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Folk Art Applique Quilts
Fitzpatrick Dawn
ISBN: 0043760058
Susan Haynes/Allen and Unwin Sydney 1990 First Edition
4to Hard Cover 120 pp. b/w and colour illustrations, d/j slightly fadd on spine. In this book, the author explains her exciting and easy new method for making quilt tops. She combines applique and piece-work and sometimes handpainted detail, to create quilts rich in patchwork custom. Fine
Price: 20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 55285 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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An Introduction to Painting and Sculpture: Understanding Art. Volume 1: Appreciation, Method and Technique
Piper David
ISBN: 0855333553
The Mitchell Beazley Library of Art London 1981 First Edition
4to Hard Cover 223 pp, b/w and colour photographs. Provides a basic course of art appreciation and an access point to the subsequent volumes of history and biography. A survey of 12 of the great themes of art and of the diverse ways in which man's genius has been expressed sets the scene for these differences of approach to be explored in detail. From the Series: The Mithcell Beazley Library of Art Fine
Price: 85.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 54015 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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The History of Painting and Sculpture: New Horizons. Volume 3: Western Art Since 1789 and Art of the East
Piper David
ISBN: 085533357X
The Mitchell Beazley Library of Art London 1981 First Edition
4to Hard Cover 272 pp, b/w and colour photographs, very slight foxing to edges, slightly chipped d/j corners and spine ends. This book is the third of four independent but interrelated volumes designed to provide a wide range of information about painting and sculpture in a compact library of art. Half of the entire volume, with its 1000 illustrations, is devoted to an extended treatment of 20th century art in which Piper picks out the main trends with judgment, wit and authority. From the Series: The Mithcell Beazley Library of Art Very Good
Price: 45.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 54013 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Emerging Form in Architecture. Conversations with Lev Zetlin
Wilson Forrest
ISBN: 0843601507
Cahners Books USA 1975 First Edition
4to Oblong Hard Cover 222 pp. b/w photographs, diagrams and schematics. This book represents a decade-long effort to describe the work of one of the world's greatest design engineers. It explains the motivating force behind modern engineering. It tells how and why a gifted engineer works - how he approaches an engineering problem to design the structures that are changing the face of our world. Very Good
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 53604 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Odhams Encyclopaedia of Needlecraft
Howlett Dorothy M., Thomas Hazel M., Howard Constance, Petherbridge Jeanette, Glassington Bonella, Guest Dorothy M.
Odhams Press London Early Edition
8vo Hard Cover 512 pp, drawings and b/w and colour photographs, d/j price-clipped and scuffed along edges. Contents: plain sewing, dressmaking, accessories, embroidery, lace making, knitting, crochet, soft furnishing, mending and toy making. Fine
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 51605 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Artfile. Artists and Designers/Makers of Australia. A Source Book of Australian Contemporary Artists
Lockwood Ken, Editor
ISBN: 0947186581
Craft Arts International Sydney 1992 First Edition
4to Hard Cover 463 pp, colour photographs. This is a source book of Australian contemporary artists and galleries with over 900 illustrations in colour. It is the first comprehensive source book ever compiled. Its chief purpose is to stimulate the imagination about the various ways visual art, sculpture and craftwork can be used to enhance and complement the built environment, hence its emphasis on architecture and interior design. Fine
Price: 45.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 51620 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Notes and Examples in Naval Architecture
Munro-Smith R.
Edward Arnold London 1965 First Edition
8vo Hard Cover 214 pp, illustrated with diagrams, previous owner inscription on fep, separate publisher's compliment note, photograph of ocean liner and Sydney Harbour bridge in the background and appendix photocopies come with the book Very Good
Price: 75.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 51410 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatics
Doty Richard G.
ISBN: 0709199813
Robert Hale Ltd. London 1982 First Edition
Small 4to Hard Cover 355 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, minor foxing on edges and endpapers, d/j scuffed along edges, on corners and spine Very Good
Price: 60.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 51150 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Renaissance Drawings from the Uffizi
Tofani Annamaria Petrioli, Smith Graham, Ciseri Ilaria
ISBN: 0731050223
American Express/The Art Gallery of NSW Sydney 1995 First Edition
4to Catalog 235 pp, colour illustrated exhibition catalogue, minor foxing on top edges, spine slightly faded. The origins of the Uffizi's collection of drawings and prints are to be found in the passion for collecting and the family fortunes of the Medici, the dynasty that ruled Florence and Tuscany politically and economically for over two centuries. It is not surprising that the most important collection of drawings in Italy, as well as one of the most prestigious in the world, was developed in Florence, considering the close association of the city with the arts in both figurative expression and theory. Very Good
Price: 75.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 51061 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Old Irish and Highland Dress With Notes on That of the Isle of Man
McClintock H. F.
