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150 reproductions, with 4 folding plates.The legendary holdings of the Royal Library include the largest collection of Canaletto's drawings in the world. A favorite painter with the British aristocracy, Canaletto spent years working in England and left behind numerous studies and a body of drawings that are masterpieces, in their own right. Highly collectible.
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Canaletto Drawings at Windsor Castle
by Parker, K. T.
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Mr Pye
by Peake, Mervyn
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London: Methuen & Co., 1985. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good/near fine. This is actually the third issue of this fabulous fantasy, written and illustrated by Mervyn Peake in 1953, shortly after the completion of his celebrated Gormenghast trilogy. Despite the unreal mode of speech between the characters, his descriptive powers are gorgeous and the drawings in a class of their own. Book has very slight spine lean and age tone to paper, otherwise excellent.
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Venice Rediscovered
by Pemble, John
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. First UK edition, second printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. John Pemble, a historian at the University of Bristol, puts together a scholarly review of Venetian restoration projects, both physical and intellectual. As the City changed from conquered outpost to Europe's pre-eminent tourist destination, so too did the images in pictures and prose.
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Baby, It's Cold Inside
by Perelman, S. J
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New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A perfect copy featuring 32 pieces gathered from magazines, mainly The New Yorker. Perelman's pun-laden prose tackles every subject from the Irish literary heritage to the difficulty of finding a good nanny in Manhattan.
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Calder: The Conquest of Time
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A giant, 690 page tribute to Alexander Calder's early career, the first of two volumes, concentrating on the years from 1898 to 1940.Calder triumphs in so many areas of design and engineering, including the invention of wholly new forms of sculpture, working with joy and unsurpassed skill. With over 350 illustrations.
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Hearing Secret Harmonies
by Powell, Anthony
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London: Heinemann, 1975. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. This is a correct first printing of the twelth and final part of Powell's most celebrated cycle, The Dance to the Music of Time. Book has one or two tiny brown spots to top edge and a previous owner's name to first page. Jacket is in almost perfect condition, with very slight soiling to spine and one minor rubbed spot to front cover, otherwise excellent.
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My Dear 500 Friends
by Price, George
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A very good collection, with some wear to the jacket, of Price's cartoons, mostly reprinted from The New Yorker.Price's meticulous style and his ear for the absurdities of the American language show a comic compassion for ordinary folk, who are just trying to get by.
His outlook provides a link between the freaks of Charles Addams and the crazy people of George Booth.
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Clockwork
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New York: Scholastic, 1998. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Pullman loves to weave dramatic childrens' stories, in the tradition of Hansel and Gretel, where innocence is pitted against implacable evil, but love saves the day. This tale of a master clockmaker and his evil creations has all the elements to chill the marrow of your bones.
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The Scarecrow and his Servant
by Pullman, Philip
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London: Doubleday, 2004. First UK edition. Hardcover. Very Good/near fine. Phiplip Pullman delights in a traditional children's story and has created a splendid tale of talking scarecrows, the King of the Birds and their battle with the evil Buffaloni Corporation. Book has atouch of foxing to edges, otherwise fine.
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I Was a Rat!
by Pullman, Philip
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New York: Knopf, 2000. First printing. Hardcover. As New/as new. Set against the background of a Royal Wedding in London, Philip Pullman's curious childrens' story concerns a little boy who used to be a rat. Changed by magic into a royal footman, he alone knows the Princess's real story, but the ghastly British Tabloid Press is not far behind
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Vineland
by Pynchon, Thomas
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1990. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. This is Pynchon's fourth novel, published 17 years after Gravity's Rainbow. He conjures up a motley crew of drop-outs in 1980s California, who somehow stand for an America that has lost its way
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