African Art
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Jean Royere, Decorateur a Paris
by Jean and Mari-Claude Beaud, Jean-Luc Olivie, Constance Rubi, Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier Royere
The Story Of Painting For Young People, From Cave Painting To Modern Time
by H W and Dora Jane Janson
African Art Books & Ephemera
Islamic art
by Hagedorn, Annette & Wolf, Norbert (ed)
Germany: Taschen Gmbh. Very Good. 2009. First Edition. Softcover. 9783822856697 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 96 pages, photos in the text .
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NZ$17.04
An Eye for Beauty : Photographs of Evelyn Lauder
by Lauder, Evelyn H
London, United Kingdom: Abrams, 2002. Book. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Signed both by the author and the model Elizabeth Hurley, with personal inscription. A pretty copy with covers bright as new. Jacket with neat folded edges. Top corner of jacket with a little color fading. Oversized..
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NZ$93.62NZ$74.90
Arts d'Oceanie, d'Afrique et d'Amerique. Collection d'un Amateur.
by TRIBAL ART
Paris: Hotel Drouot., 1929. First edition. Paperback. Good. 4to. Original paper wrappers, stapled, paper label to upper cover. Lacks rear cpover, upper cover detached, frayed with margginal loss. Six b/w plates, 515 item catalogue. thumbed.
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NZ$681.44
Graphic illustrations of Hogarth: from pictures, drawings and scarce prints, etc.
by Ireland, Samuel [Hogarth, William]
R. Faulder & J. Egerton. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown half leather with gilt titles on a black spine panel, marbled paper over boards, red sprinkled edges, worn at corners, minor tanning/offsetting of contents, no inscriptions. xvi + 184 pages, 55 (of 57) plates, one folds out. Two plates have been neatly excised (The complicated Richardson, and, Frontis-piss) as is often the case, else a very sound example .
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NZ$127.77
Best of Graphis poster
by Toman, Rolf
Singapore: Page One Publishing. Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 9810047665 . Clean and tightly bound large format paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 80 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Text in English, German and French .
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NZ$17.04
Piero della Francesca and the Early Renaissance
by Hendy, Philip
New York: Macmillan. 1968 1st Am. ed. 248pp. illus. green cloth sm 4to: Fine/no dj.
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NZ$11.90
The enchanted stone: The graphic worlds of Odilon Redon
by Gott, Ted
National Gallery of Victoria. Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Softcover. 0724101446 . Clean and tightly bound, large format paperback original, card covers rubbed at edges, spine uncreased, no inscriptions. 152 pages, illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography .
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NZ$42.59
Learn the art of pencil technique
by Coventry, Ralph S
Reeves and Sons Limited. Very Good. 1960. First Edition. Softcover. Clean, large format, tightly bound paperback original, stapled spine, pictorial covers, no inscriptions, appears little used. 12 pages (unpaginated), illustrations in the text .
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NZ$12.78
Korean art treasures
by Won-Yong, Kim et al; Whitfield, Roderick & Young-Sook, Pak (eds)
South Korea: Yekyong Publications. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0810912147 . Very clean & tightly bound large format hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 412 pages, 352 colour photos, illustrations in the text, chronology, maps. Extremely heavy book (packed weight over 4kg), usual postage rates inapplicable .
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NZ$95.83
Contemporary Ukrainian artists
by Abramovych, Igor
Firtash Foundation/Saatchi gallery. Fine. 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Clean and tightly bound large format paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 112 pages, colour illustrations throughout. Text in English .
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NZ$28.75
Degas and the ballet: picturing movement
by Kendall, Richard & Devonyar, Jill
Royal Academy of Arts. Fine. 2011. First Paperback Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 1905711697 . Clean and tightly bound paperback, french binding, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, as new. 280 pages, many colour & b/w illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography, index. Heavy book, near 1.5kg .
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NZ$25.55
Rainer Maria Rilke und die bildende Kunst seiner Zeit
by Götte, Gisela und Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker
Germany: Prestel. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Softcover. 3791317504 . Very clean, tightly bound larger format paperback original with no marks or inscriptions. Appears little used. 192 pages, colour & b/w photos throughout, notes, bibliography, index. Text in German .
