Rail Romances 1999

250pp illustrated. Purple boards, very good dust wrapper.. Biography of the author's uncle, founder of the well-known Bassett-Lowke model-making business in Northampton. Drawing on material from within the family in addition to wide range of documentary resources, Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke commissioned Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1916 to remodel his house at 78 and Peter Behrens, to design his second home, New Ways in 1926 both of which are discussed in this book. The firm is significant in many ways not least of which are the models it produced for Abercrombie's London plans.

Privately published by John Lampitt.using photobox 2015 28pp. 5pp Introductory text + colour plates of the designs. Long 4to. Black boards, window on upper board with title behind. Very good. Bryans seems to have initially trained with Clayton & Bell before joining to Charles Eamer Kempe's Studio in 1889 where he subsequently became the assistant to John Carter, the chief designer. He subsequently set up on his own account. He died in 1925.

University of Lancaster Centre for North-West Regional Studies 2003

87 pp. Colour and b/w ills throughout. 4to. Decorated boards. Very good copy. Detailed account of the history of Shrigley & Hunt, one of the finest stained glass manufacturers of the late 19th century. 50th volume in series published by Centre for North-West Regional Studies.

Privately Printed in the UK 2001

x + 232pp, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 4to in wrappers, slightly scuffed wrappers else vg. Collection of essays produced in memory of this polymath of late 20th-C ecclesiastical design. The main focus is on his stained glass, but there are also chapters on his calligraphy, paintings and other works. Includes a chronological list of his commissions. Armourial bookplate on inside front wrapper.

Yorkshire Architectural and York Archaeological Trust 1984

vi + 62pp illus w 16 b/w an colour plates, wraps. Vol 4 of the York Historian Series. A discussion of the life, work and contribution of Henry Gyles towards the survival of glasspainting in York.

London Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd 2017

104pp illustrated with over 100 high quality colour plates. 4to. Laminated wrappers. Photographs by Nick Teed. Lovely publication which documents the glass of the Minster and brings up to date the descriptions of the glass.

New York: Syracuse University Press 1992

180pp with 16 colour plates and 33 b/w illustrations. Cloth in vg dust wrapper. Bolton (1816-84), created some of the finest and earliest Gothic revival glass in 19th C America. This comprehensive study of his life and works includes a catalogue raisonné which covers drawings, paintings and stained glass. Photography by Leland A. Crook.

Yale University Press 1974

Volume 1: 119pp + 665 colour and black and white plates. Volume 2; Catalogue of window and glass designs. Large 4to. Good set with slightly worn and chipped dust wrappers. Internally very good. Previous owners name on front end papers. A. Charles Sewter thoroughly describes the firm's work from its founding in 1861 to its closing in 1940. Drawing on his first-hand knowledge of almost every Morris window in the United Kingdom and throughout the world, and on account-books and other unpublished sources, he treats in detail the firm's major commissions. He describes the preparation of cartoons and windows and comes to new conclusions about the creative role of Morris and the other artists. Hard to find.

Privately published 1986

132pp illustrated with colour plates throughout. Gazetteer of projects of the firm at the end of the book. Large 4to. Very good in dust wrapper.

Letchworth The First Garden City Lmited 1935

Letchworth Silver Jubilee Souvenir 1910-1935 121pp illustrated with sepia photographs. Maps on end papers of Letchworth and its setting. Blue decorated cloth boards. Boards slightly uniformly faded else very good. Good overview of the whole garden city with lots of period ads interleaved between captioned photographs and a text which describes each of the main housing areas, individual community buildings, shopping, factories etc. Written 25 years on from the founding of Letchworth, this book is arguably provides a very good insight into how it developed before the 2nd World War.

Leeds Museums Trust and Galleries 2009

72 pp, illustrated in colour. 4to boards with dust wrapper. Very good. Published in conjunction with an exhibition in 2009 in Leeds. Signed by the artist. Lovely catalogue revealing the works of this British contemporary artists [b. 1953]. Includes an essay by curator Tanja Pirsig-Marshall, an interview with Hughie O'Donoghue and a timeline of the key events within the artist's life.

London Thames and Hudson 2002

304 pp, 373 illustrations including 270 in colour . 4to. Boards with very good dust wrapper. A major study of the entirety of Nolan's work.

York and London York Museums Trust and Philip Wilson Publishers 2011

256 pp, comprehensively illustrated in colour. 4to. Very good, Wrappers. Published to mark a major exhibition throwing fresh scholarship on and a reappraisal of Etty's work.

London Royal Academy of Arts 2009

301 pp, well illustrated throughout in colour. 4to. Decorated wrappers with inside flaps turned in. Very good. The catalogue of the exhibition held in London and New York of the Arthur R. Miller collection of prints by one of the greatest Japanese print artists, Kuniyoshi, a relatively unknown figure in the West .

Leiden, the Netherlands Hotei Publishing 2017

206 pp. Illustrated. 4to. Decorated wrappers, very good. A catalogue raisonné of an artist who brought together the traditional woodcut print technologies of Japan and Western art.

Oxford Phaidon, 1988

96 pages with 99 illustrations including 32 in colour. With Chronology, Selected Bibliography and Index. Large 4to. Attractive dust wrapper. Very good copy. Useful overview of Blackadder's work.

London, Cassell 1997

xvii + 200 pp., 53 b/w & colour plates, illustrations, Very good with very good dust wrapper. Sequel to his autobiography "Drawn to Trouble: The Forging of an Artist"

1933

95pp illustrated with sepia photographs. Many period ads for commercial outlets. Decorated wrappers. A little fragile else very good with striking cover.