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  • [KANDINSKY] LEVIN, Gail and LORENZ, Marianne
    Theme & Improvisation: Kandinsky & the American Avant-Garde 1912 - 1950

    Boston, Toronto, London Bulfinch Press, Little Brown and Company 1992

    236pp. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered black at the spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Produced alongside a touring exhibition Organised by the Dayton Art Institute, curated by co-author Marianne Lorenz. A very good copy. From the collection of Jonathan and Maggie Silver (although un-attributed)

    Stock ID: 22543
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  • Third Generation. The Changing Meaning of Architecture by DREW Philip
    DREW Philip
    Third Generation. The Changing Meaning of Architecture

    London Pall Mall Press 1972

    176pp. b/w ills throughout. Red cloth boards with white titles. Missing dust wrapper, a section of which is slipped into the book. Ex Library copy from the Department of the Environment Library. Covers a little grubby else good.

    Stock ID: 22704
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  • This is Cinerama/ Place au Cinerama/Das ist Cinerama/ Dit is Cinerama by [BRUSSELS 1958]
    [BRUSSELS 1958]
    This is Cinerama/ Place au Cinerama/Das ist Cinerama/ Dit is Cinerama

    Brussels Robin International Cinerama Corporation, Stanley Warner Cinerama Corporation and N V Belgian Exhibitors S.A. 1958

    16pp With loosely inserted flyer which is a programme of the films to be shown in the Cinerama at the Brussels Worlds Fair of 1958. Illustrated with b/w plates and monotone line images. Long 4to. Striking wrappers. Centre fold is a large explanatory diagram of what a Cinerama comprises. Text in English, French German and Dutch. Nice item. Wide Screen cinematography became one of the attractions of World Fairs. The first manifestation was at Paris 1900 with the Lumiere Brothers. Each Worlds Fair had some manifestation of the wide screen. The trademarked process was marketed by the Cinerama corporation. It was the first…

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    Brussels Robin International Cinerama Corporation, Stanley Warner Cinerama Corporation and N V Belgian Exhibitors S.A. 1958

    16pp With loosely inserted flyer which is a programme of the films to be shown in the Cinerama at the Brussels Worlds Fair of 1958. Illustrated with b/w plates and monotone line images. Long 4to. Striking wrappers. Centre fold is a large explanatory diagram of what a Cinerama comprises. Text in English, French German and Dutch. Nice item. Wide Screen cinematography became one of the attractions of World Fairs. The first manifestation was at Paris 1900 with the Lumiere Brothers. Each Worlds Fair had some manifestation of the wide screen. The trademarked process was marketed by the Cinerama corporation. It was the first of a number of novel processes introduced during the 1950s to keep interest in cinema allive. The first Cinerama film, This Is Cinerama, premiered on September 30, 1952 in New York. The same film, along with a programme of others was shown at Brussels.

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    Stock ID: 21865
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  • Thomas Cubitt Master Builder by [CUBITT] HOBHOUSE Hermione
    [CUBITT] HOBHOUSE Hermione
    Thomas Cubitt Master Builder

    London [1971] Management Books Didcot 1995

    568pp illustrated. Fine in dust wrapper - this torn approx 1.5cm at head of spine. Only exhaustive study of Thomas Cubitt, highly influential builder in London who was the creator of Bloomsbury, Clapham, Islington and other Victorian Suburbs. He further worked beyond London in Brighton and also for Country house architects. This edition was reissued long after the first with corrections, additional comments and revised illustrations.

    Stock ID: 23829
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  • WATKIN David
    Thomas Hope and the Neoclassical Revival

    John Murray 1968

    316pp illus. with b/w plates. Vg in slightly worn dust wrapper. Important study of the life and work of Thomas Hope who prescribed classicism in design but who Watkin reveals as a romantic at heart.

    Stock ID: 20790
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  • Thoughts on Drawing by MELLON, Eric James.
    MELLON, Eric James.
    Thoughts on Drawing with an appreciation by Lottie Hoare

    Inky Parrot Press 1996

    Wood engraved plates & illustrations. Includes artists proof of the image Noah, loosely inserted. Boards. With folio of prints limited to 24 copies in separate folio, both housed in a pictorial slip case. The publication was produced in an edition of 76 copies of which 24 have an additional set of signed wood engravings of which this is one. Decorated paper covered slipcase. The book and portfolio is in very good condition. Slip case a little worn at edges and corners. The portfolio contains images names as; THE GARDENER; MERMAID OF ZENNORE; ALLEGORY; and THE DREAM four wood engravings, each signed, titled and numbered IX/XXIV in pencil Largest image size 175mm x 145mm.

