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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.

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  • Contemporary British Studio Pottery: Forms of Expression by THORPE, Ashley.
    THORPE, Ashley.
    Contemporary British Studio Pottery: Forms of Expression

    Marlborough, Wiltshire The Crowood Press 2023

    238 pp, with many colour illustrations. Quarto with dust jacket in fine condition. A beautifully produced book exploring the interaction, through the work of twenty- four potters, between the ancient language of pots and the contemporary.

    Stock ID: 23637
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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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  • [SMITH, Edwin] COOK, Olive
    Cuts

    Published by Previous Parrot Press, Church Hanborough, Witney, 1992

    Fine. Edwin Smith (illustrator). 37 pages ( 6 page introduction with remainder taken up with cuts by Edwin Smith, near fine condition in decorated paper covered boards. Number 160 of an edition of 178 copies signed by Olive Cook. Signed by Author(s). No dust wrapper as issued. Lovely copy. Pages uncut. Loosely inserted prospectus for Anne Cathcart's Book of the Month.

    Stock ID: 23287
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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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  • RICHARDS, Adam BAINES, Phil and WILLIAMS, Hilary.
    Designing for Ditchling

    Ortshostat Edition 2015

    64pp illustrated. 4to. Striking red cloth. Fine.

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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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  • POWERS, Alan and RUSSELL, James.
    Eric Ravilious The Story of High Street.

    Mainstone Press 2008

    188pp illustrated in colour and b/w. Quarto. Blue cloth with a decorative label and slipcase. Page size 265x195mm. Decorative end papers. Limited to 750 copies. Laid in prospectus for the book.

    Stock ID: 23615
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  • Eskimo Graphic Art / L'art graphique des Esquimaux by [TURNER, Evan H. Introduction by]
    [TURNER, Evan H. Introduction by]
    Eskimo Graphic Art / L'art graphique des Esquimaux

    Cape Dorset, Canada West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative 1963

    Soft-cover catalogue. Unpaginated.[i + 34pp + i] Black and white images throughout, except for the first and last tissue paper pages which are printed in brown. Blue un-coated paper wraps with black printed image and title. 2480mm X 216mm. Designed by Fritz Gottschalk at Paul Arthur+Associates in Ottawa. This catalogue presents the selection of stencils, stonecuts, and engravings chosen for release by the Canadian Eskimo Art Committee from the production of the Inuits at Cape Dorset during the 1962 season. Several artists feature heavily within the catalogue. Names such as Kenojuak, Pisteolak, Kiakshuk, Pudlo, Parr — but also many up-and-coming artists who have since gone on to build names for themselves.…

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    Cape Dorset, Canada West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative 1963

    Soft-cover catalogue. Unpaginated.[i + 34pp + i] Black and white images throughout, except for the first and last tissue paper pages which are printed in brown. Blue un-coated paper wraps with black printed image and title. 2480mm X 216mm. Designed by Fritz Gottschalk at Paul Arthur+Associates in Ottawa. This catalogue presents the selection of stencils, stonecuts, and engravings chosen for release by the Canadian Eskimo Art Committee from the production of the Inuits at Cape Dorset during the 1962 season. Several artists feature heavily within the catalogue. Names such as Kenojuak, Pisteolak, Kiakshuk, Pudlo, Parr — but also many up-and-coming artists who have since gone on to build names for themselves. An unusual item.

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    Stock ID: 22805
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  • [KENT, Rockwell] BUCK, Glen [ text by]
    Fifty Years A B Dick Company 1884-1934

    Published by Privately Printed, Chicago, 1934

    Unpaginated. Includes colour portrait of A B Dick, full page photogravure plates of the mimeograph machines and the offices of the firm + decorations by Rockwell Kent. 4to. Gilt decorated cloth. Gold end papers. Very good copy. Printed at the Lakeside Press Limited. Dedicated to Albert Blake Dick, this company history commemorates fifty years of Progress and Achievement. It was produced as a Golden Anniversary souvenir of the firm. A. B. Dick Company was a major American manufacturer of copy machines and office supplies in the late 19th century and 20th centuries.

    Stock ID: 21037
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  • {WEISSENBORN} NYBURG, Anna.
    From Leipzig to London: The Life and Work of the Émigré Artist Hellmuth Weissenborn

    New Castle, Delaware, Oak Knoll Press 2012

    184pp, quarto with 54 black and white illustrations. Book with dust jacket in very good condition. The first full biography of the artist who began his life and trained in Leipzig, left Germany in 1939 and continued in London with a career of printmaking, teaching, typography and publishing.

    Stock ID: 23555
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  • [AMEN, Irving] LEONARD William Ellery [translator]
    Gilgamesh

    Avon. C.T. The Limited Editions Club, 1974

    Number 1853 of 2000, signed by the illustrator. Large 4to. In publisher's slipcase. Slightly sunned on spine else very good copy. 106 pages + superb coloured illustrations by Irving Amen. Introduction by Leonard Cotterell.

    Stock ID: 21366
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  • [GOYA] CAXTON, Francisco Javier Sanchez.
    Goya and the Black Paintings

    London Faber and Faber 1964

    95pp text, 137 colour illustrations, 56 pages of full colour plates, with detail reproductions of specific paintings, some pull outs to give a sense of scale. Appendix by Xavier de Salas Large 4to. Very good in slightly worn dust wrapper and in original slip case as issued. Hard to find.

