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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
(WARHOL, Andy.) COOPER, Michael.
Blinds & Shutters. 1990
£3,750
First edition, first impression. Limited to 5000 copies. This is no. 1160 signed by 11 of the contributors; Adam Cooper, Allen Jones, Bill Wyman, Andy Warhol, Peter Blake, Eric...
Quarto. Original black morocco and yellow buckram, titles to front cover in black and yellow, titles to spine in yellow, all edges red. Housed in the publisher's... 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
DALI, Salvador.
A Study of his Art-in-Jewels. The Collection of the Owen Cheatham Foundation. 1959
£1,750
First edition, first printing. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Salvador Dali.
Quarto. Original light grey mottled boards with black spine, titles to front cover and spine gilt. Housed in the original illustrated slipcase. Tipped in full page... Read more
MCLUHAN, Herbert Marshall.
The Mechanical Bride. Folklore of Industrial Man. 1951
£875
First Edition, First Printing. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, "Greetings to P K Thomasan from Herbert Marshall McLuhan."
Quarto. Original black boards, titles to spine and upper board in white. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy. Read more
VALENTINO GARAVANI.
Una Grande Storia Italiana. 2007
£750
First edition, first printing. Limited to 2,100 copies.
Folio. Original white cloth, titles to front cover in six colour silkscreen and gilt, titles to spine gilt. Housed in original red silk covered clamshell box. Fine in... Read more
PARMELIN, Helene.
Cinq Peintres et le Theatre. Decors et Costumes de Leger, Coutaud, Gischia, Labisse, Pignon. 1956
£750
First edition, first impression of a full study of the sceneography and costume designs of these five theatre artists. One of a limited edition of 150 copies with a separate suite of...
Tall quarto. Original red wrappers printed in red, blue, and yellow. In the publisher's cloth slipcase and chemise. 4 original lithographs and illustrations... Read more
(MARTIN, David Stone) DAVER, Manek.
Jazz Graphics. 1991
£550
First and only edition. Beautifully produced in limited numbers, this is the closest thing to a catalogue raisonné of the work of this prolific and highly influential...
Quarto. Original card wraps. with the dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in colour. Text in English and Japanese. Very good. Read more
LAUREN, Ralph.
Ralph Lauren. 2007
£500
First edition, first printing.
Folio. Original beige cloth, titles to spine in brown. With the dust jacket. Housed in a crocodile leather slipcase with an engraved metal title label mounted to the... Read more
[FLEMING, Ian.] WORRALL, Dave.
The Most Famous Car in the World. The Complete History of the James Bond Aston Martin DB5. 1991
£450
First edition, first impression. Limited to 1,000 copies signed by Worrall and the book designer Graham Rye. Additionally inscribed by Worrall "Lance, Thanks for your support and...
Quarto. Original black boards, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Insert highlighting the difficulties that the author had over a 6 year period before... Read more
(TARTAN SILK SAMPLES)
Lista True Tartans - All British. c.1920]
£450
Wonderful sample books for "true" tartans, that is fabrics woven with accurate thread counts to match the approved sett or pattern for recognized clan tartans. A total of 146...
2 volumes, folio (375 × 225 mm). Original green cloth, titled as above in gilt. One containing 15 leaves with 4 mounted silk samples to each, the other with 20... Read more
KERTESZ, A. (ed.)
The Diamine Colours of the Aniline Colour Works of Leopold Cassella & Co., 1895-6
£400
First and only edition, uncommon, just 10 copies on OCLC. Cassella were the foremost producers of these aniline dyes in the late nineteenth century, in 1925 they became part of IG...
Large octavo (249 × 164 mm) Original sand- and morocco-grained cloth, title gilt to spine, gold patterned endpapers. Double frontispiece of the company's works,... Read more
ERTE.
Erte at Ninety-Five. The Complete Graphics. 1982
£350
First edition, first impression. Signed by Erte on the front free endpaper.
Quarto. Original grey cloth, titles to spine in silver. With the dust jacket. Fine in fine dust jacket. Read more
KLEIN, William.
