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First edition, 4to, (viii, 250) pp, with numerous black and white photographic illustrations plus folding models of rooms from the yacht “Coronet” in a pocket at the end, original light green cloth, some minor marks, lower corner of upper cover creased. £50
Second edition, oblong folio, (iv) pp, followed by 43 fine coloured plates, each with blank leaf as a guard, marbled endpapers, bookplate. Contemporary half calf, moiré patterned sides, rebacked retaining the original backstrip, red morocco label on upper cover, gilt tooled spine in compartments, a.e.g. £1750 Tooley 37 gives the first edition of 1822, with the plates in a different order.
First edition, 4to, 240 pp. 33 colour and numerous black and white illustrations, small mark to paste down. Cloth, d.w., spine slightly sunned, very good. £45
Large 8vo, (xliv), 151, (1) pp, 56 plates showing over 1,200 examples, gilt titled cloth, d.w., price clipped, near fine. £35
First edition, 8vo, xxxv, (i), 283, (1, 24 advertisement) pp. One leaf carelessly opened with a tear to the top corner, signature to half title. Original gilt titled red cloth, spine darkened, a couple of marks, marbled edges. £50
Oblong 8vo, 72 pp. Illustrations, all bar one in black and white, several leaves printed on coloured paper, advertisements at the beginning and the end. Stapled as issued in the original decorative wrappers, spine slightly rubbed. £30 Including an interview with Henry Moore and an article on the etchings of Dunoyer de Segonzac.
First edition, 4to, iv, 120 pp, with 54 plates (23 hand coloured) of 61, with photocopies of the missing 7 plates bound in, a few spots, later ink notes on fly leaf, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, recently rebacked with new corners, boards a little worn. £375 The plates show a variety of styles, mostly of wall decorations, including Louis XV, Elizabethan, Greek and Roman designs. Abbey, Life in England, 3.
First edition, folio, 384 pp. 783 illustrations in colour and black and white. Gilt titled cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £125 b - Back to top
First edition, 4to, with a coloured frontispiece plus 60 monochrome plates each with a descriptive leaf, a few light finger marks, inscription in green ink signed by Bache on half title, original cloth, head of spine and head of upper joint with small tears, t.e.g. £35 A fine collection with paintings arranged in schools, viz: Italian, Flemish, German, Dutch, Spanish, French and English.
(BADMIN, S.R.). BEETLES, Chris. S.R. Badmin and the English Landscape. (London): Collins (1985). First edition, large oblong 8vo, 157, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations in both colour and black and white, signed on the half title by Badmin. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £50
Eighth edition, seventh thousand, 8vo, (xvi), 556 pp. 6 folding plates plus 160 illustrations in the text. Original brown cloth, a couple of light marks, a near fine copy. £45
First edition, 4to, 244 pp, with 32 coloured plates tipped in and 103 black and white illustrations, purple cloth, d.w. with rubbing to edges, a very good copy. £45
Limited edition, one of 500 copies, 8vo, (vi), 44 pp, with 4 facsimile pp from the Tapestry on laid paper, fine, cloth backed paper boards. £50
First edition, 4to, 357, (1) pp. 64 plates, some foxing, with a letter to a previous owner and several relevant press cuttings tipped in, other material loosely inserted. Original gilt titled dark blue buckram, some rubbing to extremities otherwise very good. £500 A scholarly and very scarce treatise on medieval counters, or “jettons”, used instead of coins for games, gambling and, most particularly in this case, for calculation using a marked board.
Limited edition, one 260 copies, oblong 32mo - covers measuring 53 x 74 mm, (64) pp. 10 illustrations. Patterned boards, fine. £75
Linocut, 11½ x 8 inches, no. 187 of 500 printed, signed by Bawden. Loosely held in the original printed card folder, fine. £475 Originally commissioned in 1947, this edition was printed at the Rampant Lions Press directly from the block.
Limited edition, one of 750 copies, 4to, 285, (3) pp. Several hundred coloured illustrations, some tipped in, pp 246/7 with some text erroneously and faintly printed over a picture and the top corner torn with loss; affecting the margin only, these faults noted in the publisher’s hand on the fly leaf. Cloth backed patterned boards, otherwise fine. £125 A superb publication covering the entirety of Bawden’s long career, from his art school days and youthful alliance with Eric Ravilious to his many book illustrations and poster designs. Illustrations of work by many of his contemporaries, including Ravilious, John Aldridge, John Nash and Kenneth Rowntree are included.
First limited edition, no. 212 of 1,000 copies, large 8vo, xxxvi, 608 pp. 80 plates, 17 in colour. Original maroon buckram, t.e.g., some light marks. £75
First edition, large 8vo, xxvi, 363, (1) pp. 16 coloured and 30 black and white plates. Original gilt titled dark green cloth, with gilt and green trim and a further coloured illustration to the upper cover, t.e.g., light rubbing to extremities otherwise very good. £75
First edition, 8vo, (xii), 219, (1) pp. 32 black and white plates, top corner neatly cut from fly leaf. Cloth, rather marked and faded, d.w., price clipped, somewhat browned with some loss to edges. £40
8vo, (xvi), 292, (2) pp. 6 plates, bookplate of Cyril Norwood, Harrow School headmaster, marbled endpapers. Contemporary diced half calf, t.e.g., gilt spine with Harrow devices, a minor ink stain to the fore edge otherwise very good. £45 Bell’s first book of art criticism, setting out his theories of “significant form” which proved influential for decades to come.
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 230 pp, 8 plates, spare spine label inserted at end, a few spots to half title, in the original cloth, spine slightly browned with wear to label. £40
First edition, 4to, 20 pp. Black and white illustrations. Gilt decorated cloth, spine dull, d.w. lightly soiled with slight loss to lower edge. £50
Eight volumes, 8vo. Gilt titled cloth, a fine set. £125
First edition, 4to, 176 pp. Numerous coloured illustrations. Cloth backed boards, d.w., fine. £70
First edition, large 8vo, 168 pp. 135 photographic illustrations, signed on the half title by the Author. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £60
First edition, 4to, 286 pp, with 12 colour plates tipped in, plus 160 photogravure illustrations and 29 maps and plans, pictorial cloth, some light marks, d.w. with minor edgewear, a very good copy. £30 Including ruins from Greece to China, Iraq to the West Indies.
First edition, first issue, 8vo, (xii), 136, (4) pp. 3½ foot folding plate at the end, Errata slip tipped in, owner’s signature to fly leaf. Cloth backed printed boards, extremities a little worn, paper spine label browned with some loss. £125 Peterson A2a. With leaf I4 (pp119-120) in its original, uncancelled, state.
(BETJEMAN, John): R.I.B.A. Royal Institute of British Architects. Transactions: Vol. III. New Series. London 1887. 4to, (iv), 252 pp. 45 plates, including photographs, plans, elevations and detailed engravings of features, upper hinge cracked but sound. John Betjeman’s copy with his inscription to the fly leaf noting the nine pages, pp140-148, concerning the Royal Holloway College. Original buckram, scuffed, tears to top of spine. £180
First edition, large 8vo, (xii), 352, (2) pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., some minor rubbing to the lower wrapper otherwise fine. £60
Folio. (44 x 39 cm). Full brown morocco, boards double gilt ruled, gilt and blindstamp decoration, spine flat with gilt rules, gilt to compartments, gilt inner dentelles, plain endpapers with the engraved armorial bookplate of Elhanan Bicknell. 44 steel engraved plates printed on india paper and mounted on large sheets. Binding rubbed, small ring mark to upper board, some light foxing throughout. A handsome binding of a unique collection. £900 A significant number of the engravings are untitled. The volume would appear to be a bespoke collection of illustrations from various works including Jennings’ Landscape Annuals. A few more exotic scenes, almost certainly from editions of the Oriental Annual. The illustrators include J.M.W. Turner and David Roberts. Elhanan Bicknell (1788-1861) made his fortune as a merchant, primarily in the trade of sperm whale oil. He compiled one of the great collections from the Victorian era of contemporary British paintings. He counted Roberts and Turner as friends.
8vo, (vi), 293, (1) pp, portrait frontispiece, marbled endpapers, finely bound in green crushed morocco, spine faded, covers with 2 gilt ruled borders and 4 rosettes of tooled leaves and oval borders, one in each corner and linked by a double rule, spine in compartments with raised bands and further heavy tooling. £125
8vo, xii, 180 pp. Full polished maroon calf, with below the polish a most unusual liquid ‘stain’ effect in lighter red, inside gilt borders, spine faded, upper joint a little worn, a.e.g. A unique and attractive binding. £125
4to, 366, (2) pp, 32 plates, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £40
First edition, 4to, 479, (1) pp, with 48 plates showing coins in black and white, cloth, d.w., minor creasing to bottom edge else fine. £50
First edition, large 8vo, xii, 53, (17) pp. Frontispiece and 149 plates, some foxing, mostly to the text leaves, later bookplate and inscription to front endpapers. Original cloth, spine sunned, very good. £75
First edition, 4to, (xiv), 281, (1) pp, frontispiece and 83 black and white illustrations, original gilt titled cloth, slight rubbing to extremities. £80
First edition, small oblong 4to, (20) pp. Title vignette and 5 illustrations after paintings by Frank Brangwyn. Original cloth backed printed boards, slightly bowed, a near fine copy. £60 Taylor & Sewell A134.
