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$40.00
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Only Connect.....: Art and the Spectator in the Italian Renaissance: The A. W. Mellion Lectures in the Fine Arts 1988


SHEARMAN, JOHN

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 281pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to some gutters, light to moderate annotations to margins in pencil throughout)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation renaissance Italy Italian lectures A W Mellon

$95.00
2f51g/27

The Origin of Perspective


DAMISCH, HUBERT & GOODMAN, JOHN (Trans)

Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, xxiv + 477pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional pencil underlining & annotations) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, sm red label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1994

KEYWORDS: philosophy perspective criticism appreciation history Hubert Damisch

$90.00
2f51g/28

The Writing of the Walls: Architectural Theory in the Late Enlightenment


VIDLER, ANTHONY

Quarto, black cloth boards, green lettering to spine, vii + 230pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to spine & boards, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading & scuffing to spine & edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Princeton Architectural Press 1986

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings philosophy neoclassicism history France French enlightenment

$175.00
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The History and Function of the Auckland City Art Gallery in Constructing a Canon of Modernist New Zealand Art


BROWN, MARIA E.

UNPUBLISHED THESIS, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to boards & page edges, occasional underlining & annotation in pencil & ink)

PUBLISHER: Maria E. Brown 1999

KEYWORDS: art history New Zealand thesis theses Maria E Brown Auckland City Art Gallery galleries acquisitions exhibitions modernism

$90.00
2f51g/32

Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle


McCAULEY, ELIZABETH ANNE et al

Quarto, burnt orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xviii + 297pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, boards v sl warped, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine/cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2004

KEYWORDS: art history collections Isabella Stewart Gardner Palazzo Barbaro

$90.00
2f51g/33

The 9 Lungs - Success Beyond 3 Generations: The Confucian Enduring Leadership Par Excellence


HEAN-TATT, Dr. ONG

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xxxi + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges with light fading to also, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Eastern Dragon Press 1996

KEYWORDS: 9 lungs ancient Chinese wisdom philosophy China culture ancient history antuiquity principles

$80.00
2g13a/6

Women Photographers: From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman


FRIEDEWALD, BORIS

Quarto, illus heavy boards, purple & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Prestel Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: art photography photos collections women female photgraphers history

$145.00
2g13a/17

The Land of Midian


PHILBY, H. ST. JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine- blackened, frontispiece, xi + 286pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to board edges, light soiling, tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling, moderate wrinkling

PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions Midian travel literature exploration middle east ancient history antiquity

$100.00
2g13a/23

Studies in Maori Rites and Myths


JOHANSEN, J. PRYTZ

Super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, 201pp, VG (light creasing & tanning/staining to spine & cover edges, light chipping to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kobenhavn 1958

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori rites myths mythology religion history

$50.00
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Authorship & Publication: A Concise Guide For Authors in Matters Relating to Printing and Publishing ; Including the Law of Copyright, and a Bibliographical Appendix


N/A

Super octavo, mottled green buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, frontispiece, viii + 480pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & soiling to spine & boards, lg red lettering to spine, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps & prelims, occasional markings in ink to margins)

PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons 1883

KEYWORDS: writing publishing printing literature law copyright history guide

$50.00
2g13a/25

The Great War: Volume One


CHURCHILL, The Right Hon. WINSTON S.

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, 512pp + iv contents pgs to rear, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards- heavy to rear, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, moderate creasing to pgs at gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D (c.1933)

KEYWORDS: military history Winston Churchill ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war politics

$125.00
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Leif's House in Vineland / Graves of the Northmen


HORSFORD, EBEN NORTON & HORSFORD, CORNELIA

Quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, folding map, 40pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & scuffing to spine & boards- minor soiling, 1cm scuff to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, considerable cracking to some gutters, occasional markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: Damrell and Upham 1893

KEYWORDS: history literature Eben Norton Horsford Cornelia

$50.00
2g13a/31

The Great War


CHURCHILL, The Right Hon. WINSTON

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, pgs 513-1024 + iv contents to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional creasing to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes Ltd N/D (c.1930s)

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war Winston Churchill

$50.00
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Whaling in the Dominion of New Zealand: Discovery Reports Vol VII, pp. 239-252, Plates XI-XIII, December 1933


OMMANNEY, F. D.

Quarto, blue light card covers, black lettering to covers, pgs 239-252, illus/plates, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with moderate tanning, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand whaling discovery reports history maritime marine life nautical

$37.50
xxgra185195

A Life of Picasso: Volume II: 1907-1917


RICHARDSON, JOHN & McCULLY, MARILYN (Collaboration)

THIS VOL ONLY, OWNERSHIP OF SUE CRAWFORD, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) archival tape repairs to jacket, underlining & annotation in pencil; 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: Jonathan Cape 1996

KEYWORDS: art biographies Pablo Picasso history

$32.50
xxgra185196

Clement Greenberg: A Life


RUBENFELD, FLORENCE

Super octavo 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: Scribner 1998

KEYWORDS: art history criticism critics Clement Greenberg Partisan Review Crowd biographies

$35.00
xxgra185198

PNE Forever: Stories From the Fans of Preston North End


BARRETT, MICHAEL (Presented by)

Imperial 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: Invincible Books 2020

KEYWORDS: English soccer history sport pne Preston North End anecdotes biographies football

$20.00
xxgra185199

1001 Football Moments


N/A

Imperial octavo 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: Carlton Books 2007

KEYWORDS: soccer football sport history

$30.00
xxgra185202

The Reality of Symbols: Studies in the Iconology of Netherlandish Art 1400-1800


BEDAUX, JAN BAPTIST

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: Gary Schwartz / SDU Publishers 1990

KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation symbolism Netherlands history

$20.00
xxgra185204

The Rise of the Sixties: American and European Art in the Era of Dissent


CROW, THOMAS

Super octavo softcover (VG) some cracking to gutters; 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: Yale University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation history 60s sixties American European

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