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1960ref. CS00579London: Collins 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Brown cloth with gilt titles on spine 8vo 816 pages decorations throughout by John Leigh-Pemberton; A well kept copy; price clipped dust jacket is creased in places. This book "epitomises a lifetime of gastronomic endeavour and is edited with wit wisdom and not a little of the salty common sense of a Frenchman who has tasted most things in his life and has retained a palate sensitive to fine wine and food appreciative of good and tolerant of most". Collins hardcover books
1946ref. 28641NY: Simon and Schuster 1946. Rafaello Busoni. 4to pp. 403. Illustrated. Paper wraps. Piano arrangements by Albert Sirmay translations by George Mead. Music supervisor: William Steinberg. VG in worn publisher's box. Arias from the operas with text explaining the action of the opera etc. Simon and Schuster unknown books
2008ref. 9024227New York: Simon & Schuster 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards spine stamped in gilt. Lightly rubbed edges and extremities of dust jacket else fine. Marked bottom edge. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
1993ref. 150947New Haven and London: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art / Yale University Press 1993. Hardcover. VG-/G wear scuffs to board edges. speckled foxing to upper textblock edges. pgs will have occasional spots of moderate foxing to edges. dustjacket has light edgewear & light foxing/smudging; back cover has toning to edges. Crimson cloth gilt letters on spine white & color illus. dust jacket illus. flyleaves 283 pp. color & BW illus. Why did Henry VIII have sixty houses How did he feed his court Why did his later houses lack great halls and chapels This vigorous and original book investigates the social history of the Tudor court and the life of Henry VIII through the king's own buildings and interprets these structures through an examination of his public and private activities. . Lavishly illustrated with photographs and plans this intriguing book will delight readers interested in architectural and social history." dj. The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art / Yale University Press hardcover books
2008ref. 9022211New York: Harper Collins 2008. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original brown cloth over boards. Decorated endpapers Frontispiece illustrations throughout and an index. Harper Collins hardcover books
1985ref. 19874Secaucus NJ: Chartwell Books 1985. First edition 4to pp. 160; illustrated throughout; fine in original cloth and jacket. Contains a glossary bibliography and list of manufacturers. Chartwell Books unknown books
1945ref. 51529London: Faber and Faber 1945. First edition 8vo pp. xi 1 137 1; samples and specimens throughout some in color 13-page glossary at the back; fine copy of a standard text in a slightly chipped price-clipped jacket. Faber and Faber unknown books
1958ref. 98440London: Cassell & Co 1958. cloth dust jacket. Cassell. 8vo. cloth dust jacket. x 299 pages with illustrations. First edition. Important publisher's history. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Also has the ink ownership inscription of the bibliographer Roy Stokes. Cassell & Co unknown books
1999ref. 17971New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1999. Hardcover. VG/VG Small tears to dj at top and bottom of spine. Pages edges slightly tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. Brown cloth/bronze pictorial dj. 747 pp. 352 color & bw plates;. More than three centuries after his death Rembrandt remains the most deeply loved of all the great masters of painting his face so familiar to us from the self-portraits painted at every stage in his life yet still so mysterious. As with Shakespeare the facts of his life are hard to come by: the Leiden miller's son who briefly found fame in Amsterdam whose genius was fitfully recognized by his contemporaries who fell into bankruptcy and died in poverty. So there is probably no painter whose life has engendered more legends nor to whom more unlikely pictures have been attributed a process now undergoing rigorous reversal. Rembrandt's Eyes about which Simon Schama has been thinking for more than twenty years shows that the true biography of Rembrandt is to be discovered in his pictures. Through a succession of superbly incisive descriptions and interpretations of Rembrandt's paintings threaded into this narrative he allows us to see Rembrandt's life clearly and to think about it afresh. But this book moves far beyond