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London: Collins, 1940. First edition. Good +/fair. London: Collins, 1940 First edition Paperback Good +/fair 95'', grey card covers with dust jacket with tipped in illustration Dust jacket has a few tears & small parts absent 23pp illustrated with eleven coloured plates & thirteen monochrome illustrations in text Pictures of children from historical paintings & drawings

Florence: Arnaud, 1960. First edition thus. Softcover. Very Good +. Pictorial card covers. 34pp plus numerous illustrations. Includes a plan and the historical background as well as a comprehensive description.

4to, 196pp profusely illustrated with photographs of sculptures. 123 colour illustrations, 62 back and white photographs, map and references. Near fine inside with a little edge wear to corners. Dust jacket in very good condition, suitable as a gift copy. This presents art objects of exceptional aesthetic quality and discusses how we view them and the relationship with the creators.

London: James Carpenter, London, 1836. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. James Carpenter, London, 1836. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. Xii + 27 pp plus engraved frontis & 74 engraved plates. Brief summary of each work from various Italian artists such as Dominichino, Julio Romano, Nicholos Poussin, Giorgione, Caracci, Titian, Raffaelle, Correggio, Paul Veronese, Albano, Rubens, Da Vinci, Reni et al. Library rebound in blue cloth over board with gilt lettering. Bookplates and stamps to front and rear endpapers, stamps also on reverse of each plate. Plates generally nice and clean. ***** Heavy and may require extra overseas postage*****

Archibald Constable & Co. London. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Archibald Constable & Co. London. 1st Edition . Good. Approx. 15.25'' tall by 11.25'', original cream cloth binding with gilt decoration & title on cover. Binding discoloured in parts (see pictures). 63pp with photogravure frontispiece & other plates & illustrations throughout the text. Undated circa late 19th century, presumed first edition. Probable limited edition, number IV handwritten inside. This is a well illustrated & scarce discussion of the artist & his work. Ex reference library with minimal markings, number on reverse of title page, decorative bookplate to rear pastedown, 3 blind stamps. No other obvious library markings, inner book generally clean & in good + condition. ***Over sized & may require extra overseas postage***

London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. Hockney. 4to, dust jacket with portrait of Hockney on front over black cloth boards. 100pp illustrated throughout. Exhibition catalogue from a showing held at Whitechapel Gallery, London in 1970. Includes an interview with Hockney by Mark Glazebrook, also biographic note, list of exhibitions and selected bibliography. Slight chipping to edge of dustjacket, generally very good.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum Of Art, 1950. First edition. Softcover. Good +. Various. 8vo, softcover illustrated, 102pp of pictures plus index of artists. A little foxing to front.

London: Philip Allan & Co., London, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Philip Allan & Co., London, 1926. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. Original blue cloth, gilt titling to the spine. Spine sunned with library no. Xv, 330pp, 6pp adverts. Ex library with bookplate on front pastedown and a couple of stamps within, handwritten no. inside. Contents tightly bound and clean.

Venezia: Neri Pozza, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Good. Pellegrini. 8vo, white boards with black titles Dust jacket chipping and tears at edges. Well illustrated catalogue in fine condition inside. Text in Italian. Previous owner’s name hand written on front free endpaper

London: William Heinemannn, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 4to, green cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Pekingese in gilt on front. Upper edge green. Xix + 207pp with 8 coloured plates including frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. This is a study of some of the breeds of dog originating in China and Japan, together with a history of the place of dogs in society, palace life, breeding, symbolism etc. Chapters include Eastern Dogs in Early Times, Dog-Lore and Superstition, Dog Breeding, Sporting and Guard Dogs, The Chinese Lion, Symbolism of the Buddhist and Lamaist Lion, Historical References to Dogs of Pekingese Type, Evolution of the Pekinese Type, Points of the Pekinese Type, The Chinese Pug, The “Japanese” Dogs, The Chinese Lion Dog, Toy Dogs in Chinese Art, table of dates and index. Corners bumped, some marks to the boards / shelf ware particularly to top of spine, which has a couple of small tears. Some foxing throughout, mostly to… Leer más

London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1955. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo tan paper boards with red titles on front and spine. Some light shelfwear, inner book is in very good condition +. 114pp illustrated with 48 plates.

