Rare books from Henry Gunther

As new. FRENCH language oversized hardcover (though the catalogue entries are in English and French). . A fine example of a very scarce book. 2 Copies available. International orders please contact for shipping charges.

Still in Original Plastic, in Slipcase. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1965. 307 [260 plates]pp. Folio. Two volume set in slipcase. Olive green cloth with gold gilt lettering and decorations stamped to the front board and spine. Deckling to text block edges. Illustrated with 323 plates, 260 in full colour--some colour plates have been tipped in. Olive green cloth slip case. Illustrated dust jacket on both volumes have some minor shelf wear. Overall, an attractive set. near fine A large, profusely illustrated set on the Sistine Chapel. The second volume is the plate volume with hundreds of details of the murals. International Orders subject to additional shipping charges.

Taschen, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Folio. 672 pages. This is the original large format edition: 17.5 x 11.75 inches and 2.5 inches thick and weighing in at nearly 20 lbs, not the smaller 2019 edition (10 x 15 inches and 18 inches thick and 9lbs packed according to Amazon). Tan cloth in dust jacket. A massive work filled with beautifully reproduced images, many double page fold outs. For International Orders, please contact for additional shipping charges.

New York Graphic Society, 1975. Blue cloth with embossed gilt lettering and illustration, hardcover in dust jacket. Slipcase is worn. Dj is in heavy folded-on vinyl protector, perfect condition. English text. First published in 1968.; 421pp., 30 full-page color plates, 85 full-page b/w plates, 60 drawings in color and b/w, 244 b/w catalogue reproductions. classic, detailed reference on Klimt's life and works.. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/. Square Folio. Catalogue Raisonne.

Toronto: Cerebus / Prentice-Hall, 1980. 285 pp, 13 1/2" H x 19" D. First Edition. Maroon cloth with blind-stamped 'CASSON' on fore edge of front board and gilt lettering on spine. "A.J. Casson is one of the most beloved of all Canadian artists. His works are sought after probably more than those of any other living native painter. As a member of the Group of Seven and in the many years since its dissolution, he has created a brilliant series of canvases celebrating our landscape in all its many moods and seasons. His works are treasured in every national public gallery collection, and in hundred of private collections. It is to bring together a magnificent cross-section from these collections that this volume has been designed. It includes representative major canvases, oil sketches and watercolours. The artist himself, has overseen the quality of every plate in this publication. International orders will require additional postage costs.

Wildenstein Institute & La Bibliotheque des Arts, Paris. 1994. Hardcover. Cloth, dj, Folio. x & 315 pp. Profusely illustrated. Text in French. International orders will require additional shipping costs.

New Haven: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and Yale University Press, 2010. Two volume complete set. cloth, hard covers in dust jackets in pictorial slipcase. Large, heavy set., 640pp. over 2 vols., illustrated throughout, mostly in color. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Will require additional shipping.

English. As new condition comes in slipcase. 647 p. International orders will require additional postage for this large book.

Renowned for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was also one of the most important amateur photographers of the Victorian era and the period's finest photographer of children. From 1856 to 1880, Carroll took around three thousand pictures, the majority of which were portraits of family, friends, and colleagues. He also sought out and photographed celebrities of the day, including Alfred Tennyson, Samuel Wilberforce, Michael Faraday, William Holman Hunt, Henry Taylor, George MacDonald, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Christina Rossetti, Ellen Terry, John Everett Millais, Charlotte Yonge, and Prince Leopold. Carroll's remaining output includes images of landscapes and architecture, works of art, and skeletons; assisted self-portraits; and other miscellaneous pictures. Today, his photographs are highly prized and fetch enormous prices at auction.This catalogue raisonne presents images of the nearly one thousand surviving photographs of Lewis Carroll-including many from… Read More

With slipcase. Italian Text. 334 pages. Description: "Luigi Rossi's portraits effectively convey the spirit of Lombardy, and in addition have many references to French, German and Swiss culture. This guide to the works of this 19th-century artist features more than 250 previously unpublished paintings.

Rizzoli, 2000. As new in plastic in slipcase. Three volume boxed set Tan cloth. All volumes and slipcase in beautiful condition. Very heavy. Orders will require extra postage. Will confirm with Buyer before shipping.

As New. Montolivet: CERA, 1998. 371 pages. Hardback 30.6x25cms. ISBN: 2951039506. Introductory essays, notes and bibliography in French and English. Catalogue raisonné.

As new. Harry N Abrams Inc, New York, 1990. 296 pages. Hardcover, bound in rust colored cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. The binding is tight and solid, with sharp edges to the boards, otherwise unblemished dustjacket, and clean, unmarked interior. 471 illustrations, including 130 plates in full color. Translated from the original German by Jürgen Riehle. International orders will require additional postage.

French Text. Montreal: Editions La Fregate, 1976. Hardcover; 147 pages. LIMITED EDITION, of which this copy is In a very good slipcase. Bound in thick cloth with a geometric design of red, orange, and pink. Gilt titles on a brown cloth label on spine. Multi-coloured silk ribbon bound in. Light pink endpapers, clean. Deckle fore-edge. The pages are bright, crisp, and clean. With numerous black and white reproductions of Masson paintings, and around 50 full-colour tipped-in plates. The slipcase is covered with brown faux-cloth. 10 3/4 x 12.

Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1969. Book. Very Good+. Dj good+. Hardcover. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1969. 220 black and white plates - 78 in colour. Work of an artist whom many consider the greatest English painter of the 20th century. This book is important to anyone interested in Nicholsons work; great care has been taken with the reproductions which are of an exceptional standard.