Design

  • British Achievement in Design by (DIA) CARRINGTON Noel and HARRIS Muriel (editors)
    (DIA) CARRINGTON Noel and HARRIS Muriel (editors)
    British Achievement in Design

    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.

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  • By Hammer and Hand: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Birmingham. by CRAWFORD, Alan. (Ed)
    CRAWFORD, Alan. (Ed)
    By Hammer and Hand: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Birmingham.

    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.

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  • TREDGOLD Thomas & TARN, Wyndham (Edited by)
    Carpentry and Joinery Elementary Principles of Carpentry Chiefly Composed from the Standard Work of Thomas Tredgold, C.E.With Additions, Alterations, and Corrections from the Works of the Most Recent Authorities and a Treatise on Joinery Containing a Detailed Account of the Various Operations of the Joiner

    London Lockwood & Co. 1873

    Series number 182. xii + 300pp + 16pp + 32pp. With numerous b/w illustrations. Brown blind stamped cloth with gilt lettering. Re-bound with a new cloth spine and paper label to make this a good copy. Water stains throughout although not to the detriment of the text.

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  • [HESSE] HENRY HESSE TRADE CATALOGUE
    Catalogue no 115 1906-1907

    New York 308 Grand Street NY 1906

    Trade catalogue for woollen worsted, cotton yarns art embroideries, canvases, knit goods, hosiery etc. 64pp illustrated with b/w steel engravings. All items priced. Stapled Lettered wrappers. 6 x8 inches. Small tear in last two pages including wrapper and tear, partially affecting the upper wrapper where it has been stapled. . The company were importers of worsted, woolen, and cotton knitting yarns, established in 1858, in downtown New York.

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  • {VICTORIA PRESS} [SHERBORNE] PORTMAN, Louisa Mary.
    Catalogue of the Pictures Sherborne Castle.

    Printed by Emily Faithfull and Co, Victoria Press [ for the employment of Women ] 1862

    vii + 370pp, 3 plans showing rooms, fold out genealogy of the Barons Digby this has a tear detaching end section from main part, but all present. Blue blind stamped cloth, gilt titles on upper board. Rebacked with original spine label pasted on. Internal hinges reinforced with linen tape to match rust coloured end papers. Emily Faithfull was an early pioneer for women's employment. She established the Victoria Press in 1860 and this ran until 1864 as a business to provide opportunities for women. he Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW) was one of the earliest British women's organisations and it…

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    Printed by Emily Faithfull and Co, Victoria Press [ for the employment of Women ] 1862

    vii + 370pp, 3 plans showing rooms, fold out genealogy of the Barons Digby this has a tear detaching end section from main part, but all present. Blue blind stamped cloth, gilt titles on upper board. Rebacked with original spine label pasted on. Internal hinges reinforced with linen tape to match rust coloured end papers. Emily Faithfull was an early pioneer for women's employment. She established the Victoria Press in 1860 and this ran until 1864 as a business to provide opportunities for women. he Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW) was one of the earliest British women's organisations and it was Emily Faithfull's awareness of this which lead to her establishing the Victoria Press. Description of the book pasted in from R G Watkins catalogue 8 of 1989. Louisa Portman was the neice of George Digby Winfield Digby to whom the book is dedicated. Series of dedication in various manuscript hands on prelims and half title show it passed between family members and friends. Scarce.

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    Stock ID: 22652
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  • (DIOR)
    Christian Dior l'autre lui-même

    Paris Art & Culture: Office culturel de Granville 1987

    64pp illustrated with b/w photographs and line ills. Useful documentary catalogue to accompany an exhibition about the life of Christian Dior with contemporary photographs reproduced of Granville, people and places with which she was associated. 4to. decorated wrappers. With, loosely inserted 16pp pamphlet, with b/w and colour plates, issued in association with the same exposition which concern the purfumes. Text of both publications in French. lovely item, protected in glassine wrappers.

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  • Association copy to William Cubitt and also with Joseph Cubitt's stamp and dedication from Beecroft BEECROFT, George
    Companion to the Iron Trade being a general assistant to the iron-master and merchant, engineer, iron and brass founder, lead merchant, copper-smith, machine-maker, white-smith etc., in a series of comprehensive tables

    J Y Knight & Co 1851

    3rd edition revised and enlarged. An oddity with dedication written in ink in October 1837 to William Cubitt [ father of Joseph] at Kirkstall Forge. Title page, [3]pp introduction, 267pp illustrated with tables etc + [2]pp advert for the company at Kirkstall Forge. Joseph Cubitt's stamp at Great George Street, Westminster, identifies him as a Civil Engineer

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  • Corpus vitrearum Medii Aevi. Great Britain. Vol. 1. The County of Oxford : a catalogue of medieval stained Glass by NEWTON Peter A.,
    NEWTON Peter A.,
    Corpus vitrearum Medii Aevi. Great Britain. Vol. 1. The County of Oxford : a catalogue of medieval stained Glass

    London Oxford University Press for the British Academy 1979

    246 + plates in colour and b/w. 4to. Original black cloth with gold lettering to spine. Very good with very good dust wrapper, slightly chipped at head of spine. Signature of H G Wayment [ who published on the glass of Fairford Church] on front end paper and inscription from him on title page concerning Peter Newton and providing anecdotal information on how it came to be volume I in the Corpus Vitrearum series. A catalogue of important medieval stained glass housed within buildings in the county of Oxford.