London: John Lane, 1912. Hardcover. Good +. Aubrey Beardsley. 4to, blue cloth boards with white titles and decoration on front and spine. Boards with some marking and shelf wear. 18pp of biography and discussion of Aubrey’s work, illustrated with 157pp of plates. The plates are generally clean and in very good condition, very occasional marks and a couple have corner creases.

London: Thomas Agnew, 1973. First edition. Softcover. Very good. A Loan Exhibition of Bolognese Paintings from British Collections. Pictorial card covers, introduction and illustrated catalogue. Foreword by A Hornby.

Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowery, London, 1886. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Swan Sonnenschein, Le Bas & Lowery, London, 1886. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. 4to. Frontispiece and over 60 illustrations in the text. Library rebound in chestnut brown cloth over board with gilt titles on spine & library name on front. Usual library treatments inside with library stamps to the reverse of plates. Light foxing at front, nice & clean inside, tightly bound. Illustrations by George Cruikshank, Chas. H. Bennett, Hablot K Browne, W.H. Bunbury, Alfred Crowquill, Robert Cruikshank, Gustave Dore, J. Gillray, W. Hogarth, l Theodore Lane, John Leech, T. Rowlandson, Paul Sandby, Robert Seymour and W.M. Thackeray. Fascinating & really quite amusing. Some of these are subtle digs at the rich & famous, others more like a sledgehammer. ***** Heavy and may require extra overseas postage*****

The Studio, London, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. The Studio, London, 1902. First edition. Very Good. First edition. Originally issued in 8 parts, this is a single limited edition, no. 14 of 200 copies. Approx. 16.'' by 12'', green/blue cloth binding with bevelled edges, back decoration & gilt titling on front & spine. Some edge wear (see pictures). Decorative endpapers, upper edge gilt. 74pp of introduction & commentary of the painters (with pencil sketches of the artists) followed by a lovely collection of tipped in colour prints of the finest English water-colours. All complete with tissue guards. The prints (over 60) themselves are generally in very good/near fine condition. ***Heavy & may require extra postage***

Bruno Cassirer Publishers Ltd, Oxford, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. Bruno Cassirer Publishers Ltd, Oxford, 1946. 1st Edition . Good. 74pp with 37 black & white plates of the artist's drawings, mostly figures, animals & biblical/legend scenes. A lovely selection of work. Ex reference library with bookplate on front endpaper & several library stamps within.

Folio, 190pp, beautifully illustrated with numerous photographs of Thorgerson's work. Artists that he has worked with include many well known musicians and groups including classic covers for Pink Floyd, The Cranberries, Peter Gabriel, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Led Zeppelin. Also included in the book are discussions about the work as well as examples of the graphics.

London: John Murray, Albemarle street London, 1832. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. John Murray, Albemarle street London, 1832. 1st Edition . Good/No Jacket. Complete in 24 parts. Library rebound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Ex library with bookplate inside and stamps on reverse of the plates. The plates show landscapes, portraits, architecture, seascapes etc. From Aberdeen to Athens, via Italy, France, Grenada etc. Approximately 130 plates. Some foxing, mainly to the front of the book, but overall in very good condition for its' age. A nice complete copy of this scarce book.

Rokin Art Press. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 4to. Hardcover with pictorial dustjacket. 128pp illustrated throughout. Text in Dutch and English. A monograph of Frits Goosen and signed by him with a dedication on the title page. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Generally near fine book with a little edge wear to the base.

London: Hyperion, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Gauguin. Small cream card coloured boards with tipped in coloured illustration on front. 47pp with frontis and numerous other monochrome and coloured illustrations throughout. Some marking to front cover, very nice and clean inside. A brief biography of Gauguin copiously illustrated. Undated circa 1950 with gift inscription on front endpaper dated 1955.