Design

  • 1951 Design Congress: Theme Design Policy in Industry as a responsibility of High Level Management by [COID]
    [COID]
    1951 Design Congress: Theme Design Policy in Industry as a responsibility of High Level Management

    The Council of Industrial Design 1951

    Series of papers, each with separate pagination, bound together each with paper title page giving title and presenter of each. Long 4to. Crème cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Primary paper by Colin S. Anderson, Director Green & Co Ltd, Managers of the Orient Line. [10pp] Main papers by Prof Egidio Bonfante, Advisor toe Olivetti, [11pp] Dante Giacosa, Director of Engineering of S. A. Fiat, [10pp] Harold Hartley, Chairman of Radiation Ltd, [9pp, Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Vice President of Corning Glass Works, [13pp] C. H. Jackson, BOAC Executive on Industrial design in British Overseas Airways Corporation [11pp] Lord Latham, Chair of London Transport on Design in London Transport [8pp] Kenneth…

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    The Council of Industrial Design 1951

    Series of papers, each with separate pagination, bound together each with paper title page giving title and presenter of each. Long 4to. Crème cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on the spine. Primary paper by Colin S. Anderson, Director Green & Co Ltd, Managers of the Orient Line. [10pp] Main papers by Prof Egidio Bonfante, Advisor toe Olivetti, [11pp] Dante Giacosa, Director of Engineering of S. A. Fiat, [10pp] Harold Hartley, Chairman of Radiation Ltd, [9pp, Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Vice President of Corning Glass Works, [13pp] C. H. Jackson, BOAC Executive on Industrial design in British Overseas Airways Corporation [11pp] Lord Latham, Chair of London Transport on Design in London Transport [8pp] Kenneth Lee Chairman of Tootal Broadhurst Lee on Textile Manufacture [8pp] + a series 14 further secondary papers themed on aspects of industrial design. Ex Royal Society of Arts library with class mark on spine and paper label on rear paste down.

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  • [The Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace 1851] Union of Graphic Art Engraving with
    A Brief Survey of the Objects of Graphic Art exhibited at the Imperial and Government Printing Establishment at Vienna, at the London Exhibition

    London Samuel Bagster and Sons 1851

    Engraving 140x210mm advertising the Union of the Graphic Arts, executed by the Imperial and Government Establishment in Vienna 1851: a delightful engraving - slight water mark stain on one margin else good. Illustrates putti representing aspects of printing set in gothic arches. Two colour lettering. Loosely inserted into the Brief Survey of Objects of Grpahic art 16pp 8vo stapled Original printed wrappers. A very bright copy. Together these two items provide an important perspective on the production of this pioneer printing establishment under the direction of Alois Auer [ 1813-1869] Austrian printer, inventor and botanical illustrator. At the Great Exhibition, the display included Auer's collection of the Lord's Prayer in 608 languages, chomo-lithography…

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    London Samuel Bagster and Sons 1851

    Engraving 140x210mm advertising the Union of the Graphic Arts, executed by the Imperial and Government Establishment in Vienna 1851: a delightful engraving - slight water mark stain on one margin else good. Illustrates putti representing aspects of printing set in gothic arches. Two colour lettering. Loosely inserted into the Brief Survey of Objects of Grpahic art 16pp 8vo stapled Original printed wrappers. A very bright copy. Together these two items provide an important perspective on the production of this pioneer printing establishment under the direction of Alois Auer [ 1813-1869] Austrian printer, inventor and botanical illustrator. At the Great Exhibition, the display included Auer's collection of the Lord's Prayer in 608 languages, chomo-lithography and photography by Paul Pretsch. See Bigmore & Wyman 111 p13 which cites only an edition of 1852 with a variant title page to this one. From the collection of Robin de Beaumont. The pamphlet includes his small ownership ticket pasted to the verso of the upper wrapper. Lovely item. The advertising engraving was probably a "give-away" at the exhibition stand. Scarce.

