London, Robinson & Fishe 1904.

99pp illustrated, 4to. Gilt lettered cloth with original wrappers bound in. Ownership signature of William H Brook 1904 on front paste down. Cloth binding worn at head and base of spine and corners. Internally very good. A key sale of the collection of William Massey-Mainwaring comprising French and English furniture, valuable porcelain, jewellery, enamels, stained glass, and paintings etc with 1037 lots in total. Additional items were sold at high-profile auctions by Christie's in 1907 following his death.

Harmondsworth, Penguin 1950

35pp with 17 b/w illustrations, plus 16 colour plates. Boards printed with a marbled design, very good in similar d/w. The results of Piper's travels in Romney and the surrounding area.

London Yale University Press, Paul Mellon Centre for British Art 2015

412 Pages, 180 colour + 120 b-w illus. 4to 241 × 279 mm, Very good in dust wrapper. Beautifully illustrated with Palmer's visionary and enchanted landscapes. William Vaughan, scolar and expert on Palmer, has drwn ons on unpublished diaries and letters, offering a fresh interpretation of one of the most attractive and sympathetic, yet idiosyncratic, artists of the 19th century.

Bradford The Corporation of Bradford 1913

1913 15 pp in wrappers with 14 black and white illustrations of the exhibits. Very good copy. The American artist Pennell's exhibition was called 'The Wonder of Work' and was held at the Corporation Art Gallery in Bradford. Catalogue includes an introduction and notes by the artist.

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.

Salisbury Michael Russell 1980

144 pp 121 numbered black and white illustrations Quarto with dw, top end corners scuffed but otherwise good. The author sets out the life of Hollar as the artist of 17th century topographical views especially of London and the large-scale format of the book means the drawings can be seen in great detail.

London Crafts Council 1997

167 pp, in wrappers, colour illustrations throughout. Square 4to. Small tear at top of front wrapper else good copy. The catalogue for a major retrospective on the career of the person seen as the father of English pottery; before finishing in London the exhibition toured a number of cities in Japan emphasising the influence of that country on Leach's work.

Glasgow, Heartbreak Publishing Ltd with Glasgow Museums 2013

Exhibition catalogue 200pp; many full-page illustrations with captions. Square-format soft covers. Very good copy.

London A&C Black 2002

352 pp 30 colour photographs and 14 black and white together with diagrams. 8vo, boards, dw and book good. A new edition of a ceramic classic with an introduction by Seth Cardew, son of the author.

London Alec Tiranti 1967

26 pp of text printed on matt brown paper, 243 black and white photographs, 1 in colour. Boards, 8vo, slight loosening of pages from binding. D/W. A title in the 'Chapters in Art' series this is a interesting snapshot of the major potters in the mid 1960s as well as a reflection on the post war revival in hand made British pottery.

Finishing Publications Ltd. 2009

249 pp 8 pages of colour photographs together with black and white illustrations by the author. 8vo. Gilt decorated boards, in very good dust wrapper. First published in 1962 this autobiographical book was initially withdrawn. This reprinted edition includes the author's key to the artistic characters involved in a thinly disguised St Ives artists including amongst others Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Bernard Leach, Peter Lanyon, and Patrick Heron.

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.

Kodansha International 1976

228 pp, 24 colour plates, 58 duotone plates, 59 monochrome text photos, 8vo, boards. Dust wrapper has small tear and rubbed edges. Good.

Inky Parrot Press 1996

Wood engraved plates & illustrations. Includes artists proof of the image Noah, loosely inserted. Boards. With folio of prints limited to 24 copies in separate folio, both housed in a pictorial slip case. The publication was produced in an edition of 76 copies of which 24 have an additional set of signed wood engravings of which this is one. Decorated paper covered slipcase. The book and portfolio is in very good condition. Slip case a little worn at edges and corners. The portfolio contains images names as; THE GARDENER; MERMAID OF ZENNORE; ALLEGORY; and THE DREAM four wood engravings, each signed, titled and numbered IX/XXIV in pencil Largest image size 175mm x 145mm.

Church Hanborough Oxford Previous Parrot Press 1994

52 pages, illustrations; 290mm x 210mm. 1 portfolio ([4] leaves). Set in Melior, printed litho by The Didcot Press, on Zerkell mould made paper. Bound by the Fine Bindery in slipcase. Limited to 242 copies of whihc there are 198 copies. Number 62 of 242 signed by Michael Brown and Rigby Graham on the Colophon. Uncommon.

Huddersfield Privately Published, 1923

109pp illustrated with b/w plates. Pale marbled end papers. Blue cloth, slightly rubbed else good copy. Hand-written on back of half title, " Presented to Edith E Webster by the author 22nd February 1925" Features the work of 11 artists + frontis which is bound in the Introduction. Artists are; G D Tomlinson, Samuel Howell, Peace Sykes, James Young, W> H. Midood, John Pearson, Charles France, Annie Wood, Henry Sykes, William Frederick Allot and Stephen E Hogley.

Nomad Letterpress & Beaufort Bookshop, (nr Cheltenham) printed at the Whittington Press 2023

29, (2) pages. Illustrations by Hilary Paynter. Small oblong folio. Decorated paper covered boards, with paste down paper label on cover. Limited to 900 numbered copies, of which this is number 354 of 874 copies bound by Green Street Bindery using Bugra-Bütten covers. Printed on Zerkall mould-made paper using Walbaum and Stern typefaces using a Heidelberg Cylinder SBB. The illustrations are printed from lemonwood blocks engraved by the artist. These sheets are the last to come from the Zerkall Mill which was forced to close following the Ahr Valley floods in 2021.

New Haven & London Yale University Press 2000

528 pp Extensively illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and images. 4to. Boards in slightly worn dust wrapper. A very useful and comprehensive account of the life and work of a key 20th century Constructivist sculptor.