British Art
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Exposed
by Alison Smith
Alison Smith is a curator at Tate Britain and the author of The Victorian Nude: Sexuality, Morality, and Art. She lives in London, England.
The Nature Of Photographs
by Stephen Shore
Includes index.
1st ed. published by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
1st ed. published by The Johns Hopkins University Press.
British Art Books & Ephemera
Sunshine in the Country. A Book of Rural Poetry. Embellished with Photographs from Nature
by [GRUNDY, William Morris]; KEATS, John; DONNE, John; CLARE, John; WORDSWORTH, William
London: Richard Griffin and Company, 1861. A lovely near-fine copy, the binding firm and bright. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown and a little spotting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean and fresh throughout. A superb example of a very scarce title. 8vo (21.8 x 15.7 cm). Publisher's original green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to the upper board and spine, gilt to all page edges. Illustrated with 20 mounted albumen prints. FIRST EDITION of one of the...
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NZ$6,383.25
John Chamberlain - Without Fear - Sculpture From 1988 - 2003 (Waddington Galleries, London 20 April - 21 May 2005)
by CHAMBERLAIN, John
Waddington Galleries, London, 2005. 1st Edition. SOFTCOVER. Extra Large 4to. in stiff glossy card covers, unpaginated, approx. 36pp on glossy art paper, colour plates, etc __CONDITION : A well preserved almost AS NEW unmarked copy (slight shelf rub to cover bottom edges). ... __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS
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NZ$81.26
Days and Hours in a Garden
by [BOYLE], Eleanor Vere ] E.V.B
London: Elliot Stock, 1898. A superb example of a vellucent binding. Cedric Chivers (1853 -1929) of Bath revived the technique of painting under vellum. Chivers would execute his paintings on paper which was covered with a translucent skin to form the binding, The covers were then lightly tooled with gold. It is rare to find such a finely preserved fine binding. Signed by Chivers. In 'Days and Hours in a Garden', 19th century Scotish artist and writier, Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825 -1916) takes us...
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NZ$5,563.00
Sun
by Trevor Wishart
This is the first of Trevor Wisharts publications on his early works often collaborative and within communities or environments between January 1970 and July1972.
Black ink on substantial art paper with orange card cover. Excellent condition.
Profusely illlustrated by Wishart. These are essays, reports, and actual scores. Delving into performance art, community art, landscape art...
Introduction 'Beyond Cage' first written in 1969
This seems to be so rare...
Wishart now has a global reputation as a... Read more about this item
Black ink on substantial art paper with orange card cover. Excellent condition.
Profusely illlustrated by Wishart. These are essays, reports, and actual scores. Delving into performance art, community art, landscape art...
Introduction 'Beyond Cage' first written in 1969
This seems to be so rare...
Wishart now has a global reputation as a... Read more about this item
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NZ$1,595.00
Turner's Rivers, Harbours and Coasts.
by Eric Shanes
In the original dust sheet. Blue cloth with silver title on the spine.
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. He left behind more than 550 oil paintings, 2,000 watercolours, and 30,000 works on paper. He was championed by the leading English art critic John... Read more about this item
Joseph Mallord William Turner RA (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colourisations, imaginative landscapes and turbulent, often violent marine paintings. He left behind more than 550 oil paintings, 2,000 watercolours, and 30,000 works on paper. He was championed by the leading English art critic John... Read more about this item
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NZ$234.24
Life of Blake. Gilcrest.
by Alexander Gilcrest
Brown leather spine with gilt decoration, banding and title on the spine. Mottled marble boards.
Volumes 1 and 2. Renewed and First Edition
Volumes 1 and 2. Renewed and First Edition
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NZ$210.82
Brochure: An Eye for Beauty: Collectors and the History of British Watercolor
by Murdoch, John
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2005. Brochure. Very Good. Unmarked. Beautifully illustrated 8-panel gallery brochure for the "An Eye for Beauty: Collectors and the History of British Watercolor" exhibition at the Huntington Library from February 12--May 15, 2005. Artists include Thomas Girtin, Francis Towne, Thomas Shotter, David Cox, and others. Illustrated in color. Measures 7x10 inches folded.
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NZ$45.96
Frederic, Lord Leighton: Eminent Victorian Artist
by Ormond, Richard; Ormond, Leonee; Newall, Christopher; Jones, Stephen and Read, Benedict
NY: Abrams, 1996. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abrams, 1996, first printing. Folio, 10 1/4" x 12 1/8", 256pp., 222 illustrations, 128 plates in full color. Fine in mylar sleeved, fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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NZ$212.78
William Blake
by Butlin, Martin
London: Tate Gallery. 1978. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with 17 full-page colour plates and numerous in-text reproductions. . The informative catalogue of the 1978 Exhibition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Impression with corrections. Softcover.
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NZ$22.25
Portraits of the Female Aristocracy of the Court of Queen Victoria (Vol. I & II)
by [William and Edward Finden, et al.]
London: J. Hogarth, 5 Haymarket, 1849. Hardcover. Very Good. Ex-library (non-circulating). Rebound in quarter black leather with green faux-leather cloth sides. Spine gilt stamped (matching call number), with raised bands. Outer hinges rubbed. Library bookplate on front pastedowns. Pinhole library stamps on title pages, dedication page, and on one additional text-only leaf in each volume. Edges of leaves are toned; scattered foxing; dampstains in the margin of the first four plates in Vol. II. Tissue...
