Oxford Oxford University Press 1993

342 pp. B/w ills throughout. 4to. Cloth cover. The first catalogue of Britain's collection of 16th and 17th century stained glass roundels, mostly from Holland and Belgium. An important source book for researchers of drawings and engravings, and students of stained glass.

Oxford Clarendon Press 1977

xv + 586pp, vi plans, 182 plates. 4to. Vg brown cloth in similar d/w with protective cover. With contributions by Claire Cross, Barrie Dobson and David E. O'Connor, amongst others. Chronological account of York Minster with additional chapters on the stained and painted glass, music since the Reformation, funeral monuments, and the Minster Library.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

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.

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. Wrappers. 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. This copy has a note in the front from Peter Hirschman indicating it was purchased on an Isle of Man trip.

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.

London Yale University Press 2015

336pp illustrated with sumptuous colour plates throughout. 4to. Like new, dust wrapper. Based on more than three decades of research, Arts & Crafts Stained Glass is the first study of how the late-19th-century Arts and Crafts Movement transformed the aesthetics and production of stained glass in Britain and America. Much on key individual designers and the role of Christopher Whall in the period in drawing attention to glass and teaching techniques. This is a democratic art in so far as both men and women were active in the craft at the time.

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.

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

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.

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.

London The Pilot Press Limited prepared by the Design and Industries Assoc. nd c1946

68pp illus with b/w photographs and line ills and 8 color plates.. Large 4to. Colour wrappers. Good copy. Staples a little rusted. Superb period item produced in the immediate post war period to promote good design.