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Kassil, Lev
Early Dawn
Signed JC Dumbreck on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Contents close to 'fine'. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked irregularly sunned boards and very minor bumping to some corners. Colour plates plus 361pp. Soviet literature for young people. Based on the story of the life to date of the young artist Kolya Dmitriev, including at the end a series of sixteen of his colour paintings. Well illustrated throughout. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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Murray, Hugh
York through the eyes of the artist
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, light traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 174pp. Exhibition catalogue with 144 plates.
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Thomas, Marcel
The Golden Age : Manuscript Painting at the Time of Jean, Duc de Berry
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and tiny bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 119pp. European illuminated manuscript painting from the 14th and 15th centuries with forty full-page plates and descriptions plus others in the text.
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The Editor
Le Musee Russe, Leningrad : Peinture
Presentation signatures from a group of people on front end paper. Otherwise 'fine'. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 215pp. Gallery paintings in Leningrad from Russian artists. Colour representations of 179 paintings, one per page. All text in French.
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Hosch, Hubert
Andreas Brugger (1737-1812), Maler von Langenargen (Bodensee-Bibliothek)
Book and jacket in as new condition. 268 plates plus 290pp. Biography of German painter Andreas Brugger from the town of Langenargen. Extensive examples of his work in colour and black & white plates. All text in German. (Buch und Jacke in neuwertigem Zustand. 268 Platten sowie 290pp. Biographie von Andreas Brugger deutscher Maler von der Stadt Langenargen. Umfangreiche Beispiele seiner Arbeit in Farbe und Schwarz-Wei¯-Platten. Alle Texte auf Deutsch.)
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The Editor
Byelorussian Folk Art
Note in unidentified language on title page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked front board, very faint stain to rear and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated. 48pp. Coloured and black & white photographs of lovely art works with artist credits covering painting, trinkets, basketwork, pottery, glasswork, woodwork, sculpture and embroidery. Text in English and Russian. Extremely scarce. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery
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The Editor
Colour Review : The Art Teachers' Journal October 1960
No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked well-handled covers and no bumping to corners. 15pp. Art, printing, heraldry for schools.
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Seddon, Richard
The Artist's Studio Book : A handbook of studio management for painters and other Artists
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very faint fingermarking to page edges and no bumping to corners. 295pp. A comprehensive work on setting up a home studio for art work including the materials required, packing, framing and transport of art.
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Hanchant, W. L. (editor)
The Book of Antiques : Number Two (2)
No added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Mainly clean pages with marked boards and lower page edges, hinges slightly shaken, dusty page edges and rubbing to edges and corners. 160pp. Extensive advice to the collector of antiques across a wide range of collectibles. Well illustrated with some coloured tipped-in paintings.
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The Editor
Relations P.T.T. No 101 Decembre 1977
No marks or inscriptions. Very minor creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp. All text in French. Promenades a Tournai et a Mons, La Collegiale Saint-Pierre du Dorat. La Belle Histoire du Stille Nacht, Pitie pour une montagne noire et Caruso.
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Bright, Hugh
The Lady Chapel Windows, Lichfield Cathedral (revised edition)
Previous owner's name inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 8 plates and 25pp. Tucked in is a newspaper photograph of the Cathedral.
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Cornet, May & Salmon, Richard
May Cornet : Quarry
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. 44pp. The paintings of May Cornet, taken from her exhibition in 2010.
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Tyeltyevsky, P (text)
Novgorod
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor rubbing to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Glossy white boards. 76pp. Twenty-seven full page coloured paintings of the city of Novgorod in Russia and descriptive text and background to the work. Background and descriptions in English, French, German and Russian. Extra text over eleven pages in Russian only. Scarce.
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Khalaminskogo, G (text)
Yaroslavl
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rubbing to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Glossy white boards. 78pp. Thirty-one full page coloured paintings of the town of Yaroslavl in Russa and descriptive text and background to the work. Background and descriptions in English, French, German and Russian. Extra text over nine pages in Russian only. Scarce.
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Voronena, N.(text)
Pereslavi-Zalessky
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor rubbing to spine foot and no bumping to corners. Glossy white boards. 80pp. Thirty full page coloured paintings of the town of Pereslavi-Zalessky in Russia and descriptive text and background to the work. Background and descriptions in English, French, German and Russian. Extra text over twelve pages in Russian only. Scarce.
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Tyeltyevsky, P (text)
Vladimir
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Glossy white boards. 81pp. Thirty full page coloured paintings of the town of Vladimir in Russia and descriptive text and background to the work. Background and descriptions in English, French, German and Russian. Extra text over twelve pages in Russian only. Scarce.
