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  • Westminster Abbey With an Account of the Abbey Buildings by J. T. Micklethwaite, and an Appendix on the Medieval Monuments, by Edward Bell. by FEASEY Henry John,
    FEASEY Henry John,
    Westminster Abbey With an Account of the Abbey Buildings by J. T. Micklethwaite, and an Appendix on the Medieval Monuments, by Edward Bell.

    London George Bell 1899

    xv +108pp, Frontis, decorated title page, +74 further b/w collotype photographic plates, 4 text ills. Small folio. Vellum spine, green cloth and covered boards. Gilt title to upper board. Limited edition. no 108 of 360 copies.[100 to be sold in America]. Very slightly rubbed at head and base of spine else a bright copy of this sumptuous book. Bookplate on front paste down of John William Clay FSA, noted for his editing of works on St Pauls and other antiquarian architectural subjects.

    Stock ID: 23938
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  • LE CORBUSIER
    When the Cathedrals Were White: A Journey to the Country of Timid People

    London Routledge 1947

    217pp, small line illustrations throughout by Le Corbusier. 8vo. Cloth. some discolouring to the boards + spine else a good copy. First English edition of the French original published in 1936. Le Corbusier examines the architecture and people of New York. He loves the latter but deems the architecture haphazard. He imagines an improved New York.

    Stock ID: 18642
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  • [WILFREDO LAM] FOUCHET, Max-Pol
    Wilfredo Lam

    Madrid, Poligrafa 1983

    284pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. . 4to. Very good with very good dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22263
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  • Willem M Dudok by (NETHERLANDS -DUDOK) BOOT J J G (introduction by)
    (NETHERLANDS -DUDOK) BOOT J J G (introduction by)
    Willem M Dudok

    (1954) Published with the aid of the Pincs Bernhard Fund, by G can Saane, "lectura architectonica" Amsterdam 1957

    2nd impression. 168pp illustrated with b/w plates and line ills. Quarto. Turquoise cloth with gilt blocked lettering on front board and spine. Slightly dusty dust wrapper. Signed by previous owner on the front end paper in neat hand. Material collected for the book by R M H Magnée. Modern typographic layout. Includes reviews of all the major projects with photo illustrations and line ills. Includes the famous Nassau School at Hilveresum, housing schemes, town hall etc and this garden city project alongside other projects undertaken in the Netherlands. Produced for the 70th birthday of Dudok.

    Stock ID: 13648
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  • [BLAKE, William] DORRBECKER, D. W. [ Introduction and edited by]
    William Blake's Illuminated Books

    The William Blake Trust and Tate Gallery, 1998

    The complete six volume set. 303 + 209 + 287 + 368 + 286 + 231pp, bibliographies, colour plates, etc. Stiff card wrappers. A very good set with only the most minor wear. Volume : 1) Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. 2) Songs of Innocence and of Experience. 3) The Early Illuminated Books. All religions are One. There is No Natural Religion. The Book of Thel. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Visions of the Daughters of Albion. 4) The Continental Prophecies. America: a Prophecy. Europe: a Prophecy. The Song of Los. 5) Milton a Poem and the Final Illuminated Works: The Ghost of Abel. On Homers Poetry (and)…

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    The William Blake Trust and Tate Gallery, 1998

    The complete six volume set. 303 + 209 + 287 + 368 + 286 + 231pp, bibliographies, colour plates, etc. Stiff card wrappers. A very good set with only the most minor wear. Volume : 1) Jerusalem. The Emanation of the Giant Albion. 2) Songs of Innocence and of Experience. 3) The Early Illuminated Books. All religions are One. There is No Natural Religion. The Book of Thel. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Visions of the Daughters of Albion. 4) The Continental Prophecies. America: a Prophecy. Europe: a Prophecy. The Song of Los. 5) Milton a Poem and the Final Illuminated Works: The Ghost of Abel. On Homers Poetry (and) On Virgil. Laocoön. 6)The Urizen Books. The First Book of Urizen. The Book of Ahania. The Book of Los. Slipcase very good. The collected edition. From the library of Jonathan Silver.

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    Stock ID: 22537
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  • (BURGES William) CROOK J Mordaunt
    William Burges and the High Victorian Dream

    London John Murray, 1981

    454 pages illustrated with b/w plates. Slightly shop soiled but very Good in Fine dust wrapper. First edition of this comprehensive reference book on William Burges.

