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1970 AUTUMN EXHIBITION OF FLEMISH, DUTCH AND ITALIAN OLD MASTERS - Leonard Koester Gallery - Ringbound Softback Originally sold in aid of the Cell Barnes Hospital Trust, this is a catalogue of the autumn exhibition ... |
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AFRICA TRIBAL ART OF FOREST AND SAVANNA- By Arnold Bamert - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0500233187 Over two hundred treasures of African art, drawn from private collections and never before made available to the ... |
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AFRICAN ART - By Duncan Clarke - Hardback Book - ISBN: 1862220174 Illustrated with over 80 superb colour plates, this volume shows the full range of African creativity, from sophisticated ... |
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AMERICAN PAINTING FROM ITS BEGINNING TO THE ARMORY SHOW -Text Jules David Prown - Hardback Book The history of American painting began in the Colonial period in the 17th Century, and because these early ... |
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AMERICAN RADIANCE - By Stacy C. Hollander - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0810967413 Showcasing more than 400 outstanding works that comprise the Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum ... |
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AN INVITATION TO SEE- By Helen M. Franc - Softback Book - ISBN: 0870702300 125 PAINTINGS FROM THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART. The more than 2000 paintings in The Museum of Modern ... |
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ANCIENT EGYPTION DESIGNS - By Eva Wilson - Softback Book A visual anthology of over 350 line drawings of designs and patterns, selected from the work of artists ... |
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APOCALYPSE - By Norman Rosenthal et al. - Softback Book ISBN 0900946938 . BEAUTY AND HORROR IN CONTEMPORARY ART. An essential purchase for anyone interested in contemporary art, ... |
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ART BRUT - By Michel Thevoz - Softback Book Art Brut, "Raw Art" is the term coined by Jean Dubuffet to describe the art practiced by men ... |
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ART FOR COMMERCE - By M. Turner and D. Vaisey (Intro) - Hardback Book A stock-book of the illustrative designs offered to customers by the Bristol printers, E.S. & A. Robinson, in ... |
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ART IN BLOOM - By Ella M. Foshay - Hardback Book Painting from the collection of the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, USA. Complementing over 40 superb reproductions ... |
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ART TREASURES IN THE BRITISH ISLES - General Editor Trewin Coppleston - Hardback Book The story of the country's artistic heritage, describing how works of art, both British and Foreign, have been ... |
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ARTISTS AND BOHEMIANS - By Tom Cross - Hardback Book - ISBN 1870948602 100 YEARS WITH THE CHELSEA ARTS CLUB. In its years since its foundation in 1891, the Chelsea Arts ... |
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BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN: IMMORTALISED BY THE MASTERS - By C. Haldane McFall - Hardback Book A very scarce quarto size copy of this book which shows children as reproduced in paintings through the ... |
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BEYOND FRONTIERS - Ed. Amal Ghosh & Juginder Lamba - Softback Book - ISBN: 1872843212 Contemporary British Art by Artists of South Asian Descent. BEYOND FRONTIERS marks the first ever attempt to survey ... |
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BRITISH PAINTING '74 - By The British Arts Council - Softback Book BRITISH PAINTING '74 is the catalogue of an exhibition held September 17-26,1974. It is the second exhibition ... |
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BRITISH WATERCOLOURS FROM THE OPPE COLLECTION - By Anne Lyles and Robin Hamlyn - ISBN: 1854372408 A spectacular selection of 100 Watercolour highlights from a collection of three thousand Watercolours, drawings, oil sketches and ... |
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COCOA AND CORSETS - By Michael Jubb - Softback Book Reproduced in this book are 80 late Victorian and Edwardian posters and showcards from the Stationers' Company archives ... |
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COLLECTION OF EARLY RUSSIAN ART IN ZAGORSK MUSEUM - By T. V. Nikolayeva - Hardback Book in Slip Case This beautifully illustrated catalogue contains pictures in both colour and black and white, and offers explanatory text in ... |
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DADA & SURREALISM - By Robert Short - Hardback Book With 49 colour illustrations and 133 in black and white this book discusses and reveals the considerable diversity ... |
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DARK KNIGHTS & HOLY FOOLS - THE ART AND FILMS OF TERRY GILLIAM - By Bob McCabe - Softback Book The first book to trace thirty years of the work and the art of Terry Gilliam - from ... |
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DIE VOLKSKUNST IN FRANKREICH - By Jean Guiseneir - Hardback Book German language book about French Art. |
