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PETER RABBIT PAINTING AND DRAWING BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1208965
Published by The Saalfield Publishing Company. Circa 1925. Poor condition.

Oblong format, shaped book. Black cloth spine, pictorial front board. B/w illustrations of everyday objects throughout to be coloured in. Contents are disbound from covers. Covers are edge worn, spine is frayed. Light damp staining to rear cover. Inscription in pencil and a Christmas sticker to front pastedown. Contents are used (all illustrations coloured in with crayons). Light page browning throughout. Some grubby marks to title-page.

OLD MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM
Written by Christopher White; Catherine Whistler; Colin Harrison.
Stock no. 1829416
Published by The Ashmolean Museum. 1st thus 1992. Very good condition.

Published for the exhibition originally shown in Rome from 13 May to 13 July 1991 and subsequently in Oxford from 18 August to 11 October 1992. Includes works by artists working in Italy, Spain and Northern Europe, from the time of the Renaissance to the end of the eighteenth century. Large format. Red cardwraps. Colour illustrations. 232 pages including index. ISBN: 1854440209. Vertical creasing to spine from reading use. Old price-label to rear cover and a few minor marks. Text block grubby. Faint browning to half-title page else contents clean.

STEEL SHADOWS: MURALS AND DRAWINGS OF PITTSBURGH
Written by Douglas Cooper. Illustrated by Douglas Cooper.
Stock no. 1829414
Published by University Of Pittsburgh Press. 1st 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Professor and muralist, Douglas Cooper teaches drawing in Carnegie Mellon University's architecture program. Drawings of Pittsburgh in charcoal murals and sketches. Oblong pictorial cardwraps. B/w drawings throughout. 174 pages. ISBN: 0822957485. Text block a little grubby. Couple of minor marks to spine. Rear cover lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

DRAWINGS OF BRITISH PLANTS PARTS I - XXIX
Written by Stella Ross-Craig. Illustrated by Stella Ross-Craig.
Stock no. 1828445
Published by G. Bell And Sons, Ltd.. Very good condition.

A run of parts I to XXIX. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations of flowering plants that occur naturally in the British Isles. An almost complete run of 29 volumes, parts 30 & 31 missing. Volume I is a first edition, 1948... Volume XXIX is a first edition 1972. Almost all copies covered in clear laminate, some of the older copies have tape to spine (under the clear laminate). Covers are browned. Neat name in ink to top of front covers. Front endpapers have a small, neat identification number. A few hinges are pulled. Contents are otherwise clean.

TERENCE COVENTRY: SCULPTURE, PRINTS & DRAWINGS
Written by Rungwe Kingdon. Illustrated by Terence Coventry.
Stock no. 2136708
Published by Pangolin London. 2009. Slightly better than very good condition.

Larger format. Card wraps. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name: 13th May - 12th July 2009. Colour photos.

HOKUSAI: LIFE AND WORK
Written by Richard Lane. Illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai.
Stock no. 2134635
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Japanese artist and print-maker, is now recognised as one of the great masters of the ukiyo-e print, illustration, sketch and painting. Large format. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0712625062. A couple of small knocks to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning.

FINDING BUILDINGS CHALK DRAWINGS BY MARIANNE BURKHALTER
Written by Marianne Burkhalter. Illustrated by Marianne Burkhalter.
Stock no. 1607044
Published by Scheidegger & Spiess. Very good condition.

Large format. ISBN: 9783858812971. Still in original shrinkwrap but corners are badly bumped.

AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE DRAWING 1830-1880
Written by Bridget Whitelaw.
Stock no. 2115824
Published by National Gallery Of Victoria. 1976. Slightly better than very good condition.

In The National Gallery of Victoria. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0724100261. Some grubby marks to covers. Contents are excellent.

EUROPEAN MASTER DRAWINGS
No author listed.
Stock no. 1808327
Published by Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox. 1st 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Exhibition catalogue featuring 40 drawings for sale at the time of publication. Large format. Cardwraps. ISBN: 1873277350. Includes a Peter Paul Rubens: Compostition Study for The Lamentation 8 page booklet.

ARTISTS & WRITERS AN EXHIBITION OF WATERCOLOURS, DRAWINGS AND ETCHINGS
No author listed.
Stock no. 2111972
Published by The Ranelagh Press. 1976. Very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Catalogue for Exhibition at Parkin Gallery October 8th to November 7th 1976. Uneven browning and some grubby marks to covers.