Arte

Vere Foster's Simple Lessons in Water-Color. Flowers.

FOSTER, VERE · 1884 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin: Blackie & Son, 1884 . 0. First edition. 9.5" x 7.5" x 0.25". pp.52 with 8 colour plates, which are facsimiles of original water-color drawings, and numerous outline drawings of flowers after various artists, with full instructions for drawin...

The Art of Painting in the Low Countries.

CORNETTE, A.H. · 1947 · Chilton Books

£11.00 (€13.19 | $14.53 | ¥2,321)

Amsterdam: L.J. Veen Ltd,1947. 1st ed. Pp.86 text/192 b/w plates. White boards, spine brown cloth, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

Millennial Desire and the Apocalyptic Vision of Washington Allston.

BJELAJAC, DAVID. · 1988 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. 0874742641. New Directions in American Art series. "Analyzes the cultural importance of American Romantic artist Washington Allston. By focusing on the unfinished 'Belshazzar's Feast', the author examines Allston's public statur...

Aubrey Beardsley.

READE, BRIAN. · 1966 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London: HMSO, 1966. Published on the occasion of the Aubrey Beardsley Exhibiotion held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. 24.5cms x 18.5cms. Pp.18/50 pages of black & white plates. Paperback, minor spots to rear cover and base of spine. G+.

Wanderings Of A War Artist. By Irving Montagu .

MONTAGU, IRVING (1842-1901) . · 1889 · Chilton Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London: W. H. Allen & Co, [1889] . 0. First edition (date of publication from Preface). In the original illustrated binding. 8vo. 7.75" x 5.5" x 1.25". pp.12/pp.339. Green cloth binding with gilt title to both front board and spine. The front board with a dramatic illustration...

The Harbours of England. (With Thirteen Illustrations by J.M.W.Turner).

RUSKIN, JOHN. · 1907 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: George Allen, 1907. Edited by Thomas J.Wise. 14.5cms x 10cms. Pp.xxii/134/2(publisher's ads), 13 black & white illustrations by J.M.W.Turner, minor spotting to endpapers. Red cloth, gilt title to front and spine. G+.

Birket Foster R.W.S. (By H. M. Cundall, I.S.O., F.S.A).

CUNDALL, H. M. (HERBERT MINTON CUNDALL 1848-1940) . · 1906 · Chilton Books

£100.00 (€119.86 | $132.11 | ¥21,096)

London: Adam And Charles Black, 1906 . 0. Signed by "Myles Birket Foster" ! First Edition. A very good tight binding with an interesting provenance. pp.20/pp.216/[4pp. - Adverts]. Decorated cloth binding, corners bumped. Spine sunned with slight loss to top of spine. Large boo...

Ruskin. (From the Proceedings of the British Academy Volume XXXI).

LIVINGSTONE, R.W. · 1945 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London: Geoffrey Cumberlege, 1945. Annual Lecture on a Master Mind. Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy 1945. 25.5cms x 16.5cms. Pp.20. Grey wraps have darkening to edges and minor crease to top front corner. VG.

Notes on the Reredos over the High Altar. (St. Mark's, Regent Park).

STUCKEY, H.A. · 1959 · Chilton Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.06 | ¥4,641)

Windsor: Luff & Sons, Printers, 1959. Written by the Vicar of St.Mark's, Regent Park; Rural Dean of St.Pancras. "This monograph attempts to give the chief historical facts in the lives of those commemorated in the Reredos of St.Mark's, Regent Park." Pp.31. Stiff grey card cove...

Stile Guide.

MILLINGTON, CARO. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Caro Millington/Blurb, 2009. Photographs of stiles, gates and bridges in Derbyshire, taken during the summer of 2009. Limited edition of 50 copies published. 25cms x 18.5cms. Unpaginated. Beautiful colour photographs of entrance ways to fields in Derbyshire. Some photographs b...

Andre Revesz.

ADRIANE, GASTON. · 1912 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Firenze[Florence], nd. Large format. 30cms x 24cms. "Born in 1912 in Transylvania..Revesz began drawing at the age of six. He subsequently discovered cubism and constructivism on his own..In 1935-36, Revesz enrolled at the Accademie Scandinave under the direction of Despiau..F...

A Treasury of Design for Artists and Craftsmen.

MIROW, GREGORY. · 1969 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Dover Publications, 1969. 0486220028. 725 paisleys. florals, geometrics, folk & primitive motifs. 28cms x 20.5cms. 4 pages of colour plates + 100 black & white plates. Paperback. VG.

Treasures of the Vatican.

FERRARI, ORESTE. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

London: Thames and Hudson,1971. 1st Eng. ed. "This book is an account of the treasures of the Vatican, its church and chapels, palaces and museums - a remarkable cultural history, stretching right up to post-war Europe. The central item is, inevitably, St Peter's, perhaps the ...

19th & 20th Century European & American Paintings.

HAMMER GALLERIES. · 1983 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

New York: Hammer Galleries, 1983. The Gallery Collection Summer 1983. Art Catalogue. Pp.32,colour illustrations of paintings throughout. Paperback, slightly rubbed. G+.

Rose Isabella Stark's Alphabet.

STARK, ROSE ISABELLA. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

London: Pelham Books, 1979. 0720711525. "Rose Isabella Stark painted her alphabet in 1915 for her first grandchild..Exquisitely painted in watercolours on twenty-four boards, it has been a family treasure ever since. A gifted amateur married to a professional painter, Arthur J...

Old Colonial By-Ways.

URE SMITH, SYDNEY (ILLUSTRATOR) AND BERTIE, CHARLES H. · 1928 · Chilton Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Sydney: Art in Australia Ltd, 1928. 0. 1st edition. Stories of the history of Australian buildings, places, farms, etc accompanied by a tipped in colour frontispiece of Hartley and 6 further tipped in colour plates + 51 sepia etchings, drawings and woodcuts. Owner's name to fr...

Pontifical Museums and Galleries. V. Guide to the Picture Galleries.

VATICAN. · 1931 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Vatican, 1931. 0. Vatican Edition. Includes: Library; Borgia Apartments; Tapestries and Geographical Maps; Stanze and Loggie of Raphael; Chapel of Fra Angelico; Sistine Chapel. Pp.viii/126, 22 plans and maps, owner's details to title page and opposite endpaper. Red cloth, gilt...

Illustrations from Art for Pulpit and Platform.

BURNS, JAMES. · 0 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: James Clarke & Co,nd. 2nd imp. Pp.328, owners name to fep,some toning to endpapers. Green decorated cloth, title to front and spine. G+.

Children in Art.

NATIONAL GALLERY. · 1999 · Chilton Books

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

London: MQ Publications, 1999. 1840721405. "Combines thirty masterpieces from the National Gallery, London, with literature from across the world in a unique portayal of childhood." 16.5cms x 15.5cms. Pp.144, beautiful colour illustrations throughout. Pbk. VG.

The Art of Sketching.

MACDONALD, MALCOLM. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Osmiroid Creative Leisure, 1989. 187151715X. "Offers a practical and positive guide to the would-be 'sketcher'. Sketching is something to be enjoyed and relished, but at the same time is capable of enhancing dramatically our awareness of the world in which we live." Pp.64, col...