Art, Architecture & Design (all items)
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ADAM, Robert.
Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. 1764
£24,500
First edition. During a five week detour from his Grand Tour, Adam, joined by the renowned French draughtsman C.-L. Clérisseau, set about studying, measuring and recording the...
Folio (534 × 368 mm). Contemporary tree calf neatly rebacked to style retaining old black morocco label, sides bordered in gilt with decorative dotted roll and... Read more
(MATISSE, Henri) JOYCE, James.
Ulysses. 1935
£17,500
One of a total edition of 1500 numbered copies signed by the artist from which this is one of about 250 which were also signed by Joyce. Includes etchings depicting the Calypso,...
Folio. Original brown cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine gilt from a design by Le Roy Anderson, top edge speckled brown. With the publishers card... Read more
REPTON, Humphry.
Fragments on the theory and practice of Landscape Gardening. 1816
£17,500
First edition of Repton's last treatise, this copy from the library at High Legh, Cheshire. The Legh family had held substantial property in the Cheshire area since the time of...
Large quarto (339 × 276 mm). Near-contemporary red half morocco, spine with gilt devices between raised bands, gilt-lettered direct in second compartment, pink... Read more
HOLBEIN, Hans, the younger.
Imitations of Original Drawings by Hans Holbein, 1792-1800
£15,000
First edition, "surely the finest early example of English colour printing" (Ray). These plates by various engravers after Bartolozzi's copies of Holbein's originals were issued in...
Folio (540 × 403 mm). Contemporary calf, title gilt directly to the spine, flat bands with gilt roundel and Greek key rolls, compartments gilt with floral and... Read more
NATTES, John Claude.
Bath, illustrated by a Series of Views, 1806
£13,500
First edition, a very good, complete copy - "The half-title is frequently missing. Some copies have the vignettes uncoloured" (Tooley) Abbey suggests that although no precedence can...
Folio (451 × 321 mm) Modern green morocco, title gilt direct to spine, raised bands, gilt arabesque decoration in the compartments, wide gilt palmette and floral... Read more
PUGIN, Augustus Welby Northmore.
Autograph letter, with original captioned ink sketch, to Henry Ridgard Bagshawe. 1841
£12,500
A wittily satirical sketch by Pugin, the Roman Catholic architect, sent to his friend Henry Ridgard Bagshawe (1799-1870), a prominent Catholic lawyer. Bagshawe sat on the committee...
Single leaf, hand-torn along one edge (225 × 182 mm); on recto, address panel with one-penny stamp (the famous Penny Black) with red cancellation, franks, red wax... Read more
LACROIX, Paul de (ed.)
Galerie Contemporaine des Illustrations Françaises. 1890
£9,750
The more than 160 mounted photographs include portraits of Baudelaire by Carjat, Victor Hugo, Rossini, François Coppée, Gounod, le Duc d'Aumale, Corot, Edmond About, Puvis...
8 volumes, folio. Original half morocco with marbled boards, titles and decoration to boards gilt. Profusely illustrated with more than 160 mounted photographs.... Read more
PICASSO, Pablo.
Dessins. 27.3.66 - 15.3.68. 1969
£9,500
Limited to 125 numbered copies and 25 Hors Commerce. The lithograph is titled "Man with Cane Viewing Nude." Signed lower right by Picasso.
Quarto. Original illustrated cloth, titles to front cover in blue. Housed in a calf and hessian covered clamshell box with perspex window to the cover, titles to spine... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
The Microcosm of London [1808–10]
£7,500
First edition, early issue with a number of the plates in their first state. The plates are from drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) and Augustus Pugin (1762–1832)....
3 volumes, quarto (332 × 265 mm). Contemporary brown calf rebacked, spines gilt in compartments, green and red morocco labels, floral roll and cornerpieces to... Read more
PYNE, W. H.
The History of the Royal Residences 1819
£7,500
First Edition of the finest contemporary record of the royal residences in a splendid series of aquatints. Ours is a large copy measuring 13.5 x 10.75 inches (Abbey's copy was uncut...
3 volumes, folio. Early Victorian black full morocco, with gilt titles, gilt decoration and raised bands on spine, elaborate gilt borders to boards, gilt and... Read more
LEONARDO DA VINCI.
Traitté de la Peinture ... 1651
£7,000
First French language edition and the first edition overall, generally recognised as preceding the Italian edition published in the same year at Paris by Langlois, despite the...
Folio (380 × 257 mm). Contemporary mottled calf, boards with central gilt arms, gilt rules, spine gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. 56 engraved... Read more
PYNE, W. H.
The History of the Royal Residences. 1819
£6,850
First edition of the finest contemporary record of the royal residences in a splendid series of aquatints. This set with the bookplates of Sidney Herbert Lord Elphinstone.
3 volumes, folio (332 × 270 mm). Contemporary red half calf, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides, yellow edges. 2 colour engraved frontispieces and 98... Read more
BONE, Muirhead.
