Art History from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 2008. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on reverse of front cover. No inscriptions. 136pp. Many b/w and several colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition which commenced at Southampton City Art Gallery from… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 1982. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Buff colour cloth hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Foxing to endpapers, including some quite heavy foxing to half-title. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear. 224pp. 133 b/w plates.. In this book, Brassai shares… Read more about this item

London: The Fine Art Society, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. One of an edition of 300 copies. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. 144pp. Many colour illustrations. The price list for the exhibition (which has a few small handwritten notes) is loosely inserted. This catalogue was… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's, 2019. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Light crease to top corner of pages 213 and 215. 228pp. Many colour illustrations. This 312 item catalogue was produced to accompany the sale of items from the New Bond Street site of the Fine Art… Read more about this item

London: The Architectural Press Ltd., 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Signed by Godfrey Rubens on the half-title to the previous owner and his wife. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear.… Read more about this item

Brook, Hampshire: Canterton Books, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. Limited.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Turquoise colour hardcover with title in silver on front cover and spine. Translucent acetate dustjacket. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Don Potter has inscribed his initials on the half-title. Dustjacket condition: Good, with some… Read more about this item

Tokyo, Japan and Rutland, Vermont: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha and Charles E.Tuttle, Inc., 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: This is the English edition with revised text in one volume (first Japanese edition in six parts, 1962). Blue silk covered boards with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to… Read more about this item

Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel, 2009. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hardcover in slipcase. Green hardcover with title in white on spine and front cover. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. 278pp. 82 colour plates.Slipcase condition: Fine, with very light shelfwear. Recording Alexander von Humboldt's historic expedition to the Americas and Cuba-hailed by many as… Read more about this item

Salisbury: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear. 168pp. 262 b/w illustrations. This catalogue raisonne presents the first full length study of the sculpture of Mary Spencer Watson (1913-2006) and offers the opportunity to look at her… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1971. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1971 reprint (first published in 1937). Softcover. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn and quite grubby, with some creasing to spine. Internally good, no inscriptions. 292pp. Many b/w illustrations. Good reading/reference copy..

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. 402pp. Many colour illustrations. This is a comprehensive account of Chinese painting from prehistoric times to the date of publication in 1997, and is a good starting point… Read more about this item

London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2001. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers and light sunning and light creasing to spine. No inscriptions. 336pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition held at the Royal Academy, London from 24 November 2001… Read more about this item

London: Michael Parkin Gallery, 1990. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Reprint of the 1890 first edition. Buff colour paper-covered boards with title in black on yellow cloth spine. Housed in a buff paper covered slipcase and accompanied by a 12 page buff card covered booklet by Ronald Anderson about the book. One… Read more about this item

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name in pencil on front endpaper. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 417pp. Several colour and many b/w… Read more about this item

Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.), 2016. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with general light shelfwear. No inscriptions. 290pp. Many colour illustrations.This book explores some of the most influential works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology… Read more about this item

London: The Fine Art Society, 2014. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. This catalogue was deacessioned from the library of the art dealer Offer Waterman and Co. and bears a discreet circular blindstamp hand-numbered in the centre to the lower right of… Read more about this item

New York and London: Planet Saffron Inc. and Grosvenor Gallery Fine Arts Ltd., 2005. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Top outer corner of rear cover has some light "wrinkling" to the laminated surface. Half-title has a paper-clip mark to the outer edge. No inscriptions. 104pp.… Read more about this item

Paris, France: Fondation Custodia, 2005. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Text is in English. Softcover. Condition: Good, except there are some light blue coloured watersplash marks to front cover, and some light foxing and soiling to front and rear covers. Binding sound. Previous owner has outlined in pencil the title of a book in… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury Auctions, 2006. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. 188pp.Many colour illustrations. This 554 lot auction catalogue was produced to accompany the sale of vintage Chinese posters held at Bloomsbury Auctions on 21st September, 2006. The posters in the catalogue date from… Read more about this item

Zurich: Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, 2022. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card-covered booklet with stitched binding to spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers.This unpaginated memorial booklet was published by the Thomas Ammann Fine Art gallery, which had been run by Doris Ammann (1944-2021) after the death of her… Read more about this item