Seventh edition, new impression, 4to, (xxii), 518 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, free endpapers with old sellotape marks. Buckram, d.w. with some minor edge wear otherwise a very good copy. £60
Large 8vo, xvi, 256 pp, portrait frontispiece and engravings in the text, black cloth, a fine copy. £30
Facsimile reprint of the 1920 edition, (iv), 89, (1, iv), 467, (3) pp, 22 plates and a folding map, presentation inscription to the Author’s son, gilt titled cloth, d.w., faded. £40
Limited edition, one of 180 copies from a total edition of 206 copies, tall 8vo, 25, (73) pp. 47 illustrations, 5 tipped in, prospectus for this work plus a further printed press note and a Fleece Press Christmas card from 2000 featuring a Buckland Wright wood engraving loosely inserted. Quarter vellum, patterned boards, slipcase, a fine copy. £600
Limited edition, one of 210 copies from a total edition of 266, folio, 87, (3) pp. 28 illustrations, many tipped in. Yellow quarter cloth, patterned boards, slipcase with slight wear to two corners otherwise fine. £200
Limited edition, one of 246 copies, 8vo, 56, (4) pp. 22 illustrations, 5 tipped in, prospectus for this work and the original invoice loosely inserted. Quarter cloth, marbled boards, folding cloth case, fine. £125
First edition, 4to, 202, (2) pp. Numerous coloured illustrations. Gilt titled faux-leather, d.w., original card case with some rubbing otherwise a fine copy. £50
Fourth edition, 4to, xii, 64, 4 advertisement pp, 8 coloured engravings with tissues featuring examples of paintings by Van Dyke, Rembrandt, Titian etc, a few spots, inscription on fly leaf, in the original cloth backed boards, marked and slightly worn, paper label on upper cover. £65
Fifth edition, 4to, 32 pp, 9 plates with 38 figures of line drawings of paintings by Rembrandt, Raphael, Reubens etc, a few spots, some dust and other marks, a small card with an earlier engraving tipped onto it bound in, later cloth backed paper boards, with the original label on upper cover. £50 c - Back to top
First edition, 8vo, (xviii), 190 pp, colour frontispiece and 25 black and white plates, cloth, d.w., a little browned with loss to top of spine. £35
Fourth edition, 8vo, xvi, 216 pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text, later inscription to half title. Original gilt titled green cloth, bevelled edges, a little wear to extremities otherwise very good, a.e.g. £30
Ten volumes, square 8vo, being volumes I-IX of the catalogue and an index volume. Numerous black and white illustrations. Held in three slipcases, these with some minor wear otherwise a fine set. £250 Fourteen volumes of the catalogue (not including the Index) have been published so far.
Limited edition, no. 38 of 100 “Collectors’ Edition” copies, signed by the Author (the Artist’s son), square 8vo, 95, (1) pp. Frontispiece, 39 plates - 8 in colour and 36 further illustrations. Quarter calf, cloth slipcase, a fine copy. £200 Including her portraits of the Stracheys among others, this elegant and intimate production has a brief but informative biography as well as illustrations of around half of her known work.
First edition, 8vo, 47, (1, 8 advertisement) pp. 11 hand coloured lithographs showing different palettes, endpapers soiled, otherwise only some occasional light marginal marks, later bookplate. Original cloth, gilt vignette to upper cover, some red paint marks to spine and lower cover. £200 Abbey, Life in England, 106.
First edition, two volumes bound in one, 4to, colour frontispieces and 527 black and white photographic illustrations in the text, later quarter buckram, spine a little dull. £185
Second edition, 4to, 353, (1) pp, colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations, contemporary half morocco, slightly bumped, t.e.g., a very good copy. £200
First English edition, 4to, 18 coloured plates and nearly 500 black and white illustrations, light wear to paste downs from the removal of some sellotape, original gilt titled scarlet cloth, very good. £200
First edition, 8vo, (iv), 112 pp. 24 plates and 8 further vignettes, original cloth upper cover bound in at the end with a pattern of fleur-de-lis. Beautifully bound by Bumpus in dark orange full morocco, gilt borders, gilt spine with raised bands, a.e.g., slight rubbing to joints otherwise a handsome copy. £150 One of three titles Salomans wrote in Bumpus’ XVIIIth Century French Book-Illustrators series
Folio, viii, 82, (2) pp, 16 plates - 12 in colour, one plate loose, original gilt titled green cloth, spine marked, bevelled edges, corners a little rubbed, a.e.g. £80 Concerning book-binding, pottery and work in horn, wood and enamel. A 3 page manuscript letter dated 1908 from A.H. Church is loosely inserted concerning the candlestick shown on the plate at p30.
Limited edition, one of 100 copies from a total edition of 285, oblong 32mo - covers measuring 45 x 77 mm, (66) pp. 9 illustrations. Patterned boards, held in a wooden scale model of a paper mould, in three parts with copper edging and sieve, a fine and unusual little item. £200 The first English language account of paper making.
First edition, 4to, 160 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with some light indentations otherwise a fine copy. £100
Limited edition, one of 500 copies, oblong 4to, 198, (4) pp. Numerous illustrations, mostly in colour, Prospectus for this work loosely inserted. Cloth backed patterned boards, fine. £225
Second edition, large 8vo, 125, (1) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations plus plans and drawings in the text, some occasional light foxing, signature to fly leaf. Original pictorial green cloth, some marks and light rubbing. £125
An eclectic collection including illustrations by Hiroshige, Rembrandt, Angelica Kauffman, Velasquez and Gainsborough as well as articles on bank notes, stamps, Thomas Chippendale, the Brontës, teapots, etc.
An eclectic collection including illustrations by Joshua Reynolds, Rowlandson, Kunisada and Velasquez as well as articles on fans, violins, Hogarth and reports of sales.
COOK, Beryl. The Works. (London): John Murray [and] Gallery Five (1978). First edition, large 8vo, (64) pp. Coloured illustrations, inscribed on the fly leaf from the Artist “To Ruth, Who didn’t frighten me one bit! Best wishes, Beryl”. Cloth, d.w., some very minor wear to edges otherwise a fine copy. £100
Second edition, 8vo, (xxii), 703, (1) pp, fine wood engraved bookplate by Paul Nash of Samuel Courtauld, industrialist and patron of the Arts, and inscribed “S.R. Courtauld. Xmas 1889 from S.L.C.” - presumably his mother, Sarah Lucy, when Courtauld was only 13, marbled endpapers, contemporary brown quarter morocco, spine a little rubbed, t.e.g. £200 A nice association copy - both Courtauld and his wife were well known for their generosity to institutions such as the National Gallery and the Tate. As well as founding the Courtauld Gallery he was later to become chairman of the board of the National Gallery.
8vo, (110) pp, 49 costumes pictured in black and white with accompanying text, manuscript list of relevant businesses in London to paste down, contemporary newspaper advertisement on fly leaf, cloth backed boards, a little soiled, corners slightly worn. £60
First edition. Large 8vo. 247, (1). Gilt decorated black faux leather, dust jacket, not price clipped, pictorial endpapers. Profusely illustrated throughout, three folding plates towards rear of volume. Inconspicuous library blindstamp to upper board, the call number unobtrusively whited out on spine of jacket and verso of title page, wear to extremities of the jacket with occasional slight loss, a decent copy nonetheless. £40
Large 8vo, containing an engraved title and 12 plates by Storer and Greig, slight staining to the title and the verso of the last plate from the facing endpapers, sewn as issued and loosely inserted into contemporary card covers, this slightly worn, printed label to upper cover. £75 A lovely set of engravings here published separately from the work for which they were intended.
First edition, 8vo, (xii), 228, (16 advertisement) pp, frontispiece and numerous photographic illustrations, browning to free endpapers only, cloth, a near fine copy. £30
Two volumes, 4to, numerous illustrations, a few in colour, cloth, d.w.’s, a few light marks else a near fine set. £80
First edition, 4to, 27, (5) pp. Black and white illustrations, some light marks. Original printed paper wrappers, sewn as issued, spotted and marked, with tears to the edges, pieces to the spine and two corners lacking. Scarce. £80
First edition, 4to, 251, (1) pp. 65 illustrations, 7 in colour, slight foxing to the last two leaves. Original gilt titled buckram with a further coloured illustration to the upper cover, very minor sunning of spine, a near fine copy. £125
First English edition, 4to, 243, (1) pp. 172 plates, many in colour and with several folding leaves, plus smaller black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £40
4to, (xii), 138 pp, with 16 colour and 16 black and white plates, with the fly leaf removed, original cream buckram, some light marks. £45
12mo, 12 pp. Printed wrappers, edges browned with some minor chips. £85 Listing 174 items.
First edition, 8vo, (x), 132 pp, frontispiece and illustrations in the text, original gilt titled green cloth with bevelled edges, t.e.g., slight rubbing to spine ends else a fine copy. £30 Engravers and their subjects from the 15th century up to Bewick and his successors.
First reprint, 4to, 448 pp, numerous illustrations, a few in colour, cloth, d.w., minor bumping to spine ends else a fine copy. £35 d - Back to top
Large 8vo, (viii, xvi), 359, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations and some facsimile letters. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, slipcase with some minor rubbing, a very good copy. £35 First published 1901.
First edition, 4to, viii, 126 pp, numerous black and white photographs, cloth, d.w., top of spine slightly worn. £50
First edition, 4to, 143, (1) pp. Coloured illustrations. Coloured wrappers, fine. £95
Limited edition, no. 83 of 100 “de luxe” copies, 4to, 291, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations, a few in colour, marbled endpapers, covering to upper hinge partly torn but otherwise sound, edges of half title browned. Original publisher’s black full morocco, gilt spine title and design to upper cover, some light marks else a very good copy, t.e.g. £80 A survey covering everything from fabrics and packaging to interiors and newspaper cartoons.
First edition, 4to, (xvi), 117, (7) pp, with 15 coloured plates tipped in and 136 black and white photographs, original cloth, slightly dull and faded, small piece missing from head of spine. £300
4to, 42 leaves of typescript, printed on rectos only, followed by 10 photographic plates. Some foxing to first and last few text leaves. Original cloth backed marbled boards, a little worn. £100 A member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, Dingwall donated a number of pieces to the V. & A. The printed label to the upper cover reads “Geoffrey B. Lowe’s copy. No. 9... Personal and Confidential”. No other copy located.
