Two Brand New Archaeology Books Over 70% Off !

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques New: item #693321
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Two Brand New Archaeology Books Over 70% Off !

The History of Archaeology: Great Excavations of the World and 

In Search of the Immortals: Mummies, Death and the Afterlife

(Note for our regular customers: this book includes 34 pages on excavations & mummies fr... Click for details

Book - Ancient Egypt: Sunken Egypt Alexandria

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre AD 1000: item #693312
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Book - Ancient Egypt: Sunken Egypt Alexandria

Ancient Alexandria - a Greek city in Egypt, ruled by the Ptolemaic dynasty until the time of Cleopatra - today lies hidden beneath the sprawling modern city (although the stuffed-fish museum along the seafront is good for a laugh !). There is one place, however, where the remains of this fabled metropolis are still accessible: under the sea. Archaeologist Franck Goddio an... Click for details

Alexander Calder - Illustrated Catalogue -MMA- 1943

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 1950: item #688997

This is a clean and crisp copy of a museum catalogue: Calder, The Museum of Modern Art. 1943. James Johnson Sweeney.

This is a first edition. It is a small 64 page quarto with stiff, illustrated wraps.

The condition overall is excellent, with a few exception... Click for details

Prize Poems ~ 1913-1929

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References Pre 1940: item #688451

A softcover copy of Prize Poems 1913-1929 with an introduction by Mark Van Doren.Published in 1930 by Charles Boni and edited by Charles A. Wagner (Rockwell Kent.) Bound in blue pictorial paper wraps after a woodcut by Rockwell Kent. The blue pictorial endpapers are also by Kent. Pages 204 and 205 have tears and there is some foxing in the front. 247pgs.

The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #688434

Written by Carl Little and published in 1998 by the University of California Press, Berkeley.Hardcover in dustjacket. 159 pages, profuse color illustrations. Mint condition.

Book: Ingeborg Becker, Japonismus / Japonism,1997

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 2000: item #681373
B 113

Becker, Ingeborg, Japonismus, Ostasien in der Kunst des Jugendstils (Japonism in the Museum of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Functionalism, Berlin), Broehan-Museum, Landesmuseum fuer Jugendstil, Art Deco und Funktionalismus (1889-1939), Berlin, Germany, 1997.
96 pp., 91 colour illustrations, 22 b/w illustrations. German text. 24 x 17 cm. Paper. ... Click for details

Book: Andon magazine, Vol. 11/2, no. 42, 1992

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 2000: item #681368
B 092

Andon magazine, Vol. 11/2, no. 42. October 1992.
36 pp., 24.5 x 17.5 cm. Paper. English text. Numerous b/w illustrations.

Contents:
Pulverer, Gerhard, Japanese woodblock prints and impressionism, pp. 31-42; ... Click for details

Book: Yoshiko Kakudo, Later Japanese Lacquers, 1987

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 1990: item #681357
B 091

Kakudo, Yoshiko, Later Japanese Lacquers, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Exhibition, July 18 – November 15, 1987. With a Foreword by Rand Castile, Director.
14 pp., 23 x 15.5 cm. Paper. English text. 17 colour illustrations.
Almost perfect condition.

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Richard Parkes Bonington ' On the Pleasure of Painting'

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 2000: item #679493

Major retrospective of Bonington's paintings, watercolors and prints that were featured in an exhibit sponsored by the Yale Center for British Art. The book is written by Patrick Noon who reviews Bonington's life and work in the first half of the book. Hardcover w/dustjacket published by Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 1991. 165 color plates + b/w illustration. 315pp. Mint condition.

Book: Kanazawa Museum, Kaga Lacquer Art, 1995

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 2000: item #679188
B 088

Kanazawa Bijutsukan, Kaga yukari no makie-ten (Kaga Lacquer Art Exhibition), Kanazawa bijutsu seinenkai yonju-shu kinen (Exhibition in Honour of the 40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Kanazawa Art Museum). Japanese Exhibition Catalogue, 1995. Exhibition at the Kanazawa Museum of Art, Japan
104 pp., 30 x 21.5 cm. Hardboard. Japanese language only. 62 colour plates. ... Click for details