    Stock ID: 22702
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  • William Eggleston by (EGGLESTON)
    (EGGLESTON)
    William Eggleston

    London: Thames and Hudson 2002

    Unpaginated. c.200pp of beautifully presented colour and b/w photographic plates plus c.10pp catalogue, bibliography, list of exhibitions. Square 4to in white boards, with tiny bump on upper board bottom edge else very good indeed. Published to accompany an exhibition held in Paris by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Scarce.

    Stock ID: 12269
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  • William Etty, Art & Controversy by [ETTY] BURNAGE, Sarah, HALLETT, Mark, TURNER, Laura [Ed.]
    [ETTY] BURNAGE, Sarah, HALLETT, Mark, TURNER, Laura [Ed.]
    William Etty, Art & Controversy

    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.

    Stock ID: 23934
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  • William Morris & his Palace of Art: Architecture, Interiors and Design at Red House (National Trust Series) by [MORRIS] WILD, Tess
    [MORRIS] WILD, Tess
    William Morris & his Palace of Art: Architecture, Interiors and Design at Red House (National Trust Series)

    London, Philip Wilson.

    272pp illustrated. 4to. Fine in dust wrapper. Comprehensive new study of Red House, Bexleyheath; the only house commissioned by William Morris and the first independent architectural work of his close friend, Philip Webb. Beautifully illustrated edition. The house was created 1860-1865 and records the interiors and designs of that period following recent research on the collaborative ventures of Morris, Philip Webb Burne Jones, Rossetti and their immediate circle

    Stock ID: 23766
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  • [MORRIS] MEIER, Paul
    William Morris: The Marxist Dreamer two volume set

    Hassocks, Sussex Harvester and New Jersey, Humanities Press 1977

    800pp. Used - Very Good in slightly worn dust wrappers with illustration of Kelmscott on each. In cardboard slipcase as issued. Spines sun faded. Translated by Frank Gubb with a preface by Robin Page Arnot

    Stock ID: 23497
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  • William Richard Lethaby by (LETHABY) RUBENS Geoffrey
    (LETHABY) RUBENS Geoffrey
    William Richard Lethaby

    The Architectural Press 1986

    320pp illus. with b/w plates and line ills. Major assessment of Lethaby's multi faceted carer as an architect, conservationist and educationalist. Square 4to. Very good in dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 22039
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  • William Roberts Some Early Abstract & Cubist Work 1913-1920 by [ROBERTS]
    [ROBERTS]
    William Roberts Some Early Abstract & Cubist Work 1913-1920

    London A Canale Production 1957

    16pp text + 12 pages of b/w plates. One of 400 copies, unnumbered. 4to. Yellow lettered boards. Very good copy. Some striking Vorticist images are included in this lovely publication.

    Stock ID: 21996
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  • Winchcombe Pottery, the Cardew-Finch Tradition by WHEELER, Ron.
    WHEELER, Ron.
    Winchcombe Pottery, the Cardew-Finch Tradition

    Edinburgh White Cockade Publishing 1998

    168 pp, colour and black and white photographs[JR1] . 8vo, boards, d/w good. An account of one of the pioneer studio potteries, revived by Michael Cardew in 1926 and continued by Ray Finch.

    Stock ID: 23680
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  • DAY Lewis F.
    Windows: a Book About Stained & Painted Glass

    London, B T Batsford 1909,

    3rd edotopn. 420pp +300 plates and text illustrations. (32pp catalogue of Batsford publications). Tall 8vo. Gilt decorated blue cloth with arts and crafts style decorative gilt lettering on upper board. Decorated end papers. Fine in dust wrapper. Authoritative study of stained glass. Uncommon to find in the dust wrapper.

    Stock ID: 23604
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  • DARWIN Robin CBE
    Windows for Coventry

    Colchester The Royal College of Art June 1956

    10pp 2 full page colour photographs 12 b/w photographs. Collated by different authors such as Basil Spence, A.R.A on the Function of the windows, Lawrence Lee, A.R.C.A , and Geoff Clarke, A.R.C.A on their Iconography, and An Appreciation by Basil Taylor. Covers a bit worn from general use and slight crease vertically through the pamphlet, else good. Loose piece of paper slipped in with summaries of six of the 10 great windows created for the nave of the new cathedral and a plan of their intended location. A note from an unknown Charles to John regarding the leaflet (and publication?). From the collection of George G. Pace.

