Edward Lear. Egyptian Sketches.
(Greenwich): National Maritime Museum, (2009). First edition, large oblong 8vo, 60 pp. Coloured illustrations. Cloth backed pictorial boards, fine. More about Edward Lear. Egyptian Sketches
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Edward Lear. The Corfu Years. A chronicle presented through his letters and journals. Edited and introduced by...
Athens & Dedham: Denise Harvey & Company, (1988). First edition, 4to, 244, (4) pp. 23 coloured plates tipped in plus black and white illustrations in the text. Cloth, d.w., spine sunned otherwise fine. More about Edward Lear. The Corfu Years. A chronicle presented through his letters and journals. Edited and...
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 about Archaic Pottery of Chios. The Decorated Styles
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 about Chartres. Révélée par sa Sculpture et ses Vitraux. Préface de Germain Bazin
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 about Don Potter: An Inspiring Century
The Country Life.
[Denby Dale]: The Fleece Press, (1997). Limited edition, one of 300 copies, 32mo, covers measuring 65 x 49 mm, (52) pp. 20 wood engraved illustrations. Decorative cloth covers, fine. More about The Country Life
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 about A Confiscation of Porcelain
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125 Years of Louis Vuitton. [with] The Epoch as Seen by J.H. Lartigue.
(Paris: Louis Vuitton, 1980). Two volumes, large oblong 8vo. Black and white illustrations. Paperbacks, cloth slipcase with faint damp staining. More about 125 Years of Louis Vuitton. [with] The Epoch as Seen by J.H. Lartigue
Christian Maas.
Tokyo: Editions Kultura, 2001. First edition. Oblong 4to. 289, (3) pp. Publisher's faux red leather boards, silver lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket. Illustrations throughout, many in colour. Very good. More about Christian Maas
A Century of Art and Design Education. From Arts and Crafts to Conceptual Art.
(Cambridge): Lutterworth Press, (2005). First edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Original printed wrappers. Black and white illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. More about A Century of Art and Design Education. From Arts and Crafts to Conceptual Art
Mark Mack. A California Architect.
(Tübingen & Berlin): Wasmuth, (1994). 4to. 183, (1) pp. Publisher's grey cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Profusely illustrated throughout, including many colour photographs. An excellent copy. More about Mark Mack. A California Architect
The Dictionary of English Furniture. From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period. With a General Introduction by H. Avray Tipping.
London: Published at the Offices of "Country Life" 1924-7. First edition, three volumes, folio. 51 coloured plates and hundreds of black and white photographic illustrations in the text, marbled endpapers, front blank in volume II creased with a closed tear, signature to two fly leaves. Original green cloth, t.e.g., slight..... More about The Dictionary of English Furniture. From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period. With a...
The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists, up to 1920.
(Woodbridge): Antique Collectors' Club, (1976). 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. More about The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists, up to 1920
Man Ray et ses Amis.
[Tokyo]: Yomiuri Shimbun, [1991]. 4to. 145, (3) pp. Publisher's printed card covers. Illustrated throughout with much in colour. A modicum of wear to the edges, very good overall. A dual language Japanese and French catalogue of an exhibition that toured Japan in 1991-92. Supervised by Takao Nakamura, the text was... More about Man Ray et ses Amis
Experiment in Film. Edited by...
London: The Grey Walls Press Ltd, 1949. First edition. 8vo. 285, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by Manvell on the front free endpaper to Nora Traylen - "Once more with thanks for her help in making a heavy book gay with pictures!"... More about Experiment in Film. Edited by
Within Four Walls. A Book about Interior Decoration, Colour Schemes and Furnishing the Home.
(Leigh-on-Sea): F. Lewis, (1948). First edition, large 8vo, 171, (5, 5 advertisement, 1) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, top corner of rear free endpaper with a small tear. Cloth, d.w. soiled with some loss. More about Within Four Walls. A Book about Interior Decoration, Colour Schemes and Furnishing the Home
Tom Martinsen / AAGAARD, Rolf M.
Lillehammer Museum [and] Labyrinth Press, 2003. First edition. Oblong 8vo. (74) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Reproductions of both photographers' work in colour and black and white. A little mild rubbing to the jacket, very good overall. More about Tom Martinsen / AAGAARD, Rolf M
John Henry Mason. Royal Designer for Industry.
London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts, 1955. 4to, 27, (3) pp, including 15 facsimile pages from other titles. Original gilt titled cloth, fine. Starting as a compositor at Ballantyne before moving to work at the Doves Press, Mason influenced a generation of printers and designers. A bibliography... More about John Henry Mason. Royal Designer for Industry
Nyoman Masriadi. Reconfiguring the Body.
(Singapore): Gajah Gallery, (2011). First edition, 4to, 267, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, fine. More about Nyoman Masriadi. Reconfiguring the Body
Modern Bohemian Glass. (Introductory text by J. Raban. Biographical data and catalogue by... The texts were written in collaboration with L. Smrcková, B. Stiess and J. Kotik...)
[N.p.]: Artia, (1963). First edition. 4to. 188 pp. Publisher's burgundy cloth, grey lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Illustrated throughout, mostly in black and white, occasionally in colour. Trivial wear to the edges of the jacket plus some very minor lifting of the lamination, very good overall. More about Modern Bohemian Glass. (Introductory text by J. Raban. Biographical data and catalogue by... The...
The Phil May Folio, of Caricature Drawings and Sketches in Line Block, Half-tone and Photogravure. With a Biography.
London: W. Thacker & Co., [1904]. Limited edition, no. 157 of 250 copies printed on hand-made paper, signed by the publisher. Folio. (xx), xvi, (iv), 245, (5) pp. Publisher's quarter vellum, gilt lettering to the spine and upper side, green cloth boards, gilt vignette to the upper cover. Portrait frontispiece... More about The Phil May Folio, of Caricature Drawings and Sketches in Line Block, Half-tone and...
James McBey. Modern Masters of Etching. Number 2.
London: The Studio, 1924. Oblong 4to. (4), 8 pp. Publisher's blue boards with a paper label to the upper cover, dust jacket. 12 tipped in plates with captioned tissue guards. The uncommon jacket with loss to the spine and the lower corner of the lower panel, else very good. More about James McBey. Modern Masters of Etching. Number 2
Venetian Glass. The Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Collection. Foreword by Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu. Introduction by Holly Hotchner. Essays by... Photographs by Luca Vignelli. Book Design by Massimo Vignelli.
(Milano: Edizioni Charta, 2000). 4to. (ii), 249, (5) pp. Publisher's printed boards, original thick glassine wrapper. Illustrated throughout, mostly in colour. An excellent copy. More about Venetian Glass. The Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu Collection. Foreword by Nancy Olnick and...
Postcard from Vienna.
Pacific Grove: Hourglass, Allen Spiegel Fine Arts, 2006. First edition, small square 8vo, (48) pp. Black and white illustrations, signed by McKean on the fly leaf. Original pictorial boards, Forbidden Planet "signed" sticker to the lower cover, lower corners bumped otherwise very good. More about Postcard from Vienna
Fruit Painting Book.
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1905. 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... More about Fruit Painting Book