The Arts

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: FEP missingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsOne of the most flamboyant and commanding figures in twentieth-century classical music, Sir Thomas Beecham tells his own story...

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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: 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: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to *see* a work of art? Rudolf Arnheim's landmark study Art and Visual...

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: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of accessible home filmmaking, Super 8 Handbook stands as an indispensable guide for anyone eager...

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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: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodHoused within the grandeur of Buda Castle, the Hungarian National Gallery stands as one of Central Europe's most celebrated repositories of fine art, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodA life spent in pursuit of beauty across continents, centuries, and art forms finds its most eloquent expression in For Want of the Golden City,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the glittering curtain of Broadway's golden age lies a story of genius, collaboration, and the relentless pursuit of perfection — and Alan Jay...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingWhat does it truly mean to dedicate a life to dance? Striking a Balance: Dancers Talk About Dancing presents an intimate and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA cornerstone of art historical scholarship, The Oxford Dictionary of Art stands as the definitive single-volume reference for...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn a breathtaking marriage of image and word, Zen Telegrams: 79 Picture Poems presents a collection of visual...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionIn the rugged and untamed landscape of colonial Australia, one extraordinary woman picked up her brush, opened her diary,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the cobblestone slums of Victorian London to the gilded heights of Hollywood royalty, Charles Chaplin's My Autobiography...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean for the new to become a tradition — a paradox that Harold Rosenberg confronts...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the turbulent years spanning 1939 to 1965, few figures occupied a more singular vantage point in the British art world than...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat does it truly mean to be a master of the dramatic craft? Nevill Coghill, Merton Professor of English Literature...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of feeling and form, E.M.W. Tillyard's Poetry Direct and Oblique presents one of the twentieth century's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodA towering figure in mid-twentieth-century literary criticism, L. C. Knights — King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodWhat does it mean to represent the world through art, and how do symbols function across painting, music, dance, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the crossroads of Enlightenment idealism and Romantic revolution, the late eighteenth century witnessed one of the most dramatic reinventions...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the intersection of artistic revolution and intellectual inquiry stands Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artists and Critics, a landmark anthology that presents...