Art
a small selection of our current stock
71. Kennington, Eric.: Drawing the RAF.
London: Oxford University Press, 1942. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Buckram. Very Good condition. No Jacket. Glued in library sticker on front page. Contains copies of 52 portraits by Kennington and a list of the complete collection.
£25.00
246. Fabre, Joseph Palau i: Picasso from the Ballets to Drama (1917-26).
Cologne: Konnemann, 1999. English translation by Richard-Lewis Rees. Over 500 pages with 1800 illustrations, including 700 in colour. Condition - book and dustjacket as new. Cardboard slip cover slightly worn.
£22.50
249. Labella, Vincenzo: A Season of Giants (1492-1508).
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1990. Over 230 pages, lavishly illustrated, of the three geniuses of The Italian Renaissance - artists Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael. Condition - good. Dustjacket - good.
£10.00
251. Kemenov, V: Vasily Surikov.
Leningrad: Aurora Art, 1979. English translation containing sections on Surikov - his life and work, historical paintings, watercolours, and paintings. Lavishly illustrated, mainly in colour. Condition - good. Dustjacket - tatty.
£20.00
253. Arnold, Bruce: Jack Yeats.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.
A compelling portrait of the complex and enigmatic artist Jack Yeats (1871 -1957).
400 plus pages. Condition - very good. Dustjacket - very good.
£15.00
255. Rothenstein, John: Augustus John.
Oxford: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1945. Contains 90 plates of the artist's work plus an introductory essay. Second Edition with inscription 'W.D. Kape 1945'. Condition good. No dustjacket.
£10.00
256. Yamane, Y., Naito, Masato, & Clark, Timothy: Rimpa Art - From the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo
London: British Museum Press, 1998. Catalogue of 70 pieces by the leading exponents of the Rimpa style of painting, calligraphy, and ceramic & laquer design. 117 colour and 60 black & white illustrations. Condition - very good. Dust jacket - very good.
£9.99
257. Archer, W.G: Indian Miniatures.
London: Studio Books, 1960. A modern account of Indian Miniatures providing a comprehensive introduction to an art of unusual charm and appeal. Includes 100 illustrations with 50 lavish colour tipped-in plates. Condition - good. Dust jacket - tatty.
£45.00
259. Beck, Jerry (ed): Animation Art - from pencil to pixel, the history of cartoon animation London: Flame Tree, 2004. A visual history encompassing a vast range of animation and animators from all over the world, from the household name to the little-known independent, the big-budget to the home-grown. 380 pages, softback, condition - very good.
£10.00
260. Macmillan, Duncan: Scottish Art, 1460 -1990.
Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1996. Reprint of 1990 edition. An account of painting in Scotland from James III onwards. Establishes the place of visual art in Scottish culture and the two-way flow of artistic influence between Europe and Scotland. Dustjacket in excellent condition. Stamped 'This book has been slightly damaged in transit' but damage not apparent.
£17.50
261. Randhawa, M.S.: Basohli Painting.
New Delhi: Gov of India, 1981. Reprint of 1959 book describing 'Pahari' painting which combined folk art, associated with Hindu mythology, and Moghul technique. Contains 38 tipped-in colour plates. Condition - very good. Dustjacket - very good (price clipped)
£30.00
263. Fernier, Robert: Gustave Courbet.
London: Pall Mall Press, 1969. Courbet's life (1819-1877) through his paintings. He was an important precursor of the Impressionists. Book includes reproductions of many of his works both in black and white and in colour. Condition good but with name in biro on frontispiece. Dustjacket very good (price clipped).
£12.50
264. Dragut, Vasile: Moldavian Murals - from the 15th to the 16th century.
Bucharest: Meridiane, 1982. Religious art in Romania - English translation. 40 pages of text & 234 pages of murals (in colour). Cloth-bound. Condition very good, dustjacket the same.
£25.00
265. Arts, Royal Academy: Murillo
London: Weidenfield & Nicholson, 1982. Bartolome Esteban Murillo (1617-1682). Catalogue of first exhibition of his work, bringing together over a hundred of his finest paintings and drawings. Cloth bound, condition- good. Dustjacket - small tears but otherwise good
£9.50
266. Pope-Hennessy, John: Paolo Uccello
London: Phaidon Press, 1969 Second edition, ex-library copy. 112 plates including 6 colour tipped in. Condition - good, dustjacket-fair.
£19.50
268. Dunkerton, Foister, Gordon & Penny: Giotto to Durer - Early Renaissance Painting in The National Gallery
London: Yale University Press, 1991. The story of paintings and artists in Western Europe between 1260 and 1510. Nearly 400 pages, well illustrated, softback. Condition - good.
£12.00
269. Miller, Ernestine G.: The Art of Advertising - Great Commercial Illustrations From the Early Years of Magazines
New York: St Martin's Press, 1980. Full-page examples of early 20th century adverts from American periodicals. Softback, lavishly illustrated, and over 70 pages. Condition- good
£9.50
270. De Logu, Guiseppe: Caravaggio
Milan: Silvano, 1962 Well illustrated (45 colour and 25 black & white), history of the artist in Italian. Condition very good, dustjacket tatty, slip cover - fair.
£15.00
326. Allingham, Helen and Dick, Stewart: The Cottage Homes of England
London: Bracken Books, 1984 First published in 1909. 64 full colour illustrations by Helen Allingham (1848-1926), a contemporary of Kate Greenaway. Perceptive description of this vanishing rural idyll by Stewart Dick. Condition - very good but with inked inscription on frontispiece. Dustjacket excellent, apart from fading on spine.
£5.00
331. Rush, James: A Beilby Odyssey
Olney: Nelson & Saunders, 1987. A history of William Beilby, a superb handpainter of glassware in Newcastle upon Tyne during the latter part of the eighteenth century. This well- illustrated book is based on further intensive research after publication of previous volume "The Ingenious Beilbys". Condition - very good. Price-clipped dustjacket - good.
£22.50
345. Kendall, Richard (ed): Degas by himself
London: Macdonald Orbis, 1988: Rich and detailed view of Degas, his drawings, prints, paintings, and writings. Over 250 large colour illustrations. Condition excellent, jacket very good.
£15.00
349. Thomas, Denis (ed): Rowland Hilder Country
London: Herbert Press, 1987. Contains over a hundred examples of Rowland Hilder's work. First edition. Condition very good. Dust wrapper also very good.
£17.50
350. Thomas, Denis (ed): Rowland Hilder's England
London: Herbert Press, 1986. 2nd edition though published in same year as first. Includes chapters on Town and Village, Sea and Shore, and A Corner of Kent. Condition very good. Dust Wrapper also very good
£17.50
352. Morris, Alfred: The "Morris" step-by-step Method to successful water waving
London: Morris School, 1938. Designs and instruction for ladies hairstyles. Incredibly well illustrated, both colour & black & white. Coloured plates reproduced from monthly Fashion Supplement of the Hairdressers' Weekly Journal. First edition. Red cloth cover - slightly stained. Condition - very good
£25.00