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ABERNETHY, L.M. Benton Spruance. The Artist and the Man. The Art Alliance Press: 1988 1st ed 182 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, bibliog. A Fine copy in VG+ d/w. Spruance, a significant 20th century American lithographer, believed art should both express personal 'inner vision' and improve general quality of life. Working in many different media he pioneered experimentation in complex colour lithography. This biography uses previously untapped sources including, writings, letters, speeches and interviews. (Book Ref #28074)  £15.00

ALLINGHAM, H. & HUISH, M.B. Happy England. A & C Black: 1903 1st ed 204 pp, portrait and 80 colour plates by Helen Allingham and others. Two bookplates, blue pictorial cloth bumped at head and torn at foot with the loss of small piece of cloth o/w VG. contents clean and bright. (Book Ref #9775)  £95.00

ANON. Ariel Book of Fantasy: Book 4. Ariel Press: 1978 p/b 1st ed 94 pp, numerous colour illustrations. VG+. (Book Ref #8009)  £5.00

ANON. Arte Italiana. 1960-1982. Electa International: 1980 p/b 1st ed 285 pp, profuse b/w illustrations and some colour. VG. The catalogue for the exhibition held at The Hayward Gallery October 1982 - January 1983. Essay contributors are Caroline Tisdall, Guido Ballo, Vittorio Fagone, Roberto Sanesi, Renato Barilli and Flavio Caroli. (Book Ref #24532)  £50.00

ANON. Fragrance and Fashion. Silverdale: 2000 1st ed 127 pp, full colour throughout with occasional b/w illustrations. Fine in Fine d/w. A series of overviews of the great designers and their fragrances. (Book Ref #33608)  £12.00

ANON. Images and Insights. The Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art: 1993 1st ed 287 pp, numerous colour plates. Fine in slightly edge-worn d/w. Catalogue for the Dublin Exhibition of 1993-4. (Book Ref #26422)  £15.00

ANON. Joseph Goldyne. University of Washington: 1989 p/b 1st ed 112 pp, numerous colour illustrations. Fine. Catalologue for the 1989 Exhibition at Thomas Gibson in Bond Street. With essay by Paul Cummings. (Book Ref #28730)  £12.00

ANON. Klimt. 1862 - 1918. Grange: 2004 p/b 1st ed 255 pp, profuse colour photos, biography. Fine. A good small format introductory study. (Book Ref #27374)  £4.99

ANON. Painting in Spain During the Later Eighteenth Century. The National Gallery: 1989 p/b 1st ed 112 pp, colour illustrations throughout, bibliog. Small green 'livre' stamp on back ep o/w VG+. Catalogue of the National Gallery exhibition. (Book Ref #18622)  £5.00

ANON. The Painting Handbook. Angus: 2003 rep 512 pp, colour and b/w illustrations throughout, glossary. F/F. The complete guide to painting media, techniques and materials. (Book Ref #27395)  £15.00

ARCHBOLD, r. (text). Robert Bateman. Natural Worlds. Simon & Schuster: 1996 1st ed 191 pp, Over 130 new Bateman paintings, with lithographs and sketches created specially for the book. Fine in a Near Fine d/w. 'Every image in this book speaks of Robert Bateman's wide knowledge and deep understanding of nature. (Book Ref #32045)  £30.00

ARMY MUSEUMS OGILBY TRUST. Index to British Military Costume Prints. 1500 - 1914. Army Museums Ogilbie Trust: 1972 1st ed 488 pp, colour frontis, some b/w photos. VG+. An Index rather than Catalogue Raison which aimed to record all known prints depicting British military costume. deals with sets and singles. (Book Ref #25130)  £20.00

ARNOLD, B. Jack Yeats. Yale University Press: 1998 1st ed 418 pp, 238 b/w illustrastions, 17 colour plates, Chapter notes, notes. Fine in a Fine d/w. A detailed biography based on extensive sources. (Book Ref #22119)  £15.00

ARWAS, VICTOR. & KOBAL, JOHN. Hollywood-Continental. Frank Martin. Academy/St. Martin's Press: 1988 1st ed 96 pp, 32 colour, 108 b/w illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. With essays by Victor Arwas and John Kobal. (Book Ref #32719)  £30.00

ASH, R. Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Pavilion: 1989 1st ed unpaginated, 40 full page colour plates, bibliog. Bottom edges bumped, inscription o/w VG+/VG+. (Book Ref #20510)  £12.00

ASHTON, GEOFFREY. & FOWLER, J. (ed). Catalogue of Paintings at The Theatre Museum, London. V & A: 1992 1st ed 210 pp, 123 b/w illustrations. VG+ in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #32847)  £10.00

AUDUBON, J.J. (et al). Audubon's Birds of America. Christie's: 2000 1st ed 93 pp, colour plates throughout, appendices, bibliog. Fine in a fine d/w. A well illustrated catalogue for a sale of Audubon's plates for The Birds of America, which took place at Christie's New York in March 2000. (Book Ref #29546)  £10.00

AUSTIN, S. The History of Engraving. From Its Inception to the Time of Thomas Bewick. Werner Laurie: n.d c.1910 1st ed ? 195 pp, 18 b/w plates. Prelims, page edges and occasional margins foxed o/w VG. (Book Ref #21059)  £15.00

AZIMOV, I. Decorative Painting of Uzbekistan. Gafur Gulfam literature: 1987 1st ed 142 pp, 142 colour plates. Fine in a Fine d/w. Captions in Russian and English with 1page afterword in English by George Pugachenkova. (Book Ref #33080)  £25.00

BACKHOUSE, J. (ed). & TURNER, D.H. (ed). The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art 966-1066. British Museum: 1984 p/b 1st ed 216 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Published to accompany the British Museum exhibition. (Book Ref #32668)  £12.00

BAKER, C.J. (intro). A Vision of Exmoor. Paintings by F.J. Widgery 1861-1942. Gollantz: 1988 1st ed 128 pp, 22 watercolours, b/w line drawings and sketches, bibliog. Page edges lightly browned o/w A Near Fine copy in a VG+ d/w. Contains all Widgery's illustrations for Rowe's 'A Perambulation of Dartmoor'. His watercolours, perfectly capturing the brooding, enigmatic nature of the moor, are set in context with other artists and writers. (Book Ref #33460)  £22.00

BAKER, K. George III: A Life in Caricature. Thames & Hudson: 2007 1st ed 224 pp, 194 colour and b/w illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. 'He suffered at the hands of the genius of Gillray; the robustness of Rowlandson; and the skillful darts of Isaac Cruikshank' and others less well-known, but no less searing in their portrayals. (Book Ref #33239)  £20.00

BALLANTINE, B. (intro). The Fantastic World of Gervasio Gallardo. Bantam: 1976 p/b 1st US ed Unpaginated, 44 colour illustrations. Eleven pages have 15mm green labels stuck on the corner o/w VG+. A commercial artist with a strong propensity towards surrealism, Gallardo became known through his jackets for fantasy fiction. This is the first collection of his noncommercial work to be published. (Book Ref #8002)  £8.00

BARKER, E. et al (eds). The Changing Status of The Artist. From The Open University Course 'Art and Its Histories'. Yale: 1999 p/b 1st ed 260 pp, 214 plates, mainly b/w. Fine. (Book Ref #32636)  £10.00

BARON, W. & SHONE, R. Sickert Paintings. Yale: 1993 p/b 1st ed 365 pp, 239 colour and b/w illustrations. Fine in a lightly edge-worn d/w. The catalogue for the 1993 Royal Academy Exhibition. (Book Ref #29487)  £35.00

BARTON, JE. The Changing World. Modern Art. BBC: 1932 p/b 1st ed 32 pp, 24 b/w plates, Suggestions for study. VG. A broadcast symposium in pamphlet form on modern art by a Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School. (Book Ref #22171)  £6.00

BAXANDALL, M. The Limewood Sculptors. Of Renaissance Germany. Yale: 1980 1st ed 420 pp, 4 colour plates, 101 b/w plates, 145 b/w figures in text. Owner's names o/w VG+ in a lightly edge-worn d/w. Treats the work of these distinctive sculptors as a historical document to be 'read'. Baxandall locates them in the move from a medieval guild system to a modern mercantile economy with all the accompanying religious and secular change of the period. (Book Ref #32560)  £35.00

BELL, JULIAN. Mirror of The World. Thames & Hudson: 2007 1st ed 496 pp, 267 colour and 105 b/w illustrations. Fine in Fine d/w. 'a beautifully crafted journey through the millennia ...in this vivid account...the richest story of art ever told'. Please note this book weighs 2100 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #33508)  £15.00

BENSON, T.O. Expressionist Utopias. Paradise. Metropolis . Architectural Fantasy. LACMA: 1993 p/b 1st ed 339 pp, some colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Published as both catalogue and celebration of the Los Angeles County Museum Exhibition 0f 1993-4. Various essays examine an often-overlooked aspect of German Expressionist Art. (Book Ref #31988)  £15.00

BERENSON, B. & KIEL, H. (ed). Homeless Paintings of the Renaissance. Thames & Hudson: 1969 1st ed 256 pp, colour frontis, 422 b/w plates, list of illustrations. Inscription o/w VG+ in edge worn d/w adhering to back board edge. Consists of paintings whose very existence had been forgotten or had problems of attribution. Focuses on unlocated Siennese and Florentine work of the Trecento and Quattrocento. Concludes with chronologies of Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo. (Book Ref #13973)  £16.00

BERKOVITUS, I. & HORN, Z.(Trans). Illuminated Manuscripts in Hungary. Xl-XVl Centuries. Irish University Press: 1969 1st ed 94 pp of text, 44 colour plates, 47 b/w figures, folding plate in pocket, bibliog. Boards slightly bowed o/w F in d/w with chipped extremities. Covers a vigorous period of illuminative art which saw Hungary absorb and then enter the western cultural mainstream. Both miniature painting and Renaissance manuscripts are covered by an expert. (Book Ref #17022)  £25.00

BERTELLI, C. Piero Della Francesco. BCA: 1992 rep 240 pp, many colour and some b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+/VG+. A full catalogue and biography, examination of Piero's theories on the structure of The Universe and light and reflection. (Book Ref #26056)  £15.00

BERTHOUD, R. The Life of Henry Moore. Faber: 1987 1st ed 465 pp, 190 b/w photos, notes, list of illustrations. A Fine copy in a Fine d/w. Sharpe observation and many insights gleaned from a mass of material including interviews with Moore's friends and colleagues. (Book Ref #26588)  £15.00

BIHALJI-MERIN, O. Modern Primitives. Naive paintings from the 17th century to the present day. Thames & Hudson: 1971 1st ed 304 pp, 389 illustrations, including 204 colour plates, bibliog. VG+ in lightly nicked d/w. The first comprehensive history and critical survey of the naive art of modern times. (Book Ref #18733)  £15.00

BIHALJI-MERIN, O. Modern Primitives. Naive paintings from the 17th century to the present day. Gallery Books: 1971 1st UK ed 304 pp, 389 illustrations, including 204 colour plates, bibliog. VG+ in lightly nicked d/w. The first comprehensive history and critical survey of the naive art of modern times. Please note this book weighs 2175 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #33534)  £18.00

BINDMAN, D. (ed). John Flaxman, R.A. Royal Academy: 1979 p/b 1st ed 188 pp, numerous small b/w illustrations. VG. To accompany the Royal Academy Exhibition 1979. (Book Ref #31520)  £15.00

BLACKWELL, L. The End of Print. The Graphic Design of David Carson. Laurence King: 1995 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, profuse colour illustrations. Fine. A lavishly illustrated portfolio of work by one of the most influential graphic designers of the 1990s. (Book Ref #29932)  £12.00

BLOCKLEY, J. Learn to Paint - Pastels. Collins: 1990 p/b rep 64 pp, colour illustrations throughout. F. All the basic techniques for painting with pastel, with many step-by-step exercises. (Book Ref #24280)  £5.00

BLUNT, A. Art and Architecture in France 1500 - 1700. Penguin: 1957 rep 316 pp, 192 b/w plates, 29 figures, extensive notes, bibliog. VG+ in slip case. Architecture, sculpture, painting, engraving and the decorative arts are considered against their historical background. (Book Ref #6504)  £20.00

BOOTH-CLIBBORN, E. Une Annee d'Illustration Europeenne 82/83. Arnoldo Mondaori Editore: 1982 1st ed 255 pp, colour illustrations throughout. VG+ in lightly chipped d/w. The 9th Annual. (Book Ref #33406)  £12.00

BOOTH-CLIBBORN, E. Une Annee d'Illustration Europeenne 83/84. Fleetbooks: 1983 1st ed 183 pp, colour illustrations throughout. VG+ in lightly chipped d/w. The 10th Annual. (Book Ref #33405)  £12.00

BOOTH-CLIBBORN, E. Une Annee d'Illustration Europeenne 84/85. Fleetbooks: 1984 1st ed 188 pp, colour illustrations throughout. VG+ in VG+ d/w. The 11th Annual. (Book Ref #33407)  £15.00

BOUDAILLE, G. Expressionists. Alpine Fine Arts: 1976 1st ed 170 pp, 48 colour and numerous b/w illustrations, chronology, bibliog. VG+ in chipped d/w. Examines the work of Kokoschka, Nolde, Kirschner, Beckmann and Pechmann and many others and various movements such as the Brucke and Blaue Reiter. (Book Ref #12164)  £12.50

BOURNE, P. Redpath. 1895 - 1965 Her Life and Work. Canongate Books: 1996 p/b 1st thus 112 pp, 87 colour illustrations, catalogue of exhibited works, exhibitions, transcript of 1961 BBC film on Anne Redpath, bibliog. VG+. Originally published to coincide with The Portland Gallery's 1989 exhibition, a well-illustrated book on the vivid personality and work of Anne Redpath. (Book Ref #30681)  £20.00

BRAUN, E. (ed). Italian Art in the 20th Century. Painting and Sculpture 1900 - 1988. Prestel: 1989 p/b 1st ed 465 pp, 233 colour illustrations, b/w figures. Spine lightly creased o/w VG+. Published to accompany the Royal Academy London Exhibition in 1989. Please contact us for a postal quote as this is a heavy book. (Book Ref #32346)  £20.00

BRAUN, E. (ed). Italian Art in the 20th Century. Painting and Sculpture 1900 - 1988. Prestel: 1989 p/b 1st ed 465 pp, 233 colour illustrations, b/w figures. Covers lightly creased o/w VG+. Published to accompany the Royal Academy London Exhibition in 1989. Please contact us for a postal quote as this is a heavy book. (Book Ref #33046)  £15.00

BRETTELL, R. et al. The Art of Paul Gauguin. Little, Brown & Co: 1989 1st ed 519 pp, 335 colour and 300 b/w illustrations, list of exhibitions, writings by Paul Gauguin, bibliog. Bottom edge lightly marked o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. Published to coincide with the Exhibition held in Washington, Chicago and Paris. Six essays and informative commentaries on 300 paintings. Please note this book weighs 3125 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #33207)  £28.00

BRETTELL, R.B. & FONSMARK, A.B. Gauguin and Impressionism. Yale: 2005 p/b 1st ed 166 pp, profuse predominantly colour photos, bibliog. Fine. Published to accompany the American and Danish Exhibitions of the same name in 2005-6. Please note this book weighs 2150 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #32967)  £22.00

BROWN, D.A. Leonardo Da Vinci. Origins of A Genius. Yale: 1998 1st ed 240 pp, the rediscovery of the earlier works, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. An authoritative scrutiny of Leonardo's apprenticeship with Verrocchio with identification of early works and possible collaborations with his master. (Book Ref #30984)  £25.00

BROWN, J. The Golden Age od Painting in Spain. Yale: 1991 1st ed 330 pp, numerous colour illustrations, bibliog. VG+ in a VG+ d/w and a marked slipcase. Brown, a noted specialist on Spanish art, sets the political, socio-economic and philosophical scene within which El Greco, Ribera, Velasquez and Murillo worked. His authoritative study includes lesser-known artists and those working in Spain such as Titian, Rubens and any whose influence had significant impact in Spain. (Book Ref #31696)  £60.00

BUMPASS, BERNARD. Collecting Rhead Pottery. Charlotte. Frederick. Frederick Hurten. Francis Joseph: 1999 p/b 1st ed 112 pp, 47 pp of colour, 36 b/w figures and 1 page of b/w marks, tube lining, bibliog. Corners lightly marked and creased o/w VG+. Including comprehensive price and pattern guide. (Book Ref #32627)  £35.00

BUTLER, STEPHEN. Miro. (1893-19830). Studio Editions: 1995 1st ed 144 pp, full page colour plates, bibliog. VG+ in slightly edge-worn d/w. (Book Ref #33031)  £20.00

CABANNE, P. Cubism. Terrail: 2001 p/b 1st ed 206 pp, 140 colour and many b/w illustrations. Fine. Takes the deep friendship between Picasso and Braque as its starting point. (Book Ref #32889)  £15.00

