Search Results: Pre-Raphaelites from Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1999). Firsrt edition, paper issue. Small quarto, card covers, pp. xii, 265; illustrated. Contibutions include: Alastair Grieve on, "Rossetti and the scandal of art for art's sake in the early 1860s"; Elizabeth Prettlejohn on "Walter Pater and aesthetic painting"; Robin Spencer, "Whistler, Swinburne and art for art's sake"; Anne Koval, "The 'Artist's' have come out and the 'British' remain: the Whistler faction at the Society of British Artists"; Robyn Asleson, " Nature and abstraction in the aesthetic development of Albert Moore"; Caroline Arscott, "Poynter and the arty"; Kate Flint, "Edward Burne-Jones's The Mirror of Venus: surface and subjectivity in the art criticism of the 1870s"; Colin Cruse, " Versions of the Annunciation: Wilde's Aestheticism and the message of beauty"; Whitney Davis, " The Image in the middle: John Addington… Read More

New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1999). Firsrt edition, paper issue. Small quarto, card covers, pp. xii, 265; illustrated. Contibutions include: Alastair Grieve on, "Rossetti and the scandal of art for art's sake in the early 1860s"; Elizabeth Prettlejohn on "Walter Pater and aesthetic painting"; Robin Spencer, "Whistler, Swinburne and art for art's sake"; Anne Koval, "The 'Artist's' have come out and the 'British' remain: the Whistler faction at the Society of British Artists"; Robyn Asleson, " Nature and abstraction in the aesthetic development of Albert Moore"; Caroline Arscott, "Poynter and the arty"; Kate Flint, "Edward Burne-Jones's The Mirror of Venus: surface and subjectivity in the art criticism of the 1870s"; Colin Cruse, " Versions of the Annunciation: Wilde's Aestheticism and the message of beauty"; Whitney Davis, " The Image in the middle: John Addington… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1856. First American edition. 8vo., dark brown cloth, with designs blocked in blind on both boards, spine lettered in gilt, pp. x, 14 - 201. Name of "John Davies Browne, Architect, Montreal" on endpaper, first blank is lightly creased, page edges have darkened, spine ends worn and chipped, cloth has a few small chips to edges of boards. Overall about very good..

(London): Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by The British Museum Press, (1992). First edition. 24.6 cm x 18.9 cm, card covers, pp. 64; illustrated with 130 black and white illustrations. Includes work and designs by numerous pre-Raphaelite artists and their associates, including Edward Poynter, Maria Zambaco, Effie Stillman, Joseph Moore [after designs by Thomas Woolner], Sir Frederic Leighton, Noel Paton, George Frampton, Alfred Gilbert, and William Rothenstein. The numerous illustrations include a cast medal of Charles Ricketts by Alponse Legros, as well as images of Alfred Tennyson, Charles Darwin, John Stuart Mill, Lillie Langtry, Henry Irving, Marie Stillman, John Marshall (Rossetti's doctor), Mary Kingsley, Alphonse Legros, and George Frederick Watts. Fine..

London: Published for the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside by Lund Humphries, (1988). First edition. Quarto, card covers, pp. 207; illustrated in colour and black & white. A Catalogue of Pre-Raphaelite works in the Walker Art Gallery, Lady Lever Art Gallery and Sudley Art Gallery. With useful annotations. Bump near top of spine has left a crease through the upper left corner of the text block, else very good..

On printed letter sheet, North House, 69, Eton Avenue, N.W. 3, dated April 7th, 1917. To "Dear Madam", forwarding some paints and brushes that had belonged to Reginald Barratt. Approximately 50 words. John Maler Collier OBE RP ROI (1850-1934) British writer and painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style. Mounted on a stiff page, else very good..