    Stock ID: 23672
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  • Three Generations in a Textile Family Firm by With ALS signed MORTON Jocelyn
    With ALS signed MORTON Jocelyn
    Three Generations in a Textile Family Firm

    London, Routledge and Kegan Paul 1971

    xxi + 481pp, with 34b/w plates. Cloth vg indeed in attractive dw using one of Voysey's fabric designs. A history of Alexander Morton and Company, and its offshoots, Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd and Edinburgh Weavers. With considerable information on Alexander Morton and Sir James Morton, and some description of the lives of Alastair Morton and Commander R.S.E, Hannay. With information on C.F.A. Voysey, John Ruskin, William Morris, the Arts & Crafts movement, the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, book-binding cloth, Liberty and Co., and numerous anecdotes of period artists including members of the Glasgow School and Ben Nicholson. Also interesting for its account of the firm's development from hand-weaving to large scale industrial…

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    London, Routledge and Kegan Paul 1971

    xxi + 481pp, with 34b/w plates. Cloth vg indeed in attractive dw using one of Voysey's fabric designs. A history of Alexander Morton and Company, and its offshoots, Morton Sundour Fabrics Ltd and Edinburgh Weavers. With considerable information on Alexander Morton and Sir James Morton, and some description of the lives of Alastair Morton and Commander R.S.E, Hannay. With information on C.F.A. Voysey, John Ruskin, William Morris, the Arts & Crafts movement, the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, book-binding cloth, Liberty and Co., and numerous anecdotes of period artists including members of the Glasgow School and Ben Nicholson. Also interesting for its account of the firm's development from hand-weaving to large scale industrial production. Hand written note on headed paper dated 14/11/78 from Jocelyn Morton to 'Welch' (Possibly Robert Welch?) referencing a cancelled visit to Stratford on Avon and conveying this book by post instead to the recipient. Hard to find.

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    Stock ID: 23270
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  • Three Painters: Basil Rákóczi, Kenneth Hall, Patrick Scott, with a Preface by Herbert Read. Introduction by Herbrand Ingouville-Williams by [SCOTT, Patrick]
    [SCOTT, Patrick]
    Three Painters: Basil Rákóczi, Kenneth Hall, Patrick Scott, with a Preface by Herbert Read. Introduction by Herbrand Ingouville-Williams

    Dublin Three Candles Press 1944

    With a coloured frontispiece and eighteen tipped-in plates (six by each artist). 4to. Black covered boards with hollow spine decorated with title of book. The of the spine and are edges. Dust wrapper present but worn and with verso of dust wrapper torn and worn. This was Patrick Scott's first publication and is very scarce. The painters were members of The White Stag Group – a coterie of foreign and native artists (including Patrick Scott, Kenneth Hall and Basil Rakozci). Their ambition and attitude provided a much-needed focus for the isolated cosmopolitan desperate to escape the inertia of war-bound Dublin. Their energy and broadminded attitude to the visual arts must have given some Irish…

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    Dublin Three Candles Press 1944

    With a coloured frontispiece and eighteen tipped-in plates (six by each artist). 4to. Black covered boards with hollow spine decorated with title of book. The of the spine and are edges. Dust wrapper present but worn and with verso of dust wrapper torn and worn. This was Patrick Scott's first publication and is very scarce. The painters were members of The White Stag Group – a coterie of foreign and native artists (including Patrick Scott, Kenneth Hall and Basil Rakozci). Their ambition and attitude provided a much-needed focus for the isolated cosmopolitan desperate to escape the inertia of war-bound Dublin. Their energy and broadminded attitude to the visual arts must have given some Irish artists a sense of continuing the project of modernism which the war had disrupted elsewhere. The Three Candles Press was founded by Colm Ó Lochlainn (1892–1972), who was noted for the quality of his typography. Hard to find.

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    Stock ID: 22268
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  • BOULTON E H B
    Timber Buildings for the Country

    London: Country Life 1938

    96pp with b/w plates and line ills. 8vo. Cloth boards. Decorated dust wrapper, worn at edges, else vg. Contains photographs and plans of cottages, sports pavilions, village halls, garages and garden structures which can be best built in timber. Includes examples from England, the USA Scandinavia Denmark Germany and Austria. Scarce. Uniform with this volume the following titles were published: Timber Houses, Seaside Houses and Bungalows and most frequently seen "Houses for Moderate Means".

    Stock ID: 16863
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  • Time and Place: Collected Essays by BERESFORD, M. W.
    BERESFORD, M. W.
    Time and Place: Collected Essays

    London he Hambledon Press 1984

    404 pp illustrated with black and white photographs. Boards, Very good dust wrapper. Beresford was highly regarded for his archaeological work, incluidng at Wharram Percy in North Yorkshire. This is a fine set of essays on agrarian history, medieval settlement and urban history.

    Stock ID: 23662
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  • YORKE, Malcolm.
    Today I worked well - the picture fell off the brush. The artistry of Leslie Cole Told for the first time by Malcolm Yorke with a note on the interesting life of Brenda Cole

    Wakefield The Fleece Press 2010

    200pp + colophon; 132 plates, the majority full-page in colour; Square 4to. 230 x280mm Cloth backed boards with paste down label on the spine. in the style of Simon Lawrence's previous studies of Ardizzone & Ravilious. Best known for his wartime work, Cole's watercolour technique was much influenced by Ravilious, his tutor (with Bawden) at the RCA. Fine.