CARANDENTE, G. (essay). Stephen Cox. Carini: 1984 1st ed 65 pp, 2 colour folding plates, 11 full page colour and 7 b/w full page plates, chronology. Laminated card covers. VG+. Essay in English and Italian. Cox's work, focused on historical depth, has always functioned on the tension between work suspended and completed and has been likened to a sense of paradise lost in a longing for remote perfectibility. (Book Ref #26953)  £10.00

CARDUS, N. & ARLOTT, J. The Noblest Game. A Book of Fine Cricket Prints. Harrap: 1969 1st ed unpaginated, 64 full page colour and b/w prints. Fine in a very slightly edge-worn d/w in plain card slipcase. (Book Ref #31877)  £20.00

CARMEAN, E.A. Jnr. Helen Frankenthaler. A Paintings Retrospective. Abrams: 1989 1st ed 113 pp, 45 colour and 7 b/w plates, exhibitions, chronology, bibliog. VG+ in slightly unevenly faded d/w. (Book Ref #33544)  £20.00

CASANI, SYLVIO. & SAPIO, MARIA. Caravaggio. The Final Years. Electa Napoli: 2005 rep 191 pp, colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Text in English. (Book Ref #32799)  £18.00

CATTANEO, G. & BACCHESCHI, E. L'Opera Completa Duccio. Rizzoli: 1972 1st ed 100 pp, 54. Previous owner's inscription o/w VG+ in nicked d/w. Introduction and plate notes in Italian. (Book Ref #33551)  £10.00

CHALEYSSIN, P. James McNeill Whistler. The Strident Cry of the Butterfly. Parkstone: 1995 1st ed 165 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, bibliog. F/VG+. (Book Ref #18112)  £10.00

CLAYSON, H. Painted Love. Prostitution in French Art of The Impressionist Era. Yale: 1991 1st ed 202 pp, b/w illustrations throughout, bibliog. VG+ in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #33081)  £15.00

CLAYTON, M. Raphael and His Circle. Drawings From Windsor Castle. Merrill Holberton: 1999 1st ed 324 pp, numerous colour and b/w illustrations, watermarks, concordances, bibliog. Fine in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #31839)

CLEMENTS, K. Henry Lamb. The Artist and His Friends. Redcliffe: 1985 1st ed 305 pp, a few colour and b/w illustrations. VG+ in a VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #32140)  £10.00

CLIFFORD, D. & CLIFFORD, T. John Crome. Faber: 1968 1st ed 301 pp, 150 b/w and 6 colour plates, appendices. Page edges lightly foxed o/w VG+ in slightly edge worn d/w. The first serious monograph on John Crome since 1921. (Book Ref #15180)  £25.00

COHEN, J. et al. Picasso: Inside the Image. Thames & Hudson: 1995 1st UK ed 136 pp, 6 col, 113 b/w illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. Prints from the Ludwig Museum of Cologne comprising etchings, lithographs, linocuts, engravings and aquatints from all Picasso's periods. (Book Ref #19846)  £6.99

COOK, B. Beryl Cook - The Works. John Murray: 1978 1st ed unpaginated, 28 colour plates. Small inscription o/w VG+/VG+. (Book Ref #23491)  £12.00

COOPER, D. G. Braque. Tate: 1956 p/b 1st ed 51 pp, 1 colour frontispiece and 24 b/w plates, chronology, catalogue, bibliog. VG. The catalogue for an exhibition shown at the Edinburgh Festival and then the Tate Gallery. (Book Ref #30946)  £3.00

COOPER, D. & TINTEROW, G. The Essential Cubism 1907-1920. Braque Picasso and Their Friends. Tate Gallery: 1983 p/b rep, with amendments 447 pp, colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Catalogue of the 1983 Tate Exhibition on Braque, Gris, Leger and Picasso, Laurens and Lipchitz, Delaunay, Gleizes, Marcoussis, Metzinger and Villon. (Book Ref #33265)  £12.00

CORMACK, M. Bonington. Phaidon: 1989 1st ed 160 pp, 135 b/w illustrations, 50 in col, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. One of England's most important and prolific landscape artists and a prime exponent of the English Romantic Movement. (Book Ref #16649)  £20.00

CORMACK, M. Constable. Phaidon: 1986 1st ed 256 pp, 231 illustrations, 98 in col, notes, bibliog. Bottom of boards slightly bumped o/w F/VG+. Reveals his art to be a deeply thoughtful and individual commentary; not only on the art of landscape, but on the social and intellectual history of his times. (Book Ref #20527)  £35.00

COULDREY, V. Alfred Sisley: The English Impressionist. David & Charles: 1992 1st ed 96 pp, 60 colour illustrations. VG+ in spine-faded and chipped d/w. The least known of the original group of Impressionist painters. (Book Ref #33443)  £20.00

COWART, J. et al. Georgia O'Keefe. National Gallery of Art: 1988 1st ed 306 pp, 120 colour and 11 b/w plates, chronology. Fine in a Fine d/w. As well as stunning reproductions of many rarely seen works, this centennial exhibition catalogue contains more than 120 previously unpublished letters. (Book Ref #33715)  £25.00

CRAWSHAW, A. Alwyn Crawshaw's Watercolour Painting Course. A step-by-step guide to success. Harper Collins: 1997 p/b rep 136 pp, profuse colour illustrations. Owner's name on title page o/w F. Complete course of 32 lessons. (Book Ref #24275)  £8.00

CRINELLI, L. (ed). Treasures From The Italian Libraries. Thames & Hudson: 1999 1st UK ed 288 pp, 228 colour illustrations, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. A selection of works from twelve of Italy's finest libraries. (Book Ref #19842)  £18.00

DAVIDS, R. Manuscripts, Literary Portraits and Associated Items. Roy Davids: n.d p/b 1st ed unpaginated, b/w illustrations throughout. F. Privately published catalogue with prices. (Book Ref #22729)  £10.00

DAVIDSON, C. The World of Mary Ellen Best. Chatto & Windus: 1985 1st ed 160 pp, nearly 140 colour illustrations, References. VG+ in torn d/w. (Book Ref #23920)  £10.00

DAVIDSON, C. The World of Mary Ellen Best. Chatto & Windus: 1985 1st ed 160 pp, nearly 140 colour illustrations, References. VG+ in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #33414)  £8.00

DAVIES, MARTIN. Rogier Van Der Weyden. Phaidon: 1972 1st ed 272 pp, 12 colour and 188 b/w illustrations. Lower quarter of boards watermarked, prelims lightly marked and pages a little cockled o/w VG+ in chipped d/w. A thorough study of Van Der Weyden's life, work and influence. Davies grapples with the problem of attribution between the artist and his teacher, Robert Campin. (Book Ref #33133)  £30.00

DE NANTEUIL, L. David. Thames & Hudson: 1990 1st UK ed 128 pp, 103 illustrations, 40 in col, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Concise edition of 'David' by Luc de Nanteuil, originally published in 1985. (Book Ref #30019)  £10.00

DE VENTOS, X.R. et al. Vincente Gandia. Ediciones del Equilbrista: 1989 p/b 1st ed 154 pp, profuse colour illustrations. VG+. Text in Spanish consists of four chronological long essays on his work. (Book Ref #30873)  £25.00

DEMETRION, J.T. Clyfford Still. Paintings 1944-1960. Hirschhorn/Smithsonian/Yale: 2001 1st ed 175 pp, 40 full page colour plates, smaller colour and b/w figures in text, selected exhibition history and paintings in public collections, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Published to celebrate the 2001 US and British Exhibition. Still helped shape Abstract Expressionism along with Pollock, Rothko and De Kooning. This study includes the previously unexplored elements of his studio practice, which included his habit of painting replicas of his own work. (Book Ref #31085)  £30.00

DEPAOLI, G. Elvis + Marilyn: 2x Immortal. Rizzoli: 1994 p/b 1st ed 170 pp, colour illustrations. Fine. The catalogue for the touring exhibition 1995-97. (Book Ref #30348)  £10.00

DEUCHAR, S. Sporting Art in Eighteenth-Century England. A Social and Political History. Yale: 1988 1st ed 195 pp, 40 colour plates, 100 b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+ in VG+ d/w. A 'cogent analysis' of the ideologies lying behind these sports and their moral contradictions. (Book Ref #32520)  £25.00

DIAL, T. Image of the Tiger. Abrams: 1993 1st ed 160 pp, 128 illustrations, 122 in col, notes, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. The first major monograph on Dial's art, his primary symbol being the tiger with which he represents the African-American male. (Book Ref #21227)  £15.00

DINKEL-KEET, EMMY. Dream Children. Ravenna Arts: 1991 1st ed 60 pp, 16 colour and 20 b/w plates. A Fine copy in a VG+ d/w. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. The artist was taught by Rothenstein, Austin and Ravilious before marriage took her time and attention. Retirement to Bussage in the Cotswolds provided the inspiration for many of her later paintings. (Book Ref #33482)  £50.00

DRAGUT, V. Romanian Art. Prehistory, Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque. Meridiane: 1984 1st ed 510 pp, profuse b/w and colour, bibliog. Top edge slightly marked, owner's name o/w VG+ in VG+ dustwrapper. English Text. Volume One of a 2 volume history dealing with the general evolution of Romanian art till 1800. (Book Ref #30842)  £45.00

DREWAL, H.J. & PEMBERTON, J. III. Yoruba. Nine Centuries of African Art And Thought. Abrams: 1989 1st ed 256 pp, 90 colour and 178 b/w illustrations and map, glossary, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Explores the cultural, religious and philosophical foundations, moving on to the social, historical and artistic developments. The ancient kingdoms of Ife, Esie, Owo, Ijebe and Oyo are recounted in the context of items recovered from the royal households. Many segments of Yoruba society are examined using themes of constancy, change and innovation in the concluding chapters. (Book Ref #33333)  £50.00

DU CANN, E. The Duke of Wellington. And His Political Career after Waterloo- the Caracaturist's View. Antique Collectors Club: 2000 1st ed 143 pp, numerous colour illustrations, bibliog. VG+/VG+. The largest scale publication to date on the subject with each caricature accompanied by a note on the artist and publisher, grouped by issue. The major four topics are The Princess of Wales, political troubles in Ireland, economic distress and constitutional conflict between the Lords and Commons on reform. (Book Ref #27240)  £15.00

DUBY, G. et al. Sculpture. The Great Art of The Middle Ages from The Fifth to The Fifteenth Century. Skira: 1990 1st ed 318 pp, 190 colour and 330 b/w illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w in card slipcase. A very heavy book weighing 2750 grams. Please ask us for a postage quote. (Book Ref #31878)  £40.00

DUVAL, P. (text0. The Tangled Garden. The Art of J.E.H MacDonald. Cerebus: 1978 1st ed 94 pp of text, profuse colour and some b/w illustrations, most full page. Fine in a Fine d/w in original pictorial mailing box. An intimate history and record of the Ontario artist by his friend Paul Duval. (Book Ref #24456)  £30.00

EAVES, M. The Counter-Arts Conspiracy. Art and Industry in the Age of Blake. Cornell University: 1992 1st ed 287 pp, numerous b/w illustrations, bibliog. F/F. A well illustrated study of William Blake, focusing on his view that art in the England of his day was controlled by political and commercial interests designed to exploit and repress artists. (Book Ref #24340)  £15.00

EGERTON, J. Wright of Derby. Tate Gallery: 1990 p/b 1st ed 294 pp, numerous colour and b/w plates. VG+. Catalogue of the 1990 Tate Gallery Exhibition, the first major display at the gallery of the artist's work since 1958. Includes essays on Wright's painting technique, engravings and framing.. There is also an essay on Wright's connections with science and industry through his membership of The Lunar Society. (Book Ref #33071)  £30.00

EGERTON, J. Wright of Derby. Tate Gallery: 1990 p/b 1st ed 294 pp, numerous colour and b/w plates. VG+. Catalogue of the 1990 Tate Gallery Exhibition, the first major display at the gallery of the artist's work since 1958. Includes essays on Wright's painting technique, engravings and framing.. There is also an essay on Wright's connections with science and industry through his membership of The Lunar Society. (Book Ref #33441)  £18.00

EINBERG, E. Hogarth The Painter. Tate Gallery: 1997 p/b 1st ed 56 pp, colour illustrations throughout, bibliog. Small owner's label on rear endpaper & name on half title page o/w VG+.. Published to celebrate the 1997 London exhibition. (Book Ref #32336)  £8.00

EISLER, W. & SMITH, B. Terra Australis. The Furthest Shore. Art Gallery of New South Wales: 2000 p/b 1st ed 239 pp, numerous b/w illustrations, bibliog. Fine. One of the most complex and challenging exhibitions to be mounted in Australia. (Book Ref #33000)  £18.00

ENGEN, R. Pre-Raphaelite Prints. Lund Humphries: 1995 1st ed 128 pp, b/w illustrations, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. The first book devoted to the subject. (Book Ref #20539)  £15.00

ERDMANN, PROF. A. Decorative Writing and Arrangement of Lettering. Pitman: n.d, stamped 1929 2nd ed 132 pp, colour frontis, numerous b/w illustrations, bibliog. Boards edge-rubbed and marked, stamp on front edge paper o/w VG. (Book Ref #25176)  £8.00

EVANS, J. English Art 1307-1461. The Oxford History of English Art. Oxford: 1949 1st ed 272 pp of text, 96 b/w photos, bibliog. Board unevenly faded and slightly bumped o/w VG in edge-worn and slightly torn d/w. (Book Ref #20900)  £12.00

EVANS, H. & EVANS, M. The Man Who Drew the Drunkard's Daughter. The life and art of George Cruikshank 1792-1878. Muller: 1978 1st ed 190 pp, over 200 b/w illustrations. Board edges lightly rubbed o/w VG+ in unevenly faded d/w. Includes loosely inserted facsimile pamphlet of Cruikshank's 'The Bottle'. Cruikshank's visionary illustrations of a 'modern industrial society'. (Book Ref #23138)  £6.00

FAHR-BECKER, G. (ed). & VARIOUS The Art of East Asia. Konemann: 1999 1st UK ed 406 pp volume one 407 pp volume 2, profuse colour and b/w photos and illustrations, glossary, notes, bibliog. F/F, F/F in a fine slipcase. A lavishly illustrated two-volume study covering everything from Neolithic stone objects to images from modern China, with separate chapters on jade and calligraphy. (Book Ref #30471)  £30.00

FOISTER, S et al. The National Portrait Gallery Collection. National Portrait Gallery: 1988 p/b 1st ed 248 pp, profuse colour illustrations and some b/w photos. VG+. (Book Ref #32734)  £15.00

FOSKETT, D. British Portrait Minatures. A History. Spring Books: 1963 1st ed 199 pp, 200 minatures in b/w, 24 colour plates, bibliog. VG/VG. Comprehensive study from Henry VIII to modern day. (Book Ref #29879)  £15.00

FOSKETT, D. Samuel Cooper 1609-1672. Faber: 1974 1st ed 151 pp, appendices, bibliog. Small mark on front endpaper o/w F/F. With an appreciation by Roy Strong. (Book Ref #26225)  £15.00

FOSKETT, DAPHNE. A Dictionary of British Minature Painters. Vols 1 & 2. Faber: 1972 1st ed Vol 1 596 pp of text, Vol 2 108 pp of text, 31 colour plates in Vol 1, 400 b/w plates in Vol 2. Each plate contains several minatures. Boards slightly speckled and top edges lightly rubbed. Article on Foskett taped to a rear endpaper o/w VG+ in slightly edge-worn & price clipped d/ws. The combined weight of this set is 4850 grams. Please contact us before ordering on line. (Book Ref #33485)  £65.00

FOUNTAIN, R. & GATES, A. Stubbs' Dogs. Ackermann: 1984 1st ed 117 pp, 16 colour plates and 70 b/w illustrations, chronology. Fine in a Fine d/w. Records the paintings by Stubbs that portray dogs either as individuals or as a part of a larger composition, giving the history and development of the breeds depicted. (Book Ref #20644)  £40.00

FOWLER, R. Edward Lear. The Cretan Journals. Denise Harvey & Co: 1984 1st ed 117 pp, colour, including tipped-in plates, and b/w illustrations by Edward Lear throughout, double page b/w map of Crete, glossary, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. (Book Ref #31777)  £35.00

FRANCIS, R. Johns. Abbeville: 1984 1st ed 128 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations, Chronology, bibliog. F in d/w with several closed tears and small loss from head of spine. Illustrates Jasper Johns' innovative use of diverse techniques to create paintings, sculptures and prints. (Book Ref #21834)  £10.00

FRASCINA, F. et al. Modernity and Modernism. From The Open University Course 'Modern Art, Practice and Debate. Yale: 1994 p/b rep 297 pp, 297plates, mainly b/w. VG+. Reprinted with corrections. (Book Ref #33617)  £10.00

