Art Reference
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L'Assiette Au Beurre -- Les Anglais Chez Nous No 92 -- 3 January 1903
by Beurre, Paris L'Assiette Au
New Dictionary of Modern Sculpture
by Maillard, Robert [Editor]
New York: Tudor Publishing Company. 1971. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good+ condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 328 pages. This book blends a wealth of scholarship with readability. A comprehensive reference with short essays on each of the sculptors included. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Edition [Expanded]. Hardback.
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NZ$22.10
British prints : dictionary and price guide / Ian Mackenzie
by Mackenzie, Ian
Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 359p : ill.(some col.) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-359). Subjects; Prints, British � History. Printmakers � Great Britain � History. Printmakers � Biography � Dictionaries � Great Britain.
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NZ$36.83
Pen and parchment : drawing in the Middle Ages
by Holcomb, M. ; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Yale University Press, New Haven, first edition, 2009. Cloth, 4to,. xii, 188 pp, 157 ills including 138 in colour. 9780300148947 9781588393180 Published to accompany the exhibition "Pen and Parchment : Drawing in the Middle Ages", held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2 June - 23 August 2009. From the blurb - "What is distinctive about medieval drawings? How do they differ from Renaissance drawings, which have shaped our definition and...
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NZ$110.83
Baroque Painting 1 - The XVIIth Century I - History of Art
by Daudy, Phillipe
London: Heron Books, 1968. library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: edge wear, library sticker spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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NZ$22.10
![Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works with an Index of Places. Florentine School.[Two Volumes]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/393/133/232133393.0.b.jpg)
Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. A List of the Principal Artists and Their Works with an Index of Places. Florentine School.[Two Volumes]
by Berenson, Bernard
London: Phaidon Press Limited. 1963. Quarto Size. Both volumes are in Very Good condition in Very Good [price-clipped] Dustjackets. Both DJs have some age-toning to spine. Slipcase is very good condition but does have some marks with light discolouration to the top edge. Volume 1 contains the Artist lists with Black and White Plates [1-590]. Volume 2 is primarily black and White Plates [591-1478]. Volume 2 also contains a Topographical Index. A very handsome set. . A revised edition of...
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NZ$221.02
Masterpieces from the Pompidou Centre: Musee National d'Art Moderne
by Lucie-Smith, Edward [Selected & Introduced by]
London: Thames & Hudson. 1983. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's signature to preliminary pages. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 159 pages. . 1st UK Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$22.10
The Folio Society Book of The 100 Greatest Paintings
by Bailey, Martin [General Editor]
London: The Folio Society. 2001. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in Very Good slipcase. Several light marks to the plain coloured panel of the slipcase. Illustrated with full-page colour plates. Introduction by Martin Bailey. 230 pages. From Duccio to Picasso. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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NZ$38.68
Genesis of a Gallery Part 2.
by Australian National Gallery
Canberra: Australian National Gallery. 1978. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 88 pages. A Touring collection from the collection of the National Art Gallery. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition Assumed. Softcover.
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NZ$19.89
Commemorative tribute to Francis Hopkinson Smith
by Augustus Thomas
New York: American Academy of Arts and Letters,, 1922 2023-03-04. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo., stapled wraps, 9 pp.. Light creasing to bottom fore-edge corner. ; Well packaged, ships with tracking.
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NZ$34.10
Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso: L'Aventure Des Stein
by Reunion des Musees Nationaux
Very good softcover, gatefold flaps. Published for exhibition 2003, in French. Story of the Stein family art collections.
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NZ$12.76
Recent acquisitions 1966-1967
Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 2023-02-09. First Edition. Paperback. Good. 8vo., bw ill. (one color), 58 pp.. Sound binding, some scuffing to wraps, light pencil notations in margins, several paperclip markings. ; Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.
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NZ$42.63
Eighteenth Century Painting (History of Painting)
by Gay, Claire
New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 1968. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 207 pages. Surveys the variety of European art and relates its development to the important social, cultural, and political upheavals that influenced it. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$19.89
Baroque Painting II - The XVIIth Century II - History of Art
by Daudy, Phillipe
London: Heron Books, 1968. library marks endpapers, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: edge wear, library sticker spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
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NZ$22.10
The Meaning of Art
by Read, Herbert
191 pages. In very good condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First thus (as a Pelican). No writing or marks, tight in binding. Spine suntanned.
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NZ$42.55
Prints (The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques)
by Karshan, Donald
Washington: Museum of Design. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Mild age-toning to white dustjacket. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 127 pages. Includes a guide to printing techniques. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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NZ$27.63
Beato Angelico 1387-1455
Piccola Silvana edition of italian language guide to Beato Angelico. 21 page introductory essay and 70 plates. Chip out of dust jacket front cover as seen. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket.
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NZ$17.02
The Alhambra and the Generalife
by Antequera, Marino
Paperback, no date [1974]. English version, translated by Constance Taylor. 91 pages with fold out plan of the Alhambra glued in at rear prior to the index. Slight wear to top corners and creased spine, contents near fine, no markings. Very good paperback.
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NZ$21.28
Exhibition Dutch & Flemish Old Masters April1st - May 31st 1969
by [Dennis Vanderkar Gallery]
London: Dennis Vanderkar Gallery. 1969. Quarto Size. Very Good condition - card covers. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. unpaginated. The Spring Catalogue for the exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Old Masters at the Dennis Vanderkar Gallery, London 1969. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$27.63
The Renaissance: Six Essays
by Ferguson, Wallace; Lopez, Robert; Sarton, George; Bainton, Roland; Bradner, Leicester; Panofsky, Erwin
184 pages. Owner's name neatly inscribed to half-title page. Paperback in very good condition. Bright cover. Six essays originally presented for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. First thus.
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NZ$31.91
Art Masterpieces of the National Gallery of Art Washington
by Smart, Ted & Gibbon, David
London: Colour Library Books. 1979. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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NZ$15.47
L'effet boomerang - Les arts aborigènes et insulaires d'Australie
by Dougoud, R.C
Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève, Genève, first edition, 2017. Laminated illustrated wrappers with flaps, 4to, 28 cm,. 157, [3] pp, colour ills. From the blurb: "Les arts de l'Australie autochtone présentent une extraordinaire richesse de styles, techniques et supports qui vont de la production d'objets en bois (boucliers, propulseurs, boomerangs, arbres gravés) à la peinture corporelle, sur écorce, sur papier et sur toile, à...
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NZ$44.33
The Rathbone Years: Masterpieces acquired for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1955-1972, and for the St. Louis Art Museum, 1940-1955
by None Noted
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts. 1972. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Covers very lightly rubbed. 203 pages.. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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NZ$19.89
The Harold Samuel Collection: a Guide to the Dutch and Flemish Pictures at the Mansion House
by Michael Hall, Clare Gifford
Very good softcover. A guide to the 84 Dutch and Flemish paintings in the Guildhall Museum and Art Gallery, City of London. Lovely small book, 200 pages, gatefold cover.
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NZ$21.28
All Color Book of Art Nouveau
by Warren, Geoffrey
London: Octopus Books Limited. 1974. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with 101 Colour photographs and drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 72 pages. . Reprint. Softcover.
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NZ$16.58
Egyptian and Near Eastern Painting
by Boulanger, Robert
New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 1965. Small Quarto Size [Tall). Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour plates. DJ spine a little faded. Translated by Anthony Rhodes. 207 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$27.63
