrated poems of love. Illustrated boards with white titles on front cover and black titles on spine. Book is in very good condition with one small chip and scratch at back cover spine, light edge wear with lightly bumped corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean with no notations, binding tight.
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€94.52
An Eye for Beauty : Photographs of Evelyn Lauder
by Lauder, Evelyn H
London, United Kingdom: Abrams, 2002. Book. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Signed both by the author and the model Elizabeth Hurley, with personal inscription. A pretty copy with covers bright as new. Jacket with neat folded edges. Top corner of jacket with a little color fading. Oversized..
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€51.99€41.59
The enchanted stone: The graphic worlds of Odilon Redon
by Gott, Ted
National Gallery of Victoria. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0724101446 . Clean and tightly bound, large format paperback original, card covers rubbed at edges, spine uncreased, no inscriptions. 152 pages, illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography .
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€23.65
Anthropos Gallery, Specialists in the Ethnic Arts.
by ANTHROPOS GALLERY
London: Anthropos Gallery,, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Original card covers. 42pp. 42 b/w illusts, 688 item catalogue. Shona sculptures, New Guinea Art, Eskimo sculptures, Mithila paintings.
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€41.38
Arts in Virginia, Volume 19, Number 3, Spring, 1979
by Cruger, George, Editor
Richmond, Virginia: The Virginia Museum, 1979. Paperback. Good +. 32 pages. Collection of articles with black and white photographs: "A Half-Century of Creative Collecting in the American Decorative Arts" by Alice Winchester, "Francis P. Garvan: He Would Educate the Nation" by Charles F. Montgomery and "Henry Francis du Pont: The Growth of a Collector" by John A. H. Sweeney. Brown wraps with embossed and imprinted lettering on front cover, 3 staple binding. Some light edge...
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€4.73
Claude Monet: book of 30 postcards
by Monet, Claude
Leicester: Magna Books. Very Good. 1991. Reprint. Softcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine creased but contents unused .
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€5.91
Persian miniatures
by Robinson, B. W
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer. Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a rubbed, price clipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges. 30 pages, 20 illustrations on plates. No date but British Library gives 1957 .
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€8.28