FREUD, L. & with SMEE, S. Freud at Work. Jonathan Cape: 2005 1st ed 253 pp, colour photographs throughout by Bruce Bernard and David Dawson. Fine in a Fine d/w. Bernard, picture editor, and long-standing friend of Freud, was permitted to photograph the artist at work over many years. He died with the book uncompleted. However Freud's assistant, David Dawson, was able to finish the project, recording the daily life of the studio. Freud's recorded conversations with Sebastian Smee are published in conjunction with the photographs, allowing a glimpse of this powerful figurative artist's private world. (Book Ref #32628)  £24.00

GARDNER, A. Alexandra Gardner. Portland Gallery: 2001 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, 22 colour illustrations. VG+. The catalogue for Gardner's 2001 Portand Gallery Exhibition. (Book Ref #32514)  £10.00

GARTON, R. The Wind in the Oak. A biography of Claude Mulcaster. Robin Garton: 1978 1st ed 120 pp, b/w and colour plates throughout. Fine in a VG+ d/w. 'An affectionate and vivid biography of the greatly respected painter'. (Book Ref #32367)  £10.00

GATOR, S. & VINCENT, D. The Factory in a Garden. Wedgewood from Etruria to Barlaston - the Transitional Years. Keele Life Histories Centre: 1988 p/b 1st ed 80 pp, b/w photos. VG. (Book Ref #26960)  £6.00

GAUNT, W. & GORDON ROE, F. Etty and The Nude. The Art and Life of William Etty 1787-1849. F. Lewis: 1943 1st ed 123 pp of text, 61 full page b/w plates. Corners slightly bumped and extremities lightly rubbed, spine darkened o/w VG+. Limited to 500 copies. (Book Ref #33560)  £45.00

GENTLEMAN, D. David Gentleman's London. Weidenfeld: 1985 1st ed 192 pp, 280 colour and 40 b/w illustrations by David Gentleman. Fine in slightly spine-faded d/w. David Gentleman's expressive pen and watercolour illustrations brilliantly evoke the contrasting aspects of London. (Book Ref #29160)  £20.00

GENTLEMAN, D. David Gentleman's London. Weidenfeld: 1985 1st ed 192 pp, 280 colour and 40 b/w illustrations by David Gentleman. Fine in a Fine d/w. David Gentleman's expressive pen and watercolour illustrations brilliantly evoke the contrasting aspects of London. (Book Ref #32345)  £20.00

GERSON, H. Rembrandt Paintings. Weidenfeld: 1968 1st ed 526 pp, 80 colour photos and 80 b/w line drawings, bibliog. Rear board lightly damp marked, half title slightly foxed o/w VG+ in d/w which is chipped at the base of the spine. Gerson's 1968 reassessment of the artist, sumptuously illustrated. (Book Ref #17280)  £50.00

GIBBINGS, R. Lovely Is The Lee. Dent: 1945 1st ed 199 pp, Engravings and decorations throughout by Robert Gibbings. A fine, attractive copy in a slightly spine-darkened dustwrapper.. (Book Ref #31045)  £25.00

GILBEY, SIR G. & CUMING, E.D. George Morland. His Life and Works. A & C Black: 1907 1st ed 290 pp, 50 colour plates with tissue guards. Pictorial cloth a little worn at head and tail of the spine, occasional foxing and a few finger marks o/w VG. Morland commenced work as the fashion for animals began to pass but he combined his talents for portrait painting, animals and landscape art to produce 'the charm of rusticity' and an unmistakable 'Englishness'. (Book Ref #14865)  £25.00

GILL, ERIC. Bibliography of Eric Gill. Dawson's of Pall Mall: 1973 1st ed 223 pp, b/w frontis photo, b/w line drawings by the author. Corners lightly rubbed, very small brown adhesion at top of contents page o/w VG+. Published without d/w. Lists books, pamphlets, periodicals, wood engravings, books journals and miscellanea written and illustrated by Gill or illustrated by Gill with titles and authors. (Book Ref #33530)  £35.00

GILL, M. Image of the Body. Doubleday: 1989 p/b 1st ed 476 pp, b/w illustrations and photos throughout. VG+. 'By far the most stimulating and thought-provoking book on the subject since Sir Kenneth Clark's 'The Nude' - John Julius Norwich. (Book Ref #16736)  £10.00

GILL, M. Image of the Body. Aspects of the nude. Doubleday: 1989 p/b 1st ed 476 pp, b/w illustrations and photos throughout, bibliog. VG+. 'By far the most stimulating and thought-provoking book on the subject since Sir Kenneth Clark's 'The Nude' - John Julius Norwich. (Book Ref #21395)  £10.00

GILL, M. Image of the Body. Aspects of the nude. Doubleday: 1989 p/b 1st ed 476 pp, b/w illustrations and photos throughout, bibliog. VG+. 'By far the most stimulating and thought-provoking book on the subject since Sir Kenneth Clark's 'The Nude' - John Julius Norwich. (Book Ref #28517)  £9.00

GILL, M. Image of the Body. Doubleday: 1989 1st ed 476 pp, b/w illustrations and photos throughout. Front corner lightly creased o/s VG+. 'By far the most stimulating and thought-provoking book on the subject since Sir Kenneth Clark's 'The Nude'.' - John Julius Norwich. (Book Ref #29019)  £8.00

GIMFERRER, P. De Chirico. Academy: 1989 1st UK ed 128 pp, 135 colour, 21 b/w illustrations, notes, bibliog. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Ranges from the important first metaphysical paintings to the late neoclassical work. (Book Ref #33543)  £20.00

GOLDING, J. Paths to the Absolute. Thames & Hudson: 2000 1st ed 240 pp, 64 colour, 108 b/w illustrations. Fore-edge marked o/w VG+ in chipped d/w. A survey of the origins of abstract expressionism, with studies of Mondrian, Malevitch, Kandinsky, Pollock, Newman, Rothko and Still. (Book Ref #31818)  £25.00

GOLDSCHEIDER, L. Five Hundred Self-Portraits. From antique times to the present day, in sculpture, painting, drawing and engraving. Phaidon: 1937 rep 526 pp, 7 loose-leaf colour plates and profuse b/w illustrations. Endpapers lightly foxed o/w VG+ in edge-worn and lightly rubbed d/w. (Book Ref #20531)  £20.00

GOLDSCHEIDER, L. Michelangelo. Paintings, sculptures, architecture. Phaidon: 1959 rep 263 pp, 400 illustrations in photogravure and colour, bibliog. Some pen annotation on reverse of title page o/w VG+ in a chipped d/w. All of Michelangelo's work apart from the drawings. Beautifully illustrated. (Book Ref #26845)  £12.00

GOLYNETS, S. Ivan Bilibin. Abrams: 1982 1st US ed 226 pp, 98 colour plates and 97 b/w illustrations, notes, bibliog. VG+/VG+. Covers all aspects of Bilibin's work; book illustration, easel drawing and stage design. (Book Ref #24286)  £40.00

GOLYNETS, S. Ivan Bilibin. Pan: 1981 p/b 1st ed 226 pp, 98 colour plates and 97 b/w illustrations, exhibitions, bibliog. VG+. Covers all aspects of Bilibin's work; book illustration, easel drawing and stage design. (Book Ref #30120)  £20.00

GOSSOP, R.P. Advertisement Design. Chapman & Hall: n.d. (1927) 1st ed 253 pp, 8 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. Prize label o/w VG. Illustrators include Beardsley, Crane, Phil May, Crawhall, William Nicholson, Brangwen, Gill, Nevinson and McKnight Kauffer. (Book Ref #30939)  £15.00

GOWRIE, G. Derek Hill. An Appreciation. Quartet: 1987 1st ed 151 pp, profuse b/w and colour illustrations, chronology, collections. VG+ in a slightly torn d/w. In clear protective d/w. A well illustrated argument for Hill's status as one of the best painters of Irish landscape since Jack Yeats, as well as being one of Britain's leading portrait painters. (Book Ref #33785)  £25.00

GRAY, B. (ed). The Arts of India. Vikas Publishing: 1982 1st Indian ed 224 pp, 259 illustrations, 43 in colour, bibliog. Front endpaper removed o/w VG+ in a spine-faded and slightly torn d/w. Sculpture, painting, architecture, applied and folk arts. (Book Ref #28936)  £8.50

GREENACRE, F. & STODDARD, S. W.J. Muller. Bristol Museums & Art Gallery: 1991 p/b 1st ed 176 pp, 197 illustrations, 44 in colour, appendix, paintings exhibited, sources. Fine. The catalogue of an exhibition by "the best of all artists to be born in Bristol". (Book Ref #24617)  £12.00

GREENWALL, RYNO. & CARRUTHERS, JANE. (intro). Artists and Illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War. Fernwood Press: 1992 1st ed 264 pp, 200 colour, 250 b/w illustations, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. (Book Ref #32570)  £25.00

GRIFFITHS, A. & KESNEROVA, G. Wencelas Hollar. Prints and Drawings from the Collections of The National Gallery, Prague and The British Museum, London. British Museum pub.: 1983 p/b 1st ed 88 pp, numerous b/w illustrations, chronology, bibliog. Spine ends lightly tanned o/w VG+. Published to coincide with the 1983 London exhibition. (Book Ref #33520)  £8.00

GRIMSHAW, N. (foreword). Modigliani and His Models. Royal Academy of Arts: 2006 1st ed 158 pp, 52 colour plates, some b/w photos, chronology, model's biographies, bibliog. Fine in A Fine d/w. Published to coincide with the 2006 London exhibition. Several essays focus on neglected aspects of Modigliani, particularly his relationships with the women he painted. (Book Ref #33754)  £25.00

GRONBERG, T.A (ed). Manet. A retrospective. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates: 1988 1st ed 378 pp, 119 colour and 123 b/w illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. Examination of Manet's work and reputation through the writings of his contemporaries - his family and friends as well as professional writers - and those of later commentators and critics. Beautifully illustrated. (Book Ref #17648)  £35.00

GROSE, IRVING (intro). Maurice Lambert 1901-1964. The Belgrave Gallery: 1988 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, 22 b/w illustrations, checklist of sculpture, glossary. VG+. Catalogue for the Belgrave Gallery Exhibition of 1988. (Book Ref #32610)  £9.00

HANSENNE, MICHEL. (intro). & ROBERTS-JONES, P. et al. Fernand Knopff 1951-1921. Ministere de la Communaute francaise de Belgique: 1979 p/b 1st ed 272 pp, profuse b/w and some colour, bibliog. Spine edge slightly de-laminated, Fisher Fine Art bookplate inside cover o/w VG. Text in French. Published to celebrate the Paris Exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratif in 1979 and also Bruxelles and Hamburg in 1980. (Book Ref #33600)  £15.00

HARBISON, P. et al. Irish Art and Architecture. From Prehistory to The Present. Thames & Hudson: 1978 1st ed 272 pp, 316 illustrations, 40 in colour, bibliog. Inscription o/w VG+ in lightly edge-worn d/w. Introduces the often-neglected cultural heritage of Ireland, highlighting the periods when Ireland stood in the vanguard of Western European culture. (Book Ref #29048)  £12.50

HARBISON, P. et al. Irish Art and Architecture. From Prehistory to The Present. Thames & Hudson: 1978 p/b 1st ed 272 pp, 316 illustrations, 40 in colour, bibliog. VG+. Introduces the often-neglected cultural heritage of Ireland, highlighting the periods when Ireland stood in the vanguard of Western European culture. (Book Ref #32526)  £9.00

HARTT, F. David - By the Hand of Michelangelo. The original model discovered. Thames & Hudson: 1987 1st UK ed 144 pp, 95 illustrations, 35 in colour, sculpture photography by David Finn, appendices, bibliog. Long inscription on the half-title page o/w Fine in VG+ d/w. An exquisitely sculpted stucco model, just 8 inches high and found in a private collection led Professor Hartt to conclude that this was the actual model Michelangelo used for David. (Book Ref #31310)  £15.00

HASLER, A. Hans Erni. A Man of our Times 1979 - 1987. ABC: 1987 1st ed 212 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations throughout, biographical notes. VG+/VG. Hastler was a long-time friend of Erni and his essay views his art as 'a vivid expression't of his philosophy and social commitment. The text is in German with a digest in English. (Book Ref #28346)  £25.00

HAWKINS COLLINGE, L. & RICKETTS, A. Michaelangelo. Park Lane: 1991 1st ed 240 pp, 140 colour and 40 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Fine in slightly nicked d/w. Now in protective sleeve. Traces Michaelangelo's rich and complex development. (Book Ref #31291)  £15.00

HEINEY, P. George Soper's Horses. A Celebration of the English Working Horse. Witherby: 1990 1st ed 143 pp, colour and b/w plates by George Soper, bibliog. A Fine copy in a spine-faded d/w. Beautifully observed scenes of English rural life between the wars before the tractor revolutionised farming practices. (Book Ref #32323)  £20.00

HEMINGWAY, A. The Norwich School of Painters 1803-1833. Phaidon: 1979 1st ed 80 pp, 67 illustrations, 27 in col. Inscription on f.ep o/w VG in spine faded d/w. Concentrates on the heyday of the Norwich Society of Artists. (Book Ref #17618)  £8.00

HEMMING, C. British Painters of the Coast and Sea. A history and gazetteer. Victor Gollancz: 1988 1st ed 192 pp, colour and b/w photos throughout. VG+/VG+. A comprehensive guide to over 400 artists. (Book Ref #32428)  £12.00

HEMPEL, E. Baroque Art and Architecture on Central Europe. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland. Pelican History of Art: 1965 1st ed 343 pp of text, about 300 b/w plates + figures and maps. Fine in a Fine d/w and slipcase. Contains painting and sculpture: seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and architecture sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The first scholarly study in the English language. (Book Ref #27789)  £20.00

HENDY, P. & GOLDSCHEIDER, L. Giovanni Bellini. Phaidon: 1945 1st ed 122 pp, 5 tipped-in col, 122 b/w plates. Cloth boards slightly bowed and lightly marked o/w VG. (Book Ref #20667)  £10.00

HENRY, F. Irish Art in the Early Christian Period (to A.D 800). Methuen: 1965 revised ed 255 pages of text, profuse b/w and some colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial cover. Ex-Library with all the usual labels, pocket and stamps. Vertical crease to front board o/w a VG clean copy. (Book Ref #30371)  £15.00

HERBERT, J.D. Fauve Painting. The Making of Cultural Politics. Yale: 1992 1st ed 224 pp, colour and b/w photos. Fine in a Fine d/w. A well-researched investigation of the politics of representation using contemparary primary evidence as well as a handful of Fauve paintings. (Book Ref #29501)  £18.00

HERRMANN, L. Paul and Thomas Sandby. Batsford: 1986 1st ed 175 pp, 11 colour plates and profuse b/w illustrations, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Demonstrates the substantial contribution of the Sandby brothers to British landscape and topographical art, with a detailed catalogue of their watercolours and drawings held by the Victoria and Albert Museum. (Book Ref #20727)  £25.00

HILL, C.C. Canadian Painting in The Thirties. The National Gallery of Canada: 1975 p/b 1st ed 223 pp, colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. Covers yellowed o/w VG+. Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name. The National Gallery was initially closely allied with the modern movement in Canada with its dichotomy between nationalism and internationalism. Following significant pressure from other Canadian artists, they retreated from their support of artist's such as The Group of Seven. (Book Ref #30599)  £15.00

HILL, T. The Watercolor Painter's Problem Book. Twenty Problem Subjects and How to Paint Them. Watson Guptil: 1979 1st ed 144 pp, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Dustwrapper spine somewhat faded o/w Fine in a Fine d/w. (Book Ref #32074)  £10.00

HILLIER, J. Utamaro. Phaidon: 1979 2nd ed 160 pp, 16 colour, 110 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Inscription o/w VG+ in d/w which is beginning to de-laminate. Still the most comprehensively-illustrated monologue on one of the great artists of the Floating World. (Book Ref #17466)  £13.50

HILLIER, J. Utamaro. Colour Prints and Paintings. Phaidon: 1979 2nd ed 160 pp, 16 colour, 110 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Inscription o/w fine in a d/w with faded backstrip. Still the most comprehensively-illustrated monologue on one of the great artists of the Floating World. (Book Ref #28131)  £15.00

HIRST, D. New Religion. Other Criteria: 2005 1st ed 48 pp, numerous colour plates including 6 fold-outs. Pictorial boards. Fine. Published for the 2005 Exhibition. Includes a Sean O'Hagen interview with Hirst. (Book Ref #32911)  £28.00

HIRST, D. & BURN, G. On the Way to Work. Faber: 2001 1st ed 232 pp, profuse colour and b/w photos. Fine in a fine d/w. The whole story of the BritArt phenomenon told for the first time by the man widely credited with inventing it, in conversation with his friend, the writer Gordon Burn. (Book Ref #30029)  £15.00