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  • A Catalogue of Fencing Railings and Gates no F105 by [ROWELL David.]
    [ROWELL David.]
    A Catalogue of Fencing Railings and Gates no F105

    London David Rowell & Co ltd, 66/72 Clapham Junction, no date c 1970

    44pp catalogue illustrated with line ills and illustrating the range of gates and railings supplied by the firm. Firm first established in 1855. Green wrappers, stapled. 240x180mm. Has been folded else very good.

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  • A History of English Glass Painting by DRAKE Maurice
    DRAKE Maurice
    A History of English Glass Painting With Some Remarks on the Swiss Glass Miniatures of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.

    London, T. Werner Laurie Ltd. 1912

    x+226pp plus 36 plates from drawings by Wilfrid Drake. 4to in cloth-backed boards, slightly scuffed and bumped at corners and spine, but generally vg. Internally there is some spotting, confined to endpapers and the first 20pp. Important early survey of stained glass, extending from the seventh century to the Gothic revival. Later chapters deal with Heraldry, Swiss glass (as a point of comparison), decay and advice for the collector. With useful appendices and bibliographies of early material. Many of the lovely full page plates are in colour.

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  • A Manual of Historic Ornament by GLAZIER Richard
    GLAZIER Richard
    A Manual of Historic Ornament

    B.T. Batsford (1899) 6th edition 1948

    Present edition revised and enlarged with 184pp + 670 illustrations by the author, + 72 photo plates in b/w. Green cloth. Very good in very good dust wrapper. Prize bookplate of the previous owner who was a prize winning apprentice in painting and decorating etc.

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  • A Record of the International Fire Exhibition organised under the auspices of the British Fire Prevention Committee .. by SACHS, Edwin O.
    SACHS, Edwin O.
    A Record of the International Fire Exhibition organised under the auspices of the British Fire Prevention Committee .. Earls Court London 1903

    London by The British Fire Prevention Committee 1903

    304pp + lxxi + [4]pp appendix +270 plates + fold out plan of the exhibition forming last page. Red gilt decorated loth. Head and base of spine chipped with small tear at head of spine. Decorated end papers, these a little age toned. The exhibition included examples of the latest fire fighting equipment and there was also a substantial loan of items on the history of fire including paintings, models, historical equipment etc. Sachs is best known for his writing on Theatre Architecture. Sach wrote the introduction to this huge catalogue.

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  • Addresses of the Superintendents of the Department of Practical Art, by COPY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PHILIP CUNCLIFFE OWEN – V & A DIRECTOR COLE, Henry, et al....
    COPY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PHILIP CUNCLIFFE OWEN – V & A DIRECTOR COLE, Henry, et al....
    Addresses of the Superintendents of the Department of Practical Art, delivered in the theatre at Marlborough House: I. On the facilities afforded to all classes of the community for obtaining education in art, by Henry Cole ...

    London Chapman and Hall 1853

    24. Nov. 1852: II. On the methods employed for imparting education in art to all classes, by Richard Redgrave, ... 27. Nov. 1852. Bound with Correspondence between the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade, London Harrison & Sons 1853 28pp and REDGRAVE, Richard, On the Necessity of Principles in Teaching Design, London Chapman Hall 1853,52pp, LINDLEY, John The Symmetry of Vegetation, 51pp illustrated in text and Introductory Lecture on the Museum of Ornamental Art of the Department, both London L Chapman and Hall 1854. Marbled end paper, Gilt decorated and lettered red morocco. Very good internally, all edges a little rubbed. Philip Cuncliffe Owen, 8 June 1828 – 23 March…

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    London Chapman and Hall 1853

    24. Nov. 1852: II. On the methods employed for imparting education in art to all classes, by Richard Redgrave, ... 27. Nov. 1852. Bound with Correspondence between the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade, London Harrison & Sons 1853 28pp and REDGRAVE, Richard, On the Necessity of Principles in Teaching Design, London Chapman Hall 1853,52pp, LINDLEY, John The Symmetry of Vegetation, 51pp illustrated in text and Introductory Lecture on the Museum of Ornamental Art of the Department, both London L Chapman and Hall 1854. Marbled end paper, Gilt decorated and lettered red morocco. Very good internally, all edges a little rubbed. Philip Cuncliffe Owen, 8 June 1828 – 23 March 1894) was an exhibition organizer and latterly, the Director of the South Kensington Museum in London. Signed by him on title page. Uncommon.

