London Race Furniture Ltd 22 Union Road, Clapham London S W 4 1962

42p monotone trade item illustrating the Heron Chair and Footstool + 4pp sided price list for the firm's product range including chairs, tables, ship furniture etc. for November 1962

London Heal and Son Ltd, 193 to 198 Tottenham Court Rd W1 1934

80pp, photographic illustrations with prices etc. Small 8vo decorated beige paper wraps, staples have come loose + rusted, edges a little creased else very good. Loosely inserted ticket for hire purchase items. During the 1930s Heals managed to strike a balance between modernity and tradition, as illustrated in this trade catalogue. Hard to find.

London United Kingdom Lead Oxide Convention no date c 1937

56pp illustrated with b/w plates + 1 page of paint samples in colour. 4to. Silver cloth spine with contrasting orange boards and silver and black lettering. Very good indeed. Ownership signature on front end paper of Humphrey M. Gimson. April 1937. Includes material on paint for Blackpool Tower, Tyne Bridge, Newcastle and other projects protected with the paint. The book is to provide technical details on the use of the paint to protect iron and steel structures.

London, L. Upcott Gill no date c1880

vi + 109 + [3]pp period ads + 14pp catalogue of publications by L Upcott Gill at the end. Illustrated with 2 fold out patterns for designs + 45 text figures. Decorated cloth. New end papers, Signature of the late Stuart Evans who previously owned the book.

London: Lund Humphries 1973

62pp illustrated with b/w photos, colour photos and line ills. Vg review copy (frontis includes Architectural Review stamp), vg boards in dj. A study of Robert Welch, silversmith, set in context of the Cotswold craftsmanship and industry traditions. Lovely photographs of his designs.

London: Max Parrish and LCC 1951

128pp, including 30pp sponsors and suppliers' ads. Illustrated with b/w photographs plus very attractive illustrations, printed in block colour with a strong Festival of Britain aesthetic. Cloth, slightly sunned along top edge. In d/w with a few small marks a bit worn. Protected in mylar sleeve. A souvenir volume to celebrate the opening of the Hall, designed by F.H.K. Henrion, with illustrations by Gordon Cullen, Donald Dewar Mills, Pearl Falconer and others. Contains a full description and photographic record of its construction and original interiors.

Cambridge Printed for the members of the Limited Edition Club, Cambridge University Press 1960

Number 830 of 1500 copies signed by Edward Bawden; xi, 316, [2 leaves]. Illustrated with 8 double-page colour plates and colophon tail-piece, line drawn decorated title-page and 39 illustrations. Ivory buckram, decorated backstrip by Bawden. Introduction by Justin O'Brien. In original slip case which is worn at edges.

London 48 Watling Street, John Newman & Co, nd c1848-1874

Set of six black and white engravings with tissue guards. This set comprises: 1. Farmer's daughters, Farm Servant, Market Woman, Farmer's Wife., 2. Welsh Costumes no 2., 3. Market Scene North Wales. 4. Going to Market. 5. Market Scene, Cardiganshire, 6. The Bidding. [after 'The Bidding' attributed to Richard Dadd, c. 1840] Newman and Co. produced prints of Welsh costumes in the second half of the 19th century for the tourist market and were sold locally. Some of these images bear the name of the seller which was D LL Lewis of Rhyl.. All these prints have been mounted in the past but are now preserved in a modern gilt lettered folder.

St. Helens Lancashire Published by the firm undated c 1950

vpp + 11pp section on Bathrooms and 15pp section on business premises including a hairdresser salon, department store and brewery amongst others . Fabulous colour illustrations of schemes + detailed specifications for individual elements of schemes. 4to. Laminated boards. Very good.

London John Murray 1960

111pp, decorated endpapers. 8vo decorated green cloth with dw, a very good copy. Association copy of two friends; Gavin Stamp and Stephen Coles, with both individuals bookplates and Stephen Coles signature on the front pastedown, Gavin Stamp's bookplate dated 1976. Loosely inserted news cutting on Peggy Purey-Cust at the page about her in Betjeman's poem. From the collection of Gavin Stamp.

London Chatto and Windus Piccadilly 1889

xxiv + 407pp, frontis + 74 plates. Decorated cloth with silver aesthetic movement motifs. Cracked at front hinge and a little rubbed on all edges. Mary Eliza Haweis sets out her ideas about interior decoration, furniture and furnishings generally, ahead of their time for the emphasis she puts on the need for art and beauty in the ordinary middle-class home. From the library of Gavin Stamp with his book plate.

London Country Life 1968

96pp illus with 115 b/w photographic illustrations and line ills. Small 4to. Very good with good dust wrapper. Useful overview on the design of fireplaces in gothic, classical and traditional styles.

London Messrs., Christies Manson and Wood 1916

71pp, 633 numbers, 7 b/w plates mainly of Chinese and Japanese pieces. Boards, cloth spine. A little dusty else good. Sold on Monday May 29 1916 and during the following three days. Trevor Lawrence, (1831-1913) trained as a surgeon, before becoming an MP and eventually President of the Royal Horticultural Society. He was a well-known collector of objets d'art, particularly oriental, and especially Japanese art, western porcelain and old lace.

London, Methuen 1935

pp xii, 207, frontis, 15 plates. Foreword by H. R. H. The Prince of Wales. Contributors include William Llewellyn, John A. Milne, J. Spedan Lewis, Joan Evans, Dorothy Braddell. Original cloth. VG De Calette was involved in the Exhibition of British Art in Industry and indeed was thought to be the driving force behind it. Great little book on designing with beauty in mind.

London Faber and Faber 1986

254 p., profusely illustrated with black & white and colour plates. Long 4to cloth with dw, Wrapper a little creased at the edges else very good indeed. Very useful survey ranging between picturesque cottages to grand houses and covering the contrasting Arts and Crafts approach to traditional Victorian and Edwardian designs.

781-848pp + 4pp period ads including wrappers. Colourful decorated wrappers depicting Britannia. 270x380mm Centre fold by Donald Maxwell, which is a colour panorama of the exhibition. Staples rusted so this has become detached. Upper wrapper dusty else very good. An extensive review of the exhibition focusing on the contributions of Great Britain, India and Canada with a double page on States ruled by Women.

Manchester Cornerstone Publications 1989

16pp, stiff card wrappers. Wrappers a little dusty. To accompany an exhibition. Collection of photographs that are presented in the style and language of a brochure advertising the iconic home wares that Habitat created.