Search Results: Titles starting with B from Lauren Otis

First North American edition, 1997, second printing, 2000. 288 pages, lavishly illustrated with 400 illustrations, 80 in color. Photography by David Finn. This copy in as new condition, see images.
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A 19th century traveller's guide to Ireland. illustrated throughout and with five folding maps, all except one in good condition. A large unattached folding map of Ireland is not included in this edition. Instead the front inside flap contains a full map of Ireland. A few vintage handwritten notes are made on a couple inside pages in one section. The binding and pages are holding up well considering the age and obvious use of this book. The final 120-page section of "Advertisements" is a wonderful window into the the 19th century, featuring ads for hotels, spas, retailers, bakers, railroads, steamship lines, luggage purveyors and more.

This is a lot of two books on artist Pierre Bonnard, both paperback exhibition catalogues.
Bonnard Drawings from 1893 to 1946, published by The American Federation of Arts in 1972, contains essays by Antoine Terrasse and Patrick Heron, and 114 b&w reproductions of the artist's drawings. Good- condition, small spots on the cover, browning on the spine, foxing on page edges. Handwritten price on the title page, otherwise all pages are clean, binding tight.
Bonnard and His Environment, published by The Museum of Modern Art in 1964, contains texts by James Thrall Soby, James Elliott, and Monroe Wheeler, 43 b&w and 41 color plates of Bonnard's paintings plus b&w photos and reproductions of drawings and prints accompanying the text. Good- condition as well, with stains and marks on covers and end papers, foxing on page edges. Binding is tight.
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1924 2nd printing of this volume. Cover is stained with chips and tears in the spine. Inside pages are clean and in good shape. See images for better idea of condition.
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