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1968ABE-1682075861975Glasgow School Of Art 1968 First edition of this well informed look at the detail work Mackintosh produced for his Glasgow School Of Art building. Close up mono photographs reveal the details of fittings and structures that a visitor may well miss. This is a first printing of the first edition so the grading of Near Fine takes into consideration the age - 1968 - of the publication. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Glasgow School Of Art paperback
1988ABE-1479459042897Citadel Press 1988 A rousing large format collection of classic Tracy noir. Clean and tight first edition with one discrete blind stamp of a former owner the only flaw. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Citadel Press paperback
2019ABE-1588513021434Chris Beetles LONDON 2019 A stunning eye opening collection lavishly presented over 200 pages. This is a superb copy unread and new. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. Chris Beetles LONDON paperback
1975ABE-15797724649Collins 1975 A much collected Field Guide and a more specialised one. This has a neat former owner name on the end paper but otherwise considering its age it looks almost unread. Being a first hardcover printing the beautiful colour plates are fresh and clear. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Collins hardcover
2006ABE-12510064119MQ Publications London 2006 Stunning collection stunningly printed on high quality art paper. This comes with a specially produced Robert Crumb postcard. NEW and UNREAD. Protected perfect jacket. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. MQ Publications London hardcover
2001ABE-11491654990Fantagraphics Books USA 2001 A brilliant unread new copy of the First Printing of the First Edition soft back. Perfect condition. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. Fantagraphics Books USA paperback
1997ABE-1684591366320Little Brown 1997 FIRST PRINTING OF THE FIRST EDITION HARDBACK. New and unread looking book with a slight machine fault hence the price. Page 183 has machine crease so it is very slightly skewed within the text block. Apart from that this copy has no names of former owners and in the hand it looks and feels new and unread. Illus. by Well-illustrated. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/New. Little, Brown hardcover
2000ABE-1479648673431HarperCollins Entertainment 2000 A brilliant collection of memorabilia about the making of the BBC serial based on an 'unfilmable' epic Mervyn Peake's very great Gormenghast and Titus Groan. Stephen Fry writes a thoughtful introduction Sebastian Peake writes the Afterword and between the two are articles and many photographs of Peake and the actors and the scenes and the drawings. A stunning tribute to this super work. NEW and UNREAD first edition. Language: eng. Illus. by Peake Mervyn. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. HarperCollins Entertainment paperback
1995ABE-11363784527PHAIDON London 1995 Brilliant survey of a fascinating school of architecture. This is an as new copy in an as new jacket but it has a gift inscription on the front end paper. Huge and heavy book will need extra postage depending on destination. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/As New. PHAIDON London hardcover
2006ABE-1571090972807Faber & Faber 2006 A brilliant play which premiered at the King's Theatre Edinburgh; it then transferred to London the Albery Theatre. It was shortlisted for the Saltire Book of the Year Award. This is the first edition and it is without blemishes. No owner marks no annotations. Soft cover. Fine. Faber & Faber paperback
2011ABE-1505721715765Yale University Press 2011 An essential book for Ron Mueck fans. This has excellent and thorough pictures of his major works with searching descriptions. It is a large format stiff covered catalogue of the exhibition in the National Gallery Victoria. There are some exceptionally clear and beautiful photography in this much sought after first edition. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Yale University Press paperback
2007ABE-1496233714814Boydell & Brewer 2007 New and unread first printing of the first edition hardback. Protected jacket. This looks at the social and political aspects of Southey his mind changes and his political apostasy. A fascinating volume in the Studies In History series. Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Boydell & Brewer hardcover
2017ABE-1588512532139Chris Beetles 2017 A superb catalogue erudite and informative for over 240 pages about the fascinating art of the illustrator. It is also a display of truly talented artists; the people who can actually paint and draw. This imaginative and brilliant group of artists are an ideal antidote for the twerps and nincompoops who curate our Modern Art Museums. Talent imagination and sheer skill are evidenced on every page. This is an as new copy perfect for the collector. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New. Chris Beetles paperback
1974N5143New York: Vantage Press 1974. 1st Edition . Original Cloth w. Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good. 8vo . 80pp. Dust jacket with minimal marginal repairs. Otherwise a very good clean and fresh copy. FIRST EDITION. Inscribed by the author with first name on flyleaf in Hebrew Dated 5/15/82 <br/> <br/> Vantage Press hardcover
1903ABE-1687621560820Adrien Sporck Paris 1903 A gorgeous stylish illustrated children's book. Linen spine is firm and secure; most copies are usually in a broken state. The text paper is - as is common because of the cheap paper used - embrowned particularly at the edges. The cover boards are firm with decorated full colour illustrations. The front cover has a small area of loss see photos. Binding is secure spine intact and firm. Text is French the illustrations are in colour throughout. Utterly charming and profusely illustrated complete with songs. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adrien Sporck, Paris hardcover
