Newton Abbott David and Charles 1972

Extensivley illustrated.4to cloth boards with illustrated dust wrapper . Spine slightly faded otherwise a very good copy. A compilation publication reproduced from 12 Heal and Son catalogues to trace taste in furnishings of smaller homes.

London Orbach and Chambers 1977

First edition 128pp b/w internal illustrations. Perfect binding, colour illustrated wrappers. excellent condition. 1st edition of this extensively illustrated account of the early history of Punk. Bands noted, The Damned The Sex Pistols, The Clash amongst others. Also covers the 100 club 1976 Punk Rock Festival.

London, John Henry Parker 1849

25pp, 112 plates. Original red cloth, gilt decorated spine and titles. Slightly rubbed at head and base of spine. Internally very good. Hard to find. Franks is an important Antiquarian. As undergraduate he began his collection of brass rubbings, ultimately given to the Society of Antiquaries; was one of the founders of the Cambridge Architectural Society and an early member of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society; and was also one of the four student members of the Ray Club. On leaving Cambridge in 1849 Franks devoted his energies to the Royal Archæological Institute, then newly established. Later he joined the staff of the British Museum and became a key figure in developing the collection of British Antiquities. This book, which reflected one of his personal collecting interests, was his first book.

Kendal Printed by Atkinson and Pollitt 1874

26pp illustrated with six tipped in sepia photographs and 2pp plates showingn the window inscriptions. Green decorated cloth with gilt titles. Loosely inserted manuscript notes on the funds raised for the restoration of the window and the names of contributors together with some additional hand written notes on the stained glass. Interesting documentary collection on a single project. Funds from sale of the book were intended for the restoration fund for the window. St Martin's Church is the parish Church of Bowness, and was built in 1483, with various alterations, including the restoration of 1870, when the Church was enlarged by Paley and Austin. The outstanding feature is the East window which was entrusted to Henry Hughes of London Glazier. The restoration was subsequently documented in guide books to the church.

London Scott Greenwood & Son 1902

139 pp. colour frontis + 36 b/w ills. Dark green boards with embossed border, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Spine sl. faded. 8vo. Vg. Explains the art and mysteries of producing a stained glass window. Written by the author for both artist and general reader 'with an antiquarian turn of mind'. Chapters include Designing Scale Drawings, Cartoons and the Outline, The Various Kinds of Glass-Cutting for Windows, The Colours and Brushes used in Glass Paining, and Fret Lead Glazing. With 24-page 'Abridged Catalogue of Special Technical Books'. Two colour plates, called for on title page, not present, as usual.

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.'

Dublin Browne and Nolan Limited. 1957

77 pp. 12 plates in colour and b/w including colour frontispiece. 8vo. Buckram covered boards with title embossed on upper board. Small area of discolouration on buckram. Internally very good. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Contributions and recollections dedicated to the memory of these two Irish artists, assessing their work, including notable figures, such as John Piper, Elizabeth Bowen, C.P. Curran, Raymond Mortimer and others. Both Evie Hone.[1894-1955] and Mainie Jellett [1897-1944] were important figure in Irish art history, both as an early proponents of abstract art and as a champions of the modern movement. Having met at Wesminster School of Art, they became life long friends, both trained under cubist teachers including Albert Glezies and André Lohte. Hard to find.

London George Harrap and Co Limited. 1937

xvi, [2] 428 pages, Illustrated with tipped in colour plates on thick art grade paper on black backgrounds. 4to. Gilt lettered cloth. A little worn at edges else very good. With two loosely inserted printed greetings cards from Charles Connick dated 1940. Connick's studio continued to operate, and remained a leading producer of stained glass, until 1986. Connick's archive is at the Rotch Library, MIT Boston. Foreword by Charles D. Maginnis FHIH.