Second edition, large 8vo, 514 pp. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £50
First edition, small 4to, x, 90 pp, black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., chipped with slight loss to spine ends. £40
4to, xlvii, (i), 152 pp. 250 plates, hinges strengthened. Original gilt decorated blue cloth with bevelled edges, extremities a little worn, spine a little wrinkled. £200 Containing examples of work from Doré’s illustrations for the Bible, Paradise Lost, Dante’s Inferno, Don Quixote and Baron Munchausen.
A collection of twenty four hand drawn illustrations plus one only partially completed, mostly monochrome pen and ink, two in pencil and one in pencil and water-colour. The illustrations are of varying sizes between 11 x 8.5 cm and 27 x 21 cm, each drawn on paper backed with thick card. Occasional light marks, one with a rust stain from a paper clip, otherwise generally in very good condition. £175 Dowsett would appear to be a gifted amateur, as there appears to be no other trace of their work. One of the illustrations dated 1924, a number with an address on the verso, either in Colchester or Yeovil. The style of the drawings are very much of the period and mostly are in a cartoon like style, certainly in tone. Two illustrations feature golf, another a biplane, while the other drawings feature more cartoon-like social scenes. The water-colour is more serious in tone and features a woman in a gold bathing costume with matching butterfly wings.
4to, (xviii) [pp], 151 [leaves], with 150 engraved plates and descriptive text opposite, some light browning, contemporary signature to title, contemporary calf, rubbed, recently rebacked with a black spine label, spine with gilt bands. £450 First published in English in 1672 as “Perspective Practical” and an important work, the excellent illustrations giving exacting instructions for drawing all manner of objects and views.
First edition, 4to, viii, 544 pp, original cloth, d.w., a few marks otherwise very good. £40 The only work of its kind with nearly 16,000 entries - “...the main object of this bibliography has been to provide a record of books, manuscripts and articles about glass in periodicals...”
4to, 216 pp, with 110 colour and 1 black and white plates tipped in, cloth, d.w., original card slipcase, a fine copy. £30
Two volumes, 4to. Each volume with a coloured lithographic title, plus 30 and 24 lithographic plates respectively, of which several have light tints and 4 in the 1856 volume are in colour, marbled endpapers. Uniformly bound by Seton and Mackenzie of Edinburgh in full calf, gilt and blind stamped borders, the large central panel being slightly depressed with the edges containing further blind stamped decoration, title in gilt to the centre, edges stained red, some rubbing to extremities and edges, top of two hinges starting. £150 Handsomely printed collections of verse with striking illustrations. The 1852 volume includes 11 plates showing national characteristics and costume. e - Back to top
4to, 253, (1) pp. 54 black and white plates. Cloth, d.w. lightly soiled with minor loss to edges. £40 A revised and enlarged edition from the first edition of 1949.
Third impression, 4to, 684 pp. Coloured frontispiece and hundreds of black and white illustrations, owner’s label to paste down. Gilt titled red buckram, d.w. with some small tears and minor creasing, t.e.g. £75
Second “revised” edition, 4to, 192 pp. Frontispiece and 173 illustrations, light foxing to first three text leaves. Cloth, d.w. soiled and worn with some loss to the spine and edges. £40
First edition, 4to, (x), 178 pp, 69 photographic plates, cloth, d.w., marked and creased, some minor loss to edges. £75
Second edition, large 8vo, xx, 427, (1) pp, 68 illustrations, brief inscription on title page, bookplate on fly leaf, original gilt decorated blue cloth, marked, spine ends bumped. £45 Illustrated by the works of 16 artists, including the Cruikshanks, Doré, Rowlandson, Leech and H.K. Browne (“Phiz”).
First edition, 4to, 432 pp, numerous coloured illustrations, cloth, d.w., edges slightly rubbed else a near fine copy. £75
EYTON, Anthony. ‘A Sort of Touchability.’ Paintings 1938-1975. [London]: Austin/Desmond Fine Art [1990]. Square 8vo, (24) pp. 36 illustrations, 25 in colour, signed on the upper cover by the Artist. Loosely inserted are three invitations for this exhibition, two of which are also signed. Stiff paper wrappers, minor wear to one corner otherwise fine. £60 f - Back to top
First edition, 8vo, (viii), 388 pp. Numerous illustrations, both photographic and wood engraved. Original pictorial boards, d.w. replicating the design, slight loss to top of spine and one corner, otherwise a very good copy. £125 A pleasant combination of personal recollection and tuition into the art of wood engraving.
First edition, folio, (vi), 122 pp. 74 illustrations, inscription to fly leaf. Original cloth, d.w., near fine. £40 Contains examples from all the books illustrated by Farleigh including his most well known - Shaw’s “The Adventures of the Black Girl...” and the scarce “Whole Works of Homer”.
Two works in one, 8vo, (xii), 74, (2), xxxvi, (vi), 202 pp, with 27 plates and 22 plans in the first work, and a frontispiece and 80 illustrations in the second, both works with the original wrappers bound in, foxed, contemporary (to the second work) quarter morocco, cloth sides, spine rubbed and sunned. £120 Duncan 4005, 987.
First edition, large 8vo, 196 pp. Illustrations in both colour and black and white. Cloth, d.w., spine sunned, otherwise a near fine copy. £50
First edition, folio (15 x 10 inches), (vi), 58 pp, 10 full page and 3 double page colour illustrations, decorated endpapers, internally fine, cloth, pictorial d.w. torn and chipped. £50
First edition, large 8vo, 51, (1), 80 pp, 17 coloured plates, 3 double page, and 39 illustrations in the text, hinges repaired, binding a little loose, in the original cloth, bevelled edges, corners and spine ends worn, t.e.g. £65
Limited edition, no. 651 of 1050 copies signed by Flint’s son Francis, folio, 259, (7) pp. 110 illustrations, a few in colour, plus small devices in the text, marbled endpapers. Crimson quarter morocco, t.e.g., slipcase, this with some scuffing otherwise a fine copy. £400
First edition, 4to, (vi), 326, (2) pp. Illustrations in both colour and black and white, signed by the Author on the half title. Cloth, d.w., a few minor marks otherwise a near fine copy. £85
Limited edition, no. 225 of 500 copies, large 8vo, xx, 216 pp. Portrait frontispiece, 73 coloured and 77 black and white plates - the former with captioned tissues, plus an etching bound in at the front. Original decorated white cloth, bevelled edges, some light soiling, t.e.g., a very good copy. £175 Inman 234.
Limited edition, one of 600 copies, 4to, 48 pp. 44 black and white plates. Gilt decorated buckram, a fine copy. £35
First edition, 4to, 224 pp. 5 colour and over 100 black and white illustrations. Gilt titled maroon cloth, slipcase, a fine copy. £35
First edition, 4to, xxxii, 214 pp. 72 black and white plates. Original gilt titled green buckram, slight wrinkling to upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, near fine. £125 Duncan 4425.
First edition, oblong folio, 215, (1) pp, 326 coloured illustrations, gilt titled cloth, pictorial slipcase, a fine copy. £85
First edition, 4to, 184 pp, 3 photographic portraits and 18 plates - 8 in colour, further illustrations on almost every page, original cloth backed decorated boards, some light marks, spine slightly sunned and rubbed. £50
Single sheet, 5 x 9½ inches, lithographed in green and yellow on one side with a vertical perforated crease to the left part and a vertical fold crease to the right. Presentation inscription, and with the bookseller’s ink stamp, date and 2 token stamps affixed to the rear. Very slight rubbing to the creases otherwise fine. £125 A striking example of Freedman’s work, still with the detachable lefthand section of instructions for use.
Single sheet folded twice, printed on one side only. Festive message to front cover with a winter scene and an arrangement of books to the inside, a fine copy. £150 Printed at the Curwen Press.
Single sheet folded twice, pink and white covers opening at each end to show the Christmas greetings on a blue background with a variety of decorative borders and an illustration of a pile of books, not inscribed. Some minor marks otherwise fine. £120 Printed at the Curwen Press.
First edition, 8vo, 224 pp, numerous illustrations, two toned cloth, d.w. a little browned with minor loss to head of spine. £25
Limited edition, no. 136 of 220 copies, large folio, being an 18 page pamphlet sewn in paper covers and 27 fine plates, minor wrinkling and a few light spots to the edges of the margins. Held loose in a cloth backed portfolio, minor wear to top of spine otherwise very good. £250 Replicating work by Antoine Watteau, Jean Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher and Gabriel de St. Aubin among others.
FROST, Terry. Works on Paper. 25 years: 1947-72. [London]: Austin/Desmond Fine Art [1989]. Square 8vo, 20 pp. 45 illustrations, 23 in colour, signed on the upper cover by the Artist. Loosely inserted are two invitations, both also signed, one to this exhibition and the other to an exhibition for Frost’s illustrations to Federico Garciá Lorca’s poems. Stiff paper wrappers, some minor marks otherwise fine. £100
First edition, 8vo, 22, (2) pp. Signature to the inside of the upper wrapper. Original printed paper wrappers, spine rubbed. £75 The Hogarth Essays, first series, no. 16. Woolmer 90.
First edition, small 4to, viii, 56 pp. 24 plates, text pages foxed. Cloth backed boards, upper cover with an elaborate design, d.w. lacking piece at top of upper wrapper and part of spine, some other wear, spine browned. £55 g - Back to top
First English edition, 4to, 430, (2) pp. Numerous illustrations, some in colour. Cloth, d.w., slightly worn with loss to the lower edge of the upper wrapper. £50
Large 8vo, 32 pp, followed by 32 pages of black and white photography, cloth, a fine copy. £40
First edition, 4to, xii, 426 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £50
Second edition, 8vo, (viii), 114, (2) pp. Illustrations throughout. Cloth, d.w., spine a little browned, slight loss to top. £45 First published as a paperback in 1938.