W. Tempest, Dundalgan Press Dundalk 1943 First Edition
4to Hard Cover 188 pp, coloured frontis, b/w illustrations, previous owner's inscription, dated 1944, on fep, foxing on edges and endpapers, blue/grey cloth covers with black decorations and lettering on front and gilt lettering on spine, bumped corners and little wear to top and tail end of spine Very Good
Price: 200.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 48226E Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Hair Design and Fashion. Principles and Relationships
Cordwell Miriam, Rudoy Marion
ISBN: 0517531216
Crown Publishers New York 1977 Sixth Revised Edition
Sm4to Hard Cover 310 pp. b/w photographs, minor foxing to edges, d/j price-clipped and faded on spine. This is an incomparable reference book for hair stylists, cosmetologists, instructors, students, demonstrators and others in any aspect of the beauty salon industry. It includes art principles relating to hair design, latest hair styles, the henna boom and other hair coloring, large collections of hair styles for men and women, skin care, makeup, newest facts on hair goods, patterns for haircuts and hair sytling, how to develop as a person and professional, and much more. Very Good
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 47847 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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20000 Jahre Bildhauerkunst Der Welt. Vom Faustkeil Bis Zur Gegenwart
Bazin Germain
ISBN: 3881992669
Manfred Pawlak Germany 1968 First Edition
Folio Hard Cover 461 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, text in GERMAN. Translated from the French "Le Monde de la Sculpture des Origines a nos Jours" by Hans-Jorg Frick, Gertraude Heiland, Regina Klett, Erst F. Podlesnigg, Hans Schmidthus, Madeleine Stahlberg Very Good
Price: 85.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 47685 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Art Treasures of the Vatican: Architecture, Painting, Sculpture
De Campos D. Redig
ISBN: 0517345498
Park Lane New York 1974 First Edition
8vo Hard Cover 398 pp, 410 b/w and colour illustrations, d/j price-clipped. Contributions by Maria Donati Barcellona, Georg Daltrop, Giovanni Fallani, Germano Gualdo, Enrico Iosi, Gianfranco Nolli, Cecilia Percoli, Francesco Roncalli, Nello Vian. This book is a work of art in itself, illustrated with more than four hundred pictures in colour and amplified by an informative, descriptive text compiled by a team of international specialists that will earn the praise of art historians, architects and archaeologists as well as the devout pilgrim and tourist. Very Good
Price: 100.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 47471 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Treasures of the British Museum
Caygill Marjorie
ISBN: 0714120332
British Museum Publications London 1985 First Edition
4to Hard Cover 240 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, obscured previous owner's inscription on fep. The British Museum is the most magnificent treasure-house in the world. The wealth and range of its collections is unequalled by any other national museum. Lavishly illustrated with 125 colour and 150 black and white photographs this is both a valuable record of a unique institution and a fascinating keepsake for visitors. Very Good
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 47427 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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An Australian Accent. Three Artists: Mike Parr, Imants Tillers, Ken Unsworth
Kaldor John
ISBN: 0959134204
John Kaldor Sydney 1984 First Edition
4to Soft Cover 88 pp, b/w and colour illustrations. Australia's vitality in film, music and literature has won international recognition in the past years. This book shows that the visual arts in Australia have the same spirit and freshness; it is an individual expression that is both Australian and valid as a contribution to international contemporary art. Very Good
Price: 35.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 47009 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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The Decorative Art of Russia
Bowater Marina
Studio Editions London 1990 First Edition
4to Hard Cover 223 pp, colour illustrations, foxing on half-title page, minor shelfwear. This collection of Slavic ornamentation presents the essential characteristics of Russian decorative art in glorious full colour. The designs, gathered from rich sources of symbolic, religious and secular art forms in pre-Revolutionary Russia, include some of the earliest examples of Novgorodian and Stoganov calligraphy, iconography and architectural detail, as well as wood and bone carving, metal-work, pottery, porcelain, enamelling, glass making, jewellery and textile weaving. Very Good
Price: 65.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 46841 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Emporio Armani, Autumn 2002
Armani Giorgio
Giorgio Armani Milano 2002
4to Softcover with Dustjacket unpaginated, with b/w and and colour illustrations Fine
Price: 45.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 46834 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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Jewels of the Pharaohs. Egyptian Jewelry of the Dynastic Period
Aldred Cyril
Praeger Publishers New York 1971 First American Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Hard Cover 256 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, with a special photography in Cairo by Albert Shoucair. Foxing on edges and endpapers, d/j price-clipped and rubbed. The major pieces from these collections are brought together here by Aldred, who discusses their meaning and history, their artistic significance and the techniques used in their execution. The resulting volume conveys both a wealth of technical and historical information and a brilliant visual intimation of the full magnificence of the surviving royal jewels. Very Good
Price: 45.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 46420 Bookseller: Dee Why Books
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