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Cann, C. G. L. Du - Antiques for Amateurs. Frederick Muller, 2nd impression, 1965. 7˝" x 4ž", 176pp plus 6 plates, blue cloth, hardback. Index. Illustrated with 12 sides of monochrome photographs. Slightly sunned spine; very good (no inscriptions, no bumps, not ex-library) complete with very good minus (edge-wear, slightly sunned spine) wrapper, not price-cut.
[Order code:4733 / Price £2.00]

Capon, Edmund - Princes of Jade. Cardinal. With Macquitty, William. 1973, 1st. 9ž" x 7ź", 192pp, illustrated card, softback. Illustrated in monochrome and colour. Very slightly sunned spine; very good (no spine creases, no inscriptions, not ex-library) probably unread.
[Order code:7079 / Price £1.00]

Cezanne, Paul - Cezanne. Beaverbrook Newspapers Limited, not dated, c1960? Comprises 8pp text by Meyer Schapiro, including Commentary on each plate; followed by 15 tipped-in colour plates with printed plate number, brief description and location at time of printing concealed below plate. The 16th plate is on the front-cover beneath the cellophane. Contents: The Card Players; Uncle Dominic as a Monk; View of Auvers; Chocquet Seated; The Bay from L'Estaqe; View of Gardanne; The Bather; Mountains in Provence; Madame Cezanne in the Conservatory; Still Life with Basket of Apples; Tulips and Apples; Boy with Red Vest; Portrait of Gustave Geoffroy; Still Life with Cupid; Self-Portrait with Beret; Mont Sainte Victoire. Quality production and materials used; designed to be broken and framed. 14ź" x 10ž", card covers covered in cellophane. Small (less than 2" x 2", iregular) loss of cellophane to lower-left corner of front cover, fine.
[Order code:10128 / Price £5.00]

Chirico, Giorgio De - Gustave Courbet. Valori Plastici, Rome, 1926. English text. The New Artists series. 7ž" x 5˝", 44pp, illustrated card covers, softback. Illustrated with 33 monochrome 'phototype' reproductions of Manet's work. Stitching weak; covers slightly 'dusty'; slight wear at foot of spine; the odd fox spot; very good.
[Order code:4181 / Price £15.00]

Christie - Ashanti Gold and Goldweights Tribal Art. Christie. 3rd April, 1981. 9˝" x 7˝", 84pp, card covers, catalogue. Illustrated with 73 monochrome and 7 colour photographs. Slight edge/corner wear, very good. Average.
[Order code:7978 / Price £5.00]

Clabburn, Pamela - Samplers. Shire, 1980 reprint. Shire Album no. 30. 8ź" x 6", 32pp, illustrated card, booklet. Illustrated with monochrome photographs. Slight crease to front cover, o/w fine. Above average.
[Order code:6102 / Price £1.00]

Clark(intro.), Kenneth - More Details from Pictures in the National Gallery. Gallery Trustees, 1st, 1941. 13ź" x 10", 116pp, light blue cloth, hb. Illustrated with 100 monochrome reproductions, printed on both sides of the page. The book was printed by Harrison and Sons, the high quality security printers (UK postage stamps etc) and the reproductions are of good quality. Spine faded, boards patchily faded, small mark on front board, very slight foxing here and there, internally generally very good, no wrapper.
[Order code:4176 / Price £6.00]

Clark, Kenneth - The Nude: A Study of Ideal Art. John Murray. 1956, 1st. 9˝" x 6˝", 408pp, bright-red buckram, hardback. Index. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Slight foxing to endpapers; very slight edge-foxing; lower-front corner of front board rounded; very good minus (no inscriptions, no bumps, not ex-library), no wrapper.
[Order code:7083 / Price £5.00]

Gombrich, E H and Kris, E - Caricature. King Penguin, 1940, 1st. 7ź" x 4ž", 32pp plus 8 plates, card covers ('quarter' purple with yellow sides), softback. Illustrated within the text in monochrome and with 16 sides in colour. Exceptional condition for this work; previous owners initial and date in top-front corner of verso of front-free endpaper, very good plus. (no wrapper).
[Order code:11108 / Price £12.00]

Cox(ed.), Warren E. - The Homelovers Book: Colour Facsimiles, Messotint Engravings for Home Decoration. Frost & Reed, 27th ed.,1953. 10" x 7ź", 270pp, quarter green cloth with grey cloth sides, hb. Illustrated in colour and monochrome. Contains reproductions by and brief biographies of the covered artists. A catalogue of prints including prices. Faded spine, boards detached, pages 15/16 missing, pages 129/130 loose and dog-eared, binding generally 'loose', contents generally very good, no wrapper.
[Order code:4178 / Price £4.00]

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