First edition, 4to, xliv, 355, (1) pp. Coloured frontispiece and over 1,000 wood engravings, 13 copper engravings and 4 photographs of sculptures. Gilt titled black cloth, original clear plastic wrapper lettered in red, some marks, edge of the wrapper with some tears. £95 A complete collection of Gibbing’s engravings, including the illustrations undertaken for his Golden Cockerel press books.
Limited edition, no. 484 of 600, signed by the Author, large 8vo, xxiv, 108 pp, 58 double sided plates with over 200 photo-illustrations, bookplate, slight cracking of one hinge, buckram, spine and top edges of cover slightly faded. £40
First edition, 8vo, x, 324, (2) pp. Wood engraving to title page, brief inscription to fly leaf. Original blue buckram, d.w., spine and edges browned, some light soiling, a very good copy. £140 Evan Gill 18. The first book to use Gill’s perpetua type.
First American edition, 4to, 478 pp. 997 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, a fine copy. £95
First edition thus, small 8vo, (ii), 20, 41, (1) pp. Three wood engravings. Original coarse linen with the title and title engraving reproduced on the upper cover, slight browning to spine otherwise near fine. £365 Reprinting two essays, the Preface from an issue of “The Game” and Stone Carving, which first appeared as “Sculpture” in 1918. Taylor and Sewell A112. Evan Gill 10.
First edition, small 4to, xii, 366 pp, 4 coloured and 137 black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., slight rubbing to top of spine else a fine copy. £45
A scarce run of the programs to one of the world’s finest opera festivals.
First edition, small 4to, (xxii), 166 pp, hundreds of black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w. with taped repair to top edge and slight loss. £50
First edition, small 4to, (xvi), 156 pp, 8 coloured and hundreds of black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w. slightly marked, minor wear to top of spine. £75
First edition, 4to, 492 pp. 12 colour plates plus black and white illustrations, inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, a few marks otherwise very good. £45
First edition, large 8vo, 2 pp. Hand coloured engraved title and 19 plates, 18 fully or partly hand coloured, the tissue guards showing some offsetting but the plates still in excellent bright condition. Original cloth, printed label to upper cover, some rubbing and marks. £1950 A well respected architect who studied at the Royal Academy, Goldicutt travelled for several years in Italy, where he received a gold medallion from the Pope for a drawing of St. Peter’s. One of two major works he produced; the other displaying the Antiquities of Sicily.
First edition, large 8vo, (xviii), 487, (1) pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £40
Limited edition, no. 752 of 1,000 copies, signed by the publisher, oblong folio, (viii) pp plus 200 coloured plates with captions opposite. Original quarter morocco, spine slightly sunned, a couple of minor marks, very good. £90
4to, 152 pp, with 43 plates tipped in, all but one in colour, cloth, d.w., some creasing to upper flap else a near fine copy. £40
Limited edition, no. 582 of 1,000 copies, 8vo, 27, (5) pp. 16 photographic illustrations. Original marbled wrappers, slight wrinkling to label otherwise fine. £50 The Author was Director of a well-established paper manufacturing company.
First edition, 8vo, (xx), 300, (2) pp, 52 colour plates plus 90 black and white illustrations and coloured patterned endpapers, some very light browning, original gilt titled decorative blue cloth, spine sunned, t.e.g. £60 Inman 33.
Second edition, 8vo, 410 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, spine slightly sunned. £75
Folio, (8) pp. Title vignette and 4 woodcuts, free endpapers browned. Contemporary maroon quarter morocco, limp cloth sides, spine worn, some soiling, but internally clean. £250 A student of Noel Rooke, this was Gribble’s first published work. Never prolific, she is best known for her illustrations to “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” (1926). Very scarce.
4to, 276 pp. 110 coloured illustrations. Gilt titled cloth, slipcase, fine. £100
One of 350 copies, 4to, 194 pp, with 24 plates showing 1,636 examples, cloth, a fine copy. £100 Perhaps the finest collection of its kind, including Egyptian, Greek and Roman work as well as more recent European examples. A facsimile reprint of the Paris edition of 1912, itself published in an edition of only 200 copies. h - Back to top
First edition, small 4to, 224 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £40
First English edition, 4to, (xii), 49, (3) pp. 80 black and white plates. Cloth, d.w. with some light edgewear, spine slightly browned. £200
HAMMOND, Joan. A Voice, A Life. Autobiography. London: Victor Gollancz 1970. First edition, 8vo, 264 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, inscribed by the Author opposite the title page. Cloth, d.w., slight fading and wear to the d.w. £30
First edition, small 4to, xvi, 56, (4 advertisement) pp. 12 fine chromolithographed plates tipped in, a few light spots to text leaves, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original green cloth, spine ends rubbed. £50 In the “Vere Foster’s Drawing-Books” series.
First edition, three volumes, 4to. 765 illustrations - 7 in colour. Cloth, d.w.’s, some light rubbing to extremities otherwise very good. £150
Large 8vo, 84 pp, numerous illustrations, a few in colour, original printed wrappers, slight bumping of top edge else a fine copy. £25 Including articles on André Marchand by W.J. Strachan, Steven Sykes by Hugh Wakefield, Blair Hughes-Stanton by John Lewis and Edward Ardizzone by Charles Hennessy, plus a piece by Laurence Housman.
Limited edition, one of 280 copies, 4to, 53, (5) pp. Coloured plates plus engraved illustrations in the text. Cloth backed patterned boards, held in a folding case with two further items; an oblong folio folder containing the 9 coloured illustrations for “Royal Flush” and three further engravings in 4to wrappers, as well as an oblong folio title sheet, plus the addition of a small folio sheet showing one engraving captioned by “Sing a Song of Sixpence”, one of 100 printed at the Fleece Press for the 1998 Cheltenham Literary Festival. A couple of minor marks to the case otherwise a fine copy. £175
First edition, 4to, 432 pp. Numerous coloured illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £60
Limited edition, one of 220 copies, large 8vo, 66, (4) pp. 5 illustrations tipped in, including a facsimile page from a letter. Quarter cloth, patterned boards, fine. £125
Limited edition, one of 200 copies, oblong 12mo, (14) pp. Title decoration and 5 wood engraved illustrations. Printed paper wrappers, fine. £100
First edition, 8vo, (iv), 227, (1) pp. Advertisements to endpapers. Original green cloth, gilt titled spine, a few marks otherwise very good. £100 The seventh edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica appeared in 1842. Keynes 103.
Oblong 4to. Publisher’s green cloth ribbed and blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettered and tooled to upper board, plain yellow endpapers, old doodles lightly pencilled to verso of front free endpaper. 36 plates, uncoloured, each with numerous caricature illustrations. A few slight marks to cloth, otherwise in very good condition. £250 No title page or text, the title taken from the upper cover. Where present, the imprints on the plates bear the names of either S. Gans or E. Lacey. The volume would appear to be a selective compilation from Heath’s catalogue. Some of the series of illustrations include “Sketches of Wit and Humour”, “Lexicographical Illustrations” and “Humourous Scraps”.
8vo, viii, 368 pp, marginal browning throughout, original orange cloth, spine a little darkened. £50
First English edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, xii, 318, (2); viii, 336, (6) pp. Signature to fly leaves, blind stamp to fly leaf in volume I. Original cloth, spines slightly sunned, some light rubbing. £125
First edition, small 8vo, (x), 89, (1), xii pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece and a folding plate of music. Original gilt titled and decorated green cloth, light rubbing to extremities otherwise a very good copy. £40 Heller was a Hungarian composer and concert pianist.
First edition, 4to, (xx), 155, (1) pp, 59 plates, owner’s signature and bookplate to paste down, buckram backed boards, slightly soiled, original d.w., with minor tears to edges. £35
First edition, 2 volumes, folio. 225 coloured and 691 black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w.’s, some creasing to the spine of volume I, otherwise a very good set in its slipcase. £200
4to, xxiv, 123, (1) pp, with 48 coloured plates, some light spots, cloth, d.w., spine browned, price clipped from upper flap, minor loss to head of spine. £75 First published 1888.
First edition, signed by both Hockney and Spender, folio, (104) pp. 26 coloured plates, Prospectus for the work loosely inserted. Yellow buckram, dark blue spine lettered in gilt, slipcase, a fine copy. £275 Contributions from Spender and 25 other Authors, including Iris Murdoch, Seamus Heaney, T.S. Eliot, Arthur Miller, John Updike, Douglas Adams and Patrick Leigh Fermor.
Limited edition, no. 353 of 500 copies, 4to, xx, 188 pp, with numerous illustrations of both pieces and maker’s marks, gutta percha binding a little loose, bookplate, in the original decorated cloth, slightly soiled. £125
Limited edition, one of 340 copies, 8vo, 43, (5) pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece. Quarter cloth, patterned boards, a fine copy. £60
4to, xvi, 483, (1), xviii, 82 pp, 251 illustrations, cloth, a fine copy. £65 An updated edition from the original 1935 edition. Two and a half thousand examples are listed.
First edition, large 8vo, 224 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., some light marks otherwise fine. £40
First edition, small 8vo, x, 202, (2) pp. 38 black and white plates. Contemporary quarter vellum, t.e.g., gilt spine decorated with art nouveau flowers, morocco labels, a fine copy. £50 Little Books on Art series.
First edition, 4to, (67) leaves. 79 plates tipped in, 24 in colour, a few light spots. Original buckram, some light marks, old stain to lower cover. £100
Two volumes in one, limited editions, first 58 of 245 copies, second 156 of 199 copies, small square 8vo, 70, (2); 58 pp, 18 colour plates in first work, presentation inscription in second work, both with original wrappers bound in, wrappers of first work foxed, lower slightly torn, contemporary half calf, marbled boards and endpapers. £120 Sette of Odd Volumes numbers XXVI and XLIX.
