www.bibliophilebooks.com 72300 THE PAINTINGS OF JOHN


DUNCAN: A Scottish Symbolist by John Kemplay


John Duncan’s early works in oil are exquisite studies in a pre-Raphaelite mode, for instance his tapestry-inspired “Joan of Arc”, his grey-tinted “Taking of Excalibur”, the decorative “Peacocks and Fountains” or the beautiful young women who crowd into a roundel shape in “Hymn to the Rose”. Two formative years in the Chicago School of Art were followed by the setting up of a studio in Edinburgh in 1903. His first major Symbolist work was “The Riders of the Sidhe”, executed in tempera which was to be his main medium for the rest of his career. 128pp, numerous colour reproductions. 23.4 x 28.5cm. £17.95 NOW £6


74057 HOCKNEY: A Rake’s Progress by Christopher Simon Sykes


David Hockney’s versatility is legendary, and like Picasso he has moved through half a dozen strikingly different styles. His most celebrated portrait, “Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy”, with its slightly dreamlike realism, contrasts strongly with the abstracts of his student years, while the meticulous detail of his etchings of Grimm’s Fairy Tales is a world away from the huge and colourful digitised prints recently seen at the Royal Academy show “A Bigger Picture”. Openly gay from an early age, Hockney focused on gay themes from the beginning of his career, and his stay in California propelled him towards swimming pools as a subject. After America he lived in Paris but was increasingly drawn into the swinging London sixties scene through his volatile friendship with fashion designers Ossie Clark and his partner Celia Birtwistle. Hockney was in love with Celia but during these years he set up house with the gay love of his life, Peter Schlesinger. The recent landscape work based in his Yorkshire roots has won a new audience. 363pp, colour and b/w reproductions. £25 NOW £10


72514 ROBERT BEVAN FROM


GAUGUIN TO CAMDEN TOWN by Frances Stenlake


Stenlake places Bevan in context, socially and geographically as well as artistically. She ranges from Pont-Aven to Exmoor, from Poland to north London, examines his interaction with other members of the Fitzroy Street, Camden Town and Cumberland Market Groups, and deals with his periods of self-imposed isolation painting the hills along the Somerset and Devon borders. Also included are paintings by his wife, Stanislawa de Karlowska, and studies of his son and daughter. The breadth of his subjects, from Cows at Cuckfield to Breton Churchyard to The Carosse Poland, and the eye-catching nature of his art, is lavishly illustrated in 223 pages 29cm x 25cm which include over 180 illus, 125 in colour. List of works in public collections. £30 NOW £14


63013 FIRST SEEN: Portraits of the World’s Peoples 1840-1880 by Kathleen Stewart Howe


These photos from the Wilson Centre for Photography offer a map of the human world in the mid-19th century. This extraordinary collection comprises the first known photographs of peoples and races, of all classes, ranks and castes, ethnic and tribal types - the criminal, the ill, the picturesque - on nearly every continent. They are represented at work, in their environments, in their homes and in their celebrations. Organised into larger thematic groups, they reveal the common threads of human societies and human curiosity. Here are a


Apocalypse then


Newly uncovered illuminations from the Renaissance depicting miraculous phenomena


74022 THE BOOK OF MIRACLES by Till-Holger


Borchert and Joshua Waterman


The Book of Miracles that first surfaced a few years ago and is one of the


most spectacular new discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The nearly complete surviving illustrated manuscript which was created in the Swabian Imperial Free City of Augsburg around 1550, is composed of 169 pages with large-format illustrations in gouache and watercolour depicting wondrous and often eerie celestial phenomena, constellations, conflagrations and floods as well as other catastrophes and occurrences. It deals with events ranging from the creation of the world and incidents drawn from the Old Testament, ancient tradition and medieval chronicles to those that took place in the immediate present of the book’s author. With the illustrations of the visionary Book of Revelation, it even includes the future end of the world. The surprisingly modern looking, sometimes hallucinatory illustrations and the cursory descriptions of the Book of Miracles strikingly convey a unique view of the concerns and anxieties of the 16th century, of apocalyptic thinking and eschatological expectation. The present facsimile volume reproduces the Book of Miracles in its entirety for the first time and thus makes one of the most important works of the German Renaissance finally available to art lovers and scholars. The introduction puts the codex in its cultural and historical context, and an extensive description of the manuscript and its miniatures, as well as a complete transcript of the text, accompany the facsimile in an appendix. With booklet in a clamshell box, 12.6" x 8.5", 560 pages. Text in English, French and German. New from Taschen.


