London: Arts Council, 1965. Roberts, William. First edition. Soft cover. 30p + 23 plates. Catalogue of 212 works, shown at several locations in London, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Manchester. One painting recreates "The Vorticists at the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel: Spring 1915," with Frederick Etchells holding the first issue..... More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1944 (1st pub. 1943). Whistler, Rex. "Second Impression, with corrections, Spring 1944" Hardcover. 148p, several line ills. + 42 ills., 1 in color. Jacket by Rex Whistler is torn and soiled. Inscribed "To Miss Eileen Trans with friendly regards from Harry Batsford Opening Day, N.Y. 1948." Chiefly..... More
Yeovil, UK: Marston House, 2005. Coper, Hans. New edition (1st pub. 1983). Soft cover. 224p, over 100 large ills., many in color. Definitive, profusely illustrated study of "the most important studio-potter of the twentieth century." With much on his long association with fellow ceramist Lucy Rie. More
New York: New York Public Library, 1958. Limited reprint edition. Soft cover. 39p, several line ills. + 4 plates. Decorations printed in red. One of 1000 copies, reprinted from the library's Bulletin. Just what the title says, on typography, production, and illustration from Pope to Bewick and Blake. Can be..... More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1902. Turner. First edition. Soft cover. 11p, no ills. Auction catalogue of 168 prints (92 from the Liber Studiorum). All prices and buyers inked in. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Beauchamp, UK: Richard Dennis, 2003. Leach, David. First edition. Soft cover. 120p, many ills., dozens in color. Cooper's detailed biography is followed by Nibelett's summary of the pots made at Dartington Hall, the Leach Pottery, and Lowerdown Pottery; the techniques used; pots and potters who inspired Leach (especially his father..... More
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London: Coracle, 1997. Drever, Timothy. Limited edition. Soft cover. 60p, several tipped-in color photos, 2 maps. "The first attempt to link the work of the artist Timothy Drever with the writings of his alter ego Tim Robinson . . . dating from just before [Drever/Robinson] disappeared from the London art..... More
Gottingen: V & R unipress, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. 503p, over 100 ills., most in color. No d.j., as issued. Based on the publisher's archives, here is a comprehensive history of Bruno Cassirer's London and Oxford years and an annotated bibliography of almost every book the firm published then (some..... More
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Brownsville, OR; Galway: Story Line Press; Salmon Poetry, 1991; 1995, 2003. Second American printing (The Wind beyond the Wall); the others first editions. Soft cover. Variously paged, no ills. From the library of an American poet and professor. The Wind beyond the Wall is inscribed to him, 1995. A Walled..... More
London: Thomas and Hudson, 1993. Meehan, Aidan. First edition. Soft cover. 160p, over 400 line ills. by the author. Comprehensive guide to analyzing and constructing the spirals and related motifs of Celtic design,by a well-known student and practitioner of it. The text is in very readable calligraphy. Can be sent..... More
London: The Women's Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 242p, 40 ills. Examines "the aspirations and expectations of Victorian women artists [painters and sculptors], their struggle for proper training, for exhibition and for unqualified recognition in the male-dominated art world." With case histories of Henrietta (Mrs. E.M.) Ward, Joanna Mary Boyce..... More
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1955. Gore, Spencer Frederick. First edition. Soft cover. 16p + 8 pls. The first reassessment of this pioneering member of the Camden Town Group. Checklist of 76 works exhibited. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate... More
London: Tate Publishing, 2011. First edition. Soft cover. 90p, many color ills. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. Surveys the achievements of British women war artists from World War I to the present--"as eyewitnesses, participants, commentators, and officially commissioned recorders of war." Includes Laura Knight, Lucy..... More
London: Batsford, 1947. Cook, Brian. Second edition (1st pub. 1939). Hardcover. 120p + 115 photos, 1 in color. In the publisher's Face of Britain series with one of Brian Cook's iconic jackets (chipped). Minimally marked library discard: 2 small ink stamps on opening pages, paper shelf label on jacket spine..... More
London: British Museum Press, 2000. First edition. Soft cover. 256p, 229 ills. (136 in color). Catalogue of the pioneering exhibition of watercolors, drawings, and other works by amateur British artists of all kinds--nobility, young ladies, miniaturists, antiquarians, soldiers, tourists, etc. Most of the works are published here for the first..... More
London: Shenval Press for Whitechapel Gallery, 1968. First edition. Paperbound. N.p., 34 pls. Two trivial ink marks; light shelf wear. Exhibition catalogue of 34 British artists, most in their 30s and in the early years of their careers. Paintings, sculpture, and mixed media, each illustrated with a black-and-white plate. Artist's..... More
London: Whitechapel Gallery, 1966. First edition. Soft cover in self wrappers. 114p, 65 photos (including artist portraits), a few in color. Front endpaper corner clipped. Exhibition catalogue of 13 young British artists: Barnard, Binder, Brace, Carter, Cina, Cook, Dubsky, Godsby, Hosking, Knowles, Lancaster, Morland, Newsome. The third in the Whitechapel..... More
Wolverhampton: Whitehead Brothers, 1902. First edition. Soft cover. 63p, no ills. Checklist of over 350 works and several dozen historic and contemporary books and bindings. Chiefly contemporary paintings (Whistler, Strang, Burne Jones, etc.), prints, sculpture, and decorative arts; also older pieces, such as an Egyptian collection. Books by many Arts..... More