First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, with 25 colour plates and 192 black and white illustrations, some marginal browning of text leaves, bookplates, buckram, edges browned, d.w.’s, chipped with some minor loss. £100
First US edition, 4to, 320 pp, colour and black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £30
Small 4to, 208, (4) pp, colour and black and white illustrations, gilt decorated red leather in fine condition, original plain white d.w., slightly browned and marked, t.e.g. £35
8vo, 96 pp. 32 colour and 7 black and white illustrations. Cloth, slipcase, fine. £30
Second edition, 12mo, xvi, 79, (1) pp. 28 plates with tissue guards, endpapers very marked. Original gilt titled cloth, some wear to spine. £85 First published 1837.
First edition, 4to, 127, (1) pp, 32 illustrations - 6 in colour, later bookplate, original cloth backed boards, slightly soiled else very good. £50
First edition, 4to, 224 pp. Numerous illustrations in colour and black and white. Cloth, d.w., fine. £40
First edition, 4to, 176 pp. Numerous illustrations, mostly in colour. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £50
First edition, small 8vo, 45, (3) pp. Original decorative wrappers designed by Vanessa Bell, slight browning to edges and spine. £40 Woolmer 121. Hogarth Essays, second series, no. 10. One of 1,000 copies.
Limited edition, one of 1,000 unsigned copies, 4to, 34, (2) pp, frontispiece and 18 loose plates, later bookplate, hinges with some neat strengthening, original card wrappers, spine browned, rubbing to foot. £100 i - Back to top
Large folio, no. 306 of 500 copies, being a 16 page pamphlet sewn in paper covers and 40 fine coloured plates in paper mounts. Some creasing to the edges of several of the mounts otherwise in fine condition, held in the original printed portfolio, some wear to the lower cover. �300 �Albertina-Facsimile�. Including work by Fra Angelico, Michelangelo, Raphael, Leonardo Da Vinci and Lorenzo Lotto. j - Back to top
JACKSON, Holbrook. The Eighteen Nineties. A Review of Art and Ideas at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. New York: Alfred A. Knopf (1922). 8vo, 304 pp. 24 plates, with a fine etched bookplate by D.Y. Cameron for Catalani to paste down. Original quarter buckram, patterned boards, spine browned. £45
Limited edition, one of 290 copies from a total edition of 300, oblong 32mo - covers measuring 52 x 74 mm, (54) pp. 8 illustrations. Patterned cloth, paper label, fine. £125
First edition, 8vo, (xii), 328 pp, frontispiece and 15 plates plus illustrations in the text, occasional light foxing, marbled endpapers and edges, Prize inscription on front blank dated 1914, contemporary full calf, gilt tooling, blue morocco label, a near fine copy. £100
First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo. 1,674 illustrations in the text, owner’s signature to paste downs. Original black and gilt decorated red cloth, bevelled edges, t.e.g., spines faded with some bumping to ends otherwise very good. £150
Limited edition, no. 193 of 500 copies, 4to, xxiv, 248 pp, with 117 plates showing over 1,500 examples, ex-Southwark Reference Library copy with small stamps to corners of some plates, title verso and paste downs, cloth, t.e.g., with a new d.w. with printed labels. £80 k - Back to top
Facsimile edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 62 plates and a folding map, cloth, d.w.’s, prices cut from upper flaps, very slightly rubbed. £75 First published 1887-93.
Limited edition, no. 147 of 250 copies, 4to, 161, (3) pp, 21 plates and a plan, signature to front blank, frontispiece foxed, large armorial bookplate, original cloth, spine ends rubbed. £120
First edition, 4to, 275, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations, both in colour and black and white. Original faux leather, d.w., slight bumping to top of spine, a near fine copy. £40
First edition, small 4to, 48 pp, 46 plates, some very slight marginal browning to plates bound at end, otherwise a very good copy in the original cloth, a little rubbed, gilt title and illustration on upper cover. £50 l - Back to top
Second edition, 8vo, (ii), xxii, (ii), 400, (8) pp. Wood engraved illustrations and initial letters, contemporary inscription to fly leaf. Original gilt titled cloth, upper hinge slightly cracked but sound, spine worn with some repair. £40
First English edition, 8vo. Frontispiece, 3-150 pp. Publisher’s ribbed and blindstamped green cloth, gilt lettered to upper board, plain yellow endpapers, neat old ownership inscription of a “W. Greenwood” to first free endpaper. Frontispiece and 7 plates. Covers slightly mottled and one small mark to upper board, nevertheless very good. £125
4to, 236 pp, with 116 colour plates tipped in, 2 folding, cloth, d.w., original card slipcase, a fine copy. £30
Two volumes, large 8vo, with coloured and other illustrations, fine copy in original cloth with d.w.’s. £48 The first two volumes in a projected ten volume selection from the writings, watercolours, and architectural and engineering drawings of the father of the American architectural profession.
First edition, 4to, xxxiv, 209, (1) pp, 12 coloured and 25 black and white plates, original green cloth, spine dull. £65
Limited edition, no. 102 of 140 copies from a total edition of 175, 32mo - covers measuring 62 x 48 mm, (32) pp. 27 wood engraved illustrations. Quarter cloth, patterned boards, slipcase, a fine copy. £75
Limited edition, one of 110 copies from a total edition of 310, 4to, 50, (6) pp. 20 illustrations, 13 tipped in and 7 wood engravings. Quarter cloth, patterned boards, a fine copy. £150
Folio, (41) leaves, printed on rectos only. Slight marks and staining to the lower edge. Sewn as issued in the original boards, these creased and worn but sound. £75 Detailing 20 fonts and various bold and italic variants as well as a page of sample borders sold by the firm, based in Farringdon Street in central London.
First edition, 4to, viii, 280 pp. 63 coloured illustrations plus many in black and white. Cloth, d.w., spine slightly browned otherwise a fine copy. £40
First edition, 4to, 32 pp, held in the original box with 45 loose folding plates - each one consisting of three black and white photographs. Bottom corners of the box detached, some light wear, otherwise good. £80 A fine production illustrating mostly Italian and French lace of the 17th and 18th century.
4to, 229, (3) pp, with 109 coloured plates tipped in, cloth, d.w. with neat repair to the head of the spine, a very good copy. £45
First edition, large 8vo, 95, (1), 24, (8 advertisement) pp. Mostly coloured illustrations and plans throughout, owner’s ink stamp to foot of title, which is slightly worn. Original wrappers, stapled as issued, some light marks, signature to upper wrapper. £50
First edition, large 8vo, 95, (1), 24 pp. Coloured illustrations and plans throughout, owner’s ink stamp to foot of title. Original wrappers, stapled as issued, some light marks. £40
Limited edition, small 4to, (84) pp. Many illustrations including reproductions of oil paintings plus documentation. Spiral bound in stiff boards, a fine copy. £80 Recording a series of paintings based on the Artist’s mother’s memories of the day in November 1938 when the Nazis confiscated the family’s china.
First edition, 4to, (xviii), 171, (1) pp, black and white photographic illustrations, original gilt titled buckram, a fine copy. £45
First English edition, 4to, 285, (1) pp, including 162 pages of colour images, mostly in colour, including one large folding image, maps on rear endpapers and last 2 leaves, small bookplate, a fine copy bound in buckram, card slipcase a little worn. £50
First edition, large 8vo, xxvi, 414 pp. Coloured frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., slipcase, a fine copy. £40
16mo. 142 pp. Black cloth, silver decoration to upper board and lettered to spine. Profusely illustrated, mostly in black and white, 97-111 pp in colour. Excellent condition. £35
Limited edition, no. 42 of 50 copies signed by the photographer and the three authors, large oblong 8vo, 111, (1) pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £100 Photographs taken at the festivals from 1974-88. m - Back to top
First edition, 4to, xviii, 340 pp. 116 plates, 18 in colour. Cloth, d.w., a couple of very minor bumps otherwise fine. £50
First edition, 4to, (xii), 664 pp, with 371 illustrations and 91 diagrams in the text, small ink stamp on fly leaf, owner’s signature on paste down, green cloth with some minor marks, a very good copy. £40 “A comprehensive work of reference” Duncan 8268.
First edition, 4to, (110) pp, black and white cartoons throughout and on the endpapers, cloth, d.w., edges browned and a little chipped, slight loss to top of spine. £60
4to, (16) leaves including the covers. Chromolithographed illustrations with black and white examples facing, all still untouched, 5 leaves perforated so that the finished paintings could be removed, but all leaves still intact, single sheet - “A Few Practical Instructions for Young Painters” - loosely inserted, Library of Congress accession stamp dated August 10th 1905 to first page, but with a “Surplus Duplicate” stamp to the upper cover also. Original card covers, top part of spine torn. £125
Four volumes, folio, with 15 colour plates per volume and numerous black and white illustrations, original red buckram, spines sunned, some covers with light dampstaining, concurrent marking and minor marginal chipping to some leaves, otherwise a sound working set of a classic work. £200
Four volumes, 4to. Numerous black and white illustrations, coloured illustrations to the inside of the covers. Paperbacks, some light rubbing and sunning. £50
Second edition, 2 volumes, folio. 43 coloured plates and hundreds of black and white photographic illustrations in the text, upper flap from the d.w. of volume I loosely inserted. Original gilt titled red buckram, t.e.g., slight wrinkling to the of the spine of volume III, a good clean set. £275 Regarded as the best edition.