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DREAMERS OF DECADENCE - By Philippe Jullian - Hardback Book - ISBN: 026902783 Symbolist painters of the 1890s. Starting with the vast unfinished works of Gustave Moreau, Philippe Jullian takes the ... |
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DUTCH INDOOR SUBJECTS - The Faber Gallery - Softback Book Introduction and notes by Tancred Borenius. 10 tipped-in colour plates. |
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOMEN IN RELIGIOUS ART - By Diane Apostolos-Cappadona An indispensable reference guide to the motifs, subject matter, iconography and visual topics related to women in the ... |
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ESSENTIAL HISTORY OF ART - By Kirsten Bradbury et al. - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0752536966 No other history of art book shows the story of Western art unfolding like this. It is a ... |
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FEMININE BEAUTY - By Kennith Clark - Hardback Book With 40 colour plates and 135 monochrome illustrations. In this is a superb and highly informative essay ... |
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FLEMISH PAINTINGS - The Faber Gallery - Softback Book Introduction and notes by Thomas Bodkin. 10 tipped-in colour plates. |
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FLORENTINE PAINTINGS - The Faber Gallery - Softback Book Introduction and notes by Sir Kenneth Clark. 10 tipped-in colour plates. |
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FROM VAN EYCK TO BRUEGEL - By Max J. Friedlander - Softback Book The 300 illustrations in "From Van Eych to Bruegel" reproduce all the paintings which the author discusses in ... |
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GLI EX LIBRIS DEI PROTAGONISTI - By E Bragaglia et. al. - Softback Book - ISBN: 8885114040 Das exlibris bekannter personlichkeiten. The text of this book is in German and Italian. The title translated into ... |
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GODESSES IN ART - By Lanier Graham - Hardback Book ISBN 0896600688. This far ranging volume offers an extraordinary wealth of images, from pre-history to the 1990's, representing ... |
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GOTHIC ART - By Andrew Martindale - Softback Book This book is considered to be one of the best available surveys of Gothic Art. In addition ... |
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GRACIELA RODO BOULANGER - By Michelle Cassanetti (Ed) - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0941393135 Bound in full cream cloth with the title stamped on spine and cover in brown. For the past ... |
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HOMAGE TO VENUS - The Faber Gallery - Softback Book Introduction and notes by James Laver. 10 tipped-in colour plates. The plates are by, Boucher, Bronzino, Del ... |
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ILLUSTRATED ESSAYS ON JEWISH BOOKPLATES - By Philip Goodman - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0870681427 The collection and study of bookplates of Jewish interest has been a fascinating avocation of the author for ... |
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ISADORA DUNCAN - With Art Deco Sculptures by Chipraus, Preiss and Others - By Alberto Savinio - Boxed Hardback Book Number 1247 of a limited edition of 3000 and signed by Franco Maria Ricci. Full colour plates ... |
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KLIMT: BEETHOVEN - By Jean-Paul Bouillon - Softback Book THE FRIEZE FOR THE NINTH SYMPHONY. Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was the major artist and dominant persoality of ... |
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LE LOUVRE - By Rene Huyghe - Hardback Book The masterpieces in paintings from XVth to the XXth century. Twenty-six colour tipped in plates with accompanying text ... |
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MASTER DRAWINGS - The Woodner Collection - By Jane Turner (Ed) - Softback Book An exhibition catalogue produced by the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Ranging over all schools of ... |
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MODERN TIMES, MODERN PLACES - Life & Art in the 20th Century - By Peter Conrad - Hardback Book Modernity was like a rollercoaster ride, during which the human race jested with disaster and delighted in the ... |
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MUSIC IN PAINTING - The Faber Gallery - Softback Book Introduction and notes by Lawrence Haward. 10 tipped-in colour plates. |
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NEW HOPE FOR AMERICAN ART - By James M. Alterman - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0977266508 A comprehensive tome Showing the Important 20th Century Paintings from and surrounding the New Hope Art Colony. This ... |
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OLD RUSSIAN PAINTINGS RECENT DISCOVERIES - Hardback Book Forty-eight full page tipped in colour prints are included in this book, with explanatory text in both Russian ... |
