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ANOTHER PART OF THE WOOD: A Self-Portrait.
Edition: First printing.
London: John Murray, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first autobiography by this English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. who is best known for the landmark television program "Civilization." In this, he recounts his Edwardian childhood, set in a world of shooting parties, life on the Riviera, yachting and gambling - but from an early age he learned how to recognize and enjoy art, and that became the center of his life. Illustrated with photographs. Index. xi, 288 pp. ISBN: 0-719529794.
Condition: Very near fine in bright yellow cloth in a like dustjacket (previous owner's name on front endpaper).
Book ID: 89843More details Price: $30.00 -
THE OTHER HALF: A Self-Portrait.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second autobiography by this English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. who is best known for the landmark television program "Civilization." - "beginning with the hazardous evacuation of the National Gallery pictures to the safety of a slate quarry in Wales at the beginning of World War II and ending with a calm look at a lifetime of accomplishment". Illustrated with photographs. Index. 259 pp. ISBN: 006010774X.
Condition: Fine in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine in a near fine dust jacket (price-clipped).
Book ID: 88909More details Price: $16.50 -
M IS FOR MASTERPIECE: An Art Alphabet.
Edition: First printing.
Chelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - One of a series of thematic alphabet books - this one uses text and illustrations by Will Bullas to highlight artists - Georgia O'Keefe, Picasso, Van Gogh - and artistic techniques - impressionism, watercolors, etc. SIGNED on the title page by Domeniconi. Oblong format, unpaginated. ISBN: 1-58536276x.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 81331More details Price: $30.00 -
THE TITIAN COMMITTEE
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1991_ dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring "diffident art historian" Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world, set in Venice. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 189 pp. Striking dust jacket art by Michael Chung. ISBN: 0-15-1904723.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.) Becoming difficult to find, especially in this condition.
Book ID: 77396More details Price: $40.00 -
DEATH AND RESTORATION.
Edition: First printing.
London: Harper Collins (Collins Crime), (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of this Flavia di Stefano - Jonathan Argyll mystery, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-00-232590x.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (a clean tight copy, but with noticeable toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 77341More details Price: $30.00 -
THE IMMACULATE DECEPTION.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Scribner, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring newly married art historian Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-12576.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 57218More details Price: $15.00 -
THE ART OF THE BELGIAN GALLERIES: Being a History of the Flemish School of Painting Illuminated and Demonstrated by Critical Descriptions of the Great Paintings in Bruges, Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels and Other Belgian Cities.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Very uncommon in dust jacket.
Book ID: 36916More details Price: $60.00 -
QUATTROCENTO.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - a romantic story of time travel between modern New York City and 15th century Tuscany, a story "rooted in art history, music theory and the rudiments of physics." 307 pp. ISBN: 0-385503199.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 36683More details Price: $15.00 -
THE IMMACULATE DECEPTION.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Scribner, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring newly married art historian Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-12576.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35419More details Price: $20.00 -
GIOTTO'S HAND
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Scribner's, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring art historian Jonathan Argyll and Flavia di Stefano of the Rome Art Theft Squad, combining murder and the art world, set in Rome, Florence and Norfolk, England. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-684-814609.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 35416More details Price: $28.00 -
THE LAST JUDGEMENT.
Edition: First printing.
London: Gollancz, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of the 4th Flavia di Stefano - Jonathan Argyll mystery, combining murder and the art world. Pears is an art historian and his knowledge of that world adds a great deal to this series. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-375-055847.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 35413More details Price: $50.00 -
WOMEN, ART, AND SOCIETY.
Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback.
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1990. First edition - An examination of ten centuries of women's involvement in the fine arts, from the early middle ages through the Renaisssance, the Victorian era and into modern times, drawing on 20 years of research by feminist scholars and art historians. Includes 243 illustrations, 50 in ful color, bibliography and sources, index. 384 pp. ISBN: 0-500-202419.
Condition: Very good condition (a few scattered underlinings and marginal brackets.).
Book ID: 26701More details Price: $10.00 -
THE EMERGENCE OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST: Robert S. Duncanson 1821-1872.
Edition: First printing.
Columbia and London: University of Missouri Press (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first full-scale biography of this artist who was considered the 'best landscape painter in the West' in the mid-19th century, but who has since fallen into obscurity. This book looks at the influences on this artist, the first African American painter to win international recognition. Includes more than 130 reproductions of his paintings, including some of other African American artists at the time, with a generous selection in full color. 235 pp with notes, index, bibliography and index of illustrations. Printed on glossy stock throughout. The uncommon hardcover edition of a book both beautiful and important. ISBN: 0-8262-08800.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 26634More details Price: $120.00
