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Auction Prices and the Evolution of Taste in Dutch and Flemish Golden Age Painting (1642–2011).

Carpeau, Peter: · 2017 · Scriptum Art Books v.o.f.

€137.80 ($151.88 | £114.95 | ¥24,257)

2017, (22 x 28 cm), 295 pp. English text, 82 b/w/ ills., hardcover Taste is a well known but largely underestimated phenomenon. Yet it is one of the factors that has shaped our knowledge and view of art. Why is Rembrandt van Rijn today considered to be one of the greatest painte…

Weary: The Life of Sir Edward Dunlop & The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop.

EBURY, Sue & DUNLOP, E.E. · 1997 · The Book Firm

A$20.00 (€12.29 | $13.55 | £10.25 | ¥2,164)

Penguin Books Australia, 1997. Hardcover. Book is combined edition of two books: Weary : The life of Sir Edward Dunlop (first published 1994) The War Diaries of Weary Dunlop (first published 1986, then 1989) Wearyry : The life of Sir Edward Dunlop by Sue Ebury. A biography ab…

Troy: Our Greatest Story Retold (Stephen Fry's Greek Myths)

Stephen Fry · 2020 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£44.00 (€52.75 | $58.14 | ¥9,285)

Michael Joseph. First UK edition-first printing. Book. Fine condition. Michael Joseph, 2020. First UK edition-first printing (1). Pictorial hardback (two small nicks on the edges of the cover and spine) in fine condition, no Dj cover as issued. Illustrated with colour drawings, …

Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II

Robert Hardman · 2022 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£22.00 (€26.37 | $29.07 | ¥4,643)

Macmillan. First UK edition-4th printing. Book. Mint condition. Macmillan, 2022. First UK edition-4th printing (5 7 9 8 6 4). Black hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj, both in mint condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. The book is new. 224pp including Selec…

Sword and the Scimitar: Saga of the Crusades

Bradford, Ernle · 1974 · Alpha 2 Omega Books

£24.40 (€29.25 | $32.24 | ¥5,149)

Victor Gollancz. First edition. Book. VGC.Victor Gollancz,1974.First edition.Large format green hardback(gilt illustration on the front cover,gilt lettering to the spine,small nick on the edge of the back cover) with Dj(very small tear,a couple of creases and nicks on the edges …

Sonnets from Tuscany and Other Poems

Lucia; [M. E. Hunting] · 1922 · Rooke Books

£245.00 (€293.71 | $323.73 | ¥51,702)

Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1922. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this lovely poetry collection, the author's presentation copy with a touching letter tipped in, written to her friend, the painter Arthur Connor. The first edition of this work.The author's prese…

Opus circa speculare enigma universi

Heymericus de Campo, María Cecilia Rusconi (ed) · 2024 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€150.00 ($165.33 | £125.12 | ¥26,404)

, Brepols, 2024 Hardback, liii + 89 pages, Size:155 x 245 mm, Illustrations:6 col., 1 tables b/w., Language(s):Latin, Spanish. ISBN 9782503610535. Summary Although he has not yet been widely studied, Heymericus de Campo - Heymeric van den Velde - (1395-1460) played a role of s…

[Geology] II. On the Vertical Position and Convolutions of Certain Strata, and their Relation with Granite; [bound with:] IV. On the Revolutions of the Earth's Surface, Parts I & II [Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]

HALL, Sir James (1761-1832) · 1815 · Fine Editions Ltd

$649.00 (€588.82 | £491.16 | ¥103,649)

Edinburgh Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Edinburgh and Cadell and Davies, London First Edition Two original articles disbound from Volume VII of Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh (not a reprint, facsimile reproduction, or photocopy). Roman numerals precedin…

[Vinyl Record] [John Ciardi's Copy] [Beats] Allen Ginsberg Reads Howl and Other Poems; [together with] Howl and Other Poems [No. 4 in the Pocket Poets Series]

GINSBERG, Allen (1926-1997) · 1959 · Fine Editions Ltd

$851.00 (€772.09 | £644.03 | ¥135,910)

n.p. / San Francisco Fantasy / City Lights Bookshop First Edition First Pressing of this 33 1/3 rpm (12-inch) LP phonograph record (numbered 7006 on sleeve and vinyl), on which the poet recites (screams, begs, urges) "Howl" and other poems. Transparent red vinyl (not the later, …

This America

JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines; HEYMAN, Ken, photographer · 1966 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$950.00 (€861.91 | £718.96 | ¥151,721)

New York: Random House, 1966. Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson This America - LBJ's Portrait of the Nation and His Vision of the Great Society JOHNSON, Lyndon Baines. HEYMAN, Ken, photographer. This America. Photographed by Ken Heyman. New York: Random House, 1966. First ed…

Ejercito Argentino. Regimiento No. 3 de Infanteria "General Belgrano". Recuerdo de MI Vida Militar. Buenos Aires. Año 1940. [Cover Title]

[Argentina. Military. Photography] · 1940 · Kaaterskill Books

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

Buenos Aires, n.p. 1940. First edition. Patterned maroon leather album, two holes with string ties and tassels, gilt titles and illustrations on front board. Unpaged [20 leaves]. Illus. with 19 mounted silver-gelatin photographs with spider-web tissue guards, 29 b/w photo-reprod…

Picasso und Jacqueline.