ONLY £100


64161 REGINALD BRILL by Judith Bumpus


Reginald Brill, 1902-1974, was an English realist painter who has recently begun to receive the recognition enjoyed during their lifetimes by Stanley Spencer and William Roberts. He studied at the Slade School and, at the age of 31, became Head Master at Kingston School of Art in Surrey, later becoming its principal. He transformed a poorly organised and cramped institution into one of the most respected art schools in the country. This is the first major study of Brill using his diaries, archive material and anecdotes from friends and students. A man of charisma, wit and artistic dedication, a friend recalls that Brill was an enigma - like a cut gem who presented different facets at different times to different people. 89 of his works are reproduced in colour plus 46 monochromes and sketches are placed alongside some of the completed works, a useful guide to the way in which a painting develops. One quirky inclusion is a selection of illustrated wage envelopes which Brill presented to his housekeeper. Subjects range from the prosaic - three GPO telephone line men in their canvas shelter - to the majestic interior of a mosque in Cairo, enhanced by Brill’s masterly command of perspective. For all interested in 20th century British painting, a rare first edition, 1999. 144 large pages.


£37.50 NOW £8


daguerreotype of a Borneo tribesman, and the first images of the people of Madagascar and the ordinary people of Egypt. Here are a Zulu Shaman, a Fakir from Hyderabad and a Holy Man, all of them to our eyes rather terrifying. 206 large pages, 161 colour plates. £35 NOW £9


69222 MY VENETIAN


SKETCHBOOK by Isabelle de Borchgrave, Venice has always fascinated, dazzled and astonished her admirers. The city and its surroundings have been an endless source of


inspiration. Innumerable artists have yielded to the mysterious charms of the City of the Doges. Here, a much-praised artist uses watercolour and drawings to depict the city as it first appeared to her - ‘seductive even in her rather worn finery, sumptuous, secretive, a compound of nostalgia and fragility’. She uses a symphony of ochres, blues, dusty pinks, bold purples and serene greys to delineate Venice in all her moods from the shimmering heat of July to the misty air of December. Thanks to a keen eye and a deft hand, the artist succeeds in leading the reader from the familiar sight of light reflecting upon the surface of a canal to the lesser-known delights of the Fortuny workshops, stopping along the way to grab an espresso at the Café Florian, and to enjoy the hustle and bustle of St Mark’s Square. Translated from the French by Susan Pickford. 138 large format pages in delicate colour. £16.95 NOW £8


73104 TURKS: A Journey of 1000 Years, 600-1600 by Filiz Cagman,


Nazan Olcer and David J. Roxburgh The Royal Academy “Turks” exhibition in 2005 took many art-lovers by surprise, with its rich displays of painting, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, manuscripts and armour. This huge and sumptuous book accompanying the exhibition opens up the country’s impressive heritage. When the Timurid and Turkmen dynasties replaced the Mongols, they developed a new level of detail in manuscript work and calligraphy. Elaborate war masks, a helmet, mail-coat and other armour from Anatolia and Uzbekistan reflect the centrality of warfare. The art of the Ottoman court is richly jewelled, although Islamic doctrine frowned on ostentation, and the architectural revolution of Suleyman I the Magnificent was dominated by the master-builder Sinan, whose mosques embodied practicality, dignity and grandeur. 392pp, 370 beautiful colour reproductions. Royal Academy of Arts first edition, 2005. £50 NOW £25


73623 KANDINSKY WATERCOLOURS: Volume One


by Vivienne Endicott Barnett !


This Catalogue Raisonné, Premier Volume covers the years 1900-1921 and is a companion to the Oil Paintings Volume Two 1916-1944 code 73624. After an introduction in French, for each piece the provenance, history of exhibitions and bibliographical references are given in English, French and German, whether it is signed or dated, where it can be seen now and its history. In this first volume of watercolours, Kandinsky’s temperas, gouaches and watercolours from the Munich years and the Russian period are definitively catalogued and discussed in chronological order, together with many previously unknown pictures published for the first time. His bold abstractions and little-known watercolours painted in Russia from 1915-21 are fully documented in this reference for more than 500 artworks with original essays. Much in colour, 556pp measuring 30 x 27cm, this is a Philip Wilson Publishers first edition March 1992. £100 NOW £35