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OUTLAW REPRESENTATION - By Richard Meyer - Softback Book A study of censorship and homosexuality in twentieth-century American art. This books chapters include Censorship and Homosexuality, ... |
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PAINTING AND PATRONAGE - By - Hardback Book - ISBN: 1900123606 This commemorative publication accompanies a unique exhibition and cultural collaboration between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the ... |
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PEN PICTURES FROM RUSKIN - By Caroline A. Wurtzburg (Ed) - Hardback Book Volumes 1 & 2 of these pocket sized books with descriptions of many of Ruskin's 'pen pictures' compiled ... |
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PERCEPTUALISTICS - Art by Jael - By John Grant (Text) - Hardback Book One of the most personally popular fantasy illustrators in the world and a distinguished illustrator of children's books, ... |
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 | PICTURING OLD NEW ENGLAND Image and Memory - Ed. William H. Truettner - Book Hardback - ISBN: 0300079389
This volume sifts eight decades of art, from between the Civil War to the Second World War, to ... |
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PIN-UP - A MODEST HISTORY - By Mark Gabor - Softback Book A definitive history of seductive poses, glamour photography and erotica from the 15th Century to the modern day. ... |
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POLSKA RZEZBA WSPOLCZESNA - By Andrezej Jakimowicz - Hardback Book The work of various Polish sculpters, shown in 47 full page black and white photographs with 21 pages ... |
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POP ART - Images of the American Dream - AUTHOR: John Rublowsky - Hardback Book Pop Art is the most controversial of all modern movements. This book sets out to analyse what exactly ... |
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POST-IMPRESSIONISM - By John House and MaryAnne Stevens (Eds) - Softback Book Published as a catalogue for the exhibition of the same name held at the Royal Academy of Arts, ... |
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PRADO MADRID - By Anna Pallucchin, Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Licia Ragghianti Collobi - Hardback Book The Prado is unique among the world's great museums on account of its unsurpassed and astonishingly rich collection ... |
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ROMAN ART - FROM THE REPUBLIC TO CONSTANTINE - By Richard Brilliant - Hardback Book A perceptive study with over 300 illustrations covering the principal aspects and development of Roman Art from its ... |
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ROMANTIC ENGLAND - By Peter Quennell - Writings and Paintings betwen 1717-1851 The romantic spirit swept like a tide across the English literary landscape. The feelings which it awoke ... |
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ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER SHOW 1983 - By William Bowyer (Ed) - Softback Book The Royal Academy illustrated 1983. A souvenir of the 215th summer exhibition. |
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ROYAL PORTRAITS - The Faber Gallery - Softback Book Introduction and notes by R.H. Wilenski. 10 tipped-in colour plates. Plates are by, Holbein, Titian, Anon, ... |
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SEVENTEENTH - CENTURY ENGLISH MINIATURES - By John Murdoch - Hardback Book in Slipcase The first complete catalogue of the seventeenth-century English miniatures in the national collection at the Victoria and Albert ... |
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SEXUALIA- Edited by Clifford Bishop and Xenia Osthelder - Hardback Book - ISBN: 382902729X From pre history to cyber space. An international team of authors document sexuality, exploring all aspects of this ... |
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SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS 1900 - 1962 - By Harold Jeppe - Hardback Book Divided into sections on Painters, Sculptors, Birds and Animals, Batiks, Ceramics and Mosaics, Weaving and Flora. A ... |
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SYMBOLISTS AND DECADENTS - By John Christian - Hardback Book In France in the late nineteenth century, in contrast to the Impressionists, the Symbolists art Movement loved to ... |
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THE AGE OF ROCOCO - By Arno Schonberger & Halldor Soehner - Hardback Book A magnificently presented volume, containing 316 illustrations in black and white, and 49 full page tipped in colour ... |
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THE ALTE PINAKOTHEK, MUNICH - By Erich Steingraber - Softback Book The Alte Pinakothek is one of largest and finest painting galleries in the world. This book conations ... |
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THE ART NOUVEAU BOOK IN BRITAIN - BY John Russell Taylor - Hardback Book First published in 1969, this is the reprint of the only comprehensive study of the Art Nouveau. ... |
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THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION - By Lys de Bray - Softback Book - ISBN: 1861604254 A survey of the time-honoured craft of botanical illustration tracing its history as far back as the Ancient ... |
