Spire Books in association with the Georgian Group 2002

224pp illustrated with b/w plates. Colour laminated wrappers. Fine

London: Harvey Miller Publishers. Oxford University Press., 1986.

Vol I: 70pp with 419 illustrations Text and Illustrations. Vol II 231pp Catalogue. Large 4to. Dust wrappers. These very good condition but spines uniformly faded to green. 158 manuscripts are included in the catalogue, to provide a well-balanced survey of the output of the period. The works represented are wide-ranging, embracing famous masterpieces such as the Queen Mary Psalter, the Alphonso, De Lisle, Peterborough, Gorleston and Luttrell Psalters, as well as a diversity of Chronicles, Apocalypses, Hours, Missals, and an early Encyclopedia.

London, Country Life 1964

207pp illustrated with 248 b/w plates. 4to. Orange cloth. Very good with slightly worn dust wrapper. One of those beautifully produced Country Life titles. Super illustrations supported by scholarly but readable texts.

London, Stobbart 1979

x +224pp, with b/w photographs and line ills throughout. 4to. Cloth vg in similar d/w. Comprehensive study with stunning images in black and white.

Leiden, H E Stenfert Kroese's Uitgevers Maatschappij N. V. 1943

40pp 32 figures in colour and black and white. This is the first issue of a series Nederland street naar Welvaart. [ Netherlands strives for Prosperity] Post was reconstruction publication providing fascinating statistics on post war building construction industries. Key interest is the wealth of isotype diagrams used to convey the scale and operation in the construction sector. Wrappers slightly browned. Previous owner's signature on upper corner of front wrapper. Scarce publication.

London & Oxford, Printing Historical Society & Vanbrugh Press 2014

432 pp, quarto with dustwrapper, in fine condition. The ultimate account of the type composition that led the field in typesetting and an indispensable reference for typographers and designers.

London Quartet Books 1978

95pp b/w + colour illustrations. Small 4to. Perfect binding, illustrated wrappers. Very small chip to the head of the spine otherwise an almost fine copy. Photographic study with an interesting point of reference. The book was conceived after the publishers were researching imagery for a book on world religions. The adornments of different ceremonial dress reminded them of portraits of contemporary punks. The book contains images of punks juxtaposed with images of people wearing traditional dress. Accompanying text written by Val Hennessey. Excellent piece of fashion research material. Uncommon.

(First Published 1915) Shaftesbury Nadder Books 1986

142pp. Wraps. Fine. Scarce reprint of the book which records the principles on which Voysey's work is based.

The Drawing Centre, 1989.

336pp, 36 col. illus. b/w photographs, plans and drawings. This is the first single-volume catalogue of all Jones' 93 surviving architectural drawings. Each drawing is accompanied by full technical descriptions and commentary. Wraps.

New York Harry Abrams 1997

247pp, Illustrated with 236 illustrations, 40 in colour. Lettered cloth, good with dust wrapper, this with tear c 50mm on upper part of the wrapper. Large 4to. 360x230mm Very good, published to accompany an exhibition. The book includes, essays on furniture-making & wood-carving; pottery; metalsmithing; jewellery; textiles; books; photography; colour-relief printmaking and includes an essay on the Boston cultural scene and conflicts relating to aesthetics and production. On contrasting paper, is a section on makers.

London Programme Publications Ltd, Haymarket 1951

32pp illustrated with b/w photographs of boxers, period ads etc. Yellow wrappers. 210x260mm. Abram Games' logo on upper wrappers with images of three boxers overprinted. Staples slightly rusted. Good.

New York Sloan Liniment 1939

Cardboard jigsaw, 300 x 250mm, made up and stuck together with removable tape. Mounted. Lovely colour image of the main site and its pavilions, free gift which was as a souvenir of the World's Fair by the firm. Sloan's Liniment was originally sold by Dr. Earl S. Sloan as a treatment to relieve pain associated with rheumatism and arthritis; originally used on horses and was eventually marketed for human use.

London James Nisbet & Co, 1898

ix + 336pp illustrated with portrait frontis. 8vo. Cloth, paper label, this darkened. Light wear to all edges.

Amsterdam, Lettergieterij 'Amsterdam', 1960

48 pp., illustrated. 8vo. Presented to the members of the tenth International Congress of Master Printers, June 1960; Paper wrappers sun faded else good. Text in English, French, German. Illustrated with black and white images, sketches and photographs, some on coloured sheets of paper.

Woodbridge Antique Collectors Club 2007

300pp illus with b/w and colour plates. Large 4to. Like new. Fine in dust wrapper. An appraisal of a rather neglected figures in late nineteenth-century design. In evaluating Day's parallel career as an industrial designer and a major writer and critic, the book shows his relationship to other influential design figures of the time and explores his relationships with colleagues including William Morris, Walter Crane, W.A.S. Benson etc.

London The Crafts Council 1981

Book to accompany a major retrospective exhibition held at the V&A in 1981 and 1982. Edited by John Houston who also contributes in the book an essay on her career and was the exhibition organiser. Very good in dust wrapper. Hard to find. Taped to paste down is the admission ticket to the V & A and presumably the show.

Aldershot Lund Humphries 2004

128pp illustrated with colour plates. Large square 4to. Very good copy with very good dust wrapper. Essays by Emmanuel Cooper and Simon Olding. Foreword by Christopher Frayling. The first full-length publication on the work of internationally renowned Dame Magdalene Odundo ( b.1950) with a complete illustrated catalogue of her work up until 2004. Hard to find.