Art Appreciation
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The Mural At the Waverly Inn
by Edward Sorel
Edward Sorel is the author of many books, among them First Encounters; Unauthorized Portraits; and Literary Lives. His caricatures appear regularly in Vanity Fair, The Nation, and Atlantic Monthly. He and his wife live in New York City. Dorothy Gallagher is the author of Hannah’s Daughters; All the Right Enemies; The Life and Murder of Carlo Tresca; and two volumes of memoirs, How I Came into My Inheritance and Strangers in the House. She has lived in and around the Village and now lives on...
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Gary Panter
by Robert; Gehr, Richard; Jacobs, Karrie; Coley, Byron; Panter, Gary; Harvey, Doug Storr
Art Appreciation Books & Ephemera
Mediaeval Towns -The Story of Perugia
by Margaret Symonds & Lina Duff Gordon
UK: Dent , 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. M Helen James. Slight nick at top & bottom of spine , inscr. on fep o/w very good condition. Frontispiece & lovely line drawings by M Helen James in the text. Small 8vo. Uncut paper
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NZ$1.63
The Rhythm of Children's Features
by Adams, Marcus
UK: Pitman Publishing, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Nice gilt lettered cover in blue cloth very good, b/w pen & ink drawings, for artists.no dj. DJo inscr.
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NZ$15.34
Bookmaking: The Illustrated Guide to Design & Production
by Lee, Marshall
R.R. Bowker Company, 1966. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. R.R. Bowker Company,1966.Hard Cover. No dust jacket. Cover has mild shelfwear with slight rubbing on the corners and edges. Previous owner's name/stamp on front flyleaf, endpaper, and title page. First several pages have markings on them, but text and illustrations are very clean. Binding is tight. Hinges are perfect. Very nice copy.
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NZ$36.49
The Cave Scene. Tennyson's Vivien
by Tennyson
Dorset Buildings Salisbury Square EC: E Moxon Son and Co, 1870. Fine/No Jacket. 340x250x1mm. DORE, GUSTAVE. 340x250x1mm+50g . . E Moxon Son and Co. Dorset Buildings Salisbury Square EC. 1870. . . . 1870. This is an original 's plate removed from: The Dore Gift Book of Illustrations to Tennysons 'Idylls of The King'. The plate is on India Paper. Ideal for framing. Some age marks around the plate edges and print frame edges. The picture is perfect: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket...
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NZ$55.89
Christmas Bright: Australia's Celebration in Light (how Australian houses are lit up for Christmas)
by Hiscock, John W
Australia, : Shadowcatcher, 2008. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 240 pages big, heavy oblong quarto size book,100 s of colour photos, Australian houses lit up for Christmas nice condition hb/dw With names & addresses of the owners, how they did it, their set up time, etc. .
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NZ$15.34
Around Surrealism; May 3 - June 14, 1980, Maxwell Davidson Gallery
by Maxwell Davidson Gallery
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, 1980. Soft Cover. Very Good. Soft Cover. Cover has mild shelfwear and soiling. Previous retailer's price on front cover. Pages are clean, bright and unmarked. Very nice copy.
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NZ$34.21
The Castle
by Mosse, Richard
MACK BOOKS, 2018-09-01. Paperback. Good. 12x9x0. Includes photo booklet insert. Interior pages are clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Front cover tip shows bump on bottom right corner, interior page corner tips also lightly bumped. Otherwise in good condition, some edge and shelf wear from normal use. 2019. Mack. First ed/ Second Printing. Ships in box quickly and with care. Thank you for shopping with us!
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NZ$243.96
Kevin Connor
by Barry Pearce
Australia: Craftsman House, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Slight fading around edges of dustwrapper, slight rubbing to corners, o/w good hardcover/dustwrapper. No inscription 11 in square size.Colour & b/w plates.
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NZ$15.34
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts Catalogue 45
by Greg Valentine, Joyce Wolcott, Beverly Berg, Heise Huntington, et al
McMinnville, Oregon: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts, 2000. Soft cover. Good. Bill Enos. 48 BW plates and all the color photos on the three panel glossy wraps feature the rare and antiquarian books and manuscripts featured in the catalogue. Unpaginated but contains 1327 entries with detailed descriptions and fascinating critical appraisals printed in two newspaper columns with typically five entries per page. In fine condition overall with just three detractions: A stain on top page...
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NZ$54.26
Nihonga, Transcending the Past: Japanese-Style Painting 1868-1968
by Conant, Ellen P
St Louis City Art Museum, 1995-11-01. First Edition Paperback. Paperback. Very Good. 11x9x1. Lovely copy. Clean, unmarked interior text, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Softcover is clean and bright, shows a bit of edge, corner, shelf wear. No rips, chips, stains or tears. 1995. First Edition. A currently OOP (out of print), rare, or hard to find book. Ships in box, quickly and with care.
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NZ$305.84
Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Animated Classics)
by Easton, Marilyn [Adapter]; Morgan, Sally [Adapter];
Studio Fun International, 2021-09-14. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 12x8x0. Interior pages are clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Cover shows some wear, in good/solid condition, one inch area where cover was rubbed off on back where sticker/USB was removed (please see photos), some edge and corner rubbing, shelf wear from use and storage. Binding is in very good condition, solid, square. First edition, First Printing, Full Print Line Displayed. Ships quickly and with care.
