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Eight Italian Masters.

ANON. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

New York: Riverside Book Co. 2001. Artists:- Piero Della Francesca: Botticelli: Leonardo Da Vinci: Michelangelo: Raphael: Titian: Caravaggio: Canaletto. Pp 638, many colour illustrations. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

Impressionism.

LESBERG, SANDY. (EDITOR.) · 1974 · Chilton Books

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

New York: Peebles Press International, 1974. 1st ed. Illustrated study of Impressionist art. 26cms. x 20cms. Unpaginated, colour frontis (by Manet), 43 colour pictures. Illustrated laminated boards. VG.

The First Emperor's Warriors.

COTTERELL, ARTHUR. · 1987 · Chilton Books

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,688)

London: Emperor's Warriors Exhibition. 1987. 1st ed. Contents Include:- The Discovery of the Terracotta Army at Mount Li: Qin Shi Huangdi, the First Emperor of China: The Triumph of Qin and the Unification of China: The Chinese Art at War: The First Emperor's Terracotta Army: ...

The Norwich School of Painters, Incorporating East Angilan Painters Volumes II & III [ 2 and 3 ]

DAY, HAROLD A. E. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£34.00 (€40.75 | $44.92 | ¥7,173)

East Sussex: Eastbourne Fine Art, 1979 . First edition. 4to. 28cm x 22cm x 2.8cm. 352pp. Clean text, Illustrated throughout with colour and black & white paintings. Clean burgundy cloth with bright gilt titles to spine. With illustrated dust wrapper (no chips but a little wear...

A Picture Book of the Work of John Constable.

VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. · 1934 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

London: Board of Education. 1934. "The Victoria and Albert Museum possesses over one hundred oil paintings and more than three hundred water-colours and drawings by John Constable". Pp. unpaginated, b/w illustrations throughout, name to title page. P/b, slight sunning to spine...

Pains of Glass. The Story of the Passion from King's College Chapel, Cambridge.

BECKETT, SISTER WENDY, & PATTISON, GEORGE. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: BBC Books, 1995. 1st ed. "Fully illustrated in colour, 'Pains of Glass' is both an indispensable guide for visitors to King's College Chapel and a devotional companion for the spiritual traveller - a companion not only for Holy Week but for all the year round." Pp. 48,...

Masterpieces of Byzantine Art.

RICE, DAVID TALBOT. · 1958 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Edinburgh Festival Society. 1958. "Masterpieces of Byzantine Art London: October 1st to November 9th 1958". Pp 93 + 15 plates, 1 b/w illustration to frontis. P/b, slight creasing to spine, illustrated cover. G+.

Georges Braque. (1882-1963).

CASSOU, JEAN. · 1956 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Paris: Flammarion. 1956. Text in French. Pp, unpaginated, many colour illustrations. P/b, 2 small tears and slight scuffing to spine. G+.

A New and Noble School: The Pre-Raphaelites.

BELL, QUENTIN. · 1982 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Macdonald & Co. Ltd, 1982. 1st ed. ".. is an examination of that fascinating and entertaining phenomenon, the Pre-Raphaelite movement." 25cms. x 19cms. Pp. 192, 16 colour plates & 50 b/w illustrations. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w (Ophelia, by Mill...

A View from the Iron Bridge.

SMITH, STUART. · 1979 · Chilton Books

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Ironbridge George Museum Trust. 1979. "Traces the proliferation of images which depict the Iron Bridge and its environs through ceramics, cast-iron fireplaces and even a handkerchief, in addition to paintings, drawings and engravings by contemporary artists". Pp 71, exhibition...

Petrodvorets: Palaces and Parks. A Guide. (Translated from the Russian by Kathleen Cook).

ZNAMENOV, VADIM. · 1986 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1986. 1st English ed. "Petrodvorets, the world-renowned monument of Russian art and architecture of the 18th-19th centuries .. is one of the most visited tourist attractions in the Soviet Union." 17cms. x 12cms. Pp. 163/9 Index, 56 colour illustratio...

Vasarely. 1930-1970. (The Little Library of Art. No.98).

HAHN, OTTO. · 1970 · Chilton Books

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London: Methuen. 1970. "Vasarely has taken it upon himself to describe the steps that led him to optic art and the elaboration of a plastic science". 15cms x 10.5cms. Pp 13 plus 16 colour plates. P/b, slight creasing to covers, illustrated cover. G+.

Royal Sevres China.

MEW, EGAN. · 0 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

London: T.C & E.C. Jack,nd. Masterpieces of Handicraft series. Pp.90,16 plates including colour frontis. + 7 others in colour. Black cloth, colour illustration laid down to front board, gilt title to front, rubbed. G.

Israeli Mosaics of the Byzantine Period.

KITZINGER, ERNST. · 1965 · Chilton Books

£7.00 (€8.39 | $9.25 | ¥1,477)

UNESCO. 1965. "Many of the designs and motifs of these mosaics are non-religious, but pagan themes are avoided; illustrations from rural life predominate - domestic animals, hunts and garden plants". 16.5 cms x 11 cms. Pp 24 plus 28 colour plates, some open out, 4 b/w illustra...

The Social History of Art. Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque. Volume 2.

HAUSER, ARNOLD. · 1989 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Routledge. 1989. Contents Include:- The Demand for Middle-Class and Courtly Art in the Quattrocento: The Age of Political Realism: The Baroque of the Catholic Courts: The Baroque of the Protestant Bourgeoisie. Pp 232, 36 b/w illustrations. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.

CLOUSTON, R.S. · 1756 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Newnes,nd. Biography of Raeburn (1756-1823) +illustrations of his works. Pp. 16/48 b/w plates, + frontis,slight toning to endpapers. White cloth spine with gilt title, lilac paper boards with 'The Art Galleries of Europe' motif to front, slightly rubbed. VG.

Correggio.

BRINTON, SELWYN. · 0 · Chilton Books

£12.00 (€14.38 | $15.85 | ¥2,531)

London: Newnes,nd. Biography of the 16th century painter, along with a list of Correggio's principle works and a series of b/w plates. Pp.32/48 single page plates, + frontis, endpapers toned. White cloth spine with gilt title, over lilac paper boards with 'The Art Galleries of...

Primitive Art.

ADAM, L. · 1940 · Chilton Books

£3.00 (€3.60 | $3.96 | ¥633)

Harmondsworth, England: Penguin, 1940. "The book describes the various forms which the artistic impulse has taken among primitive peoples, from the stone-age men to the modern negro inventng new ways of carving the human figure among the forests of the Ivory Coast.". Pp.160 wi...

Great Works of Biblical Art.

MANNERING, DOUGLAS. · 1995 · Chilton Books

£8.50 (€10.19 | $11.23 | ¥1,793)

Avonmouth: Paragon Book Service Ltd, 1995. 1st ed. A Compilation of Works from the Bridgeman Art Library. 20.5cms. x 20cms. Pp. 79, colour illustrations throughout, owner's bookplate to fep. Illustrated laminated boards with matching illustrated d/w. G+/VG.

The Easter Story in Art.

CARTER, CHARLES. · 1936 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.49 | ¥2,953)

London: Epworth Press,1936. 1st ed. "..the Author deals with the question of the suitability of the Death and Sufferings of Christ for artistic presentation and the Doctrinal and Historical Background against which pictures of the Easter story must be seen for their true appre...