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L'Assiette Au Beurre -- Les Anglais Chez Nous No 92 -- 3 January 1903
by Beurre, Paris L'Assiette Au
Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso: L'Aventure Des Stein
by Reunion des Musees Nationaux
Very good softcover, gatefold flaps. Published for exhibition 2003, in French. Story of the Stein family art collections.
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SGD 10.27
The Folio Society Book of The 100 Greatest Paintings
by Bailey, Martin [General Editor]
London: The Folio Society. 2001. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in Very Good slipcase. Several light marks to the plain coloured panel of the slipcase. Illustrated with full-page colour plates. Introduction by Martin Bailey. 230 pages. From Duccio to Picasso. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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SGD 31.17
Beato Angelico 1387-1455
Piccola Silvana edition of italian language guide to Beato Angelico. 21 page introductory essay and 70 plates. Chip out of dust jacket front cover as seen. Very good hardcover in good dust jacket.
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SGD 13.69
Art: A history of painting, sculpture, and architecture
by HARTT, Frederick
Abrams, 1976-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/no dust cover. 11x8x2. slight wear to cloth corners,pages clean and unmarkedListing Includes Books Image . Please email me if you need to see more pictures! The orders are processed promptly, carefully packaged and shipped within 1 day of purchase. PLEASE NOTE! if you need the book quickly, please Purchase Priority Shipping.Media will not show updates in mail confirmation till reaches continental U.S. FOR International orders under 5 lbs please use...
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SGD 5.17
The Harold Samuel Collection: a Guide to the Dutch and Flemish Pictures at the Mansion House
by Michael Hall, Clare Gifford
Very good softcover. A guide to the 84 Dutch and Flemish paintings in the Guildhall Museum and Art Gallery, City of London. Lovely small book, 200 pages, gatefold cover.
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SGD 17.11
British prints : dictionary and price guide / Ian Mackenzie
by Mackenzie, Ian
Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 359p : ill.(some col.) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-359). Subjects; Prints, British � History. Printmakers � Great Britain � History. Printmakers � Biography � Dictionaries � Great Britain.
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SGD 29.80
Album Cover Album 5 / The 5th Book of Record Jackets
Billboard Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. The Latest In A Series Of Bestselling Volumes Presents The Most Attractive, Eye-Catching Album Jacket Designs Of Recent Years Covering Pop Music, Jazz, And Film Soundtracks. 400 Full-Color Photos.
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SGD 44.08
The Renaissance: Six Essays
by Ferguson, Wallace; Lopez, Robert; Sarton, George; Bainton, Roland; Bradner, Leicester; Panofsky, Erwin
184 pages. Owner's name neatly inscribed to half-title page. Paperback in very good condition. Bright cover. Six essays originally presented for The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. First thus.
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SGD 25.67
Skyscrapers Of New York; With An Introduction By Cass Gilbert
by Bailey, Vernon Howe
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige cloth spine and light green boards lettered in gilt. Near fine. 3 text pages. Folio, 43 x 28 cm. 24 full page plates after architectural sketches by Bailey printed recto only. Clean copy featuring lithograph of the New York City skyline noting the Singer Building, Woolworth Building and the Manhattan Municipal Building signed in pencil by Bailey.
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SGD 551.84
Atget's Seven Albums
by Nesbit, Molly
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. mauve cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 328 pages. 26 x 26 cm. The seven album Atget produced between 1909 and 1915 of Paris were prototypes that were never published during the height of the Belle Epoque. They are here presented in sequence. Selected Bibliography.
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SGD 82.78
Art Deco Painting and Design
by Haworth-Maden, Clare [Edited by]
Leichhardt, NSW: Sandstone Books. 1998. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 64 pages. One of the Centuries of Style series. . Hardback.
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SGD 13.36
Shocking Paris: Soutine, Chagall and The Outsiders Of Montparnasse
by Meisler, Stanley
New York: Palgrave MacMillan. 2015. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with colour plates and some black & white photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 238 pages. Looks at the group of immigrant artists, collectively known as the 'School of Paris, who dominated the pre World War Two art scene in...
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SGD 26.72
National Gallery of Australia: an introduction to the collection
by National Gallery of Australia
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 74 pages. 11 1/2 x 9 1/2". Copiously illustrated in color.
