Elegant Folio Society set of six of Hardy's greatest Wessex Novels. With numerous b/w illustrations from wood engravings by Peter Reddick. Complete with slipcase. Some mild shelf-wear to slipcase and Under the greenwood tree. Else pristine. Near fine. [more...]
Handsome Folio Society edition of the great Egyptologist's 1961 introductory account of the Egyptians, intended to introduce the general public to his work. Bound in cloth with elaborate gilt detailing. With b/w and colour images. Complete with slipcase. C [more...]
Handsome folio Society edition of Corbett's history of the Seven Years War, a conflagration involving almost all international powers at the time. With maps to end-papers and b/w images. Some infinitesimally light shelfwear. Otherwise crisp and clean. Fine [more...]
Hefty and handsome edition of the great French historian Lefebvre's 1935 account of Napoleon's campaigns, from Coup of 18 Brumaire where he assumed power, to Tilsit and to Waterloo. With full colour images and maps to end-papers. Complete with slipcase. In f [more...]
First Folio Society edition of Carcopino's 1939 account of the realities of life in Ancient Rome. Split into two sections, the first describes the material and moral background of the Roman Empire, the second details the specifics of daily life. With an intr [more...]
Rothko's posthumously published manuscript outlining his views on art and its function. Some very light shelf-wear. Contents crisp and clean. Near fine. [more...]
Features 75 b/w photographs of Beckett and of scenes from his plays, taken by Haynes, plus three essays by Knowlson offering a personal biography of the playwright, an account of his work as a director of his own plays, and how Beckett was influenced by the pa [more...]
Slickly produced and generously illustrated guide to the 2008 exhibition of Wyndham Lewis' portrait paintings. With numerous colour illustrations with descriptions and essays on the artist's life and work. 4to. Some mild shelf-wear, contents crisp and clean [more...]
Lavishly illustrated guide to the 1998/1999 exhibitions of Pollock's works, with essays on the artist's career and technique. With numerous colour images including fold outs. Oblong 4to. Small nick to spine. Contents crisp and clean. Very good overall. * [more...]
