Books - "arts"
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Lelia's Kiss Imagining Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Comedy
first edition 333pp FINE in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: university of toronto press toronto 2009
KEYWORDS: arts literature gender giannetti renaissance comedy
Drawings by American Architects
reprint 613pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (fawn cloth,sl.sunned,v.sl.soiled,content edges sl.soiled) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: john wiley new york [1973]
KEYWORDS: arts architecture drawing kemper
Bruce Mason
first edition inscribed and signed by Bruce Mason 53pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,inscr.and sign.of Mason to title page)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press wellington 1976
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature arts biography mason mcnaughton signed
Solo The End of the Golden Weather / To Russia, with Love / Not Christmas, but Guy Fawkes / Courting Blackbird
first edition thus signed by author 234pp FINE (black cloth,author's sign.to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wrinkle to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature arts signed bruce mason
Awatea
first edition inscribed by author 109pp VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's inscr.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: new zealand university press wellington 1969
KEYWORDS: arts drama modern first edition literature new zealand bruce mason
Quiet Places Richard Ponder's Paintings of New Zealand
first edition unpaginated + 75 col.plates NEAR FINE (black cloth,eps sl.foxed) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: coombe house lower hutt 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts richard ponder painting
Collecting Georgian and Victorian Crafts
first edition 162pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1973
KEYWORDS: arts crafts antiques june field
The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories
first edition 136pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,head of spine sl.chewed,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to ffep,col.plate tipped-in to half-title gutter,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine,spine sunned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: country life london 1966
KEYWORDS: arts needleworkaccessories sylvia groves antiques
Present Company Reflections on the Arts
first edition 38pp NEAR FINE (in card wrappers,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: blackwood & janet paul auckland 1966
KEYWORDS: arts new zealand history charles brasch
The Lace Book
first edition 206pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: tudor publishing new york 1937
KEYWORDS: hudson moore lace cradts arts
Art in Needlework A Book About Embroidery
fifth edition 280pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,upper corner of ffep and half-title clipped,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: batsford london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts crafts needlework day
The Cult of the Needle
third impression 114pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.3x1cm surface loss to front cover,magazine cutting to inside front cover,owner's inscr.to prelim.,content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: girls own paper london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts klickmann needlework crafts
The Art of Decoration
new edition 407pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth w.silver dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,missing frontis.,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1889
KEYWORDS: arts decoration history haweis
Opera
paperback (first edition, 1940); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: pelican / penguin
KEYWORDS: specials arts opera music edward j dent
Aida ; English National Opera Guide 2
paperback; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: john calder
KEYWORDS: specials arts opera music guiseppe verdi
The Logie Collection: A catalogue of the James Logie Memorial Collection of Classical Antiquities at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch
large format hardcover 405pp illus Fine in Near Fine d/w (v sl rubbing)
PUBLISHER: canterbury university press christchurch 2009
KEYWORDS: new zelaand james logie classical antiquities history collections arts j r green classics
Inner Landscapes; 15 New Zealand Artists With Canterbury Connections
oblong illus boards 120pp illus Fine
PUBLISHER: cantuerbury university press christchurch 2009
KEYWORDS: arts new zealand canterbury christchurch justin paton
Homes and Haunts of the Pilgrim Fathers
Large format original blue cloth boards with extensive gilt motifs to spine, gilt to front board and blindstamping to front and rear boards, illus, aeg, xiv + 200pp + 4pp adverts VG+ (light rubbing, mild wear to corners and head and tail of spine, very light occassional foxing, sl heavier foxing on eps, large but stylish presentation inscription on fep)
PUBLISHER: Religious tract Society London 1899
KEYWORDS: arts architecture art history travel houses alexander mackennal pilgrims settlers
Modern Practical Stairbuilding and Handrailing For the Use of Workmen, Builders, Architects, and Others
brick-red cloth covered black illus boards & spine, xi + 103pp + 108pp, flding diags, plates illus, VG ( rubbing to joints and edges, bruising to corners, small stain to lower left cover, occassional ownership stamp, binding a little shaken but sound)
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford mayfair 1932
KEYWORDS: arts architecture building stairs handrails george ellis
A Manual of Wood Carving With Pracrical Instructions For Learners of the Art and Selected Designs
green cloth boards with black illustration and gilt lettering to front and spine 48pp + xxiv plates + 8pp adverts VG (moderate rubbing and wear to extremities, owners name to fep, a couple of light pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: bemrose and sons london 1906
KEYWORDS: wood carving arts design william bemrose