Art

  • 45 Wood Engravers chosen by Simon Lawrence by LAWRENCE, John (introduction)
    LAWRENCE, John (introduction)
    45 Wood Engravers chosen by Simon Lawrence

    Wakefield The Fleece Press 1982

    [112]pp. b/w wood engravings. 4to. Quarter buckram with gilt decoration and title, marbled paper covers and green slipcase. Limited edition, standard copy, no. 209 of 350. Exquisite collection of illustrations made from original wood engragvings, created as a second volume following 'S.T.E. Lawrence: Boxwood Blockmaker', printing work of artists missed out from the first book. With an introduction by John Lawrence. Fine.

    Stock ID: 13372
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  • A Bottle of Notes and Some Voyages by Signed by Claes Oldenburg (OLDENBURG) CELANT Germano
    Signed by Claes Oldenburg (OLDENBURG) CELANT Germano
    A Bottle of Notes and Some Voyages Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen

    Sunderland Northern Centre for Contemporary Arts, sponsored by the Henry Moore Foundation et al. 1988

    234 pages of bw and colour photographs and illustrations of art work by the artists. Stiff card covers with illustrated wrappers over. Loosely inserted private view card for the Leeds showing of this exhibition and an associated press release. Signed on the half title by Claes Oldenburg. Great catalogue made for a major touring show of works made by Oldenburg and his wife Coosje van Bruggen.

    Stock ID: 21280
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  • A Garland of new songs, by L.F. by L.F. Fraser (Claud Lovat).
    L.F. Fraser (Claud Lovat).
    A Garland of new songs, by L.F.

    London [Westminister, Printed by A.T. Stevens for Flying Fame, 1913] 1913

    Broadsheet. Eight pages, 12mo. Unbound and unstitched. Unfolds into a single leaf. Illustrated with black and white illustrations. Some hand coloured. Eight pages, 12mo. Unbound and unstitched. Unfolds into a single leaf. Stamp of Eric H Dukes on one page. A little foxed. H. Printed on paper and unnumbered.

    Stock ID: 22810
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  • A Potter's Portfolio: A selection of fine pots by [LEACH]
    [LEACH]
    A Potter's Portfolio: A selection of fine pots Introduced by Bernard Leach

    London Lund Humphries 1951

    28pp. 60 plates including five in colour. Folio. Open weave cloth. Small stain on upper board else good copy. One of Leach's key texts.

    Stock ID: 22976
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  • An Appreciation of Naum Gabo by FORGE Andrew [Foreword by REID, Sir Norman]
    FORGE Andrew [Foreword by REID, Sir Norman]
    An Appreciation of Naum Gabo

    Biddenden, Kent The Florin Press 1985

    1 of 500 first edition copies of this publication. 48pp. 11 tipped in colour plates. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title on spine. Long octavo. Published to coincide with and complement the opening of the tour of the exhibition 'The Appreciation of Naum Gabo' in Dallas, September 1985. Fine.

    Stock ID: 22942
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  • Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. by MANNERS, Lady Victoria and WILLIAMSON, Dr. G.C.
    MANNERS, Lady Victoria and WILLIAMSON, Dr. G.C.
    Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. Her Life and Her Works

    London The Bodley Head Limited 1924

    xiii, [ii], 268pp, [iv] with 79 illustrations in colour and black and white. Quarto. Quarter cloth and paper covered boards. Original dust wrapper - this a little chipped at the top of the spine. Very good. Limited to 1000 copies for sale in Great Britain and the United States. A comprehensive overview of Kauffman's life and her important artistic output. The production of this book was prompted by a discovery in the RA archives of a manuscript in Kauffmann's handwriting, written in Italian, which gives an account of her paintings post-1781. (This document is reproduced in this volume.]

    Stock ID: 22928
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  • Ark. Number Thirteen
    Ark 13: The Journal of Design and Fine Art, Winter 1954

    London Royal College of Art, 1954

    Unpaginated. Illustrated. Oblong 12mo. 180x240mm. Original card covers. These slightly dusty. Contains Illustrated essays on 'Three Young Contemporaries' by John Minton, Len Deighton 'Impressions of New York', Bernard Myers on tattoos, Herbert Spencer on 'Recent Developments in Typography', colour lithographs by Tony Puig, colour lithographs of Under Milk Wood by Roy Morgan, wo colour lithographs by Anthony Whishaw. Includes many period ads.

