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London: B.T.Batsford Ltd., 1935. Book. Good. Hardcover. "Being a New and Revised Edition, largely re-illustrated, of the "Burlington Magazine, Monograph I". Red cloth with title in blue on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. some light foxing to endpapers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally shelfworn with some small chips and repaired tears. Some foxing to inner flaps of dustjacket. Not price-clipped. 86pp. 23 colour plates and 62 b/w photographic plates. The aim of this book was to show the most outstanding examples of the varied achievements of the art of China, and includes essays by Laurence Binyon on painting, Bernard Rackham on pottery and porcelain, and Dr.Osvald Siren on sculpture..

Faber & Faber, 1971. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1971 reprint (first published in 1937). Softcover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn and quite grubby, with some creasing to spine. Internally good, no inscriptions. 292pp. Many b/w illustrations. Good reading/reference copy..

London: Studio Vista, 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Dark brown-black hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, and light sunning to rear edges of jacket. Not price-clipped. 144pp. Many b/w illustrations. The French film director Claude Chabrol (1930-2010) is one of the only directors who has been able to assimilate the influence of Alfred Hitchcock into his personal style. This book covers all his features, concentratng on major works from Les Cousins and Les Bonnes Femmes to Les Biches and Le Boucher..

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1970. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 156pp. 10 colour and 237 b/w plates. In this book the author identifies the early unmarked Coalport porcelains, with the aid of his pioneering research and excavations on the site of the Caughley factory, which was worked by the Coalport partners during the viatl period 1799-1814. Many of these factory "wasters" are illustrated here with complete, finished, matching specimens. .

Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1993. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Scarlet hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, and light sunning to spine. 242pp. 119 colour plates. Li Huasheng (1944-2018) from Yibin in Sichuan province represented the first generation of artists raised and trained in the People's Republic of China. In exploring his life this book reveals the details and the character of artistic life in socialist China..

New York: Zone Books1996, 1996. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 565pp. Several b/w illustrations. This book attempts to make sense of the Western fascinations with replicas, duplicates, and twins..

Berlin: Gestalten, 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 255pp. Many colour illustrations. The six comprehensive chapters in Data Flow offer incisive texts, innovative examples of information graphics and intoduce terms and classofications of various graphic applications and conceptual formulations that are redefining information design today..

London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2001. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers and light sunning and light creasing to spine. No inscriptions. 336pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Royal Academy, London from 24 November 2001 to 17 February 2002..

Berlin, Germany: Gerhardt Verlag, 1980. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No dustjacket. Pale grey cloth hardcover with title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with some light sunning/foxing to cover edges. No inscriptions. The title page and contents page have some light vertical creasing (probably caused during the printing process). 230pp. Many b/w illustrations. A wonderful and now scarce book about the work of the German product designer Dieter Rams (b.1932) and his approach to the design process..

Brook, Hampshire: Canterton Books, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. Limited.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Turquoise colour hardcover with title in silver on front cover and spine. Translucent acetate dustjacket. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Don Potter has inscribed his initials on the half-title. Dustjacket condition: Good, with some general shelfwear, including a small chip to the top of front cover where it meets the spine, and light soiling. 218pp. Several colour and many b/w illustrations. One of a limited edition of 1000 copies, this being no.113. Some additional material is loosely laid in, including an undated handwritten letter to the previous owner from Don Potter. This book celebrates the life and work of the multi-talented Don Potter (1902-2004), chiefly known as a sculptor and potter, and as an assistant to Eric Gill..

Windlesham, Surrey: Springwood Books, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Grey hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound. Previous owners name at top left of front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 106pp. 20 colour and 41 b/w illustrations. In this book, the distinguished art historian J.P.Hodin gives a full length assessment of the work of the South African born artist Douglas Portway (1922-1993), providing a survey of Portway's development as a painter, as well as detailing his working methods..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Grey-green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just the faintest hint of shelfwear. 24 colour and 31 b/w illustrations. 245pp. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was an important figure in the art world of late nineteenth-century France. The creator of public murals that decorated museums in Amiens, Rouen and Lyons as well as major buildings in Paris. This book contains the first full-length examination of Puvis's murals and their reception by critics during his lifetime..

London: John Murray, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers and light sunning to very edges of pages. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 96pp. 85 b/w illustrations. Edward William Godwin (1833-86) was not only one of the foremost figures in the introduction of Japanese influence into european design but was also one of the most forward-looking designers of the late 19th century. In this study, the author provides a detailed description of Godwin's intentions and methods of work as well as his associations with Whistler Oscar Wilde, and Ellen Terry amongst others..

London: Peter Owen, 1964. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Text is in English.Black hardcover with title in bronze gilt on spine. Condition: Good, hint of foxing to title page, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling, light sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. 106pp. This collection of essays by Sartre reveals his concern with fundamental issues relating to the nature of art and its place in the human situation as well as his view on the formation and function of the artist. He examines four artists - Tintoretto, Giacometti, Lapoujade and Calder, and in discussing their philosophies of art, each with its embodying paradox, he elucidates his own system of aesthetics..

New York: Universal Limited Art Editions, 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Dark grey hardcover with title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. There is some foxing to immediate fore-edge of textblock, heavy in places, not affecting book internally. Inscribed to the previous owner by Jim Dine on title page (see image). Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, lightly shelfworn with some general light soiling. 25 colour plates. This book contains images of a series of twenty-five prints by the American artist Jim Dine (b.1935) of his wife and muse, Nancy, started in 1977 and finished in 1981..

Schiedam, The Netherlands: Interbook International B.V., 1973. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Olive green cloth with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with light browning to endpapers from dustjacket flaps. Signed by Peter Mitchell and dated December 1981 on front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. 272pp. 48 colour and more than 330 b/w illustrations. In this book, Peter Mitchell follows the evolution of flower painting through four centuries, notably in its great period in seventeenth and eighteenth century Holland, Flanders, France and Germany. He continues with the painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, assesses the British and American contributions and gives botanical artists their due place. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Andrew Clayton-Payne, 1998. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with a paper-clip mark to top of front endpaper and reverse of front cover. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 20 colour plates. Price list loosely inserted. This 20 item catalogue was produced to accompany an exhibition of watercolours by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) held at Andrew Clayton-Payne from 19 November to 2 December 1998. It includes images illustrating The Temple of Concord and Victory, Stowe, and a portrait of Judge Jeffreys, together with a four page introductory essay by Timothy Wilcox. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Upper Dun Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, Ireland: The Glendale Press for The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers, light browning to endpapers from dustjacket flaps.. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear. 328pp. Many b/w photographic illustrations. The name of Helen M.Roe is known widely throughout Ireland and abroad, relating to the history of Irish art in the centuries of early Christianity and post-Norman times. As a mark of esteem and on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, of which she was President from 1965-68, called upon twenty-six of its members to contribute papers to a colletcive study, dedicated to her. This book is the result..

London: Sotheby's, 2019. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Light crease to top corner of pages 213 and 215. 228pp. Many colour illustrations. This 312 item catalogue was produced to accompany the sale of items from the New Bond Street site of the Fine Art Society after the company had been in that location since 1876. The sale included paintings, furniture, sculpture and works of art by artists and designers including Anne Redpath, Sir William Nicholson and Christopher Dresser..

New York and Ontario: Firefly Books Ltd., 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 206pp.Many b/w and colour illustrations. This book describes the work of the American born graphic designer and scratchboard (scraperboard) illustrator, Scott McKowen (b.1957), who has established an international career specialising in theatre posters and book covers, as well as book illustrations such as a series of covers for Neil Gaiman's graphic novel 1602 for Marvel Comics..