HOBART CUST, R.H. The Pavement Artists of Siena. Bell & Sons: 1901 1st ed 159 pp, 26 b/w plates. Decorated cloth boards lightly marked and spine darkened, end papers lightly foxed, two small inscriptions o/w VG. (Book Ref #21151)  £8.00

HOBBS, ANNE STEVENSON. Beatrix Potter Artist and Illustrator. Dulwich Picture Gallery/F. Warne: 2005 p/b 1st ed 192 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations. Closed edge slightly marked o/w VG+. (Book Ref #32822)  £16.00

HOBHOUSE, P. & WOOD, C. Painted Gardens. English Watercolours 1850-1914. Pavilion: 1988 1st ed 208 pp, 100 colour illustrations, bibliog. VG+/VG+. 'An epitaph to a fine tradition of watercolour painting...and a celebration of classic garden style. (Book Ref #27678)  £12.00

HOCKNEY, D. That's the Way I See It. Thames & Hudson: 1993 1st ed 248 pp, 315 colour, 50 b/w illustrations. Owner's name o/w VG+ in a slightly torn d/w. Revealing autobiography illustrated with Hockney's work in every medium. (Book Ref #31228)  £12.00

HODIN, J.P. Emilio Greco Sculpture and Drawings. Adams & Dart: 1971 1st ed unpaginated, 14 colour plates,134 b/w illustrations, bibliographical notes, bibliog. VG+ in slightly yellowed d/w. Admired by Henry Moore, for the sensuality and elegance of his work, this monograph views Greco's work through his credo of youth and beauty. (Book Ref #31370)  £20.00

HOFSTATTER, H.H. Art Nouveau. Prints, Illustrations and Posters. Greenwich House: 1984 rep 294 pp, bibliog. VG+/VG+. Published as a result of a Berlin exhibition of 1966, this synopsis of European work is on a scale never previously attempted.. In this scholarly study, Hofstatter argued that the printed art nouveau most closely realised the artist's intention and should therefore be considered the primary work of the movement. (Book Ref #17723)  £20.00

HOLLOWAY, O.E. French Rococo Book illustration. Academy: 1969 p/b 1st ed 252 pp, 283 b/w illustrations. VG+. (Book Ref #33259)  £10.00

HOLMAN HUNT, D. My Grandfather, His Wives and Loves. Hamish Hamilton: 1969 1st ed 307 pp, b/w photos, bibliog. VG in edge-worn d/w. The first fifty years of Hunt's life. (Book Ref #16344)  £8.00

HOLME, C. (ed). Daumier and Gavarni. With Critical and Biographical Notes by Henri Frantz and Octave Uzanne. The Studio: 1904 1st ed unpaginated, full page b/w prints, occasional colours. Library binding with label and usual stamps on preface and the verso of each plate stamped with a small round private library stamp o/w VG+. (Book Ref #31843)  £20.00

HOLME, C. (ed). The Studio Summer Special 1903. Masters of English Landscape Painting. The Studio: 1903 1st ed 306 pp, 18 colour plates, numerous b/w illustrations. Rubbed green buckram gilt decorated, small inscription, light foxing throughout o/w VG. Hightlights the work of John Sell Cotman, David Cox and Peter De Wint. (Book Ref #22850)  £20.00

HONNEF, K. Contemporary Art. Taschen: 1992 p/b rep 238 pp, 190 colour plates and 53 b/w illustrations. VG+. Draws on the work of 102 artists from nine different countries. (Book Ref #24974)  £12.00

HONNEF, K. Contemporary Art. Taschen: 1988 rep 279 pp, 190 colour plates and 53 b/w illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. Draws on the work of 102 artists from nine different countries. (Book Ref #33717)  £25.00

HOOK, P. & POLTIMORE, M. Popular Nineteenth Century Painting. A Dictionary of European Genre Painters. Antique Collectors Club: 1987 rep 632 pp, 73 colour plates, over 1500 b/w photos, bibliog. VG+/VG+. Nearly 4000 artists under 31 categories ranging from monks to monkeys. An important aid to attribution, but also for anyone interested in the pictorial imagination of the whole of Europe during a period of immense change. (Book Ref #31535)  £100.00

HUGHES, R. The Shock of the New. Art and the Century of Change. BBC: 1991 updated & enlarged 444 pp, 261 colour illustrations, bibliog. Fine in Fine d/w. (Book Ref #31820)  £25.00

HULTEN, P. & CELANT, G. (et al). Italian Art 1900-1945. Bompiani: 1989 p/b 1st thus 772 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations, chapter notes, chronology, critical references, bibliog. Spine lightly creased o/w VG+. A very well illustrated and thorough study, featuring artists such as Modigliani, De Chirico, Severini and many more. (Book Ref #30115)  £38.00

HULTON, P. & SMITH, L. Flowers in Art from East and West. British Museum: 1979 p/b 1st ed 150 pp, 54 colour plates, 133 b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Examines and illustrates every kind of floral art except for oil painting. (Book Ref #12763)  £8.50

HUMFREY, P. Lorenzo Lotto. Yale: 1997 1st ed 193 pp, 160 colour and b/w illustrations, notes, appendices, bibliog. F/F. A lavishly illustrated look at the artist's life and work, the first comprehensive treatment for 100 years. (Book Ref #27125)  £25.00

HYLAND, A.R.M. The Literati Vision: 16th Century Wu School Painting and Calligraphy. Memphis Broons: 1984 p/b 1st ed 104 pp, bibliog. VG+. (Book Ref #7093)  £12.50

IVAN, B.T. et al. Lelek es Forma. Magyar muveszet 1896-1914. Nemzeti Galeria: n.d p/b 1st ed 188 pp, 39 pp of colour, 48 pp b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Exhibition catalogue with text in Magyar and English. Covers all aspects of Hungarian Art Nouveau design. The Magyar culture viewed 1900 and its Millenial Festivities as an ispiration for a 'second foundation of their state'. (Book Ref #26346)  £20.00

JACOBS, M. The Good and Simple Life. Artist Colonies in Europe and America. Phaidon: 1985 1st ed 192 pp, 160 illustrations, 8 in col, notes. Top edge lightly foxed, inscription, o/w VG+/VG+. Revealing and often amusing insight into bohemianism and back-to-nature ideals. (Book Ref #20368)  £18.00

JACOBS, M. The Good and Simple Life. Artist Colonies in Europe and America. Phaidon: 1985 1st ed 192 pp, 160 illustrations, 8 in col, notes. VG+/VG+. Revealing and often amusing insight into bohemianism and back-to-nature ideals. (Book Ref #26776)  £18.00

JAFFE, D. & McGRATH, E. et al. Rubens. A Master in the Making. The National Gallery: 2005 rep 207 pp, 90 colour plates, bibliog. Fine in a VG+ d/w. Published to coincide with The National Gallery London Exhibition 2006-7. (Book Ref #32204)  £18.00

JAHN, W. The Art of Gilbert and George. Or an aesthetic of existence. Thames & Hudson: 1989 1st ed 524 pp, 406 illustrations, 291 in col, biography, notes, bibliog. VG+/VG+. The first full-length illustrated exposition of the art of the bizarre living sculptures. (Book Ref #20425)  £35.00

JOHNSON, P. Front Line Artists. Cassell: 1978 1st ed 184 pp, profuse b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+ in lightly spine-faded d/w. Lively book, well illustrated with examples of the war artists' work and concentrating mostly on their hey-day in the 19th century. (Book Ref #19519)  £7.00

JONES, E. The Complete Artist. A Manual of Instruction. Guild: 1988 1st ed 239 pp. VG+ in slightly torn d/w. From drawing, still life, landscape, portrait and figure. (Book Ref #13312)  £8.99

JONES, E. The Complete Artist. A Manual of Instruction. Dryad: 1988 1st ed 239 pp, profuse illustrations. Small inscription o/w VG+ in slightly torn and internally repaired d/w. From drawing, still life, landscape, portrait and figure. (Book Ref #22217)  £7.50

JONES, O. The Psalms of David. Wordsworth: 1989 1st ed 100 pp, 150 colour psalms. Boards lightly marked o/w VG+ in lightly creased d/w. Chiefly remembered for his great masterwork 'The Grammar of Ornament', at the age of 79 Jones dedicated these elaborately illuminated devotions to Queen Victoria. (Book Ref #21351)  £15.00

JULLIAN, P. Dreamers of Decadence. Symbolist painters of the 1890s. Pall Mall: 1971 1st UK ed 272 pp, 133 b/w and 16 colour plates. Front endpaper torn o/w VG/VG. Jullian takes the reader on a conducted tour through the bizarre symbolism of this half-forgotten world, introducing him to a large number of writers and artists. (Book Ref #30324)  £13.50

JULLIAN, P. The Symbolists. Phaidon: 1974 rep 240 pp, 49 colour and 164 b/w illustrations. VG in VG+ d/w. Designed as a tour of an imaginary Symbolist museum with the precursors of the movement such as Delacroix and Burne-Jones occupying the first room followed by the composers and writers who influenced the movement. Finally there are the artists - Redon, Puvis de Chavannes and their comrades and an account of their development and success. (Book Ref #31146)  £12.00

KARCHER, E. & ORMOND, J. (trans). Otto Dix. Bonfini: 1987 1st ed 96 pp, 44 colour, 25 b/w illustrations. Front free endpaper lightly marked o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #31761)  £15.00

KAUFFMANN, C.M. John Varley (1778-1842). Batsford: 1984 1st ed 190 pp, 12 colour plates, 23 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Detailed monograph which provides a catalogue of Varley's watercolours and drawings in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. (Book Ref #20722)  £15.00

KELLAWAY, D. (commentary). & BLACKADDER, E, watercolours. Favourite Flowers. Pavilion: 1994 1st ed 102 pp, numerous watercolours. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Kellaway explores the distinctiveness of Blackadder's work. This 'characteristically combines structural strength and delicacy'. (Book Ref #33542)  £40.00

KEMP, J. American Spectacular. Regional Influences in Architecture and Interior Design. Viking: 1988 1st UK ed 256 pp, numerous colour photos. VG+ in a VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #33049)  £15.00

KENDALL, R. Degas. Beyond Impressionism. National Gallery: 1996 p/b rep 324 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations, notes, bibliog. VG+. The first publication on Degas's mature work, presenting a new and definitive view of his last decades. (Book Ref #33397)  £15.00

KENT, SARAH. Shark Infested Waters. The Saatchi Collection of British Art in the 1990s. Zwemmer: 1994 p/b 1st ed 269 pp, colour photographs. Corners slightly creased, fore-edge lightly fingered o/w VG+. (Book Ref #33177)  £12.00

KING, C. (ed). Views of Difference: Different Views of Art. From The Open University Course 'Art and Its Histories'. Yale: 1999 p/b 1st ed 260 pp, 189 plates, mainly b/w. Fine. (Book Ref #32635)  £8.00

KING, JAMES. Interior Landscapes. A Life of Paul Nash. Weidenfeld & Nicholson: 1987 1st ed 258 pp, b/w illustrations. Fine in d/w with a light water stain over top quarter of the spine and joint of the front panel. (Book Ref #32613)  £14.00

KIPP, K. (ed). The Best of Flower Painting. Cassell: 1997 1st ed 144 pp, profuse colour illustrations. Owner's label on front endpaper and owner's inscription on half title page o/w Fine in a Fine d/w. A celebration of more than a 150 of today's best floral paintings in all media. (Book Ref #31356)  £18.00

KNECHT, E. & FOTHERGILL, J.B. The Principles and Practice of Textile Printing. Charles Griffin & Co: 1912 1st ed 615 pp, 13 b/w plates (8 folding), 80 illustrations in text & 84 fabric samples. Red cloth slightly rubbed at extremities and on rear board. Inner hinge slit but contents tight. Occasional offsetting, and owner's inscription o/w VG+. Written by two textile and dye chemists, the book was designed as a comprehensive manual of cloth and colour preparation, mordants and post-print treatment of goods. Styles of printing are covered extensively together with wool and silk and the finishing of calico. The textile samples are as bright as the day they were printed, offering evidence of the popularity of abstract patterns much earlier in the century than is popularly supposed. (Book Ref #33354)  £75.00

KOJA, S. Gustav Klimt. Landscapes. Prestel: 2002 1st ed 228 pp, 214 colour, 20 duotone and 50 b/w illustrations. Erased pencil price on front endpaper o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. Relates all Klimt's known landscapes to his excursions in Austria and Italy. Please note this book weighs 1750 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #33032)  £50.00

KOSTENEVICH, A. French Art at the Hermitage 1860-1950. Bouguereau to Matisse. Booth-Clibborn: 1999 1st ed 470 pp, 466 illustrations, 421 plates in col. Board edges rubbed and bottom edge lightly marked o/w VG+ in lightly rubbed d/w. Beautifully illustrated volume documenting the collection of the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. (Book Ref #21312)  £20.00

KRIEGESKORTE, W. Arcimboldo. Taco: 1987 p/b 1st ed 95 pp, profuse colour illustrations, Notes/chronology. Fine. Portraits composed of everyday objects, of animals, of plants, still lives and landscapes. A unique sixteenth century artist. (Book Ref #30496)  £7.50

KUENZLI, R. (ed). Dada. Themes Movements. Phaidon: 2006 1st ed 303 pp, numerous colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. Fine. 'Presents a rich selection of the Dadas' experimental visual and literary works. Covers The Western Hemisphere, Japan and later Neo-Dada. (Book Ref #32339)  £30.00

LABELLA, V. A Season of Giants 1492-1508. Michaelangelo Leonardo Raphael. Little Brown: 1990 1st ed 240 pp, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. Inscription o/w F/VG+. Tie-in to a four hour USA mini-series on the contrasting characters, careers and fortunes of these three great Renaissance artists. (Book Ref #30442)  £18.00

LAING, J. Cicely May Barker. And her Art. Warne: 1995 1st ed 128 pp, profuse colour and some b/w illustrations, lists. Owner's name on front endpapers o/w a fine copy in a fine d/w. A lavishly illustrated study of the work and quiet life of the illustrator who brought the Flower Fairies to such vivid life. (Book Ref #29031)  £25.00

LAMARCHE-VADEL, B. Michaelangelo. Alpine Fine Arts: 1986 1st UK ed 192 pp, profuse b/w and colour illustrations, list of plates, bibliog. VG+ in a VG d/w. A comprehensive and very well illustrated study of the totality of Michaelangelo's work, including his architecture and poetry. (Book Ref #29874)  £12.00

LAMBIRTH, A. Kitty North. Love and Landscape. Swan Mead: 1998 1st ed 95 pp, 70 colour illustrations, lengthy chronology. Fine in a Fine d/w. Signed and dedicated by the artist alongside a small landscape sketch enclosed in a heart. Published to coincide with a retrospective at The Abbot Hall Gallery, Cumbria. Lambirth's essay celebrates North's awareness of the cycles of life and intense sense of spirituality in nature. These are further reflected in the lengthty interview which concludes this monogram. (Book Ref #31986)  £35.00

LAMBOURNE, L. Victorian Paintings. Phaidon: 1999 1st ed 506 pp, over 600 colour illustrations, bibliog. Pages slightly cockled o/w VG+ in a Fine d/w. Divided into genres and themes which reflect this 'unparalleled age of energy and creativity', Lambourne rescues this vast subject from the unfashionable backwater it occupied for so long. Please note this book weighs 4475 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #33413)  £30.00

LARSSON, C. (paintings). & RUDSTROM, L. A Farm. Putnams: 1966 1st US ed unpaginated, 16 full-page colour plates. VG+ in slightly soiled d/w. The first edition with English text. This companion volume to 'A Home'. Larsson bought Spadarvet, The farm next to his country home. The farm and its workers, often with his children is captured throughout the seasons and their activities. (Book Ref #29009)  £18.00

LAWSON, J. Van Dyck. Paintings and Drawings. Prestel: 1999 1st ed 144 pp, 114 colour illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. A close look at Van Dyke's subject matter with a contextual biography. Several of the oils, ink and chalk drawigs are published for the first time. (Book Ref #15960)  £15.00

LEEMAN, F. Hidden Images. Games of perception, anamorphic art, illusion. Abrams: 1976 p/b 1st ed 166 pp, profuse b/w and colour illustrations. Front cover edge-worn with small surface loss at top edge o/w VG. Includes original reflective viewer. From the Renaissance to the present day, includes a large section on Anamorphic puzzles. Difficult to find in good condition. (Book Ref #29849)  £20.00

LESLIE, R. Pop Art. A new generation of style. Todtri: 1997 1st ed 128 pp, 103 colour photos. Fine in a Fine d/w. (Book Ref #30342)  £12.00

LEVY, M. The Paintings of L.S. Lowry. Oils and watercolours. Jupiter: 1981 rep 31 pps of text, 31 colour and 91 b/w illustrations. VG+ in a lightly edge-worn d/w. Reproduces all of Lowry's major canvasses, and a wide selection of other works, some previously unseen by the public. (Book Ref #31308)  £8.00

