British Design from 1948. Innovation in the Modern Age.
(London): V. & A. Publishing, (2012). First edition, 4to, 400 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., very slight sunning of spine otherwise fine. More
(London): V. & A. Publishing, (2012). First edition, 4to, 400 pp. Numerous illustrations. Cloth, d.w., very slight sunning of spine otherwise fine. More
London: Art & Educational Publishers Ltd, 1948. Sole edition. 8vo. (vi), 137, (1) pp. Publisher's orange cloth, black lettered to the spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. A handful of black and white illustrations. A little wear to the extremities of the jacket with a few small tears and slight..... More
Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, (1947). 8vo, (viii), 575, (1) pp. Marbled endpapers. Bound by Bayntun Riviere in later calf, a.e.g., gilt borders and spine, red morocco spine label, faint rubbing to the upper joint. More
Lewes: W. & A. Lee, 1805-7. Three volumes (volume III a Supplement), 8vo. Contemporary calf, spines marked, slight cracking to joints, volume II lacking its label. More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1921. First edition. 8vo. viii, 152, (8) pp. Publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt to the spine and blind to the upper board, early ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, publisher's "Presentation Copy" ink stamp to the title page. Fading to the spine, very..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1999. 8vo. 103, (1) pp. Publisher's colour illustrated glossy boards, no jacket as issued, signed by Briggs on the title page. Colour illustrations throughout. Some light wear to the head of the spine, else very good. First published the previous year bound in cloth with a dust..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1975). First edition, 4to, (32) pp. Coloured illustrations throughout. Pictorial boards, d.w., price clipped and slightly browned. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, (1980). First edition, 4to, (32) pp. Coloured illustrations, inscribed by Briggs on the fly leaf, some mild foxing. Original pictorial boards, some minor marks and light browning. More
London: Thames and Hudson, 2005. First edition. 4to. 224 pp. Publisher's grey cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Photographically illustrated in colour throughout. Very good. More
London: National Portrait Gallery, (2007). First edition, 4to, 231, (1) pp. Photographic illustrations. Original cloth, an excellent copy. More
Brighton: James Robertson, 1897. Oblong folio, (52) pp. 6 coloured plates, a little light foxing. Original cloth backed boards, some rubbing and marking. More
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Limited, (1962). Second edition. 8vo. xii, 324 pp. Publisher's red buckram. gilt lettered to spine and upper board with a gilt crest also to the latter. Frontispiece portrait, 12 plate each bearing 2 photographic illustrations and a map of the Cam to the front and..... More
London: Printed for the Author, 1848. First edition, large 8vo, xlviii, 96 pp. Double page frontispiece, title vignette with a portrait of the author beneath a folding flap, inscribed from Britton on the fly leaf. Original gilt titled blind stamped cloth, slight wear to the lower joint. "Junius" published popular..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1910. First edition, 8vo, 384, (2 advertisement) pp. Black and white illustrations, some foxing to preliminaries, later endpapers, with an autograph letter from the Author's wife loosely inserted along with newspaper cuttings and a piece of the dust wrapper. Original gilt titled blue cloth, light rubbing..... More
London: Favil Press, [c.1930]. Single sheet of laid paper, watermarked "Montgolfier, France", folded once and printed on one side only, with a colour illustration above and 6 lines of text below A little soiling, very good. More
London: Jonathan Cape, (1989). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 297, (1) pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Cloth, d.w., some very mild rubbing to edges, a near fine copy. More
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
(London): Longmans, (1967). First English edition, 8vo, 76, (2) pp. Cloth, d.w., price clipped, lower wrapper a little browned and soiled. More
Harmondsworth: Viking, 1986. First British edition. 8vo. (viii), 501, (1) pp. Publisher's black cloth backed grey boards, gilt lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Very good. More
London: The Arden Press, 1910. First edition, 4to, xii, 158, (2) pp, frontispiece and numerous black and white photographic illustrations as well as diagrams of manoeuvres, original gilt titled buckram, marked and rubbed, t.e.g. More
London: Cassell, (1969). First edition, 8vo, (vi), 184, (2) pp. Inscribed from the author on the fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, some light browning and soiling. More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1930. Limited edition, no. 85 of 500 copies signed by the author, 8vo, (x), 463, (1) pp. Striking silver foil endpapers, slightly rubbed. Original two tone cloth, mild darkening of spine, slipcase with rubbing to extremities. More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1857. Small 8vo. (iv), 534 pp. Near contemporary blue half morocco over matching cloth boards, spine with gilt ruled compartments, gilt lettered direct to one panel, an early ownership to the head of the title page, a slightly later press cutting regarding a fire at..... More
London: Faber and Faber, (1963). First edition, 8vo, 238 pp. Black and white illustrations. Cloth, d.w., not price clipped, a little mild soiling otherwise a very good copy. More