Vancouver, B.C. Canada: BiTech Publishers Ltd., 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing, quarto size, 368 pp., inscribed by Ralph Peck to Ben C. Gerwick. Dr. Ralph Brazelton Peck (1912-2008) was eminent in his field, winning multiple awards, authoring over 200 publications, and teaching for 33 years at the University..... More
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995-2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (covering 650 CE to 1250 CE), quarto size, 723 pp., second volume in slipcase. The symmetry and beauty of Islamic art and architecture has been admired for centuries; these two volumes, while published separately, are being offered as a...... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Third Printing. Hardcover. Four volumes, quarto size, 2216 total pp. An English language reference work devoted to "aesthetics", using a definition of aesthetics as "critical reflection on art, culture, and nature." The encyclopedia includes over 600 essays arranged alphabetically, covering about 400 individuals, concepts..... More
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1990. Kenna, Michael. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies, unnumbered, oblong quarto size, 115 pp., signed by Michael Kenna. The Désert de Retz is a landscape garden in north-central France, known for its lavish architecture in the style of classical antiquity, created by French..... More
[Rio de Janeiro]: Nova Fronteira Memoria Brasileira, 1980. Hardcover. Folio size, 124 pp., inscribed by Claudio Arrau. A little-known work on the great coffee plantations of the nineteenth century in the area around Rio de Janeiro. Coffee first started to appear in the area around 1760, and by 1822 there..... More