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  • [PARKER] ROGERSON, Ian
    Agnes Miller Parker wood-engraver and illustrator 1895-1980 with recollections of the artist by John Dreyfus

    Wakefield The Fleece Press 1990

    One of 241 of 300 copies. 92pp 32 wood engravings by Agnes Miller Parker, 3 half-tones of the young artist at her easel, with her fellow students at the Glasgow School of Art and, later in life, holding one of her Siamese cats + further sketches in black and white + one in colour "The horsefair". 230x280mm Half blue cloth with paper label on spine, Claire Mazairezyk paste paper covered boards. Good in slip case with paper label. Paper label on slip case a little foxed.

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  • (THE NEW VISION) Le Corbusier
    Aircraft

    (The Studio 1935) Universe Books New York 1988

    124pp illus with b/w plates. Sm 4to. Vg in dw. Facsimile of classic Le Corbusier's study of the airplane, symbol of the new age.

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  • All For Hecuba by PINE Richard [Editor]
    PINE Richard [Editor]
    All For Hecuba an exhibition to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Edwards - mac Liammóir partnership and of the Gate Theatre 1928 - 1978

    Dublin Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art 1978

    Foreword by Peter Lake. Unpaginated. 392pp illustrated with sepia photographs and a few colour images. Long 4to. Wrappers. Good copy. Useful resource on the history of Irish Theatre production and design.

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  • PICK. Frank,
    An Edinburgh Address on Design and Industry

    Edinburgh Design and Industries Association (Edinburgh Branch) 1917

    23pp. Pamphlet containing a D.I.A Address by Frank Pick. Paper wrappers with paste down label. Very good ephemeral item. First pamphlet to be published by the DIA Edinburgh Branch. Pick was working for London Transport at the time towards unifying its brand. The key principles to make good design are explored in this pamphlet. Scarce.

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  • An Old York Church: All Hallows in North Street 1089-1908 by Association copy SHAW, Rev. P.J. (ed.)
    Association copy SHAW, Rev. P.J. (ed.)
    An Old York Church: All Hallows in North Street 1089-1908 Its Medieval Stained Glass, Architecture and Records

    York, The Church Shop 1908

    99pp with 34 b/w illustrations in the text, plus 9 colour and 28 b/w plates. Large 4to. Cream cloth with gilt decoration of church on upper board. Bright copy. Sumptuously illustrated by Mabel Leaf and E. Ridsdale Tate. With chapters on the history, glass, architecture, records and contemporary use of the church, plus an appendix containing abstracts of 71 wills 1389-1467. This attractive book was limited to 500 presentation copies, of which this is no. 208. Subscription list forms part of the preliminaries. Arthur Edward Hunt's copy with his signature on front paste down. Hunt was a partner in the firm of Shrigley and Hunt which produced stained-glass windows and art tiles. The firm…

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    York, The Church Shop 1908

    99pp with 34 b/w illustrations in the text, plus 9 colour and 28 b/w plates. Large 4to. Cream cloth with gilt decoration of church on upper board. Bright copy. Sumptuously illustrated by Mabel Leaf and E. Ridsdale Tate. With chapters on the history, glass, architecture, records and contemporary use of the church, plus an appendix containing abstracts of 71 wills 1389-1467. This attractive book was limited to 500 presentation copies, of which this is no. 208. Subscription list forms part of the preliminaries. Arthur Edward Hunt's copy with his signature on front paste down. Hunt was a partner in the firm of Shrigley and Hunt which produced stained-glass windows and art tiles. The firm was founded in Lancaster 1874 by Arthur Hunt when he took over Hudson & Shrigley. He is listed as one of the subscribers to this edition.

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  • COPE W.H.
    Ancient Ecclesiastical Stained Glass

    London 1897

    24pp illustrated with 4 chromolithographed plates. 4to. Original wraps preserved within recent gilt lettered cloth binding to make a very good copy. Print edition of a paper read before the British Archaeological Association 1st March 1882. Pages a little worn at edges else very good.

