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Art and Antiques Sorted By Author's Surname - Section L

Larkin(ed.), David - Innocent Art. Pan, 1974. 11¾" x 8¾", 16pp text plus 40 plates, softback. Text printed on laid paper, plates on 'art' paper. Comprises a short biography of each plate and 40 plates with each having its, short, details printed on verso. Illustrated in colour: Seraphine Louis, Dominique Peyronnet, Henri Rousseau, Gyory Stefula, Andre Duranton, Mijo Kovacic, Josip Generalic, Milan Rasic, Ivan Rabuzin, Ivan Lackovic, Macksimovic Borivos, Maruice Grimaldi (Grim), Jules Lefranic, Gertrude O'Brady, Alois Sauter, Fred Aris, F. Boilanges, Camille Bombois, F. Von Rieger, Rene Rimbert, Adolf Dietrich, Jean-Baptiste Guiraud, Arthur W. Chesher, Joseph Whitting Stock, Joseph Pickett, James Lloyd, Auguste-Andre Bauchant, Salomon Meijers, Horace Pippin, F. Botero, and Morris Hirshfield. Very slight corner wear, Xmas inscription inside front cover, price corssed-out but still visible, very good.
[Order code:14679 / Price £3.00]

Laver, James - Victoriana. Ward, Lock & Co., not dated, 1966? edition based on the 30/- price. Contents: The Victorian Age; Painting and Sculpture; Books; Fashion and Fashion Plates; Baxter and Other Prints; Valentines; Christmas and Greetings Cards; Music Covers; Melodrama and Other Posters; Tinsel Pictures and Juvenile Drama; Fans; Jewellery; Pottery and Porcelain; Glass; Silver and Silver-plate; Furniture; Household Fixtures and Fittings; Embroidery; Toys and Games; Photogrphs; Verious Vehicles; Miscellanea; Bibliogrphy; Index. 8" x 5½", 256pp, black cloth, hardback. Index. Illustrated with monochrome photographs within the text. Very good (no inscriptions, no bumps, not ex-library) complete with very good minus (slight edge-wear) wrapper, not price-cut.
[Order code:4735 / Price £2.50]

Levy, Julien - Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture from the Julien Levey Collection. Sotheby. 4/5th November, 1981. 9½" x 8¾", not numbered (250?), red-brown cloth, gold blocking, hardback. Illustrated in colour and monochrome. Near fine c/w similar wrapper. Average.
[Order code:7984 / Price £10.00]

Lewer, H. William - The China Collector: A Guide to the Porcelain of the English Factories. Herbert Jenkins, 1922?, 4th edition. 7¾" x 5", 348pp (inc. plates), brown cloth, hardback. General index; Chronograph of English Porcelains, 1740-1850; Bibliography; Tabular Index of Factories; Index of name. Prefatory note by Frank Stevens. Illustrated with 32 plates of monochrome photographs, plus ceramic marks (extensive) within the text. Frontispiece and 1 plate loose, 1" slit to spine, good, solid copy, no wrapper.
[Order code:4723 / Price £2.50]

Linley, Mark - How to Draw Anything. Clarion. 1995, paperback 1st. 8" x 5¼", 286pp, paperback. Illustrated with examples throughout. Back top-corner and top-croner of last 2 pages creased and ragged, pages 263-276 torn in top margin, otherwise near fine, probably unread. Below average.
[Order code:7736 / Price £1.00]

Lladro - Lladro [Lladró]. Not sure what these are but they look like catalogues: comprise colour photos with a number, name and size. Anyway, 2 of whatever they are. 8¼" x 4", 1 x 64pp 1x 52pp, paperback. Printed on glossy art-paper. Illustrated in colour. Both fine, probably unused.
[Order code:16126 / Price £2.00]

Lowry, Bates - The Visual Experience: An Introduction to Art. Prentice-Hall, 1961, 1st thus. 11¼" x 8¾", 272pp, dark blue cloth, hardback. Index. Printed on 'art' paper. Illustrated in monochrome and colour. Monogram at top-front corner of front-free endpaper; very, very slightly sunned spine; fine (no inscriptions, no bumps, NOT ex-library)complete with very good (tears, 1", to front-edge of spine-edge, slight edge-wear) wrapper; NOT price-cut.
[Order code:5565 / Price £10.00]

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