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Song of the Brush: Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection

By: N/A

Price: $28.00

Publisher: U.S.A., Seattle Art Museum: 1979

Seller ID: 136508

ISBN: 0932216021

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition in every respect in black cloth. Sharp corners, square, straight spine, text block is solid and straight. Dust jacket shows light scuffing with one 1/4" tear at top front near spine, no edge wear. Catalog published in conjunction with the 1979-80 traveling exhibition of the same name. The collection focuses on three important schools of Japanese painting: Suibokuga (ink painting) of the Muromachi (1333-1568) and Momoyama (1568-1603) periods: Zenga or paintings by Zen Budhist monks of the Edo period (1603-1867); and paintings by masters of the Nanga or lite...
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Children Represented in Ukiyo-e: Japanese Children in the 18th-19th Centuries

By: N/A

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Japan, The Japan Foundation / Kumon Institute of Education: 1998

Seller ID: 139800

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 113 pages. 8 1/4"w x 11 5/8"h. Exhibition catalog for a show that appeared in Russia, England, France, and Germany. The ukiyo-e prints of the Edo period represented here includes portraits of mother and chld, depecitions of customs and games, children's prints, and omacha-e.
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Beauty of Spiritual Awakening

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Fukuoka Art Museum: 2002

Seller ID: 098936

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. It introduces 99 artworks of paintings and sculptures that remain in Soto-Sect Zen Buddhist temples in Yamaguchi and Kyushu. It comprehensively defines the superb Zen culture that expanded in these areas in the Kamakura period (1192-1333). 176 pages. Text in Japanese. Captions to photos in Japanese and English.
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Twilight of the Habsburgs: Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph (Phoenix Giants S.)

By: A Palmer

Price: $17.95

Publisher: Orion Books: 1997

Seller ID: 143554

ISBN: 1857998693

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition, appears unread. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 388 pages with maps, b&w photos, drawings. Covers central Europe from 1848 to 1916, the period that led to the formation of Italy and Germany.
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American Home Landscapes: A Design Guide to Creating Period Garden Styles

By: Adams, Denise Wiles; Burchfield, Laura L. S.

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Portland, OR, Timber Press: 2013

Seller ID: 142819

ISBN: 1604690402

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 304 pages. 8 3/4"w x 10 1/4"h. Many color photos.
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The History of Keyboard Music to 1700

By: Apel, Willi

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press: 1972

Seller ID: 140786

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 878 pages. 6 7/8"w x 9 1/2"h. Full blue cloth boards. Previous owner's name inside. Translated and revised by Hans Tischler. "This classic work has served a generation of pianists, organists, and harpsichordists and remains a necessity for every serious keyboard musician today. It is a detailed chronological survey from the 14th century to the end of the 17th. Beginning with the earliest sources, Professor Apel examines national styles and individual composers as well as the careers of the many evolving musical forms and instruments...
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Indian Art of Ancient Florida

By: Barbara A. Purdy

Price: $17.95

Publisher: U.S.A., University Press of Florida: 1996

Seller ID: 138732

ISBN: 081301462X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows scuffing, light edge wear and light signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 124 pages with a great many color photos. A superb book--and one that is long overdue. A fine sampling of a unique native American artistic heritage is laid out before you, in text and in pictures, in this exciting book. --Gordon R. Willey, Peabody Museum, Harvard UniversityFor thousands of years, the Indians of Florida created exq...
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Japanese Colour Prints

By: Binyon, Laurence; J.J.O. Sexton

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, Robert G.Sawers Publishing: 1978

Seller ID: 140855

ISBN: 0903697041

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription. A detailed history of the Japanese print, arranged by period. 5"w x 7"h. 230 pages of text, followed by 48 b&w illustrations.
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Collected Stories, 1939-1976

By: Bowles, Paul

Price: $8.41

Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA, Black Sparrow Press: 1985

Seller ID: 136441

ISBN: 0876853963

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 417 pages. Slight discoloration to cover, otherwise like new. "This volume collects all of Paul Bowles' stories, many of them long out of print and unavailable, written over a period of more than thirty years, and presents them for the first time as an entity." Introduction by Gore Vidal.
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History of the Theatre

By: Brockett, Oscar T.

