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 The Raven
by Gustave Doré, Edgar Allan Poe
All 27 of Doré's masterly engravings from a rare 19th-century edition of Poe's celebrated poem. Apposite quotations from the poem printed on facing pages; complete text also included.
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 The Book of Kells
by Blanche Cirker
Painstakingly reproduced from a rare facsimile edition, this volume contains full-page decorations, portraits, illustrations, plus a sampling of textual leaves with exquisite calligraphy and ornamentation. 32 full-color illustrations.
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| Products in Fine Art, Photography | | | | The Book of Kells
by Blanche Cirker
Painstakingly reproduced from a rare facsimile edition, this volume contains full-page decorations, portraits, illustrations, plus a sampling of textual leaves with exquisite calligraphy and ornamentation. 32 full-color illustrations.
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|  | Boydell's Shakespeare Prints: 90 Engravings
by John Boydell, Josiah Boydell
This impressive collection of engravings illustrates A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Tempest, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and 26 other plays.
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|  | The City: A Vision in Woodcuts
by Frans Masereel
This graphic novel by an Expressionist master offers a stunning depiction of urban Europe between the world wars. First published in Germany in 1925, it presents 100 woodcuts of remarkable force and beauty.
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|  | Doré's Dragons, Demons and Monsters
by Gustave Doré
Superb reproductions of illustrations for The Bible, Paradise Lost, The Divine Comedy, and other works, with brilliantly imaginative scenes dominated by fantastic creatures of land, sea, and air. 90 illustrations.
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|  | Doré's Knights and Medieval Adventure
by Gustave Doré, Jeff A. Menges
This original collection assembles 86 of Doré's best depictions of knights and their adventures from Idylls of the King, Don Quixote, Orlando Furioso, Michaud's History of the Crusades, Rabelais, and other sources.
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|  | Doré’s Illustrations for "Paradise Lost"
by Gustave Doré
All 50 of Doré's powerful illustrations for Milton's epic poem, recounting mankind's fall from the grace of God through the work of Satan. Appropriate quotes from the text are printed with each illustration.
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|  | Fables of Aesop
by Alexander Calder
Rare 1931 Paris limited edition of Sir Roger l'Estrange translation, with 50 original drawings by Calder. 201 traditional fables in finest English rendition (17th century) beautifully complemented by Calder.
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|  | Gods' Man: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Lynd Ward
The major American artist invented the concept of a wordless novel with this evocative, text-free "woodcut" narrative. Autobiographical in nature, the novel recounts Ward's struggles with his craft and with life in the 1920s.
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|  | Leonardo Drawings
by Leonardo da Vinci
A representative selection of Leonardo's various achievements: drawings of plants, landscapes, human face and figure, and more, as well as studies for The Last Supper and more. 60 illustrations.
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|  | Mad Man's Drum: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Lynd Ward
The powerful imagery and intensity of Ward's wordless novels have elicited comparisons to Hawthorne, Melville, and Poe. This 1930 work tells a gripping tale through imagery alone, consisting solely of 128 hauntingly rendered woodcuts.
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|  | Men at Work
by Lewis W. Hine
Construction workers, railroad men, factory workers, miners, Empire State Building construction. 69 photos in all.
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|  | Old Master Life Drawings: 44 Plates
by James Spero
Superb reproductions of masterpieces by Rembrandt, Pontormo, Tintoretto, Del Sarto, Raphael, Ingres, others. Brief captions.
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|  | Passionate Journey: A Vision in Woodcuts
by Frans Masereel
This evocative, text-free narrative is crafted from 167 woodcuts. A novel in pictures, we follow our hero through a world of good and evil, love and heartbreak. Introduction by Thomas Mann.
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| | The Raven
by Gustave Doré, Edgar Allan Poe
All 27 of Doré's masterly engravings from a rare 19th-century edition of Poe's celebrated poem. Apposite quotations from the poem printed on facing pages; complete text also included.
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|  | Rembrandt Landscape Drawings
by Rembrandt
This excellent volume displays in sharp, quality reproductions 60 authentic landscapes chosen from the great facsimile editions. Publisher's Note. Captions. 60 black-and-white illustrations.
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|  | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
by Gustave Doré, S.T. Coleridge
Doré's engravings for The Rime are considered by many to be his greatest work. The full text is augmented by 38 plates of open seas, whirlpools, sea monsters, the ice of Antarctica, and more.
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|  | Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 Works
by John Singer Sargent
A gallery of superb portraits in pencil, pastels, and charcoal. Virtuoso display of technical skill and intuitive eye of noted American portrait painter.
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|  | Steinlen Cats
by Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
These 66 drawings and 8 picture-stories represent the best of Steinlen's scattered, rare cat depictions, available nowhere else. Artists will learn cat dynamics from the spare, expressive lines.
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|  | Wild Pilgrimage: A Novel in Woodcuts
by Lynd Ward
Through startling engravings shaded in black and red, Ward wordlessly tells the story of a man trapped in an industrial world, struggling between the grim reality around him and the fantasies his imagination creates.
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|  | World Celebrities in 90 Photographic Portraits
by Fred Stein
Great portraitist's arresting images of Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Carl Sandburg, Nikita Khrushchev, Bertolt Brecht, Frank Lloyd Wright, Georgia O'Keeffe, more. Introduction.
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