London: Hurst and Blackett, 1899. First English edition. [apparently preceded by an American edition dated 1898].. Octavo, navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and in red on the upper board, pp. 472, + [1] publisher's advertisement for the "Now Ready Second edition" of The Coming of Love. With a 3pp. A.L.s., on The Pines letterhead, dated 14, XII, 06, asking an acquaintance to lunch or dinner in hopes of obtaining an "opinion upon a point connected with abeyance in an old barony. It is connected with a novel that I am now working on." The letter is in a secretarial hand, but is signed in full by Watts-Dunton. Aylwin, the author's best known work, is a roman a clef with "a number of disguised Pre-Raphaelite characters including Rossetti". Inner hinges are cracked, last 25 pages are shaken but holding, small Christmas label on the title page, bookplate Library of Thos. D. Murray on front pastedown, small bookseller's label on rear pastedown, corners are… Read More

Boston: D. Lothrop and Co., (N.d., but circa late 19th century). 8vo., teal blue cloth stamped in gilt and dark brown, pp. xlvii, 397. Rubbing and slight fraying to spine ends and corner tips, else very good..

New York: White, Stokes, & Allen, 1886. 8vo., maroon stamped in gilt, pp. xlvii, 397. Bookplate on pastedown and old church library plate on fly leaf, else near fine..

(London): The British Library / Private Libraries Association / Oak Knoll Press, (2005). 30 x 18 cm, deep green cloth, pp. 337; illustrated. "This book is the first to present faithful reproductions of all of Millais's published illustrations." Every image is discussed. Near fine in dust jacket. Will likely require extra post to international destinations..

Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1987. First edition, in two volumes. Small quartos, dark blue cloth, pp. xxii, 502; & viii, 503-1059; two illustrations as frontispieces. Colbeck was a devoted collector of this period, and his inquisitive nature is evident throughout this text, which is a treasure trove of detailed bibliographical descriptions. A delightful book to use, and my personal favorite amongst my reference works. A fine set. Latham 129 [Oversize]*.

Malvern: Heritage Press, (1991). First edition. Octavo, card covers, pp. [80]; illustrated in colour and black & white. Slight creasing to rear cover, else very good..

London: Barrie & Jenkins, (1989). Second edition, allegedly "revised" and "updated", but does not differ in any substantive way from the first edition. Quarto, blue boards, pp. xvi, 213, profusely illustrated with both colour and b&w illustrations. Certainly one of the nicer books on Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Near fine in a price-clipped dust jacket, with some light creasing. [Oversize]*.

Boston: Bates and Guild Company, Publishers, Part 19, Volume 2, July 1901. Quarto, brown paper covers, 40 numbered pages of printed matter, + ads. Small stain to fore-edge of several pages, browning to outer leaves, else very good with new Japanese paper spine added to the original fragile covers, which are lightly chipped about the edges. Fredeman 42.57.

London: Peter Nahum, (1993). First edition. Octavo, card covers, pp. 120; illustrated in colour and black & white. Near fine..

London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, [N.d., but circa 1909]. Octavo, brown boards with pictorial label on upper cover, pp. 78; illustrated with eight colour plates. Some darkening to endpapers, lightly worn at head of spine and corners, otherwise covers are unusually clean bright. In the uncommon dustjacket, with some loss to the top edge of the rear panel and to the fore-edges. A desirable copy. Fredeman 42.83.

London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1975. First reprint, revised; paper issue. 26.7 cm x 20.9 cm, tan card covers, pp. 100; illustrated in colour and black and white. 387 items are described, documenting a major exhibition of the artist's work. Previous owner's name, address and date on first page, light creases at corners, else very good..

(Newcastle): The Book Guild Limited and Oak Knoll Press, (2000). First edition., 2000. Large octavo, black boards, pp. xiv, 266; illustrated. Fine in a lightly worn, very good dust jacket with light creasing along the top edge. (Oversize*).

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc., (1965). First edition. Beige cloth boards, [about 24 pp]., illustrated in colour. An ex-library copy, with the usual litany of ink stamps, labels and card pockets. A good, tight copy..

Freeport: Books for Libraries Press, (1970). Reprint of the second edition of 1901. Octavo, orange cloth, pp. xix, 124; illustrated in black & white. Moderate foxing to endpapers and page edges, else a very good copy. No dust jacket as issued. See Fredeman 75.21.