Arti decorative e design

Arts and Crafts of Old Japan (The World of Art Series)

Dick, Stewart · 1923 · Bookbarrow

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

T. N. Foulis, Edinburgh & London, 1923. Reprint, Hardcover (Original Grey Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. To front: b/w. frontis. illustration, titles, preface, contents & illustration lisits. One of Foulis "The World of Art Series." An introduction to the field of Japa...

The Decorated Letter

Alexander, Jonathan James Graham · 1978 · Bookbarrow

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

George Braziller, New York, 1978. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780807608944 Titles, introduction, notes, bibliography & illustration lists to front. In Illuminated Manuscripts of every period, on page after page of flowing text, a ...

Gefilde der Liebe. Holzschnitte zu 'Daphnis und Chloe'. Mit einem Vorwort von Godo Remszhardt/Fields of Love. Woodcuts for "Daphnis and Chloe". With a foreword by Godo Remszhardt .

Maillol, Aristide · 1954 · Bookbarrow

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Feldafing Obb. Buchheim Verlag, Regensburg, Germany, 1954. First Thus, Hardcover (Printed Boards), Illustrated by: Aristide Maillol. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Printed in brown ink, 44 full-page woodcut illustrations for the classical Greek tale of 'Daphnis and Chloe'...

Sherriffs at the Cinema. A Collection of Caricatures from the World of Film

Sherriffs, Robert · 1927 · Bookbarrow

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Simon Bond & Nicholas Bromley (produced by), undated. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: Robert Sherriffs. Near Fine Condition/Good. This edition is limited to one thousand copies, (this copy being unnumbered); gilt vignette (Marlene Dietrich) front cov...

The Technique of Icon Painting

Ramos-Poqui, Guillem · 1990 · Bookbarrow

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

Burns & Oates / Search Press, London, 1990. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780855326470 Using a selection of Byzantine reproductions, and his own and his students' paintings, the author explains the techniques simply and clearly, acc...

Gainsborough

Waterhouse, Ellis · 1966 · Bookbarrow

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Spring Books, London, 1966. First Thus, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. titles, contents, chronology, main events in life of Gainsborough, notes, bibliography, & introduction to the plates followed by the illustrations (colour frontispiece, 7 colour ...

The Techniques of Chinese Painting

Yangmu, Wu · 1996 · Bookbarrow

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Morning Glory Publishers, Beijing, China, 1996. First Edition, Softcover. Near Fine Condition. translated by Gong Lizeng; 259 Illustrations, many in colour. After a brief historical introduction to the art of painting in China, the author describes the equipment needed, the se...

Platon et l'art de son temps: Arts Plastiques (Plato and the Art of his time: Plastic Arts)

Schuhl, Pierre-Maxime · 1933 · Bookbarrow

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Felix Alcan, Paris, 1933. First Edition, Softcover. Good Condition. le grand mérite de M. P.-M. Schuhl est d'avoir soumis à une étude la question des rapports entre Platon et l'art de son temps. Il nous montre de hardis novateurs s'engageant dans des voies puis des archaïsants...

Stanley Spencer (The Penguin Modern Painters).

Clark, Sir Kenneth (editor) · 1947 · Bookbarrow

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1947. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. Brown card wrappers with lettering and publisher's penguin logo in black and white to front cover; 15 pages of text by Eric Newton (including list of plates & title pages) followed by...

Yorkshire Artists: A Short Dictionary (Artists Born Before 1921)

Turnbull, Harry · 1976 · Bookbarrow

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Thornton Gallery, Snape, Bedale, North Yorkshire, 1976. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Near Fine. 9780950534107 Harry Turnbull was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Ernrnanuel College, Cambridge. For many...

Ink On Paper: A Handbook of the Graphic Arts

Arnold, Edmund C. · 1963 · Bookbarrow

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Harper & Row, New York, 1963. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. profusely illustrated this book covers all aspects of ink on paper, starting with written language & the Latin alphabet followed by chapters covering every part of a pr...

French Painting in the Time of Jean De Berry: The French Boucicaut Master

Meiss, Millard with assistance of Kathleen Morand & Edith W. Kirsch · 1968 · Bookbarrow

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Phaidon Press Ltd. London, 1968. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. 9780714813462 title page in red & black; Around the year 1400, French culture was concentrated in Paris: artists, patrons and dealers flocked to. the French capital, prod...

Seven Discourses Delivered in the Royal Academy by the President 1778

Reynolds, Joshua · 1971 · Bookbarrow

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

The Scolar Press Ltd. Menston, Yorkshire, 1971. Facsimile Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. When Sir Joshua Reynolds collected his first seven discourses together for publication there were three main traditions of art theory in Britain. ...

The Virgin Seated: A leaf from a French 'Book of Hours' attibuted to the school of Jean Bourdichon of Tours, France about A.D. 1500.

British Museum. Department of Manuscripts. · 1900 · Bookbarrow

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Extract British Museum, London, 1900's. First Thus, Softcover, Illustrated by: School of Jean Bourdichon. Good Condition. British Museum Process reproductions in colour from illuminated mss. No.43 being a leaf from a French 'Book of Hour's attibuted to the school of Jean Bourd...

Looking at Pictures

Smith, S. C. Kaines · 1921 · Bookbarrow

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

Methuen & Co Ltd. London, 1921. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. a former guide-lecturer at the National Gallery explains how the understanding of paintings & why they were painted can increase the viewers' appreciation of art. ill...

Cambridge 1913 (Black's Sketchbooks)

Keesey, Walter M. · 2009 · Bookbarrow

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

A & C Black, London, 2009. Facsimile Edition, Hardcover, Illustrated by: Walter M. Keesey. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9781408111239 bound in grey cloth-covered boards with a pasted-on sketch of the fountain, Trinity College to the front cover (which is repeated on the...

Corpus Christi College Cambridge: Some Artistic Impressions

Gorman, Pierre; John Roach & Geoffrey Woodhead (editors) · 1992 · Bookbarrow

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1992. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 9780950426129 Limited edition (number 91 of 1000 copies). At front: Letter from the Master; Acknowledgements; List of Contents & 13-page Introduction. Beige ...

Poems of the Seasons - (Pictures by Gordon Beningfield)

Beningfield, Gordon · 1992 · Bookbarrow

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

Viking, London, 1992. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Illustrated by: Gordon Beningfield. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780670845460 colour illustrated end-papers; Gordon Beningfield's previous anthologies of verse - 'The Darkling Thrush', 'Poems of the Countrysid...

Celtic Mandalas

Davis, Courtney. (Text by Helena Paterson) · 1996 · Bookbarrow

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

Blandford Press, London, 1996. Reprint, Softcover, Illustrated by: Courtney Davis. Very Good Condition. 9780713723755 Mandalas are ancient magical, symbolic images that represent ideas of the universe and, in so doing, present a physical and visual tool for meditating. Their i...

An Introduction to Persian Art Since the Seventh Century A.D.

Pope, Arthur Upham · 1930 · Bookbarrow

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Peter Davies, London, 1930. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. with over 100 b/w. illustrations, a chronological table and a b/w. fold-out map; tissue-guarded b/w. frontis. illust.; “The high quality of Persian art, its verve and distinction, its mastery of abstrac...