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Published by The Council Of Industrial Design, 1951 Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Some wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, corners a little creased and worn, top edge a little grubby, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear. 132pages with an introduction by Gordon Russell £12
Crafts Council, London, 1985. Hard. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust jacket clean and in very good condition, boards also very clean and in very good condition. Binding tight and secure. Size: 4to. Illustrated with mainly b/w photographic images throughout. Covers Books and lettering; Ceramics; Furniture inc. toys and wood; Glass; Jewellery; Metalwork and Textiles. £20
Gryffon Publications, UK, 1983. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. F. L. Griggs (illustrator). 3rd Edition Gloucestershire, 1986. An introduction by David Gould, 1975 obituary notice from the Times pasted onto front end paper + previous owner's signature too, 146 pp, illustrated with 16 b/w personal photographs and b/w drawings by his great friend F. L. Griggs, green/gilt boards in very good condition. Dust jacket VG, front cover has a b/w photograph paste down, clean with slight creasing on top edge, not price clipped. £20
Paddington Press Ltd. 1975. Softback book 8 by 11 inches with 223 pages. Besides other crafts it has chapters on the Leach Pottery, Emmanuel Cooper's Fonthill Pottery, Aldermaston Pottery + Lucie Rie, Hans Coper, Elizabeth Fritsch, Glenys Barton, Poh Chap Yeap. Fully illustrated in b/w. VG- condition due to a few marks through use and the ceramicist, David Cowley, having signed his name in the front, as it was his copy. A must have book as far as I am concerned, as I still have my own copy. £10
Los Angeles County Museum of Art 1990. Softback book with 240 pages profusely illustrated in b/w and some colour. A catalogue of the Howard and Gwen Laurie collection in the museum - a collection of British, American and Japanese ceramics. The book is overall in VG condition, although the front cover is as shown in the image. £8
International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, DC, 1980. Paperback. Condition: Very Good, although the cover has a little colour change. Vertut, Jean (photographer); 9 b/w Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall (small). A very good- copy with slight scuffing, creases and rubbing to wrappers (chiefly to spine edges); slight internal browning to edges. [24] pages (unpaginated). Catalogue of the circulating exhibition of 73 pieces by the Alabama-born potter. Acknowledgments by Annemarie H. Pope; introduction by Laurance Roberts; biographical chronology and bibliography. £6
Penlee House Gallery & Museum 2002, Penzance, 2002. Paperback. Condition: Good + as bend to back cover + darkening at page edges due to age. 36 pp. Original pictorial paper wrappers. Clean copy. No ownership marks. Published to accompany the exhibition in Penzance in 2002. Colour and b&w illustrations throughout. £8
Published by Merrell Holberton in association with Irish Museum of Modern Art and Tate Gallery St Ives London 1999. Illusts, many in colour, 128pp, 4to, original pictorial card covers, name tot title-page. Wallis and Dixon were both fishermen who became famous 'primitive' artists, Alfred Wallis in St. Ives, Cornwall, and James Dixon in Tory Island, Ireland. This is the catalogue of the exhibition of their work at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. VG+ £10
Published by Julian Hartnoll London, 1994. Catalogue for exhibition held at The Mayor Gallery , Cork Street, London 16 November - 23 December 1994, card covers, 8vo, introduction 3pp, plates in b/w 38, Very good copy, no internal markings. A typed addition is folded in the back - probably added by a previous owner. Includes work by Bratby, Coker, Greaves, Inlander, Middleditch & Tippett £6
Philip Wilson - London -, 1998. Very Good/Fine copy - An excellent, as new, large format copy with no inscriptions and in an excellent unclipped d/w. 120 prints by Picasso from the collection of the Norton Simon Museum. Fully illustrated hardback. Scholarly catalogue which accompanies the exhibition at the Iris & B Gerard Cantor Centre for Visual Arts at Stanford University at the Toledo Museum of Art, and at the Norton Simon Museum. £10
Philadelphia : Art Alliance Press, 1983. First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a dust jacket that is a little tatty in places at the edges. Description: 167 p. , [16] p. Of plates : ill. (some col. ) ; 25 cm. Subjects: Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert) , 1885-1930. Paintings of D. H. Lawrence (Mandrake Press ed. ) "To Mum Xmas '89 Max" inscription inside. £5
WH Allen, 1973. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. The book and contents are in very good+ condition.The yellow jacket is very slightly discoloured due to age but still VG, although clipped. Numerous illustrations, many full page and some in colour.100 pages. Signed "To Tilly with best wishes Alva". £12
The Acme Gallery, London, 1980. Card Wrappers. Condition: Very Good although cover is marked as shown. "Catalogue of an exhibition of paintings by Albert Irvin. with an Introduction by Tim Hilton, and with 9 Plates, in colour and b/w. + portrait frontispiece. A very good , bright copy with only light wear & light soiling to spine, covers & corners." Size: Octavo Oblong. £5
Trinity Gallery, London, 1991. Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 56 pages, colour illustrations, catalogue of 43 works exhibited, biography, bibliography. Exhibition held at 47 Albemarle Street, 15 May to 16 June, 1991. Some wear, soiling to covers, contents fine. Signed inside, "with compliments from Hugh Davies". £8