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NZ$1,191.54
National Gallery Brochure: A Lasting Legacy--Leaving A Gift to the Nation in Your Will
by MacGregor, Neil
National Gallery London, 2001. Brochure. Very Good. Unmarked. Brochure on cover stock. Eight panels. Printed letter from Neil MacGregor, Director of the National Gallery, on one panel. Sixteen color thumbnails. Measures 8.25x11 inches.
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NZ$37.45
Barbara Hepworth: A Guide to the Tate Gallery Collection at London and St. Ives, Cornwall
by Bowness, Alan; Fraser Jenkins, David
Tate, 1982. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Previous owner's name inside cover. Sun line on back cover. Illustrated in color and black-and-white. 48p. Measures 8.25 inches square. Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leading figure in the colony of artists who resided in St Ives during the Second World War.
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NZ$35.75
The graphic works of Ceri Richards
by Sanesi, Roberto (Burns, Richard transl.)
Cerastico Editore, Milan. 1973. 4to. 152, (1)pp. Illus. Original paper covered boards, slightly chipped to spine. Minor spotting to edge of upper board. A crisp bright copy.
Ceri Geraldus Richards, CBE (1903-1971) Artist.
Ceri Geraldus Richards, CBE (1903-1971) Artist.
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NZ$212.95
Anthony Caro
by Rubin, William
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1975. First printing. Paper wrappers. Near fine with tiny indentation to the first few introductory leaves otherwise as new.. 196 pp. 129 illus. 4to. Comprehensive survey of the British artist's work.
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NZ$17.02
The Dictionary of British Equestrian Artists
by Mitchell, Sally
Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1985. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1985, first printing. 4to., 9" x 11", 517pp., illustrated with 600 b/w reproductions and 39 color plates, representing the work of 870 artists. Very good in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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NZ$144.69
Ford Madox Brown and the Pre-Raphaelite Circle
by Newman, Teresa & Watkinson, Ray
London: Chatto & Windus. 1991. Small Quarto Size. Very Good condition. Tiny black dot to base. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. 226 pages. ' A vivid, lavishly illustrated biography of Ford Madox Brown [1821-1893], elder statesman of the Pre-Raphaelite movment.' Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Softcover.
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NZ$33.38
Sir Thomas Lawrence: Portraits of an Age, 1790-1830
by Garlick, Kenneth
Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1993. First edition. Softcover. Published Alexandria, Virginia: Art Services International, 1993. 4to. wrappers, 9 1/4" x 12", 147pp., illustrated with full page color plates. Very fine, as new. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.
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NZ$170.22
Victorian Watercolours: From the Art Gallery of New South Wales
by Raissis, Peter
Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2017. Hardcover. Like New. Factory sealed. 208p. Measures 9.25x11.25 inches. Beautifully illustrated. This book features over eighty artworks by more than seventy artists that represent the glory of British watercolors from the Victorian period. Artists include: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne Jones, George John Pinwell and Myles Birket Foster.
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NZ$86.81
Our Wonderful Culture
by Philip Dobree, Rosemary Carr
A oversized catalogue of this significant show of the same name. Publication includes essay by Glyn Banks of 'Art in Ruins', and two poster poems on separate pages by Deborah Levy ('After Magritte' and 'After Warhol') illustrated. Contains original screen prints. Some pages In Colour.One copy with white card cover, another with brown card cover, both with silk screen by Hercules FishermanDetails and images made for those with a serious interest in this rare item. Difficult to assess value as so rare....
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NZ$266.19
London: Prints & Drawings before 1800
by Nurse, Bernard
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 2017. Hardcover. Like New/very good. Factory sealed. 232p. Measures 11.25x9.25 inches. This stunning large-format book includes commentary and reproduces over one hundred images from the Gough collection in the Bodleian Libraries, many of which are published here for the first time. Sections: illustrating maps and scenes of the City, Westminster, the Thames, and London’s fashionable environ.
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NZ$86.81
Drawings by Mervyn Peake
by Peake, Mervyn
"Drawings by Mervyn Peake." [London]: The Grey Walls Press, [1949]. (Introduction by Mervyn Peake). First published in 1949. pp. 11 + 62 b. & w. plates (some with colour). Hardcover, green/grey cloth with black title on spine (corners square, covers pretty clean but for a smudge to front lower corner, spine bumped & bottom a bit frayed, covers bowed outwards, top edge foxed, interior is clean & unmarked, though the paper throughout has darkened). d.w., unclipped (spine darkened, spine chipped some to...
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NZ$224.35
Antony & Cleopatra.
by [Circle Press] William Shakespeare
Guildford, England:: Circle Press,, 1979.. First Limited. 40 x 32 Designed and produced by Ronald King with notes & introductory essay 'The Elusive Absolute' by Keith Please. Limited edition of three hundred books with five H.C. copies, forty Artist's Proofs and ten marked Circle Press held for presentation; all the books SIGNED by the artist. Book designed & printed by the artist at Circle Press. Text in 10 pt. Baskerville. The paper is pure rag-made 250 gsm. Velin Cuve Rives...
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NZ$4,085.28
Egozine, Volume 2, Number 2 (ca. late 1976) -- includes report on COUM Transmissions performance by Genesis P-Orridge of Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth, etc
by Lambert, R. J. (ed.), Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Asco, et al
San Geronimo, CA: R. J. Lambert, ca. 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Small folio, 60pp (glossy paper), stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of the second issue of this L.A. art scene mag, includes 3 pages on the famous 1976 COUM Transmissions performance at L.A.I.C.A. with photos and a note from Genesis and Cosey. Also a page contributed by the avant-garde Chicano conceptual/performance art group Asco. Light storage wear/rubbing to covers (typical for this title)...
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NZ$212.78
