Destroying Everything Seems Like the Only Option.
(Holy Land Pros, 2012). First edition, oblong 4to. Photographic illustrations throughout. Pictorial boards, an excellent copy. More
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Vitruvius Scoticus. Reproduced in Facsimile from the Copy in the University of Glasgow Library with an Introduction and Notes to the Plates by James Simpson.
Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980. Limited edition, an out of series copy from a numbered edition of 400. Small folio. vi, 35, (1), 5, (1) pp. Publisher's green buckram, gilt lettered black labels to the spine and upper board, original plain green slipcase, 160 plates of architectural plans and projections..... More
Our Lives and Our Children.
Göttingen: Steidl, 2017. 4to. 127, (1) pp. Publisher's grey cloth, white lettered to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. Black and white photographic illustrations. An excellent copy. More
Dimensions. British Abstract Art 1948-1957. Arranged by. Additional Research by Toni del Renzio. With the co-operation of the ICA.
London: O'Hana Gallery, [c.1957]. Sole edition. Large 8vo. (20) pp., the text printed on pink and green paper. Brown paper wrappers, the title blindstamped on the upper cover. Slight fading to the edges of the text leaves, a few minor indentations, very good. A catalogue listing contemporary works and exhibitions..... More
Hints to Young Practitioners in the Study of Landscape Painting... Intended to Show the Different Stages of the Neutral Tint... to which are Added, Instructions in the Art of Painting on Velvet.
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, [c.1804]. Second edition. 8vo. (vi), 67, (1) pp. Original boards, recently rebacked to style. Engraved title page with vignette plus 6 plates, including 1 hand coloured and 1 tinted. A very good copy. More
Three Centuries of Architectural Craftsmanship. Edited by...
London: The Architectural Press, 1977. First edition. 4to. (xvi), 221, (3) pp. Publisher's brown cloth, black lettered to the spine, prior owner's inscription to the front pastedown, dust jacket. Numerous illustrations black and white illustrations, some photographic. Some sunning to the jacket spine plus a little minor edge wear, very..... More
Raum und Linie.
Mannheim: Mannheimer Kunstverein, 2009. 4to. 115, (1) pp. Publisher's illustrated card covers, signed and dated (2009) by the artist along with a red doodle made with a roller or firm comb brush adjacent. Illustrated throughout, often in colour. Very good. More
No hay camino, se hace camino al andar.
(Atelier Anaut, 2006). Small 4to, (66) pp. Signed by Anaut on the front blank. Pictorial wrappers, some minor marks otherwise fine. More
Picture Magazine. Issue # 16. Diane Arbus: A Monograph of Seventeen Photographs.
(Los Angeles, 1980). Folio, (36) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations, subscription insert bound in. Original wrappers, stapled as issued, some mild soiling, very good. More
Arnaboldi.
(Basel: Birkhaüser Verlag AG, 2010). First edition. 4to. 62, (74) pp. Publisher's grey cloth with light grey lettering to the spine and upper board, dust jacket. 48 pages of colour photographic illustrations to the front plus numerous black and white illustrations to the text pages at the rear. A few..... More
50 Ans d'Art Moderne.
Bruxelles: Exposition Internationales des Beaux-Arts, 1958. First edition. Large 8vo. (92) pp. Full purple morocco with beaded gilt rules in irregular geometric patterns to both boards, inlaid panels of brown leather to some of the panels, gilt device to the spine. 32 colour plates plus another 8 black and white..... More
The School Prints. A Romantic Project.
(London: Ruth Artmonsky, 2006). First edition, oblong 8vo, 125, (1) pp. Illustrations in both colour and black and white. Paperback, d.w., a fine copy. More
The Origin and Progress of Writing, as Well Hieroglyphic as Elementary, Illustrated by Engravings Taken from Ancient and Modern: also Some Account of the Origin and Progress of Printing.
London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1803. Second edition, "with additions". (viii), xxiv, 240 pp. 19th century maroon half morocco over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel and richly decorated to the others, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Frontispiece portrait and 32..... More
Mute 3. (Works after 1987).
Sorø: Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum; Dublin: The Irish Museum of Modern Art & Manchester: Cornerhouse, (1992). 4to, 35, (1) pp. Coloured illustrations. Pictorial wrappers, spine a little worn. More
The Life and Lineage of Nancy Haselswon.
(London: Nylon, 1999). Limited edition, one of 1,000 copies, this copy not numbered or signed, 4to, (64) pp. Coloured illustrations, one corner creased. Cloth, d.w. with mild soiling, very good. More
Smile of the Buddha. Eastern Philosophy and Western Art. From Monet to Today.
Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2005. 4to. xvi, 294 pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine, dust jacket. Numerous illustrations, some in colour. An excellent copy. More
John Scottowe's Alphabet Books.
[N.p.]: Printed for the Roxburghe Club at the Scolar Press, 1974. Folio. (ii), 16 pp. Publisher's quarter vellum backed blue boards, gilt lettered direct to the spine. 28 plates, 24 full page reproductions of the Harley manuscript held by the British Library and the final 4 featuring two images to..... More
The Society Portrait. Painting, Prestige and the Pursuit of Elegance. Foreword by Richard Ormond.
(London): Thames and Hudson, (2007). First English edition, folio, 223, (1) pp. Numerous illustrations, inscription to fly leaf. Cloth, d.w., slight sunning of spine otherwise an excellent copy. More
Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China. Being Description and Illustrations of Articles Selected from an Exhibition Held in Shanghai, November, 1908.
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1911. First edition. (viii), 160, (2) pp. Publisher's green morocco cloth, gilt lettering in English and Chinese to the spine and upper board. Frontispiece and 120 plates - 108 black and white photographs plus 12 colour printed plates with tissues. A few trivial marks to..... More
David Bailey. Archive One. 1957-1969.
London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. First edition. 4to. 273, (3) pp. Publisher's black cloth, silver lettered to the spine and with the publisher's matching logo to the upper board, dust jacket, folding guide to the 1999 Barbican exhibition "David Bailey: Birth of Cool" loosely inserted. 313 photographic illustrations, predominantly black..... More
Architecture & Personalities.
London: Country Life Limited, (1944). First edition. Large 8vo. Publisher's cloth, gilt lettered to the spine, lettered and decorated to the upper board, dust jacket, price clipped. Frontispiece, illustration of a bust of the author which is also replicated on the upper cover of the dust jacket plus 182 black..... More
English Wood-Engraving 1900-1950.
London: Art and Technics, 1951. First edition. Large 8vo. (viii), 84 pp. Publisher's blue cloth backed patterned boards, gilt lettered to spine, dust jacket, not price clipped. Numerous illustrations, a few in colour. Some edge wear to the jacket with a few small losses and a few tissue repairs on..... More
The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California. Das Neue Industriegelände in der Nähe von Irvine, Kalifornien.
(New York: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics, 1974). First edition, 4to, (106) pp. 51 full page black and white illustrations, contemporary signature and an old inked price to the fly leaf. Cloth, with mild spotting, d.w. with light soiling and slight loss to the spine ends. More
Tonic to the Nation. The Festival of Britain 1951. Edited by... With a Prologue by Roy Strong.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1976. First edition. 4to. 200 pp. Illustrated card covers, early ownership inscription to the inner cover. 8 pages of colour illustrations plus numerous illustrations in black and white. Very good. More