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SGD 27.59
Prints (The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques)
by Karshan, Donald
Washington: Museum of Design. 1980. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Mild age-toning to white dustjacket. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. 127 pages. Includes a guide to printing techniques. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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SGD 22.26
The History of Impressionism Fourth, Revised Edition
by Rewald, John
New York: The Museum of Modern Art. 1973. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near Fine condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Dustjacket is mildly age-toned especially at the spine. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Maps to endpapers. This is a heavy book and will cost more to ship internationally. Please contact us for a precise quote for your part of the world. 672pages. John Rewald [1912-1994]...
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SGD 40.08
The Alhambra and the Generalife
by Antequera, Marino
Paperback, no date [1974]. English version, translated by Constance Taylor. 91 pages with fold out plan of the Alhambra glued in at rear prior to the index. Slight wear to top corners and creased spine, contents near fine, no markings. Very good paperback.
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SGD 17.11
Egon Schiele Oeuvre Catalogue of The Paintings; With Essays By Otto Benesch and Thomas M. Messer
by Kallir, Otto
New York: Crown, 1966. 1st English edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige linen cloth. Near fine in publisher's slipcase. Schiele, Egon. 561 pages. 29 x 23 cm. First edition published 1930, Vienna. 245 plates in color and black and white with the former tipped-in, plus a host of black and white illustrations in the text. Text in English and German. Backstrip slightly darkened, interior contents clean and fresh. LUCAS p.190.
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SGD 482.86
L'effet boomerang - Les arts aborigènes et insulaires d'Australie
by Dougoud, R.C
Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève, Genève, first edition, 2017. Laminated illustrated wrappers with flaps, 4to, 28 cm,. 157, [3] pp, colour ills. From the blurb: "Les arts de l'Australie autochtone présentent une extraordinaire richesse de styles, techniques et supports qui vont de la production d'objets en bois (boucliers, propulseurs, boomerangs, arbres gravés) à la peinture corporelle, sur écorce, sur papier et sur toile, à...
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SGD 35.87
The Rathbone Years: Masterpieces acquired for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1955-1972, and for the St. Louis Art Museum, 1940-1955
by None Noted
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts. 1972. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Illustrated with colour and black & white reproductions. Covers very lightly rubbed. 203 pages.. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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SGD 16.03
New Dictionary of Modern Sculpture
by Maillard, Robert [Editor]
New York: Tudor Publishing Company. 1971. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good+ condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 328 pages. This book blends a wealth of scholarship with readability. A comprehensive reference with short essays on each of the sculptors included. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 2nd Edition [Expanded]. Hardback.
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SGD 17.81
Pen and parchment : drawing in the Middle Ages
by Holcomb, M. ; Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Yale University Press, New Haven, first edition, 2009. Cloth, 4to,. xii, 188 pp, 157 ills including 138 in colour. 9780300148947 9781588393180 Published to accompany the exhibition "Pen and Parchment : Drawing in the Middle Ages", held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2 June - 23 August 2009. From the blurb - "What is distinctive about medieval drawings? How do they differ from Renaissance drawings, which have shaped our definition and...
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SGD 89.67
The Meaning of Art
by Read, Herbert
191 pages. In very good condition. Illustrated with black and white photographs. First thus (as a Pelican). No writing or marks, tight in binding. Spine suntanned.
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SGD 34.23
Yorkshire Artists: A Short Dictionary (Artists Born Before 1921)
by Harry Turnbull
Thornton Gallery, Snape, Bedale, North Yorkshire, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Near Fine. Harry Turnbull was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and educated at Newcastle Royal Grammar School and Ernrnanuel College, Cambridge. For many years he was engaged upon the preparation of reference material on a variety of subjects. In 1970 he and his wife opened the Thornton Gallery at Snape, situated at the entrance to Wensleydale, and they have specialised in the work of...
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SGD 25.67
An Exhibition of Art for Theatre and Ballet. Australia 1940
by Various; Collected and Arranged by H. Tatlock Miller
London: The British Council. 1940. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good Condition. Paper covers with yapp edges are chipped. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Foreword by Lord Lloyd of Dolobran. Loudon Sainthill catalogue for the Exhibition at Myer Emporium, Melbourne loosely inserted. 59 pages. An exhibition arranged by the British Council. for Australia. Essays are 'Design for Ballet' by Cyril Beaumont and 'Theatre Art in England' by James Laver. Includes a list...
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SGD 44.53
The Arts Of Japan An Illustrated History
by Munsterberg, Hugo
Tokyo: Charles E.Tuttle, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated cloth. Near fine in very good dust wrapper. 201 pages. Eleven color and 109 black and white plates. With a List of Plates, Bibliography and Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER I557."An introduction to the major arts and the most highly developed crafts in Japan. Well-chosen illustrations.
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SGD 41.39
