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488 KEITH, Elmer. SIX GUNS. The standard reference work. 4to. Original cloth-backed boards, dustwrapper (few slight edge-chips). Pp. 335, illustrated throughout. New York: Bonanza Books, 1961. [70736] £60.00 489 KELLY, Alison. THE BOOK OF ENGLISH FIREPLACES. Large 8vo. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper (price-clipped). Pp. 96, with 112 illustrations. [First edition] Country Life Books, 1968. [61868] £15.00 490 —— THE STORY OF WEDGWOOD. Compiled in association with Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. Large 8vo. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. 91 plus coloured frontispiece and 62 plates. Faber, 1975. [16816] £30.00 491 KENDRICK, A.F. and TATTERSALL, C.E.C. HAND-WOVEN CARPETS, ORIENTAL & EUROPEAN. 2 volumes, 4to. Original cloth gilt over bevelled boards, few slight marks to some lower corners and edges. Pp. xi, 198; xi, 205 (plates, 19 in colour). An excellent set. [Limited edition (No.597 of 1000 sets)] Benn Brothers, 1922. [57031] £375.00 492 KENNY, John B. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF POTTERY MAKING. Large 8vo. Original cloth, dustwrapper (a trifl e worn). Pp. xii, 242, with 4 pages of colour plates, 19 series of monochrome illustrations and 350 text drawings. Sir Isaac Pitman, 1962. [38037] £25.00 493 KENT, J.P.C. & PAINTER, K.S. (editors). WEALTH OF THE ROMAN WORLD. Gold and silver AD 300-700. Large 8vo. Original wrappers, few slight marks. Pp. 192, illustrated throughout (with 10 pages in colour). [First softback edition] British Museum, 1977. [68850] £25.00 494 KEYSER, P.de (Dr.) ARS FOLKLORICA BELGICA. 2 - Noord en zuid Nederlandse Volkskunst. Large 4to. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper (a little worn and defective). Pp. 267, illustrated throughout. Text in Dutch. Antwerp: De Sikkel, 1956. [57514] £35.00 495 KIDSON, Joseph R. and Frank. HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE LEEDS OLD POTTERY [with a description of its wares: together with brief accounts of contemporary potteries in the immediate vicinity, hitherto un-noticed.] With a new introduction by Peter Walton. Tall 8vo. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper (price-clipped). Pp. viii, 161, with 21 plates. [Facsimile edition] S.R.Publishers and The Connoisseurs, 1970. [35176] £45.00 496 KING, C.W. HANDBOOK OF ENGRAVED GEMS. Tall 8vo. Original cloth gilt. Pp. ix, 287, with folding frontispiece and 87 plates. Foreedge of 1 leaf of index a little chipped. Second edition, George Bell & Sons, 1885. [28036] £120.00 497 —— THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GEMS OR DECORATIVE STONES. Original cloth gilt over bevelled boards. Pp. xii, 377, with frontispiece and a few text illustrations. Scattered spotting. [First edition] Bell & Daldy, 1867. [28070] £75.00 498 KING, Gerald M. ALICE THROUGH THE PILLAR-BOX and what she found there. A philatelic phantasy (with a little assistance from Lewis Carroll and Sir John Tenniel). Small square 4to. Original cloth gilt, bound album-style, dustwrapper. Pp. 38, illustrated in colour throughout. [First edition] Whizzard Press, 1978. [47700] £25.00 499 KLAMKIN, Marian. THE COLLECTOR’S BOOK OF BOXES. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. x, 145, illustrated throughout by Charles Klamkin. David & Charles, 1981. [69870] £15.00 500 KLENKE, William W. ART AND EDUCATION IN WOOD-TURNING. A textbook and problem book for the use of students. Original cloth, a few spots. Pp. 110, with 64 illustrations. Few spots to endpapers, stamp of East Dean Grammar School, Cinderford, on pastedown. [First edition] Illinois: Manual Arts Press, 1921. [37667] [Abell, Leggatt & Ogden (2nd ed. 1956): 170]. A useful manual for the hand turner. £25.00 501 KNIGHT, F. VASES AND ORNAMENTS designed for the use of architects, silversmiths, jewellers, modellers, chasers, die sinkers, founders, carvers, and all ornamental manufacturers. 4to. Modern half morocco gilt. Pp. 4, with engraved title and 46 [ex 49] engraved plates. Some dampstaining or spotting. F.Knight, T.Griffi ths and G.Linnecar, no date [1833]. [45170] £220.00 502 KNOWLES, John A. ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF THE YORK SCHOOL OF GLASS-PAINTING. 