Art / Drawing / Painting

1959. A catalogue that accompanied the Frances Hodgkins Collection on a New Zealand tour in 1959, and a handbook for the Collection in Auckland City Art Gallery.

1958. A collection of drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, containing examples of some of his best work.

1969. 1st edition. Peter Cape has set out to give a meaningful impression of what is happening throughout New Zealand in the arts.

2002. 1st edition. Art Through the Ages traces six centuries of painting from Renaissance art in the 15th century to modern art in the 20th century.

1981. 1st edition. A publication for the exhibition that accompanied it in a series surveying New Zealand Painting.

1995. Explore the fascinating world of birds with this remarkable book, featuring stunning artwork from the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.

1980. Writing in a clear and direct style, Norbert Lynton aims at helping the reader to form a relaxed and confident relationship with modern art.

2003. Like the writings of Gabriel Garc a Marquez or the music of Astor Piazzola, Botero's work has come to represent modern Latin American culture.

2006. Courbet, who influenced and advised the fledgling Impressionists, was an outstanding representative of a naturalistic realism that highlights the contradictions and inequities in society.

2004. Leaving the self-indulgence of the Romantics far behind, the nobility of Delacroix' spirit will continue to speak to any and every age.

2005. The work of James Ensor, the great Belgian painter of macabre and ghoulish scenes, that would become a nationally revered figure.

2005. Acerbic painting as social commentary George Grosz (1893–1959) was one of the most important exponents of Dadaism, and therefore of political painting in general.

2006. The classical idealist French Neoclassical painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was one of the 19th century`s major portrait and historical painters.

2003. After flirtations with Realism, Impressionism, and Symbolism, Kiev-born Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935) found his métier in dissolving literal, representational figures and landscapes into pure

2006. A key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was at once an extraordinary painter and leading art theoretician whose influence resonates to this day.

1979. Comprehensive album of artistic views of New Zealand as seen through the lens of a distinguished New Zealand photographer.

2015. Gow Langsford Gallery was established by John Gow and Gary Langsford in 1987 and is now widely recognised as one of Australasia's most influential dealer galleries.

Instruction by illustrations and short descriptions, covering the basic fundamentals of painting for both beginners and the more experienced student.

1956. A book of impressionist paintings, with an introduction by Basil Taylor, Librarian of the Royal College of Art, London.

1962. Vintage book on painting.

1967. 1st edition. Colour drawn and painted works of the New Zealand countryside and coastline by renowned artist by Donald R. Neilson.

1974. 1st edition. A beautiful collection of the many different places of New Zealand portrayed in water color.

2013. This book is dedicated to the great ideas and turning points in the history of design.

1989. The Hayward Gallery exhibition on Leonardo da Vinci, 26 January to 16 April 1989.

1978. Paintings and charcoal drawings with comments by the artist, Douglas Badcock.

1990. This exhibition has been organized by the Foundation Emil G. Bu¨hrle Collection, Zurich, Switzerland and the National Gallery of Art, Washington.

1940. Vintage book on art and art history.

1929. A collection of the author's full-page cartoon and character drawings. George Frederick Arthur Belcher (1875-1947).

1996. The Tools, Materials, and Step-by-Step Techniques of Trompe L'Oeil Painting.

1989. 1st edition. A world survey from the Corning Museum of Glass.

1986. The paintings of the seven great artists celebrated in this book are amongst the most universally enjoyed works of art ever created.

2006. Fifteen beautifully produced removable facsimile documents give unprecedented insight into Leonardo's world.

2016. 1st edition. This book mixes Christoforou's beautiful pencil illustrations among reproductions of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous works.

2016. 1st edition. Rembrandt van Rijn is the quintessential Old Master.

2006. From impossible staircases to tessellated birds, Dutch artist M.C. Escher (1898–1972) crafted a unique graphic language of patterns, puzzles, and mathematics.

2018. A Celebration of rural New Zealand, David Henshaw's Jock cartoons have been reflecting rural life in New Zealand for over four decades.

2013. Offers botanists, gardeners, and art lovers Audrey Eagle’s exquisite botanical artworks.

1985. A selection of views of Berkshire 1798-1854 with quotations from the work of Mary Russell Mitford.

1993. A history and collection of Monet's paintings.

1993. A history and collection of Renoir's paintings.

1970. 1st edition. An artistic tribute to Northland by artist John Castle.

1969. 1st edition. An artistic tribute to Wellington by artist John Castle.

1971. 1st edition. An artistic tribute to Manapouri's beauty by highly regarded artist Peter Beadle.

2004. The work of Keith Haring (1958-1990) a wildly successful and popular artist.

1975. Vintage guide to drawing artists.

1930. Illustrated social history and drawings and essays on children.

1999. The work of Richard Kileen.

1997. This summary catalogue provides comprehensive and detailed information about the contents of Edgar Degas's private collection.

1971. The life, drawings and paintings of a renowned Kiwi artist.

1980. A collection of full-page colour paintings of Fiordland's west coast sounds by Jonathan White.

1998. Features work by New Zealand artists.

1996. 1st edition. This work covers another 100 contemporary artists whose major focus is in an area other than painting.

1990. A selection of Botanical Prints that were published over a period of 340 years.

1989. Studies the life and works of Renoir, including the background behind each painting.

1994. Three extensive essays by leading New Zealand art historians explore in depth the growth and development of Hodgkins's distinctive artistic practice.

2000. 1st edition. Techniques in Oil, Watercolor, Egg Tempera, and Acrylic.