War Drawings. 1917–8
£6,000
First edition, first impression. The Edition de Luxe was limited to 50 sets with each of the 60 lithographic proofs signed by Muirhead Bone in pencil, and with his embossed monogram,...
Folio (560mm x 470mm) cloth-backed heavy card portfolio with ties housing 6 light card fascicules each containing a loose contents leaf and 10 signed proof... Read more
(PICASSO, Pablo) ARISTOPHANES.
Lysistrata. 1934
£5,750
Limited Edition of 1,500 numbered copies of which this copy is number 978. Rare in complete glassine wrapper. Only a portion of the edition was signed by the artist.
Quarto, pp. 117 + [i]. Original pictorial patterned boards, titles to spine and front cover, complete with the original unprinted glassine dust jacket and original... Read more
WARHOL, Andy.
Holy Cats. 1954]
£5,750
First edition, sole printing. One of two books produced by Warhol in or around 1954 each produced in very small numbers - possibly between 50 and 100 copies. With the Andy Warhol...
Octavo. Original Warhol designed pictorial cream boards, printed on various coloured paper. 20 full page illustrations by Warhol. Light bump and short split at the top... Read more
RAY, Man.
40 Rayographies. 25 Février - 25 Mars 1972. 1972
£5,750
First edition, first printing. One of 60 (including 10 hors commerce) copies on Arches paper accompanied with an original Rayograph mounted on veneer over board, signed lower right...
Quarto. Original stiff wrappers. With the card dust jacket and original glassine. With 65 illustrations. Small nicks to head of dust jacket spine and glassine... Read more
WARHOL, Andy.
Index (Book). 1967
£5,000
First Edition, First Printing. Limited to 365 copies. Signed by Andy Warhol on the upper cover (rubbed), initialed by Warhol on the Multi-colored pop-up aeroplane; the Paper disc on...
Quarto. Original black and silver 3D illustrated boards, titles to spine in silver. Illustrated by Andy Warhol. Light rubbing to edges and lower panel, a lovely copy... Read more
[CHAGALL, Marc] CAIN, Julien.
The Lithographs of Chagall. 1960–86
£4,750
First editions, first printings, of the complete catalogue raisonee of Chagall's lithographic work, a monumental feat of publishing which took more than two decades to complete.
6 vols, folio. Original tan cloth, titles to front covers and spines in black. With the pictorial dust jackets. Profusely illustrated throughout and with 28 original... Read more
TIPPING, H. Avray.
English Homes. 1921–37
£4,750
First editions, first impressions save for volume II of Mediaeval & Early Tudor (early impression dated 1937) and Late Stuart (second impression). Author H. Avray Tipping...
9 volumes, folio. Original blue buckram backed blue cloth, titles to spines and upper boards, gilt, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. Frontispiece to each volume and... Read more
(CHARLES) HRH The Prince of Wales.
Watercolours. 1991
£4,500
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the Prince of Wales "For Steve, with very best wishes for Xmas 1991 from Charles". The Princess of Wales has added "and Diana". The...
Oblong quarto. Original grey cloth, Prince of Wales arms to front cover and titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more
BEARD, Peter; Isak Dinesen; Kamante.
Longing for Darkness. Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa. 1975
£4,500
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Peter Beard to author Lois Wyse with an elaborate ink drawing across both front endpapers, "To Lois with the rest of the picture coming...
Tall quarto. Original black boards, titles to spine in white, image of Blixen to upper board and of, tan endpapers. With the dust jacket. Illustrations throughout. An... Read more
BECKETT, Samuel.
L'Issue. 1968
£4,500
First Edition, First Printing. From an edition of 154 copies this is one of just 15 numbered in roman. All copies were signed by Arikha on each engraving. With the author's signed...
Folio. Unbound leaves laid into cream wrappers and contained in a brown cloth slipcase lettered in white. Six original engravings by Arikha. Outer wrappers rather... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
A History of The University of Oxford, its colleges, halls, and public buildings. 1814
£4,500
First Edition of Ackermann's lavish history of Oxford, complete with the Founders plate. The text is by William Combe, of Doctor Syntax fame.
2 volumes, quarto (342 × 282 mm). Publisher's blue straight-grained morocco, spines lettered in gilt, gilt wide bands, compartments decorated in gilt and in... Read more
HAMILTON, Richard, & Dieter Roth.
Interfaeces. 1978
£4,000
Sole Printing. One of just 15 "corrected" copies of the introduction to Hamilton and Roth's joint exhibition, Annotated by both artists and with a jointly made drawing in red and...
12 pages, xerox and ink, stapled at one corner. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with chemise made by The Chelsea Bindery. Folded once, one margin slightly ragged. Read more
MORRIS, William.
The Collected Works. 1910
£3,750
The best collected edition of the works of William Morris, including introductions by the author's daughter, May Morris. One of a limited edition of 1050 numbered sets and very...
24 volumes, octavo. Recent red half calf, spines gilt in compartments, brown and black morocco labels, red cloth sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait... Read more