David Douglas Duncan. · 1988 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€18.50 ($20.39 | £15.43 | ¥3,257)

Stuttgart Verlag Gerd Hatje 1988 Bound, cloth with original dustjacket, 240pp., 24.5x32cm., richly illustr. in b/w., in good condition (dustjacket with signs of use and somewhat discolourated, inside very good). ISBN 9783775702591. This large-format photographic volume offers …

Complicated Watches and their Repair.

Donald de Carle, E.A. Ayres (illustr.). · 2020 · SomeThingz, books etcetera

€15.00 ($16.53 | £12.51 | ¥2,640)

London The Crowood Press 2020 Bound, cloth with original dustjacket, 174pp., 14x22cm., richly illustr. in b/w., in very good condition (dustjacket with light traces of use). ISBN 9780719800900. Dealing with a complicated watch used to be a rare job for the watch repairer, but w…

St Katherine of Alexandria Texts and Contexts in Western Medieval Europe,

J. Jenkins, K. J. Lewis (eds.); · 2003 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€60.00 ($66.13 | £50.05 | ¥10,562)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2003 Hardback, XIV+257 p., 15 b/w ill., 160 x 245 mm. ISBN 9782503512907. This volume contains an interdisciplinary collection of essays on St Katherine of Alexandria and her followers. St Katherine of Alexandria was one of the most popular saints in Medieval…

Speaking to the Eye Sight and Insight through Text and Image (1150-1650),

T. de Hemptinne, V. Fraeters, M. E. Gongora Diaz (eds.); · 2013 · ERIK TONEN BOOKS

€99.00 ($109.12 | £82.58 | ¥17,427)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2013 Hardback, approx. X+298 p., 37 b/w ill. + 8 colour ill., 156 x 234 mm. ISBN 9782503534206. This volume takes as its focus the paradoxical double-bind of textuality and visuality in the culture of the high and late Middle Ages and early modernity. In a ser…

?Nc? Ev?Ner Retrospekt?F?: ?ç?Nde K?M Var = ?Nc? Ev?Ner Retrospective: Who's Inside You

Levent ?aliko?lu; N. Can Kantarci; Sara Raza ?aliko?lu, Levent; ?nci Eviner · 2016 · Wittenborn Art Books

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

?stanbul: ?stanbul Modern, 2016. 4to. [241 pp.]. Very Good+. Soft Cover. Printed stiff paper wraps. Pages fine. Color and B&W plates throughout. Text in English and Turkish. Extremely Scarce. Heavy volume, additional shipping fee may apply. This retrospective of Inci Eviner, put…

INVESTIGATIONS ON CETACEA vol. 7

PILLERI,G. · 1976 · Moby Dick

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Berne 1976,250 pp.,b&w photos/textill./tables, contents Pilleri,G. a.o. Sonar clicks, directionally of the emission field and echolocation behaviour of the Indus Dolphin (planista indi Blyth 1859) / Pilleri,G. a.o. On the embryology of pl;anista gangetica 1- Body proportions, ex…

The Masters of the Dark Eyes. Late Medieval Manuscript Painting in Holland

BROEKHUIJSEN, Klara H. · 2009 · Marc Van de Wiele Antiquariaat

€120.00 ($132.26 | £100.10 | ¥21,124)

Turnhout, Brepols, 2009. 25 x 19 cm, viii, 472 pp, with 141 illustrations in b/w and 40 color ill. Black publisher's cloth and dust jacket This study deals with the work of the most prolific Dutch book illuminators, the so-called Masters of the Dark Eyes, named after the most co…

Rome - Eeuwige Stad. Een caleidoscopische geschiedenis van een stad in het hart van de westerse beschaving. Vertaling J. Swart.

ADDIS, F., · 2019 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€45.00 ($49.60 | £37.54 | ¥7,921)

Karakter, Uithoorn, 2019. 672,(8,8,8)p. ills.(B&W as well as full colour photographs and line drawings). Original hard bound with dust wrappers. ‘This is an energetic attempt to bring Rome’s history alive through grand narrative; the florid flights and snappy paragraphs are un…

Die Technik in der antiken Welt. (Original title: Engineering in the Ancient World).

LANDELS, J.G., · 1978 · Scrinium Classical Antiquity

€20.00 ($22.04 | £16.68 | ¥3,521)

Beck, München, 1978. 276p. Richly ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Cloth with dust wrappers. Nice copy. 'Dr. Landels, (...) with the collaboration of colleagues in the Engineering Department of Reading University, has made a number of working replicas of ancient machin…