Crane Kalman Gallery, London, 1978. Paperback. Condition: very good + in wraps. First Edition. 16 x 25cm unpaginated paperback, grey wraps. Described as the first London exhibition of paintings by Vera Stravinsky 7 March - 8 april 1978 at the Crane Kalman Gallery. With colour reproductions of the works and black and white reproductions of photographs of Stravinsky herself. Includes an introduction by Stephen Spender; biographical notes by Robert Craft and tributes by Aldous Huxley and Christopher Isherwood. £9
Huddersfield Art Gallery., Huddersfield, 1989. Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. First edition. 8vo. Original paper covers.44pp With Introductory texts by : Aleksander Bassin, Denis Bowen. Pierre Rouve, Bill Hopkins, Boris Petkovski, and Stella Santacaterina. Catalogue of 137 works, full documentation and with 17 illustrations in colour and black and white. £6
Wimborne Bookshop, Wimborne, Dorset, 1981. Paperback. Condition: Very Good but with a little staining of the front cover as shown in the image.. First Edition. Small Qto., limited edition copy, 737/750. 52 pages, illustrated with b/w plates. Essays by David Burnett, Peter Davies and William Hoade. Signed by Berlin as well. £15
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, 1993. Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition (1993.) Paperback Exhibition Catalogue with dust jacket. 4to with 47 pages. Leon Kossoff (1926-2019) was a British figurative painter known for portraits, life drawings and cityscapes of London. Both book and dust jacket are in very good condition. Interior is clean and tight. £12
Stephen Lacey Gallery, London, 1999. Spiral Bound Card Covers. Condition: Very Good -. Bell, Trevor (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. 235 x 170mm. pp. 36. English text. Catalogue for an exhibition of abstract paintings by Trevor Bell entitle 'Trevor Bell: The New Cornwall Series'. Exhibition held at the Stephen Lacey gallery in London from the 15th of April to the 21st of May 1999. Colour illustrations. £4
Arnolfini, Bristol, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and Haggs Gemeentemuseum, Hague, 1991, 1991. 1st edition. Paperback. Plain white card covers under green card dustwrapper with yellow, black and white lettering to spine and front board. 10.75ins x 8.5ins, 112pp. Illustrations within the text including 30 in colour. Contributions from Samuel Beckett, Rudi Fuchs, Stephen Snoddy and Mark Haworth Booth. Also includes an 8 page chronology. Original price sticker on back cover. Very Good + condition. £8
Published by Whitechapel Gallery, London, 1964. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good- First Edition. Original pictorial card covers. Derek Boshier, Patrick Caulfield, Anthony Donaldson, David Hockney, Paul Huxley, Allen Jones, Peter Phillips, Patrick Proctor, Bridget Riley, Michael Vaughan, Brett Whiteley. Each artist has a small biography, a portrait photo and brief statement. Colour and monochrome plates. Generally sound. £20
The Blue Guitar - David Hockney / the Man with the Blue Guitar - Wallace Stevens. Published by Petersburg Press, London & New York, 1977. Hard Cover. Hockney, David (illustrator). Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso. 51 pages. 8 1/4 in x 8 1/2 in. Beautifully illustrated with 20 vivid colour etchings. The book is in VG condition. Beige endpapers. Grey cloth. The dustjacket does have problems down the spine and other signs of chaffing. £35
Adam Biro, Paris, 1999 1st English edition. Cloth. Condition: Fine Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good + Condition. 121 pages. Hardcover. Minimal shelfwear to the edges. Binding is tight, edges and corners on the boards are sharp, jacket is bright and unblemished, and interior is clean and free of markings.Many illustrations, 66 in full colour. Bound in brown cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper jacket. £12
Ben Uri Gallery 2006. First Edition. Very good + copy in the original colour-printed, stiff-card wrappers. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages; Description: 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Subjects: Epstein, Jacob (1880-1959) --Gordine, Dora (1898-1991) --Sculptors --Great Britain --Exhibitions. Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Ben Uri Gallery, the London Jewish Museum of Art, 10 January - 19 March 2006 and Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle, 27 March - 20 May 2006. £15
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994. Hardcover with dustjacket. Condition: Very good + but slight colour change at spine end as shown in the image. 176 page hardcover with illustrations - a collection of the sculptor's writings with photographs of the work throughout the text. Also a chronology of the artist's life and select bibliography. £18
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1966. Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Has tear as shown in image + a little grubby. First Edition. Small 4to. Light grey cloth. 56pp. Illustrated exhibition catalogue, the first extensive publication to appear on Reuben Nakian. Essays by Frank O'Hara + William Berkson. £8
Canterton Books (2002)., 2002. Limited numbered edition of 1,000 copies. Square 8vo. (vi), iv, 218 pp. Publisher's turquoise cloth, silver lettered to spine an upper board, plain glassine wrapper. Illustrated throughout. New/Fine copy. Studied under Eric Gill but famous for teaching at Bryanston School where he taught Conran, Batterham, Dodd + many more. Published to commemorate the 100th birthday of the artist. £22
Galleria Schwarz, Milano 12.1963., 1963. Paperback, printed cover. 7 careful reproductions, 3 of which are particularly remarkable in colour. Elegant exhibition catalogue featuring 4 unpublished poems by the author-artist in French, a list of the works on display and a brief organic note. Very good condition. £18