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![The Early Work; [together with:] The Uncollected Work; [and:] The Later Work.](/content/store/products/513/2/1594.jpg)
BEARDSLEY, Aubrey.
The Early Work; [together with:] The Uncollected Work; [and:] The Later Work. 1899 & 1901 & 1925
£3,750
All first editions.
3 volumes, quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full green morocco, titles, decoration and raised bands to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles... Read more
(BEARDSLEY, Aubrey) GALLATIN, A. E.
Aubrey Beardsley's Drawings 1903
£850
Limited edition, of 250 copies, the first 30 copies printed interleaved with writing paper and especially bound, of which this is No. 5.
Quarto. White paper over board, gilt title to front board, and small gilt decorative motif to centre of lower board. Photographic portrait frontispiece, and four... Read more
BEARDSLEY, Grace Hadley.
The Negro in Greek and Roman Civilization. 1929
£275
First edition. Bookplate of the film-maker Kenneth Macpherson to the front pastedown.
Octavo. Original brown ribbed cloth, title gilt to spine in dust jacket. 15 plates. Light browning, some pencil marginalia in the Preface, jacket a little ragged but... Read more
(BEATON, Cecil.) MELLOR, David.
Cecil Beaton. 1986
£50
First edition, first impression. A hardbound exhibition catalogue to coincide with Beaton's retrospective at the Barbican Art Gallery, London.
Quarto. Original grey cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. Near fine in toned dust jacket, corners rubbed, one closed tear... 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
BEERBOHM, Max.
Catalogue of an Exhibition Entitled "Ghosts". 1928
£1,250
Limited to 55 copies signed by the artist.
Octavo. Original grey paper wrappers printed in black. Housed in a black cloth slipcase with chemise. Light partial browning to wrapppers, a very good copy. Read more
BEERBOHM, Max.
Things New and Old. 1923
£350
First Edition, First Impression, Limited Issue. One of 380 numbered copies signed by the author and containing a separate signed print by him in a pocket at the end.
Quarto. Original white cloth, titles to upper board and spine gilt. All edges rough gilt. Illustrated throughout with full colour tipped-in plates by Beerbohm. Some... Read more
BELL, Clive.
An Account of French Painting. 1931
£45
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original beige cloth, titles to spine in brown. With 32 black and white illustrations. Endpapers lightly foxed, a very good copy. Read more
BELL, Clive.
Autograph letter signed to Francis Birrell ("Dear Francis Birrell"). c.1915-16
£350
Bell writes to Birrell telling him that Roger Fry is unlikely to accept an offered post. As Sir Hugh Lane is mentioned, the job in question is presumably director of the National...
4 pages on a single sheet, imperial (9 × 7 ins), folded twice. Some finger-marks to rear panel; a few unrelated pencil marginal notes, presumably in Birrell's hand. Read more
BELL, Clive.
Pot-Boilers. 1918
£60
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original green boards, paper label to spine, edges untrimmed. Small bookplate to front pastedown, previous owner's signature to front free endpaper, some... Read more
BELLMER, Hans.
Oeuvre Gravé. 1969
£125
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine and pictorial design to upper board in blind, titles to upper board in pink, pink endpapers. Illustrations throughout.... Read more
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BENINGTON, Walter.
"The Church of England" [St. Paul's Cathedral]. [1903]
£2,250
A vintage print in exceptionally large format, signed on the mount by the photographer, of St. Paul's Cathedral taken from the south bank of the Thames. Benington was part of the...
Original platinum print, mounted and framed behind glass. Some very minor oxidization to the edges of the print, a little conservation to one edge but a superb example. Read more
(BENNEY, Gerald.) HUGHES, Graham.
Gerald Benney Goldsmith. The Story of Fifty Years at the Bench. 1998
£45
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original blue cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more
BERGONZI, Bernard (ed.)
Innovations. Essays on art and ideas. 1968
£50
First edition.
Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in silver, with dust jacket. Dust jacket a little rubbed and crumpled at edges, otherwise an excellent copy. Read more
(BLACKADDER, Elizabeth.) ALLEN, Christopher.
Elizabeth Blackadder Prints. 2003
£65
First Edition. Catalogue raisonné of all Blackadder's prints.
Quarto. Original green boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
BLAKE, William.
The Illustrations for Thornton's Virgil with the First Eclogue and the Imitation by Ambrose Philips. 1937
£125
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. With the ownership signature of Ruthven Todd, poet, author, and the editor of the works of William...
Octavo. Original patterned cloth, titles to spine in brown. Illustrations throughout by William Blake, with the portfolio of 17 loose plates. Cloth very lightly... Read more
(BLAKE, William) WICKSTEED, Joseph H.
Blake's Innocence and Experience. A Study of the Song and Manuscripts. 1928
£225
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt, boards blocked in blind, dark green top-stain. With the dust jacket. 79 plates of which 4 are in colour. Corners... Read more
BLOMFIELD, Sir Reginald.
Byways. Leaves from an Architect's Note-book. 1929
£75
First edition. Continental architectural observations by the noted architect, responsible for the memorial at the Menin Gate.
Octavo. White cloth-backed dun paper-covered boards, title gilt to spine. With the dust jacket. Collotype frontispiece from a pencil sketch by the author, and 13... Read more
(BLOOMSBURY) GERTLER, Mark.
Selected Letters. 1965
£45
First edition, first impression. Mark Gertler (1891 - 1939) was a painter of Polish ancestry who rose from poverty in London's East End to achieve success during the interwar years....
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. 12 plates and one line drawing. A fine copy in the little tanned dust jacket, rear flap creased. Read more
(BLOOMSBURY) SHONE, Richard.
Bloomsbury Portraits. Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, and their circle. 1976
£60
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original floral patterned boards. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Contents faintly toned. An excellent copy in the dust jacket... Read more
BLOSSFELDT, Karl.
Art Forms in Nature. 1929
£2,500
First Edition, First Impression, English Issue with the new preliminaries. One of the greatest and most influential photographic books ever to have been published. The artist was by...
Quarto. Original green cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine gilt. With the photographic dust jacket and publisher's card slipcase printed on the spine... Read more
BLOSSFELDT, Karl.
Wunder In Der Natur. Bild-Dokumente Schöner Pflanzenformen. 1929
£800
First edition, first printing. The third and final book in Blossfeldt's acclaimed series of nature photographs.
Quarto. Original blue boards, decoration and titles to front board and spine gilt. 120 full page photogravures by Blossfeldt. Minor rubbing to spine, a bright, clean... Read more
BOILEAU, D.
The Art of Working in Pasteboard, upon Scientific Principles: 1827
£250
First English language edition, first impression.
Sextodecimo. Original green pasteboards, skilfully rebacked to style, printed paper label to upper board. Folding engraved frontispiece and 7 plates. Boards rubbed but... Read more
(BOLTANSKI, Christian.) GUMPERT, Lynn.
Christian Boltanski. 1994
£150
First edition, first impression. Signed by Boltanski on the half title.
Quarto. Original maroon boards, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. 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
