John Keane. Conflicts of Interest.
Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, (1995). First edition, large 8vo, 120 pp. Numerous coloured illustrations, inscribed from the artist on the half title. Pictorial wrappers, upper cover creased. More
Art
Reservations. Photographs by...
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1980). First UK edition, small 4to, (96) pp. 44 black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, spine sunned. More
Kertész on Kertész. A Self Portrait. Photos and Text by... Introduction by Peter Adam.
London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1985. First British edition. Small 4to. 120 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine and in blind to the upper board, dust jacket. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Very good. Great Master Photographer Series. More
Historical Notes of the Leeds Old Pottery, with a Description of its Wares: together with brief accounts of contemporary potteries in the immediate vicinity, hitherto unnoticed.
Leeds: J.R. Kidson, 1892. 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. More
Munimenta Antiqua; or, Observations on Antient Castles. Including Remarks on the Whole Progress of Architecture, Ecclesiastical, as well as Military, in Great Britain: and on the corresponding changes in manners, laws, and customs...
London: Printed by W. Bulmer & Co., for G. Nicol, 1799. First edition, 4 volumes, folio. 167 plates, a number folding and a couple hand coloured. Marbled endpapers, armorial bookplates of Charles Edward Keyser, old bookseller's description of this work pasted into the front of volume I, old damp stain..... More
Contemporary Netsuke. With a Foreword by Hans Conried. Photographs by Tomo-o Ogita and Tsune Sugimura. Sketches by Adelheid Roth Roscher.
Rutland (VT) & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, (1977). First edition, large 8vo, 261, (1) pp. Illustrated mostly in colour, bookplate of the antiques and props dealer Ken Paul, with an inscription to him and his wife opposite. Two tone cloth, d.w., a fine copy still in its cardboard slipcase, this..... More
20th Century Japanese Prints. Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Yozo Hamaguchi, Tetsuro Komai.
(Tokyo: Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, 1987). 4to, 166, (2) pp. Numerous black and white illustrations, 14 page exhibition catalogue loosely inserted. Original printed wrappers with some light marking. More
Romanesque Architecture.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1975). 4to, 432 pp. 437 photographic illustrations, plans and drawings Cloth, d.w., a few bumps otherwise an excellent copy. History of World Architecture Series. More
Circling the Square. Avant-Garde Porcelain from Revolutionary Russia.
(London): Fontanka, (2004). First edition, 4to, 190 pp. Numerous illustrations, almost all in colour. Original pictorial wrappers, some very mild scuffing to the lower cover, near fine. More
Tropical Architecture.
New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, (1982). Second reprint. Oblong 4to. Publisher's black cloth, yellow lettered to the upper board, dust jacket. Black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket with loss to the upper panel, occasional wear elsewhere,otherwise a decent copy. More
Kuniyoshi. From the Arthur R. Miller Collection.
(London): Royal Academy of Arts, (2009). First edition, 4to, 301, (1) pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Painting Ireland. Topographical Views from Glin Castle. Edited by... With Contributions from: Deidre Conroy, Jane Fenlon, Peter Harbison, Emmeline Henderson, Judith Hill, Anne Hodge, Claudia Kinmonth, Simon Lincoln, Eve McAulay, Kevin Mulligan, Finola O'Kane, Brendan Rooney, Terence Reeves-Smyth, Yvonne Scott and Charlotte Yeldham.
Tralee: Churchill House Press, 2006. First edition. 4to. 269, (3) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, paler blue lettering to the spine, dust jacket, prior owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. Colour illustrations throughout. Very good. More
Tadao Ando - Vitra House.
(Göttingen): Steidl, (1998). First edition, square 8vo, (70) bifoliate leaves printed on rectos only. 32 photographic illustrations. Pictorial wrappers, some mild rubbing to edges, near fine. More
Homes Sweet Homes.
London: John Murray, (1941). Fourth printing, 8vo, 78, (2) pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with extremities a little worn. More
The Type Book of...
[1920s]. 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. Detailing 20 fonts and various bold and italic variants as well as a page of sample borders sold by the firm..... More
Edward Lear. Egyptian Sketches.
(Greenwich): National Maritime Museum, (2009). First edition, large oblong 8vo, 60 pp. Coloured illustrations. Cloth backed pictorial boards, fine. More
Frederic Lord Leighton. Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts. An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work.
London: George Bell & Sons, (1904). Third edition, reprint, 8vo, (xiv), 144 pp. 74 of 87 plates called for, plus extra illustrated with 36 plates with captioned tissues (15 in colour), 10 of which replace the originally published plate. An autographed letter from Leighton is bound in at the front..... More
Lust and Pain.
Munich: Edition Reuss, [2000]. First edition. 4to. (146) pp. Publisher's black boards, white lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. More
Archaic Pottery of Chios. The Decorated Styles.
(Oxford): Oxford University Committee for Archaeology, 1991. Two volumes. First edition. 4to. xiv, 335, (1); (vi) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spines, dust jackets. 5 colour and 245 black and white plates. Fine. More
Chartres. Révélée par sa Sculpture et ses Vitraux. Préface de Germain Bazin.
Zodiaque, 1987. First edition. 4to. 329, (7) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, small ownership inscription to the second free endpaper. Profusely illustrated both in black and white and colour. Small tear without loss to the lower panels of the dust jacket, minimal wear..... More
Along the Sussex Ouse. A view by the Lewes Printmakers.
Lewes Printmakers, (2013). Limited edition, no. 49 of 180 copies, folio, (32) pp. 38 illustrations. Pictorial boards, fine. More
Railway Land. A view by the Lewes Printmakers.
Lewes Printmakers, (2012). Limited edition, no. 148 of 180 copies, folio, (32) pp. 33 illustrations. Pictorial boards, fine. More
Don Potter: An Inspiring Century.
(Brook, Hampshire): Canterton Books, (2002). Limited edition, no. 760 of 1,000 copies. Square 8vo. (vi), iv, 218 pp. Publisher's turquoise cloth, silver lettered to spine an upper board, plain glassine wrapper. Illustrated throughout. The wrapper slightly worn at the edges and with a minor crease along the spine, small colour..... More
A Confiscation of Porcelain.
[n.p.], 1996. Limited edition, small 4to, (84) pp. Many illustrations including reproductions of oil paintings plus documentation. Spiral bound in stiff boards, a fine copy. 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... More
Drawing Upon Drawing. 50 Years of Illustrating by...
University of Brighton, 2007. Sole edition. Square 4to. 191, (1) pp. Publisher's printed card covers with flaps, inscribed by John Vernon Lord on the copyright page reminiscing "about Jonathan Cape in the Bedford Square days..." Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. An excellent copy. More