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A DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS WHO HAVE EXHIBITED WORKS IN THE PRINCIPAL LONDON EXHIBITIONS FROM 1760 TO 1893. Third Edition with Additions and Corrections.
Bath.Kingsmead Reprints. 1969. [i-iv],v-xiv, [1], 2-314pp. Original green cloth gilt. Dust wrapper. 12mo. Facsimile of 1901 third edition. Front board has faint cup stain. Boards a trifle rubbed and bumped to corners. Dust wrapper a trifle distressed to extremities; else an excellent copy.
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A DIRECTORY OF LONDON PHOTOGRAPHERS 1841 – 1908. Revised and expanded edition.
Watford: PhotoResearch, 1994. Hardcover. No dust-wrapper, as issued. 140 pages. Original glazed board. Octavo. A very good copy.
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An album containing twenty-one mounted engravings of beggars.
1592. Early 19th century calf. The engravings, on chained paper, are probably 18th century. Each approximately 15 x 10 cm. One engraving has lost a small corner; some light insignificant marking; spine expertly repaired; else very good. Jacques Callot [circa 1592–1635), was a baroque printmaker and draftsman from the Duchy of Lorraine He is an important figure in the development of the old master print. He made over 1,400 etchings that chronicled the life of his period, featuring soldiers, clowns, drunkards, Gypsies, beggars, as well as court life. He also etched many religious and military images, and many prints featured extensive landscapes in their background.
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ART OF COSTA RICA. Pre-Columbian Painted and Sculpted Ceramics from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. Edited by Lois Katz.
Washington. The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1985. Hardback in an unclipped dust-wrapper. Folio. First edition. A fine copy in a like wrapper. This book is very heavy; please contact us directly for a shipping quote.
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BALYN AND BALAN.
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BEAUTY'S COSTUME: A series of female Figures in the dresses of all times and nations. Containing twelve engravings by the first artists. Executed under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath. With original descriptions by Leitch Ritchie, Esq.
Londo.Longman, Orme, Green and Longmans. 1838. Title, contents leaf, 12 pages of description and 12 full-page engraved plates of national costume. Original decorative cloth gilt. a.e.g. Library stamp both to title and contents leaf; ink library numbers to base of spine; spine worn at head and heel; some spotting throughout. A good copy.
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BRITISH ETCHERS 1850-1940.
London: Robin Garton, 1981. Second edition. A fine copy in a fine dust-wrapper.
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British Museum. A GUIDE TO THE EGYPTIAN GALLERIES (SCULPTURE). With 39 plates and 46 illustrations in the text.
(London.)By order of the trustees, 1909. xvi, 376pp. Original printed terracotta-coloured boards. First edition. Small ownership stamp on front endpaper; else a fine fresh copy.
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BROCHURE DESIGN FORUM 3. An International Collection of Brochures, Pamphlets and Catalogues.
Tokyo: P.I.E. Books, 1997. Hardcover. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Illustrated throughout. First edition. A fine copy in a like dust-wrapper.
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CARACTÈRE NOEL. No 13 Hors Serie. 60.
Paris: Les auspices de la Fédération française des Syndicats patronaux de l'imprimerie et des industries graphiques, [1960]. Unpaginated. Illustrated in colour throughout. Original paper-covered boards with original dust-wrapper. 31.5 x 24.5 cms. First edition. Extremities a trifle rubbed; corners very slightly bumped; rear hinge just starting to crack; else an excellent bright copy.
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CARL VAN VECHTEN Vintage Photographs. Essay by Bruce Kellner.
London.Lund Humphries for The Duke Street Gallery. 1981. Dedication, title, 3 page introduction and 15 photographs. Original marbled wrappers with mounted pastedown label (often missing). This catalogue is limited to 500 copies. An excellent copy.
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CHARLES RICKETTS R. A. Sixty-five illustrations introduced by T. Sturge Moore.
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1933. Colour frontispiece; (20pp.); 60pp of illustrations in black& white. Original cloth. Dust-wrapper. Quarto. Lettering on cloth spine rather faded as usual; else a very good copy in a wrapper that has very slight wear at extremities.
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CHRISTOPHER WEBB SMITH An Artist at the Cape of Good Hope 1837-1839.
Cape Town: Howard Timmins, 1965. xii, 82, [10]pp. Illustrated in colour and black & white. Original imitation leather, gilt. Pictorial dust-wrapper. Quarto. First edition. Tear in spine of wrapper repaired from reverse with tape; else a fine copy in a very good wrapper.
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COMMEMORATIVE CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION OF DUTCH ART held in the Galleries of the Royal Academy, Burlington House London, January-March 1929.
London. Oxford University Press, 1930. 312 pages. Illustrated throughout with tipped-in colour plates, and with plates in black & white. Original buckram gilt. Original unclipped printed dust-wrapper. Folio. First edition. A near fine copy that has light browning to the endpapers, in a wrapper that has just a few tiny nicks to the top edge.
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CREACIÓN EN EL ESPACIO DE JOAN MIRÓ.
Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, No date. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of photographs in colour and in black & white. Original decorative cloth; original pictorial dust-wrapper. Inscription on endpaper; else a near fine copy.
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DADA AND SURREALISM REVIEWED with an introduction by David Sylvester and a supplementary essay by Elizabeth Cowling.
London.Arts Council of Great Britain. 1978. Large quarto size paperback. 475pp. followed by 30pp. of colour plates. Numerous black & white illustrations throughout. Original semi-stiff white covers with printed dust-wrapper. First edition. Little rubbing at the edges of wrappers; else a very good copy of this definitive catalogue.
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DAPHNIS EY CHLOÉ. Illustrations de Louis Touchagues. Traduction D'Amyot. Revue par P.L. Courrier.
Paris. Éditions du Bélier, 1945. Two volumes. Softbacks, each with its own printed sleeve. Slipcase. Number 507 from 700 examples sur velin pur chiffon a la forme des papeteries de Lana. Sleeves and slipcase a little worn; else a very good set.
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DEEDS OF WAR. Photographs. Introduction by Robert Stone.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1989. Hardcover. Dust-wrapper. Folio. First U.K. edition. A fine copy in a near fine wrapper. This book is heavy and will require extra shipping. Please contact us directly for a shipping quote: info@davidmilesbooks.com
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DERRIÈRE LE MIRROIR. Nos. 85-86. Avril-Mai 1956.
1956. Loose in original wrappers. One double-page and two single-page lithographs by Braque. Internally very good, but wrappers marked and worn at spine.
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DUTCH PICTURES with some Sketches in the Flemish Manner; and Pictures done with a Quill. A New edition. Illustrated with eight page engravings.
London. Vizetely & Co, 1883. 396, iv ad's pages. Original cloth with printed paper label to spine. Octavo. Endpapers browned; some spotting to the fore-edge; else a very good copy, the page almost entirely unopened throughout.
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