Myles Birket Foster. 1825-1899.
Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, (1973). Limited edition, one of 600 copies, 4to, 48 pp. 44 black and white plates. Gilt decorated buckram, a fine copy. More
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Miniature Painters. British and Foreign, with some account of those who practised in America in the eighteenth century. Illustrated by numerous examples selected from celebrated collections.
London: Dickinsons & New York: Dutton & Co., 1903. Limited edition, no. 165 of 570 copies, being one of 175 "Edition de Luxe" copies signed by the author, 2 volumes, folio, xii, 137, (1); viii, 177, (1) pp. 220 illustrations with captioned tissues, one of the tissues torn without loss..... More
Story Lines.
(London): Tate Publishing, (2004). First edition, oblong 4to, 205, (3) pp. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. Original pictorial soft plastic covers, a fine copy. More
Eric Fraser. Designer & Illustrator. With an Essay by Wendy Coates-Smith.
London: Lund Humphries, (1998). First edition. 4to. 151, (1) pp. Publisher's maroon cloth, white lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Numerous illustrations, a handful in colour. An excellent copy. More
A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern, In a Collection of Ten Principal Authors who have Written upon the Five Orders, Viz. Palazzo and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared with One Another. The Three Greek Orders, Dorick, Ionick, and Corinthian, Comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the Two Latin, Tuscan and Composita, the Latter...
London: Printed by T.W. for D. Brown, J. Walthoe, B. and S. Tooke, D. Midwinter, W. Mears, and F. Clay, 1723. Third edition. Small folio. (xxiv), xx, xxv-xxxviii, 115, (1); (vi), 74 pp. Contemporary blindstamped calf boards, rebacked to style with a gilt lettered dark green label, early annotations to..... More
Photographs 1954-1990. Introduction by Stephanie Rosenkranz.
(Manchester): Cornerhouse, (1991). First edition, 4to, 191, (5) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w. with some minor marks, very good. More
Christmas Card for Faber and Faber.
1946. Single sheet folded twice, printed on one side only. Front cover with a striking lithograph captioned "et in terra pax". Inscribed "With love from Dick & Katta..." - being Richard de la Mare, a director at Faber and son of the poet, and his wife Catherine. Very mild vertical..... More
A Sampler of Castile.
Richmond: Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Hogarth Press, 1923. First edition, no. 90 of 500 copies, 4to, (ii), ix, (i), 74, (2) pp. 16 black and white plates. Original cloth backed decorative boards, lower cover browned, some light edge wear. Woolmer 30. More
A Guide to Contemporary Architecture in America. Volume I. Western U.S.A.
(Tokyo): Toto, (2005). First edition. 8vo. 315, 5 pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Profusely illustrated in colour throughout. An excellent copy. With parallel text in English and Japanese. More
The Modern Woodcut. A study of the evolution of the craft... with a chapter on the practice of Xylography by W. Thomas Smith.
London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, (1924). First edition, 4to, xxviii, 271, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations, a handful in colour. Pictorial buckram, slightly sunned to the spine ends and lower edge, d.w. with some loss and old repairs to the reverse. More
RFK. Tribute by Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Essays by Vicki Goldberg, Norman Mailer, and Evan Thomas.
(New York): Aperture, (2008). First edition thus, oblong 4to, 223, (1) pp. Coloured photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Ryan Gander: Catalogue Raisonnable Vol. 1.
(New York: Westreich/Wagner Publications & Zurich: JRP/Ringier, Christopher Keller Editions), 2010. First edition, 4to, lxxx, 288 pp. Numerous illustrations, further publication details (Franco Fitzpatrick Publishing) neatly crossed through in black marker pen in two places. Inscribed from the artist to the fly leaf. More
Gilbert Garcin. Mr G. Quatre-vingt Photographies. Textes...
Trézélan: Filigranes Éditions, 2009. First edition. 8vo. 13, (14-96) pp. Publisher's faux red leather, gilt to the spine and upper board. Black and white photographic illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. More
Maharajas' Palaces. European style in Imperial India. Photographs Anne Garde. Text Sylvie Raulet. Foreword Laure Vernière.
(London): Philip Wilson, (1997). First English edition, 4to, 295, (1) pp. Numerous photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Old Silver Spoons of England. A practical guide for collectors.
London: Herbert Jenkins, 1926. First edition, 4to, 189, (1) pp. 32 black and white plates, some light foxing to text leaves. Original gilt titled green cloth, a couple of minor marks, very good. More
The Georgian Group Journal. 1986-1989, 1991-2015. [1996 numbered Volume VI and all subsequent volumes numbered sequentially].
London: The Georgian Group, 1986-2015. Thirty volumes, the years 1991-1993 each supplied with an additional volume containing papers delivered at the group's annual symposium. Original card covers, 1985-1995 in uniformly designed monochrome covers, thence with differing colour illustrated covers. Profusely illustrated throughout, the earlier volumes in black and white, the..... More
A History of Photography, from the camera obscura to the beginning of modern photography.
London: Thames and Hudson, (1969). Second "revised and enlarged" edition, 4to, 599, (1) pp. 322 photographic illustrations plus figures in the text. 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. Fading to the jacket spine, a little spotting and some mild wear to the edges, very good overall. 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, this somewhat dusty. A complete collection of Gibbing's engravings, including the illustrations..... More
The Complete Pictures. 1971-2005. With an Introduction by Rudi Fuchs.
(London: Tate Publishing, 2007). First edition, two volumes, oblong 4to. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w.'s, still held in the original pictorial cardboard slipcases, the integral handles unused. Fine. 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, publisher's order form plus the original illustrated prospectus loosely inserted. With over 1,000 examples of Gill's work - several folding. Very..... More
25 Nudes. Engraved by...
London: Cassell, (1988). 8vo, (10) pp. Engraved title reproduced plus 26 plates. Cloth, d.w., spine slightly sunned. 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 few minor marks 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