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New York: Atria Books, 2006. 306 pages; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "When the vision came, he was in the bathtub. So begins the madness of Louis Daguerre. In 1847, after a decade of using poisonous mercury vapors to cure his daguerreotype images, his mind is plagued by delusions. Believing the world will end within one year, Daguerre creates his 'Doomsday List'--Ten items he must photograph before the final day. The list includes a portrait of Isobel Le Fournier, a woman he has always loved but not spoken to in half a century" - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. 310 pages; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First edition. Fine DJ. A fine copy of the first printing.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

London: Paul Elek Limited; Bestseller Library, 1959. 223 pages; 19 cm. Translation of: La maja desnuda. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, expected browning. First thus. A novel based on the model of Goya's famous paintings.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Viking, 2002. 288 pages; 24 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, no dedication. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. A fictional portait of the Italian baroque painter, Artemisia Gentileschi. "Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably 'modern' life. Susan Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her father's betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Naples, inhabited by historical characters such as Galileo and Cosimo de' Medici II, and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter, Vreeland creates an inspiring story about one woman's lifelong… Leer más

New York: Viking, 2002. 288 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. A fictional portait of the Italian baroque painter, Artemisia Gentileschi. "Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably 'modern' life. Susan Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her father's betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Naples, inhabited by historical characters such as Galileo and Cosimo de' Medici II, and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter, Vreeland creates an inspiring story about one woman's lifelong struggle to reconcile career and family, passion and… Leer más

New York: Riverhead Books; Penguin, 2005. 211 pages; 20 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author on the flyleaf, no dedication. A fine copy of the first printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "A perfectly rendered short novel of suspense about a painter driven to extremes. An influential art critic in the early years of the twentieth century journeys from London to the rustic, remote island of Houat, off France's northwest coast, to sit for a portrait painted by an old friend, a gifted but tormented artist living in self-imposed exile. Over the course of the sitting, the painter recalls their years of friendship, the double-edged gift of the critic's patronage, the power he wielded over aspiring artists, and his apparent callousness in anointing the careers of some and devastating the lives of others. The balance of power between the two men shifts dramatically as the critic becomes a passive subject, while the painter struggles to capture the character of the man, as well… Leer más

London: Stanley Paul & Co. [c. 1912] Cloth, 323 pages, frontispiece, plates; 23 cm. Top edge gilt. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light foxing, expected browning. Scarce.. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. 8vo.