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Art & Architecture
We have a wide and varied collection of books on all forms of Art and Architecture, encompassing Engineering, Design, Furniture and Fashion. Many with fantastic plates and some real rarities included.
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1825 Welsh Scenery From DrawingsLondon: 1825A large paper copy of Captain Robert Batty's beautiful work on the picturesque scenery of Wales, illustrated with thirty-five plates. -
1830 North and South Wales IllustratedLondon: 1830The first edition of Henry Gastineau's beautifully illustrated picturesque guide to the views of North and South Wales. -
1830 Wales Illustrated, in a Series of ViewsLondon: 1830The first edition of this illustrated look at the topography of North Wales, a beautiful work with many original landscape drawings by Henry Gastineau. -
1929 Engravings and Their ValueLondon: 1929A lavishly illustrated guide to the art of engravings and their values, by J. Herbert Slater, illustrated with many plates, including four in colour. -
1948 Portrait of New YorkLondon: 1948A wonderful copy of Cecil Beaton's travel work, photographically tracking his time spent in New York before the Second World War. -
1786 Anecdotes of Painting in EnglandLondon: 1786A leather bound memoirs of Georgian society and art in Britain, composed by Horace Walpole from the notebooks of John Vertue. -
1828 Nollekens and his Times; comprehending a Life of that Celebrated SculptorLondon: 1828A candid biography of this British scultor, complete in two volumes bound in contemporary leather. -
1819 Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of PompeiiLondon: 1819A study of the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, illustrated throughout with folding plates. -
c1970 Twelve Wood Block Prints of KansaiKyoto, Japan: c1970A very scarce collection of Japanese wood block prints in colour by Eiichi Kotozuka. -
1929 Engravings and their ValueLondon: 1929A sixth edition of J. Herbert Slater's interesting guide to engravings, complete with twenty-four colour plates. -
1949 An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of OxfordLondon: 1949A marvellous inventory of Oxford's stunning monuments, illustrated and with folding plates. -
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c1900 Heroes on Land and SeaLondon: c1900An uncommon volume by F. M. Holmes celebrating the success of engineering, particularly praising the development fire extinguisher and the lifeboat. -
1818-23 The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter WestminsterLondon: 1818-23The first edition of this important history of Westminster Abbey, lavishly illustrated with complete over sixty plates throughout. -
1877 Art in Ornament and DressLondon: 1877A noted French art critic's guide to interior design, architecture and fashion. -
1906 Manual of Oriental AntiquitiesLondon: 1906An early edition of this charming volume being Ernest Babelon's manual to Oriental antiquities. -
1894 Mittheilunged uber Romische Funde in HeddernheimFrankfurt A. M. : 1894-1900A very scarce first edition of this historical account of Roman archaeological findings in the city of Hiddernheim, Frankfurt in the late nineteenth century. A set of three sammelband volumes. -
1863 Britanno-Roman Inscriptions with Critical NotesToronto; London: 1863A first edition copy of Reverend John McCaul's collected notes on Britanno-Roman eipigraphy in Britain. -
1916 The Pottery Found at SilchesterReading: 1916An uncommon first edition of this charming archaeological study of the pottery found at Silchester by Thomas May. -
1893 The Industrial Arts of the Anglo-SaxonsLondon: 1893The first UK edition of Baron J. de Baye's extensive study of the industrial arts of the Anglo-Saxons. -
1930 Catalogue of the Roman Pottery in the Colchester and Essex MuseumCambridge : 1930The uncommon first edition, a marvellous review copy of this catalogue of Roman pottery held at the Colchester and Essex Museum -
1893 English Caricaturists and Graphic HumouristsLondon: 1893An excellent copy of the second edition of this volume looking at English caricaturists and their art by Graham Everitt. -
1922 Magical Jewels of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Particularly in EnglandOxford: 1922The very scarce first edition of Joan Evan's history exploring the jewellery of the Middle Ages and Renaissance of England, illustrated throughout. -
1898 The Stones of VeniceLondon: 1898A lovely three volume set of Ruskin's 'Stones of Venice', illustrated by the author. -
1834 An Architectural and Historical Account of Crosby Place, LondonLondon: 1834A particularly scarce description of Crosby Hall, London, written by Edward L. Blackburn and illustrated with plates. -
1839 Lessons on Houses, Furniture, Food, and ClothingLondon: 1839The new and improved edition of this volume of the Instructor, with directives on houses, furniture, food, and clothing. -
1968 The Best of BeatonLondon: 1968The first edition of this anthology of the photographical works of Cecil Beaton, a beautiful collection of his important artistic works. -
1957 The Face of the World an International Scrapbook of People and PlacesLondon: 1957A first edition copy of Cecil Beaton's beautiful travel work, illustrated throughout with his original photographs, in his colourful dustwrapper. -
1980 Reddish House Broadchalke, Wiltshire the Property of the Late Sir Cecil BeatonLondon: 1980A very scarce first edition catalogue of the auction held after the death of Cecil Beaton, illustrated throughout. -
1959 JapaneseLondon: 1959The first edition of Cecil Beaton's photographical scrapbook documenting his travels in Japan, illustrated throughout and in the colourfully illustrated dustwrapper. -
1937 Cecil Beaton's ScrapbookLondon: 1937The first edition of this beautiful Cecil Beaton scrapbook, illustrated with his original photographs and illustrations throughout. In a unique floral binding. -
1957 The Face of the World an International Scrapbook of People and PlacesLondon: 1957The superb first edition of this beautiful illustrated work by Cecil Beaton, replete with his portrait and travel photography, in the original colourful dutstwrapper. -
1930 The Book of BeautyLondon: 1930The first edition of Cecil Beaton's first published photographical work, containing a variety of portraits of the beautiful women of the day. -
1952 Japanese Colour PrintsLondon: [1952]A lovely copy of this charming volume containing various beautiful Japanese colour prints. -
1960 The Fifty-Three Stages of the TokaidoTokyo: 1960A beautiful book containing the fifty five world-wide famous woodcut prints created by Utagawa Hiroshige illustrating his travel along the Tokaido in 1832. -
1953 Persona GrataLondon: 1953A superb first edition of this wonderful Cecil Beaton work, a collection of portraits of famous people of the time, in his original colourful dustwrapper.