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  • Archibald Knox by MARTIN, Stephen A. (Editor)
    MARTIN, Stephen A. (Editor)
    Archibald Knox

    London Academy Editions 1995

    143 pages consisting of an introduction by Stephen Martin, nine essays by Knox scholars including illustrations, 63 pages of plates, the majority in colour and a bibliography and index. The book establishes Knox's central role in the evolution of British and Modern design, sheds light on the influences that shaped his career and succeeds in clearing away the mystery and uncertainty that surrounds this major British designer and his personal affairs. Very good copy. The dust jacket has been price-clipped

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  • COOK Peter
    Architecture: action and plan

    London, Studio Vista 1969 (1967)

    96pp with numerous b/w illustrations. Printed wraps. Square octavo. Good. Spine a little bumped at top edge. Upper hinge cracked. Pencil annotations on some of the pages. A stimulating book in which Cook considers architecture as an extension of our personalities, our aspirations, motives and what this means in terms of reading contemporary architecture.

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  • [ART WORKERS ASSOCIATION] TOWNSEND W G Paulson.
    Art Workers Quarterly Volume 2

    London Chapman & Hall 1903

    4 issues bound covering the whole year. 4to. Green cloth as issued with gilt lettering and vignette on upper board. Missing free end paper at the front. Scatttered foxing to preliminaries else very good. The Art Workers' Quarterly, subtitled, A Portfolio of Practical Designs for Decorative and Applied Arts, was published in five volumes by Chapman & Hall, London, between 1902 and 1906. Contributors in this volume include , Walter Crane, J. Alexander Fisher, D A Aird, R A Dawson, James Aitken, Aymer Valance, Ethel Higgins and Elizabeth F Scott. Wonderful illustrations to inspire design.

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  • [WPM]
    Beautiful Rooms Artistically Papers

    Manchester Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd c1930

    Single sided colour illustrations of room settings which have been wallpapered. Tissue guards between each page. 4to. Cloth backed boards. Red lettering on upper board. Boards slightly soiled. Text in English, Spanish and French. Traditional layouts of spaces with traditional furniture. A key provider of popular wallpapers in the UK in the first half of the 20th century. It was established as an association of manufacturers in 1899. The Wallpaper Manufacturers Ltd. became Reed Decorative Products Ltd in 1965. The Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester hold the major archive of samples.

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  • [TALWIN MORRIS]
    Binding Stamps: A small selection of binding stamps designed by Talwin Morris

    Foulis Press Archive Press Glasgow School of Art 1973

    First edition no 36 of 50 copies designed by Gordon Huntly from material by James Murray 14pp printed on 14 leaves french folded. Mounted fontis of gold thistle design blocked onto cream buckram. Fine in original wrappers with Morris design in back and green. Loosely inserted letter from John Tomlinson and Christmas card blank from the Foulis Press

    Stock ID: 22910
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  • [BIRMINGHAM PRINTING SCHOOL]
    Birmingham School of Printing Booklets 1-5

    Birmingham Central School of Arts and Craft, Margaret Street 1926-1928

    Unpaginated c12pp - 20pp per issue. All with variant decorated printed wrappers, 220 x 295mm. Ribbon ties. The publications were produced to show the range of printing work produced by the school Issue One indicates Bernard Sleigh as teacher of wood engraving in the staff list. Lovely production and each includes several colour images alongside reproduction of letter press work. en issues in total were produced in the series. Uncommon.

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  • [HOTELS]
    Bonnington Hotel Southampton Row WC1: London Weekly Diary of Social Events

    London Geo Aug. Mate & Son Printers and Publishers, Fleet Street 1934

    62pp including period ads and maps +[4]pp period ads in colour for motor cars by the Austin Car Company. Paste down advert in colour for Frames Tours ticket agency. 16mo. Cream lettered wrappers. Stapled. Good copy. Events listing publication which served to promote them and the Hotel who distributed it and the printing firm who published it. From Robin de Beaumont's collection with his tiny monograph label on inside of front paste down.

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