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THE ART OF THE GOLDEN WEST - By William C. Ketchum, Jr. - Hardback Book The art of the golden west is a tribute to the rugged breed of extraordinary artists and illustrators ... |
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THE BRITISH GENIUS - A History of Painting - By Haldane MAcFall - Hardback Book A lovely combination of art and history. Text is enhanced with illustrations, including 19 tipped-in colour plates and ... |
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THE COMIC ART OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN - By Denis Gifford & Mike Higgs A graphic celebration of Chaplin's centenary 1889 -1989. While other books concentrate on dissecting every aspect of his ... |
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THE EROTIC MUSEUM IN BERLIN- By Hans-Jurgen Dopp - Hardback Book - ISBN: 1859957757 The author acted as an advisor in setting up the Erotic museum in Berlin, as well as being ... |
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THE IMAGE OF MAN - Hayward Gallery London - Softback Book Catalogue of the Exhibition held between 25 March - 13 June 1982. The Indian perception of the Universe ... |
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THE IMPRESSIONISTS - By William Gaunt - Hardback Book An introductory text which introduces the main purpose of the Impressionists movement, followed by 108 colour plates, each ... |
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THE LOUVRE - Softback Book With an introduction by Pierre Rosenberg, of the French Academy President Director of the Louvre. This comprehensive volume ... |
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THE MASTERS OF PAST TIME - By Eugene Fromentin - Softback Book "The Masters of Past Time" covers Dutch and Flemish Painting from Van Eyck to Rembrandt and contains 102 ... |
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THE OXFORD COMPANION TO ART - Ed. By Harold Osborne - Hardback Book ISBN 019866107X A handbook for those who want an accessible introduction and work of reference to the fine arts. It ... |
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THE QUEEN'S PICTURES - By Oliver Millar - Hardback Book 52 colour and over 250 black and white plates. Oliver Millar, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures, traces ... |
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THE QUEENS PICTURES - Royal Collectiors Through The Centuries - By Christopher Lloyd - Softback Book This National Gallery Publication depicts the works which the Queen lent when the new Sainsbury's wing of the ... |
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THE ROYAL COLLECTION - By Christopher Lloyd - Hardback Book FORWARD BY HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES. The British Royal Collection of paintings is the largest and most ... |
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THE SATURDAY BOOK 15 - Ed. John Hadfield - Hardback Book This fifteenth annual issue of the Saturday Book contains over a hundred art pages - more than any ... |
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THE SEARCH FOR PERSONAL FREEDOM Vol.1. & 2. - By Cross, Lamm, & Turk - Softback Book - ISBN: 0697031063 Fourth Edition. Viewed simply as art history, music history, world literature, and history of philosophy, this book is ... |
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THE SEXUAL PERSPECTIVE - By Emmanuel Cooper - Softback Book First published in 1986 to wide critical acclaim this book breaks new ground by bringing together and discussing ... |
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THE STUDIOS AND STYLES OF THE RENAISSANCE - Italy 1460-1500 - By Andre Chastel - Hardback Book A close study of the numerous studios and workshops of the period covering architecture sculpture and painting. ... |
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THE TRIUMPH OF AMERICAN PAINTING - By Irving Sandler - Softback Book - ISBN: 0064300757 A History of Abstract Expressionism which describes the sociopolitical, economic, and cultural milieu of the Depression years. The ... |
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TRANSGRESSIONS - The Offences of Art - By Anthony Julius - Hardback Book Since the mid-19th century artists have compulsively rejected received ideas in order to test and subvert morality, law, ... |
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TYNESIDE PORTRAITS - By Lyall Wilkes - Hardback Book - ISBN: 0902833936 During Newcastle's Golden Age in Art between 1770-1840 her painters, architects, silversmiths and engravers produced a wealth of ... |
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VENETIAN PAINTINGS - The Faber Gallery - Softback Book Introduction and notes by W.G. Constable. 11 tipped-in colour plates. |
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WARSZAWA WIEKU OSWIECENIA - By Jana Kotta and Stanislawa Lorentza - Hardback Book Polish language book with many reproductions of paintings, poems, tables and a fold out map. |
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ZOO - By Eliza Williams (Ed) - Hardback Book Each edition of ZOO forms part of a library of outstanding international creative talent. This is issue ... |
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