Thoughts of a Hangman, Woodcuts by... aka Billy Childish.
(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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Cape Distance. Text by Tim Robinson.
(Brussels: ARP Editions, 1998). First edition. 4to. (xvi) pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, dust jacket. 26 black and white photographic plates. Fine. More
Photo Graphics.
Genève: RotoVision SA, (1980). First edition, 4to, (140) pp. Coloured photographic illustrations throughout, signed by Haskins on the title page. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Wild-Life Calendar, 1960.
British Transport Hotels; (Printed at the Curwen Press), [1959]. Oblong 8vo, 15 leaves printed on one side only, being the cover and a leaf per month plus two half sized insets advertising hotels. 12 wood engraved illustrations, list of hotels to the reverse. Spiral bound with some wear to the..... More
James Havard. Foreword by David Lynch. Introduction by C.K. Williams. Essay by Julie Sasse. Afterword by Dianne Vanderlip.
New York: Hudson Hills Press, (2006). First edition, 4to, (x), 237, (1) pp. Numerous colour illustrations. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Indian Architecture. Its Psychology, Structure, and History from the First Muhammadan Invasion to the Present Day.
London: John Murray, (1927). Second edition. Large 8vo. xxii, 282 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt to the spine and in black to the upper board, dust jacket. 129 black and white photographic plates plus 49 illustrations in the text. Subtle tissue repairs to the verso..... More
English Rooms & their Decoration at a Glance. A Simple Review in Pictures of English Rooms and their Decoration from the Eleventh to the Eighteenth Centuries. Volume I 1066-1620... Volume II 1620-1800.
London: The Architectural Press, 1925. First editions. Two volumes. 8vo. xii, 83, (1); xii, 86 pp. Publisher's cloth backed boards, volume I with a gift inscription to Peter E. Leach from his aunt, volume II inscribed to him from "an old friend", dust jackets. Black and white illustrations throughout. Some..... More
French Costume Drama of the 1950s. Fashioning Politics in Film.
Bristol: Intellect, (2010). First edition, large 8vo, 480 pp. Black and white illustrations, inscribed from the author to the half title. Original pictorial paperback covers, some very mild rubbing, near fine. More
A Dialogue with Solitude.
(Toronto): Lumiere Press, (2000). Limited edition, no. 84 of 100 copies signed by the Author, 4to, (100) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Cloth, d.w., held in a folding cloth case with a signed and numbered photograph ("Washington Square, New York City, 1958") in a separate paper folder. Fine. More
Jazz Bibliography. International Literature on Jazz, Blues, Spirituals, Gospel and Ragtime Music with a Selected List of Works on the Social and Cultural Background from the Beginning to the Present.
München: K.G. Saur, 1981. 8vo, viii, 368 pp, marginal browning throughout, original orange cloth, spine a little darkened. More
Stephen Heller: His Life and Words. From the French of H. Bardbedette.
London: Ashdown & Parry, 1877. First edition, small 8vo, (x), 89, (1), xii pp. Photographic portrait frontispiece and a folding plate of music. Original gilt titled and decorated green cloth, light rubbing to extremities otherwise a very good copy. Heller was a Hungarian composer and concert pianist. More
Photographs of Bethnal Green 1949-1952.
Nottingham: Midland Group, 1978. First edition, 8vo, (iv), 57, (1) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Pictorial wrappers, a little rubbed. More
The Way of Raku. Pottery, Writings.
Newmill, Penzance: Patten Press, (1988). First edition. 8vo. (viii), 149, (3) pp. Publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket, inscribed by the author to the title page and with her business card loosely inserted. Colour frontispiece plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout. An excellent copy. More
Japanese Crafts: Materials and their Applications. Selected Early Papers from the Japan Society of London.
London: East-West Publications, (1978). First reprint, viii, 360 pp, black and white illustrations, cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Nicola Hicks. Introduction James Dellingpole.
(London): Momentum, (1999). First edition. 4to. 107, (1) pp. Publisher's grey cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Some wear to the edges of the dust jacket, else very good. More
Photographs.
(New York): Aperture, (2005). First edition, oblong folio, 96 pp. Coloured photographic illustrations. Pictorial boards, fine. More
Seizing the Light. A Social History of Photography.
New York: McGraw Hill, 2009. Second edition. 4to. xiv, 480, (2) pp. Publisher's glossy illustrated card covers. Photographically illustrated throughout, predominantly in black and white. An excellent copy. More
David Hockney. My Yorkshire. Conversations with Marco Livingstone.
(London): Enitharmon Editions, (2011). First edition, oblong folio, 83, (1) pp. Numerous coloured illustrations, one folding. Cloth backed pictorial boards, fine. More
Hockney's Alphabet. Drawings by... & Written contributions edited by Stephen Spender.
(London): Faber and Faber for the Aids Crisis Trust, (1991). First edition, folio, (118) pp. 26 coloured illustrations. Cloth, a few marks, d.w. with some mild soiling, very good. Contributions from Spender and 25 other authors, including Iris Murdoch, Seamus Heaney, T.S. Eliot, Arthur Miller, John Updike, Douglas Adams and..... More
The Complete Works of... in a series of... steel engravings from the original pictures; with an Introductory Essay by James Hannay and descriptive letterpress by Rev. J. Trusler and E.F. Roberts.
London: William Mackenzie, [c.1890]. Six volumes, 4to. Engraved second title in volumes I and VI - the former not listed, plus 150 engraved plates, internally an excellent set. Original gilt, red and black decorated cloth, edges of covers damp stained, corners and spine ends bumped. More
The Works of...
London: Published by J. Dicks, [1875]. 4to, (iv), 136 pp. Title vignette and 68 plates. Rebound with new endpapers in black cloth, preserving the original gilt decorated blind stamped covers. More
The Works of... (Including the 'Analysis of Beauty'), elucidated by descriptions, critical, moral, and historical; (founded on the most approved authorities). To which is prefixed some account of his life by Thomas Clerk.
London: Printed for E. Scholey... by T. Davison, 1810. First edition thus, two volumes bound in one, 8vo, (xii), 203, (1; iv), 96, (184) pp. Engraved second titles and 88 plates, some light, mostly marginal, foxing to the plates, marbled endpapers and edges. Contemporary calf boards with gilt ruled and..... More
Glass. A Handbook for the Study of Glass Vessels of All Periods and Countries & a Guide to the (Victoria and Albert) Museum Collection.
London: Published under the direction of the Ministry of Education, 1946. First edition. 8vo. xii, 169, (1) pp. Maroon full morocco with striated embossed black lines, upper board with an inlaid vellum panel incorporating a hand drawn illustration of a tall fluted glass with a further inlaid panel of blue..... More
Hong Kong Flowers.
(Tokyo: Heibonsha Limited, 2000). First edition. Oblong 8vo. (116) pp. Publisher's red cloth, dust jacket, inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper "May 12, 2001 in Hong Kong" with her name underneath in Japanese. Illustrated throughout with fine colour photographic illustrations. An excellent copy. More
Light and Dark. The Autobiography of...
(London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2011). First edition, large 8vo, 320 pp. Numerous illustrations in both colour and black and white, signed and dated by the author on the half title. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More