London Partridge Fine Arts Ltd 1986

Unpaginated 16pp. b/w + colour ills with captions. Sq 8vo illustrated wrappers. Catalogue for the exhibition held at Partridge Fine Arts, 5th to 21st November 1986, 26 works listed. Loosely inserted a.l.s from Felix Kelly to Gavin Stamp dated 18th April 1988. Concerns an article written by Gavin Stamp in the architects Journal on the Howard Building, Downing College, Oxford. Felix Kelly designed Henbury Hall for Sebastian De Ferranti, Henbury was based on Palladio's Villa Rotonda. The Architect of choice was Quinlan Terry,who was later removed from the project as his design was not to De Ferranti's taste. In this letter Kelly discusses encountering similar qualities with Terry's plan as were outlined in Gavin Stamp's article on the Howard Building, . The first image to appear in the catalogue '2 Palladian House on the Causeway' has a pen annotation stating 'This is really Henbury'. From the collection of Gavin Stamp.

Wakefield The Fleece Press 1997

180pp. Tipped-in colour illustrations. 8vo. A Fine volume in quarter cloth with decorative patterned paper (based on Paul Nash design) over boards with paper label on spine in a fine slipcase. The narrative story of four students, Dora Carrington, Paul Nash and his brother John, and Christine Kuhlenthal, who formed friendships as they came together at the Slade School of Painting in the years just prior to the 1st World War. Ronald Blythe, (author of "Akenfield") a friend of the Nash's, draws heavily from letters, photographs, drawings and paintings to reveal an intimate portrait of these friends and of the time in which they lived. Printed at the Fleece Press by Simon Lawrence. Limited (but un-numbered) edition of 300. Set in Centaur, printed on Zerkall and bound in Otley by Smith Settle.

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.

Köln, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Köln,

Third edition. Unpaginated . Vinyl binding with title embossed. Perspex binder with 50mm binding screws keeping the book together. Silk paper prelims. Mounted colour images. One replacement binding screw has been inserted, similar to the original. Upper wrapper a bit warped. Magnificent exhibition catalogue based on a model of Wolf Vostell and printed on various media (polystyrene sheets, acetate, kraft paper, etc.). Illustrated with innumerable reproductions including some fold outs. Includes works of Joseph Albers, Horst, Joseph Beuys, Jim Dine, Jean Dubuffet, Dan Flavin, Richard Hamilton, Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Yves Klein, Sol Lewitt, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, Gerhard Richter, Pierre Soulage, Antoni Tapies, Wayne Thiebaud, Cy Twombly and Andy Warhol. Texts in English and German.

London, Sands and Co. 1938

164pp, 160 b/w illustrations of sacred art drawn from the Roman Catholic tradition. 4to. Striking cover design. A little worn on spine else good. Loosely inserted photograph of unidentified piece. Illustrations drawn from a wide range o f European Countries including Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary, Switzerland. Special articles by a range of commentators including Mgr. Anichini, E I Watkin, Joan Morris, Norbert, Noe, T Zing and others. Inscription on title page says "As a minimum wage for work done for "Art Notes" with all best wishes Joan Morris." Next to each photo image is a short commentary about the project. Contemporary designs from complete buildings, sculpture and objects are included. War broke out in the year following publication and so this annual review was only ever a single issue.

London Grant Richards Limited 1917 - 1918

pp. 31; colour lithographic frontispiece and 24 monochrome plates: 25, [1, list of plates]; colour lithographic frontispiece and 24 monochrome plates. Both volumes in the original cloth backed boards with printed paper labels to front board and spine. The paper spine label of the volume The Great War is rather chipped and worn else the bindings of each are good. End papers age browned in the issue of Modern War Paintings. Christopher Nevinson is generally accepted as one of the most important artists of World War I. He served with the Ambulance service at the front and, later, with the Royal Army Medical Corps. The books are renowned for their high quality reproductions. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST IN PENCIL UNDER THE FRONTISPIECE OF THE GREAT WAR VOLUME.