LEWIS, J. The 20th Century Book. Its Illustration and Design. Herbert: 1984 new and revised ed 271 pp, 420 b/w, 36 colour illustrations. F/F. Survey of the last hundred years in book design and illustration with emphasis on The UK and US.. (Book Ref #30230)  £20.00

LINKS, J.G. Canaletto. Phaidon: 1982 1st ed 239 pp, 43 colour, 185 b/w illustrations. VG+ in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #32511)  £12.00

LIVERSIDGE, M. & FARRINGTON, J. Canaletto and England. Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery: 1993 p/b 1st ed 192 pp, numerous colour and b/w illustrations. Covers lightly creased and corners slightly bumped o/w VG+. Published to coincide with the 1994 Birmingham Exhibition. Examines the strong links between English patrons and Venetian painters, the extent of Canaletto's influence on English painting and painters of his time. (Book Ref #32256)  £15.00

LIVINGSTONE, M. & HEYMER, K. Hockney's Portraits and People. Thames & Hudson: 2003 1st ed 240 pp, 246 illustrations, 233 in colour, sources, list of illustrations, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. A careful selection of works, both iconic and previously unpublished, charting the artist's lifelong fascination with people. (Book Ref #32629)  £25.00

LLOMPART, G. La Pintura Gotica A Mallorca. Edicions Poligrafa, S.A: 1987 1st ed 127 pp, 119 colour and 19 blanc i negre, bibliog. A near Fine copy in a VG+ dustwrapper. Text in Spanish. (Book Ref #33769)  £18.00

LUBBEKE, I. & MARTIN, I.(ed). Early German Painting 1350-1550. The Tyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Sothebys: 1991 1st ed 431 pp, 91 colour plates and profuse b/w illustrations, catalogue, lists of exhibitions. F/F. Extensive research has led to the identification of 'companion pieces' and long-separated portraits of husbands and wives being reunited in the catalogue. The discovery of under drawings has assisted new discussion on classification, dating and ascription. (Book Ref #25238)  £45.00

LUCIE-SMITH, E. The Sculpture of Helaine Blumenfeld. Sinclair Browne: 1982 p/b 1st ed 88 pp, numerous b/w and some colour photos by David Buckland. VG+. (Book Ref #32446)  £15.00

LUCIE-SMITH, E. & DARS, C. Work and Struggle. The Painter as Witness 1870-1914. Paddington: 1977 1st ed 242 pp, 13 colour plates, 212 b/w illustrations, register of artists. VG+/VG+. Examines working class life in the fifty years preceding WW1, through contemporary narrative painting. (Book Ref #31267)  £10.00

LYLES, A. Turner: The Fifth Decade. Watercolours 1830-1840. Tate: 1992 p/b 1st ed 86 pp, numerous b/w and colour illustrations, bibliog. Top front corner creased o/w VG+. A well illustrated catalogue for an exhibition held at the Tate in early 1992. (Book Ref #29549)  £6.50

MAAS, J. Victorian Painters. Barrie & Jenkins: 1988 rep 257 pp, 45 colour and 310 b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+/VG+. Authoritative work of reference. (Book Ref #20699)  £20.00

MACCARTHY, F. Stanley Spencer. An English Vision. Yale: 1997 1st ed 194 pp, 64 colour plates, chronology, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Published to celebrate the 1998 travelling exhibition, organised by the British Council. With extensive commentary on each painting, which explores Spencer's incorporation of magic realism, sex and spiritualism in his work. (Book Ref #33230)  £35.00

MACLOUD, M. Thomas Hennell. Countryman, artist and writer. CUP: 1988 1st ed 237 pp, frontis and 80 b/w plates, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Thomas Hennell was both painter, writer, and poet. Hennell recorded his own experience of schizophrenia in his art and writing, prior to his mysterious death in the Far East whilst serving as an official war artist. (Book Ref #33342)  £25.00

MACMILLAN, D. Painting in Scotland. The golden age. Phaidon: 1986 1st ed 206 pp, 156 illustrations, 48 in col, notes, bibliog. Back of dustwrapper torn o/w VG+. The first book to treat Scottish painting in the age of its greatest achievement as a school with its own clear identity. Published on the occasion of the exhibitions at the Edinburgh Festival and Tate Gallery. (Book Ref #15380)  £20.00

MACMILLAN, D. The Paintings of Steven Campbell. The Story So Far. Mainstream: 1993 1st ed 118 pp, 85 colour plates, bibliog. F/VG+. Examines the work of one of Scotland's best known living figurative painters. (Book Ref #25336)  £10.00

MANCOFF, D.N. Monet's Garden in Art. Frances Lincoln: 2001 1st ed 144 pp, colour photos. Fine in a Fine d/w. (Book Ref #22613)  £15.00

MARTIN, T. (text). & PUSA, E. (biography). Akseli Gallen-Kallela. 1865-1931. Finnpap: 1985 p/b 1st ed 42 pp, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. VG+. With 8 pp booklet of synopses of Gallen-Kellela's stories and some poems loosely inserted. A short biography and visual introduction to the work of Finland's National Artist. (Book Ref #32197)  £12.00

MARTINEAU, J (ed). & HOPE, C (ed). The Genius of Venice 1500-1600. Royal Academy of Arts: 1983 p/b 1st ed 411 pp, profuse colour plates and b/w illustrations, chronology, bibliog. Spine chipped o/w VG+. Catalogue to accompany the 1983-1984 exhibition. Includes descriptions of sculpture, prints, paintings, drawings altarpieces and Architecture. (Book Ref #20785)  £15.00

MARTINEAU, J (ed). & HOPE, C (ed). The Genius of Venice 1500-1600. Royal Academy of Arts: 1983 p/b 1st ed 411 pp, profuse colour plates and b/w illustrations, chronology, bibliog. Previous owner's name o/w Fine. Catalogue to accompany the 1983-1984 exhibition. Includes descriptions of sculpture, prints, paintings, drawings altarpieces and Architecture. This book weighs 1600 grams. (Book Ref #31550)  £6.00

MCCARTNEY, P. Paintings. Little Brown: 2001 1st ed 146 pp, 83 colour plates, 17 photos by Linda McCartney,. New. McCartney has been a private painter for nearly 20 years, his bold handling of the medium influenced by his friendship with Willem de Kooning. (Book Ref #16611)  £9.50

MCKECHNIE, S. Jacob Spornberg. 18th century artist from Finland. Tabard: 1971 1st ed 48 pp, 5 colour and 30 b/w plates. Laminated boards VG+. Biography of the Finnish minaturist who settled in Bath. (Book Ref #15424)  £12.00

MCLEAN, R. (ed). Motif 4. March 1960. A Journal of The Visual Arts. Shenval Press: 1960 1st ed 103 pp, some colour and numerous b/w illustrations. Matt colour lithographed boards as issued. VG+. 10pp copiously illustrated article on Lynn Chadwick. (Book Ref #23718)  £25.00

MEE, MARGARET. & MAYO, SIMON. (text). Margaret Mee's Amazon. Diaries of An Artist Explorer. Antique Collectors Club: 2004 1st ed 319 pp, colour maps, profuse colour illustrations. VG+ in slightly torn d/w. Now in clear protective jacket. 'In one respect, Margaret, the quiet and unostentatious voice of the wilderness can be credited with one of the loudest voices for conservation.'. (Book Ref #33481)  £25.00

MEISS, M. The Great Age of Fresco. Discoveries, Recoveries and Survivals. Phaidon: 1970 1st ed 251 pp, 118 colour plates and 8 half tone figs, bibliog. F/VG+. (Book Ref #27098)  £20.00

MOCTEZUMA, E.M. & OLGUIN, F.S. Aztecs. Royal Academy: 2002 1st ed 520 pp, lavish colour photos of 359 artefacts. Fine in a VG+ d/w. Published to coincide with the first British exhibition specially dedicated to Aztec art and culture. 'A landmark publication in Aztec studies'. Please note this book weighs 3175 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #32902)  £38.00

MOIR, A. Van Dyke. Thames & Hudson: 1994 1st ed 128 pp, 81 b/w and 40 colour illustrations. F/F. Each painting is accompanied by a commentary. (Book Ref #25650)  £15.00

MOORE, A. John Sell Cotman 1782-1842. Norfolk Museums Service: 1982 1st ed 168 pp, a few pages of colour, numerous b/w illustrations. Fine in a lightly unevenly faded d/w. The catalogue of the Bicentennial exhibition held in Norwich Castle Museum. (Book Ref #33076)  £20.00

MORGAN, GWENDA. The Dairy of A Land Girl 1939-1945. Illustrated with her engravings. The Whittington Press: 2002 1st ed 151 pp, with 31 b/w wood engravings by Gwenda Morgan, Gwenda Morgan bibliography. Sea green cloth over olive boards with small stamped sea green church motif on the front board. Fore and lower edge deckled. A pristine copy in matching slipcase, which is slightly marked. No. 6 of an edition limited to 300 copies set in 12-point Fournier and printed by Whittington from the thirty-one original engravings on Zerkall mould-made paper. Gwenda Morgan's portrayal of life around the small West Sussex market town of Petworth accompanies the wartime diary of one of England's foremost post-war pastoral engravers.. (Book Ref #32106)  £135.00

MORTIMER, R. Duncan Grant. The Penguin Modern Painters. Penguin: 1948 p/b 1st ed 14 pp, 16 colour, 16 b/w plates. Some light discolouration to inner margin o/w VG+/VG+. (Book Ref #26510)  £10.00

MUCHA, J. Alphonse Maria Mucha. Academy: 1989 1st ed 300 pp, over 350 illustrations, including 250 colour photos and 8 gatefolds. Fine in a Fine d/w. Mucha's son has written a definitive biography locating his father firmly in the Czech roots he returned to, and attempted to express the essence of, as well as his famous work in fin du siecle Paris. (Book Ref #32669)  £65.00

MUELLER von der HAEGEN, A. Giotto di Bondone. ca. 1267-1337. Konemann: 1999 1st ed 140 pp, numerous colour illustrations, chronology, glossary, bibliog. Fine in VG+ d/w. Masters of Italian Art Series. (Book Ref #30648)  £8.00

MUENCH, D. & O'DOUD, P. (text). Nature's America. Arpel: 1984 1st ed 155 pp, profuse colour photos. Fine in a VG+ d/w. Considered one of America's finest nature photographers, this was the first book dedicated to his art. (Book Ref #32434)  £25.00

MUNDY, J. (ed). Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia. Tate: 2008 1st ed 247 pp, 274 colour and b/w photos. Near Fine. Catalogue for the 2008 Tate exhibition. (Book Ref #33787)  £22.00

MUTHESIUS, A. (ed). & NERET, G. (text). Erotic Art. Taschen: 1995 1st ed 200 pp, profuse colour illustrations, bibliog. Fine in peephole slipcase. (Book Ref #30432)  £18.00

McCONKEY, K. et al. Harold Harvey. Painter of Cornwall. Sansom: 2001 p/b 1st ed 176 pp, numerous colour photos throughout, bibliog. VG+. (Book Ref #33476)  £20.00

McLOUD, M. Thomas Hennell. Countryman, artist and writer. CUP: 1988 1st ed 237 pp, frontis and 80 b/w plates, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Thomas Hennell was both painter, writer, and poet. Hennell recorded his own experience of schizophrenia in his art and writing, prior to his mysterious death in the Far Eas,t whilst serving as an official war artist. (Book Ref #31701)  £30.00

McWILLIAM, N. Hogarth. Studio: 1993 1st ed 144 pp, numerous full-page colour plates, b/w illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. A useful introductory analysis of Hogarth's symbolism. (Book Ref #32740)  £12.00

NASH, J.M. The Age of Rembrandt and Vermeer. Phaidon: 1979 rep 271 pp, 178 plates, 48 in col, bibliog. VG+ in lightly indented and chipped d/w. The golden age of Dutch painting in the seventeenth century. (Book Ref #23818)  £10.00

NASH, S.A. (ed). Picasso and the War Years 1937 - 1945. Thames & Hudson: 1998 1st ed 255 pp, 67 col, 146 b/w illustrations, bibliog. F/F. Published in conjunction with the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts exhibition. (Book Ref #19839)  £16.99

NEFF, E.B. John Singleton Copley in England. Merrrill Holberton: 1996 3rd Imp 182 pp, 66 colour and 104 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Page edges lightly yellowed o/w VG+ in a Fine d/w. With an essay by William L. Pressly. Published to celebrate the Washington and Houston 1996 exhibitions of the same name, the book examines the illustrious 41year British career Copley carved out for himself against the cream of British artists. (Book Ref #33389)  £25.00

NICHOLSON, VANESSA et al. The Sculpture of Maurice Lambert. Catalogue researched and compiled by Klio K. Panourgias. The Henry Moore Foundation/ Lund Humphries: 2002 1st ed 128 pp, b/w and some colour illustrations throughout, chronology, exhibitions, public collections, bibliog. Small adhesion on front endpaper o/w Fine in a Fine d/w. Although linked with the shared interest of the movements of his time, Lambert's work was eclectic, encompassing many private and public commissions. (Book Ref #32609)  £33.00

NIKULIN, N. Netherlandish Paintings in Soviet Museums. Phaidon: 1987 1st ed 358 pp, 227 col,16 b/w plates, list of exhibitions. VG+ in slightly edge-worn d/w with 3cm closed tear. 15th and 16th century paintings in the possession of Russian Art Galleries. (Book Ref #20584)  £25.00

NISBET, J.D. (literary ed). & GORRELL, N. (art ed). The Palette. Glasgow School of Art Annual. Glasgow School of Arts: 1922 p/b 1st ed 42 pp + 16 pp of adverts, 4 colour plates, b/w illustrations. Front hinge splitting at spine ends, lightly creased at top front corner o/w VG. Illustrators include McKnight Kauffer, James Miller, Ian Cheyne, Anning Bell and Archibald McGlashan. (Book Ref #33137)  £22.00

NORMAN, G. Biedermeier Painting 1815-1848. Thames & Hudson: 1987 1st ed 192 pp, 113 illustrations, 80 in colour, list of illustrations, bibliog. A Fine copy in a slightly nicked d/w. A lavishly illustrated study of the charming, bourgeois art of the Beidermeier movement, which flourished in Germany in the period of relative peace between the end of the Napoleonic wars and the revolutions of 1848. (Book Ref #28333)  £18.00

OMER, M. Universo Y Magia De Joan Ponc. Ediciones Poligrafa: 1972 1st ed 285 pp, colour and b/w illustrations throughout, chronology, notes. F/VG+. 'The eye, in Ponc's creation, is a witness called to the stand at the inquiry of the apprehended being.' Text in English, French, Spanish and German. (Book Ref #7895)  £18.00

ORMOND, R. et al. Sir Edwin Landseer. Tate Gallery: 1981 p/b 1st ed 223 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations. Front corner slightly creased o/w VG+. Published to accompany the 1981 Philadelphia and 1982 London exhibitions. (Book Ref #29533)  £12.00

PALMER, J. Ron Ranson's Painting School - Drawing and Sketching. Brockhampton Press: 1995 rep 119 pp, over 140 colour and b/w illustrations by John Palmer. F in spine-faded d/w. Clear step-by-step instructions. (Book Ref #23898)  £10.00

PANTELIC, B. Primitive Art. Bracken: 1988 p/b 1st ed 64 pp, 60 colour plates. VG+. From Rousseau to the 1960s. z. (Book Ref #13329)  £5.99

PAPAGEORGIOU, A. & HOGARTH, J. (trans). Icons of Cyprus. Barrie and Jenkins: 1969 1st ed 131 pp, 80 colour illustrations and 1 b/w map. Ex-Library with clear tape residue across spine, label, one stamp and pocket remains. There are 2 withdrawn stamps and the barcode has been carelessly removed leaving a 7cm x 4cm piece of the front endpaper missing o/w. 'The Byzantine art of Cyprus faithfully renders the deep piety and religious sense of the Cypriot people'. (Book Ref #32145)  £35.00

PARCERISAS, PILAR. Grau-Garriga. Editions Polygrafa: 1990 1st ed 128 pp, 181 colour illustrations, chronology, bibliog. Ex-Library with label residue, barcode, 1 stamp and withdrawn stamp o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #33116)  £15.00

PARKINSON, R. British Watercolours at The Victoria and Albert Museum. V & A: 1998 1st ed 314 pp, 100 colour plates. VG+/VG+. A 'comprehensive introduction to the art of watercolour' including a wide range of images. (Book Ref #28637)  £12.00

PARKINSON, R. Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820 -1860. Victoria and Albert Museum. HMSO: 1990 1st ed 314 pp, profuse small b/w, a few pages of colour. VG+/VG+. (Book Ref #26145)  £20.00

PARRY-CROOK, C. (ed). Contemporary British Artists. Bergrom+ Boyle: 1979 1st ed unpaginated, profuse b/w photos by Walia. VG+/VG+. This useful directory has an arresting collection of portraits of Britain's leading artists of the time with useful chronologies of their lives. (Book Ref #24878)  £20.00

