CHURCHILL: HIS PAINTINGS
Written by David Coombs. Illustrated by Winston S. Churchill.
Stock no. 1831630
Published by George Rainbird Ltd. 1967. Slightly better than very good condition.

This book illustrates virtually all of Winston Churchill's paintings which are known to have survived and forms a kind of pictorial diary of his private life, a personal record of his family and friends, their homes, holidays and travels, across a span of more than forty years. Compiled by David Coombs and with a foreword by Lady Spencer-Churchill. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title on black to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 272 pages including index. Second impression, same year as first publication. Base of spine lightly shelf-rubbed. Boards clean. Some minor foxing to text block. Name & date in ink to front pastedown and 4 digits written in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean.

THE MISSING MASTERPIECES SKETCHBOOK
Written by Julie Weir.
Stock no. 1831595
Published by Ilex Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

The Missing Masterpieces Sketchbook presents a unique creative aid for the aspiring illustrator and habitual doodler alike. Stroll round a gallery from the comfort of your artists stool, and repaint history! This book challenges you to repaint history! Your canvas, stretching to 40 feet, comes as 54 pages of blank frames in a variety of gallery settings. Heavy art paper suitable for pencils, felt tips, watercolours, or even oil paint! Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Continuous binding turns the book into a frieze up to 40 feet long. ISBN: 9781908150165. A nice, clean copy, ready for you to create your own masterpieces!

THE FOLIO SOCIETY BOOK OF THE 100 GREATEST PAINTINGS
Written by Martin Bailey.
Stock no. 1331418
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Almost very good condition.

Edited by Martin Bailey. From Duccio to Picasso. Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles and the names of artists in gilt to front cover. Colour illustrations throughout. 230 pages. Title to spine is rubbed, spine is also marked. Heavy bump to top front corner of book. Otherwise, a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is bumped at one corner and stained to plain side.

THE SILVER TRUST: NATIONAL COLLECTION
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831581
Published by The Silver Trust. Circa 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Trust was established in 1987 by Rupert Hambro, Lady Falkender, Lady Henderson and Jean Muir. The Trust helps encourage and publicise the work of practising British silversmiths; silver commissioned and owned by the trust is made available on loan for use in British government buildings and embassies overseas. Blue cloth boards, silver title and vignette to front board. Colour frontis and b/w photos, last page is colour. A scarce book. SIGNED by the Chairman of The Silver Trust to Lord Howe, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords and a Conservative Minister of State for Defence. Boards a little dusty. Contents clean.

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND HOLLAND
Written by Peter Thornton.
Stock no. 1831566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the first book to survey and analyze the development of European interior decoration in France, England, and Holland following the stimulus of the Italian Renaissance while relating it to the changes in the political structure and social habits of the landed classes at the end of the sixteenth century. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. xii and 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0300021933. Boards clean. Very light browning to endpapers. Text block browned and foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to flaps, scuffed to rear panel.

HOW TO DO LINOLEUM BLOCK PRINTING
Written by Mary E. Hicks. Illustrated by Mary E. Hicks.
Stock no. 1831543
Published by Walter T. Foster. Circa 1960. Very good condition.

No. 42 in the 'How to Draw' series. Tall format. Pictorial paperwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 30 pages including front cover. Covers are rubbed at edges, creased at corners but clean. Name in ink to top corner of first page. Contents have one or two minor stains else clean.

SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT 1880-1969
Written by Ralph Lewis; Keith S. Gardner. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1831542
Published by David & Charles. 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This title reproduces a wide range of work from the Victorian Scottish watercolour painter, Sir William Russell Flint. It also includes text which deals with the paradoxes of the artist's life and work. Large oblong format. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 104 pages. ISBN: 0715393065. Reprint of the 1988 edition. Boards and contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased, small mark to top of spine, lightly scuffed.

TALES OF THE WEIRRD
Written by Ralph Steadman; et al. Illustrated by Ralph Steadman.
Stock no. 1831541
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st 1990. Very good condition.

An exploration into the strange and the weird. Full of freaks and weirdos, this subject matter gives Ralph Steadman the ideal canvas for his particular brand of madness. Genuine weirdness is a rare quality. To be truly weird demands character and wanton disregard for the social mores of the day. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0224030299. Light rubbing to cover edges. Contents have a wave probably created by the sheer size of the volume when attempting to read it. Contents are clean.

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SCULPTURE
Written by William Gaunt.
Stock no. 1331387
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observers Series No. 37. 8 Colour plates and 62 monochrome reproductions from photographs. Grey boards. Small format. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal browning to top and tail. Name in ink to top margin of front pastedown. Contents clean. Dustwrapper has the top corner of front flap neatly removed (no text missing), is edge worn and slightly grubby on verso.

THE POTTERTON PICTORIAL TREASURY OF CURTAINS & DRAPERY DESIGN 1750-1950
Written by Clare Jameson.
Stock no. 1831538
Published by Potterton Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book provides an illustrated historical survey of designs taken from eontemporary source books durin ghte period 1780 - 1930 in England, France and North America. An essential work of reference for Interior Decorators and Designers. Compiled by Clare Jameson. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Green andf white decorative endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. xvi and 293 plates. ISBN: 1870599004. Light browning to text block. Boards and contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. Tobacco odour present.

PAINTING PLANT PORTRAITS: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Written by Keith West. Illustrated by Keith West.
Stock no. 1831504
Published by The Herbert Press. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The author has selectedd twelve interesting and popular plants and shows how to capture their beauty through a series of practical ste0p-by-step instructions. Subjects include the snowdrop, the iris and the poppy. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 187156929X. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is sunned/faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1986: XIV MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE DIOCESE OF ST ANDREWS
Written by John Higgitt.
Stock no. 1831471
Published by The British Archaeological Association. 1st 1994. Slightly better than very good condition.

Papers on the history of the medieval diocese, on the cult of St Andrew, on the eleventh to thirteenth century churches of St Andrews, Dunfermline and Arbroath as well as on facades and piers and distinctively Scottish architecture of the later Middle Ages. Edited by John Higgitt. Mustard yellow pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. viii and 231 pages plus b/w plates to rear. ISBN: 0901286443. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents clean. A very nice copy.