In and Out of Fashion. 1994
£325
First edition, first impression. Inscribed on the half title "William Klein IN & OUT of London 1994". Together with an invitation for the book launch signed on the image "Hat + 5...
Quarto. Original pictorial boards. No dust jacket issued. A fine copy. Read more
MUSELWHITE, Katherine.
The Principles and Practice of Interior Decoration. 1936
£300
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original pattened black and gold cloth, decoration and titles to upper board and spine gilt, blue endpapers. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with... Read more
(JAZZ)
America et le Hot-Club de France vous offrent Jazz 47 1947
£275
First edition of this special issue of the cultural periodical America. Superb collection of articles - includes Sartre on Nick's Bar; Goffin on the origins of jazz and jazz and...
Quarto. Perfect bound in the original card wraps, with cover design by Charles Delaunay. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white. Wraps just a little... Read more
(DYES)
The Dyeing of Unions with Dyestuffs of Leopold Cassella & Co. 1906
£250
First edition. Uncommon, OCLC lists just 4 copies world-wide. Cassella were the foremost producers of these aniline dyes in the late nineteenth century, in 1925 they became part of...
Octavo ( 246 × 159 mm) Original plum half sand-grained cloth on black linen boards, sage green patterned endpapers. Double frontispiece of the company's works,... Read more
(WESTWOOD, Vivienne & Malcolm McLaren.) PunkPistol.
Sex and Seditionaries. 2006
£250
First edition, first impression. Limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed by PunkPistol. The clothes of Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren from the punk period and all that...
Quarto. Original illustrated boards, all edges silver. With the dust jacket and loose CD. Housed in the original clamshell box. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine... Read more
DOWLING, Henry G.
A Survey of British Industrial Arts. 1935
£250
First edition, first impression. With an attractive inscription and drawing of a spark plug by the author on the front pastedown "K. L. G. Campbell A. I. B. D. With the very best...
Quarto. Original red cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 100 pages of plates from photographs. Some light toning to... Read more
(GILL, Eric.)
Art-Nonsense and Other Essays. 1929
£250
First edition, first impression. Scarce in such nice condition.
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Spine very slightly faded, minor bump to top corner. An excellent copy in the rubbed and... Read more
HARTNELL, Norman.
Silver and Gold. 1955
£225
First edition, first impression. Publisher's presentation copy inscribed on the front free endpaper by the author, "John S., present from Norman".
Octavo (243 × 165 mm). Publisher's presentation binding of blue calf, pink calf labels, triple line ruling to boards and all edges gilt. Colour frontispiece and... Read more
(GILL, Eric.)
Letters. 1948
£225
First US edition, first printing. Originally published in the UK in the previous year. With two pages of the Gill-designed King George VI stamps tipped-in at pages 385 and 453.
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine and upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and 11 plates. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed jacket with... Read more
(MILITARY)
Queen Mary's Needlework Guild. Its Work During the Great War. St. James's Palace 1914-1919. [1919]
£200
First and only edition. Remarkable initiative to provide comforts for troops and supply items of kit, surgical equipment &c. to all the fighting fronts. Guild volunteer workers...
Quarto. Original card wraps. Photogravure portrait frontispiece, 38 plates, 2-page facsimile letter, and a folding map in two colours. Wraps a little rubbed and with... Read more
CARBONI, Erberto.
Radio and Television Publicity. 1959
£150
First edition, first printing. A lovely copy of this book on the commercial graphic design work of Italian artist Erberto Carboni (1899–1984).
Quarto. Original blue cloth, titles to spine in red, pictorial design to upper board in white, orange and white pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. Housed in... Read more
HACKENBROCH, Yvonne.
Meissen and Other Continental Porcelain Faience and Enamel in the Irwin Untermyer Collection 1956
£150
First Edition, First Printing, US Issue. The most substantial catalogue in the field.
Large quarto. Original two toned blue cloth, decoration to upper board and titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Lavishly illustrated. An excellent copy in the... Read more