73867 GAUGUIN: Tahiti by George T. M. Shackelford and Claire Frèches-Thory


For the first time since 1898, Gauguin’s Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? his greatest work - and ‘testament’ as he called it - can be viewed in this superb catalogue, together with eight paintings that the artist made to accompany it. There are also 125 other works, encompassing paintings,


sculpture, drawings, prints and manuscripts, as well as a superb selection of Oceanic and Polynesian objects. This unique volume traces the art Gauguin produced as early as the late 1880s in Brittany, the paintings and carvings he made while he was living in Tahiti, the paintings, sculpture and prints that he executed during his return to France and the remarkable works he completed during the last eight years of his life, in Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands, where he died a little more than a century ago. 370 paperback pages 28cm x 24cm, dazzling colour and b/w, chronology of Gauguin’s life. $40 NOW £11


73869 DEGAS - THE LATE WORK by Carol Armstrong and Martin Schwander


Degas is an artist who miraculously manages to capture the romance of the ballet or the intimacy of the boudoir while showing us that these are real flesh and blood people. The later work is showcased here with high- quality reproductions and a fascinating art-historical text by a panel of experts. The series of monotypes entitled “Paysage” shows the countryside bathed in mysterious shadows and unexpected light effects, while the late pastel drawings demonstrate an intensified preoccupation with the theme après le bain. Degas’s women preparing for the day ahead, often tying up their hair, are masterpieces of unaffected female beauty. The ballerinas of the late period are intensely physical, usually straining in effortful poses. The small sculptures of the period also include bronze horses in motion, sometimes at an impressive gallop. In this comprehensive study, photos of Degas with his family and friends are interspersed with shots of the celebrated artist on public occasions. 268pp, 232 colour reproductions, archive photos, detailed chronology. £45 NOW £20


74296 LINES OF DISCOVERY: 225 Years of


American Drawings by Stephen Wicks


Comprises a major new thematic and chronological catalogue survey of 200 examples in graphite, charcoal, monotype and pastel by leading American artists. Nearly 100 are grouped into five chapters, and accompanied by extended catalogue entries written by top experts. A further 129 works are presented as colour and mono comparative illustrations, interspersed amongst the images of the key works. A full provenance, exhibition history and bibliographic reference is included for each drawing, as well as an artists’ index. Perhaps the most famous artist profiled in this superb book is Mary Cassatt, who gained an enduring reputation as an international modern painter through her early association with the Impressionist group in France. Included are images by John Singleton Copley and Benjamin West that date from the earliest years of American nationhood, pieces by Oscar Bluemner and John Sloan, Hans Hofmann and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Nancy Grossman and Jack Beal, James Valerio and Andrew N. Wyeth. 252 pages 28cm x 23cm packed with illus in b/w and colour. £25 NOW £8.50


72617 LIFE - THE CLASSIC COLLECTION by LIFE Magazine


Life magazine photographers are famous the world over for capturing the dramatic moment that defines a nation, an event, a personality. This stunning collection of big reproductions includes 25 loose prints that can be detached, mounted and framed. They include the legendary Robert Capa’s image of soldiers swimming ashore on Omaha Beach on D-Day, Dmitri Kessel’s beautiful study of the Eiffel Tower in mist and Hank Walker’s profile shot of John and Robert Kennedy conferring in the White House. Dietrich covers her face with a wall of hair, Marilyn gives the viewer her delectable smile. Martin Luther King marches for freedom, Orson Welles steps out of a car. 144 large pages, photos on every page, some in colour. $29.95 NOW £11


CHILDREN’S


It’s amazing. One day you look at your phone bill and realise your children are teenagers.


- Milton Berle


73728 THE BEATRIX POTTER COLLECTION:


Volume One by Beatrix Potter All of your favourite Beatrix Potter stories are available in two volumes. Volume one contains The Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The Tailor of Gloucester, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of the Pie and the Patty


Pan, The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher, The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, The Story of Miss Moppet, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The Tale of Pigling Bland and Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes. 412 page paperback with b/w illustrations. ONLY £2


73729 THE BEATRIX POTTER COLLECTION:


Volume Two by Beatrix Potter


Volume two contains The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding, The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, The Tale of Ginger and Pickles, The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The Tale of Mr Tod, The


Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, The Tale of Little Pig Robinson and Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes. 430 page paperback with beautiful b/w illustrations. ONLY £2


