London John Murray [1939] 1950 Revised edition

181pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Introduction by Osbert Lancaster. Decorate end papers. Decorated boards with dust wrapper the latter a bit chipped with about 2.5cm torn away against lower board.

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. Bookplate of Richard Marks on front paste down.

London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans 1839

1334pp, illustrated with twelve hundred and forty engravings on wood. 8vo. Rebound with brown cloth and gilt lettering to make a sturdy copy. Huge early Victorian compendium of information about almost everything technical from printing to glass making etc. by this renowned dictionary maker. This is the first edition but the dictionary was subsequently reprinted in many editions even after the death of Ure in 1857.

Windsor Dean and Canons of Windsor 2005

263 pp. 97 bw ills, 12 colour plates. Decorated, laminated wrappers. Small bump at top spine edge else fine copy, as new. Pioneering study exploring the history of the chapel's stained glass, by a team of distinguished stained glass historians and heraldic scholars, revealing a microcosm of English stained glass design across the centuries. With essays by Martin Harrison, Michael Archer, Peter J. Begent, Sarah Baylis, William Cole and Hilary Wayment.

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. 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.

London Scott Greenwood & Son 1902

139 pp. colour frontis + 36 b/w ills. Dark green boards 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.

Crowood 1984

200pp illustrated with50 colour, 200 b&w plates. A comprehensive survey of the Regency furniture and interior views which appeared in the 'Repository of Arts' between 1809-1828 with a descriptive text and background information. The illustrations provide a valuable source book for furniture design, interior decoration and window curtain treatments.

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.

London, Oxford University Press 1977

118 pp. Black and white illustrations. Small 4to. Cloth Very good in dust wrapper. A little shelfwea to base og spine. Previous owners name on front end paper. Excellent source for recent design projects as well as introducing earlier designs.

Imprimeries Lemereicer, Paris, Boot & Son, London, L Darbyshire, New York 1900

viii + 240pp, Fold out frontis of the exhibition as a panorama, With Map of Paris, Map of the Exhibition Grounds & Buildings enlarged plans of various sections, upwards of 100 illustrations and 10 maps. Colour wrapper featuring red, blue and black figure draped in Union Jack and USA Flags over white wrapper. Wrapper design by John Hassall. Superb guide to the Exposition reputedly the "only English Guide sold at the Official Book Stalls inside the Exhibition"

Printed for Private Reference 1853

viii +88pp + 2 fold out engraved illustrations and other illustrations in the text. 4to. Bound in red half calf, raised bands. This a little rubbed. Original blue upper wrapper bound in. Upper wrapper with inscription "From Lord Londesborough" on top edge. [ Created Baron Londesborough in 1849] Londesborough who changed his name to Denison in 1849 under the terms of his uncle's will owned Grimston Park near Tadcaster. From the Birmingham Asay Office with their small stamp on free end paper.

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.

Cambridge: The MIT Press 1982

xxxii + 414pp illustrated with b/w sketches, plans and plates throughout, 4to, cloth, dw. Good in sl sunned and faded dw. Some markings from previous owner within text. An essential guide to understanding Chermayeff and his work, with forty essays, articles and lectures by Chermayeff plus a collection of his designs. (h)

Council of Industrial Design 1951

132pp illus with colour and b/w plates including period adverts. 4to. Wrappers. Very good indeed although back wrapper a little creased. Much of the material illustrated and discussed was exhibited at the South Bank Exhibition of other official Exhibitions held in 1951. Includes furniture, furnishings, objects for the home, camera and film equipment, ships and other means of transport. Hard to find.

London Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1971

283pp including wide range of illustrations (some colour) ;4to. . Blue boards which are slightly bumped at corners. Unclipped dust jacket, this worn at edges. Interesting end paper with front end paper partially printed on tracing paper and part forming red end paper. Covers contemporary poster, graphics, wallpaper, jewellery, textile, TV and film graphics etc. All designers featured were members of the SIAD.

Manchester School of Art 1911

Unpaginated 12pp 4to. Decorated title page and tailpieces. Burton was a founding director of Pilkington's Tile Works, renowned chemist and expert on tiles and this history of pottery.

Oxford at the Clarenden Press 1954

83pp text + colour forntis iece and 80pp b/w plates. From the library of Ian Taylor (Oxford) with his signature on the front end paper + 3 loosely inserted a.l.s. from the author to Ian Taylor written in 1952 when the book was being planned and concerning photographs. Very good in sl. worn dw which is chipped at the head and base of spine.