First edition, 2 volumes, 4to. Numerous black and white illustrations in the second volume. Cloth, d.w.’s, very slight sunning of spines otherwise fine. £50
4to, 283, (1) pp, 8 coloured plates plus black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., light edgewear with one small piece lacking. £40
Small 8vo, xii, 100 pp, with a frontispiece and an extending hand coloured plate showing 12 distinct colours, hinge cracked between the first two gatherings, uncut in the original pink boards, soiled and rather worn, loss to foot of spine, label darkened. £95
MANUSCRIPT: CLARK, Herbert John. The Four Evangelists in Black Letter, by... London. Small folio, (114) leaves, inscribed on rectos only. Marbled endpapers, fine engraved bookplate of John Raymond Danson by Stephen Gooden showing King Neptune looking out to sea. 16th century style full calf, blind stamped rules and cornerpieces, extremities slightly worn, subtle repairs to spine ends and the upper joint. £1250 A fine example of 19th century calligraphy; the four Gospels being written out in a delicate and precise gothic script, in double column and with decorative initial letters.
4to, 27, (3) pp, including 15 facsimile pages from other titles. Original gilt titled cloth, fine. £50 Starting as a compositor at Ballantyne before moving to work at the Doves Press, Mason influenced a generation of printers and designers. A bibliography of the books he produced at the LCC Central School of Arts and Crafts is included. An 8 page pamphlet containing a longer version of the biography included in this volume, by F.C. Avis, is loosely inserted.
First edition, 8vo, 151, (1) pp, 18 colour and 143 black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., price-clipped, spine sunned. £40
Two volumes, small 4to, coloured frontispieces and numerous black and white illustrations, all full page in volume II, near fine, cloth backed pictorial boards, slight rubbing to spine ends. £35
First English edition, 4to, 310 pp. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations, map endpapers. Pictorial cloth, d.w. with some minor wear to spine ends. £30
First edition, small 4to, (xii), 27, (1) pp, with 6 coloured and 72 black and white plates, cloth, d.w., marked with some edgewear, minor loss to top of spine. £30
First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, with a folding pedigree and plates, original gilt titled buckram, spines faded, t.e.g., slipcase, a very good set. £85
First edition, 8vo, (iv), xix, (i), 135, (1 advertisement) pp. 10 plates, armorial bookplate, “Blaauw”, to paste down, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary calf, gilt rules, spine with a black label reading “Gothic Architectu” (sic) and gilt architectural tools, ends of lower joint worn. £120 “An excellent and admirable little work” (Lowndes VI p1555).
First edition, covers measuring 35 x 28 mm, (128) pp. Contemporary maroon morocco with a folding flap, a.e.g., a fine copy. £80 A popular little collection of Bible verses - one for each day of the year - that was printed “at least up to the 39th edition” for most of the rest of the century. Welsh 6417. Bondy pp126-7.
Folio, (4) pp, 6 fine engraved plates, upper hinge cracked, otherwise a near fine copy in the original gilt title blind stamped cloth. £48 Illustrations based upon Walter Scott’s novel, by artists including Sam Bough, William Lockhart and Horatio MacCulloch.
Small folio, (iv) pp, followed by 30 plates tipped in, 2 in colour, unbound as issued in the original paper covered boards with further designs on, marked and slightly worn, internally good. £45
First edition, large 8vo, 16 pp, with a photographic portrait frontispiece and 36 plates, of which 30 are photographs of sculptures, some foxing of text leaves, original boards, d.w. worn with edges torn and slight loss to spine. £50
Limited edition, one of 240 copies, 16mo - covers measuring 66 x 50 mm, (38) pp. Examples of 12 typefaces in the text. Yellow and white striped cloth, paper label, slipcase, a fine copy. £80 Reprinting an obituary which originally appeared in the Sunday Times in 1967.
4to, 24, 37, (1) pp, with 4 illustrations tipped in on stiff paper and 64 black and white plates, Prize inscription on fly leaf “The Central Association of Photographic Societies. Rochester Outing 1934. Slide Competition...”, original cloth, slightly soiled and wrinkled, spine ends bumped. £50
Limited edition, no. 48 of 150 copies signed by both Authors as well as the binder, 4to, 83, (7) pp. Illustrations tipped in throughout. Cloth backed marbled boards with a cloth strip to the outer edge of the covers as well, slipcase, a fine copy. £200 A typically energetic collection of printed advertisements, prospectuses and other bits of ephemera.
First edition, 8vo, 364 pp. Light foxing to early leaves, two leaves with loss to the top corner from careless opening, old signature and bookseller’s blind stamp to fly leaf. Original blind stamped cloth, spine sunned, spine ends a little worn. £175
Thin oblong 4to, (vi), 191, (1) pp. Engraved title, original printed wrappers bound in, some light foxing. Contemporary half sheep, marbled sides, handwritten label to upper cover, orange and black spine labels, some general wear and scuffing. £145 A piano score with the libretto in both Italian and German.
Fourth edition, large 8vo, xxiv, 278 pp. 16 colour plates plus further black and white illustrations, with a folding map and a folding table at the end, manuscript notes to the rear free endpapers. Original cloth, spine sunned, some minor marks otherwise very good. £40
12mo, (3)-258 pp, bound without the half title. Contemporary half vellum, purposefully stained a light green, marbled sides, morocco label with slight loss, spine slightly sunned. £65 Alphabetical listings arranged by country. n - Back to top
Limited edition, one of 300 copies, large 8vo, 106, (6) pp. 26 illustrations, 4 tipped in and one in colour, being mostly of illustrations and some text taken from the letters, plus a further coloured plate folded in a pocket at the end. Cloth backed patterned boards, slipcase, fine. £75
Two volumes bound in one, large 8vo, iv, (iii)-iv, 252, 196 pp, with the contents leaf from volume II bound in at the front and without the title to volume II. 65 plates, almost all chromolithographs with one double page plate, lacking a further two plates, some occasional light foxing, a few text leaves with slightly chipped edges. Original gilt decorated blue cloth, binding slightly sprung but sound, extremities with some wear, a.e.g. £100
4to, 67, (1) pp. 33 black and white photographic illustrations plus architectural drawings and 2 colour plates. Original boards, some marks and wear, lacking the ties to the outer edge. £50 Concerning the Author’s own house in Uxbridge, designed by Clough Williams-Ellis.
Folio, 390 pp. Numerous coloured illustrations with further black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., creasing to foot of spine otherwise fine. £40
First edition, 4to, (xxiv), 246, (2) pp, frontispiece and 50 plates - 13 in colour, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £50
First edition, 4to, (xxiv), 581, (1) pp, cloth, d.w. with some minor tears. £115
Limited edition, one of 500 copies, 8vo, 22, (32) pp, with 16 photographs of the stages of the printing and binding process, near fine, cloth, extremities a little rubbed. £50 o - Back to top
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Limited edition, no. 42 of 56 copies. Large 8vo, being one single sheet folded concertina style and printed on one side only. 17 coloured illustrations - 3 double page. Original card sleeve with a further illustration to the cover, very slightly bumped otherwise fine. £75 A series of woodcuts, linocuts and collographs of shops and businesses in the Cliffe area of Lewes by various artists.
First edition, 4to, (xxii), 363, (3) pp, with 16 colour and 176 black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w. with light wear to spine ends, else a very good copy. £35
First edition, folio, (vi), 132 pp. Title and 43 further chromolithographs tipped in on art paper plus 4 plates of tints, some occasional, mostly marginal, spotting. Original gilt decorated brown cloth, some wear to corners, spine and joints otherwise a very good sound copy of a very scarce title. £950 Penley was a regular contributor to the Royal Academy, watercolour painter to the King and Queen and Professor at Addiscombe College and later Woolwich Academy. A lavish and very scarce volume usually found in later editions.
First edition, two volumes, 8vo, iii-x, 216; (ii), 270 pp, without half-titles, with 193 plates of Petit’s sketches plus numerous vignettes in the text, some foxing, joint cracked between title and frontispiece in volume I, bookplates, marbled endpapers and edges, contemporary full calf, rather worn, joints cracking, gilt spine. £100 Petit was a leading enthusiast for the Gothic style and one of the founders of the British Archaeological Institute at Cambridge.
First edition, 4to, 16, (1), 88, (1) pp, with hundreds of illustrations, bookplate, original half cloth over printed boards, minor marks, a very good copy. £35
4to, xviii, 323, (1) pp, 32 coloured plates plus 645 black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w. with a few minor chips. £30
First edition, small 4to, 18, (2) pp. 32 small black and white photographic illustrations, inscribed from the Author on the fly leaf “...Another of my rash incursions in architecture!..”, dated November 1940. Original printed wrappers, spotted, edges slightly faded. £50
First English edition, 8vo, (viii), 419, (1) pp, 24 coloured plates tipped in plus 493 black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £40
First edition, 4to, xxxiv, 723, (3) pp. Marbled endpapers. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt banded spine with a black label, slightly darkened, gilt arms of the Order of the Garter (“Honi soit qui mal y pense”) below a Ducal coronet to covers, upper joint recently and very subtly repaired, foot of lower joint starting, otherwise a very good clean copy. £400 The first work of its kind in English. There were several Dukes in the Order of the Garter during this period - without any other distinguishing features no attribution about the original ownership can be made.
First edition, 8vo, 141, (1) pp. 407 illustrations, many in colour. Printed white boards, d.w., slight wear to lower cover, some indentation to upper cover from an inscription pushing through a piece of paper onto the wrapper, otherwise very good. £200
Four works bound in one volume, first editions, 4to. Hand coloured titles and a colophon plus 21, 24, 27 and 25 plates respectively, slight cracking of binding otherwise very good. Publisher’s cloth, possibly later, some light marks, gilt titled spine, t.e.g. £350 Four of Pugin’s many influential architectural publications. Pugin was heavily involved in the design of the Houses of Parliament and other Gothic buildings, and designed numerous churches, including Southwark Cathedral. He was also a keen sailor - “‘There is nothing worth living for,’ he is reported to have said, ‘but Christian architecture and a boat.’” (DNB). q - Back to top
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First edition, large 8vo, 94, (2) pp. Black and white illustrations, inscribed from Will Carter on the first leaf. Original printed orange wrappers, slight bumping to the lower corner of the upper cover. £45
First edition, small 8vo, (xii), 223, (1) pp. 35 plates, some mostly light foxing to text leaves, marbled endpapers. Contemporary quarter vellum, t.e.g., green morocco spine label, light wear to outer corners of the covers otherwise very good. £40
First edition, 4to, 136 pp. 280 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, light wear to spine ends otherwise a very good bright copy. £175
Limited edition, one of 800 copies, folio, 287, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece plus hundreds of illustrations, a small number in colour. Cloth, slipcase, fine. £175
First edition, 8vo, 100, (2) pp. 24 full page coloured lithographs plus a woodcut to the title, spotting to endpapers only. Original pictorial boards, top of spine with slight loss, some light rubbing otherwise a good sound copy. £2250 One of the scarcest and most renowned of all the books Eric Ravilious illustrated, containing beautifully observed illustrations of the kind of English shops which have long died out.
