1 contents art and architecture 1-124 british - Francis Edwards

y Matisse to follow and preceed La Danse. Contemporary
inscription, sl. shaken, a few margins very lightly browned,
lightly soiled original cold. pictorial limp wrapps. with some very
minor chipping, spine worn and splitting with sl. loss at head.
£175.00
Includes texts by Jean-Paul Sartre, George Roualt, Dr. J.C. Mardrus,
George Bataille, Paul Valéry etc.
71. Meiss, Millard. FRENCH PAINTING IN THE TIME OF
JEAN DE BERRY. The Late XIV Century and the Patronage of
the Duke. Phaidon 1967-9.
Mixed Ed. 2 vols. (text and plates). 4to. [xii] + 453pp. 845 ills.
including 12 cold. Sm. ownership signature, good in d/ws. very
lightly faded to spines. £85.00
National Gallery of Art: Kress Foundation Studies in the History of
European Art.
72. Midorikawa, Yoichi. THE INLAND SEA. Photographs
by ... Kokusai Johosha Ltd., Publishers Japan 1978.
Tall 4to. xviii + 136pp. 69 coloured plates + 4 unbound coloured
plates in separate folder for framing. Japanese/English text. Very
good in gilt lettered hessian style cloth very lightly faded to spine
and in sl. chipped glacene d/w., seperate plates in yellow printed
folder, both together in silver lettered blue cloth slipcase as
issued, spine very lightly faded and sl. rubbed. £150.00
73. Miyamoto, Ryuji. ANGKOR. Treville Co., Ltd., Tokyo
1994.
1st Ed. Sm. 4to. Unpaginated. 60 cold. plates from photos. Very
good in d/w. £75.00
Ryu-ji Miyamoto (born 1947) renowned Japanese photographer.
74. (Morris). Levy, Silvano. DESMOND MORRIS: Naked
Surrealism. Pandora 1999.
New Ed. 4to. 240pp. Profusely illus. mainly in colour. Very good
in d/w. £150.00
Signed and dated original drawing by Desmond Morris on front
endpaper; Signed by the Author to title page.
75. Morris, William. ARCHITECTURE, INDUSTRY AND
WEALTH: Collected Papers by ... Longmans, Green and Co.
1902.
1st Ed. 4to. [iv] 163pp. Prelims lightly browned, lightly browned
and soiled cloth backed boards with paper title label to lightly
faded spine, spare paper title label tipped in, upper leading
corners of both boards lightly waterstained with resultant wear
and sl. loss. £150.00
76. Nance, E. Morton. THE POTTERY & PORCELAIN OF
SWANSEA & NANTGARW. With a Foreword by R.L. Hobson.
Batsford 1985.
Facsimile Reprint of 1942 Ed. Sm. thick 4to. xviii + 579pp. 197
plates. Very good in very sl. chipped d/w. £75.00
No. 295 of a Limited Edition of 500 Copies.
77. Nesbitt, Alexander. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
THE GLASS VESSELS in the South Kensington Museum. With
an Introductory Notice. George E. Eyre and William
Spottiswoode 1878.
1st Ed. viii + clx + 218pp. 21 plates including 9 mounted
chromolithos. Light browning, ex.-Institute of British Architects
with bookplate, ink stamp to verso of t.p. and plates, original gilt
lettered morocco backed cloth boards, spine rubbed, t.e.g.
£120.00
Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education,
South Kensington Museum.
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78. Newlands, James. THE CARPENTER AND JOINER’S
ASSISTANT: Being a Comprehensive Treatise on the Selection,
Preparation, and Strength of Materials and the Mechanical
Principles of Framing, with their application in Carpentry, Joinery
and hand-railing; Also, a Complete Treatise on Lines; and an
Illustrated Glossary of terms used in Architecture and Building.
Blackie & Sons, Limited N.d. c.[1867].
1st Ed. Large 4to. [xiv] + 254pp. Numerous figures, 100 plates in
106 sheets. Some sporadic light spotting to text, a few margins
lightly thumbed, new e.ps., rebound in modern blue cloth with
gilt bands and gilt lettered title label to spine. £100.00
An encyclopaedic guide defining terms, presents basic tenets of
geometry, and discusses woods, traditional construction techniques, and
the use of drawing instruments.
79. (Nolde). Haftmann, Werner. EMIL NOLDE. The
Forbidden Pictures. Translated from the German by Inge
Goodwin. Thames and Hudson 1965.
1st UK Ed. 4to. [36]pp. text. 40 cold. plates. Good in sl. chipped
protected d/w. lightly browned to spine and lower part of
wrapper. £75.00
From the library of the Welsh artist Will Roberts, (1907–2000). Modern
painter from North Wales, moving to Neath as a child; the subjects for
his paintings have mostly been taken from this area.
80. O’Donoghue, Freeman. CATALOGUE OF ENGRAVED
BRITISH PORTRAITS Preserved in the Department of Prints
and Drawings in the British Museum. Printed by Order of the
Trustees 1908-25.
6 vols., complete (including supplement and Indexes). Royal 8vo.
Ex.-libris Kenneth Guichard, very good in original gilt lettered
black blind embossed cloth. £180.00
81. Parkinson, James. OLD COTTAGES, Farm Houses and
Other Half-Timber Buildings in Shropshire, Herefordshire and
Cheshire. Illustrated ... in Collotype from a Series of Photographs
taken by ... With Introductory and Descriptive Notes and
Numerous Sketches by E.A. Ould. Batsford 1904.
1st Ed. Royal 8vo. xi + 39pp. + 24pp. publishers adverts. 27
figures, 100 plates. Light browning, ownership inscription,
original bright gilt lettered dec. gilt cloth, spine sl. faded and
bumped, t.e.g. £100.00
82. Pazaurek, Dr Gustav E. MODERNE GLÄSER. Verlag
von Hermann Seemann Nachfolger Leipzig 1902.
1st Ed. Square 8vo. 133pp. + [iii]. 149 figures, 5 cold/tinted
plates. Some light browning, original wrapps. bound in, upper
wrapp. creased and with numbers to head, rebound in gilt lettered
morocco with gilt design in Art Nouveau style, spine sl. faded.
£75.00
83. (Penrose). THE PENROSE ANNUAL A Review of the
Graphic Arts. Volume 40. Edited by R.B. Fishenden. Lund
Humphries & Co. 1938.
1st Ed. Sm. 4to. xii + 179pp. Profusely ills. mainly cold. Adverts.
Frontis. sl creased at hinge, some light browning, original green
cloth with white lettering to upper board, spine sl. rubbed with
loss of white lettering. £75.00
This edition is notable for Jan Tschichold¹s typography, both for the text,
as well as the majority of the 56 pages of advertising, as well as his
distinctive cover design.
84. Pinto, Edward H. TREEN and other wooden bygones. An
Encyclopaedia and Social History. G. Bell and Sons 1969.
1st Ed. Sm. 4to. x + 458pp. Port., 460 ills. from photos. Original
bright cloth, d/w. chipped with marginal loss. £85.00
Pintos extensive collection formed the basis for this comprehensive
survey of the Turner’s products and their role in daily life.