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Gilbert and Sullivan Librettos

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The First Night

Gilbert

and

Sullivan

Containing

Complete Librettos of the Fourteen Operas,

Exactly as Presented at their Premiere Performances

Together with Facsimiles of the First Night Programmes.

Edited with a Prologue and Copious Descriptive Particulars

by Reginald Allen

and a Foreword by Bridget D’Oyly Carte.

Illustrated with Contemporary Drawings

Large Hardcover 4to Illustrated and Companion Pull Out Box Housed in a Slipcase

Published 1958 by the Heritage Press

A Very Good 4to Cloth Hardcover Companioned by a Very Good Pull Out Box with First Night Facsimiles Housed in a Very Good Slipcase

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Lives of Painters

John Canaday-Lives of Painters-Set-COMPLETE WITH PLATES

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The Lives Of Painters

by

John Canaday

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 1969 Complete 4 Volume Second Printing Set W.W. Norton & Company Inc.

New York

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Volume 1- Late Gothic to High Renaissance

Volume 2- Baroque

Volume 3- Neoclassic to Post Impressionist

Volume 4-Plates and Index

In this lively and informative work John Canaday tells the history of the great tradition of Western painting through the lives of the creators of our artistic masterpieces from Giotto onward. Using the skills of the art historian and the resources of a superb writer. Mr. Canaday explores the lives of nearly 500 painters, their works and their place in history. It is an engaging and witty book. full of unexpected insights and rich in information.The lives of the Painters is a delight to read for information and for pleasure.

The four volumes of the Lives of Painters have 1,556 pages in all with over 500 illustrations,176 of them in color and 350 in monochrome. Biographies of the artists are woven into a continuous narrative that provides information on techniques, styles and periods. The illustrations are grouped together in a separate volume, making it possible for the reader to keep each painting before him as he reads the text discussing it. The inclusion of a full index makes the Lives of Painters a thoroughly practical reference book.

Tact,Push,And Principle

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Tact, Push,And Principle.

by

William M. Thayer

1882

James H. Earle,Publisher

Contents:

Introduction

Success

Tact

What is It?,,,Self Made,,,Thoroughness,,Singleness of Purpose…Observations

Push

Decision and Energy….Perseverance…Industry…Economy of Time and Money…Punctuality…Order

Principle

Character….Conscience…Honesty…Benevolence…The Bible…Religion and Business

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Pocahontas

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The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith

Told and Pictured by E. Boyd Smith (Elmer Boyd Smith)

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First Edition,First Printing Houghton Mifflin 1906 Same Date/No Others

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First Picture Book by Boyd,(Author and Illustrator/Artist)

*Please Read Our Description Carefully This Book Is Priced To Sell In Poor and Disbound Condition Only,Not Better/Dampstained Contents

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Large 4to in Oblong Format Complete in Pictorial Olive Cloth Hardcover Lettered In Gilt

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Complete in 26 Pages and Unpaginated Full Color Plates,Map Pastedowns and Endpages

VOGUE COVERS 1909-1940, LADY DIANA COOPER

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The Art Of Vogue

Covers 1909-1940

by

William Packer

Introduction by Lady Diana Cooper

Large Illustrated 4to Hardcover in Dustjacket Published by Harmony Books 1980

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Stated on the Front Dustjacket Flap:

This Unique Collection of Over 100 Drawn Covers All Reproduced in Color Includes Every Cover Published Between 1920 and 1930 and a Large Selection From What Went Before or Came After.

Conde Nast First Published Vogue in America in 1909,and From Then Until Well Into the Thirties, When Photography Began Slowly To Take Over, All The Covers Were Specially Commissioned From Distinguished Artists and Designers of the Time. This Book Thus Provides a remarkably  Valuable Record of the Designs, The Fashions and the Graphic Art of A Period Which Saw Momentous Developments in the Arts-A Time When the Work of the Young Picasso was Gaining Recognition and the Ballets of Diaghilev were Taking Paris, London and New York by Storm. In The Many Covers Artists such as Lepape and Benito drew for Vogue the True Image of the Jazz Age is Brilliantly Reflected.