First edition, folio, no. 26 of 500 copies, (22) pp, followed by 113 leaves showing over 400 engravings (three folding), plus five leaves at the end including a chronology. Four page prospectus for this title loosely inserted, patterned endpapers, small booklabel of Raymond and Pamela Lister to paste down. Original coarse burlap, spine browned otherwise a fine copy of the first state binding with reproductions of engravings to both covers, held in a black cloth slipcase, this with some minor marking. £1250 A major work printed at the Curwen Press.
Limited edition, one of 750 copies, 2 volumes, oblong folio. Numerous illustrations, mostly in colour. Cloth, slipcase, a fine set. £325
Limited edition, no. 917 of 1,000 copies, 4to, 46, (2) pp. 43 illustrations. Original patterned wrappers, fine. £150
Folio, 488 pp, with hundreds of illustrations, mostly in colour and full page, cloth, with an oval coloured illustration to the upper cover, d.w., some creasing. £100
First edition, small 4to, 72 pp, with 20 pages of black and white photographic illustrations at the end, cloth, a little rubbed. £40
Limited edition, one of 220 copies, small 4to, 54, (4) pp. 30 wood engraved illustrations. Cloth backed patterned boards, slipcase, a fine copy. £125
First edition, 8vo, (iv), xxii, (ii), 339, (5) pp. Portrait frontispiece, the first four leaves with a stain to the lower corner, some mild browning also. 20th century half calf, marbled sides, maroon spine label. £225 Detailing 421 principle works plus 574 further prints and related pieces.
First English edition, 4to, 348 pp. 554 illustrations, including many in colour and tipped in, map endpapers, bookplate to paste down. Cloth, d.w. with some minor wear to edges, £45
First edition, small 8vo, (xii), 205, (1) pp. 40 black and white plates, mild vertical creasing to fly leaf. Contemporary quarter vellum, t.e.g., gilt spine, morocco labels, a near fine copy. £50 Little Books on Art series.
First edition, small 4to, 144 pp. Coloured illustrations throughout. Cloth, d.w., fine. £35
First edition, 8vo, (xx), 442 pp, 8 plates - 2 in colour, cloth, d.w. spotted with a couple of marks. £40
4to, 208 pp. Numerous colour photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £50
First English edition, 4to, 224 pp. Numerous colour photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, some minor wear otherwise a very good copy. £50
Square 8vo, 312 pp, with 1,423 examples pictured, 172 in colour, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £30
First edition, 4to, (xxiv), 71, (1) pp, 121 black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w. with some light fading. £50
First edition, 4to, 96 pp, 90 illustrations, original white boards, further illustration to upper cover, in the original cloth, some light browning, d.w., browned, with loss to top edge. £275 A splendid collection of large cartoons with the usual dazzling array of detailed jokes and odd contraptions.
ROBINSON, Jane. Edward G. Robinson’s World of Art. Introduction by Leonard Spigelgass. Epilogue by Edward G. Robinson. New York [c.1970]. First edition, small 4to, (x), 117, (1) pp. 46 coloured and 19 black and white illustrations, signed by both the Artist and the Author (his wife) on a front blank. Cloth, d.w. with a little wear to the spine ends, a very good copy. £60
8vo, 269, (1) pp, frontispiece and 48 plates, a very good copy in the original gilt titled cloth, a couple of small marks, head of spine rubbed. £30
Folio, (14) leaves, with a photographic portrait, plus 32 mounted reproductions of mostly pencil sketches, a few coloured. All held in the original folding box, this with some light soiling otherwise complete and in fine condition. £85
ALLEN, Grant. The Story of Plants. London: George Newnes 1898. HERRINGHAM, Christiana J. The Book of the Art of Cennino Cennini... London: George Allen 1899. HUNT, W.M. Talks About Art... London: Macmillan 1890. RHYS, Ernest. Malory’s History of King Arthur... London: Walter Scott 1886. Four volumes, three 8vo, one 12mo. Gilt titled cloth, rubbed, spine ends with some wear. Three are signed to the front endpapers by Rushton and one has pencil sketches to the same. All four volumes have well executed paintings in oil to their covers of small children, captioned “Roland” or “Una” and dated either 1911 or 1913. A unique and charming collection. £200 Rushton was an Associate of the Royal College of Art.
RUSKIN, John. Modern Painters. The Seven Lamps of Architecture. Orpington: George Allen, 1888, 1889. Two works in seven volumes, being the first complete edition of “Modern Painters” in six volumes (including the separately published Index volume) and the sixth edition of “Seven Lamps...”, 4to. 97 and 14 plates respectively plus illustrations in the text of “Modern Painters”, marbled endpapers, bookplates of the author John Seargeant Cyprian Bridge. Uniformly bound in full vellum, t.e.g., gilt rules and cornerpieces, gilt spines with morocco labels, two labels to the foot of the spines replaced. Some minor rubbing to the labels, a handsome set. £700 Wise II 286, 287. “Modern Painters” is one of 450 large paper sets printed on handmade paper, with the plates printed on India paper.
Fourth edition, 3 volumes, 4to. 53 plates, a few in colour, some very light dampstaining to the lower edges of early leaves in volumes II and III, marbled endpapers. Contemporary navy blue calf, some marks, triple blind stamped rules and cornerpieces, spines a little dull, a.e.g., a very good set. £500 Perhaps Ruskin’s finest work, detailing the treasures of Venice and analysing its architecture. The chapter on Gothic Architecture influenced William Morris, who wrote “In future days it will be considered as one of the very few necessary and inevitable utterances of the century.” “...there has never been more than one opinion about the noble eloquence and haunting beauty of the descriptive passages, or about the permanent value of his work among the earlier masters of Venetian painting and sculpture and the earlier school of Venetian architecture...” (DNB). s - Back to top
Twenty volumes, 8vo. Ink stamps of the BBC Music Library in each volume. Original brown cloth, a very good set. £250
First edition, 4to, (viii), 204 pp. Numerous illustrations, 12 in colour, patterned endpapers. Original gilt titled dark grey cloth, spine slightly dull, near fine. £40 Including the work of 114 artists.
First edition, 8vo, (viii) pp, followed by 25 plates. Original printed wrappers, top edge slightly creased, otherwise very good. £40
Ninth impression, 8vo, xiv, 498 pp. 14 folding plates at the end. Original grey cloth, some light rubbing. £40
Limited edition, no. 1,247 of 1,500 copies, 4to, 112 coloured plates, other black and white illustrations in the text, inscription from Blohm to Bernard Rackham with the latter’s bookplate on paste down, decorated cloth, d.w., spine and top edge of upper wrapper browned. £100
First edition, 4to, 47, (1, 4 advertisement) pp. 24 coloured plates preceded by caption leaves with decoration also to the title page and contents leaf, pictorial endpapers, ink stain to title verso, small piece torn from the outer edge of the rear free endpaper. Original pictorial cloth, somewhat soiled, subtly rebacked retaining the original backstrip. £150 A scarce collection of portraits of music hall performers.
First edition, 4to, 40 plates, cloth, d.w., spine browned, else a fine copy. £50 Featuring busts of many famous names, including Georges V and VI, Neville Chamberlain, George Bernard Shaw, W.B. Yeats, Nansen and Captain Scott - the Artist’s late husband.
First edition, 4to, 19, (1) pp. 69 black and white photographic plates. Original light blue gilt titled cloth, some minor rubbing otherwise fine. £135
Five volumes in one, 8vo, with 5 etched titles and 36 plates per volume, printed alternately on normal, blue, pink and yellow paper, some marginal marking, contemporary full morocco, skilfully rebacked with gilt trim, marbled edges, a very good copy. £375 180 caricature drawings on sporting and country themes.
Limited edition, one of 500 copies, this copy unnumbered, oblong folio (19 x 22 inches), (16) pp, followed by 20 fine coloured plates, each with a preceding descriptive leaf, cloth, Shakespeare’s signature in gilt on the upper cover, gilt spine, slipcase, a fine copy. £175
First edition, 4to, 56 pp, with an engraved title (dated 1834) and 59 plates - 3 in colour, foxing to all but the coloured plates, contemporary quarter morocco, head of spine worn with slight loss, some other wear and marking. £95 The text is by Thomas Moule.
4to, 440 pp. Frontispiece and 116 plates, contemporary booklabel to fly leaf, upper hinge slightly cracked but sound. Original gilt titled buckram, rubbed, corners bumped, t.e.g. £200 A facsimile reprint of the third edition of 1802. First published 1791.
