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WILLIAM MORRIS ART AND KELMSCOTT
Written by Linda Parry.
Stock no. 1329952
Published by The Boydell Press. 1st 1996. Very good condition.

The importance of Kelmscott in the private and public lives of the Morris family from 1871 to 1938, also detailed assessments of William and May Morris's work by leading Morris scholars. Black cardwraps. 144 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0851156703. Slight rubbing to corners. Publisher's price sticker to rear cover has been neatly scribbled out with pencil.

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THE LIFE AND ART OF W. HEATH ROBINSON
Written by Langston Day. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.
Stock no. 1329949
Published by EP Publishing. 1st thus 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Republication of the 1947 edition which was published by Herbert Joseph. Red boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 270 pages. ISBN: 0715811800. Slight foxing to textblock. Endpapers browned. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed and lightly browned.

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CARTOONS & CORONETS THE GENIUS OF OSBERT LANCASTER
Written by James Knox. Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster.
Stock no. 1329926
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. 1st 2008. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An unrivalled selection of illustrations from the Lancaster archive, published to coincide with the Exhibition at the Wallace Collection, London. Yellow boards, blue title to spine. 224 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780711229334. Spine and corners bumped. Some fading to cover edges. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge worn to spine and corners.

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RUNNING THE NUMBERS AN AMERICAN SELF-PORTRAIT
Written by Chris Jordan; Chris Bruce; Lucy R. Lippard; Paul Hawken. Illustrated by Chris Jordan.
Stock no. 1329924
Published by Museum Of Art. 1st 2009. Very good condition.

Astonishing photographs revealing the devastating consequences of our culture of consumption. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. 110 pages. Colour photographs. ISBN: 9780975566251. SIGNED by Jordan to title-page. Spine and corners bumped. Original 'blurb' band to rear cover still present but a little browned witha small crease at one corner. Contents fine.

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A TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES
Written by John Murray; Thomas Gray. Illustrated by Joseph Farington.
Stock no. 1329923
Published by Frances Lincoln Limited. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 159 pages. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9780711232686. Minimal rubbing to corners.

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HEINRICH VOGELER DAS GRAPHISCHE WERK
Written by Hans-Herman Rief. Illustrated by Heinrich Vogeler.
Stock no. 1329878
Published by Worpsweder Verlag. 1st 1983. Slightly better than very good condition.

A catalogue of b/w works with text in German. Lovely decorated cloth with white title-label to front cover and to spine. ISBN: 3922516343. Minimal rubbing to spine and corners. Small mark to edge of title-label on front cover. Some evidence of erased pencil markings to front free-endpaper and a neat annotation note to the publishers page else contents fine.

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OLD PEWTER ITS MAKERS AND MARKS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
Written by Howard Herschel Cotterell.
Stock no. 1329828
Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company. 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Silver covers with blue titles. xvii + first list of subscribers + 432 pages. 6 large folding b/w plates. I. Short Historical Introduction; II. The History of Pewter-Marking as Toldin the Records; III. The Old Pewterers and Their Touchplates; Secondary Marks, Collectors' Difficuties, Pewterers' Tokens and Trade-Cards,Etc., Etc.; V. Illustrations of Examples of Pewter-War; VI. Alphabetical List of Pewterers, With Illustrations of Their Marks, Where Known; VII. Alphabetical List of Those Marks Which,with the Device, Bear Only the Initials of Their Owners' Name; VIII. Illustrations of Those Marks Which Must Be Designated as "Obscure," for Want of Any Indication as to Their Ownership; IX. Index to Devices in Marks Illustrated in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII; X. Index to Hall Marks in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII. Spine bumped. Light foxing to prelims. Light brown stain to inner margins of a couple of pages (198 & 199), else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly worn to top and tail of spine.

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SCOTTISH PAINTING 1837 TO THE PRESENT
Written by William Hardie.
Stock no. 1329824
Published by Waverley Books. 1st thus 2010. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Third Edition with revisions and a new introduction. Glazed pictorial boards. 223 pages, including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781849340359. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

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HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS 1921-1969
Written by Robert Melville. Illustrated by Henry Moore.
Stock no. 1329819
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1970. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A heavy tome! Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 368 pages. ISBN: 0500090564. Tiny indentations to cover edges. Small mark to front cover. Small booksellers sticker (Foyles) to front pastedown. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page browning else contents clean. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, mark to front panel.

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SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT
Written by Ralph Lewis; Keith S. Gardner. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1329816
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1988. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Colour illustrations. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 0715393065. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper is lightly foxed on verso and a rubbed at corners.

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THE ANALYSIS OF BEAUTY
Written by William Hogarth; Ronald Paulson.
Stock no. 1329736
Published by Paul Mellon Centre For British Art; Yale University Press. 1st 1997. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Edited with an introduction by Paulson. Based on the first (and only) edition published during Hogarth's lifetime, incorporating his errata in the text, and correcting obvious errors. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. 162 numbered pages. B/w plates. ISBN: 0300073356. Spine bumped. Evidence of pencil erasure to front free-endpaper and some very light foxing to endpapers else contents fine. Dustwrapper is edge creased.

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THE DOULTON BURSLEM WARES
Written by Desmond Eyles.
Stock no. 1329731
Published by Barrie & Jenkins Ltd. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The story of Nile Street factory established in the late 19th century, written specifically for the collector. Large format. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 190 pages (including index). B/w photos throughout and some colour photos as well. ISBN: 0091382602. Minimal bumping to spine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and lightly scuffed to rear panel. Small barcode label to rear panel.

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