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Koffler, Sandy (editor)
The Unesco Courier : December 1957
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Features on World Art, the Mayas, Russian art, Mexico, Ceylon, Czechoslovakia.
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Koffler, Sandy (editor)
The Unesco Courier : January 1957
No marks or inscriptions. Minor crease to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 52pp. Rare treasures of World Art, Florence, Italy, Iran, Spain.
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Koffler, Sandy (editor)
The Unesco Courier : 1954 Number 11
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight sunning to front, two small pieces missing from upper rear edge and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Rare masterpieces of World Art, Norway, India, Australia, Egypt, Yugoslavia.
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Koffler, Sandy (editor)
The Unesco Courier : December 1960
No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to upper corner iof front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 40pp. Special issue on Diego Velazquez.
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Vallentin, Antonina
El Greco
Previous owner's stamp on front end paper. Traces of tape marks to end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked black cloth boards, very clear gilt lettering, slight bumping to spine ends and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with nicks and chips to edges and still taped to remains of clear acetate protective cover. 319pp. A critical and biographical study of the painter El Greco, born in Crete in 1541.
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The Editor
Photographie Ouverte No 103 : Mai, Juin, Juillet 1997
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to upper corner. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards. 12pp. Examples of the Musee's work on the occasion of its 10th anniversary. All text in French.
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The Editor
Photographie Ouverte No 106 : Mars, Avril 1998
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to upper corner. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked boards. 12pp. Examples of the Musee's work. All text in French.
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Boutell, Rev. Charles
Monumental Brasses and Slabs : An Historical and Descriptive Notice of the Incised Monumental Memorials of the Middle Ages
Well-foxed throughout and a little rubbing to end papers, No other marks or inscriptions. Faint crease near edge of front board. Boards and pages are clean and binding tight, front end paper is missing and sunning to covers and spine. 235pp. A study of monumental brasses and engravings on stone and wood to be found throughtout Britain. Very well illustrated.
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Mulock, C & Langdon, M. T.
The Icons of Yuhanna and Ibrahim the Scribe
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight fading to spine ends and minor bumping to some corners. Very dusty dust jacket not price clipped with rubbing to edges and corners. 63pp. The icons depicted in this work give the reader an introduction to an ancient Church which was virtually cut off from the rest of Christianity for a 1000 years and to a race whose descent is from the ancient Egyptians.
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Titley, Norah M.; Wood, Frances
Oriental Gardens
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 125pp. The history and development of gardens as depicted in the paintings of Ottoman Turkey, Iran, India, China, Japan and Southeast Asia.
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Robertson, Martin (text)
Greek painting
No marks or inscriptions. Small creases to lower corners of covers, none to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 193pp. Very well illustrated study of the history of Greek painting.
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Lejard, Andre
French Tapestry
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight sunning around top of spine and very minor bumping to rear corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped but chipped, torn and rubbed with very ragged upper edge. 107pp. The history of French tapestry from olden times up to the modern equvalents. Very well illustrated including full-page colour plates and one double-page fold out in excellent condition.
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Lazarev, Viktor
Old Russian Murals and Mosaics
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 292pp. A detailed study of Russian mosaics and frescoes from the 11th to the 16th century with 265 illustrations including nine in colour. A newspaper obituary of the author is tucked in.
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Mutherich, Florentine & Gaehde, J.E.
Carolingian Painting
No marks or inscriptions. Very small crease to upper edge of rear cover, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 127pp. A study of the painting from the time of the Court of Charlemagne in the late 8th and early 9th centuries which spread throughout the Frankish enpire. With twenty-nine pages of introduction, bibliography and provenance of the plates plus forty-eight full-page plates and associated descriptions opposite.
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Harrison, Hazel
Drawing with Pencils and Pastels
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 132pp. A complete step-by-step course in drawing techniques, from getting started to achieving excellence.
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Staley, Edgcumbe
Raphael Santi
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with blghtly marked very stiff card boards, gilt-embossed cream buckram spine and rubbing to spine ends, edges and corners. Sixty-five single-sided plates of Raphael's paintings plus descriptions and biography on 40pp. The life and paintings of Raphael Santi or Sanzio, born in Italy in 1483. Undated but one painting described as bought in 1902 and now temporarily hung in the National Gallery.
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Thomas, Denis
Monet on Location
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper rear edge. 79pp. A study of Monet's travels and how he was inspired to paint the scenes he met, including Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament. Very well illustrated in colour.
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Gassiot-Talabot, Gerald
Toulouse-Lautrec : Musee D'Albi (Petite Encyclopedie De L'Art No 79)
No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with slightly foxed unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated pp. Fifteen paintings mainly of women by the artist plus discussion and descriptions. All text in French.
