Art, Architecture & Design (all items)
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(BRAQUE, Georges) RUSSELL, John.
G. Braque. 1959
£85
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author to Hamish Hamilton and his wife Yvonne on the front free endpaper, "To Jamie & Yvonne with love from John Russell, Christmas...
Octavo. Original white cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt, grey endpapers. With the dust jacket. 80 plates. Minor bumps to corners. An excellent copy in the... Read more
BRANDT, Bill.
Perspective of Nudes. 1961
£975
First edition, first impression. One of those seminal works of art which apparently came about by accident. Brandt was experimenting with a fish-eye lens and produced these...
Quarto. Original grey and white patterned boards, titles to spine and upper board in red. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout from photographs by the author.... Read more
BRADLEY, Helen.
'In the Beginning' said Great-Aunt Jane. 1975
£150
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist with a drawing of a fly 'With all good wishes from the Artist, Helen Layfield Bradley Sept 15th 1975, Nellie Bly, Caught a...
Oblong quarto. Original blue boards, titles to front cover and spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Near fine in slightly spine faded dust jacket. Read more
BRADLEY, Helen.
And Miss Carter Wore Pink. Scenes from an Edwardian Childhood. 1975
£75
Fifth impression. Inscribed by the artist with a drawing of a fly 'With all good wishes from the Artist, Helen Layfield Bradley Sept 3rd 1975, Nellie Bly, Caught a fly!'
Oblong quarto. Original blue boards, titles to front cover and spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Near fine in slightly edge toned dust jacket, price clipped. Read more
BRADLEY, Helen.
Miss Carter Came With Us. 1974
£75
Third impression. Inscribed by the artist with a drawing of a fly 'With all good wishes from the Artist, Helen Layfield Bradley Sept 9th 1975, Nellie Bly, Caught a fly!'
Oblong quarto. Original mauve boards, titles to front cover and spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Near fine in slightly edge toned dust jacket, price clipped. Read more
BOWEN, Elizabeth.
Bowen's Court. 1942
£1,500
First edition, first impression. E. M. Forster's copy, with his bookplate to the front pastedown and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "E. M. Forster from Elizabeth...
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine in red. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 3 plates, map, and folding chart. Light partial tanning to free endpapers,... Read more
(BOULLÉE, Étienne-Louis) ROSENAU, Helen (ed.)
Boullée's Treatise on Architecture. 1953
£375
First edition. One of the foremost proponents of neo-classical architecture in eighteenth-century France, Boullée went to visionary extremes developing an abstract geometrical...
Octavo. Original dark blue buckram, title gilt to upper board and spine. In the dust jacket. 24 plates. Very good in slightly rippled jacket. Read more
(BONNARD, Pierre.) BOUVET, Francis.
The Complete Graphic Work. 1981
£100
First UK edition. Originally published in French. The first complete catalogue of Bonnard's prints.
Quarto. Original green cloth, titles to spine and publisher's logo to front cover gilt. With the dust jacket. 536 illustrations, 60 in colour. Near fine in edge rubbed... 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
(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
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
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
(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
(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
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
(BLAKE, William) YOUNG, Edward.
The Complaint, and The Consolation; or, Night Thoughts. 1797
£12,500
First edition of Blake's designs for Young's Night Thoughts, first published in 1742–6. "With his usual attention to what he called 'minute particulars' (Blake, 194), Blake...
Large quarto (411 × 317 mm). Contemporary red straight-grained morocco, probably for the publisher, spine divided in six compartments by wide low bands,... 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
(BLAKE, William) GILCHRIST, Alexander.
The Life of William Blake, 1880
£650
Second and best edition, enlarged with additional illustrations and text.
2 volumes, octavo. Original green cloth, titles and elaborate pictorial decoration to spines and upper boards gilt, edges untrimmed. Bookplate to each volume. Very... Read more
BLAKE, William.
The Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819. 1969
£150
First facsimile edition, first impression. The Blake-Varley notebook was used by both William Blake and his good friend John Varley, "perhaps the greatest water-colourist of his...
2 volumes. Original green skiver backed turquoise cloth, titles to spine of volume I gilt. Housed together in the publisher's turquoise cloth slipcase. 7 plates in... 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
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BLAKE, William.
[The facsimile of] All Religions Are One. 1970
£275
First facsimile edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 662 numbered copies printed on Arches rag paper to match that used by Blake.
Tall quarto. Original green quarter morocco, marbled sides. Housed in the publishers marbled slipcase. A fine copy. Read more
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BLAKE, William.
[The facsimile of] America: A Prophecy. 1963
£1,100
First facsimile edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 526 numbered copies printed on Arches rag paper to match that sued by Blake.
Tall quarto. Original blue half morocco, marbled sides, top edges gilt. Housed in the publisher's marbled slipcase. A fine copy. Read more
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BLAKE, William.
[The facsimile of] Europe: A Prophecy. 1969
£675
First facsimile edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 526 numbered copies on Arches rag paper to match that used by Blake.
Tall quarto. Original brown half morocco, marbled sides, top edge gilt. Housed in the publisher's marbled slipcase. A fine copy. Read more
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BLAKE, William.
[The facsimile of] Milton: A Poem. 1967
£1,100
First facsimile edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 426 numbered copies printed on Arches rag paper to match that used by Blake.
Tall quarto. Original brown quarter morocco, marbled sides, top edge gilt. Housed in the publisher's marbled slipcase. Tiny scuff to head of spine. An excellent copy. Read more
