Manchester Warings 1909

39pp 8 colour plates of Tudor Britain interiors including billiard room and text illustrations of furniture. Oblong 8vo. 180x245mm. Decorated boards. Good copy. Schemes are prepared to suit the individual requirements of mansion, villa or hall.

Cambridge Rampant Lions Press 1967-1982

Specimen sheets of printing type-design and letter-cutting carried out by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press workshop between 1959 and 1967. Three loose leaf folio: One: Title and colophon leaves, foreword and 24 specimens of work (+ Four photos at end of stone carvings). Two: Title page + 4pp intro + 21 examples (most on single sheet) + 1p colophon, ) Three: 18 Broadsides. Limited edition of around 500 per issue. All very good. Lettered on the spine. Second volume has small tear along one fold of the portfolio. The portfolios were compiled by Will and Sebastian Carter.

1951

1pp gate-folded printed paper catalogue illustrating the products stocked. Includes letter from firm to Haigh Architects in Kendal with sample of straw and cotton wall coverings stapled to catalogue. The catalogue is printed in red ink with images of items for sale including pottery is mainly by Lucie Rie, a Primavera lamp, rush baskets and furniture. . Good. Letter is typed and signed on behalf of Primavera. Dated 28th May 1951

The British Library, Old Knoll Press and Reading University Press [1970] 1998 reprint

Second Revised Edition. 285pp, 880 b/w and 42 colour illustrations. 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. Massive reference book on type design and its uses. A new forward by Ruari McLean and an additional bibliography.

Chester School of Art 1914

15pp, Decorated wrappers. Chester School of Art was housed in the Grosvenor Museum from 1886, when the museum was built. It originated in a School of Art, established circa 1850, and in the School of Science, fostered by the Chester Society of Natural Science, Literature and Art, founded by Canon Charles Kingsley in 1871.

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.

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 & Liverpool George Philip & Son, nd

60pp + [2]pp period ads. Illustrated with over 100 graduated diagrams and 21 recitations for infants and standards . Print and images in sepia. Decorated end papers. Cloth spine, lettered and decorated boards. Top edge cut c 7cm in straight line but image unaffected. Fascinating book with diagrams of sand modelling. Introduction refers to Fröbel's approach to play and his book on Kindergarten play. The book is divided into chapters dealing with graduated lessons and designs. Boards a bit soiled else good copy.

London Art Worker's Quarterly August and December 1908

[1] + 1-76 + [1] + 1-88pp illustrated with examples of work in the arts and crafts style giving the names of individual makers. 4to. Green cloth, titles on upper board. Bookplates of Ian Monins. These special issues are additional to the The Art Workers' Quarterly published 1902-1906 and were published in August and December 1908. These contained the papers and extracts of papers read at the Third International Art Congress for the development of Drawing and Art Teaching and the Application to Industries held in London, August, 1908, as well as a record of the Retrospective Exhibition of Students' Works, held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, in connection with the Congress. Hard to find.

London Willliam Morris & Co. 1953

36 pp. Colour frontis of windows in the Church of the Ascension, Mitcham, Surrey, colour and b/w plates throughout and decorations in the text. 4to. Cloth boards with d/w. Embossed with title and trade mark of the firm on the upper board. D/w sunned and chipped around most edges. Front and rear end papers slightly foxed. Internally though very good. Includes a brief account of the origins, history, uses and types of stained glass with details of the firm's projects. Designed to promote the work of the firm. Nice item with a typed letter to George G. Pace from William Morris & Company slipped in. From the library of George Pace

H Morris & Co Ltd. Milton Street Glasgow c1954

4pp pamphlet advertising stacking chairs originally designed by Anniki and Llmari Tapiovaara for Hilsinki University. Exhibited at the Spetember 47 exhibition in New York and in production at Morris's Glasgow factory. Very good. Ticket of Norman Hodgson, Empire Arcade Morecambe and Heysham on front wrapper.

Stockholm Swedish Design Institute 1958

14 +[2] +65 pages plates in colour and b/w of products. 4to. Perfect bound. Decorated wrappers. Wrappers a little worn else good. Loosely inserted 4pp list of manufacturers.Covers fabric, glass, ceramics, furniture etc.

Manchester Abel Heywood and Son 1887

[18] pages illustrated with coloured line illustrations. Produced for Children. Worn and chipped at edges and wrappers dusty else good copy. ELiabeth Houghton was a painter, illustrator and ceramic artist [nee Bolton] in Warrington, Lancashire. Amongst other things she designed ceramic tiles, many of children's subjects for Minton's.

Wakefield West Yorkshire, Fleece Press 1988

75pp, illustrated with tipped-in b/w plates, and reproductions of bookplates. Limited edition, this one of 270 copies bound with decorated paper covered boards, cloth spine with paper label in slip case. Label very slightly sun faded else very good.

The Architectural Press 1971 Ist paperback edition with new material. Revised edition 1985

Reprint. 200pp illustrated with b/w line ills and photographs. First published as a book in 1961 which in turn embraced articles first developed for Architectural Review. This is a key reference for those interested in visual coherence in towns.

London Lund Humphries 1986

180pp illustrated with b/w photogravure plates. 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper.

San Fransisco Chronicle Books 1988

Dan Soper took most of the photographs. Long 4to. Wrappers. Colorful romp through the world of tin lunch box designs.

New York The Grolier Club 1967

52pp + 8pp b/w photographs showing the club interiors and facade. 8vo. Limited to 2000 copies printed by the Spiral Press. Very good copy in slipcase with good paper label.

London and New York The Studio 1947

144pp illustrated with b/w plates grouped together after the text pages. Small 8vo. Good. Dust wrapper chipped and worn but protected in glassine. End papers slightly foxed. Fascinating publication on design remedies which can be achieved by using a consultant. A greater part of Mercer's life was spent working for The Studio and he was editor of Modern Publicity, Modern Posters and Art and Industry. He was on the board of the RSA for many years and this book was produced from a paper he wrote for the RSA and for which he was awarded a silver medal.