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(GRAPHIC ART). Arts et Métiers Graphiques Numéro 48.Paris : 1935
First edition, first impression. This French graphic art magazine was published monthly from 1937 to 1939 and contained articles of varying areas of the graphic arts, such as typography, illustration, bibliophily, etc. Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 129220
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HARTNELL, Norman. Silver and Gold.London : 1955
First edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper to Princess Mary, "To Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal. With respect, gratitude and humble best wishes at Christmastime. Norman Hartnell, Christmas 1955." In this work, this copy of which is in an attractive presentation binding, Hartnell provides... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 130515
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WINTER, A. Trichologia.London : 1869
First and only known edition of this unusual and uncommon book on hair, including its physiology, diseases, and cultural significance. An ad at the rear reports that the author, Mr. Winter, "may be consulted on Diseases of the Hair at his Residence, 205 Oxford Street, London, between the Hours of 10 and 4." For those unable to visit in person, a questionnaire... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 120113
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MOHANTY, Bijoy Chandra; K. V. Chandramouli; H. D. Naik. Natural Dyeing Processes of India.Ahmedabad : 1987
First edition, first printing, of this comprehensive guide to the dyeing techniques of India, retaining all the original samples of different textiles. Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 140149
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(SILK WEAVING) SIMMONDS, S. Théorie du Tissage [Theory of Weaving]?Lyon : c.1900
Exceptional French course workbook in superb, fresh condition, concentrating entirely on silk production and weaving and containing a spectacular array of fabric samples from simple taffetas and serges to pekins, fantasies, and royales, in a range of superb colours and patterns. Most likely generated at the École de Tissage in Lyons, the French silk... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 139189
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(CHINA; ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS.) The Chinese Exhibition.London : 1936
First edition, first impression, of the commemorative catalogue of the Royal Academy's Chinese exhibition of 1935-6, the most important exhibition of Chinese art ever exhibited in Britain. The Chinese government loaned 800 objects, including 352 ceramics, some which of a type never before seen in the country. The exhibition helped to establish in western... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 130464
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(FASHION; DACHÉ, Lilly.) La Dépêche.Paris : 1949-50
A largely unbroken, notably scarce, run of 40 issues of La Dépêche (September 1949 until October 1950) together with three issues of La Note de Paris (August and October 1950). This run has a key fashion association, the subscriber being renowned milliner, fashion designer, and female entrepreneur Lilly Daché (?1892-1989) during her "heyday in the... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 126533
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SCHMOLLER, Hans. Mr Gladstone's Washi.Newtown, PA : 1984
First edition, limited to 500 copies printed on mouldmade Hahnemühle paper in Van Dijck types, of which this is number 352. A most attractive production, incorporating a facsimile of Sir Harry Parkes's original report and handsome reproductions of various artefacts that he collected in the course of his inquiry. "At the request of the Foreign Secretary... Learn More£225.00Stock Code: 113217
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HAMILTON, Sir William. Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman AntiquitiesNaples : 1766-7 [actually 1767-76]
First edition of this magnificent and notably rare work, of which only 100 complete sets were produced, a publication which had an enormous influence on contemporary taste.
Sir William Hamilton (1731-1803), diplomatist and art collector, was appointed British envoy-extraordinary to the Spanish court at Naples in 1764, during that city's Golden... Learn More£160,000.00Stock Code: 124586
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(CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY.) The Chromolithograph. A journal of Art, Decoration and the Accomplishments.London : 1867-9
First edition. Uncommon, COPAC locates sets at Oxford, Cambridge, the Universities of London and Nottingham, and the V & A; OCLC adds the Getty, the Huntington, Yale and McGill. No complete set at auction in the last 40 years, this run, in common with that V & A, lacks the last issue for 27 March 1869. A short-lived periodical, in an already short run... Learn More£1,275.00Stock Code: 67422
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MORRIS, William. An Address.London : 1898
First editions, first impressions, of these Chiswick Press fine publications of William Morris's lectures printed in the Golden type he designed for the Kelmscott Press; in an attractive arts and crafts style binding by the amateur binder, bibliophile, and author, Fletcher W. Battershall (1866-1929), and with his bookplate on the front pastedown.
Fully... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 142015
