Milan, 5 Continents Editions 2005

536pp. 4to black cloth with stamped title, in slipcase. A little sunned on the spine else very good. Comprehensive and profusely illustrated study showing how Dolce and Gabbana evolved as a brand during their first 20 years in business. text by Sarah Mower, renowned journalist and critic, she is also the British Fashion Council's ambassador for emerging talent.

Middlesex Polytechnic 1989

72pp illus with b/w and colour plates. Royal 8vo. Decorated wraps with dw, this sl soiled. To accompany the important exhibition of the Silver Studio Collection. Essays contributed by Mark Pinney and Leslie Hoskins. One or two illustration pages are slightly stuck in the corners. Images unaffected. Ex libris Gavin Stamp with his bookplate.

Walter F Foster nd c1950

40pp illustrated with 4 monotone and many b/w plates. Folio. Stapled. Striking colour wrappers. USA graphic designer ending up eventually with his own Hollywood advertising agency moving on to Laguna Beach where he specialised in design and illustration.

London: Weidenfield and Nicholson 1993 (1985)

408pp with 535 illustrations, many of which in colour. Square 4to. Cloth. Slightly worn dust wrapper which has a short closed tear else good. wealth of information on interior decoration throughout Europe and the US over three centuries, illustrated with contemporary drawings, paintings and photographs. Thornton's keen eye for detail means that each image is accompanied by informative commentary and placed in its wider context.

London The Studio 1899

The Studio Summer Number 1899. 44pp + 59 full page plates. 4to gilt lettered, red morocco, marbled endpapers. Boards a little rubbed with small chip to the spine else vg. Loosely inserted exhibition cards. bookplate of Samuel Davies Frodsham on the front pastedown. From the collection of Gavin Stamp, with a pencil ownership inscription on the fep. Written designed & contrived by the members of the Art Workers' Guild, and finally presented by them in the Guildhall of the City of London including Walter Crane. Custom made binding.

London, Lindsay Drummond Ltd

225 pages. Colour frontis + b/w plates throughout. Very good copy in price clipped dust wrapper. Mass-Observation was formed by Madge and the anthropologist Tom Harrison and this book sets into a social history context the narrative history of the shop. Dust jacket and typography designed by John Heartfield.

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery 1984

169pp with 111 b/w illustrations. Small square 4to in wraps, vg. A collection of 8 essays, each dealing with a different aspect of Birmingham as an important provincial centre for the Arts and Crafts Movement in Britain. Subjects covered include architecture, decorative painting, book illustration, metalwork and stained glass. With useful gazetteer of works by Birmingham based craftsmen and a catalogue of books illustrated by Birmingham artists.

Leicester, England Dryad nd 1940

56pp illustrated with b/w plates. Long 4to. Wrappers. Loosely inserted price list in rear pocket. Harry Peach established the Leicester based Dryad Cane Furniture business in 1907 and which continued into the 1950's. Although a relatively late catalogue of items for sale, this shows the range of inter war designs produced by the firm. Out of Dryad's grew a family firm still trading as Homecrafts, set up by the grandchildren of Harry Peach.

London John Murray (1937) 1977

Facsimile reissue. (9) + 45 + (6) b/w ills by. 8vo gilt decorated boards with illustrated dustwrapper by E. Mcknight Kauffer. Wrapper a little bumped at the corners else very good. Illustrations by Osbert Lancaster, de Cronin Hastings, Gabriel Pippet and others. Loosely inserted bookmark from the publisher. Presentation copy to Gavin Stamp from Anthony (?)1977, pen inscription on the fep. Ex libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate on the front pastedown.

London Studio Vista 1971

208pp colour + b/w ills. Small 4to purple cloth with illustrated dw. Wrapper a little chipped at the top edge else a very good copy. Ex libris Gavin Stamp, with his bookplate on the front paste down.

London, the BBC 1937

15pp 32pp of bw plates in the centre. Decorated paper covers. Very good indeed.Protected by Glassine wrapper over the design by Raymond McGrath. Illustrated booklet to coincide with a series of BBC radio programmes on what the public look for in the design of everyday items, ranging from furniture and fittings to churches and schools. With ex libris bookplate of GS.

Leicestershire Museums Publication no 14 1978

92pp illus. SM 4to. Decorated wraps. Vg indeed. Very good survey of the furniture they made.

Bedford and London John P. White, The Pyghtle Works, Bedford. nd c1930

Unpaginated. 20pp. b/w plates + line ills. 4to wrappers. Illustrations show examples of the products produced by the firm for the architects Sir Edwin Cooper, T.C. Howitt, H.P. Creswell & W.A. Forsyth, M. EyreWalker & A.W. Harwood, C.H. Croxford, F. Lacey, W. Campbell Jones, W. Pite & Son & Fairweather, C.H. Slatter, and J.E. Rowlands. J P White are best known for their garden furniture and domestic work so this is an interesting departure from their main area of work. It also gives a list of Hospitals where the company supplied wood doors. Possibly this book.

London Chapman Hall 1932

115pp illustrated with 44 b/w plates and line ills 4to. Very good with slightly worn dust wrapper. Front end paper has crease mark. A study of different types of fashion illustration, including big names such as Harrods, Jaeger, Burberry and more. Super images. Dust wrapper design by the author. Hard to find.

Edinburgh, HMSO 1947

79pp with 95 b/w illustrations. 8vo pamphlet in wrappers, lightly worn at spine, else vg. Guide to the principles of industrial and commercial design, explaining their importance to manufacturers. Well illustrated with examples of products from electrical appliances to furniture, fabrics, packaging and their display. With case studies outlining the processes of design, including 'the employment of designers by Josiah Wedgwood Ltd.'.

London, Country Life 1964

207pp illustrated with 248 b/w plates. 4to. Orange cloth. Very good with slightly worn dust wrapper. One of those beautifully produced Country Life titles. Super illustrations supported by scholarly but readable texts.

Boston Little Brown and Company 1932

First edition xix + 291pp illustrated with photogravure plates. Silver and blue boards. Slightly bumped at corners and at the head and base of the spine. Internally a good copy of this pioneering book was first published in 1932 and introduced the idea of streamlining into design. Major design text for the period on industrial design. Hard to find. With ex libris bookplate of GS on front paste down.

Orpington, Kent George Allen 1879

New edition Quarter green morocco, marbled boards and end papers. Gilt lettering on spine. Spine and corners rubbed. Internally some scattered foxing. With ornate bookplate of William Sinclair Glasgow and ex libris bookplate of Gavin Stamp. The address considered how to establish a School of Art for workmen, and discusses the benefits in making citizens wiser and better; and if this would enable them to produce better and more valuable work.