English Neo-Classical Architecture (Studies in Architecture)

Arts & Photography

Stillman, Damie

Architecture

Sothebys Pubns

The Private Trade in Chinese Export porcelain, as distinct from East India Company trade, has hitherto scarcely been recoginised as a subject in its own right. And yet the officers and supercargoes of the Hon. East India Company took full advantage of their license to trade on their own account; it is just this attractive and innovative ware, chosen by them at their own capital risk, that is most collected today. David S. Howard surveys more than two centuries of manufacture, and throws new light on how the trade was actually conducted. The Hodroff collection, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in the world, closely mirrors the tastes of the private traders and is the ideal source of illustration for this pioneering work.

The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated in the Hodroff Collection

Howard, David S.

Other Media

Established over many years as the definitive book on the subject, Colette Mansell's monumental work is now available in paperback for the first time. Tracing the history of doll-making in Britain from 1920 to the present day, this book gives detailed information on the dolls produced by large factories and well-known companies, as well as those made by small concerns, cottage industries and individual doll-makers. The innovative and realistic fabric dolls made by Chad Valley, Farnell, Dean's Rag Book Company, Norah Wellings and others during the 1920s and 1930s are great favourites with collectors, and extensive research has been carried out by the author. Sections on doll's-house dolls, costume dolls, unidentified and miscellaneous dolls, and the valuation of dolls are included, along with a fascinating chapter devoted to the now highly collectable dolls of the Royal Family. This book is intended not only for those beginning a collection but also for the experienced and discerning collector.

The Collector's Guide to British Dolls Since 1920

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Mansell, Colette

Antiques & Collectibles

Complete two volume set in slipcase. Each of hese books are clean and bright, with no creases, no tears, and no markings. The dustjacket of volume I has a very small tear to the upper spine, otherwise they're also in excellent condition; clean & bright, with no creases or tears. The slipcase is in great shape, no tears or soiling or bumps.

The Art of the Japanese Book

Computers & Technology

HILLIER, Jack

Graphics & Design

Review\nAlexander Rodchenko (1891-1956) was one of the leading figures in the Russian avant-garde. The eighty-two drawings assembled by the artist in the late 1930s or early 1940s, together with diary extracts, two introductory essays and previously unpublished illustrations present a pwerful record of Rodchenko's work. These 91 color and 35 mono illustrations and drawings give an insight into the evolution of his working method, from representational designs for theatre to his abstract compass drawings. They represent the artist's own narrative of the development of Constructivism and mark the end of an era of free expresoin. -- Midwest Book Review

Alexander Rodchenko: Works on Paper 1914-1920

Elliot, David

This beautiful volume traces the history of the gardens in and around Naples from the times of the Romans to the present. Following an authoritative introduction by the garden expert Elizabeth Blair MacDougal, the individual gardens unfold in a lavish series of photographs. The tour begins with the magnificent Royal Gardens at Caserta, and continues with visits to other public and private gardens in and around the city of Naples. Gardens from Capri, both ancient and modern, are also covered, as are those of the nearby island of Ischia. The reader then travels south along the Miglio d'Oro, past the slopes of Mount Vesuvius where the great Neapolitan villas once lay. A trip through the historically rich Campania region, including the gardens of Sorrento, the terraced gardens of Positano, and the Roman ruins at Paestum conclude the book. The most visually rich work yet published on the subject, The Gardens of Naples will be welcomed by garden lovers as well as by anyone with an appreciation for the unrivaled beauties of the Italian countryside.

Gardens of Naples

Sapieha, Nicolas

MacDougall, Elisabeth Blair

Photography & Video

This delightful and engaging book travels around the world and throughout history, from ancient Egypt to eighteenth century France and beyond, to tell the story of the monkey's role in art. By turns amusing and serious, the text and pictures provide a fascinating glimpse into the unlikely ways in which human beings have chosen to view their simian relatives over the centuries.

The Monkey in Art

Tompkins, Ptolemy

Themes

British Delft at Williamsburg catalogs the collection of more than seven hundred museum-quality examples acquired by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation during the past sixty years, in many instances relating them to several hundred of the thousands of archaeological fragments excavated in Virginia's colonial capital and on nearby sites. Presenting the objects in categories according to their use, John C. Austin discusses the period utilization of the various forms, identifying them, when possible, with the names of the objects commonly employed at that time. He also compares and contrasts the pieces with other examples in public and private collections in America and England.

British Delft at Williamsburg (Williamsburg Decorative Arts)

Austin, John C.

The Art of the Little Mermaid, New York, Saturday, December 15, 1990. Paperback auction catalogue.

The Art of the Little Mermaid, New York, Saturday, December 15, 1990

Sotheby's

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

This major exhibition shows one of the most important subjects in British landscape painting: the country house in its setting. The publication serves as a catalogue of the exhibition and contains colour illustrations of all the paintings. Every painting has been lent by a private owner or a family trust and many have remained in the same family which commissioned them. The paintings may not, however, have hung in the houses depicted all the time as a popular reason for commissioning such views, before the days of easy travel, was to have a picture of the country seat to hand in your London house. All the paintings reveal details about the different schools of painting, the social history of the time and, of course, architectural style and taste. They also provide information about changing customs and modes of travel, the revolution in garden and landscape design, the changing land uses on estates and a whole range of sporting pastimes.

The Artist and the Country House: From the Fifteenth Century to the Present Day

Harris, John.

History & Criticism

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