Fishlock, Trevor: A Gift of Sunlight : The fortune and quest of the Davies sisters of Llandinam. Llandysul: 2014. ix, 266 pages. Hard cover. 25 x 18.5cms. Narrates the story of the Davies sisters, Margaret and Gwendoline, who used their family's fortune in coal to build what became the largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in Britain, later bequeathing it to the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. It included Old Masters such as Botticelli and El Greco, as well as contemporary British artists such as John Singer Sargent, Robert Bevan and Paul Nash. With photographs from the family archive, as well as a list of prices and dates of acquisitions.
Narrates the story of the Davies sisters, Margaret and Gwendoline, who used their family's fortune in coal to build what became the largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art in Britain, later bequeathing it to the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. It included Old Masters such as Botticelli and El Greco, as well as contemporary British artists such as John Singer Sargent, Robert Bevan and Paul Nash. With photographs from the family archive, as well as a list of prices and dates of acquisitions
Belfond. 1985. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 244 pages. Plats pliés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 954-Asie du Sud, Inde
Classification Dewey : 954-Asie du Sud, Inde
BELFOND.. 1985.. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 244 pages. 1ère de couverture illustrée en couleurs. Photographie collée sur la page de garde. Ecriture au stylo sur la page de faux titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
Traduit de l'anglais par Hervé Proulx. Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
John Murray. 2004. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos impeccable, Intérieur acceptable. 444 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
it is about men, animals and machines, who enabled the British to hold together a vast empire and the Americans to push their frontiers west. Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
Robert Laffont, 1971. Format 16x24 cm, broche, 427 pages. Bon etat, petites traces d'usage sur un livre d'occasion.