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    Colchester The Royal College of Art June 1956

    10pp 2 full page colour photographs 12 b/w photographs. Collated by different authors such as Basil Spence, A.R.A on the Function of the windows, Lawrence Lee, A.R.C.A , and Geoff Clarke, A.R.C.A on their Iconography, and An Appreciation by Basil Taylor. Covers a bit worn from general use and slight crease vertically through the pamphlet, else good. Loose piece of paper slipped in with summaries of six of the 10 great windows created for the nave of the new cathedral and a plan of their intended location. A note from an unknown Charles to John regarding the leaflet (and publication?). From the collection of George G. Pace.

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    Stock ID: 22722
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  • GENTLEMAN, David. SCOTT, Asgeir. ARDIZZONE, Edward & WATERS, Sheila (illustrator)
    Wine List Decorations 1961 – 1963

    Bristol, John Harvey and Sons Limited 1963

    100 pp 8vo, Cloth. Gilt lettering. Spine slightly sunned. Designed by the typographic designer John Lewis with wood illustrations by David Gentleman, decoration by Asgeir Scott, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone and maps by Sheila Waters. The book is a compilation of the illustrations and maps sent to their clients by the wine dealers Harveys. This charming small book contains a pamphlet advertising the letters from Ardizzone to Lewis concerning his commission for the Harveys Wine List which were published in 2016 by the Reading Room Press.

    Stock ID: 23698
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  • Worlds and Windows by Signed copy GILBERT & GEORGE
    Signed copy GILBERT & GEORGE
    Worlds and Windows

    London & New York Anthony D'Offray and Robert Miller 1990

    6-page introductory essay by Rosenblum + 130 full page colour reproductions of works in the Worlds and Windows series. Original publishers' blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover. 310mm x 231mm. Not issued with a dust wrapper. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Inscribed in red ink "With love from Gilbert and George" on free end paper. From the collection of Johnathan and Maggie Silver.

    Stock ID: 22531
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  • FRENCH, Thomas
    York Minster, The Great East Window (Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi: Great Britain) (Vol 2)

    Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1995

    161pp + 20pp of colour plates at back. c120 b/w photographic plates in text. 4to, original decorated dustjacket, fine. A detailed catalogue of the stained and painted glass in the Great East Window of York Minster. All photography is beautifully clear and both the black and white and colour images are stunning in their clarity and quality.

    Stock ID: 22559
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  • York Minster through the Centuries by WALKER, Estra. [1904 -1933]
    WALKER, Estra. [1904 -1933]
    York Minster through the Centuries

    1927

    8pp illustrated in black and white. Decorated wrappers by the artist. 245x180mm. This is Estra Walker's first publication, advertised for sale in July 1927. Foreword by W. Edward Parkinson of the York School of Arts and Crafts who predeceased the publication by a few months. Carefully designed pamphlet to show the evolution of the Cathedral at York over the centuries. Illustrated with small b/w vignettes and floor plans of the minster at different periods. The paper is semi transparent allowing the various stages of the building's history to be compared. The whole pamphlet is beautifully constructed with an arts and crafts style vignette on the upper wrapper. Estra Walker is best known for her pictorial maps of York,…

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    1927

    8pp illustrated in black and white. Decorated wrappers by the artist. 245x180mm. This is Estra Walker's first publication, advertised for sale in July 1927. Foreword by W. Edward Parkinson of the York School of Arts and Crafts who predeceased the publication by a few months. Carefully designed pamphlet to show the evolution of the Cathedral at York over the centuries. Illustrated with small b/w vignettes and floor plans of the minster at different periods. The paper is semi transparent allowing the various stages of the building's history to be compared. The whole pamphlet is beautifully constructed with an arts and crafts style vignette on the upper wrapper. Estra Walker is best known for her pictorial maps of York, Yorkshire, and Ryedale. Hard to find. Details of Estra Walker can be found on an internet blog published by Barron's maps. https://barronmaps.com/estra-clark-1904-1993-york-artist-and-pictorial-cartographer.

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    Stock ID: 23773
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  • Yoshijiro Urushibara by [URUSHIBARA] CHAPMAN, Hilary & HORNER, Libby.
    [URUSHIBARA] CHAPMAN, Hilary & HORNER, Libby.
    Yoshijiro Urushibara

    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.

    Stock ID: 23927
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