Art
Our best selection of art and art criticism through the ages. From the scholarly to the glossy, we try to keep a selection of the complete range of art books here.
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1924 2vol Monuments Nouveaux de l'Art AntiqueParis: 1924A scarce complete two volume set of this illustrated study into monuments in ancient art, in the French language.
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1863 Expositions of Great PicturesLondon: 1863The scarce first edition of Richard Henry Smith's study of eight old masters, illustrated with eight mounted albumen prints.
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1922 British Sporting Artists from Barlow to HerringLondon : 1922A bright first edition copy of British Sporting Artists from Barlow to Herring, with colour plates.
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1892-1894 2 vols Eighteenth Century VignettesLondon : 1892-1894Two limited edition copies of Austin Dobson's Eighteenth Century Vignettes, with illustrations and signed to the first series. -
1977 The Blue GuitarLondon : 1977A first edition copy of this copy of The Blue Guitar, with illustrations by David Hockney.
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c1910 Norge Picture BookKristiania: c1910A scarce early twentieth century picture book with beautiful colour plates of Norway.
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1971 DalarnaSweden: 1971The scarce first edition of this picture book of Dalarna, in the original dust wrapper.
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1967 Edward Lear as a Landscape DraughtsmanCambridge: 1967A first edition copy of Hofer's study of Edward Lear as an accomplished landscape draughtsman, with lovely colour plates.
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1983 Piper's Places: John Piper in England and WalesLondon: 1983A first edition of this beautiful collection of works by John Piper from England and Wales.
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2002 MarilynLondon: 2002A moving tribute to Marilyn Monroe, showing her life in photographs taken by Andre de Dienes, and her growth into the blonde bombshell icon.
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1937 Printing Types Their History, Forms, and Use; A Study in SurvivalsLondon: 1937The second edition, second impression of this two volume set on Updike's typography work.
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1823-1834 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great BritainLondon: 1823-1834A complete twelve volume first edition of Edmund Lodge's impressive collection of portraits of famous individuals, uniformly bound in half morocco.
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1893 The Life and Work of John RuskinLondon: 1893The second edition of William Gershom Collingwood's illustrated biography of John Ruskin complete in two volumes.
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1896 The Nude in ArtLondon: 1896A bright first edition of this very scarce study on nudity in art and how the human body has been depicted in paintings across the centuries.
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1945 British Art and Building SeriesLondon: 1945-50A scarce set of eight first edition volumes from Batsford's series dedicated to the art and architecture of Great Britain.
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1923 Glass-Making in EnglandCambridge: 1923The first edition of this illustrated history of glass making in England in the scarce original dust wrapper.
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2004 The Complete Cartoons of the New YorkerNew York: 2004A first edition of the complete collection of cartoons from The New Yorker, with two CDs.
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2008 Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of DilbertKansas City: 2008A first edition of this guide to the comic strip Dilbert, from the early years to the modern era.
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1929 Gods' ManLondon: 1929A beautiful and original novel told in woodcuts by Lynd Ward, the second printing of the first edition.
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2008 Monsters: How George Bush Saved the World and Other Tall StoriesLondon : 2008A first edition copy of this collection of political cartoons from Gerald Scarfe.
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1883-1885 3 Volumes The Art Gallery Illustrated by One Hundred and Fifty ExamplesLondon: 1883-1885A very scarce work published by George Virtue containing one hundred and fifty engravings of paintings by the leading artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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1980 Landscapes of Memory: Turner as Illustrator to ScottLondon: 1980Art historian Gerald Finely explores the personal, artistic, and commercial relationship between Turner and Scott in this fine first edition.
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1890 A Vision of Fair WomenLondon : 1890A scarce and beautiful volume celebrating beauty in verse and through illustrations.
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1983 The Amorous Illustrations of Thomas RowlandsonLondon: 1983A first edition of this work celebrating the bawdy satire of Georgian caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. With fifty colour plates to the rear.
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1955 Bird Life and the Painter by R. B. Talbot KellyLondon: 1955A profusely illustrated first edition copy of this study of painting bird life by one of the greatest painters of birds, R. B. Talbot Kelly.
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1916 Mr Poilu: Notes and Sketches with the Fighting FrenchLondon: 1916A first edition of this moving volume by British adventurer and sculptor Herbert Ward. With forty six illustrations by the author tipped in.
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2009 The Sweetly Diabolic Art of Jim FloraSeattle: 2009A fine copy of this uncommon anthology of Jim Flora's illustrations. Flora is best known for is idiosyncratic album cover art produced in the 1940s and 1950s for Columbia Records.
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1886 Charles George Harper's Original SketchbookNot Stated: 1886A charming unique sketchbook by the topographical author Charles George Harper, containing twenty-seven leaves of his original ink sketches mostly showing topographical scenes.
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1979 MasqueradeLondon: 1979An early reprint of Kit Williams's best known work, signed by the author and from the library of Tom Maschler. -
1948 English Garden FlowersLondon : 1948A first edition copy of English Garden Flowers by John Nash.
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1925 Woodcuts of British BirdsLondon : 1925An uncommon limited edition volume of Woodcuts of British Birds.
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1981 True LoveLondon : 1981A bright first edition copy of True Love by Posy Simmonds, signed and from the library of Tom Maschler. -
1936 The Twelve MonthsLondon: 1936The first edition of this beautifully illustrated collection of essays and prose on the beauty of British countryside throughout the calendaryear.
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1907 An Artist's ReminiscencesNew York: 1907The first US edition of this densely illustrated autobiography of Walter Crane.
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1923 Three TalesLondon: 1923A lovely illustrated edition of three short stories by Gustave Flaubert with colour plates.
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1904 The Liverpool School of PaintersLondon: 1904A first edition of Henry Currie Marillier's work on the Liverpool Academy and between 1810and 1867.