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Jean Royere, Decorateur a Paris
by Jean and Mari-Claude Beaud, Jean-Luc Olivie, Constance Rubi, Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier Royere
African Art Books & Ephemera
Islamic art
by Hagedorn, Annette & Wolf, Norbert (ed)
Germany: Taschen Gmbh. Very Good. 2009. First Edition. Softcover. 9783822856697 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 96 pages, photos in the text .
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CA$13.84
Rainer Maria Rilke und die bildende Kunst seiner Zeit
by Götte, Gisela und Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker
Germany: Prestel. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 3791317504 . Very clean, tightly bound larger format paperback original with no marks or inscriptions. Appears little used. 192 pages, colour & b/w photos throughout, notes, bibliography, index. Text in German .
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CA$21.63
Enchanted world The art of Anne Sudworth
by Grant, John & Sudworth, Anne
Paper Tiger. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2000. Reprint; Second Printing. Hardcover. 1855858304 . Very clean, large format, tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 112 pages, illustrations in the text, appendix, notes, index .
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CA$17.30
Graphic illustrations of Hogarth: from pictures, drawings and scarce prints, etc.
by Ireland, Samuel [Hogarth, William]
R. Faulder & J. Egerton. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown half leather with gilt titles on a black spine panel, marbled paper over boards, red sprinkled edges, worn at corners, minor tanning/offsetting of contents, no inscriptions. xvi + 184 pages, 55 (of 57) plates, one folds out. Two plates have been neatly excised (The complicated Richardson, and, Frontis-piss) as is often the case, else a very sound example .
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CA$103.81
Magritte
by Noel, Bernard translated by Jeffrey Arsham (on Rene Magritte)
New York: Crown, 1977. 96pp. illus. hardback 4to: near Fine in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [some top edge foxing; else a nice clean and crisp copy; dj = torn @ spine head; else nrVG] An attractive volume on the Belgian Surrealist Magritte (1898-1967), with 52 color and 25 black & white reproductions of his work.
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CA$34.58
A Treasury of Holly Hobbie
by Hobbie, Holly
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1979. Not stated. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. 61 pages, illustrated with sepia and color drawings. Contains All Through the Day, Through the Year, ABCs, Questions and Answers, It's a Happy Day and Around the House. Red illustrated boards with white titles on front cover and spine, illustrated end papers. Some fading of cover, light spotting, corners and spine ends bumped, interior pages bright, binding tight.
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CA$16.60
Mary Tuthill Lindheim: Art and Inspiration
by Wasserman, Abby
U.S.A.: Cameron + Company, 2011. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Fresh & glossy, newlooking copy. Oversize. .
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CA$44.26CA$35.40
The Complete Photographer, Issue 31 to Issue 36
by Morgan, Willard D., Editor
New York: National Educational Alliance, Inc., 1942. First edition. Hardcover. Good +/No jacket. Six copies of Volume VI bound into a handsome brown wrapper with embossed titles and a camera illustration on front cover. A complete guide to amateur and professional photography. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Each magazine has original red illustrated cover with white titles. Light wear to binder, edge wear along spine, boards a little curved, top of spine bumped in, minor spotting, a...
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CA$82.98
Mosaiques de Tunisie
by Fradier, Georges
Editions Ceres Productions, 1976. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Tidy, well-kept copy with covers like new. Illustrated with ancient mosaics in color on oversize pages. Text in French, English & Arabic. Jacket with a little fading at edges, & a mini tear at upper spine. Oversize, so may need more international shipping. .
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CA$55.32CA$44.26
London The Unique City
by Rasmussen, Steen Eiler
Pelican, 1961. Book. Good. Soft cover. Tight pages with smooth spine. In good condition for its age, tho pages have tanned. Some pen underlines. With many photo illustrations & drawings. .
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CA$30.43CA$24.34
Novembre
by Fabio Novembre
Birkhauser, 2001. Book. As New. Soft cover. Clean & very newlooking. Text is in English. .
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CA$76.06CA$60.85
An Eye for Beauty : Photographs of Evelyn Lauder
by Lauder, Evelyn H
London, United Kingdom: Abrams, 2002. Book. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Signed both by the author and the model Elizabeth Hurley, with personal inscription. A pretty copy with covers bright as new. Jacket with neat folded edges. Top corner of jacket with a little color fading. Oversized..