2006ABE-1732955020768NYRB Classics 2006 First printing full number line special edition from the New York Review Of Books; the preface is by Frank Rich. Typical Didion personal response to America since 9/11. UNREAD FIRST EDITION. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. NYRB Classics paperback
1978ABE-11189724323Pitman Publishing 1978 Superb book about this superb painter. Harvey Dinnerstein is one of America's most respected painters and teachers and his mastery of classical painting techniques has won the admiration of artists and students throughout America. In this richly illustrated book Dinnerstein discusses his concepts drawing and painting techniques and the evolution of his personal approach to painting. Dinnerstein begins by describing his studio.lighting books easel and antique casts and the story behind their acquisition.in a detailed description of his environment that becomes a kind of self-portrait in its own way. Then he devotes a full chapter to each of his favorite painting media.drawing pastel and oil.and his varied approaches to them. Next in a stimulating and provocative chapter Dinnerstein explores the creation of his pictorial ideas.from sketch to finished painting.including how his thoughts evolve from drawings into a painting or series of paintings; how he develops a point of view in a portrait; how he creates a theme; and how he paints a series of painting based on a particular theme such as the seasons. Then Dinnerstein invites he reader to watch as he paints six 'works in progress' in oil and pastel with every stage reproduced in full-color: a male and female nude a portrait of a man and woman an autumn cityscape and a self-portrait. A gallery of his most brilliantly painted oil paintings pastels and drawings reveals the full scope of his technique. Firm text block binding is cloth jacket is protected and there is a neat former owner signature with an elegant blind stamp on the front end paper. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pitman Publishing hardcover
1999ABE-12714957159The Free Press New York 1999 Clean and tight unread looking hardback first edition of this RARE IN THE UK book. A little shop aged but there is no evidence of it having been read. Ruefully wise as is to be expected of this discursive and visionary writer. He is brilliant when writing about Le Guin or Heinlein and he is knowing and humorous; a rare combination. From the supernatural tales of Edgar Allen Poe to the utopian dreams and technological nightmares of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne to today when it has become a multi-billion dollar global entertainment industry. While he highlights the genre s predictive successes he emphasises its cultural role as both a lens and a medium for the very rapid changes driven by modern technology. Disch traces sci-fi s role in modern life and explains how it has become a cultural battlefield even helping us to adjust to new social realities. But Disch is also critical of the genre and sees its darker expression in the appearance of suicidal UFO cults. Behind the spaceships and aliens Disch reveals the blueprints of the dizzying postmodern future we have already begun to inhabit. This is in a clean and tight cloth two colour binding but it has one slight defect. This may be a production fault. It looks like a 'bumped' corner. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The Free Press New York hardcover
1995ABE-1683879140510Jonathan Cape 1995 New and unread first printing of the UK first edition. An attractive blind stamp on the front black endpaper. Soft cover. New. Jonathan Cape paperback
1952ABE-11182037237Reynard Library Hart Davis London 1952 Selected by Douglas Grant this standard issue is from the collectable Reynard Library series published by Rupert Hart Davis. Attractive stained top of text block. Dark green buckram over bevelled boards decorated in gilt. Dust wrapper with light chippings protected and not price clipped. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reynard Library, Hart Davis, London hardcover
1993ABE-1538221180091Faber & Faber 1993 AS NEW UNREAD first edition paperback. An exceptional and still largely unknown poet. Keen spotters of genuine high quality work that doesn't 'succeed' in the eyes of the poetry establishment should explore this collection. Fresh delightful and wide ranging. This is a first printing of the first edition. There was no hardback. Soft cover. As New/As New. Faber & Faber paperback
1978ABE-1340851456Faber & Faber London 1978 Unread looking text block. Beautiful classic David Gentleman design on the protected wraparound jacket. No bent corners. A very collectable copy indeed of a superb example of lush English prose. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Faber & Faber London hardcover
1985ABE-1681575094957Titan Books Ltd 1985 A superb first edition of this classic Daily Mirror comic strip. A rare combination of muscle and brains and outstandingly illustrated by the great FRANK BELLAMY. This stiff card covered edition is in a large format and considering its age - 1985! - it is a very fine collectable indeed. No owner marks no turned over corners. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. Titan Books Ltd paperback
19712082702114601126Yuhikaku fixed 1200 yen 1971. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Yuhikaku fixed 1200 yen paperback
19332082702114604966Not Available 1933. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