    Stock ID: 22147
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  • Graven Images by FARLEIGH, John.
    FARLEIGH, John.
    Graven Images

    London Macmillan 1940

    388pp. Numerous illustrations Autobiographical text book. Very good. Decorated boards with matching dust wrapper. Wrapper worn at all edges. Internally very good.

    Stock ID: 22817
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  • Gymnopaediae by PITTS, J Martin
    PITTS, J Martin
    Gymnopaediae

    Llandogo, Near Monmouth, Old Stile Press 1989

    Limited edition of 220 copies, this being no. 174 signed by the artist, J. Martin Pitts. pp [75]. Linocut illustrations throughout. Original publisher's quarter black cloth, with title blind stamped at spine and blue illustrated paper boards. Hardback. Slip-Case. 4to. No dust wrapper as issued. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. The images in the book are inspired by ritural dances held in the ancient city of Thera. First among the sanctuaries and temples of the city was that of Apollo Karneios and in the middle of the month Karneios (August-September) the Karneia took place - the solemn and important festival introduced from Sparta.At the height of the festivities…

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    Llandogo, Near Monmouth, Old Stile Press 1989

    Limited edition of 220 copies, this being no. 174 signed by the artist, J. Martin Pitts. pp [75]. Linocut illustrations throughout. Original publisher's quarter black cloth, with title blind stamped at spine and blue illustrated paper boards. Hardback. Slip-Case. 4to. No dust wrapper as issued. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. The images in the book are inspired by ritural dances held in the ancient city of Thera. First among the sanctuaries and temples of the city was that of Apollo Karneios and in the middle of the month Karneios (August-September) the Karneia took place - the solemn and important festival introduced from Sparta.At the height of the festivities and when the moon was full, were the Gymnopaediae. On a specially dedicated square, close by the cliff edge, and watched by the citizens (some of whom were moved to express their feelings in graffiti which are still visible in the stones) naked boys danced and sang paeans to the patron of the palaestra, Apollo Kourotrophos,From the collection of Bruce Wannell with his bookplate which was specially made by Mark Hearld in York. Very good copy.

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    Stock ID: 20868
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  • Hazel Johnston: Porcelain by [JOHNSTON] JOHNSTON, Simon
    [JOHNSTON] JOHNSTON, Simon
    Hazel Johnston: Porcelain

    Los Angeles Verb Editions/ Lund Humphries 2010

    144 pp, quarto with jacket in fine condition. A survey of the career of the potter interweaving extensive interviews and images, most of which are colour reproductions. A beautifully designed and illustrated book.

    Stock ID: 23636
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  • BEERBOHM Max. (1872-1956)
    Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet

    No publisher given [Messrs Leadlay Ltd], London., N.D. [1931]

    First edition. Folio. Title sheet, contents sheet, facsimile manuscript note by Max Beerbohm mounted in a folding sheet and five colour prints mounted in folding sheets, all loose in a vellum-backed card portfolio with gilt titles. The subjects of the prints are Noel Coward, Peggy Wood, Georges Metaxa, Ivy St. Helier and Charles B. Cochran. The Noel Coward print has been mounted for hanging. Number 444 of 900 copies. The portfolio is rubbed, dusty. Ex library stamps on the folder and on the paper folder which protects each image. The prints are very good.

    Stock ID: 15604
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  • [HOGARTH] HALLETT, Mark and RIDING Christine.
    Hogarth

    London, Tate Publishing, 2006

    264 pp, quarto with dust jacket in very good condition and a wealth of illustrations. The catalogue of the major Hogarth exhibition held at Tate Britain which covered for the first time all the different aspects of the artist's career.

    Stock ID: 23562
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  • Ivon Hitchens by [HITCHENS, Ivon] BOWNESS, Alan [Editor]
    [HITCHENS, Ivon] BOWNESS, Alan [Editor]
    Ivon Hitchens

    London Lund Humphries 1973

    Edited by Alan Bowness with an introductory essay by T.G. Rosenthal. Unpaginated c.334pp. 35pp introduction followed by 193 illustrative reproductions, 123 laid in, in colour. Quarto. Beige cloth covered boards with white lettering on spine. Dustwrapper. Ivon Hitchens was born in 1893. He spent many years living and painting in West Sussex, where the English countryside acted as inspiration for much of his work. This comprehensive monograph follows Hitchens artistic development from the 1920s to 1973, when Hitchens was celebrating his eightieth year, with the added benefit of information given by the artist himself to the authors. Dustwrapper chipped and torn in three places else a very good copy.

    Stock ID: 22513
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  • Japonisme in Art by [General Editor; CHISABUO, Yamada] The Society for the Study of Japonisme
    [General Editor; CHISABUO, Yamada] The Society for the Study of Japonisme
    Japonisme in Art An International Symposium

    Tokyo Committee for the Year 2001 1980

    First Edition. 331pp with numerous black and white images and 9 coloured plates. Green cloth covered boards with silver title on spine. Original dust wrapper. Octavo. A collection of essays from leading scholars and specialists in the field of Japonisme in art as addressed at the international symposium in Tokyo on "The Mutual Influences between Japanese and Occidental Arts." Very good. Dust wrapper very slightly age worn along top edge else a very nice copy of this scarce book.

    Stock ID: 22933
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