Art / Artists / Architecture from Goldring Books

London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985. An As New unmarked copy with a Near Fine Dustjacket. A large format volume of 220 pages. Fully illustrated. The book was conceived as a means of introducing the V and A's fine collection of paintings to a wider audience. The role of the V and A as a collector of paintings… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 272 pages. Profusely illustrated. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries represent Europe's greatest cultural flowering. During this period, painting, sculpture, architecture, poetry and music underwent an astonishing revival. In this extraordinarily rich book Professor George Holmes charts the spread of this new intellectual… Read more about this item

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1975. Boards have a line of fading to top edge and a touch to lower spine. Internally very clean and unmarked. Dustjacket has fading, a little wear to edges and a crease to rear and is not price-clipped. Eighth printing. A large format volume of 208 pages. Illustrated throughout with Rockwell's illustrations in pencil,… Read more about this item

Stroud, Gloucestershie: The History Press, 2011. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 240 pages. Colour illustrated throughout. In this book Britain's leading house historian uncovers the hidden stories and secrets of ordinary and extraordinary houses across the country. The wide range of houses, from workers'… Read more about this item

London: Chancellor Press, 1988. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a very minor touch of wear to spine tail) with dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format book of 210 pages. The book brings to life the inspiration behind the world's best-loved buildings and explains the history of the individual styles of architecture that they… Read more about this item

London: British Museum, 2013. A Fine unmarked copy in card covers. a large format book of 192 pages. Profusely iilustrated. Drawing on the British Museum's wide-ranging collection, this book provides a fascinating contextual survey of political art across Asia, covering the period 1900 to 1976. The author explores themes such as propaganda in daily life; heroes and villains; dissent;… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1968. Light stain to the top margin of the first few pages not affecting the text. 306 pages. 23 illustrations. Expanded edition. Comprises introduction and essays on Marcel Duchamp; John Cage; Jean Tinguely; Robert Rauschenberg; Merce Cunningham. C3D. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.… Read more about this item

Leningrad: Aurora, 1979. A Fine set of 16 coloured cards showing the palace's interiors. Fold-out card cover. The Pavlovsk Palace is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by the order of Catherine the Great for her son, Grand Duke Paul, in Pavlovsk, within Saint Petersburg. After the Russian Revolution it was turned into a museum. In the Second… Read more about this item

London: Phoenix House, 1957. Gold titles on beige cloth boards which are unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a mark to front and rear endpapers from old tape removal and foxing to closed edges else very clean and unmarked. Revised edition. A large format volume of 29 pages and 96 plates some in colour. Introduction by Basil Taylor with… Read more about this item

Leningrad: Aurora, 1979. A Fine set of 24 coloured cards showing the Hermitage Museum's halls. Double fold-out card cover. The group of buildings which house the largest art museum in Russia, the Hermitage, is rightly considered to be one of the most superb architectural ensembles in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) and is the second largest art museum in… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1969. A near Fine unmarked copy in green cloth boards with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 332 pages. 44 illustrations, 5 line drawings in the text, 2 maps. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge green. The Renaissance, whose rise and decline in 15th century Florence were so ably charted by the author in 'The Florentine… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, 1965. Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy which has a name to front endpaper. Introduction by Adolf K. Placzek, Columbia University. This is an unabridged and unaltered republication of the work originally published by Isaac Ware in 1738 to which has been added a new introduction for this edition. Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) was one… Read more about this item

London: Bracken, 1985. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a light bump to lower spine) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. In this equally picturesque and handsomely produced book, the author wanders through the land, looking at the cottages, gardens, churches, inns, shops, almshouses, schools, bridges, sundials, weathercocks - all the myriad details which add… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 1980. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a quarter inch cut to the top margin of some early pages possibly by a manufacturing fault with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 226 pages. 150 black and white and 16 colour illustrations. Portaiture began as we know it in Tudor times and the book spans three… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A rectangular format volume of 160 pages. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs. The village has always been the centre of English country life. Clustered round a church, a pond or a green; spread round a common or along the banks of a… Read more about this item

Geneva: Minerva, 1981. A Fine unmarked copy in pictorial laminated boards. A large format volume of 95 pages illustrated throughout in colour. Translated by David MaCrae. Introduction by Andre Castelot. The chateaux of the Loire are unique in their architecture and the book shows their history, magnificent art and antiques, architectural features, gardens and surroundings. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME… Read more about this item

London: Arcturus, 2008. A Near Fine copy in card covers (Fine apart from writing on top edge). 206 pages. An essential book for everyone who wants to improve their drawing skills. Written by a teacher and established artist, it contains a wealth of know-how and practical advice, supported by over 300 original illustrations. The aim throughout is to help you… Read more about this item

London: Michael Joseph in Association with the Royal Collection, 1997. A near Fine copy (fine apart from a very small label removal to front endpaper) with VG dustjacket which is price clipped. 280 pages. Illustrated throughout with plan drawings and colour photographs. Windsor Castle is the oldest continuously occupied palace in the world. As bad luck would have it,… Read more about this item

New York: Arch Cape Press, 1989. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 99 pages with 70 full colour plates. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, one of the most famous of the impressionist painters, is also the one who represents the quest of Impressionism itself - an appetite for the new.… Read more about this item

Thetford: Jarrold and Son, 1997. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 192 pages. Lavishly illustrated throughout. An entertaining tour of England's hidden history and the fascinating stories behind a wide variety of buildings which have found new roles, from a windmilll converted into a church to a bathing hut which became an airport… Read more about this item