Antoni Gaudi.
London: The Architectural Press, (1960). First edition, 4to, 191, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations, a few in colour. Cloth, d.w. designed by Joan Miro lightly soiled, some minor tears without loss. More
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What Was True. The Photographs and Notebooks of William Gedney.
(Durham, NC): Center for Document Studies; New York: W.W. Norton & Company, (2000). First edition, small 4to, 192 pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., an excellent copy. More
Roger Fenton. Photographer of the Crimean War. His Photographs and his Letters from the Crimea. With an Essay on his Life and Work by...
London: Secker and Warburg, 1954. First edition. Small 4to. (xii), 106 pp. Publisher's pink cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. 85 black and white photographic illustrations. Jacket worn and torn, occasionally with loss, with repairs on the verso, the book itself generally very good. More
Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises.
(Waltham Saint Lawrence: Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press for the Orient Line, 1932). Sole edition, folio, (16) leaves. Title and one other vignette engraving plus 14 full page wood engravings, Orient Line compliments leaf (also printed at the Golden Cockerel Press) loosely inserted. Original yellow wrappers, some very mild..... More
The Wood Engravings of... with some Recollections by the Artist. Edited by Patience Empson. Introduction by Thomas Balston.
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, (1959). 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, clear plastic wrapper lettered in red with some mild marks otherwise an excellent copy. A complete collection of..... More
What is Gilbert & George?
(London): Heni, (2017). First edition, 8vo, 162 pp. Well illustrated, mostly in colour, inscribed from Gilbert & George on the fly leaf. Pictorial boards, faint rubbing to the top of the spine otherwise fine. More
London Pictures 2011.
(Oxted: Hurtwood Press, 2012. First edition, oblong 4to, 321, (3) pp. Illustrated throughout, inscribed from the artists on the half title. Pictorial wrappers, an excellent copy. More
Art and Scholasticism. With Other Essays by... Translated by J.F. Scanlan.
London: Sheed and Ward, 1930. First edition thus. 8vo. xii, 232 pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, Eric Gill's copy, inscribed by him in his distinctive hand on the front free endpaper "E.G. Pigotts. Mch, 1930 from G.K.'s Weekly (for review)". Occasional light edge wear and a...... More
The Engravings of Eric Gill.
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. First edition. One of 1,350 copies. 4to. xxiv, 545, (3) pp. Original two-tone cloth, with one of Gill's illustrations blindstamped to the upper cover, slipcase. With over 1,000 examples of Gill's work - several folding. An attractive copy. Compiled by Gill's nephew, this brings together a...... More
The Engravings of Eric Gill.
Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983. First edition. One of 1,350 copies. 4to. xxiv, 545, (3) pp. Bespoke binding of two-tone leather with black morocco to the spine and fore edges with stylised gilt lettering and inlaid morocco flowers of differing colours, the central sections of the both boards in cream morocco..... More
Art and Manufacture. Handworkers' Pamphlets No. 4.
London: New Handworkers' Gallery, [1929]. 8vo, (iv), 43-56, (2) pp, including wrappers. Title device plus 2 wood engravings by Beedham after designs by Gill. Sewn as issued, a couple of spots otherwise a fine copy. Originally delivered as a lecture entitled "Art in Relation to Life", and distinct from a...... More
Art-Nonsense and other Essays.
London: Cassell & Co., 1929. 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. Evan Gill 18. The first book to use Gill's perpetua type... More
Autobiography by...
London: Jonathan Cape, 1941. Fifth impression. 8vo. 283, (1) pp. Contemporary brown half morocco, with a leather strip to the fore edge of both boards, over patterned paper, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to to one panel, top edge pale green, gift inscription to one of the front..... More
Autobiography by...
London: Jonathan Cape, [N.d., but 1940]. Proof copy. Two volumes. 8vo. 160; 161-283, (5) pp. Original plain blue wrappers with printed titles, early manuscript to both front covers giving the page numbering of the respective volumes, with loosely inserted a stamped and postmarked postcard from Eric Gill to Professor Henry..... More
The Engravings. Edited by Christopher Skelton.
(London): The Herbert Press, (1990). First trade edition, 4to, 478 pp. 997 illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, the red lettering to the spine faded otherwise very good. More
Invisible.
Published by Nobody, (2005). First edition, one of 1,000 copies, oblong 4to, 62, (2) pp. Full page coloured photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with a few small marks, near fine. More
The Secret Forest of Dean. With an Introduction by Edna Healey.
[N.p.]: Redcliffe Press and Arnolfini Gallery in collaboration with the Forestry Commission, 1986. First edition. Small oblong 8vo. 128 pp. Publisher's glossy illustrated card covers, inscribed by Godwin on the title page. Black and white photographic illustrations. Spine and adjacent areas sunned, light creasing to the corners, very good. More
The Essence of Chinese Painting.
London: Lund Humphries, 1963. First edition. 4to. 244 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, printed labels to the spine and upper board, English script to the former and Chinese characters to the latter, Quentin Bell's copy with his signature in ink to the front free endpaper, a few pencilled notes to the..... More
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TJ. Johannesburg Photographs 1948-2010. [together with] Double Negative. A Novel.
Rome: Contrasto, 2010. First edition. Two volumes, first work square 4to, second work 8vo. Publisher's illustrated card covers for both, the latter held in recessed card wallet and kept together within a card sleeve replicating the artwork of both works on either side. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout the..... More
The Sense of Order. A Study in the Psychology of Decorative Art.
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984. 4to. xii, 411, (1) pp. Publisher's card covers. Black and white illustrations in the text throughout. Slight bumping to the edges, very good. More
Antony Gormley. (Edited by...).
(London: Tate Gallery Publications), [1993]. First edition. 4to. 119, (1) pp. Publisher's plain white card wrappers, dust jacket. Colour illustrations throughout. Some mild rubbing to the extremities of the jacket, very good. Produced to accompany an exhibition of the artist's work at the Malmö Konsthall, Tate Gallery Liverpool and the..... More
Images of Women. The Portrayal of Women in Photography of the Middle East 1860-1950.
London: Quartet Books, 1988. First edition. Large 8vo. xii, 274, (2) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Black and white photographic illustrations in the text throughout. Slight fading to the jacket spine, else very good. More
Observations on the Method of Painting in Oil and Water Colours.
Brighton: James Walser, 1898. 8vo. 244 pp. Contemporary dark green morocco, gilt lettered to the spine, local ownership inscription to the front flyleaf with a note underneath stating the book had been given to that owner along with a painting by the author. Superficial cracking to the upper joint though..... More
Generation Wealth. Foreword by Juliet Schor. Photographs edited with Trudy Wilner Stack. Text edited with Susan Lynley Welsh.
(London: Phaidon Press, 2017). First edition, 4to, 502, (2) pp. Numerous coloured photographic illustrations. Original pictorial gold cloth, a couple of minor bumps otherwise fine. More