    Stock ID: 23525
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  • HMSO Ministry of Town and Country Planning
    Town and Country Planning (Development Plans) Regulations 1948 Circular No.59. Statement on the preparation of development plans with an appendix containing notiations for the prescribed maps.

    London, His Majesty's Stationary Office 1948

    12pp with 3 loose folded pages (252 x 432mm) and 3 loose pages (140 x 210mm) offering notations to maps slotted into place at back of pamphlet. 8vo. Very Good.

    Stock ID: 14593
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  • Tracing Eisenman by [EISENMAN, Peter]
    [EISENMAN, Peter]
    Tracing Eisenman

    London Thames and Hudson 2006

    400pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates and line ills. 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. Comprehensive on Eisenman's buildings and projects from House I (New Jersey) to the large sclae later works including the Memorial to Murdered Jews in Berlin 2015. The book includes contributed essays and critques by contemporary architects and writers.

    Stock ID: 22614
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  • [YALE]
    Trade Catalogue of Locks and Hardware no 2E

    London The Yale & Towne Co. 1908

    Frontis of Premises, 168pp illustrated catalogue products of the firm comprising locks, keys and door furniture and including an introductory note and glossary of terms used in locksmithing. Cloth backed boards. Spine lettering rubbed. Upper board repeats title but is a bit worn. Preceding the main body of the catalogue is a 10pp comparative list of old and new numbers, alterations, and additions +discount sheet sent to Mr W T Whincup, 31 Claremont Terrace, York.

    Stock ID: 22386
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  • YARDLEY
    Trade catalogues and price lists 1952-1953

    8 items: comprising export price lists with texts in English French and Spanish, April 1952, Price list for April 1952 revised price list April 1952, [ Campbell Horsfall written in pencil on upper wrapper], Retail price list April 1952. Whole Sale Price list September 1952, Export price list March 1953 and Gift Cases list from Ist June 1953 and leaflet "Prestige and Profit for You" a gatefold leaflet illustrate in colour, + typed letter concerning the end of rationing of beauty soaps. Mostly 4pp each. Decorated upper wrapper design. All from Yardley House, 33 Old Bond Street London

    Stock ID: 22617
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  • Tradition & Modernity in Plasterwork by WEAVER, Lawrence
    WEAVER, Lawrence
    Tradition & Modernity in Plasterwork

    London G. Jackson & Sons Ltd. 1928

    b/w frontis, 63pp, 48 b/w photographic illustrations, Contrasting white and blue boards with lettered titles and gilt roundel of George Jackson (1766-1840) on front board. 4to. Weaver's concise account of the work of George Jackson & Sons which began with plaster work for Robert Adam and was to continue evolving new techniques and skills into the late 20th Century. Very good copy.

    Stock ID: 23643
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  • BRUNSKILL. R.W.,
    Traditional Buildings of Britain: An Introduction to Vernacular Architecture

    London, Victor Gollancz 1985

    160pp with b/w photographs and line illustrations throughout. Small 4to, decorated wrappers, very good indeed. A classic text on English vernacular building.

    Stock ID: 23831
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  • SCOTT MORTON, Robert.
    Traditional Farm Architecture in Scotland

    Edinburgh The Ramsey Head Press 1976

    96pp, 130 b/w photographs also taken by the author. Small 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper. Concentrates on the eastern seaboard and South West Scotland. Very attractive and useful source for vernacular stone building in Scotland. From the collection of Althony Curtis Wolffe [architect] with his signature on the front end paper. Wolffe practised mainly in South West Scotland.

    Stock ID: 23228
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  • SUTTON, Emily.
    Transfer Treasures: Watercolours

    Wakefield The Fleece Press 2014

    Fleece Press published these together in a very long accordion-fold book measuring 275mm square and extending to a gigantic 8 metres long. They are hard-bound in a design using the water colours, and held in a slipcase with a label. The artist has drawn a title page specially for the book, and has signed each of the 250 copies on the colophon. The images are of the transferware pottery – plates, mugs and jugs – found on her dresser. Loosely inserted in this copy is the original prospectus for the book with colour paste down illustrations.

    Stock ID: 23528
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  • Transformation by [URBAN SPLASH] BLOXHAM Tim, FALKINGHAM,Jonathan and JOHNSON, Nick
    [URBAN SPLASH] BLOXHAM Tim, FALKINGHAM,Jonathan and JOHNSON, Nick
    Transformation

    London RIBA Publications 2011

    166pp illustrated with colour plates. Large square 4to. Grey boards, white lettered spine, embossed titles on boards. Very good indeed. Review of the projects of the firm since it got going in 1993. Useful for the first projects of this firm which focuses on reuse and reinvention of buildings.

    Stock ID: 23646
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