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 Royal Society of Arts 1906

Upper wrapper has hand written note "To James Perry and Co. with Mr H Powell's compliments". Article spread across pages 776-780 with red crayone markings highlighting certain sections and one or two black ink corrections of dates. Perry and Co were Pen manufacturers in Manchester. Harry James Powell was the grandson of James Powell, founder of James Powell and Sons Glass Company (originally known as Whitefriars Glassworks) and an innovator in glass design.

Amsterdam Wendigen no 1 5th Series 1923

38pp incl. period ads. b/w photographic illustrations of the glass. Cover design by Jac Jongert. With original silk ties. Introductory text in Dutch. The examples of glass include glass for the auditorium of a school, Het Lyceum Amsterdam and for the stairwell of the Post Office / Postkantoor Haarlem. Frayed at edges else good. Wendingen was published between 1918 and 1931, in a total of 116 issues. Attractive item. A further issue on Roland Holst's glass was published in 1930.

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.

London, Country Life Limited 1927

xxxviii + 271pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Introduction by Arthur T Bolton. Small folio. Red cloth, gilt titles. Very good copy with slightly dusty dust wrapper. Superb Country Life photographs showing plasterwork in situ mainly in the UK.

London Benn Brothers 1924

155pp illustrated with b/w plates divided into sections according to the theme of each + 8pp period ads in black and white. 4to. Black cloth with paste down paper title labels on upper board and spine. A little rubbed at head and base of the spine. 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. Includes sections on lettering, ships, British Industries Fairs' trades stands etc.

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.

Oxford Museum of Modern Art/Design Museum London 1990

116pp Illustrated with b/w plates. 210 x 300mm Wrappers. Exhibition catalogue for show which originated at the University of Michigan. Useful essays and biographies of architects and designers + bibliography. English text.

London Hamish Hamilton 1984

137pp. Good with good dust wrapper. Signed in purple crayon on front end paper by Eduardo Paolozzi. Loosely inserted letter from Penny Thomson [ Avonbridge Film Production Company Ltd.] to Robin Spencer. Single sided typed letter on headed paper, signed in pen by Penny. Text reads "Eduardo insisted on lendin me his copy of Theroux's Dr Slaughter during the Festival and the was that I would pass it on to you once I was finished with it....". The letter contineus to discuss other matters relating to Russell Harty's Arts Reciew Programme.

London Danasco Ltd 1964

16pp stapled pamphlet with b/w photographs featuring Danish Applied Arts including furniture, jewellery and porcelain. Firms represented included Georg Jensen, Scandia, Anne Storm and Danasco all who designed in the pared down style which flourished as part of mid-century modernism. The exhibition was held in a series of Domes in Cardiff and one of these is illustrated in the publication.

Reprinted fro Nature Vol 201 no 4926 1964

Pamphlet 18pp. Wrappers. Staples slightly rusty. Loosely inserted autographed letter, signed from Misha Black to W G Holt, Wolverhapton, on RCA headed paper and dated 1970. Misha Black notes in the letter that the pamphlet gives the "gist of the argument" of what should form an industrial design education.

London & New York, Truslove, Hanson & Comba, Ltd 1899

First edition. xi + 115 + ii pp with 70 b/w illustrations. Decorated lettered cloth in Arts and Craft style. Good copy. The upper board and spine are slightly browned else very good. New end papers A useful handbook of embroidery for the student or craftsman. Townsend was editor of the Art Worker's Quarterly.

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.

London Robert Sandelson, Five Cork St, W1S 3NY 2004

77(+2)pp. Many colour illustrations. 8vo black illustrated wrappers + slipcase with gilt title, minor bump to the head and base of the spine, else very good indeed. Profusely illustrated exhibition catalogue, published on the occasion of the 2004 exhibition of Erté's fashion and stage designs spanning the inter-war period held at Robert Sandelson. Loosely inserted prices list. Fold out, depicting Erté's illustrated alphabet made up of human forms (this work was started in 1932 and not fully completed until 1967). Foreword by Stella McCartney, outlines how Erté has influenced her work, thus giving a contemporary angle to this type of Art Deco illustration.

The Author, No date. c1820

8 original etchings dated in the plate as 1820. Small 4to. Flimsy green morocco binding, gilt lettering on upper board. Sewn. Bookplate of the Library of the Yorkshire Architectural Society on the front paste down. From the collection of George Pace. [Pencil note to this effect]. Worn along spine edge and all edges rubbed. Stitching largely lost. Uncommon. Uncoloured etchings from original drawings by Fowler of figures in the glass together with one of the Tomb of Barwick of Selby. Loosey inserted is a postcard which is a real photograph of the east window form the inside of the Abbey. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 5 (1877–78): 331–49.

Darwen Shaws Glazed Brick Company 1962

12pp catalogue on faience for swimming pools which was designed to assist architects with their design. Includes image of Wythenshawe, Manchester public baths and some images of tile types as well as practical specification material. Hole punch marks through who brochure. Loosely inserted additional specification sheets + letter from the company Lake District architects E Donald Haigh, Kendal with details of prices.