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
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A Spiritual Resonance. The Vernacular Dwellings of China.
[N.p.]: United Technologies Corporation and Jiangsu Fine Arts Press, 1996. Second edition. 4to. 123, (1) pp. Publisher's grey cloth, white lettered to the spine and in blind to the upper cover, dust jacket. Black and white photographs throughout. Small indentation to the rear panel of the jacket, very good... 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
Chiparus. Master of Art Deco.
New York: Abbeville Press, (1993). First edition, folio, 176 pp. Numerous illustrations. Bevis Hillier's copy, with his boisterous notes and underlining throughout. Cloth, d.w. in excellent condition. More
Disquisitions upon the Painted Greek Vases, and their probably connection with the shows of the Eleusinian and other mysteries.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. First edition, 4to, x, (ii), xi-xii, 146 pp. 16 plates, armorial bookplate. Uncut in the original boards, rebacked retaining the original printed paper label. 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
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
Simulcra. The 1955-1965 Photographs of Nick Clements. Designed and Edited by Dan Black. Text Edited by Stephen Brown.
[N.p.]: Photo ED Press, 2005. First edition. 4to. 216 pp. Publisher's card covers, inscribed by Clements on the first page "To Emma... Dec 2005". Photographically illustrated throughout, mostly in black and white. Some wear to the corners, else very good. A collection of Clements' images predominantly of the British Suedehead..... 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
Villes Éteintes. Textes de Maylis de Kerangal et Jean-Pierre Luminet.
Paris: Marval, 2012. First edition. Small oblong 4to. Publisher's black boards, grey lettered to the spine and upper cover, dust jacket, inscribed by Cohen on the title page the same year as publication. Numerous photographic illustrations. Just slight rubbing to the corners, else very good. 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
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
Faber and Faber. Eighty Years of Book Cover Design.
(London): Faber and Faber, (2009). First edition, 4to, (xviii), 281, (1) pp. Pictorial wrappers, fine. More
Olympia Moments Ltd.
London: Back in Black, 2014. Limited edition, no. 70 of 100 copies. 8vo. 155, (1) pp. Publisher's limp leather covers, the initial "OM" blind lettered to the upper cover, signed by Cook and Davies on the title page, a publisher's photographically illustrated promotional postcard for the book loosely inserted. Colour..... More
Times of Grace.
Amsterdam: Alex Daniels, Reflex Editions, 2010. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Folio. Publisher's grey cloth, blind lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Colour illustrations. A few trivial marks to the white jacket, very good. 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
Star Trak.
(Munich): Schirmer / Mosel, (1996). First edition, 4to, (144) pp. 113 photographic illustrations, faint marginal browning throughout. Cloth, d.w., again with faint browning, a very good copy. 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
Joseph Cornell's Theater of the Mind. Selected Diaries, Letters, and Files.
New York and London: Thames and Hudson, 1993. First US edition. Large 8vo. 479, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth backed blue boards, copper lettered to the spine, dust jacket, Thames and Hudson printed card sending the book "with the Compliments of the Author" loosely inserted. Illustrated throughout. Very good. More
London Interiors. From the Archives of Country Life.
London: Aurum, 2000. 4to. 192 pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by Cornforth on the title page "To Peter Rowe / Memories of long ago / from John Cornforth / August 2001". Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Slight bumping to the jacket edges..... More
Designing 007: 50 Years of Bond Style. Edited by...
London: Barbican International Enterprises, 2012. 4to. 189, (3) pp. Publisher's black card covers, gilt to the spine and upper panel. Profusely colour illustrated. A few minor marks and trivial scuffs to the covers, very good. More
El Mirage.
(Berlin): Hatje Cantz, (2018). First edition, oblong 4to, 143, (1) pp. Photographic illustrations, signed by Crawford on the title page, booklet for a Berlin gallery show of his photographs loosely inserted. Original cloth with a further photograph to the upper cover, a fine copy. More
Badain Jaran. Die Vergessene Wüste. The Forgotten Desert. Texts by Cathérine Hug [&] Bill Kouwenhoven.
(Zürich): Scheidegger & Spiess, (2013). First edition, 4to, 155, (1) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. Text in both English and German. More