Limited edition, no. 12 of 99 specially bound copies signed by the Author, xii, 116 pp. 8 fine coloured plates with captioned tissues and 32 black and white illustrations, patterned endpapers. Original maroon half morocco, with the whole of the outer edges of the covers in leather rather than just the corners, a.e.g., slipcase with some minor wear otherwise a fine copy. £225
Limited edition, one of 275 copies, 8vo, 101, (3) pp. 69 illustrations, 7 tipped in, printed note tipped onto the paste down concerning the late completion of the book. Quarter cloth, patterned boards, slipcase, a fine copy. £130
First edition, 8vo, (iii-xii), 1121, (1) pp, bound without the half title. Small illustrations in the text. Recent full red calf, a very good copy. £100
No. 114 of 500 copies signed by Ansell, 8vo, (vi), 35, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece and 24 bookplates illustrated, plus one initial letter. Original printed wrappers, fine. £60
First edition, 4to, (xvi), 227, (1), (10 advertisement) pp, frontispiece and 155 black and white illustrations, a near fine copy in the original cloth, very slight browning of spine. £50 Artists illustrated include Hollar, Van Dyck, Whistler, Rowlandson, Barlow and Stubbs.
Large 8vo, (12) pp, 4 black and white plates tipped in, printed wrappers, stapled as issued, some light marks and soiling, Tooth’s address corrected on the upper wrapper. £60 29 paintings are listed.
First edition, 4to, (62) pp, printed on rectos only. Frontispiece and 100 plates, of which 20 are tinted views, the rest architectural plans and elevations, signature on half title, marbled endpapers. Original gilt titled blue cloth, some rubbing, foot of spine a little worn. £300
Limited edition, no. 300 of 400 copies signed by Steadman, 4to, (40) pp, original pictorial cloth, slipcase, a fine copy. £75
Limited edition, no. 51 of 98 copies, signed by the Author, 4to, 118 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout, marbled endpapers. Original gilt titled white cloth, slipcase, a fine copy. £375
First edition, 4to, 489, (3) pp, with 45 coloured and hundreds of black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., some very minor bumping else a fine copy. £35
First edition, 4to, (xliv), 151, (3) pp. Over 500 illustrations, including bookplates, lettering and book illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. £105
STUDIO: “The Studio” Year-Book of Decorative Art. 1906. 4to, xxvi, xii, 276 pp, with 19 coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations, original wrappers bound in, later buckram, spine sunned. £65 Designs for everything from textiles to stained glass, including work by Frank Brangwyn (a fountain) and Jessie M. King (some tiles).
Folio, (x), viii, 18 pp, followed by 60 plates. Cloth, a fine copy. £120 A facsimile reprint of the edition of 1758. An important collection of design which became the first architectural work to be published in America, in Philadelphia in 1775.
First English edition, 4to, 499, (3) pp, numerous illustrations, many in colour, cloth, white paper spine with some browning, d.w. with a couple of small tears, slipcase, a very good copy. £75 t - Back to top
4to, viii, 200 pp, black and white photographic illustrations, cloth backed boards, spine ends slightly bumped else an excellent copy. £40
First edition, 8vo, xx, 268 pp, frontispiece and 24 double sided plates, other illustrations in the text, fly leaf spotted, in the original cloth, spine a little sunned, t.e.g. £30 Covering all the major publications of the 1890’s, be they weekly, monthly or quarterly, including Punch, the Illustrated London News, the Graphic, Cassell’s Family Magazine and so on.
Limited edition, no. 22 of 240 copies, signed by both Topolski and Stone, 4to, 16 pp. 96 plates, small rust stain to top edge of half title. Full morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, held in a card slipcase, some wear and fading, a near fine copy. £125 The drawings and water colours reproduced here were made in the late 1930s before the outbreak of war prevented their publication. After being confiscated by the Gestapo they were long thought to be lost, but having been purchased from a Russian soldier by a Berlin curator they were returned to the Artist in 1963.
Second edition, 8vo, (vi), xxii, (ii), 252, (2) pp. Coloured frontispiece plus 49 plates of examples of Adams’ work and 26 further plates, 9 folding genealogies, some foxing. Cloth, corners and ends of spine rubbed. £50 u - Back to top
First edition, small 8vo, (iv), viii, 15, (3) pp, 1 plate plus 2 further engravings in the text, a near fine copy sewn as issued in the original orange wrappers, some light marks to lower wrapper. £45
Limited edition, no. 153 of 200 copies, 4to, (48) pp. Frontispiece, 2 small vignettes and 16 full page wood engravings, postcard showing a copy of this book specially bound by John Pearson loosely inserted. Green quarter morocco, patterned paper boards, held in a cloth case, a fine copy. £350 v - Back to top
First edition, 8vo, viii, 262, (2 catalogue) pp, with 18 engraved and 10 photographic reproductions of paintings by Leonardo, Raphael, Titian &c. plus other engravings in the text, a few spots, lacking front fly leaf, in the original green cloth with bevelled edges, upper cover and spine decorated in gilt and black. £30
First edition, 8vo, viii, 276, (4 advertisement) pp, later booklabels and signatures to front endpapers, original mustard cloth, spine and edges faded. £95 A scarce little volume containing short pieces on artists including Ford Madox Brown, William Holman Hunt, Charles and Edwin Landseer, James Linnell, J.E. Millais, and D.G. Rossetti. w - Back to top
8vo, (xx), 207, (1), 46 advertisement pp, frontispiece and 227 illustrations, advertisement leaves browned, owner’s inscription to frontispiece recto and bookseller’s blind stamp to fly leaf, original gilt titled patterned green cloth, slight rubbing of spine ends, a very good copy. £30 First published 1892.
Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, with 473 illustrations, both photographic and schematic, cloth, d.w.’s with spines browned, otherwise fine. £50
Folio, (iv), 19, (1) pp, followed by 70 plates, some light spotting, small booklabel on paste down, original gilt decorated cloth, edges and spine ends a little worn, a.e.g. £110 “The subjects contained in this Work are... meant to serve as motives for fresh design... Copying is the curse of Architecture in our day...” (Preface).
First edition, 4to, 162, (4) pp, 12 coloured and 8 monochrome plates tipped in onto art paper, a few spots, cloth backed boards, some wear to edges. £40
First edition, 4to, xii, 82, (10) pp, with 84 illustrations - 15 in colour, bookplate, original publisher’s dark blue full morocco, a.e.g., a fine copy. £50
First edition, large 8vo, (xiv), 223, (1) pp. 35 illustrations, including 6 colour plates tipped in. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, otherwise a fine copy. £225
No. 1,166 of 1,510 copies, square 8vo, 81, (1) pp, 45 coloured plates plus other black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., small piece torn from the bottom edge of the lower wrapper. £50
First edition, 4to, 176 pp, frontispiece and 79 pp of photographic illustrations of the work of Whistler and his sons, cloth, d.w., light browning to flaps otherwise very good. £30
Fifth edition, revised, 8vo, xx, 449, (1) pp. Tipped in frontispiece and 96 plates, free endpapers browned, slight foxing to half title. Original cloth backed boards, minor rubbing, a very good copy. £35
Limited edition, one of 200 copies, 4to, 20, (4) pp, 5 wood engravings and 2 photographs tipped in, paper wrappers with a wood engraving to the upper wrapper, prospectus for this work loosely inserted. Held in a folding case with 2 large wood engravings in mounts, a further engraving to the front of the case. Fine. £250
First limited edition, no. 289 of 400 copies, 4to, (x), 228 pp, frontispiece and numerous illustrations, signature of the Earl of Belmore on fly leaf, original cloth, spine ends worn. £85
WILLEMIN, N.X. Monuments Français Inédits pour Servir à l’Histoire des Arts, Depuis le VIe siècle jusqu’au commencement du XVIIe. Choix de Costumes Civils et Militaires, d’Armes, Armures, Instruments de Musique, Meubles de toute espèce, et de Décorations Intérieures et Extérieures des Maisons. Dessinés... par... et accompagnés d’un texte Historique et Descriptif par André Pottier. Paris: Chez Mlle Willeman, 1839. Folio, 2 volumes, with a hand coloured second title in volume I plus 300 fine engraved plates, of which 184 are hand coloured, either entirely or in part, marbled endpapers, bound in later green half morocco, gilt titled spines, some minor wear to extremities otherwise a fine clean set. £1950 A magnificent collection originally issued in parts over the previous 3 decades, illustrating over a millennia of French decorative arts, including costume, weaponry, architecture and furniture, with skilful and bright colouring.
First edition, four volumes, large 8vo. 56 plates, many double page and one in colour, and numerous illustrations in the text, with volume IV containing 29 double page plans, 12 with tissue overlays showing later development. Partly unopened in the original quarter buckram, t.e.g., some light rubbing and a couple of marks otherwise a very good set. £250
First edition, folio, 388 pp, with 595 examples illustrated, 162 on coloured plates tipped in, slight creasing to frontispiece, two toned cloth, d.w. with some very slight marks, a near fine copy. £100
First English edition, 4to, 256 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, some minor edgewear, very good. £80
First edition, small folio, (vi), 74 pp. Black and white illustrations, foxing to endpapers only, Publisher’s ink compliments stamp to fly leaf. Original gilt titled two tone cloth, some marks and soiling, spine a little worn with an old repair to upper joint. £80
Limited deluxe edition, copy N of 25 lettered ‘hors commerce’ copies from 150 copies in this binding, from a total edition of 525 copies, 4to, (xvi, 156) pp. Photographic illustrations, inscribed from the Artist to Graham Hughes on the half title “For Graham, with gratitude and admiration and love from David, 29th November, 1974”, with a later inscription below, lacking the silver medallion originally placed inside the upper cover. Original soft leather, some marks, upper cover damp stained, t.e.g. £100 x - Back to top
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Limited edition, one of 300 copies, 8vo, 102, (2) pp, decorative title and a few other marginal illustrations, yellow cloth, small split to head of spine, otherwise a fine copy. £40 An exhibition catalogue of work by Beardsley, Beerbohm, Rothenstein and Sickert, among others. z - Back to top
First edition, square 4to, 416 pp, 521 illustrations, many full page and some in colour, presentation inscription on front blank, decorative endpapers with minor wear to front, imitation leather, d.w. with some small tears. £50
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