Gorham Silver. 1831-1981.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, (1982). First edition, small 4to, (xiv), 332 pp. 8 coloured and 293 black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w. with a repaired tear to the spine and some other light wear. More
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Faces of Bangkok.
(Thailand: Craftsman Press, 1983). First edition, 4to, (56) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Pictorial wrappers, a few marks and scuffs, very good. More
Edward Barnsley and His Workshop. Arts and Crafts in the Twentieth Century.
Wendlebury: White Cockade Publishing, 1992. First edition. Large 8vo. 208 pp. Publisher's dark olive cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Numerous black and white illustrations. Small patch of discolouration to the foot of the rear panel of the jacket with some slight fading to the spine, very good..... More
Carpoolers.
Mexico City: Alejandro Cartagena, 2014. First edition. 4to. (92) pp., some leaves folding plus other shortened leaves inserted. Publisher's illustrated thick buff card boards with a cut-out section to the upper cover revealing the colour photograph underneath, signed by Cartagena to the title page. Colour photographic illustrations. An excellent copy..... More
A Propos de Paris. With texts by Vera Feyder and André de Mandiargues written for the exhibition "Paris à vue d'oeil".
(London): Thames and Hudson, (1994). First English edition, 4to, 167, (1) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
An Exhibition of Paintings of Celebrated Racehorses. Presented by the British Racehorse at the Galleries of Arthur Ackermann & Son. 9th May to 1st June, 1962.
4to, 32 pp. 22 illustrations, 2 in colour. Printed wrappers with a further coloured illustration to the upper wrapper, slightly faded and spotted. More
Shop Fronts. A Selection of English, American and Continental Examples.
London: The Architectural Press, 1927. First edition, 4to, viii, 108 pp. Numerous photographs and drawings, some minor marking to the front endpapers. Original cloth backed boards, a little soiled, lower corner of the upper cover damp stained. More
Chihuly Gardens & Glass.
(Seattle: Portland Press, 2002). Second printing, oblong folio, 189, (3) pp. Coloured illustrations, inscribed from the author to the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Thoughts of a Hangman, Woodcuts by... aka Bill Hamper.
(London: The Aquarium, 2006). First edition, 4to, 218 pp. Numerous illustrations, front blank slightly loose. Original pictorial cloth in excellent condition. More
George Chinnery. 1774-1852. Artist of the China Coast. With Foreword by Alice Winchester.
Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, (1963). First edition, one of 500 copies, 4to, 63, (1) pp. 76 black and white plates. Gilt titled buckram, d.w. with some faint soiling, an excellent copy. More
Some Minor Arts Practised in England.
London: Seeley and Co., 1894. 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. Concerning book-binding, pottery and work in horn, wood and enamel. A 3 page manuscript letter dated 1908..... More
Bokhara, Turkoman and Afghan Rugs.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1922. First edition. 4to. 130, (2) pp. Publisher's buckram, gilt lettered to the spine and upper board, top edge gilt, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "Lilma Grant with best wishes from the author... Xmas 1928". Frontispiece and 16 illustrations in..... More
The Dark Summer.
London: Quartet Books, (1985). First edition, 4to, (128) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout, signed by Clarke on the half title, with an unrelated presentation inscription to the fly leaf. Cloth with a damp stain to the lower edge, d.w. with light browning and a few marks. More
Balyn and Balan.
Boughton Monchelsea, Kent: Ebeneezer Press, [1969]. Limited edition, no. 71 of 100 copies. Folio. 16 folio folded sheets bearing the text and the plates, each of the plates signed by the artist, all printed in colour on Mellotex High White Cartridge using a Cogger press. Original gilt lettered hide spine..... More
Jacques Clauzel. Œuvres 1980-2008. Textes: Maurice Benhamou, Michel Bohbot, Pierre Dhainaut, Marie Joqueviel-Bourjea, Bernard Noël, Paule Plouvier, René Pons, Paul Louis Rossi, Pierre Torreilles.
(Paris: Art inprogress éditions, 2009). First edition, 4to, 346, (2) pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Claxography. The Art of Jazz Photography.
Kiel: Niewsand Verlag, 1995. First edition. 4to. 129, (3) pp. Publisher's printed boards, old inscription to the half title coarsely rubbed out. Some very mild rubbing to the extremities, very good overall. More
The Book of the Sea.
London: The Gagosian Gallery, 2002. Sole edition. Square 4to. 91, (5) pp. Publisher's blind lettered pale aqua cloth. Colour illustrations reproducing the artist's paintings throughout. Slight fading to the spine, very good. Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the artist's work. The book commences with a seven page..... More
Designs of Desire. Architectural and Ornamental Prints and Drawings 1500-1850.
(Edinburgh): National Galleries of Scotland, (1999). First edition, thin 4to, 328 pp. 19 colour and numerous black and white illustrations. Original patterned wrappers, slight mark to the top of the spine otherwise an excellent copy. More
William Coldstream.
New Haven and London: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 2004. First edition. Large 8vo. xii, 355, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Illustrations in colour and black and white. Some mild creasing to the..... More
Today I Worked Well - the Picture Fell Off the Brush. The Artistry of Leslie Cole. Told for the first time by... with a note on the interesting life of Brenda Cole.
(Upper Denby): The Fleece Press, 2010. 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. More
British Transport Museum, Clapham. Visual Observations of Second-Year Graphic Design Students. Written and designed for the... by the Faculty of Graphic Design...
(Wolverhampton: College of Art, 1968). Sole edition. Oblong folio. 23, (1) pp. Original glossy white boards, illustrated to the upper cover, original card slipcase. 6 fine colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations in the text. A little light wear to the slipcase, an excellent copy. Inspired by a visit..... More
Essays in Architectural Criticism: Modern Architecture and Historical Change.
Cambridge, Mass.: The M.I.T. Press, for The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, 1981. First edition, small 4to, (viii), 214 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., spine sunned. More
The Connoisseur. Vols 5-6. 1903.
4to, (3)-294, (8), xvi, 3-258, (4) pp, bound without the Index for volume V and the wrappers. Numerous illustrations in colour and black and white. Contemporary half calf, extremities a little worn, brown and green morocco labels, t.e.g. An eclectic collection including illustrations by Hiroshige, Rembrandt, Angelica Kauffman, Velasquez and..... More
The Geographies of Englishness. Landscape and the National Past 1880-1940. Edited by...
New Haven & London: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art [and] The Yale Centre for British Art [by] Yale University Press, 2002. First edition. Small 4to. xx, 386 pp. Publisher's grey cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, 8 pages of colour plates plus..... More
U2 & I. (The Photographs 1982-2004).
[Munich]: Schirmer / Mosel, (2008). First edition, small 4to, 413, (3) pp. Numerous photographic illustrations, 12 page German stapled booklet with commentary on some of the images loosely inserted. Pictorial boards, d.w. very slightly browned, a near fine copy. More