PARTON, A. Mikhail Larianov and the Russian Avant-Garde. Thames & Hudson: 1993 1st ed 254 pp, 216 b/w and 30 colour illustrations, chronology. Fine in a Fine d/w. First in-depth treatment of a multimedia artist whose consciousness of his artistic standing led him to backdate much of his work during a critical episode in Russian Modernism. His ever-evolving style passed through Impressionism, Constructivism, Cubism, and Futurism to the creation of Rayism or Rayonism. (Book Ref #33714)  £20.00

PARTON, A. Mikhail Larionov and the Russian Avant-Garde. Thames & Hudson: 1993 1st ed 254 pp, 216 b/w and 30 colour illustrations, chronology. Inscription o/w Fine in a Fine d/w. First in-depth treatment of a multi-media artist whose consciousness of his artistic standing led him to backdate much of his work during a critical episode in Russian Modernism. His ever-evolving style passed through Impressionism, Constructivism, Cubism, and Futurism to the creation of Rayism or Rayonism. (Book Ref #30933)  £20.00

PEACOCK, C. Richard Parkes Bonington. Taplinger: 1980 1st ed 108 pp, 20 colour and profuse b/w illustrations, bibliog. Boards lightly rubbed o/w VG+/VG+. Broad survey of the artist's work, along with a biographical study. (Book Ref #20646)  £7.00

PENNY, N. (ed). Reynolds. Weidenfeld: 1986 1st ed 408 pp, 88 colour plates, 319 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Page edges very slightly dusty o/w F in slightly nicked d/w. The catalogue for the 1986 Exhibition of Sir Joshua Reynold's work. His life, work, studio and technique and examined in the life of contemporary art and opinion. (Book Ref #16684)  £35.00

PHILLIPS, AUBREY. Watercolour Painting with Aubrey Phillips. Batsford: 1997 1st ed 127 pp, watercolours throughout by the author. VG+ in lightly nicked d/w. (Book Ref #33474)  £12.00

PICARD, G. Roman Painting. Elek: 1970 1st ed 104 pp, 43 colour, 37 b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+ in VG d/w. The first thorough and specialised study to appear for many years assessed the Latin contribution to the science of perspective and the handling of space and colour on flat walls. (Book Ref #32849)  £12.00

PIGNATTI, T. & MULCAHY, S. (trans.). Master Drawings. From Cave Art to Picasso. Guild: 1981 1st UK ed 397 pp, 290 colour , 35 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Stamps on rear endpaper o/w VG+/VG+. A history of art focused solely on drawings in pencil, charcoal, chalks, watercolours, pastels and tinted papers. Arranged chronologically by country and divided into 14 sections. (Book Ref #30646)  £25.00

PIKESLEY, RICHARD. Collins Oils Workshop. A Practical Course in Oil Painting to Develop Skills and Confidence. Harper Collins: 1997 1st ed 128 pp, colour illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. (Book Ref #32572)  £20.00

PINDER-WILSON, R.H. (foreword). Paintings From The Muslim Courts of India. World of Islam Festival: 1976 p/b 1st ed 98 pp, 10 colour and numerous b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Published to coincide with the 1976 World of Islam Festival Exhibition at The British Museum. Paintings from The Mughal and Deccan Courts. (Book Ref #31163)  £6.50

PIPER, D. & VARIOUS The Genius of British Painting. BCA: 1975 rep 352 pp, 64 pages colour illustrations, 300 b/w illustrations, bibliog. F/VG+. Fully illustrated and authoritative survey of the British tradition of painting from the Middle Ages to the 1970s, with contributions from seven experts in their particular fields. (Book Ref #10838)  £18.00

PISSARRO, J. Monet's Cathedral. Rouen 1892 - 1894. Pavilion: 1990 1st ed 96 pp, 30 colour plates. VG+ in a lightly edge-worn d/w. A comprehensive study of this series, unique in their close and consistent focus on a single, central motif. (Book Ref #32324)  £20.00

PISSARRO, J. Monet's Cathedral. Rouen 1892 - 1894. Pavilion: 1990 1st ed 96 pp, 30 colour plates. VG+ in a VG+ d/w. A comprehensive study of this series, unique in their close and consistent focus on a single, central motif. (Book Ref #32957)  £20.00

POWELL, C. Italy in the Age of Turner. The Garden of the World. Dulwich Picture Gallery: 1998 p/b 1st ed 120 pp, 104 b/w and colour illustrations, list of exhibits, bibliog. Front bottom corner lightly creased o/w VG+. Released to mark the 1998 exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery. (Book Ref #25228)  £8.00

POWELL, C. Turner in Germany. Tate Gallery: 1995 p/b 1st ed 248 pp, profuse colour illustrations, bibliog. Near Fine. Published to coincide with the Tate Exhibition of 1995. (Book Ref #28268)  £15.00

PRATHER, M. & STUCKEY, C.F. (eds). Gauguin. A Retrospective. Hugh Lauter Levin: 1987 1st ed 387 pp, 125 colour plates plus numerous b/w illustrations, Chronology. Page edges slightly marked o/w VG+ in slightly nicked d/w. A fine selection of essays by and about Gauguin, interspersed with quality reproductions of the artist's work including a number of gatefold plates. (Book Ref #24293)  £35.00

QUANNE, M. Prison Paintings. John Murray: 1985 1st ed unpaginated, 22 colour paintings. F/F. Powerful and convincing self-taught primitive art. (Book Ref #28226)  £3.00

QUINN, M. Incarnate. Booth-Clibborn: 1998 1st ed unpaginated, profuse colour photos. Fine in a Fine d/w. A collection to celebrate Sensation artist Marc Quinn's Gagosian Gallery, New York exhibition, featuring a story by Will Self, a phone conversation between Brian Eno and the artist and various essays. (Book Ref #23790)  £28.00

RANSON, R. Big Brush Watercolour. David & Charles: 1990 rep 128 pp, numerous colour illustrations. F/F. How to make effective use of the Japanese hake brush. (Book Ref #24899)  £10.00

RANSON, R. Edward Seago. David & Charles: 1991 5th Imp 96 pp, 90 colour illustrations, line drawings and b/w photos, exhibitions, bibliog. VG+ in d/w slightly scratched on front panel margin. The richness and variety of Seago's landscapes and seascapes. (Book Ref #33147)  £25.00

RAWLINSON, W.G. & FINBERG, A.J. The Watercolours of J.M.W Turner. The Studio: 1909 1st ed 42 pp text, 30 tissue guarded colour plates. Paper covers lightly creased at bottom corner. A light scattering of foxing over prelims and page edges o/w VG+. The plates are in superb condition. Special Spring Edition. (Book Ref #19066)  £25.00

RAY, G.R. The Illustrator and the Book in England. From 1790 to 1914. Dover: 1991 p/b rep 336 pp, bibliog. Fine. Conceived as a catalogue for an exhibition for the Pierpoint Morgan Library, this became a series of thoughtful essays and detailed bibliographical descriptions by the originator of the collection. This version is slightly abridged. (Book Ref #13300)  £15.00

READ, H. (Intro). Henry Moore. Sculpture and Drawings. Lund Humphries: 1946 2nd ed unpaginated, 14 tipped-in colour and numerous b/w plates. Straw coloured boards slightly marked, a few corners of tipped-in plates lightly creased o/w VG+. (Book Ref #31717)  £20.00

RECKETT, HELEN. (ed). & PHELAN, PEGGY. (survey). Art and Feminism. Phaidon: 2006 p/b 1st p/b 304 pp, numerous colour and b/w photos, bibliog. Fine. 'The project tracks what lies 'between' feminism and art, surveying what these categories have, and had , in common'. Please note this book weighs 1625 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #32796)  £18.00

REICHARD, GLADYS A. Melanesian Design. A Study in Wood and Tortoiseshell Carving. Vol I. Columbia University: 1933 1st ed 172 pp, 75 b/w figures in text, b/w folding map at rear. VG hardback without d/w. (Book Ref #33229)  £35.00

REID, D. Les Groupe Des Sept/The Group of Seven. The National Gallery of Canada: 1970 p/b 1st ed 247 pp, numerous b/w illustrations. Edges slightly browned o/w VG+. Text in English and French. Published to coincide with an exhibition at The National Gallery of Canada and written by the Assistant Curator. (Book Ref #30600)  £8.00

REID, M. Pissarro. Studio Editions: 1993 1st ed 144 pp, numerous full page colour plates. VG+ in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #32133)  £20.00

REISS, S. Aelbert Cuyp. Zwemmer: 1975 1st ed 223 pp, 12 colour, 160 b/w illustrations. Ex-Library with usual stamps and label. Light label residue across spine foot, edges slightly marked o/w VG+ in slightly worn d/w. Reiss studied Cuyp's work for twenty years, before seeking to add to the small body of knowledge on the artist. He established attributions for 120 works, also furnishing a checklist of the last-known location of each painting. (Book Ref #31760)  £15.00

REYNOLDS, G. English Portrait Miniatures. Cambridge: 1988 p/b revised ed 191 pp, b/w and colour illustrations throughout, bibliog. VG+. The standard introduction to the study of this important branch of English art. (Book Ref #24136)  £15.00

REYNOLDS, G. Victorian Painting. Herbert: 1987 revised ed 208 pp, profuse illustrations, 39 in col, notes. Boards lightly rubbed o/w VG+ in lightly spine-faded d/w. First published in 1966. (Book Ref #20312)  £15.00

RICHARDS, J.M. & CLARK, K. (ed). Edward Bawden. The Penguin Modern Painters. Penguin: 1946 p/b 1st ed 16 pp text, 16 colour and 16 b/w plates. Spine ends lightly rubbed o/w VG+. A well-illustrated little volume. (Book Ref #27014)  £10.00

RICKERT, M. Painting in Britain in The Middle Ages. Penguin: 1954 1st ed 238 pp, numerous b/w illustrations, glossary, bibliog. Boards marked o/w VG+ in edge-worn d/w. (Book Ref #21053)  £18.00

ROBERTS-JONES, P. Beyond Time and Space. Non-Realist Paintings in the Nineteenth Century. OUP: 1978 1st ed 228 pp, 24 colour, 186 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Boards lightly marked o/w VG+/VG+ in card slipcase. The author examines the 'deep current' of the fantastic and imaginary which ran in the Victorian imagination, producing an 'alternative' tradition.. The treatment of the recurrent themes of nature, sleep, women and the individual and his depths are all explored. (Book Ref #28003)  £20.00

ROBINSON, A.H. et al. Elements of Cartography. Wiley: 1995 6th revised ed 674 pp, profuse duotone illustrations, diagrams and tables. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. (Book Ref #29219)  £30.00

ROBINSON, B.W. (notes & intro). Japanese Landscape Prints of The Nineteenth Century. Faber: 1957 1st thus 24 pp, 10 tipped-in full page plates. Printed card covers. VG+ in a lightly edge-worn d/w. Prints by Hokusai, Horoshige, Kunisyoshi and Gakutai. (Book Ref #27280)  £15.00

ROBINSON, D. Stanley Spencer. Phaidon: 1990 1st ed 128 pp, 50 colour and 50 b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Robinson is already a Spencer authority and here he concentrates on his personal belief that sexual freedom reconciled body to soul. (Book Ref #33367)  £<@250>20.00

ROBINSON, R. Georgia O'Keeffe. Bloomsbury: 1990 1st ed 639 pp, b/w photos, notes, bibliog. VG+ in slightly nicked d/w. Approaches O'Keeffe's career and personality from a feminist perspective. (Book Ref #25449)  £12.00

RORIMER, J.J. (intro). & FREEMAN, M.B. (notes). Les Belles Heures Du Duc De Berry. Thames & Hudson: n.d 1st thus unpaginated, 32 colour plates. Small mark on foot of spine o/w Fine in red velvet-lined woodgrained shell box. Includes an outline of the book's history and notes on each plate. (Book Ref #25725)  £15.00

ROSENTHAL, M. Constable. The painter and his landscape. BCA: 1983 1st ed 254 pp, numerous colour and b/w illustrations, notes, bibliog. VG+ in a spine-faded d/w. The first detailed historical and biographical study of the most important group of Constable's paintings, with close attention given to the social and economic developments of the era. (Book Ref #32972)  £10.00

ROUNDELL, J. Thomas Shotter Boys. 1803 -1874. Octopus: 1974 1st ed 224 pp, numerous b/w and some colour plates, family history, exhibited works, bibliog. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Boys veered between the international patronage of royalty and near pauperism. This book traces his accomplishments in watercolour, his experiments with lithography, and his association with Richard Parkes Bonnington. (Book Ref #32359)  £15.00

ROWE, M. John Wells. The Fragile Cell. Tate: 1998 p/b 1st ed 64 pp, 48 colour plates and occasional b/w illustrations, bibliog. Fine. A well illustrated catalogue from the Tate St Ives exhibition of 1998, the first for the St Ives group artist since 1964 and the first publication devoted to his life and career. (Book Ref #30920)  £8.00

ROWLANDS, JOHN. Holbein. The Paintings of Hans Holbein The Younger. Phaidon: 1985 complete edition 288 pp, 37 colour, 284 b/w illustrations, bibliog. Near Fine in a slightly spine-faded d/w. A complete critical survey of Holbein's career from his emergence as a journeyman, to his introduction via Erasmus to Sir Thomas More and his success at the Tudor court. Questions of attribution and lost works are also included. (Book Ref #33596)  £45.00

ROYAL SOCIETY of BRITISH SCULPTORS. Chelsea Harbour Sculpture 93. RSBS: 1993 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, b/w plates throughout. Corners slightly creased o/w VG+. The catalogue of the September 1993 exhibition. (Book Ref #33249)  £15.00

ROYALTON-KISCH, M. Drawings by Rembrandt and his Circle in the British Museum. British Museum: 1992 p/b 1st ed 248 pp, over 60 colour and profuse b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Exhibition catalogue which also discusses the many drawings in the British Museum that were formerly attributed to Rembrandt, but which the author argues should be ascribed to artists working in Rembrandt's circle. (Book Ref #20505)  £18.00

RUSSELL, J. The Art of Jack Russell. Caught on Canvas. Harper Collins: 1998 1st ed 144 pp, profuse colour illustrations. Print competition sticker on front panel of d/w o/w Fine in a slightly creased d/w. Russell's canvases move from his beloved Slad Valley out into Gloucestershire and then the world, capturing cricket matches, tranquil landscapes, great houses and former battlefields. (Book Ref #31150)  £18.00

RUSSELL FLINT, SIR WILLIAM. Shadows In Arcady. Charles Skilton: 1965 1st ed 59 pp, b/w decorations by Flint. Gilt decorated black cloth with blue cloth spine. Fine in original glassine d/w in slightly marked and lightly edge-faded blue slipcase. No 234 of 500 signed by Flint on the colophon. Contains The Angelus, The Brass Plate, An Alley in Languedoc and The Devil at La Charite: four original stories by Sir William Russell Flint. (Book Ref #27349)  £80.00

RUSSELL-TAYLOR, J. Edward Wolfe. Trefoil: 1986 1st ed 230 pp, 200 b/w and colour plates, exhibitions. VG+ in lightly chipped d/w. Although associated with Bloomsbury and the Omega workshop and influenced by Matisse and Modigliani, Wolfe was never tied exclusively to one group or style. Chiefly known for his portraits, some landscapes and still lifes are included here. (Book Ref #14176)  £15.00

RYDER, BRIAN. Beyond Realism. Art techniques to expand your creativity. David & Charles: 2001 1st ed 128 pp, colour illustrations throughout. Fine in a Fine d/w. How to move into a more exploratory or free style expressing emotions and sensations, allowing you to unlock more creative aspects of painting skills with ten step by step demonstrations showing inspiration to finished work. (Book Ref #33484)  £40.00

SALAMAN, M.C. & HOLME, C. (ed). The Great Painter-Etchers from Rembrandt to Whistler. The Studio: 1914 1st ed 264 pp, profuse b/w plates. Green cloth with gilt titles. Rear board slightly marked and spine darkened o/w VG+. Signed by the author on the title verso. (Book Ref #27147)  £12.00

SALWEY, J. The Art and Practice of Sketching. Its History and Technique in All Media. Batsford: 1930 1st ed 99 pp, b/w and a few colour plates. Inscription o/w VG in edge-worn d/w. (Book Ref #22852)  £10.00

SANDILANDS, G.S. (intro). Frank Brangwyn R.A. The Studio: 1928 1st ed 6pp of text, 8 full page tissue-guarded colour plates. A little light foxing, mostly on the prelims o/w a bright, clean and attractive copy in a d/w with 4 short marginal tears. (Book Ref #33130)  £35.00

SCHAPIRO, M. The Sculptures of Moissac. George Braziller: 1985 p/b 1st ed 144 pp, 157 b/w photos by David Finn. VG. A detailed examination of the sculptures of the cloisters, south portal and porch. (Book Ref #31855)  £12.00

