Art & Architecture - At Abbey's Bookshop, beauty is on our shelves.

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The Dog In Photography: 1839-Today

Raymond Merritt

Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Photographs: collections

Hardback

With more than 400 canine portraits, this book is both a picture tribute to our favorite four-legged friend and a unique history... [more]

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Olive Pink: Artist, Activist & Gardener

Gillian Ward

Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Botanical art; Political activism

Hardback

This beautiful selection of flower paintings by colourful and feisty Australian figure Olive Pink are a striking, if little... [more]

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Romance Was Born: A Love Story with Fashion

Anna Plunkett, Luke Sales, Georgina Safe

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Fashion & style guides

Hardback

The fully illustrated story of one of the most successful Australian fashion houses of the last 15 years. Romance Was Born... [more]

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Sentinels of the Sea: A Miscellany of Lighthouses Past

R. G. Grant

Architecture; Maritime history; Ships & shipping: general interest

Hardback

Lighthouses have always unsettled and attracted in equal measure, highlighting the triumphs and failures in humanity's battle... [more]

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Alexander von Humboldt: And the Botanical Exploration of the Americas

H. Walter Lack

History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; Botanical art; Mathematics & Sciences; Botany & plant sciences; Geographical discovery & exploration

Hardback

Now available in a new edition, this gorgeously illustrated book showcases botanical masterpieces by Alexander von Humboldt,... [more]

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: An Art Book

Drawing & drawings; Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups

Hardback

A beautifully produced collection of illustrations by Reinhard Kleist, capturing Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' thirty-year career... [more]

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Flying Too Close to the Sun: Myths in Art from Classical to Contemporary...

James Cahill

Art & Architecture; History of Art & Design Styles; Ancient religions & mythologies; Folklore, myths & legends

Hardback

The first major survey to reveal the ways in which Classical mythology has inspired art throughout the last 2,500 years [more]

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Views of Rome: A Greek Reader

Adam Serfass

Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Photographs: collections; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); History; Classical history & classical civilisation; Trains & railways: general interest

Paperback

Designed for advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level readers of Greek, this student-friendly book bridges the worlds of... [more]

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Gustav Klimt. Complete Paintings

Tobias G. Natter

Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Individual artists, art monographs

Hardback

Fall under the spell of Gustav Klimt. A century after his death, the Viennese artist still startles with his unabashed eroticism,... [more]

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The Museum of Lost Art

Noah Charney

Art & Architecture; Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks

Hardback

True tales of lost art, built around case studies of famous works, their creators, and stories of disappearance and recovery... [more]

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Complete Guide to Digital Photography

Ian Farrell

Photographic equipment & techniques; Digital photography: consumer & user guides

Paperback

The definitive guide to digital photography [more]

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Building Anglo-Saxon England

John Blair

Architecture; History; British & Irish history; Medieval history

Hardback

A radical rethinking of the Anglo-Saxon world that draws on the latest archaeological discoveries This beautifully illustrated... [more]

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Pompeii Archive

William Wylie

Individual photographers

Hardback

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Pompeii: Photographs and Fragments held at the Yale University Art Gallery, March... [more]

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Beyond the Nile - Egypt and the Classical World

Jeffrey Spier, Timothy Potts, Sarah E. Cole

Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; History; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Egyptian archaeology & Egyptology; Classical Greek & Roman archaeology

Hardback

A milestone publication on the occasion of a major international exhibition that examines cross-cultural contact between Greece,... [more]

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Designed in the USSR: 1950-1989

Moscow Design Museum

Graphic design; History

Hardback

A fascinating glimpse into design behind the Iron Curtain, revealed through the products and graphics of everyday Soviet life... [more]

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Gold Coast: City and Architecture

Andrew Leach

Art & Architecture; City & town planning - architectural aspects; History of architecture

Hardback

The Gold Coast is Australia's most rapidly changing city - regularly compared to Miami and Las Vegas for its embrace of bad... [more]

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Midawarr Harvest: The Art of Mulkun Wirrpanda and John Wolseley

Will Stubbs, John Wolseley

Art & Architecture; Art of indigenous peoples

Paperback

<div>The Midawarr Harvest Series is a unique printmaking collaboration between two of Australia&rsquo;s most distinguished... [more]

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Portraits: John Berger on Artists

John Berger

Art & Architecture; Art styles not defined by date; Painting & paintings; Portraits in art

Paperback

A lifetime's encounter with artists: from prehistoric cave painting to the present [more]

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Australia: The Vatican Museum's Indigenous Collection

Katherine Aigner

Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; History; Indigenous peoples; Social & cultural anthropology; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

Paperback

From the ancient Etruscans and Romans, to the Renaissance masters of Michelangelo and Raphael, the Vatican Museums represent... [more]

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The Art of The Secret World of Arrietty

Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Animated movies & films

Hardback

Synopsis coming soon....... [more]

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Beijing: Then and Now

Brian Page

Photography & photographs; History; Asian history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Places & peoples: pictorial works

Paperback

Using vintage photos and their modern-day counterparts, Beijing Then and Now shows the incredible modernization of Beijing,... [more]

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Life Without Plastic: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic...

Jay Sinha, Chantal Plamondon

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Sustainability; Self-sufficiency

Paperback

A unique look and approach to eliminating plastic from everyday life to stop poisoning yourself. [more]

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Desperately Seeking Banksy

Xavier Tapies

Art & Architecture; Graffiti & street art

Hardback

&lsquo;People say graffiti is ugly, irresponsible and childish&hellip;but that&rsquo;s only if it&rsquo;s done properly.&rsquo;... [more]

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Dutch Masters from the Hermitage

Hermitage Amsterdam

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Baroque; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

Hardback

Of all the museums in the world that have a Dutch masters collection, the Hermitage takes the prize. There might be other... [more]

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Stories of Ancient Chinese Architecture: Ancient Chinese Wisdom

Zhang Ciyun, Chen Jie

Architecture; History

Hardback

Ancient Chinese architecture is an integral part of the rich and time-honored Chinese culture and an important component of... [more]