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NZ$243.96
Tongues of Flame; David Wojnarowicz
by Blinderman, Barry [org]
Normal: University Galleries Illinois State University, 1990. Book. Very Good Minus. Wraps. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. cover rubs and pencil impressions, light edgewear. exhibition catalog. 128pp. invalid ISBN printed "094558074".
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NZ$342.07
Rembrandt et la Bible
by W.A. Visser 'T Hooft
Delachaux et Niestlé, 1947. Soft cover. Good. Slanted spine with two crease though binding shows no splits and is still strong. Illustrations in fine condition but the text has yellowed margins and foxed endpapers. Some fraying of spine tips otherwise covers in very good state thanks to book cover. Ce volume porte le N° 2521 sur 3030 exemplaires - papier velin bouffant des Papeteries de Balsthal. Comprend en fin de volume 32 reproductions légendées. Ce volume est le premier de...
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NZ$27.13
The Visions of Ron Herron: No. 38 (Architectural Monographs)
by Banham, Reyner
USA: Academy Editions, 1994. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. As new, colour plates.
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NZ$32.88
Norman Lindsay Pencil Drawing
by Unnamed
Angus and Robertson, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 320x255x15mm. LINDSAY, NORMAN. 320x255x15mm+872g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 2kg . . Angus and Robertson. . 1969. . . . Unpaginated. Forward by A. D. Hope. Black cloth hard boards in original dust jacket. unclipped. 46 black and white plates. ; cover has tears along top edges. Overall: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise...
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NZ$373.04
Torn Between Two Worlds
by Margaret Reeson
New Guinea: Kristen Pres, Madang,, 1972. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 205pages, & b/w plates, encounyters with the natives of PNG Nop inscr.
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NZ$9.86
Enid Tends Geraint. Tennyson's Enid
by Tennyson
Dorset Buildings Salisbury Square EC: E Moxon Son and Co, 1870. Fine/No Jacket. 340x250x1mm. DORE, GUSTAVE. 340x250x1mm+50g . . E Moxon Son and Co. Dorset Buildings Salisbury Square EC. 1870. . . . 1870. This is an original 's plate removed from: The Dore Gift Book of Illustrations to Tennysons 'Idylls of The King'. The plate is on India Paper. Ideal for framing. Some age marks around the plate edges and print frame edges. The picture is perfect: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket...
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NZ$55.89
The Stones of Venice Vol. 1
by John Ruskin
UK: George Allen, 1897. Hardcover. Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gilt page edges , front cover completely separated, surface of spine scratched at the top, gilt on spine clear.Structurally absolutely sound otherwise. 8th ed.
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NZ$4.38
la revue du louvre et des musees de france - 15e annee - 1965 - no. 6
Conseil des Musees Nationaux, 1965. Soft cover. Fair. Interior text and illustrations are in very good condition, clean attractive and unmarked but some yellowing of edges and a faint crease mark; the covers are extensively worn and the aforementioned crease mark is quite visible; binding is strong.
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NZ$18.08
Hardy Country Water-Colours ORIGINAL EDITION
by Walter Tyndale
London: A. & C. Black . Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Walter Tyndale. 19 beautiful water colours of villages, country side from the novels of thomas hardy , original edition, glossy paper, good colour. no date. No text, just paintings. Egdon Heath, Lulworth, etc
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NZ$9.86
All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot
1972 copy. Dust jacket is NOT clipped. DJ has some tears around the spine and back, which have been repaired. Green boards are in good conditon, with some wear around the spine and ends. Pages are clean, not torn and the corners are not bent. No markings of previous ownership. Nonsmoking. Proceeds from the sale benefit our local library.
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NZ$43.98
Haberule Visual Copy-Caster
by Haberule Co
Haberule Co., 1959. Hard Cover. Very Good. Haberule Co., 1959. Spiral bound hard cover. Cover has moderate shelfwear, top two spirals are broken. Graphic designer stamp and 'friendship press' written inside front cover. Graphic design stamp on title page and following page. Rulers are intact. Binding is tight. Very nice copy.
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NZ$45.61
Urban elements: Furniture and microarchitecture ( Bilingual English & Spanish.)
by Serra, Josep M
Spain: Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.L., 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Good condition, no inscr., with b/w photos & architechtural drawings.Bilingual English & Spanish.
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NZ$15.34
Lithography and Lithographers
by Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Signed by Author T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. First Edition. Signed by Author, Elizabeth Robins Pennell with inscription dated March 29th, 1927. Bookplate of Lord Cheylesmore inside front cover. Hard Cover. 154 illustrations including 79 plates from works by Whistler, G�ricault, Delacroix, Gavarni, Daumier, Blake, Prout, Shannon, Sargent, Kollwitz, Goya, Brangwyn, Conder, Manet, Fragonard and others. Erratum slip tipped-in. Includes an...
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NZ$989.07
Enid And The Countess. Tennyson's Enid
by Tennyson
Dorset Buildings Salisbury Square EC: E Moxon Son and Co, 1870. Fine/No Jacket. 340x250x1mm. DORE, GUSTAVE. 340x250x1mm+50g . . E Moxon Son and Co. Dorset Buildings Salisbury Square EC. 1870. . . . 1870. This is an original 's plate removed from: The Dore Gift Book of Illustrations to Tennysons 'Idylls of The King'. The plate is on India Paper. Ideal for framing. Some age marks around the plate edges and print frame edges. The picture is perfect: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket...
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NZ$55.89
