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THE BRITISH LANDSCAPE 1920-1950
Written by Ian Jeffrey.
Stock no. 1830648
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1984. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A visual tour of Britain. A dazzling series of delightful and warmly evocative colour and b/w plates. Large format. Grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publisher's vignette to front. 112 pages including index. ISBN: 0500233985. Minor browning/foxing to top edge of text block. Browning to gutter edge of prelims else a clean copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby to rear panel.

UNBUILT MASTERWORKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Written by Will Jones.
Stock no. 1329683
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Inspirational Architecture for the Digital Age - 100 of the best projects to have been proposed since the turn of the millennium by the world's greatest architects. Large, heavy format. Glazed pictorial boards. 900 illustrations, 747 in colour. ISBN: 9780500342541. A super copy.

HOGARTH: THE COMPLETE ENGRAVINGS
Written by Joseph Burke; Colin Caldwell. Illustrated by Hogarth; William Hogarth.
Stock no. 1829517
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1974. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

267 b/w engravings with commentary following which explains the story embodied in each print. Large format. Heavy. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine and publisher vignette to front. ISBN: 0500230854. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block lightly browned. Faint browning to pastedowns. Top corner crease to a couple of pages and vertical crease to rear endpaper. Contents clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine.

RODRIGO MOYNIHAN: PAINTINGS AND WORKS ON PAPER
Written by Richard Shone; John Ashbery. Illustrated by Rodrigo Moynihan.
Stock no. 1829476
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Abstracts, Landscape, Portraiture and still-life. Foreword by John Ashbery. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine, gilt publisher's logo to front. Colour & b/w illustrations. 140 pages. ISBN: 0500973709. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little scuffed, rear panel has remains of an old label and is slightly faded.

SILK ROADS: PEOPLES, CULTURES, LANDSCAPES
Written by Susan Whitfield.
Stock no. 1829056
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2019. Nearly fine condition.

From precious stones to spices, from new religions to technological innovations, the exchange of goods and ideas along the ancient trading routes of the Silk Roads has played a crucial role in the development of civilizations across Europe and Asia. An illustrated overview placing landscapes at the heart of 1,500 years of Eurasian history. With contributions from over 80 leading experts from around the world, each chapter explores the history of trade and cultures along the Silk Roads in the context of a particular terrain. Edited by Susan Whitfield. Large format. Matt pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. 479 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500021576. A lovely copy with no real faults. Green wrap-around has 2" closed tear to spine (no loss).

LORENZO LOTTO PORTRAITS
Written by Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo; Miguel Falomir. Illustrated by Lorenzo Lotto.
Stock no. 1828105
Published by Thames and Hudson. Circa 2018. Nearly fine condition.

Published to accompany the exhibition of Lorenzo Lotto's portraits of the Italian renaissance period. Edited by Dal pozzolo and Miguel Falomir. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780500970935. A lovely copy with light scuffing to rear cover.

CREATION: ARTISTS, GODS & ORIGINS
Written by Peter Conrad.
Stock no. 1827982
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A book of breathtaking scope, in which the mystery of how the world began unfolds in an epic narrative that sets the Gods against the world's great artists, their rivals in creative energy. Burgundy cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 592 pages including index. ISBN: 9780500513569. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, else a lovely copy.

HOCKNEY'S PORTRAITS AND PEOPLE
Written by Marco Livingstone; Kay Heymer. Illustrated by David Hockney.
Stock no. 1827683
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards. With 246 illustrations, 233 in colour. Through a careful selection of works both iconic and previously unpublished, this book explores the many ways in which Hockney has depicted the people around him, be they famous names or life long friends. ISBN: 050023812X. A couple of very minor scratch marks to front board else fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

THE HISTORY OF STAINED GLASS: THE ART OF LIGHT MEDIEVAL TO CONTEMPORARY
Written by Virginia Chieffo Raguin.
Stock no. 1825478
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st thus 2008. Nearly fine condition.

Pictorial cardwraps. Colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9780500287521. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

LARTIGUE: ALBUM OF A CENTURY
Written by Martine D'Astier; Clement Cheroux; et al. Illustrated by Jacques Henri Lartigue.
Stock no. 1824269
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2004. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) took his first photograph using his father's camera when he was just six years old, and with this began the creation of an enduring record of twentieth-century French life. Published on the occasion of the exibition Jacques Henri Lartigue: Photographs 1901 - 1986 London 2004. Large, oblong format. Brey cloth boards, silver title to spine and blind publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos and a few colour. ISBN: 0500542910. Spine slightly cocked. Text block slightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby mainly to rear panel.

HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE MODERN CENTURY
Written by Peter Galassi. Illustrated by Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Stock no. 1824268
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st 2010. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Published to accompany the major retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, drawing fully on the extensive holdings of the Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. Large format. Red cloth boards, silver title to spine and blind publisher's vignette to front. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780500543917. Boards clean and bright. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

BEST WHEEL FORWARD
Written by J.A. Gregoire.
Stock no. 2139990
Published by Thames and Hudson. 1st thus 1954. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Motor Racing in France from 1920's to 1950's. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 194 pages. Spine is a bit faded. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to outer page edges. Dustwrapper is browned and foxed to spine; edge-creased with a few small nicks.