241 pp, lg 8vo, HC. Rysbrack wa one of the most famous and distinguished artists working in England in the first half of the 18th C; and a sculptor whose influence in the development of the classical tradition was of the greatest importance. Well illus. with b&w plates. Minor foxing to top and fore edge of text block, minor rubbing to edge of boards. Dj has several closed tears, small chips, edge creasing, light/moderate soiling and foxing along top edge on the inside. VG/G+ View More...
103 pp, 4to (11 15/16" H). The catalog of the exhibition, beautifully illustrated with full page color photographs facing detailed descriptions of each artifact. Articles: 'The Spirit of Wu' by Professor Robert J. Poor, University of Minnesota, 'Conservation Report for an Eastern Zhou Dynasty Inlaid Bronze Hu and Cover', Conservation Report for a Late Shang Dynasty Bronze Wine Vessel, Guang'. Includes Chronological Table. Bumped at top/bottom of spine. Dust jacket has wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, minor rubbing. View More...
128 pp, oblong 4to (11 3/8" H x 14 1/2" D). Pictorial endpapers, profusely illlustrated throughout in b&w and colour. "This is the first time a book has been produced featuring a comprehensive selection of Taylor's work and it is thus a publication of great significance. Those already familiar with his work will be intrigued to discover for the first time the secrets of his techniques, and all combat aviation buffs will delight in the behind-the-scenes stories of life with the 'Aces'. In researching his paintings, Robert Taylor has worked with some of the greatest aviators in the world and the... View More...
232 pp, 4to (11 5/8" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Drawings; Sculpture; Prints; Notes; Accession Numbers. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small sticker residue mark on front cover; book is lightly cocked; light toning to spine, hinges - also at top and fore-edge of rear cover; small light sticker mark on rear cover. View More...
268 pp + 284 pp, 10 7/8" H. Volumes XI (January-June 1921) and XII (July-December 1921), bound in one volume with brown leather spine and corners, teale blue cloth boards. Spine has five raised bands, gilt lettering/decorations (including college crest). Floral endpapers, red 'splatter' effect to text block edges. ** Ex-college library** Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, drawings. Articles include: The Chaco Canyon and Its Ancient Monuments; What the Potsherds Tell; The Excavation of Chettro Kettle; What the War Cost France in Art Treasures; Playing Cards: Their Hist... View More...
29 pp + 40 plates (printed on one side of leaf, captions facing), + (9) pp List of Works, 12 1/4" H. Colour plates plus additional b&w illustrations. The Reverend Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine "was a universal man - inventor, farmer, architect and builder, surveyor, linguist, naturalist. Above all he was an artist, translating his vision of the goodness and orderliness of God's creation into paintings and woodcuts. Made for his own enjoyment and that of his family and a few friends, Fisher's paintings have largely been preserved in the small community where he lived and worked for for... View More...
116 pp, small 4to (10 7/16" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour reproductions of the author/artist's work. "John Worsley was one of the very few active service artists of the Second World War, and in this book he recalls his experiences both in active sea warfare and later as a prisoner of war. At the outbreak of war the twenty-year-old John Worsley joined up as a Midshipman and during off duty moments sketched his fellow sailors and incidental scenes of life at sea. Having survived the sinking of his first ship, HMS Laurentic, destroyer service on Atlantic convoys and, during 1942... View More...
175 pp, 7 3/4" H. B&w and colour illustrations. A social history of the pin-up. Contents: Introduction; Postcard Peeps and a few magazine suprises; Stars and Starlets 1918-39; The Girls Who Won the Wars; Magazine Mania 1945-63; Whiplash or Backlash 1963-70; Man and Superman; Who Buys and Why; Advertising Extra; Just for the Record. Interior - light to moderate browning to pages - mostly in margins, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - one spine crease; fading to colour at top edges, on spine and on hinges; tiny orner creases on fron cover; small old pric... View More...
96 pp, oblong 4to (11 5/16" H x 12 3/4" D). Pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated in colour and b&w with reproductions, drawings, photographs. "For forty years (John Young) has painted the rich pageant of colour and atmosphere which surrounds aeroplanes. Having been initially fired with enthusiasm as a child by Alan Cobham's Flying Circus and spent his schooldays under skies filled with the planes of the Second World War, he went to art school and then into the RAF for National Service. All the time he was developing his artistic skills, and taking every opportunity to combine his painti... View More...
