London George Bell and Sons 1905

First edition. xiv + 287 pp, b/w ill., index, original gold-decorated publisher's cloth. Spine a bit faded and a little rubbed. 235 x 155mm. Internally, decorated end papers, some text pages a little yellowed. Signature of previous owner on the half title. A collection of essays and addresses on all aspects of design. Most of the 15 papers were read before the Art Workers' Guild.

Berlin: Klinkhaydt and Biermann 1958

140pp + 2pp period ads. 195 b/w plates. Small 4to. Very good copy. On modern art pottery - a survey covering major designers including Bernard Leach, Picasso and many others. Text in German. Walter Dexel is one of the outstanding exponents of 1920s Constructivism. In 1918 Walter Dexel became head of exhibitions in Jena, where he organised first exhibitions with Campendonk and later with Bauhaus artists like Moholy-Nagy. From 1928 to 1935 Walter Dexel worked as a lecturer for graphic design at the Magdeburg "Kunstgewerbeschule". He was dismissed from his post in 1935 by the Nazis but after the war continued to work in the arts and gained critical acclaim as an art historian, exhibition maker, theorist.

London The Fanfare Press 1930

82pp illustrated with b/w photographic plates of furniture and interiors. 4to. Boards with pasted down decoration on upper board. Foreword by Christopher Hussey. Sir Lawrence Weaver's articles from Architectural Journal, The Architectural Review and Shipping World published after his unexpected and sudden death. Relates to the perfection of Laminated boards to decoration and furniture. Features illustration and works of F. A Breuhaus, E G Asplund, Jospeh Pemberton, P L Troost and many others. With many examples from Great Liners, Furniture for Exhibitions etc. Fascinating publication. Boards a little dusty. End paper rather foxed. Ownership label on front paste down of J Henry Sellers.

Paris Librarie Renouard. n.d. c1908

Title-page, list of plates (slightly discoloured) 12 fascicles, each of 4 plates thus in total 48 plates, each coloured and illustrating several articles to be made in tooled Art Nouveau pattern coloured leathers. Each plates tissue guarded with tracing patterns to aid making up the articles illustrated. Ribbon tied paper backed folio 260 x 370mm. New spine in sympathetic paper to make a good copy. Issued by L'Academie d'Arts Decoratifs in Paris and made at a time where handicrafts was in the ascendancy.

London Liberty and Co nd c 1930

50 tiny samples of coloured silk in binding. Lovely miniature item. 3 x 5 inches approximately. One or two samples have been clipped. Very good. Colours have not faded over time.

London, Royle Publications Limited nd c1950

87pp text with line illustrations by John Lawrence +xvipp b'/w plates. Pick decorated wrappers - rubbed on spine and a little sunned else a very bright copy. Exuberant designs for popular culture of the day. Smithells, best known for his books of advice for the home owner on fabrics, interiors, furniture etc. He wrote widely for the News of the World, Daily Mail ideal homes book series and international newspapers as a columnist on the subject. This is an all in one guide to all aspects of interiors published by Royle who themselves aimed their market at the up an coming home owner.

London and Derby Bemrose and Son Ltd nd c1890

13th edition. ix +49pp text + 4pp period ads. and 14 lithographed plates in sepia and red. Blind stamped and decorated cloth. Small 4to. Corners bumped. New end papers. Rebacked with almost matching blue cloth to make a good copy. Detailed images of wood working tools, mouldings, church furnishings, pilasters and domestic applications of carved wood work. Beautiful plates throughout.

Paris L. Debaeker, 92 rue de la Roquette, 4 Passage Charles Dallery nd 1886 dated on first leaf.

Double page chomolithographed plate, illustrating 97 samples of tiles, 23 further chromolitho coloured plates of stoves and fireplaces. Folio Gilt lettered on upper board. Cloth which faded and repaired on spine. Final leaf is the price list forming plate 24 in b/w. Not listed on OCLC, COPAC or KVK.

Netherlands: Groningen Museum, 1994.

199 pp., numerous col. photos & drawings 4to .Very good in dust wrapper The catalogue of the Exhibition. Profusely illustrated. Superb piece of book design. With contributions by Charles Jencks on the new museum deisgn. Text in Dutch and English throughout.

London & New York Studio Publications

124 + xiipp period ads. 4to. Decorated boards with worn and slightly chipped dust wrapper designed by John Mansbridge. "The Annual for Commercial Art & Industry," Includes posters, booklets etc, packaging, press advertising.

London & New York Studio Publications

144 + xxpp period ads. 4to. Decorated wrappers. Worn along spine. "The Annual for Commercial Art & Industry," Includes posters, booklets etc, packaging, press advertising.

High Wycombe Published by the firm and produced by C Vernon and Sons Ltd 1966

28pp with colour and b/w photographic illustrations throughout. Wrapper with fold out at front wrapper. Long 8vo. Good copy. 1960s design catalogue with added information on the history of the firm, suppliers etc. Period item.

Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland 1993

96pp catalogue to accompany an exhibition. Illustrated with colour and b/w plates. 4to. Decorated wrappers.

14 sepia images mounted on single sided card mounts in specially designed album for a Fancy Fair held in aide of a nursing charity which appears to have raised funds for the free provision of medicines and bandages etc to those who needed them. "Vereniging voor Wykverpleging", June 13-21 1903. This is a great resource for art nouveau/Japanese/Asian style exhibition stands. Images are generally 120x150mm. Containing photographs of people in front of the elaborate stands at a trade fair held in Rotterdam in 1903. Fascinating period document.

London, Reeves and Turner 1891

196pp. Ivory cloth dusty with gilt titles, shelf worn and discoloured on spine, but good. First trade edition of this retrospective collection of Morris's poetry. Printed at the Chiswick Press (and preceded by the Kelmscott Press edition of the same year). No 29 of 100.

London Léon Goodman Displays Limited No date. c1953-54

120pp, 53 plates. Designed and printed by Charles Rosner Associates and printed at the Curwen Press. Black cloth boards with abstract colour illustration to front board. Glassine wrapper overprinted with white lettering. Cover design by Harry Sheldon. Black end papers. Illustrated frontispiece which is a black and white photo. Series of contributions on aspects of selling and advertising. The book was produced in association with a symposium of the same name. Glassine wrapper a little woorn at edges and cloth similarly has a bit of shelf wear else a very good copy. Written specifically on the design of point of sale advertising and how to make it successful.

London, Cassell and Co. 1905

160pp illustrated with diagrams + printed end papers providing catalogue of Cassell and Co. titles on building construction. 8vo. Decorated cloth. Cloth a little rubbed else a good copy. Paul Nooncree Hasluck was an Australian writer and editor [1854-1931]. He wrote extensively on technical aspects of carpentry and woodwork and related technical subjects. At some point he moved to the UK and appears to have been based in Brixton. He wrote for Builders World and many of his books were compiled from articles which originally appeared there.