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Paperback. A pictorial history of motorcycles - and the riders - who created the cafe racer craze. The author looks at the BSA Gold Star, the Triumph/Norton hybrid and others, and recalls the leather-jacketed "rockers" who indulged in burn-ups on Britain's roads. Series: Mick Walker on Motorcycles. Num Pages: 96 pages, 110ill. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AC; AJC; TBX; TRC; WGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 189 x 8. Weight in Grams: 344. Series: Mick Walker on Motorcycles. 96 pages, 110ill. A pictorial history of motorcycles - and the riders - who created the cafe racer craze. The author looks at the BSA Gold Star, the Triumph/Norton hybrid and others, and recalls the leather-jacketed "rockers" who indulged in burn-ups on Britain's roads. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; AC; AJC; TBX; TRC; WGC. Dimension: 256 x 189 x 8. Weight: 344.
Publisher
Crowood
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872004198
ISBN
9781872004198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.29

Paperback. Documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City, the authors recall how they gained entry to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s and describe the techniques that they used to photograph it. Num Pages: 128 pages, 153 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; ACXJ; AFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 338 x 11. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292129
ISBN
9780500292129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.38

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Aarhus University Press
Number of pages
333
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771240184
ISBN
9788771240184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.14

Hardcover. This stunning Chinese art book presents almost a hundred recently unearthed objects that offer a glimpse into the extraordinary wealth and artistic accomplishments of elite society during the Western Han Dynasty Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; ACBP; AMGD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1461.
Publisher
Asian Art Museum
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939117789
ISBN
9780939117789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Hardcover. Focuses on Voysey as a designer of furniture, metalwork, and textiles, providing a new analysis of his characteristic motifs and designs. It draws on the greatest public and private collections of his work to give a complete and fully illustrated account of Voysey's output and his vision for domestic life at the turn of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Livingstone, Karen. Num Pages: 320 pages, 395 col, 35 b/w. BIC Classification: ACVN; AKB; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 279 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1782.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851778546
ISBN
9781851778546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 35.55

Paperback. The essential guide to the story of London's acclaimed museum - from its origins in the 1980s to its pivotal move in 2016 Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AK; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714872537
ISBN
9780714872537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Hardcover. The art of the Pacific Islands is exciting, varied, vibrant and ever-changing. This book draws on colourful examples from the Pacifics major cultural regions: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia, beginning with an introduction asking What is Pacific art? Series: Art in Detail. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1M; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714125909
ISBN
9780714125909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. This study examines the sexual, historical and artistic contexts in which Renoir's "La Promenade" was created, and what it reveals about Renoir as man and artist. The reader is invited to see the work as a rejection of the idealist world of academic art and as a challenge to social and moral norms. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour and 32 b&w illustrations, 1 colour foldout. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 192 x 8. Weight in Grams: 290.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles California
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
SKU
KEX0212702
ISBN
9780892363650
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Features the paintings and other artworks of an artist who is one of the most prolific and successful artists of the Golden Age Illustration, and captivated audiences throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 288 pages, 600 colour, 40 b&w images. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 286 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1600.
Publisher
Abrams
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810995215
ISBN
9780810995215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.00
€ 39.84

Paperback. Alternate Process in Photography: Technique, History, and Creative Potential offers a unique, practitioner's perspective on the history and practice of photographic processes. The book emphasizes handmade, largely historical photographic techniques, and provides detailed information for both beginning and advanced photographers. Num Pages: 224 pages, 149. BIC Classification: AC; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199390397
ISBN
9780199390397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 124.87

Hardcover. Paul Klee consistently intertwined the visual and the verbal in his art has long fascinated commentators, including such illustrious figures as Walter Benjamin and Michel Foucault. This book offers an account of the interplay between the visible and the legible in Klee's works from the 1910s and 1920s. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 colour plates, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 192 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226091181
ISBN
9780226091181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.59

Paperback. Chapters on the structures of art historical writing are complemented by studies of Elizabeth Siddall, Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot, which deal with themes of modernity, sexuality and repression. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 415.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415308502
ISBN
9780415308502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.83

Hardcover. Presents one hundred great works from the National Gallery Collection, each by a different artist. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 252 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1344.
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094930
ISBN
9781857094930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Hardback. Terry Frost was one of Britain's great abstract painters. His career spanned seven decades, starting with his introduction to art in a prisoner of war camp, and stretching into the twenty-first century. Chris Stephens presents Frost's art within a historical context and in relation to the work of his international contemporaries. Series: Tate British Artist Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849763646
ISBN
9781849763646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848858954
ISBN
9781848858954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.36

Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 65 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; ACG; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 302 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 452.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
65
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890364
ISBN
9788772890364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857226842
ISBN
9788857226842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.78
€ 56.83

Paperback. Why do some people seem to find it easy to come up with fresh, brilliant ideas? And how do they turn them into something worthwhile? This book provides basic practices and processes that allow your talents to flourish, and which we can adopt - no matter what we do - to help us achieve extraordinary things too. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Viking
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970805
ISBN
9780241970805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. The poems have been rendered into vigorous contemporary English. A selection of Michelangelo's letters, many of them to important contemporaries such as Vasari and Duke Cosimo, is accompanied by the 'Life' of the great artist written by his pupil Ascanio Condivi. Translator(s): Bull, George; Porter, Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537365
ISBN
9780199537365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AM; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 268 x 10. Weight in Grams: 510.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Shambhala
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590302590
ISBN
9781590302590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 28.32

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