Hayes John Ackroyd Peter Foreword (4 results)

Condition: Fair. First edition (hardback). 4to (31cm by 25cm), xvi, 576pp. Illustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Original blue cloth, but lacks the dustwrapper. The binding is a little rubbed and bumped; overall, this book is in good condition. Suitable as a reading, working or reference copy. ISBN 0904818519. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. London: Museum of London, 1996. First edition. Quarto (measures 31 x 25cm. approx.). xvi,576pp. Copiously illustrated throughout, predominantly in colour. §Published to coincide with The Museum of London's twentieth year. Original pale blue cloth, gilt lettering, ribbon marker. A very good copy - binding sturdy & tight - in dustwrapper (latter in removable protective plastic sleeve). (**PLEASE READ CAREFULLY** - Heavy/overweight item weighing 4.2 kg packed, therefore additional postage will be required for overseas orders. International customers, please ask for a prior shipping quote).…

Condition: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover, gold coloured end papers, blue ribbon marker. 4to. 11½'' x 10¼''. Scholarly catalogue of the Museum's unrivalled collection of over 200 oil paintings of life in the capital, arranged chronologically and published to mark the Museum's twentieth anniversary. Contains (xvi), 576 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome plates throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused new book, superb. Heavy volume weighing 4.0 kg, extra postage and insurance will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0904818519 LONDON (Londinium).…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A richly illustrated first edition chronicling London"s transformation through 230 artworks. In the publisher's original paper covered boards, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume is a first edition.This volume offers a visual history of London"s evolving landscape and society, featuring 230 works of art with detailed notes on provenance, exhibition history, and artistic context, all accompanied by high-quality reproductions, organised chronologically and published to mark the Museum's twentieth anniversary.Artists include Canaletto, Hogarth, Guardi, Whistler, Pissarro, as well as a host of English topographical painters who recorded the city"s rapid changes through the centuries.John Hayes (19382005) was a distinguished art historian and Director of the National Portrait Gallery, recognised as an authority on British painting and portraiture. Mireille Galinou is an art and urban historian, an accomplished author, and spent twenty years working with the Museum of London"s collection of paintings, prints, and drawings. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. The slightest bumping to extremities. One or two handling marks to endpapers. Dust wrapper, lovely. One or two spots to inside of wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout. Fine. Various (illustrator). book.…