Art and Design

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: German text.A singular visual voice emerges from the pages of this striking photographic monograph by Hungarian artist Lajos Keresztes — a collection that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor the discerning collector who has ever held a piece of Wedgwood and sensed the history embedded in its cool, sculpted surface, 18th-Century Wedgwood:...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat if the most revealing lens through which to view a nation's history was not the formal portrait, but the irreverent cartoon? The Other...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodLong before the term nature journaling entered the cultural lexicon, Edith Holden was quietly chronicling the world around her with an eye of uncommon beauty...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the studios of the BBC to the grandest stages of the world, The Magic of Dance is a sweeping, authoritative journey through the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the golden glow of Hollywood's golden age to the silver screen legends who defined modern cinema, The World's Great Movie Stars and Their...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageShe was the most enigmatic face in Hollywood history — and Alexander Walker's Garbo: A Portrait is the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the rugged boom towns and dusty claims of nineteenth-century New South Wales, a remarkable visual record was...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the earliest cave paintings to the grand movements of the Renaissance and beyond, A Popular History of The Arts presents a sweeping panorama...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFor every filmmaker who has ever held a cine camera and wondered how to transform raw footage into something truly cinematic, Cine Craft by...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA sharp wit slices through the political landscape of Australia in The Jungle Series, a definitive collection of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedFrom the golden roar of Leo the Lion to the final curtain of a studio era that defined Hollywood itself, The MGM Story is the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFrom the crackling lightning bolt of its iconic radio tower logo to the swan song of its final production, The RKO Story is the...

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The Hulton Deutsch Collection (which became the Hulton Getty Picture Collection in 1996) is one of the world's most important repositories of photographs. A continual acquisition of various collections and...

Roman emperors, Arab scholars, and early travelers were already drawn to and enchanted by the fascination of the land along the Nile. The pyramids of Giza, the temple-city of Karnak,...

Edited by Miche Frizot (researcher at the Centre National de la Rechereche Scientifique in Paris) and published on the initiative of the Arts Council of the Centre National du Livre,...

This landmark book on New Zealand artists and their work was first published in 1971, extended to 1990 by art historian Michael Dunn and now again to 2010 by art...

What is more ordinary than a pair of shoes? In a world where shoes have become objects of mass consumption, these accessories are now rid of any significance. The industry...

The definitive, all-colour guide for any Art Deco enthusiast, showcasing over 1,000 individually priced items. With up-to-date tips and advice from bestselling expert Judith Miller, this glorious guide will show...

The book titled British Prints: Dictionary and Price Guide by the author Ian Mackenzie. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A masterly overview of a rich and varied ancient art, illustrated in vibrant colour. Mosaic has been called 'painting for eternity,' and it is in fact one of the few...

The book titled Concise History of Western Architecture by the author Robert Furneaux Jordan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Cartier: The Story Behind the Style is a beautifully illustrated, handbag-sized visual history of one of the world's most iconic brands. From the brand's inception in Paris in 1847, Cartier...

**Features over 100 sumptuous images** From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew lives burn with the ferocious intensity of Vincent Van Gogh's, and Irving Stone's Lust for Life captures that flame...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodGeoffrey Grigson — poet, critic, and one of the twentieth century's most formidably opinionated literary figures — presents in Recollections: Mainly of Artists and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMastering the invisible art of light is the difference between a forgettable image and a truly cinematic one — and Gerald Millerson's authoritative manual remains...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBefore CGI rewrote the rules of cinema, the art of illusion was a craft of ingenuity, chemistry, and mechanical genius — and Raymond Fielding's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in Hollywood history occupy as singular a position as Peter Bogdanovich — a cinephile turned director turned critic — and Picture Shows: Peter...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFew names in the English language carry the weight of William Shakespeare, whose works have endured for over four centuries as the pinnacle of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingAt the crossroads of art, commerce, and democracy, Mass Culture: The Popular Arts in America assembles a formidable...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFor every filmmaker who has ever watched a technically brilliant scene fall flat due to poor audio, Sound Sense for Movie Makers arrives as an...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor anyone serious about the craft of television, Gerald Millerson's The Technique of Television Production stands as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew directors have left as indelible a mark on the cinematic landscape as John Ford — the gruff, visionary genius who gave the world...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat would it mean if the greatest playwright who ever lived were not a relic of the past,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOpera has always been an art form of breathtaking extremes — of soaring passion, devastating tragedy, and the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew figures in the history of cinema left as indelible a mark on both practice and theory as the Soviet...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew lives in twentieth-century music were as dramatically bifurcated as that of Kurt Weill — a German-Jewish composer who rose to international fame in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew figures in the history of American musical theatre loom as large as Richard Rodgers, the composer whose melodies became the very soundtrack of...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedFew figures in twentieth-century British art lived as boldly, painted as brilliantly, or spoke as controversially as...

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