the bounds of conventional biography or art history. With extraordinary imaginative sympathy Schama conjures up the world in which Rembrandt moved -- its sounds smells and tastes as well as its politics; the influences on him of the wars of the Protestant United Provinces against Spain of the extreme Calvinism of his native Leiden of the demands of patrons and the ambitions of contemporaries; the importance of his beloved Saskia and after her death Rembrandt was later forced to sell her grave so complete was his ruin of his mistress Hendrickje Stoffels; and above all the profound effect on him of the great master of the immediately preceding generation the Catholic painter from Antwerp Peter Paul Rubens: 'the prince of painters and the painter of princes' with whom Rembrandt was obsessed for the first part of his life and whose career was the shaping force that drove Rembrandt to test the farthest reaches of his own originality. " from inside dj. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
ref. WELLER9798896231080New. New book. unknown books
1933ref. 32966London: English Wine and Spirit Trade Defense Fund 1933. Softcover. VG-- book in very nice condition nice and tight but with age-toned cover. Off-white illus. wraps with black lettering. 91 pp. 135 bw plates. Title above taken from cover; title on title page: Loan Exhibition of Drinking Vessels Books Documents etc. etc. etc. Catalogue from the exhibition held at Vintners' Hall in London June-July 1933. Vessels in the exhibition include with those of Tudor Elizabethan and Jacobean times made of pottery leather silver glass and more even Ostrich eggs!. Uncommon and comprehensive a delightul reference. Most examples are English but others are included as well. Includes information about documents books and more. With advertisements in the back equally entertaining. English Wine and Spirit Trade Defense Fund paperback books
2016ref. 161332London: Gazelli Art House 2016. Softcover. VG. Color pictorial wraps 88 pp. many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2016 exhibition of artwork by English artist Kalliopi Lemos b. 1951. With essays by Simon Critchley Nadja Millner-Larsen and Marilena Zaroulia. Features views of a variety of art pieces. Includes an exhibitions history. A nice introduction to an artist you may not know. Scarce. Gazelli Art House paperback books
2007ref. 174768New York: Granary Books 2007. Paperback. VG. Teal wraps with black and white lettering. 74 pp. Text only. A collection of Cutts's poems with titles and information presented as footnotes. Granary Books paperback books
2013ref. 140388Lawrence Kans: Spencer Museum of Art The University of Kansas 2013. Softcover. G- Whole book is bent slightly; spine has a small surface tear; interior surfaces are clear. Illus. wraps 160 pp. 127 BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2013 exhibition of works by two artists affiliated with the University of Kansas: Ann Hamilton b. 1956 and Cynthia Schira b. 1934 once student and teacher. With many illustrations of artwork and several artist interviews conducted by Joan Simon. Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas paperback books
ref. 141822London: Arts Council of Great Britain. Softcover. VG- Light wear to extremities; Small label and ink stamping at rear cover. Color illus. wraps;. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of films toured by the Arts Council of Great Britain; Includes text by Simon Field as well as by the artist himself. Arts Council of Great Britain paperback books
1941ref. 22523NY: Viking Press 1941. Hardcover. VG small white letters on spine. Dull red cloth. 539 pp. Several bw plates. Signed by both authors. Viking Press hardcover books
2007ref. 108975New York: Franses 2007. Softcover. VG light wear to wraps; rubbing to corners. Glossy wraps illustrated as tapestry with white lettering on spine only; 67 pp. with a catalogue of 11 color illustrations some including close-ups as well. The catalogue was published to accompany an exhibition of the same title held in New York. With text material by the authors. Franses paperback books
2000ref. 107075New York: W. W. Norton 2000. Hardbound. VG/VG. Purple cloth w/ illus. mauve dj; 222 pp.; 8 pp color photos. The history of the color purple and the life of William Perkin who accidentally discovered it in 1856. W. W. Norton hardcover books
