Art, Architecture & Design (all items)
First editions and rare books in the fields of architecture, art, crafts, design and fashion, engineering, manufacturing techniques, and furniture.
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HEPWORTH, Barbara.
Drawings from a Sculptor's Landscape. 1966
£250
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "for Thomas C. Mendenhall with every good wish for 1967, Barbara Hepworth".
Quarto. Original white cloth, titles to spine and design to upper board in black, brown endpapers. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout from photographs.... Read more
(HERON, Patrick.) GOODING, Mel.
Patrick Heron. 1998
£100
Third edition. Inscribed by the artist "Paul / Patrick Heron." With an invitation for a private view of the Patrick Heron exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London, June 1998.
Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to front cover and spine in black. Illustrated throughout in colour. A fine copy. Read more
(HILL, C. F.) BLOMBERG, Eirk.
Drawings by C.F. Hill. 1950
£450
First Edition, edition of 625 copies "375 are for sale numbered 1-375, and 250 copies numbered I-CCL", this copy XV. Born in Lund, Sweden, Hill travelled to France in 1873 in search...
Quarto. Text and plates loose, as issued, in publisher's printed stiff wrappers, glassine dust jacket, in original ecru rough linen clamshell box. Colour frontispiece... Read more
HIRST, Damien.
From the Cradle to the Grave. Selected Drawings. 2004
£500
First Edition, Limited no. 1047 of 1500 signed by Damien Hirst.
Oblong quarto. Original illustrated boards with black cloth spine, titles to spine in white. No dust jacket issued. Housed in the original printed clamshell cardboard... Read more
HIRST, Damien.
I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. 1997
£1,500
First edition, first impression. Signed on the half title by Damien Hirst. Hirst's first publication and a wonder of modern printing innovatively illustrated with photographs,...
Quarto. Original red cloth, titles to upper board blindstamped and gilt, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. With over 700 diagrams and illustrations,... Read more
HIRST, Damien.
I Want to Spend the Rest of My Life Everywhere, with Everyone, One to One, Always, Forever, Now. 1997
£425
First edition, first impression. Hirst's first publication and a wonder of modern printing innovatively illustrated with photographs, graphic design, pop-ups, transparencies, movable...
Quarto. Original red cloth, titles to front board blindstamped and gilt, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. With over 700 diagrams and illustrations,... Read more
HIRST, Damien.
Pictures from the Saatchi Gallery. 28 Tablets. 2001
£100
First edition, first impression. Published to coincide with the exhibition of all of Hirst's works owned by the Saatchi Gallery.
Quarto. Original blue boards with yellow cloth spine, titles to front cover and spine in black and white. No dust jacket issued. Slight darkening to cloth. Read more
HIRST, Damien.
Point d'ironie. No. 40 September 2006
£75
First edition, only printing. A hybrid periodical - half magazine, half poster. Around 6 times per year, agnès b. and Hans-Ulrich Obrist give carte blanche to an artist to...
8pp tabloid format. Illustrated throughout by Hirst Fine condition. Read more
HIRST, Damien.
The Turner Prize 1992. 1992
£450
First and only edition. Inscribed on the front cover by Hirst "For Paul, We are the Leeds! Love Damien". Catalogue published to coincide with the Turner Prize exhibition at the Tate...
Quarto. Stapled wrappers, colour photographic illustrations and titles in black to front cover. White lower panel a little rubbed otherwise in excellent condition. Read more
HOCKNEY, David.
David Hockney prints 1954-77. 1979
£200
First edition, first impression. The catalogue raisonne of Hockney's prints up to 1977.
Octavo. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to front cover in white. Spine slightly faded, edges slightly rubbed. Read more
HOCKNEY, David.
Paper Pools. 1980
£400
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist "For Pat & Shay from David Hockney. Christmas 1980."
Quarto. Original blue cloth, publisher's logo to front cover and titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. 122 illustrations, 87 in colour. Damp stain to foot of... Read more
HOCKNEY, David.
The Blue Guitar. 1977
£400
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the Hockney on the half title "For Karl with love from David x." Also signed by Hockney on the title page.
Octavo. Original blue grey boards, titles to paper label on front cover. With the dust jacket. Fine in edge rubbed dust jacket. Read more
HOCKNEY, David.
Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik 1959—1977. 1978
£200
First edition, first printing. Signed by Hockney on the title page. Catalogue published to coincide with an exhibition touring Vienna, Innsbruck, Graz and Salzburg with German text.
Octavo. Original canvas wrappers, titles to front cover and spine in black. White wrappers darkened, small owner's label to front free endpaper, internally clean and... Read more
HOCKNEY, David; Stephen Spender (ed.)
Hockney's Alphabet. 1991
£2,000
First edition, first impression. De luxe edition of 300 signed by Hockney, Spender and 22 of the contributors. Paul Theroux, Ted Hughes, Gore Vidal and Anthony Burgess, were...
Folio. Original quarter vellum with handmade grey Fabriano Roma boards, titles to spine gilt. Housed in a grey Fabriano Roma covered slip case with label to front. 26... Read more
HOENICH, P. K.
Robot Art. Research No. AR10 of the Faculty of Architecture. 1962
£2,750
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Paul Konrad Hoenich "To Alto Meyer - with friendship - P. K. Hoenich, Haifa, 31. I. 63." One of the earliest publications on computer art....
Quarto. Original blue wrappers with blue cloth spine, title to front cover in black. Housed in a black cloth solander box. Wrappers lightly browned to edges, a little... Read more
HOGARTH, William.
The Works.
£275
A nice library set of Hogarth.
3 volumes (268 × 205 mm) Contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, blue cloth sides. Portrait frontispiece and 68 engraved... 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
HOLMES, Richard. R.
Queen Victoria: Illustrations from the Royal Collections with two series of plates. 1897
£250
First edition, presentation copy signed by the publishers, one of 350 copies on japon with two series of plates, in the scarce original box.
Large quarto. Original paper wrappers, printed on japon, front cover lettered in red and black, edges uncut; with printed dust jacket. All within original presentation... Read more
HORST, Horst P.
Horst. 1987
£75
First edition, first impression. Signed by Horst on the title page. Catalogue published to coincide with Horst exhibition at the Münchner Stadtmuseum, Bremer Kunsthalle,...
Quarto. Original laminated wrappers, titles to front cover and spine in white. Light crease to top right hand corner otherwise an excellent copy. Read more
HOYNINGEN-HUENE, George, & Alfonso Reyes.
Mexican Heritage. 1946
£200
First edition, first printing. The author Alfonso Reyes (1889–1959) was a Mexican writer and philosopher, and Hoyningen-Huene (1900–1968) was a leading fashion photographer...
Quarto. Original tan cloth, titles to spine and upper board in brown. With the dust jacket. Illustrations throughout. An excellent copy in the rubbed and creased... Read more
HUBBARD, Elbert.
The Complete Writings. Author's Edition. [1914]
£3,500
The Author's Edition, one of a limited edition of 1000 sets, signed "Elbert Hubbard" on the limitation leaf (though these signatures were apparently done by Hubbard's assistants)....
20 volumes, quarto. Original brown half morocco, titles and wreath design to spines gilt, geometrical decoration to spine and corners in dark brown, tan sides and... Read more
HUGGINS, William.
Descriptive Catalogue of Mr. Huggins' Grand Pictures of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1834
£2,500
First and only edition. Huggins reputedly began life as a sailor in the service of the East India Company, but his only known voyage was from December 1812 to August 1814, serving as...
Octavo. (209 ×133mm) Later half calf on marbled boards. Contemporary ownership inscription to the title page, "R. Boys." Folding lithographic frontispiece. Some... Read more
HULME, T. E.
Speculations. Essays on Humanism and the Philosophy of Art. 1924
£1,375
First Edition. This collection of Hulme's philosophical and cultural writings was published posthumously, its author having been killed during the First World War. It is nonetheless...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full grey morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers,... Read more
HUMPHREYS, Sydney.
Oriental Carpets, Runners and Rugs and some Jacquard Reproductions. 1910
£250
First Edition.
Quarto. Coloured frontispiece and 23 other coloured plates, 8 black and white plates. Some foxing to the prelims. and fore-edge, otherwise very good in the... Read more
HUMPHRIES, Barry.
Bizarre. 1965
£50
First edition, first printing.
Quarto. Original yellow cloth backed black boards, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Black and white illustrations throughout. An excellent copy in the... Read more