Art and Architecture


3 73730 THE ADVENTURES OF


RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY by Johnny Gruelle


‘Hello, I’m Raggedy Ann. Welcome to my world. I’m going to tell you about myself and this book. Some grown-ups think I’m just another rag doll with floppy arms and legs who has been nibbled by the mice but they are wrong. When the other toys and I are left alone we get up to all sorts of games and


adventures. Once I nearly got boiled to bits in the washing machine. Then I had fun with the kittens and the puppy. But best of all, one day Marcella’s daddy brought home a package with another rag doll in it. They called him Raggedy Andy. What jolly times we have! What funny games we play! He is now my “best friend”. I’m sure you will enjoy reading this book full of stories about us.’ 400 page paperback with b/w illus. ONLY £2


74895 GHOST PARTY by Jacques Duquennoy Cloth bound with laminate boards, this spooky, funny, endearing picture book has full page colour illustrations with black background so that the spooky ghosts stand out clearly in this dotty story. In


the great dining hall of the castle, Henry’s guests have arrived for dinner. Henry is still busy in the kitchen. ‘Shall I bring in the drinks?’ ‘Yes, please!’ ‘But the tray won’t go through the wall!’ As one guest ghost drinks the green coloured cocktail, he turns completely green as do the others, every shade before they go salmon coloured, cheesy and melt like magic. Quirky and fun and beautifully produced for ages 3 and up. £9.99 NOW £3.50


74677 TREASURY OF


POEMS FOR CHILDREN selected by M. G. Edgar Illustrated by the beautiful pen and ink Art Nouveau style drawings and silhouettes of Willy Pogány, this classic collection was originally published by Harraps c1912. The original colour plates have been gathered together as an eight page insert between pages 30 and 31 and include the gorgeous The Owl and the Pussycat and The Walrus


and the Carpenter. ‘Under a toadstool crept a wee Elf, out of the rain to shelter himself. Under the toadstool, sound asleep, sat a big Doormouse all in a heap...’ With illustrated Capitals, hand written text, beautiful large typography and bright white paper, this master of the Art Nouveau style really knew how to put across an enchanting collection of childhood verse. Here are featured nearly 100 classic poems by R. L. Stevenson, George MacDonald, the Allinghams, Edward Lear, Celia Thaxter and William Blake. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Lost Doll, Big Smith, Seven Times One, All Things Bright and Beautiful, The Fairy Folk, The Spider and the Fly, The Fairy Book, The World’s Music and other wondrous and magical poetry from our childhood. A beautiful collection for all ages. 260pp in paperback. £10.99 NOW £5


74686 SARAH AND SIMON AND NO RED PAINT


by Edward Ardizzone Born in Vietnam in 1900 and moving to England at the age of five, Edward Ardizzone discovered the power of art and was awarded the first Kate Greenaway medal in 1956 and has become one of the most beloved artists and illustrators


for all collectors of children’s literature. This book was written and illustrated by him and is a classic picture book. It is a story of two children Sarah and Simon whose father (who bears a distinct resemblance to Ardizzone himself) is a painter, and who live with their parents and baby brother in a big room called a Studio. The family is poor though quite happy and when the story opens, the father is painting his masterpiece. The children are good little helpers who do chores and are especially infatuated with the old second hand bookshop and its kindly owner. Soon the masterpiece is almost finished, except for the bit of red paint needed to complete it, and a dealer even agrees to buy it, provided it is finished the next day. But there is no more red paint and no money with which to buy it, so Sarah and Simon set out to help their father. To their surprise they end up reconciling their family with an estranged uncle and restoring the family fortune, all with the help of the bookshop owner. Charming ink and wash illustrations in a classic 1965 publication here bought back into print.


$17.95 NOW £6.50


74488 HERIOT by Margaret Mahy


‘Teenage’ fiction from the author of over 100 children’s stories for young adults who exploits the exuberant possibilities and playfulness of words. A legend is born. With his terrifying dreams and psychic powers, Heriot has always known that he is different. Ripped from his family’s farm, he is forced to serve as the king’s magician in the capital city of Diamond. Isolated and lonely, his


only friends are the ‘mad prince’ Dysart and Cayley, a mysterious wild city child. But their friendship is about to be tested to the limit when chilling violence and ambition threatens to crush Diamond and its king. Heriot’s psychic abilities hide a deeper power that has the strength to bring Diamond’s enemies to their knees. But will he be able to control this power without becoming a monster himself? Elegant Faber hardback, 354pp.


£12.99 NOW £4


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