Face of Fashion.
London: National Portrait Gallery, (2007). First edition, 4to, 231, (1) pp. Photographic illustrations. Original cloth, an excellent copy. More
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Ballet. 104 Photographs by... Text by Edwin Denby
New York: Errata Editions, 2011. Large 8vo. (142) pp. Publisher's black cloth, white lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Very good. A photographic reproduction of a work first published in 1945, this edition featuring a short essay by Kerry William Purcell and a biography..... More
Block Printing and Book Illustrating in Japan.
Geneva: Minkoff, 1973. 4to. Publisher's olive green faux leather, gilt lettered dark green spine label. Numerous black and white illustrations. Very good. A facsimile of the original 1924 edition. More
The Life of Bartolomeo Colleoni, of Anjou and Burgundy.
(London): Printed (at the Chiswick Press) for the Arundel Society, 1891. First edition, small folio, (x), 93, (3) pp. 8 plates and a genealogy, marbled endpapers. Contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., some mild rubbing, some sunning to the boards. More
London. Photographs by... Introduction by Peter Ackroyd.
New York: Rizzoli, (2008). First edition, no. 2,806 of 5,000 copies, oblong folio. Numerous colour photographic illustrations, with a photographic print of Tower Bridge loosely inserted. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Baigneuses. Introduced by Christopher Buckland Wright.
Denby Dale: The Fleece Press, (1995). Limited edition, no. 6 of 30 specially bound copies signed by Christopher Buckland Wright, from a total edition of 240, folio, 28, (4) pp. 9 illustrations tipped in plus the frontispiece and 24 wood engraved illustrations. Gilt titled full vellum, folding cloth box, the..... More
The Letters of Edward Burra. Edited by William Chappell.
London: Gordon Fraser, 1985. First edition. Large 8vo. 224 pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Black and white illustrations. Some tanning and fading to the jacket, else a decent copy. More
Oil. Essays - Michael Mitchell, William E. Rees, Paul Roth.
(Göttingen): Steidl, (2009). First edition, oblong folio, 215, (1) pp. Coloured photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Pentimento.
Edward Burtynksky, Folded & Gathered, (2011). First edition, (56) pp. 20 photographic plates, 10 in colour, signed by the author on the title page. Original limp cloth, fine. More
The Birth of Western Painting. A History of Colour, Form, and Iconography, illustrated from the Paintings of Mistra and Mount Athos, of Giotto and Duccio, and of El Greco.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Limited edition, no. 1 of 365 copies, 4to, xvi, (ii), 236 pp. 94 black and white plates. Original teal cloth, maroon leather spine label, a fine copy. A British edition of 650 copies appeared the year before. More
The Etchings of D.Y. Cameron.
London: Halton and Truscott Smith, 1924. First edition, 4to, viii, 43, (1) pp. Frontispiece and 95 plates, some light foxing to the endpapers and the frontispiece, gilt stamped circular booklabel of Frank R. Burnet. Original gilt decorated black cloth, t.e.g., slight rubbing to extremities otherwise very good. More
D.Y. Cameron. Second Volume. Introduction by Malcolm C. Salaman.
London: The Studio Limited, 1932. Oblong 4to, 12 pp. 12 plates tipped in with captioned tissues. Original light blue boards with paper labels to the upper cover and spine, spine and edges a little browned, d.w. with mild soiling, some loss to the foot of the spine. Modern Masters of..... More
The Treasure House of Belgium. Her land and people. Her art and literature.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1924. First edition, large 8vo, (x), 198 pp. 24 plates, marbled endpapers and edges, prize label from Ardingly College to fly leaf. Bound by Morrell in contemporary tree calf, gilt spine and borders, morocco spine labels, a handsome copy. More
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
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
The Decisive Moment. Photography by...
[Göttingen]: Steidl, (2018). Second edition thus, folio, (xvi), 125, (13) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Decorative boards, d.w., held in a slipcase with a 32 page booklet - "A Bible for Photographers" by Clément Chéroux. Fine. Originally published in 1952. 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
Arquitetura Moderna Carioca 1937-1969. Textos... Fotografios Cristiano Mascaro.
Rio de Janeiro: Edições Fadel, 2013. First edition. 4to. 205, (3) pp. Publisher's colour illustrated boards, dust jacket. Photographically illustrated in colour throughout. Very good. Portuguese text. More
A Treatise on Civil Architecture, in which that Art are Laid Down, and Illustrated by a Great Number of Plates, Accurately Designed, and Elegantly Engraved by the Best Hands.
London: Printed by J. Dixwell. To be Had at the Author's House...; likewise Cadell, Nourse, and Wilson...; Durham...; R. Dodsley..., Sayer...; and Webley. 1768. Second edition. Folio. (iv), iv, 86 pp. Contemporary full calf, sometime rebacked and recornered to style, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel..... More
Automata. A Historical and Technological Study. Translated by Alec Reid.
Neuchatel: Éditions du Griffon, 1958. First English edition. 4to. 407, (7) pp. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered to the spine and decorated to the upper board. 18 colour plates and nearly 500 black and white illustrations. Some light rubbing to the extremities, very good. 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
The History of Japanese Printing and Book Illustration.
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd., 1977. First edition. 4to. 264 pp. Publisher's two tone tan and blue cloth, silver lettering to the spine, dust jacket. 102 illustrations. Very good. 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