1981ref. 169605Woodbridge Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club 1981. Revised Edition. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Dust jacket is sunned on spine shows some edge wear. Minor soiling on title page and bottom edge corners otherwise clean and tight throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Red dust jacket with color illustrations white lettering. Blue illustrated endpapers. 520 pp. Profusely illustrated in BW with a few pages of color illustrations. "With introductory chapters on the Rise and Progress of the Art." Revised from the 1978 edition. A lovely and complete volume. Antique Collectors' Club hardcover books
1974ref. 174141London: Greater London Council 1974. Paperback. VG- light soiling scuffing and wear to wraps. Cream stapled wraps with red and black lettering. 86 unnumbered pages. BW illustrations. Catalogue compiled by John Jacob and Jacob Simon./ Administered by the Iveagh Bequest./ Includes bibliographical references. Greater London Council paperback books
1986ref. 101629London: Victoria and Albert Museum 1986. Hardcover. VG/VG some light wear to dust jacket edges beginning to yellow. Brown cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 93 pp. 32 large bw plates. 11 different makers are featured in this informative book. Victoria and Albert Museum hardcover books
1968ref. 105065London: Ward Lock & Co. Limited 1968. Hardbound. VG. Red boards with color illustrated dustjacket. 96 pp. 1 color 97 bw plates. Ward Lock & Co., Limited hardcover books
2013ref. 140834Saint Louis Mo: Saint Louis Art Museum / The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 2013. Softcover. VG Corners slightly bumped otherwise As New. White & color illus. wraps maps on flyleaves 312 pp. many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with several 2013-2014 exhibitions. "Between 1850 and 1880 Impressionist landscape painting and early forms of photography flourished within the arts in France. In the context of massive social and political change that also marked this era painters and photographers composed competing visions of France as modern and industrialized or as rural and anti-modern. Impressionist France explores the resonances between landscape art and national identity as reflected in the paintings and photographs made during this period examining and illustrating in particular the works of key artists such as Édouard Baldus Gustave Le Gray the Bisson Frères Édouard Manet Jean-François Millet Claude Monet Charles Nègre and Camille Pissarro." publisher With essays by Simon Kelly April M. Watson Neil McWilliam and Maura Couglin and a substantial catalogue. A great introduction to impressionism. Saint Louis Art Museum / The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art paperback books
1994ref. 150690New York: Rizzoli 1994. Hardcover. VG-/Good overall shelfwear to dust jacket with small tears. Black boards with gilt letters on spine black & color illustrated dust jacket illustrated flyleaves 424 pp. 420 color illustrations. Presented here are thirty-two notable buildings and their estates that represent a characteristically English combination of architectural splendor and domestic comfort. This chronological selection presents a panoramic history of the evolution of the great house from Elizabethan through Edwardian times and up to the present ongoing battle for preservation. Acknowledged architectural masterpieces as well as lesser-known houses represent the work of Inigo Jones Sir John Vanbrugh Nicholas Hawksmoor and Robert Adam among many other celebrated architects. The photographs specially taken for this volume show the familiar as well as the unexpected. In addition to splendid state rooms grand exteriors and gardens there are photographs of private rooms and servants' quarters. These illuminating photographs offer access to the houses from an insider's point of view presenting contemporary homes rather than museum interiors. The informed text combines architectural and social history with the individual stories of the great families and the houses they created where their descendants in many cases still live today. Full of memorable characters and anecdotal insight this book is a glorious tribute to what Evelyn Waugh in his preface to Brideshead Revisited called "Britain's chief national artistic achievement."- dust jacket. Rizzoli hardcover books
2005ref. 175564London: Tate 2005. Paperback. VG. Color-illustrated and purple wraps with white and purple lettering. 115 pp. Color illustrations. Contents: Let's Not Pretend: 20:50 1987-2003; No Formulas: One Piece at a Time 1987; Full of Hole and Cutting Corners: Depend 1944; Make it Large: Slice of Reality 2000; Redundancy: Turbine Hall Swimming Pool 2000; Sculpting in Time: Butterfly 2003; Serious Play/Meaningful Work. Tate paperback books