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Allyn and Bacon, Inc.: 1971

Seller ID: 142707

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 741 pages with b&w illustraitons. Chapters include Origins of the theatre: Ritual drama in Egypt and the Near East; Theatre and drama in ancient Greece; Roman Theatre and drama; Theatre and drama in the middle ages,; The Italian renaissance.... continuing through English theatre, Spanish from 1500 to 1700, French, English, Italian through same period, of the Orient, Modern theatre 1875 - 1915 up to chapter 19: Theatre si...
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The Origin and Legacy of Mexican Art

By: Burchwood, Katharine Tyler

Price: $14.95

Publisher: N Y, A.S. Barnes: 1971

Seller ID: 145070

ISBN: 049807840X

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Very Good

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription inside. Full coral cloth boards. 160 pages. 8 5/8"w x 11 1/8"h. Many b&w illustrations.
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Costumes and Settings for Historical Plays; Volume 3: The Elizabethan and Restoration Period

By: Cassin-Scott, Jack

Price: $18.95

Publisher: B. T. Batsford: 1979

Edition: Ex Library

Seller ID: 130884

ISBN: 0713417064

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior has occasional check marks in pencil beside the illustrations, otherwise clean. 96 pages, line drawings, some in color, accompany the text. Covers Elizabethan (Spanish fashion 1558 - 1603, James I, 1603 - 1625, Charles I 1625 - 1649, The commonwealth 1649 - 1660. Stage properties: furnitue, kitchen utensils, musical instruments, costume jewellery, armour, weapons, architectural forms.
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Costumes and Settings for Historical Plays: Volume 4, the Georgian Period

By: Cassin-Scott, Jack

Price: $18.50

Publisher: B. T. Batsford: 1979

Edition: Ex Library

Seller ID: 130885

ISBN: 0713417080

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior has occasional check marks in pencil beside the illustrations, otherwise clean. 96 pages, line drawings, some in color, accompany the text. Covers Early & Late Georgian, French revolution, French directoire & First empire, Scottish costume. Stage settings: furniture, musical instruments, military weapons, kitchen utensils, architectural forms.
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In/sight: African photographers, 1940 to the Present

By: Clare (intro). Bell

Price: $124.95

Publisher: Distributed by Abrams: 1996

Seller ID: 142369

ISBN: 0892071699

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Fine

Book is in excellent condition with very slight shelf wear to creaseless covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Impressively clean book. 275 pages, almost all full page prints of the 30 African photographers selected for this anthology. The book challenges long-standing Western misconceptions about Africa. Created from the beginnings of the continent's struggles for independence to the postcolonial present, their diverse works include studio portraiture and architectural views...
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The Jaguar's Children: Pre-Classic Central Mexico with A Maya Sculpture in Wood

By: Coe, Michael D.

Price: $42.75

Publisher: N. Y., Museum of Primitive Art: 1965

Seller ID: 143734

Binding: Oversize Hardback

Condition: Near Fine

Exhibition catalogue in excellent condition in beige cloth with bumped back lower corner and very small impact mark top edge at spine. Otherwise FINE. Binding is solid and square, covers otherwise have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is price clipped, light edgewear and chipping at corners, 1" open tear top spine. 126 pages, heavily illustrated with a great many impressive b&w photos of human figures with large hips and over-size head and very expressive faces in clay, some bowls, various pottery. M...
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A Hellenistic Greek Reader: Selections from the Koine of the New Testament Period

By: Colwell, Ernest Cadman and Mantey, Julius R.

Price: $38.95

Publisher: Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press: 1942

Edition: Ex-Libris

Seller ID: 089091

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. 229 pages. Clean, unmarked text.
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Avery Brundage Collection of Chinese Jades

By: d'Argence, Rene-Yvon Lefebvre

Price: $25.00

Publisher: The De Young Museum Society and Patrons of Arts and Music for the Center of Asian Arts and Culture: 1972

Seller ID: 144657

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards. Edge wear to dust jacket. 9 1/8"w x 9 1/8"h. 184 pages. Many color photos. "A selection of religious symbols, insignia of rank, ceremonial weapons, pendants, ornaments, figurines, miniature mountains and containers from the neolithic period to modern times."
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Skateboarding Vancouver: The Skull Skates Collection at the Vancouver Museum

By: Ducommun, Peter

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Thornhill, ONT, Concrete Wave Editions: 2005

Seller ID: 122334

ISBN: 0973528656

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 204 pages. Many color photos. This book commemorates the Skateboarding Vancouver exhibit which was hosted by the Vancouver Museum for an eighteen month period between May 2004 and September 2005.
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Splendors of Imperial Japan: Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection (Khalili Exhibition Catalogues)

By: Earle, Joe

Price: $40.00

Publisher: London, Khalili Collections: 2002

Seller ID: 149053

ISBN: 1874780196

Binding: Oversize Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Slight crease on spine. 9 1/4"w x 12 1/8"h. 468 pages. Many color photos.
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Arab Painting

By: Ettinghausen, Richard

Price: $14.25

Publisher: U.S.A., Rizzoli: 1977

Seller ID: 140209

ISBN: 0847800814

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, , text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 209 pages, richly illustrated with many full page, full color prints of arab art from 691 to the 14th century.
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