    Stock ID: 22898
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  • GERALLT JONES R
    Bardsey; a fortnight's journal translated from the Welsh by the author

    Market Drayton Tern Press 1976

    no 138 of 200 signed by Gerallt Jones. Includes prints by Nicholas Parry. Unpaginated. Green decorated wrappers. 240x300mm. Perfect bound. Slightly sunned on spine else good copy.

    Stock ID: 22905
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  • Bernard Leach Hamada & their circle from the Wingield Digby Collection by [LEACH & HAMADA]
    [LEACH & HAMADA]
    Bernard Leach Hamada & their circle from the Wingield Digby Collection

    Oxford Phaidon Christies 1990

    192pp illustrated with colour and bw plates. 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22872
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  • [BRZESKA] COLE, Roger
    Burning to speak The Life And Art Of Henri Gaudier Brzeska.

    Oxford Phaidon 1978

    141pp.will illustrated. Cloth. 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22264
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  • [INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART]
    Caprogrossi Exhibition 30 May-22 June 1957]

    London ICA, Dover Street 1957

    Introduction by Roland Penrose. Unpaginated 8pp including stiff card wrappers. 20 numbers listed. Printed on yellow paper internally, wrap around black and white illustrated wrappers by Caprogrossi. Exhibition in coloration with Carlo Cardazzo, Galleria del Naviglio, Milan and Galleria del Cavallino, Venice.

    Stock ID: 22904
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  • Catalogue of the Exhibitions [1] Drawings by Augustus John R.A. [2] Paintings by Henry Lamb, by [JOHN Augustus and LAMB Henry]
    [JOHN Augustus and LAMB Henry]
    Catalogue of the Exhibitions [1] Drawings by Augustus John R.A. [2] Paintings by Henry Lamb,

    London, Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd at the Leicester Galleries

    December 1933 16pp 43 numbers by John and 60 by Henry Lamb.

    Stock ID: 22832
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  • Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge by RACKHAM, Bernard
    RACKHAM, Bernard
    Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery & Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge 2 Volumes

    Cambridge The Antique Collectors' Club 1987 (1935)

    Volume I - Text and Coloured Plates: xlvii + 49 colour plates + 431pp. Volume II - Monochrome Plates: xv + 266pp. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles. Dustwrapper. Very good. Limited to 1000 copies. The Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection was originally published in 1935 and limited to just 350 copies of the 2 volume sets. Considered one of the great ceramic collections of the world, the Graisher collection was assembled by Dr J.W.L Glaisher and catalogued by Bernard Rackham, Keeper of Ceramics at the V&A and this printed catalogue remains a firm favourite amongst ceramics collectors and curators alike, worldwide.

    Stock ID: 22514
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  • [SKETCH SOCIETY]
    Catalogue of the Third Exhibition . January 1912.

    The Sketch Society 195 Piccadilly 1912

    61pp. 150mm. Paper covered boards with illustration on upper board. Advert for Newman artists materials on rear board. A little worn at all edge. Title page browned. Chairman of the Society was artist, James D Linton. List of members of the Society given at the end of the publication. There are 575 items listed and organized by artist. The Society ran between 1910-1913. It ran four exhibitions in total. These were held at the Royal Institute Galleries. The exhibitions were selling shows and the prices of each item is given in the catalogue. One copy listed on World Cat at the V&A.

    Stock ID: 22820
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  • Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings [Volume One 1895-1914] and Volume Two 1915-1951] by [NOLDE] URBAN, Martin.
    [NOLDE] URBAN, Martin.
    Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings [Volume One 1895-1914] and Volume Two 1915-1951]

    London Sotheby's Publications 1987

    i 644, ii 604pp 4to. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Fine in dust wrappers.

    Stock ID: 22533
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  • Certain Trees by [BELLINGHAM, David et al.]
    [BELLINGHAM, David et al.]
    Certain Trees The Constructed Book, Poem and Object 1964 - 2006

    Sain-Yrieix-Perche Centre de livres d'artistes 2006

    173pp. Colour images throughout. Contributions in the form of essays, poetry, musings and artwork from David Bellingham, John Bevis, Thomas A Clark and Laurie Clark, Les Coleman, Simon Cutts, Stephen Duncalf, Martin Fidler, Ian Hamilto Finlay, Brian Lane, Robert Lax, Stuart Mills, Martin Roger, Colin Sackett, Rica Van Horn, Steve Wheatley and Harry Gilonis. Small octavo with decorated green paper wraps. Exhibition leaflets and guide loosely inserted into book. Produced on the occasion of the exhibition which was held at the Centre de livres d'artistes in 2006 and later at the V&A, and organised with the support of The Henry Moore Foundation. A very fine copy and beautifully produced book.