SCHEELER, ROGER. John Scheeler Birdcarver. Stackpole Books: 1988 1st ed 287 pp, numerous b/w illustrations and colour gallery of finished pieces. Light offsetting on the title page o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. Includes full instructions as well as the complexities of Scheeller's art from the choice of the wood to the final display. (Book Ref #32640)  £12.00

SCOTT, P (ed). The Art of Peter Scott. Images from a Lifetime. Sinclair Stevenson: 1992 1st ed 168 pp, profuse colour plates, bibliog. Dustwrapper spine lightly sun-faded o/w Fine in a Fine d/w. A fine selection of wildlife paintings, portraits and naval paintings by Peter Scott, with a foreword by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh. (Book Ref #32044)  £45.00

SCRASE, D. (catalogue). & JARVIS, S. (foreword). The Golden Century/Das Goldene Jahrhundert. Dutch Master Drawings from the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge. Schirmer/ Mosel: 1995 p/b 1st ed 255 pp, numerous full page illustrations, bibliog. VG. Text in English and German. (Book Ref #32478)  £12.00

SCULLY, SEAN. Sean Scully. Ingilby Gallery: 2005 1st ed unpaginated, 29 colour pictures. Terracotta cloth. Fine. The text is taken from a lecture given at the Institut Valencia d'Art Modern in May 2004 by Sean Scully, published to celebrate his second exhibition with the gallery. Exhibition booklet loosely inserted.. (Book Ref #29430)  £14.50

SEAGO, EDWARD. Edward Seago 1910-1974. Richard Green at Three London Galleries: 2001 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, 45 colour plates, list of exhibitions, bibliog. Fine. Catalogue for the 2001 New Bond Street Exhibition of oils and watercolours. Front cover shows the Grand Canal from Accademia Bridge. (Book Ref #33634)  £25.00

SEAGO, EDWARD. Edward Seago 1910-1974. Richard Green at Three London Galleries: 1999 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, 63 colour plates, list of exhibitions and works in museums and national collections, bibliog. Fine. Catalogue for the 1999 New Bond Street Exhibition of oils and watercolours. Front cover shows After the Barge Match, Pinmill. (Book Ref #33635)  £25.00

SEAGO, EDWARD. Edward Seago 1910-1974. Richard Green: 1990 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, 46 oils and 13 watercolours in colour, exhibitions, bibliog. Small biro marks through some catalogue numbers in Catalogue of Works o/w Near Fine. Catalogue of the Exhibition to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of Seago's birth. Front cover shows Misty Morning On The Orwell. (Book Ref #33636)  £25.00

SECORD, W. A Breed Apart. The Art Collections of The American Kennel Club and The American Kennnel Club Museum of The Dog. Antique Collectors Club: 2002 rep 325 pp, 400 colour plates, artist's biographies. Fine in a Fine d/w. (Book Ref #31688)  £25.00

SELZ, J. Nineteenth Century Drawings and Watercolours. Uffici: n.d. 1st ed 240 pp, 100 colour plates, 80 duotone drawings. VG+ in d/w with slightly worn top edge. A lavish selection featuring works by Goya, Redoute, Renoir, Manet and Monet amongst many others. (Book Ref #24290)  £30.00

SHACKLETON, K. Wildlife and Wilderness. An artist's world. Salem House: 1986 1st US ed 118 pp, profuse colour plates. Fine in d/w lightly tanned at extremities. (Book Ref #26734)  £10.00

SHANES, E. Hockney Posters. Pavilion: 1987 1st ed 128 pp, colour plates throughout. F in d/w with slightly yellowed edges. A complete colour 'catalogue raisonne' of Hockney's posters. (Book Ref #19912)  £25.00

SHEPHERD, D. David Shepherd. The Man and His Paintings. David & Charles: 1985 1st ed 168 pp, profuse full page colour paintings, b/w drawings, many specially prepared for the book, by David Shepherd. Dustwrapper price-clipped o/w Fine in a Fine d/w. A dedication by the author/illustrator on the half title page. (Book Ref #31510)  £40.00

SHONE, R. Sisley. BCA: 1992 rep 240 pp, over 160 colour and b/w illustrations, appendices, chronology, bibliog. Top corner lightly bumped o/w VG+ in lightly creased d/w. Detailed and authoritative survey of Sisley's life and work, including important series of paintings never before reproduced in such quantity. (Book Ref #20094)  £20.00

SHONE, R. The Post-Impressionists. BCA: 1979 1st ed 176 pp, 48 colour and 153 b/w illustrations, artists biographies, bibliog. Fine in lightly spine-faded d/w. How a host of other painters, other than the 'big four' of Gauguin, van Gogh, Cezanne and Seurat had a pervasive influence on late nineteenth century art. (Book Ref #18246)  £7.50

SHONE, R. Walter Sickert. Phaidon: 1988 1st ed 128 pp, 60 b/w and 40 colour illustrations, bibliog. VG+/VG+. Tellingly illustrated with works dating from every phase of Sickert's work. (Book Ref #25284)  £20.00

SHONE, R. Walter Sickert. Phaidon: 1988 1st ed 128 pp, 60 b/w and 40 colour illustrations, bibliog. VG+/VG+. Tellingly illustrated with works dating from every phase of Sickert's work. (Book Ref #29535)  £10.00

SIMMONDS, JACKIE. Pastel Workbook. A Complete Course in Ten Lessons. David & Charles: 1999 1st ed 128 pp, profuse colour and a few b/w illustrations throughout. Fine in a Fine d/w. Attractive and versatile introduction to the medium which leads you through the equipment and materials to the techniques. (Book Ref #32564)  £15.00

SITWELL, O. (ed). A Free House! or The Artist as Craftsman. Being The Writings of Walter Richard Sickert. Macmillan: 1947 1st ed 361 pp, colour frontis, 31b/w plates. Ex-Library with usual stamps and clear tape marks across spine. Paper covering front hinge split but hinge tight o/w VG. (Book Ref #32164)  £10.00

SKEAPING, J. John Skeaping RA. A retrospective exhibition of bronze sculptures. Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd: 1979 p/b 1st ed unpaginated, 47 colour plates. VG+. Beautifully photographed catalogue of Skeaping's 1979 exhibition. (Book Ref #24487)  £25.00

SLIVE, S. (ed). Frans Hals. Royal Academy: 1989 1st ed 437 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. Fine in VG+ d/w. Catalogue of travelling Frans Hals Exhibition 1989 Includes major contributions on Hal's working methods, techniques, costume and a technical examination. Celebrates comprehensively this Dutch master, of whom Van Gogh 'noted with awe the existence of twenty seven blacks in his palette'. (Book Ref #33325)  £25.00

SMEE, S. Lucian Freud 1996-2005. Jonathan Cape: 2005 1st ed unpaginated, 99 full page colour illustrations, list of plates. Fine in a fine d/w. Smee used many conversations with the artist as a basis for a fresh analysis of this powerful artist's recent outpouring of mature work, which Frank Auerbach described in 2002 as having 'no safety net of manner'. (Book Ref #30771)  £38.00

SMITH, B. Modernism's History. Yale: 1998 1st US ed 376 pp, bibliog. Fine in a fine d/w. A wide-ranging reformulation of modernist art history in the 20th century as a single movement from 1890 to 1960, which the author calls Formalesque, rather than a succession of avant garde movements. (Book Ref #29516)  £15.00

SMITH, HAMMOND. Albert Goodwin, R.W.S. 1845-1932. F.Lewis: 1977 1st ed 64 pp of text, 43 b/w full page plates. Boards slightly unevenly faded at edges o/w VG+ in lightly marked d/w. Limited to 500 copies. (Book Ref #33545)  £45.00

SMITH, SIMON. Ralph Maynard Smith A Haunted Man. painter-writer-architect (1904-1964). Wolseley Fine Arts/ The Ralph Maynard Smith Trust: 2004 1st ed 241 pp, numerous colour and b/w plates and b/w photos. Small mark on fore-edge o/w Fine in a Fine d/w. His son recalls his professional and personal life with an introduction by Roger Cardinal and Commentary by Gavin Stamp. Published to accompany a centennial exhibition. His work is perhaps summed up by his notebook entry 'some strange solitary Beauty fast fading now from a tortured mind'. (Book Ref #32700)  £40.00

SNODIN, M. & STAVENOW-HIDEMARK, E. (eds). Carl and Karin Larsson. Creators of The Swedish Style. V&A: 1997 1st ed 242 pp, 258 colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. Boards unevenly faded and marked o/w VG+ in a slightly nicked dustwrapper. A visual feast, which focuses on the Larssons' combined contribution to Swedish culture. Although Larsson, as a man of his time, was the dominant partner in the public eye, Karin made a major contribution. Her textiles and their inspirations are dealt with in detail. (Book Ref #33226)  £20.00

SOAME JENYNS, R. Japanese Porcelain. Faber: 1965 1st ed 351 pp of text, over a 120 b/w photos, foldout map. VG+ in a rubbed d/w. (Book Ref #31594)  £40.00

SODEN, J. & KELLER, V. William Gillies. Canongate: 1998 1st ed 160 pp, 148 colour and b/w illustrations, appendix, chapter notes, exhibitions, bibliog. XZ<@226>. A lavishly illustrated centenary celebration of one of Scotland's great painters, from The Royal Scottish Academy. (Book Ref #27129)  £45.00

SOLKIN, D.H. Richard Wilson. The landscape of reaction. Tate Gallery: 1982 p/b 1st ed 251 pp, 150 b/w illustrations and 16 colour plates. Covers slightly creased o/w VG+. Published for the major Tate Gallery exhibition, this was the first substantial study of Wilson for nearly 30 years. (Book Ref #33438)  £20.00

SOTHEBY'S. The Glory of The Garden. A Loan Exhibition in Association With The Royal Horticultural Society. Sotheby's: 1987 1st ed unpaginated, profuse b/w and colour photos. VG+ in lightly spine-faded d/w. The catalogue for the 1987 London Exhibition. (Book Ref #32025)  £15.00

SOTHEBYS. Catalogue of Twenty Western Illuminated Manuscripts. From the fifth to the fifteenth century from the Library at Donaueschingen. Sotheby Parke Burnett: 1982 1st ed 127 pp, full page colour and b/w illustrations. A couple of light biro marks on front cover o/w Fine. Prices realised loosely inserted. The catalogue of the 1982 sale of prince Furstenburg's manuscripts. (Book Ref #30080)  £10.00

SOTHEBYS. German and Austrian 20th Century Art. Sothebys: 1997 1st ed unpaginated, colour and b/w illustrations. Near Fine. From the December 1997 London Sale. Artists included Beckmann, Corinth, Dix, Feininger, Freundlich, Grosz, Jawlensky, Macke, Kokoscka, Kollwitz, Nolde, Schiele. (Book Ref #33842)  £20.00

SOTHEBYS. Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books and Paintings. 13th December 1993. Sothebys: 1993 p/b 74 pp, b/w Illustrations. Prices realised stapled inside front cover o/w VG+. (Book Ref #28513)  £10.00

SOTHEBYS. Modern Illustrated Books. 28th June 1994. Sothebys: 1994 p/b 39 pp, b/w Illustrations. Fine. (Book Ref #28512)  £5.00

SOTHEBYS. Neo-Romantic and Surrealist Art from the Collection of Pierre Le-Tan. Sothebys: 1995 1st ed unpaginated, small colour and b/w illustrations. Near Fine. From the October 1995 London Sale. The collection featured work by Beaton, Derain, Bathus, Cocteau, De Chirico, Berard, Gruau, Leger, Miro, Vaughan, Whistler, Tchelitchew, Sutherland, Hoyeningen-Huene, Minton and others. (Book Ref #33783)  £20.00

SPARGO, D. This Land is Our Land. Aspects of Agriculture in English Art. RASE: 1989 p/b 1st ed 185 pp, colour illustrations throughout, bibliog. Front card cover unevenly faded o/w VG+. Catalogue of the exhibition at the Mall Galleries January 1989. (Book Ref #28318)  £20.00

SPARROW, W.S. Henry Alken. Vol 1 of The Sport of Our Fathers. Williams & Norgate: 1927 1st ed 55 pp, 8 full page colour and 64 b/w plates. Boards lightly marked and spine faded, title and half title page foxed o/w VG. (Book Ref #21893)  £20.00

SPENDER, M. The Glory of Watercolour. The Royal Watercolour Diploma Society. David & Charles: 1989 rep 192 pp, 135 colour plates. Top edge lightly marked o/w VG+/VG+. An enthusiastic explanation of two hundred years of a great British tradition. Many of the paintings have enlarged detail. (Book Ref #26230)  £20.00

STEADMAN, R. The Big I Am. Cape: 1988 1st ed unpaginated, profuse colour and b/w illustrations by Ralph Steadman. Small indentation in the back board o/w VG+ in a VG+ d/w. A lavishly illustrated look at God, man and the relationship between them from the caustic pen of Ralph Steadman. (Book Ref #30769)  £12.00

STEELE, V. & MAJOR, J.S. China Chic. East Meets West. Yale: 1999 1st ed 197 pp, numerous colour and a few b/w illustrations. Fine in a lightly chipped d/w. The first western book to explore the evolution of Chinese costume gives present day examples, and also seeks to destroy the eurocentric myth of unchanging, rigid dress. Six essays by international scholars of Chinese dress are included. (Book Ref #33275)  £15.00

STEVENSON, L. Manet. Bison: 1992 1st ed 176 pp, colour plates throughout. Piece missing from back of d/w o/w F/VG+. A comprehensive biography and critique, with plates accompanied by an explanatory text. (Book Ref #6926)  £10.00

STEVENSON, L. Manet. Bison: 1992 1st ed 176 pp, colour plates throughout. Fine in a Fine d/w. A comprehensive biography and critique, with plates accompanied by an explanatory text. (Book Ref #6927)  £12.00

STEWART, B. & CUTTEN, M. The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920. Antique Collectors Club: 1997 1st ed 502 pp, 76 colour and 240 b/w illustrations. Front panel of d/w lightly indented o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. Lists over 5000 portraitists. (Book Ref #31999)  £25.00

STRACHAN, W.J. Henry Moore: Animals. Aurum: 1983 1st ed 175 pp, 21 colour, 157 b/w plates, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. (Book Ref #31838)  £28.00

STRIEDER, P. The Hidden Durer. Phaidon: 1978 1st UK ed 191 pp, colour and b/w illustrations,, catalogue of extant paintings, bibliog. VG+ in chipped d/w. Written by a leading Durer scholar, 'unravelling a subtle network of references' and studying the 'multiple facets of Durer's existence. Please note this book weighs 1600 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #33055)  £10.00

SULLIVAN, E. The Book of Kells. Studio Editions: 1993 rep 138 pp, 24 colour plates. F/F. A facsilmile reprint of the 1920 edition with additional material taken from An Enquiry Into The Art of the Illuminated Manuscript of the Middle Ages by Johan Adolf Bruun. (Book Ref #26280)  £10.00

SUTHER, J.D. A House of Her Own. Kay Sage Solitary Surrealist. Nebraska: 1997 1st ed 288 pp, b/w photos, notes. Fine in slightly nicked d/w. (Book Ref #26021)  £30.00

SWIFT, E.H. Roman Sources of Christian Art. Columbia University Press: 1951 1st ed 248 pp of text, 48 pps of sepia plates, bibliog. Page edges lightly marked o/w VG+ in edge-worn d/w. A persuasive argument for pagan Roman influence on Christian symbolism and narrative method in its art, architecture and decoration. (Book Ref #20663)  £22.00

SWINTON, G. Sculpture of The Eskimo. McClelland & Stewart: 1972 1st ed 255 pp, 37 colour, 770 b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+ in a lightly edge-worn d/w. The first fully illustrated compendium of artist's work with complete bibliography. An important study which contributed significantly to the appreciation and understanding of this branch of native art. (Book Ref #30598)  £20.00

TANCOCK, J.L. The Sculpture of Auguste Rodin. The Collection of The Rodin Museum, Philadelphia. Godine: 1989 2nd printing 664 pp, numerous b/w plates throughout, bibliog. Bottom corners of boards lightly faded o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. A thorough assessment by the former curator of the museum. Please note this book weighs 1550 grams and will require extra postage if ordered on ABE or Biblio. Do contact us for a postal quote before ordering. (Book Ref #33332)  £30.00

TASSI, R. (curator). Sutherland. Disegni Di Guera. Electa Editrice: 1979 1st ed 169 pp, 24 colour, 171 b/w illustrations. Fine in a Fine d/w. First edition of Italian Exhibition Catalogue published the following year in English as 'The Wartime Drawings'. (Book Ref #31185)  £20.00

TAYLOR, J (et al. Beatrix Potter 1866-1943. The Artist and her World. F.Warne and Co/National Trust: 1995 p/b 1st thus 223 pp, colour and b/w illustrations throughout, sources and credits, bibliog. Fine. An authoritative text complimented by more than 450 colour and b/w reproductions of her work make this the most comprehensive book yet published.. (Book Ref #25867)  £12.50