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NZ$26.62
The Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight
by Wood, Lucy (ed.)
Port Sunlight: National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside. Fine. 1996. Revised Edition. Softcover. 0906367840 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 112 pages, many colour & some b/w illustrations in the text, notes, bibliography, index. .
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NZ$12.78
Novembre
by Fabio Novembre
Birkhauser, 2001. Book. As New. Soft cover. Clean & very newlooking. Text is in English. .
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NZ$93.62NZ$74.90
This Other Eden: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art
by Warner, Malcolm & Julia Marciari Alexander w/intro. by Patrick McCaughrey
New Haven: Yale Press, 1998 1st ed. 216pp. illus. blue cloth 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [hint of age darkening top edge; else F; dj = several tiny corner tears; else F] A lavish volume published to coincide with a traveling exhibition from the Yale Center for British Art to Australia in 1998.
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NZ$42.56
Anthropos Gallery, Specialists in the Ethnic Arts.
by ANTHROPOS GALLERY
London: Anthropos Gallery,, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 4to. Original card covers. 42pp. 42 b/w illusts, 688 item catalogue. Shona sculptures, New Guinea Art, Eskimo sculptures, Mithila paintings.
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NZ$74.53
Groundstory: Tales from the Shade of the South
by Alembik, Lisa, curator
Decatur, GA: Agnes Scott College. undated. 93pp. illus. paperback oblong sm 4to: Fine [white back cover has some smudges; else a nice crisp copy] The catalogue of a storytelling exhibition at the Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College in 2012 that focused on the southeastern United States.
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NZ$42.56
Claude Monet: book of 30 postcards
by Monet, Claude
Leicester: Magna Books. Very Good. 1991. Reprint. Softcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound paperback, no inscriptions, spine creased but contents unused .
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NZ$10.65
Textile Dyeing and Printing Simplified
by Proud, Nora
New York: Arco, 1974 1st ed. 96pp. illus. hardback sq 8vo: Very Good in a near Very Good dj [top edge is slightly age darkened; small ink dots @ top and bottom edges; else a nice clean and crisp copy; dj = a long section of the laminate torn away @ tail edge of back cover; else nrVG] Includes 24 color plates and 64 photographs.
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NZ$25.53
Drawing life in motion
by Arnosky, Jim
U.S.A: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. Very Good. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, landscape format, tightly bound paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. Unpaginated (48 pages), illustrations in the text & photos on plates .
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NZ$12.78
Arthur Rackham
by Larkin, David (editor)
Pan Books. Good. 1975. First Edition. Softcover. 0330246828 . Clean and tightly bound paperback original, corners rubbed, neat name/date on first page else no inscriptions, couple of fingermarks internally. xvi pages + 40 colour plates, introduction by Leo John de Freitas has a few text illustrations .
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NZ$10.65
Flowers of the South: A Collection of Watercolor Paintings (signed)
by Smith, Mary Cooper
Jacksonville: Smith & Daniel, 1996 1st ed. SIGNED on ffep by author. 75pp. illus. red cloth oblong 4to w/gilt titles: Fine in a Fine dj [dj = p-c; else F]
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NZ$42.56
Danish paintings before 1900: artists born before 1876 (Aeldre Dansk malerkunst: Kunstnere fodt for 1876)
by Brons, Marianne & Folmer, Jorgen
Denmark: Statens Museum for Kunst. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 8790096290 . Clean hardback tightly bound in grey vinyl with white titles, 1" scratch to front cover, yellow silk bookmark sewn in, no inscriptions. 526 pages, around 2500 illustrations, bibliography. Heavy book so additional postage may be requested .
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NZ$25.55
Chinese Carpets
by Rostov, Charles I. & Jia Guanyan with Li Linpan & Zhang H. Z
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1983 1st ed. 224pp. illus. decorated navy cloth 4to: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. Includes 160 illustrations, with 120 in full color, line drawings and maps.
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NZ$59.58
Persian miniatures
by Robinson, B. W
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer. Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean, small format, tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a rubbed, price clipped dustjacket which is chipped at the edges. 30 pages, 20 illustrations on plates. No date but British Library gives 1957 .
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NZ$14.91