1977. A new approach to color oil sketching outdoors for winter, spring, summer and fall by the color pool method.

2000. One hundred and six paintings by great masters -- presented in Europe for the first time -- chronicle the evolving history of European art between the 15th and 19th centuries.

1991. This is a text with hundreds of illustrations which guide the artist through every stage, technical and creative, of the painting and drawing process.

2000. An exploration of Venetian Renaissance painter Tintoretto's body of work.

1994. This book examines the continuing engagement that German artists from Friedrich and Runge to Beuys, Kiefer and Baselitz have had with Romantic ideas over the past two centuries.

1976. Techniques in oil, watercolor, egg tempera, and acrylic.

1986. Handbook containing tips and practical advice to help artists at all levels achieve better results.

1975. 1st edition. Don Neilson's art - his love of the landscape and its bird and animal life are self-evident in every line of this study of the New Zealand countryside.

1997. 1st edition. This book, with its collection of art and authoritative commentary, provides insight into pre-colonial Bali.

1987. A comprehensive home reference and instructional manual for all aspiring artists and experienced painters.

1999. Paintings and sketches of Auckland City and surrounds.

1993. Published for Auckland City Art Gallery 1993 exhibition.

2018. Monumental, two-volume, slip-cased collection includes nearly 10 decades worth of New Yorker cartoons. SCARCE WORLDWIDE

1978. Vintage paintings of the Northland region of New Zealand by artist Lance O'Gorman.

1976. 1st edition. With 78 illustrations, Richard Vicary steers the student through the array of modern techniques of lithography.

2004. Provides a chronological account of Monet's life and work, with perhaps the emphasis on the former.

Undated. New Zealand local history.

2006. The New Zealand landscape, not viewing New Zealand not through a photographer's lens but through the eyes of the country's greatest landscape painters.

2006. 1st edition. A brief biographical and current details of the artists.

2006. 1st edition. A brief biographical and current details of the artists. SIGNED

1971. Paintings in oil of Southern New Zealand, with sketches, commentaries and an introduction.

1986. 41 paintings of distinctly New Zealand scenes with brief descriptive and historical texts,

1979. 50 Large poster size masterpieces suitable for framing.

1973. 1st edition. New Zealand art history.

1998. 1st edition. Works documented from Amsterdam Art Museum.

1985. History of Claude Monet plus catalogue of the exhibition at the Auckland City Art Gallery.

2017. Explores Tiffany Studios innovative adaptation of electric light: sheathing the incandescent light bulb in a shimmering veil of leaded glass.

1960. Everything you need for your school project - sets of monochrome fine line drawings/maps designed to be cut out or copied.

1980. This publication is devoted to Moscow's art treasures belonging to different epochs, peoples and geographical regions.

1988.

1994. Fifty of the artist's best known works, profusely illustrated in colour.

1976. With authority and insight, gained from over 50 years as a teacher and scholar, Professor Hartt traces the course of western art from the Old Stone Age to the present.

2009. Landmarks of Auckland seen in a new light, with discussion on why these pictures are so appealing.

2011. 61 colour plates which show the artist traversing New Zealand and recording its landmarks in paintings.

1970. Old print published reproduced for the Hocken Library, University of Otago.

1973. A comprehensive record of art works sold at auction during 1969 - 1972.

1989. Record of the exhibition of the same name, including essays by the author and one from Picasso's dealer Kahnweiler

1996. A short biography of Pablo Picasso containing a number of striking reproductions of his best known artworks.

1954. 1st edition. Text by Umbro Apollonio, translated by Cesare Foligno.

1972. 1st edition. Paintings and text by Kurt Pfund.

1972. 1st edition. Published for the exhibition by the Hocken Library for the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council that toured New Zealand during 1972 and 1973.

1991. 1st edition. Over 400 cartoons from The Guardian are reproduced with brief letterpress on their significance.

1978. German text

1952. 1st edition. Containing 16 full page illustrations in colour.

1974. The works of Salvador Dali, profusely illustrated in color and black and white.

1923. 1st edition.

1936. A basic, yet comprehensive, examination of art and the importance of artistic expression in various cultures and throughout history.

1947. A combined edition of 6 volumes from the 'Britain in Pictures' series.

2013. Prints and Drawings from the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin

1938. The Arts from Prehistoric Man to Claude Debussy.

1944. 1st edition. An international survey beginning with Cézanne and including more than 100 other artists. Nice collectors book.

2010. Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections.

2003. Covers over 150 pieces of his work from the last two decades. English and Deutsche text.

1973. A collection of drawings and plates.

1995. A revised and enlarged edition of illustrating the marks of 2,000 makers and designers from Britain, Europe, and North America.

1971. Illustrated throughout both in colour and in black and white. Collectable.

2008. 1st edition. Rita Angus was a pioneer of modern painting during the 1930s and 1940s.

2006. Fifty-five young, international artists have remastered celebrated works.

2000. Beryl Cook has long been Britain's favourite artist.

1976. 1st edition. Vintage book on painting

1985. The complete guide to Calligraphy.

1993. Demonstrates how to create your own murals, large or small, not only on walls and ceilings, but also on other surfaces, such as floors, shutters and screens.

1979. Illustrates the development of floral art.

2007. A journey through a unique portfolio of landscapes depicting the favourite places of some of New Zealand's most popular contemporary artists.

2002. A visual introduction to, and biographical stats on, 60 of New Zealand's successful working artists.

2005.