Books - "arts"
Showing 1861 to 1880 of 1936 results.
Australian Studio Glass: The Movement, Its Makers and Their Art
4to, pp. 240; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Craftsman House 1995
KEYWORDS: studio glass Australia social history decorative arts culture cultural theory Australian Noris Ioannou
19th Century South Australian Pottery: Guide for Historians & Collectors
Limited first edition, no. 289/1000. Signed by author. 4to, pp. 96; brown heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, G (moderate scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderat to heavy chipping; lg tearing repaired with archival tape).
PUBLISHER: Salt Glaze Press 1985
KEYWORDS: 19th century South Australia Australian pottery art arts sculpture guide
Bendigo Pottery
4to, pp. 281; brown heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutters; light to moderate cracking to frotn & rear hinges, bsg sl sloppy); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Lowden Publishing Co. 1979
KEYWORDS: Bendigo pottery cermanics art arts craft 19th 20th century Duncan Guthrie
The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang 2013
KEYWORDS: global conflict history the Boxers China Chinese peasants martial arts
The Art of Taaniko Weaving: A Study of its Cultural Context, Technique, Style, and Development
Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. 95; illus. heavy card boards; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; red (paint?) stain to front board; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to feps).
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1973
KEYWORDS: Sidney M Mead New Zealand Maori art arts craft crafts weaving Taaniko culture technique
The Pottery and Ceramics of David & Hermia Boyd
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Phillip Matthews / Hutchinson 1977
KEYWORDS: arts crafts art pottery ceramics David Hermia Boyd
A Century of Architectural Drawing: Works from the Armson-Collins Collection
Quarto stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture architectural drawings art history school of fine arts Armson-Collins collection
The Four-Shaft Table Loom
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1986
KEYWORDS: arts crafts hobbies weaving four shaft table loom
Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No 3: 1947
Imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 171pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to frontis & title page, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: H H Tombs Ltd 1947
KEYWORDS: New Zealand arts year books past years issues number 3 three 1947 literature art
Asia in the Making of Europe: Volume II A Century of Wonder: Book 2: The Literary Arts
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Asia history exploration culture influence Europe European literature arts
Contemplating the Ancients: Aesthetic and Social Issues in Early Chinese Portraiture
Super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xv + 259pp, illus, VG+ (boards sl warped, preface detached but present & still tidy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990
KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity Sui dynasty art arts portraits
The Mott's Miniature Furniture Workshop Manual
Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Fox Books 1995
KEYWORDS: arts crafts hobbies dolls houses miniature furniture doll
The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving (Revised Edition)
Square super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ashford Handicrafts 2014
KEYWORDS: arts crafts rigid heddle weaving patterns projects hobbies
Shaker Miniature Furniture
Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1979
KEYWORDS: arts crafts hobbies doll furniture dolls houses dollhouses
Turning Lace Bobbins
Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: C & D Springett 1995
KEYWORDS: hobbies crafts arts lace making bobbins tools woodcraft woodwork turning
Wood-block Print Primer
Quarto hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Japan Publications 1970
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese arts crafts wood-block printing
The Riverside Milton
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxxii + 1214pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1998
KEYWORDS: John Milton literature arts literary criticism art appreciation interpretation
The Cabinet of Useful Arts: A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufacture of Porcelain and Glass
Sm octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering to black leather title plate on spine, raised bands & gilt tooling to spine, gilt decoration to boards/borders, marbled page edges & eps, vignette to prelims, xiv + 334pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & tanning to spine, light fading & soiling to rear board, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green 1832
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books leather bindings science porcelain glass crafts arts
Sensation Smith of Drury Lane
Imperial octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1984
KEYWORDS: Bruce Sensation Smith biography biographies memoir arts theatre theater stage art
Ceramic Sculpture
Quarto hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons 1967
KEYWORDS: arts art crafts pottery ceramics sculptures