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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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1907 Auld Acquaintance a Book For Friends and RemembrancesLondon: 1907A very scarce first edition 'book of remembrances', a charming illustrated work intended for people to sign and inscribe.
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1786 Anecdotes of Painting in EnglandLondon: 1786A leather bound memoirs of Georgian society and art in Britain, composed by Horace Walpole from the notebooks of John Vertue.
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1930 Six Cartoons by Alfred LoweLondon: 1930An excellent first edition, limited to seven hundred and fifty copies, of this volume comprising six beautiful cartoons by Alfred Lowe; in the original and unclipped dustwrapper.
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1931 The Compleat AnglerLondon: 1931A finely bound copy of Arthur Rackham's 'The Compleat Angler'.
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1804 Cowper, Illustrated by a Series of Views, in, or Near, the Park of Weston-UnderwoodLondon: 1804A lovely copy of this work on Cowper, illustrated with very attractive plates throughout. A superior copy.
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Signed1913 Arthur Rackham's Book of PicturesLondon: 1913A first, limited edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated anthology. In the original white cloth binding, signed by Rackham to the limitation page.
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Signed1900 Portraits of Men and WomenWestminster: 1900An incredible collection of signed portraits drawn by then Marchioness of Granby Violet Manners, featuring portraits signed by Rudyard Kipling, H. H. Asquith, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Lady Randolph Churchill, and others.
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1803 Cowper Illustrated by a Series of Views Bucks J. Storer J. Greig 1st ScarceLondon: 1803The first edition of this scarce collection of plates looking at the places the poet William Cowper would have seen in his life, illustrated by James Storer and John Greig.
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1870 Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica Edward Lear Illus 1st EditionLondon: 1870The first edition of this travelogue by well-known Victorian author, Edward Lear. Beautifully complemented by illustrations painted by Lear during his Corsican travels.
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1990 Pop Art A Continuing History First Edition Colour Illustrated LivingstoneLondon: 1990A first edition study of the history of pop art and the cultural impact that it made.