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Seuphor, Michel
Mondrian : Paintings (The Little Library of Art No 15)
No marks or inscriptions to contents and minor creasing to front edge of rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with slightly foxed unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Unpaginated pp. Fifteen paintings by the Dutch artist plus discussion and descriptions.
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Bell, Robert (editor)
Golden Leaves from the Works of the Poets and Painters
Foxing to some pages, date stamp on end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean pages with soiled bevelled edge boards, front board partly detached and no bumping to corners. All edges gilt and marbled end papers. 480pp. Selected poems illustrated by sixty-four engravings on steel, after paintings by David Roberts, Stanfield, Leslie, Stothard, Haydon, Cattermole, Nasmyth, Sir Thomas Lawrence and many others.
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Fowkes, Charles
The Life of Rembrandt
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with small nick to upper front edge. 144pp. Biography of the master Dutch painter, well illustrated with his atristic works.
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Seiichiro Takahashi
Traditional Woodblock Prints of Japan (Heibonsha Survey No 22)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked attractive grey/turquoise art boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with fading to spine and adjacent front margin. 176pp. The art of the ukiyo-e woodblock prints which flourished in Japan from the mid 17th to the mid 19th centuries. Extremely well illustrated. From the famous Heibonsha Series on Japanese art.
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Melet-Sanson, J.
Fouquet : Collection 'De La Peinture'
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Mylar clear plastic dust jacket in excellent condition. Original card slipcase lightly sunned in very good condition 94pp. The paintings of 15th century Frenchman Jean Fouquet which are today familiar to us from very many history books where they have been reproduced. With descriptions and history and biography. All paintings in full colour.
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Feist, Peter H.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919: A Dream of Harmony
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Biography of Renoir and many of his works in colour full-page prints.
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Maddox, Conroy
Dali
No marks or inscriptions. Small crease near rear spine foot, none to front or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, a few tiny indents and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Biography and a wealth of colour images of the work of Salvador Dali.
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Mutherich, Florentine & Gaehde, Joachim.E.
Carolingian Painting
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 127pp. The story of illuminated books from the Court of Charlemagne in the late 8th and early 9th centuries and his successors during which period scholarship and the arts were revived Descriptive introduction over about twenty pages. With forty-eight full colour full page images of illuminated manuscripts.
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Masin, Jiri
Romanesque Mural Painting in Bohemia and Moravia (La Peinture Murale en Boheme et en Moravie a l'Epoque Romane)
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked with small tear to upper front corner, a few tiny nicks to edges and slightly rubbed. 88 Plates plus 33pp. Romanesque art began to develop in the Bohemain countries in the 11th century and disappeared in the 13th century. This study covers this period with examples mainly in black & white plus a few in colour. Text in both English and French.
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Vzdornov, G
Vologda
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked embossed white cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with nicks and slight rubbing to edges and corners. 130pp. Detailed study of the art and architecture of the northern Russian city of Vologda. Translated from the Russian by Natasha Johnstone. Text in English with a few notes and bibliography at end in Russian.
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Woodward, John
Tudor and Stuart Drawings
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with fading to top edge of front cover and spine, nicks to edges and tiny piece missing from top of spine. Two upper edges unopened. 64 plates plus 57pp. This study is entirely devoted to drawings produced by artists working in England from the death of Hans Holbein in 1543 to the end of the 17th century. Scarce with dust jacket.
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Jacqueline Fearn
Discovering Heraldry
Book in mint unread condition. 96pp. A gentle introduction to heraldry for the layman, explaining each term with illustrations and expounding the basic principles. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Meredith-Owens, G. M.
Turkish Miniatures
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, sign of label removal to rear and no bumping to corners. 25 plates plus 32pp. Coloured and black & white plates. .
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Taggart, Paul
Art Workshop with Paul Taggart: Watercolour Painting
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight rubbing to upper rear corner and minor traces of storage. 128pp. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Davison, Kensington (editor)
About the House : Friends of Covent Garden : Spring 1974
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Faintcreasing to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked but foxed boards and no bumping to corners. 70pp. The magazine of the Friends of Covent Garden for Spring 1974 - Volume 4 No 1. Well illustrated with features on past and present arts relevant to Covent Garden. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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Roberts, Frances, C. and Fisk, Sarah, Huff
Shadows on the Wall : The Life and Works of Howard Weeden
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 147pp. Biography of artist and poet Howard Weeden whose talent showed through in her superb paintings of plantation negro subjects around her home in Huntsville, Alabama and her often associated poetry with over fifty of her paintings, some in colour.
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