Book Treasury: 32 books

Introduction This eBook is in honour of Graham Smith (15th June 1935 - 15th June 2011) who was known locally as The Egg and Sausage Artist in the St Helens area of Merseyside. It gives an insight into the man and his work. Having met this fine artist with a wonderful sense of humour and becoming...

Marc Chagall born Moishe Segal (1887 – 1985) is one of the most famous of Russian Artists of our time. Born in Vitebsk this remarkable artist became a skilled painter, lithographer, designer and etcher. His artworks sell for millions and his book illustrations are in such high demand as most people...

Salvador Dali (1904 – 1989) a Spanish Surrealist artist and draftsman created many bizarre works has become of the most famous artists our time. He created many lithographs, etchings and woodcuts and many of these appear in limited edition books including folios. These original illustrations are...

Introduction   Collecting rare illustrated books can be extremely profitable as well as enjoyable. This eBook will help you in your search by revealing what gives a book its value. It gives examples of rare books and discusses the reasons why they are valuable along with the prices...

Henry Graham Greene (1904 – 1901) wrote many novels surveying the political and moral issues of the day. Some of his novels displeased many people, including Graham Greene himself. Many of his works are now quite valuable and this eBook explores the values of each of those novels and why some are...

Emile Galle was a highly influential designer of ceramics, glass and furniture during the Art Nouveau period. But what do his designs symbolise. This book explores some of his designs and explains the reasons behind the patterns. It looks at Galle's career, the Paris exhibition, his symbolism and...

Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1873) was one of the co-founders of the Cubist movement and is considered the most famous Spanish artist of our time. The demand for his works on paper has seen prices rocket in recent years. Many of these works are found in books. This eBook will help you find them by giving...

Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894), artist and one of the most profound collector's of Impressionist art. This book explores the relationship to his contemporary art market. Contents include His Biography, Caillebotte as an artist, as a collector, his collections, the refusal of the collections, the...

Introduction Tracey Emin was born on the 3rd July 1963 and this accomplished British artist shot to fame when she exhibited her installation artwork consisting of a tent called Everyone I have Ever Slept With which she exhibited in 1995. She listed names inside the tent of the 102 people she...

Lempicka had a style all of her own. She did not copy other artists directly. Her artistic goals were to create a new style using light and bright colours with the emphasis on elegance in her models. She said “I was the first woman who did clear painting – and that was the success of my painting....

Three timeless icons of Modernity The Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer 1925, The Barcelona Chair by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe 1929 and The Egg Chair by Arne Jacobsen 1958. This book explores the reasons why these designers were so popular and looks at the effect of Wars on technology and the rise of...

This eBook looks at some of the various bags made by this world renowned company and gives an indication of prices that these bags have obtained at auction houses in Europe and America. Prices will be stated in the currency of the country of the sale and will give the pound, dollar and euro wherever...

Raymond Thornton Chandler (1888 – 1859) was an American crime writer from Chicago whom is considered one of the greatest writers of crime fiction of all time. He created the private-eye Philip Marlowe and many of his books have been adapted for the big screen. This eBook gives an insight as to...

Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976) is one of the greatest crime novelists of our time with sales of her books reaching over four billion copies worldwide.   Although Christie had written romance novels, short stories and screenplays this eBook concentrates only on her crime writings. It consists...