    Stock ID: 22504
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  • Clair de lune and other troubadour romances pictured by Evelyn Paul, music by Alfred Mercer. by [WEST, Michael]
    [WEST, Michael]
    Clair de lune and other troubadour romances pictured by Evelyn Paul, music by Alfred Mercer.

    George G Harrap & Co. printed at "Ye Cheylesmore Press, Coventry" by W. W. Curtis Ltd. Nd c1913

    137+[3]pp illustrated with pasted down colour illustrations. Book block with deckled edges, these edges browned. Decorated end papers in art nouveau style, Brown leather binding with straps held in place with brass pins. Embossed title and vignette on upper board. Spine rather worn and corners a little bumped. Internally very good. The whole book design is after the approach taken in medieval manuscripts. Evelyn Paul (1883 – 1963), who illustrated this volume, was an artist best known for her book illustrations, including those replicating the style of medieval illuminations. Her influences appear to include a variety of styles including Gothic…

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    George G Harrap & Co. printed at "Ye Cheylesmore Press, Coventry" by W. W. Curtis Ltd. Nd c1913

    137+[3]pp illustrated with pasted down colour illustrations. Book block with deckled edges, these edges browned. Decorated end papers in art nouveau style, Brown leather binding with straps held in place with brass pins. Embossed title and vignette on upper board. Spine rather worn and corners a little bumped. Internally very good. The whole book design is after the approach taken in medieval manuscripts. Evelyn Paul (1883 – 1963), who illustrated this volume, was an artist best known for her book illustrations, including those replicating the style of medieval illuminations. Her influences appear to include a variety of styles including Gothic Revival, Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts Movement.

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    Stock ID: 22952
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  • Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire Original Water Colour by COLLINS, William Wiehe, [ 1862-1951]
    COLLINS, William Wiehe, [ 1862-1951]
    Coombe Abbey, Warwickshire Original Water Colour

    1911

    Watercolour of the Abbey before 19th century work was largely demolished. The last Earl of Craven to live in Coombe Abbey was William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven. When he died in 1921 his wife Cornelia Countess of Craven decided to sell the property. It was bought in 1923 by a Coventry builder named John Grey. Initially he held a contents sale but 18 months later held a demolition sale leading to much of the 19th century work, which was that of W E Nesfield, being lost. Great watercolour of the house and garden setting. Now a hotel. Collins was an English architectural and landscape genre painter, best known for his watercolour painting. He studied at Lambeth School…

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    1911

    Watercolour of the Abbey before 19th century work was largely demolished. The last Earl of Craven to live in Coombe Abbey was William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven. When he died in 1921 his wife Cornelia Countess of Craven decided to sell the property. It was bought in 1923 by a Coventry builder named John Grey. Initially he held a contents sale but 18 months later held a demolition sale leading to much of the 19th century work, which was that of W E Nesfield, being lost. Great watercolour of the house and garden setting. Now a hotel. Collins was an English architectural and landscape genre painter, best known for his watercolour painting. He studied at Lambeth School of Art and then in Paris before returning to London where he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1886. In 1898 he became an elected member of the Royal Institution and 1906 he was elected as a member of the Royal Academy of British Artists. He travelled widely, producing paintings around Europe, publishing a number of guides to the Cathedral Cities of Italy and Spain. Mounted in conservation grade card. Signed and dated by the artost, bottom left. Measures 37cm x 20.3cm. With mount, 47.5cm x 30.6cm.

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    Stock ID: 22508
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  • David Blackburn by [DAVID BLACKBURN] SHEERAN John
    [DAVID BLACKBURN] SHEERAN John
    David Blackburn A Landscape Vision

    London Dulwich Picture Gallery 1986

    48pp. 32 Black and white, and colour images accompanying an introduction by Giles Waterfield - director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, and an essay by John Sheeran. Quarto. Decorated card wraps. Fine.

    Stock ID: 22943
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  • Edward Bawden Designs on life by [BAWDEN] LUTYENS-HUMFREY, Anne
    [BAWDEN] LUTYENS-HUMFREY, Anne
    Edward Bawden Designs on life

    Essex Museums 1989

    Concertina fold out form; 28pp illustrated. Title on bund holding the whole publication together. Elusive publication with great illustrations throughout. Great book design. £95

    Stock ID: 22865
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