THOMPSON, B (ed). Gauguin by Himself. Little Brown: 2000 rep 320 pp, 237 colour plates, guide to principle personalities, bibliog. F in slightly edge-worn d/w. Provides a rare insight into Gauguin's intractable character, his uncompromising ideas whilst charting his art from hesitant impressionism right through to the striking Tahitian work. (Book Ref #24292)  £25.00

THOMPSON, D. Raphael. The Life and The Legacy. BBC: 1983 1st ed 256 pp, colour and b/w illustrations. Fine in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #31069)  £10.00

TISDALL, J. Joshua Crystall 1768 - 1847. In Search of Arcadia. Lapridge: 1996 1st ed 111 pp, 16 colour plates, 21 b/w figs in text, bibliog. F/VG+. Includes a 'biographical prelude' based on previously undiscovered letters. (Book Ref #21874)  £10.00

TOMORY, P. The Life and Art of Henry Fuseli. Thames & Hudson: 1972 1st ed 255 pp, 13 colour and 254 b/w plates. VG+ in rubbed d/w. A ful study of this complex personality by a Fuseli scholar. (Book Ref #22863)  £25.00

TORY PETERSON, R. (Intro). & DERRY, R. (Text). The Art of Robert Bateman. Allen Lane: 1981 1st ed 178 pp, 150 colour plates and a few b/w drawings. Boards slightly damp mottled. Two inscriptions o/w F/F. Signed by artist on title page. (Book Ref #25561)  £35.00

TUNNICLIFFE, C.F. A Sketchbook of Birds. BCA: 1979 1st ed unpaginated, 123 colour illustrations. VG+ in lightly spine-faded d/w which is slightly de-laminated at spine-head. A representative selection covering seventeen of Tunnicliffe's notebooks, demonstrating his feeling for empathy with his subjects. (Book Ref #30780)  £10.00

UPDIKE, JOHN. Just Looking. Essays on Art. Deutsch & Penguin: 1989 rep 210 pp, colour and b/w throughout. VG+ in VG+ d/w. (Book Ref #33117)  £10.00

URE SMITH, S. (ed). & MILLER, T. (intro). Adrian Feint. Flower Paintings. Ure Smith: 1948 1st ed 21pp of text, 12 tipped-in colour and 16 b/w full page plates, 18 pen decorations in colour, black and white, checklist of paintings, illustrations, bookplates etc. Fine in very slightly edge-worn d/w . Signed by the author on the limitation page. Limited to 1500 copies. The pen decorations were specially drawn for this book. With biographical sketch and appreciation of Feint. (Book Ref #28075)  £45.00

URQUHART, F. W.S.C - A Cartoon Biography. Cassell: 1955 1st ed 242 pp, numerous b/w illustrations. VG+ in edge worn and chipped d/w. Looks back over Churchill's chequered career through the eyes and illustrations of the world's great cartoonists, pinpointing every dramatic moment since his first entry into parliament in 1901. (Book Ref #11365)  £12.00

VARGAS, ALBERTO. & VONNEGUT, KURT. (foreword). Varga The Esquire Years. A Catalogue Raisonne. Alfred van der Marck: 1987 1st ed 176 pp, profuse double and single page colour illustrations throughout. Fine in Fine d/w with a double page spread and single page colour photo from Playboy loosely inserted. The Varga girl was considered a major motivator by US troops from her introduction by Esquire in 1940. 'A combination of barely concealed sexuality and wholesome domestic virtue, she came to represent everything American soldiers were fighting to defend'. Here are the gatefolds, the calendars, military edition back covers, playing cards, Esky cards, date books and all the advertising art done over the Varga signature between 1940-47. (Book Ref #30195)  £45.00

VARIOUS. 54 64. Painting and Sculpture of a Decade. Shenval: 1962 p/b revised ed 276 pp, 20 colour and 353 b/w illustrations. Spine faded and slightly scuffed, back panel and a few pages marked o/w VG. The catalogue for The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Exhibition at The Tate in June 1964. (Book Ref #31152)  £8.00

VARIOUS. Die Bildhaurin Anna Mahler. Galerie Welz: 1988 1st ed 140 pp, numerous b/w illustrations. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Text in German. (Book Ref #32330)  £30.00

VARIOUS. Dreams of a Summer Night. Scandinavian Painting at the Turn of The Century. Arts Council of Gt. Britain: 1986 p/b 1st ed 328 pp, numerous colour and b/w illustrations, catalogue, chronology, bibliog. Spine faded o/w o/w VG+. Catalogue of the 1986 Hayward Gallery Exhibition. (Book Ref #32794)  £20.00

VARIOUS. Etienne Delessert. Stewart Tabori & Chang: 1992 1st ed 160 pp, colour illustrations throughout, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Comprehensive sampling from the many fields of Delessert's endeavours; book illustration, posters, animated films and paintings, with essays from six of his colleagues and critics. (Book Ref #9857)  £8.00

VARIOUS. Pissarro. Arts Council: 1980 p/b 1st ed 264 pp, colour and b/w illustrations throughout, bibliog. Corners slightly bumped o/w VG+. Catalogue of the exhibitions in London, Paris and Boston. (Book Ref #15702)  £10.00

VARIOUS. Sulptura Toscana del Novecento. Bianca Toscana: 1980 1st thus 212 pp, colour plates throughout. F/F. (Book Ref #26649)  £25.00

VARIOUS. The Alistair McAlpine Gift. Tate Gallery: 1971 1st ed 135 pp, b/w and some colour photos throughout, catalogue. Fine in a worn d/w. Published for the exhibition in summer 1971 commemorating McAlpine's gift of sixty contemporary sculptures by artists, including David Annesley, Michael Bolus, William Turnbull and Isaac Witkin. (Book Ref #29864)  £10.00

VARIOUS. Titian. Prince of Painters. Prestel: 1990 1st UK ed 452 pp, 311 illustrations, 207 in colour, chronology, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Published to coincide with the exhibitions in Venice and Washington. (Book Ref #16877)  £25.00

VEDLICH, J. (Commentary). The Ten Bamboo Studio. A Chinese Masterpiece. Crescent: 1979 1st US ed 122 pp, numerous full page colour illustrations. Extremities slightly bumped, small inscription o/w VG+/VG+. (Book Ref #22105)  £10.00

VEDLICH, J. (Commentary). The Ten Bamboo Studio. A Chinese Masterpiece. Crescent: 1979 1st US ed 122 pp, numerous full page colour illustrations. Inscription o/w VG+ in slightly nicked d/w. (Book Ref #22205)  £10.00

VINCENT, ADRIAN. 19th Century Maritime Watercolours. David & Charles: 1989 1st ed 96 pp, profuse colour plates. Gift inscription o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. A guide with both factual and anecdotal information. (Book Ref #32871)  £22.00

VIVIAN, A.G. & HOWELL, DR. R.G. Under Sail. Swansea Cutters, Tallships and Seascapes 1830-1880. Swansea Museum Services: 1987 1st ed 119 pp, numerous b/w, some full-page colour. VG+ in VG+ d/w. Published to celebrate the exhibition 'Under Sail' in 1987 of marine painters of the Swansea area.. (Book Ref #33729)  £20.00

VOGEL-STEINBACH, LIESELOTTE. Ein Leben mit Frabe. Une Vie en couleurs. Wienand Verlag: 1998 1st ed unpaginated, 15 watercolours and small colour photo of the artist. Laminated pictorial boards slightly scratched and indented. Internally a crisp, fine copy. Signed and dedicated by the author in 2003. This widely-travelled artist runs an art school in Bonn also working in France. wo pages of text and painting captions in French and German. (Book Ref #33777)  £35.00

VSEVOLOZHSKAYA, S. Italian Painting. From the Hermitage Museum. Harry Abrams: 1981 1st US ed 307 pp, 190 colour plates, 54 b/w plates, notes on the plates. Marginal adhesion to one page o/w VG+/VG+. A lavishly illustrated look at the very fine selection of 13th to 18th century Italian art housed in St Petersburg's great museum. (Book Ref #29137)  £20.00

WALKER, J. Turner. Thames & Hudson: 1989 concise ed 128 pp, 52 b/w illus and 44 colour plates, Chronology, notes. F in a spine-faded d/w. A lavishly illustrated sweep through Turner's artwork. (Book Ref #24544)  £12.00

WARD, J. The Paintings of John Ward. David & Charles: 1991 1st ed 96 pp, 80 colour illustrations. Front panel unevenly faded o/w F/VG+. Ward's work is wonderfully uninfluenced by anything other than the English tradition and characterised by 'both style and spontaneous warmth'. (Book Ref #25231)  £50.00

WARHOL, ANDY. The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonne: Paintings and Sculpture, 1961-1963. Vol 1. Phaidon: 2002 1st ed 512 pp, 696 colour and 131 b/w illustrations. Mint in Mint slipcase, still shrink-wrapped. (Book Ref #33180)  £150.00

WARNER, M. & BLAKE, R. Stubbs and The Horse. Yale Uni. Press/Kimball Art Museum: 2004 1st ed 228 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations. F/F. Signed by Robin Blake on the title page. Published in conjunction with the exhibition organised by the Kimball Art Museum. An essay on Stubbs experiments with wax and enamel painting is included. The wide range of Stubb's equine imagery is examined with his classicism, his relationship with Whig aristocracy, the status of the horse and the creation of the thoroughbred in the British 18th century society. (Book Ref #30419)  £25.00

WATERHOUSE, E. Gainsborough. Spring: 1966 rep 296 pp, 8 colour plates, 292 b/w illustrations, indexes of present and previous owners. VG+/VG+. Previously available in a limited edition, this was the first modern scholarly survey and catalogue raison.. (Book Ref #18731)  £10.00

WEELAN, G. Miro. Abrams: 1984 1st ed 188 pp, 268 illustrations including 54 tipped in colour plates, some folding. VG+/VG+. A sensitive text on this inquisitive and rigourous artist. (Book Ref #29936)  £30.00

WELSH, R. ET AL. Piet Mondrian. The Amsterdam Years 1892-1912. Gemeentearchief Amsterdam: 1994 p/b 1st ed 160 pp, profuse colour and b/w illustrations. Fine. Published to coincide with the Amsterdam exhibition of 1994. (Book Ref #33580)  £25.00

WESCOAT, B.D. Syracuse, The Fairest Greek City. Ancient Art from the Museo Archeologico Regionale 'Paolo Orsi'. De Luca Edizioni D'Arte: 1989 p/b 1st ed 123 pp, colour and b/w illustrations. VG. An Exhibition at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, 1989-90.Serves as a reminder of why Cicero told his Roman colleagues that Syracuse was 'the largest of Greek Cities and the lovliest of all cities.'. (Book Ref #32991)  £10.00

WESTLEY, A. Relief Printmaking. A & C Black: 2001 p/b 1st ed 128 pp, colour illustrations throughout, bibliog. VG+. One of the printmaking handbooks series. (Book Ref #33300)  £10.00

WHEAT, ELLEN HARKINS. Jacob Lawrence. with a contribution by Patricia Hills. University of Washington Press: 1986 1st ed 235 pp, 109 colour and b/w plates. Front board slightly sun-faded at top edge o/w VG+ in VG+ d/w. Published to coincide with a major U.S travelling retrospective of the same name in 1986-87. (Book Ref #33548)  £25.00

WILKINSON, G. Turner's Early Sketchbooks. Drawings in England, Wales and Scotland from 1789 to 1802. Barrie & Jenkins: 1972 1st ed 157 pp, profuse b/w and colour illustrations. VG+/VG+. Drawings from England, Scotland and Wales. (Book Ref #31300)  £20.00

WILLIS, L. Light. How to see it, how to paint it. Studio Vista: 1988 1st ed 144 pp, numerous colour illustrations. VG+ in slightly torn d/w. Covers tonal values, colour, shadows and both indoor and outdoor light effects. (Book Ref #33475)  £15.00

WILTON, A. British Watercolours. 1750 to 1850. Phaidon: 1977 1st ed 208 pp (86 pp of text), 58 col, 112 b/w illustrations, biographies. F in slightly spine-faded and nicked d/w. (Book Ref #22293)  £18.00

WITHROW, W. Contemporary Canadian Painting. McClelland & Stewart: 1972 1st ed 223 pp, some full page colour and a few b/w illustrations. VG+ in an edge-worn and torn d/w which has been laminated. (Book Ref #30597)  £10.00

WOOD, C. Tissot. The Life and Work of Jaques Joseph Tissot 1836-1902. New York Graphic Society: 1986 1st US ed 160 pp, 170 colour and b/w plates, bibliog. Fine in a Fine d/w. Atribute to a surprisingly complex and paradoxical artist. (Book Ref #20694)  £15.00

WOOD, C. Tissot. The Life and Work of Jaques Joseph Tissot 1836-1902. Weidenfeld: 1986 1st ed 160 pp, 80 colour photos and 80 b/w line drawings, bibliog. VG+/VG+. Tribute to a surprisingly complex and paradoxical artist. (Book Ref #20702)  £10.00

WOOD, M.H. (ed). Edward Munch. The Frieze of Life. Hydro: 1992 p/b rep 144 pp, numerous colour and b/w illustrations, bibliog. VG+. Exhibition guide loosely inserted. Accompanied the National Gallery exhibition of 1992-93. (Book Ref #33240)  £12.00

WOOD, P. (ed). The Challenge of the Avant-Garde. Yale: 1999 p/b 1st ed 284 pp, 211 colour and b/w plates, bibliog. Fine. A well illustrated study, part of the Art and its Histories series for The Open University. (Book Ref #32637)  £10.00

WOODESON, J. Mark Gertler. Biography of a Painter, 1891 - 1939. Sidgwick & Jackson: 1972 1st ed 413 pp, 2 colour and b/w photos, chapter on the development of his painting, catalogue of works. VG in laminated d/w. The first biography. (Book Ref #32342)  £25.00

WOODROFFE, P. A Closer Look. The Art and Techniques of Patrick Woodroffe. Paper Tiger: 1986 1st ed 127 pp, profuse colour and b/w. Owner's name, f.ep marked o/w VG in slightly worn d/w. (Book Ref #29277)  £15.00

WOODROFFE, PATRICK. A Closer Look. The Art and Techniques of Patrick Woodroffe. Harmony Books: 1986 p/b 1st US ed 127 pp, numerous colour illustrations. VG+. Includes drawings, etchings, mixed media, oils and tomographs. (Book Ref #32644)  £7.00

YAMADA, S. Complete Sumi-e Techniques. Complete Instructions for Painting Over 200 Subjects Including Flowers, Trees, Animals, Fish and Landscapes. Japan Publications: 1979 p/b rep 151 pp, numerous b/w illustrations throughout. VG+. (Book Ref #31899)  £10.00

YOUNGS, S. (ed). The Work of Angels. Masterpieces of Celtic Metalwork, 6th-9th centuries AD. British Museum Publications: 1989 p/b 1st ed 223 pp, colour and b/w photos, b/w line drawings. VG+. Descriptions of over 230 artefacts made by British and Irish smiths in the 8th and 9th century primarily in silver, gold and bronze inlaid with gold, glass, enamels and amber. Explores the Celtic background, innovations in technique and style with particular reference to Pictish silverware and British hanging-bowls. (Book Ref #33050)  £28.00

YUSUKE, N.. & LUCIE SMITH, E. et al. Ha, Chong-Hyun. Kamakura Gallery: 1994 p/b 1st ed 67 pp, numerous colour, some b/w illustrations, chronology. Spine top slightly nicked o/w VG+. Catalogue for the 1994 Tokyo Exhibition at The Kamakura Gallery of the Korean artist Ha, Chong-Hyun. Yusuke likens his relationship with oils to a ceramicist with clay 'a union of oil and fingers'. (Book Ref #28991)  £30.00

YUSUKE, N.. & LUCIE SMITH, E. et al. Ha, Chong-Hyun. Kamakura Gallery: 1994 p/b 1st ed 67 pp, numerous colour, some b/w illustrations, chronology. Spine top slightly torn o/w VG+. Catalogue for the 1994 Tokyo Exhibition at The Kamakura Gallery of the Korean artist Ha, Chong-Hyun. Yusuke likens his relationship with oils to a ceramicist with clay 'a union of oil and fingers'. (Book Ref #32033)  £25.00

ZWEITE, A. (ed). Francis Bacon: The Violence of The Real. Thames & Hudson: 2006 1st ed 354 pp, colour illustrations throughout. Fine in a Fine d/w. Published to coincide with the 2006 major exhibition at the Dusseldorf Kunstsammlung. (Book Ref #32516)  £28.00

dell'ARCO, M.F. Balla. The Futurist. Mazzotta: 1987 p/b 1st ed 151 pp, colour and b/w photos. VG. The catalogue for a 1987 exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. (Book Ref #33779)  £18.00

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