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CA$76.06CA$60.85
The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in Eighteenth-Century Paris
by Etlin, Richard A
Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: MIT Press, 1987. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A bright well-kept copy. Printed on fine paper with 268 handsome vintage illustrations. Reading creases to spine and minimal rubbing to edges. Lower front corner has a little lift to it. Heavy and oversized, so please allow for international and priority shipping..
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CA$131.38CA$105.11
A Touch of Love
by Weedn, Flavia
Anaheim California: Buzza/Gibson Greeting Cards, Inc., 1972. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good/No jacket. Unpaginated. Beautifully illustrated poems of love. Illustrated boards with white titles on front cover and black titles on spine. Book is in very good condition with one small chip and scratch at back cover spine, light edge wear with lightly bumped corners and spine ends, interior pages bright and clean with no notations, binding tight.
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CA$138.30
Römische Häuser, Villen und Paläste
by McKay, Alexander G
Germany: Atlantis, 1980. Book. Fine. Hardcover. In excellent well-kept condition. Full of architectural floor plans, drawings & archeological photos of the ancient Roman houses & palaces. Crisp like new jacket. Text in German. Oversized. .
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CA$41.49CA$33.19
The enchanted stone: The graphic worlds of Odilon Redon
by Gott, Ted
National Gallery of Victoria. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0724101446 . Clean and tightly bound, large format paperback original, card covers rubbed at edges, spine uncreased, no inscriptions. 152 pages, illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography .
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CA$34.60
Double Page: The Fountains of Versailles
by Mazin, rosine, and Moeur, Jacques
Double Page, 1981. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Double Page No. 15. Glossy oversized softcover, pages and covers bright and sharp. Gorgeous full page photos of the Versailles fountains. Trace of old sticker to front. Edges have a smidge of shelfwear. Due to overlong size may need special shipping..
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CA$62.24CA$49.79
Groundstory: Tales from the Shade of the South
by Alembik, Lisa, curator
Decatur, GA: Agnes Scott College. undated. 93pp. illus. paperback oblong sm 4to: Fine [white back cover has some smudges; else a nice crisp copy] The catalogue of a storytelling exhibition at the Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College in 2012 that focused on the southeastern United States.
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CA$34.58
Earth, Sky and Water Colors, Israel
by Kimhi, Yaaco
Israel Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Undated, publishing information unknown. With fine watercolors and etchings. In high gloss covers. Inscriptions on front and rear endpages. Text in English and Hebrew. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca library..
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CA$62.24CA$49.79
Textile Dyeing and Printing Simplified
by Proud, Nora
New York: Arco, 1974 1st ed. 96pp. illus. hardback sq 8vo: Very Good in a near Very Good dj [top edge is slightly age darkened; small ink dots @ top and bottom edges; else a nice clean and crisp copy; dj = a long section of the laminate torn away @ tail edge of back cover; else nrVG] Includes 24 color plates and 64 photographs.
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CA$20.74
Arthur Rackham
by Larkin, David (editor)
Pan Books. Good. 1975. First Edition. Softcover. 0330246828 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, corners rubbed, neat name/date on first page else no inscriptions, couple of fingermarks internally. xvi pages + 40 colour plates, introduction by Leo John de Freitas has a few text illustrations .
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CA$8.65
Cockatoos and coral trees
by Harford-Cross, Michael
Kirkby Malzeard: Privately Issued. Very Good. 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound landscape format paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. Unpaginated (c120 pages), 50 illustrations, mainly b/w but 8 are in colour .
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CA$10.81
Danish paintings before 1900: artists born before 1876 (Aeldre Dansk malerkunst: Kunstnere fodt for 1876)
by Brons, Marianne & Folmer, Jorgen
Denmark: Statens Museum for Kunst. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 8790096290 . Clean hardback tightly bound in grey vinyl with white titles, 1" scratch to front cover, yellow silk bookmark sewn in, no inscriptions. 526 pages, around 2500 illustrations, bibliography. Heavy book so additional postage may be requested .
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CA$20.76
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2001
by Anon
The Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Good. 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound paperback original, spine sunned but uncreased, no inscriptions. 76 pages, illustrations in the text .
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CA$10.38
Persian miniatures
by Robinson, B. W
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer. Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a rubbed, price clipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges. 30 pages, 20 illustrations on plates. No date but British Library gives 1957 .
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CA$12.11