Cambridge University Press 1937

First edition. xiv + [3] + 234pp illus with 24 b/w plates, 4to, cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good although with some browning of endpapers. Pevsner made this carefully and well-researched survey of the conditions and artistic value of design in English industries and it remains a key text on the subject in which he considers the European perspective, particularly German design, and links it to the United Kingdom.

Oxford John Henry Parker 1847

Two volume set. 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. Attractive full calf binding with tooling to spine. Important study of stained glass.

London Longmans, Green and Co. 1902

269pp. New Edition. Original cloth. Cloth, replacement paper spine label. Spine slightly sunned. Sympathetic repair to spine joint where it has been split. Collected papers by William Morris aspects of design, art and ocialism and the principles of conservation. Mainly given in the 1880's. There is a Kelmscott Press edition of these essays but this is the commercial edition.

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. Published at £50

London John Murray 1961

294pp illus with 4 colour and 144 b/w plates. Very good with sl. in good wrapper. Previous owner's bookplates on front end paper. On the inspiration of China in western design, art, architecture and landscape.

London L Upcott Gill and New York Charles Scribner's Sons nd c 1910

xx + 216pp, + 18pp of period ads. Decorative cloth. Slightly rubbed at head and base of spine. Decorative vignettes throughout in the text. Front end paper browned else a good copy. Educational prize stamp on front paste down from Stafford College to Charles H. Eaton. On the various processes and methods of applying materials to create decorative effects for domestic interiors with notes on painting on textiles, wall surfaces, metals, glass etc. Useful source book.

Des Moines, Iowa: Wallace-Homestead Book Company 1970-1980

Three volumes, all spiral bound. Parts 1 and 2 each contain 24 colour plates plus 1pp introduction and 24pp facing-page commentary. Part 3 also contains 24 colour plates with commentary, several of which are reproductions of period advertisements. Overall in vg condition for ephemeral items, with a small crease to front cover of part 3 and very light spotting to part 2. A fabulous catalogue of the colourful pressed or 'tank' glassware produced in huge quantities throughout the 1920s-40s. Increasingly appreciated by collectors, these pieces also provide an insight into popular design in the early 20th C.

HMSO for the Council of Industrial Design 1946

144pp illus with b/w plates and line ills. Colour decorated wrappers. 4to. Sl. worn along edges and a little bumped on bottom corner at spine else a good copy of this ephemeral publication which documented the key design items in the exhibition including modern household appliances, furniture, fabric, silver, fashion etc. Uncommon.

London Ernest Benn Ltd. n.d. (1927)

xii + 161pp + c.60pp 'Gallery of Publicity Art' or advertising supplement. Cloth-backed boards in good condition. Many b/w plates illustrating the best contemporary design in architecture, furniture, advertising, etc. Contributions from Frank Pick, G. Russell and others. An essential text on design for the period.

London Benn Brothers 1922

157pp illustrated with b/w plates. 4to. Maroon paper-covered boards, paste-down label. The D.I.A. was founded in 1915 by designers, businessmen and industrialists, with the slogan "Nothing need be Ugly". The Yearbook illustrates contemporary design for interiors and objects. Designers identified. The illustrations in this publication indicate the growing influences in domestic design of early modernism. More volumes available.

London, The Studio 1927

vii+ 31pp plus 119 photogravure plates, 8 in colour and 5pp period ads. Paper wraps worn at spine, else very good indeed. A special edition of The Studio Magazine focusing on theatrical design including sets, costumes and the work of British and Continental designers. With commentary by George Sherringham and James Laver, together with literary contributions by E. Gordon Craig, Charles B. Cochran and Nigel Playfair. The text is accompanied by a fascinating collection of plates, showing sketches and photographs of elaborate costumes and scenery with a strong 1920s aesthetic.

London John Murray 1986

96pp illustrated with 18 colour and 85 b/w plates. Square 4to. Very good with dust wrapper. Important study of his furniture and designs reviewing the origins of his ideas which ranged from the Japanese to the Gothic Revival style till Godwin became a leading light of the Aesthetic Movement.