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A woman wakes to find herself in a graveyard, hurt and bleeding, her memory wiped clean. She doesn't know what she's doing there - or even who she is. She...

The avant-garde is a twentieth-century phenomenon. By the turn of the nineteenth century, artists were beginning to address a far larger audience than ever before, and it was one on...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Glue residue on endpapers. In the annals of twentieth-century printmaking, few collaborations carry the mythic...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: FEP missingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersAt the intersection of art and commerce, European Photography 81 stands as...

The Great War Illustrated 1917 covers the battles at Arras, Passchendaele and Cambrai, the use of aviation and the role of the tanks. Some images will be familiar, and many...

Published ahead of the centenary of the Queen's birth, this beautifully illustrated book uncovers the hidden history of the Crown and how it survived a tumultuous era and two world...

Small men, with big egos and moustaches, the hussars of Napoleon's army wore some of the most flamboyant and stylish uniforms of the epoch. The uniforms of the seventeen regiments...

Cubism was one of the most important and influential movements in twentieth-century art. In the eight years between 1906 and 1914, Cubism - Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in particular...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the dawn of the twentieth century, Paris stood as the undisputed capital of the world — a city crackling with artistic revolution, political...

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Since 2007, American photographer Jade Doskow has been documenting the remains of World's Fair sites, once iconic global attractions that have often been repurposed for less noble aspirations or neglected...

Impressionist Quartet draws us into the inner lives of a core group of mid-nineteenth-century artists-Edouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Berthe Morisot-known, collectively, as the "Impressionists." Derided by critics,...

In this ode to the charms of Paris and Parisian style, Belgian photographer Henk van Cauwenbergh captures the essence of the city's most iconic venues and its perennially chic denizens....

This radical new examination of one of the most important Flemish Masters presents Bouts as a maker of images-and considers his oeuvre alongside the work of current-day filmmakers, game creators,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodStep into a world where ancient craft traditions meet sumptuous modern living — Oriental Living is an opulent visual journey through the interiors, palaces, riads, and...

This visually arresting book takes the reader on a journey across the globe by presenting the most candid, immediate, and provocative images captured by the biggest names in street photography...

In Paris Blues, Mathieu Bitton shows the beauty and charm of the city of Paris, which has a special meaning to him. Through his lens, he captures the essence of...

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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedWithin the sun-drenched rooms of La Californie, Pablo Picasso's magnificent villa on the French Riviera, one of the twentieth century's...

Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. What does it truly mean to explain a work of art? In...

When Winston Spencer Churchill was born in 1874, no one could have predicted the path that lay ahead. But, as it turned out, from Winston's undistinguished academic career to his...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition, some fading. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure. Volume VIII of...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm binding, no loose pages. One of the most flamboyant and gifted artists of the twentieth...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Some damage to mylar sleeve. Creased jacket.One of the twentieth century's most revolutionary...

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Author: Alasdair McgregorBinding: PaperbackPublished: Viking - Penguin, 2009Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Small bruise on spine. Light bumping on corners. Light...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in the turbulent landscape of nineteenth-century radical politics burned as defiantly as Louis Auguste Blanqui —...

Condition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY** Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good; minor nick/tear on fep. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. Few...

Author: AnonBinding: HardbackPublished: MacMillan, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsMountbatten: Eighty Years In Pictures by Philip Ziegler presents a compelling visual chronicle of one of the 20th century's...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: paperback. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. Few writers of the twentieth century have led lives as dramatic and turbulent as...

A stunning picture book adaptation of the Oscar-winning film that has enchanted audiences around the globe. When Cat's home is submerged by a great flood, he finds refuge on a...

The lives of the outstanding scholars celebrated in the volume often reveal unexpected personal and professional backgrounds. Taken together they build up a picture of the development of Britain's intellectual...

From the cafe terraces of Saint-Germain-des-Pres to fields of lavender, from Christmas markets in Alsace to carefully tended vineyards, France is a country of a thousand sensations, impressions and memories....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersOne of French literature's most haunting and morally complex...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAt the height of the Second World War, when the fate of Western civilization hung in the balance,...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: worn/faded. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few fighting forces have left as indelible a mark on the outcome of World War...

In the 19th and early 20th century, painters and photographers from many countries travelled for inspiration to the Islamic worlds of Egypt, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria and Palestine. Published...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures in Australian art command the same mythic power as Arthur Boyd, whose raw, expressionistic canvases transformed...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew figures loom as large in the landscape of Australian modernism as Arthur Boyd, whose...

John le Carre is one of the most significant political novelists in the English language. His early career in the secret service took him to West Germany at the height...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good; minor tear on half-title page. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Few books have illuminated the intersection of image...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBehind every great painter lies a hidden eye — and in Albert Tucker's case, that eye was trained...