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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
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
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
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
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
(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
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
(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
![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
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
BEAMISH, Richard.
Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel. 1862
£500
Second edition, revised and corrected, following the first of the same year. Uncommon biography of the engineer father of the great engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, written by their...
Octavo. Neatly recased in the original green pimple-grained, blind-stamped cloth, title gilt to the spine, pale yellow surface-paper endpapers. Engraved portrait... Read more
(BASKIN, Leonard) O’NEILL, Eugene.
The Iceman Cometh. A Play. 1982
£150
Limited edition of two thousand numbered copies signed by the illustrator and with an original lithograph bound in.
Tall octavo. Original grey boards. Grey paper labels printed in black to spine and upper board, grey endpapers. In the publisher's grey slipcase. Original lithograph... Read more
BASKIN, Leonard.
To Colour Thought. 1967
£750
Limited edition of 300 copies printed at the Officina Bodoni; this is one of 10 copies specially bound for the Yale University Library.
Octavo. Bound in full terracotta morocco, titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the original card slipcase. With 10 illustrations in colour and... Read more
BASELITZ, Georg.
Baselitz. 2007
£1,500
First edition, first impression. Limited to 100 copies inscribed and dated by Baselitz with a woodcut 'The Hand (Die Hand)' in two colours on Okamata Genshi 34 gsm laid paper, signed...
Quarto. Original yellow cloth, titles to front cover in blind, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
(BAIRNSFATHER, Bruce) HOLT, Tonie & Valmai.
In Search of the Better 'Ole. 1985
£45
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the dust jacket. Read more
(BACON, Francis) LEIRIS, Michel.
Francis Bacon. 1987
£2,000
First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper "For Pierre Richard very best wishes Francis Bacon 12/7/89." Text in French. Together with a small...
Quarto. Original grey boards, titles to spine in black. With 155 illustrations. Foot of spine bumped otherwise near fine in near fine dust jacket. Read more
(BACON, Francis) John Russell.
Francis Bacon. 1971
£2,500
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper "For Dr Wolf Dube, with very best wishes and many thanks, for lending The Tryptich, yours very...
Quarto. Original brown boards, publisher's device to front cover gilt, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. 161 illustrations, including 74 in colour and 9... Read more
(BACON, Francis) David Sylvester.
Interviews with Francis Bacon. 1975
£2,000
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper "For Isabel with love and best wishes Francis." A series of interviews with Bacon from 1962 to 1974.
Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to front cover and spine in white. With 94 illustrations. Head and foot of spine rubbed, corners a little creased, white... Read more
(BACON, Francis.) Carl A. Schmitz; Nicholas Yalouris; Dr. Max H. Von Freeden; Christiane Desroches Noblecourt.
The Acanthus History of Sculpture, Oceanic Sculpture, Sculpture of Melanesia; Classical Greece, The Sculpture of the Parthenon; Gothic Sculpture, The Intimate Carvings; Ancient Egypt, The New Kingdom 1960-62
£1,000
First editions, first impressions. Inscribed in the first volume mentioned by the artist Francis Bacon on the front free endpaper, "To John, with all best wishes, Francis Bacon"....
4 vols. Folio. Original lemon boards with fawn cloth spine, titles to front cover and spine gilt. Photographs throughout by F. L. Kennet. Edges of boards rubbed, light... Read more
BACON, Francis.
Derrière Le Miroir. 1966
£2,250
First and only edition. Inscribed by the artist inside the front cover "For Stephen [Spender] with love and affection Francis Bacon."
Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to front cover in black and white. 5 full page lithographs including one triptych, small colour illustrations and 17... Read more
BACON, Francis.
Derriere Le Miroir. 1966
£600
First and only edition.
Quarto. Original illustrated wrappers, titles to front cover in black and white. 5 full page lithographs including one triptych, small colour illustrations and 17... Read more
BACHHOFER, Ludwig.
Early Indian Sculpture. 1929
£1,250
First Edition. Bachhofer was one of the generation of German sinologists who were forced to emigrate under the Nazis. He taught at Munich University until 1935, and also worked at...
Two volumes, folio. Original orange half morocco on tangerine linen boards, green morocco label, spine gilt, top edge gilt. 161 collotype plates. Some foxing to the... Read more
