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Paperback. A historical saga which tells the story of the bitter struggles, illicit passions and chequered lives of a Scottish dynasty whose wealth has been built up in the Scotch Whisky business at the height of the Victorian era. From the author of QUEEN'S ROYAL. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Black and White Publishing
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873631744
- ISBN
- 9781873631744
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.14
€ 10.99
€ 9.14
Paperback. Brings to life the ancient Romans whom modern scholarship has largely ignored: slaves, ex-slaves, foreigners, and the freeborn working poor. Written for a wide audience, this book illuminates the dynamics of a discerning and sophisticated population, overturning much accepted wisdom about them, and opening our eyes to their cultural diversity. Num Pages: 396 pages, 24 color illustrations, 134 b/w photographs, 21 line illustrations, 3 tables, 2. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248151
- ISBN
- 9780520248151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.08
€ 50.99
€ 36.08
Paperback. Presents an array of Japanese art. Opening with an introduction that asks What is Japanese art?, this book presents a selection of striking and fascinating art from Japan, organised into a series of thematic chapters in which the author provides cultural context while pointing out exceptional features. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714124803
- ISBN
- 9780714124803
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
paperback. Offers insights into Picasso's life and work. This title reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and paintings. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951290
- ISBN
- 9781845951290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.20
€ 45.99
€ 31.20
paperback. A biography that establishes the complexity of Picasso's Spanish roots, his aversion to his native Malaga and his passion for Barcelona and Catalan 'modernisme'. It introduces material on the artist's early training in religious art. It provides fresh insights into the artistic failures of Picasso's father as an impetus to his sons' triumphs. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 185 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951559
- ISBN
- 9781845951559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.20
€ 45.99
€ 31.20
paperback. Intends to recreate the Pablo Picasso's life and work during the decade of 1907-17 - a period during which the artist and Georges Braque invented Cubism and to that extent engendered modernism. Bringing a fresh light to bear on the artist's sensationalised private life, this title presents a view of this paradoxical man of his paradoxical work. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 184 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951566
- ISBN
- 9781845951566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.20
€ 45.99
€ 31.20
Paperback. The first facsimile of Ruskin's epoch-making 'Nature of Gothic' as printed by his disciple William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. Essays by specialist contributors enlarge on the great significance of this book. Editor(s): Hewison, Robert; Pinkney, Tony; Brownell, Robert. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ACVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 162. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843681014
- ISBN
- 9781843681014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.62
€ 19.99
€ 18.62
Paperback. Never collected together before, this volume brings together all of Ruskin's writings about the Pre-Raphaelites, writings that helped turn this obscure movement into one of the most important movements in British art Editor(s): Wildman, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ACVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843680864
- ISBN
- 9781843680864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.19
€ 32.99
€ 27.19
Paperback. John Ruskin wrote more than half a million words on Venice. This is an abridged version of his opus, which still contains the essence of his original work, for those who would appreciate Venice, architecture and Ruskin's fine writing. Series: Pallas Athene Travel Literature S. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AC; WTH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Pallas Athene Publishers United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781873429457
- ISBN
- 9781873429457
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.61
€ 23.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. A study of domestic buildings in London from about 1200 to the Great Fire in 1666. John Schofield describes houses and related buildings such as almshouses, taverns, inns and shops, drawing on evidence from surviving buildings, archaeological excavations, surveys and plans, documents and more. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 300 illustrations, 10 colour pl. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; ACK; AMKD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 214 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300082838
- ISBN
- 9780300082838
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.59
€ 30.99
€ 22.59
Paperback. An introduction to the work of John Constable. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour and 36 b&w illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 226 x 8. Weight in Grams: 510. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KOG0002798
- ISBN
- 9780714827544
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) poet, painter, novelist, explorer, mountaineer, chess master, classical scholar and drug addict was the founder of a religion called thelema, which, he claimed, had superceded Christianity. Num Pages: 618 pages, 12ill.(2col.). BIC Classification: ACX; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pindar Press
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899828210
- ISBN
- 9781899828210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.21
€ 71.21
Paperback. With a freshness and breadth of approach that sets the art in its context, this book explores why works were created and who commissioned the palaces, cathedrals, paintings, and sculptures. This revised edition contains around 200 new pictures and nearly all colour images. The chapter structure has also been improved. Num Pages: 576 pages, 710 Illustrations (552 in colour.). BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 262 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2442.
- Publisher
- Laurence King
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781856697972
- ISBN
- 9781856697972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 44.09
€ 53.48
€ 44.09
paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780691613765
- ISBN
- 9780691613765
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691629155
- ISBN
- 9780691629155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.90
€ 106.90
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 104 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1026.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271027180
- ISBN
- 9780271027180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.23€ 44.69
€ 52.23
€ 44.69
Hardback. In this second volume of Professor White's studies, the emphasis shifts to Italian art in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and the major figures who were responsible for the decisive changes in painting and sculpture that were to lead on to the Renaissance. Here again, however, there is the same concern with the actual monuments. Num Pages: 371 pages, 195 illus. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907132110
- ISBN
- 9780907132110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.81
€ 114.81
Hardcover. The first comprehensive survey of the beloved figurative realist painter Fairfield Porter to be published in more than two decades. Num Pages: 240 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 252 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1870.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847848744
- ISBN
- 9780847848744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.86€ 65.47
€ 65.86
€ 65.47
Hardback. Series: The Olana Collection. Num Pages: 80 pages, 77, 6 halftones, 48 colour plates, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254 x 15. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801451034
- ISBN
- 9780801451034
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.50
€ 26.99
€ 25.50
Paperback. Analyzes major changes in the global art world that have emerged in the last twenty years including structural shifts in the global art market; the proliferation of international art fairs, biennials and blockbuster exhibitions; and the internationalization of the scope of contemporary art. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black and white illustrations, 8 charts. BIC Classification: 3JM; ABQ; AC; KJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520291539
- ISBN
- 9780520291539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.98
€ 33.99
€ 24.98