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  • DENNIS Michael
    Court & Garden: From the French Hotel to the City of Modern Architecture

    US MIT Press 1986

    285 pp. Over 400 b/w ills, incl. line drawings, historical maps, diagrams, engravings and photographs. Cloth boards in illustrated dust wrapper, slight scuff marks at edges. Very good. Large 4to. Eloquent, superbly illustrated study of the origins of the modern city, and the social, psychological, and formal transformations influencing architects in the design of public spaces in cities. Focusses on the French 'hotel' as a development from an Italian prototype, and 'sophisticated instrument of urbanism', in its internal and external organisation of buildings and gardens.

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  • MORRIS, May.
    Decorative needlework

    London Joseph Hughes 1893

    Deluxe edition no 44 of 125. 121pp illustrated with line ills. Yap edged paper Book block in good condition. Frontispiece which is a b/w reproduction of and image of the Tree of Jesse, embroidered as part of a cope now held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Decorated paper covered boards, with gilt decorations. Worn on all edges of binding. Internally very good. Scarce to find any copy of this item. May Morris provides an introductory guide to embroidery for beginners. The book contains sections on the history of the craft, stitches and techniques, design and colour. May took over the running of Morris & Co's Embroidery Department in 1885, The book demonstrates…

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    London Joseph Hughes 1893

    Deluxe edition no 44 of 125. 121pp illustrated with line ills. Yap edged paper Book block in good condition. Frontispiece which is a b/w reproduction of and image of the Tree of Jesse, embroidered as part of a cope now held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Decorated paper covered boards, with gilt decorations. Worn on all edges of binding. Internally very good. Scarce to find any copy of this item. May Morris provides an introductory guide to embroidery for beginners. The book contains sections on the history of the craft, stitches and techniques, design and colour. May took over the running of Morris & Co's Embroidery Department in 1885, The book demonstrates her commitment to and understanding of the art of embroidery. She also designed the cover of this book which is stamped with a floral repeat. This deluxe edition the pattern is in gold in the trade edition it is red on pink cloth.

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    Stock ID: 22946
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  • Designer's Trade by Signed copy RUSSELL Gordon
    Signed copy RUSSELL Gordon
    Designer's Trade

    London George Allen and Unwin Ltd 1968

    Copy signed by the author on the title page. 328pp illustrated with b/w plates. Very good. Blue cloth. End papers have plans of Kingcombe garden. Front end paper, cropped along top edge but illustration unaffected.

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  • (SOCIETY OF INDUSTRIAL ARTISTS)
    Designers in Britain 2. The Biennial Reivew of Graphic and Industrial Design compiled by the Society of Industrial Artists

    London, Theodore Brun , Editions de Luxe Limited

    Limited edition - no 20 of 35 numbered. 291pp, approx 1,100 illustrations. 4to.. Compiled by the Society of Industrial Artists as a comprehensive review of the commercial and industrial design produced in Britain.

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  • Designers in Britain 7 : A Review of Graphic and Industrial Design by the Society of Industrial Arts and Designers. by SIAD
    SIAD
    Designers in Britain 7 : A Review of Graphic and Industrial Design by the Society of Industrial Arts and Designers.

    London Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1971

    283pp including wide range of illustrations (some colour) 4to. Blue boards. Unclipped dust jacket, this very slightly worn at edges else very good. 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.

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  • PILKINGTONS - BURTON William
    Designing for Machine Made Goods 1911 Being an address delivered at the Municipal School of Art, Manchester on the occasion of the opening session 1911-1912

    Manchester School of Art 1911

    Unpaginated 12pp 4to. Wrappers. 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. He was actively involved with the establishment and running of the Northern Art Workers Guild.

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  • [EL LISSITZKY] LISSITZKY-KUPPERS, Sophie (Author), H. Aldwinckle (Translator)
    El Lissitzky: Life Letters Texts

    London Thames and Hudson [1967] 1992 reprint

    410pp 284 illustrations, 103 in colour. 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. Compiled by Lissitzky's widow this is a key documentary study of the artist and comprises biographical material, based on his letters and a series of plates revealing the range of his work. The book further includes collections of literary documents and theoretical writings by Lissitzky and accounts of him by his contemporaries.

