Worcestershire Roy Albutt 2008

97 pp. 27 colour plates. Decorated, laminated wrappers. 8vo. Fine. This book has gazetteers of stained glass windows and decorative artwork, a bibliography and index. Colour photographs illustrate the range of works produced by this designer craftsman.

Swarthmore, PA, by the Author [1944] 1947

128pp with b/w photographs and diagrams throughout. 4to. Gilt lettered cloth, vg, with light shelf wear at corners and head of spine. Shelf mark on spine and library stamp on rear end paper from Morton Sundour Co. Inc. New York. Lacks front end paper. All patterns are classed according to type and illustrated. 3rd printing, signed by the author on fep. The book indicates the expansion of the UK market into the American one.

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.

London: John van Voorst 1849

Vol. I: xii, 111pp, incl 97 ills and 6 plates; vol. II: 60 plates with a leaf of descriptive text. 228x150mm. Uniform blue gilt lettered cloth. Very good and very bright set of this study. Predates Sharpe's more well known treatise 'Architectural Parallels.' Previous owner's name in ink on front paste down of each volume.

London Pentagram Design 1976

24pp illustrated in b/w. Pentagram published the first three letters of a dictionary of visual metaphors drawn together by Philip Thompson and Peter Davenport. The publication contains examples of how designers have used these clichés as a shorthand visual language to communicate complex ideas. It was the first of an occasional series which continues upto date. Very good copy although one or two thumb marks on some text pages where pages have been turned.

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.

Groninger Museum, Groningen 1988

Text in Dutch and English, 4to, stiff wrappers, spiral bound, 140 pages, illustrated. Part of upper wrapper torn away. Internally very good. Alessandro Mendini (16 August 1931 – 18 February 2019) was an Italian designer and architect and a key figure in post modern and radical design. Hard to find in any condition.

London Methuen and Co 1907

2nd edition. 520pp illus with 123 b/w plates and line ills. Original blue cloth with white decorative overprinting, showing shelf-wear, particularly to spine. Top edge gilt. Dec. end papers. Library shelf mark in white on spine. From Morton Sundour Fabrics Library with Mawson Collection typed on bookplates on front paste down. Internal hinges slightly shaky.

Oxford James Parker and Co. 1867

8vo, two volume set. Red gilt decorated cloth with tracery outline on upper boards. Repaired on spines to make a good set. Bookplate of Anthony St John Midman Carew in each copy and also pen signature on end papers of Helen Armory Vol. I, i-xxiv, 422pp + [2pp adverts] + 27 b/w ills. Vol. II, i-iv, 98pp, + list of 75 ills. 23 pages of text that identify 49 b/w and 26 hand coloured illustrations. Volume Two with attractive hand coloured frontispiece. Important study of stained glass techniques, including examination of borders, patterns, figures and foliage.

London Yale University Press 2015

336pp illustrated with sumptuous colour plates throughout. 4to. 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.

Paris E Chambrelent Ste Ame E.T.I.O.P. 1933

Cockade 'Vent du Nord' type fan with wooden handles.The paper leaf is printed on one side with an adaptation of a poster design showing male and female hands holding footwear by Bally; signed and dated d'apres CAPPIELLO, 1933.BALLY: Swiss company designing/producing shoes for the high end market. Founded in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally (1821–1899) and his brother Fritz in the basement of their family home. CAPPIELLO, Leonetto: b. 1875, Livorno, Italy - d. 1942, Cannes, France. Celebrated Italian poster art designer who lived in Paris. Beautiful condition.

Brighton Royal Pavilion 1984

64pp catalogue with b/w photographs. 4to. Decorated wrappers. Very good copy. Contributions to texts by Alan Powers, Roderick Gradidge, David Otterwill and many others. Held to mark the centenary of this key Guild in keeping alive high quality design. Useful text on who was who in the Art Workers Guild throughout the period covered. From the collection of Gavin Stamp

Woodbridge, Antique Collector's Club 2005

320 pp with over 400 colour and 250 b/w illustrations. 4to. Cloth in d/w, fine. A readable but comprehensive look at the work of the prolific designer of household objects who blended affordability and style in the industrial age. With chapters covering ceramics, floor coverings, furniture, glass, metalware, textiles and wallpaper, all generously illustrated.

Norwich Jarrold & Sons 1945

52pp, illustrated with colour+b/w photographs, plans and line drawings. 4to in red decorated wraps. Wraps worn and slightly chipped. A Plan for the post-war reconstruction of Manchester. This is the summary edition.

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 Liberty and Co 1903

Series LX11 12pp illustrated with bw plates. Long 8vo. Stapled. Brown lettered wrappers. Very good. Individual Chinese jars, weapons and ornaments, some antique, offered by the firm. Very good copy. Good source for individual pieces. Chinese Pottery Mark representing "good luck" on the inside of the front wrapper.

London Liberty and Co 1903

Series LVX 10pp illustrated with b/w plates. Long 8vo. Stapled. Brown lettered wrappers. Very good. Antique items for sale, each with number and with provenance. They included Chinese vases, a Queen Anne Bureau from the Speakers House following a fire at the Houses of Parliament and a variety of individual Chinese trophies and ornaments. Very good indeed. Chinese Pottery Mark representing "good luck" on the inside wrapper.

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.