This assortment of volumes comprises a diverse range of subjects with a primary emphasis on art history, exhibition documentation, and historical research. Significant items within the collection include several large-format exhibition catalogues published by the Royal Academy of Arts and the South Bank Centre, notably Painting in Naples 1606-1705 From Caravaggio to Giordano (1982), The Genius of Venice 1500-1600 (1983-84), and The Great Japan Exhibition Art of the Edo Period 1600-1868 (Kodansha). Art monographs feature Victorian Painters by Christopher Wood (Antique Collectors’ Club), Homer Watercolors by Donelson F. Hoopes (Watson-Guptill), and Bloomsbury Portraits by Richard Shone (Phaidon). Historical and reference works are represented by The Larousse Encyclopedia of Ancient and Medieval History, The World Atlas of Revolutions by Andrew Wheatcroft, and Barbara Tuchman’s The First Salute. Miscellaneous titles include Till Death Us Do Part Scripts by Johnny Speight and Collected Poems 1930-1955 by George Barker (Faber). The collection features a variety of bindings including publisher’s cloth with dust jackets, pictorial boards, and softcover wrappers.
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