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  • En Super-Follies. by [Folies Bergère 1937] DERVAL M Paul.
    [Folies Bergère 1937] DERVAL M Paul.
    En Super-Follies.

    Paris Folie bergère

    34pp, 240x310mm, red wrappers, star cut into upper wrapper to reveal Josephine Baker at Folies Bergere from Paris, France. Loosely inserted colour fold out image of La Jungle Merveilleuse with Joan Baker. Colours are bright with gold embossed letters, these a little tarnished. Includes lots of period ads. There are 50 photographs in the main body of the book in sepia showing scenes from the production by Paul Derval. Also includes period ads. Hard to find.

    Stock ID: 23129
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  • English Interior Woodwork of the XVI, XVII & XVIII Centuries by TANNER Jr. Henry
    TANNER Jr. Henry
    English Interior Woodwork of the XVI, XVII & XVIII Centuries A Series of the Best and Most Characteristic Examples of Chimney-Pieces, Paneling, Staircases, Doors, Screens &c. Measured and Drawn and with Introductory and Descriptive Text.

    London, B.T Batsford 1902

    viii + 10pp and 50 b/w litho plates. Folio in original cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Very good indeed with light wear to spine. Some foxing to endpapers, Stamp of Ellery, Anderson and Rosier on fep. Collection of measured drawings and cross-sections taken from major buildings of post-Reformation England, including: Hardwick Hall, , Broughton Hall, Haddon Hall, Knole House, Hatfield House, Bolsover Castle, Clopton House, Thorpe Hall, Farnham Castle, Hampton Court, Chelsea Hospital, various churches and Oxford and Cambridge Colleges. An impressive attempt to trace the development of specifically English Renaissance design, and to introduce its 'picturesqueness and originality' to a contemporary audience.

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  • (RIBA - ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS)
    Everyday Things Exhibition

    London RIBA 1936

    117pp + lvipp advertisements, b/w illustrations throughout. Small 4to in lovely decorated wrappers designed by Digby Firth - these a little worn, and foxed. Internally very good. Important catalogue for the 'Everyday Things' Exhibition, organized by The Royal Institute of British Architects. Includes sections on Furniture, Glassware, Cutlery, Textiles, Plastics, China, Building Materials and others. Illustrates four Gerald Summer designs along with the works of other designers across a range of fields including Keith Murray in the glass section.

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  • (JOHN P. WHITE & SONS)
    Examples of Modern Woodwork

    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.

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  • Exhibition of Steuben Glass Park Lane House by PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS, INFORMATION and CATALOGUE WITH MANUSCRIPT NOTES [STEUBEN GLASS]
    PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS, INFORMATION and CATALOGUE WITH MANUSCRIPT NOTES [STEUBEN GLASS]
    Exhibition of Steuben Glass Park Lane House 45 Park Lane, London

    1955

    The collection comprises, three copies of the catalogue describing 52 numbers in the exhibition, 2pp guest list to a reception hosted by the Duke of Buccleuch, 3pp [duplicated using roneo stencils], press notice [?] about the exhibition, 6pp hand written briefing notes about the set up of the exhibition and likely frequently asked questions. There are five black and white photographs of exhibits with explanatory texts pasted on the verso of each. Each Photograph is 10 x 8 inches. They include an image of the Dwight David Eisenhower cup designed by Sydney Waugh, Bima and the Snake y Raden Basoeki Abdullah, The Valour Cup by John Monteith Gates, Merry Go Round by Sidney Waugh, Counterpoise by Dan Pollard…

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    1955

    The collection comprises, three copies of the catalogue describing 52 numbers in the exhibition, 2pp guest list to a reception hosted by the Duke of Buccleuch, 3pp [duplicated using roneo stencils], press notice [?] about the exhibition, 6pp hand written briefing notes about the set up of the exhibition and likely frequently asked questions. There are five black and white photographs of exhibits with explanatory texts pasted on the verso of each. Each Photograph is 10 x 8 inches. They include an image of the Dwight David Eisenhower cup designed by Sydney Waugh, Bima and the Snake y Raden Basoeki Abdullah, The Valour Cup by John Monteith Gates, Merry Go Round by Sidney Waugh, Counterpoise by Dan Pollard and one other piece by him. Finally there is a printed booklet "British Artists in Crystal" Steuben Glass 1954. The whole collection is in an envelope with Steuben Glass label sent form the USA to Mr C David Stelling, Press Secretaries Ltd, 38 Parliament Street, London S.W.1. Fascinating collection of material which gives insights into the exhibits as well as issues relating to export and sale of pieces at the time. The exhibition was brought to the UK with support from the State Department in co-operation with Steuben Glass

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    Stock ID: 20429
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