4to. Original cloth gilt. Pp. xv, 268, with 63 plates and 79 text fi gures. [First edition] S.P.C.K., 1936. [19617] £75.00 503 KOTOV, V. & TAKTASHOVA, L. THE STATE MUSEUM OF PALEKH ART. 4to. Original cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, card slip-case (rather worn). Pp. 41, plus 160 fi ne colour plates of black lacquer ware etc. Text in Russian and English. [First edition] Moscow: “Isobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo”, 1975. [28323] £75.00 504 KOVEL, Ralph & Terry. THE KOVELS’ PRICE GUIDE FOR COLLECTOR PLATES, FIGURINES, PAPERWEIGHTS, and other limited editions. 4to. Original cloth-backed boards, dustwrapper. Pp. xxiv, 200, illustrated throughout, partly in colour. [First edition] New York, Crown Publishers, 1978. [17969] £30.00 28
505 KUNZ, George Frederick. THE MAGIC OF JEWELS AND CHARMS. Large 8vo. Original blue cloth gilt, signed decorative binding by Edward Stratton Holloway (1859-1939) who designed many covers for Lippincott between 1894 and 1925, signed with his monogram “H”, extremities minimally rubbed. Pp. xv, 422, top edges gilt, with 90 plates in colour, double-tone and line. An excellent copy. Presentation copy, with a large inscription by the author on the fl yleaf to John Patrick Mitchell, signed and dated New York City, 15 November 1919. [First edition] J.B.Lippincott Company, 1915. [39204] Bookplate of Ernest Hayden Bartlett. A fi ne work, which deals with the ethnological, historical and legendary aspects of all types of stones including meteorites, fossils, electric stones, etc. £275.00 506 KURZ, Otto. FAKES. A handbook for collectors and students. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. 328, plus 95 illustrations. {First edition] Faber, 1948. [19597] £35.00 507 LABARTE, M.Jules. HANDBOOK OF THE ARTS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE, as applied to the decoration of furniture, arms, jewels, &c. &c. Translated from the French. Old half calf gilt with raised bands, spine label and marbled boards. Pp. xxxvi, 443, with 200 fi nely engraved text illustrations. All edges marbled. Flyleaves spotted. [First edition] John Murray, 1855. [18793] £95.00 508 LACEY, John L. THE AUDUBON BOOK OF BIRD CARVING. As told to Tom Moore McBride. Original cloth, dustwrapper (top edges a little worn). Pp. vii, 124, well illustrated. McGraw-Hill, 1951. [58119] £25.00 509 LACEY, Robert. SOTHEBY’S. Bidding for class. Original boards gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. viii, 356, illustrated. [First UK edition] Little, Brown & Co., 1998. [65784] £25.00 510 LAING, J.J. A MANUAL OF ILLUMINATION on paper and vellum. Bound with: - A COMPANION TO THE MANUAL OF ILLUMINATION. Containing borders, capitals, texts and detail fi nishings, &c. 2 volumes in 1. Library cloth gilt. Pp. 100, 6 with 28 plates and a frontispiece. Some tears repaired, a little hand-colouring on a few plates; numerous marginal blind stamps, accession stamp on verso of title. Eighth edition, Winsor & Newton, no date. [23176] £25.00 511 LAKE, Kenneth R. INVESTING IN PAPER MONEY. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper (front fl ap taped to endpapers). Pp, 158, with 16 illustrations. Library stamps scribbled over on the title. [First edition] Pelham Books, 1972. [68934] £15.00 512 LAMB, C.M. (editor). THE CALLIGRAPHER’S HANDBOOK. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. 252 with 50 plates. Endpapers a little browned. [First edition] Faber, 1956. [16962] £25.00 513 LAMBERT, Margaret and MARX, Enid. ENGLISH POPULAR ART. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper by Enid Marx (a little worn). Pp. viii, 120, with 8 coloured plates by Marx, 56 plates and numerous text illustrations. Few spots to back of frontispiece. [First edition] Batsford, 1951. [20773] £25.00 514 LAMBETH, Mirnie. THE GOLDEN DOLLY. The art, mystery and history of corn dollies through the ages. Describing all types and how to make them. Original pictorial wrappers. Pp. 92, illustrated throughout. [First edition] Cambridge: Cornucopia Press, 1963. [57205] £40.00 515 —— A NEW GOLDEN DOLLY. The art, mystery and history of corn dollies through the ages. Describing all types and how to make them. Large 8vo. Original pictorial wrappers, a trifl e marked. Pp. 118, illustrated throughout. 2 T.l.s. from the author to Mary and Nigel Hudleston loosely inserted, together with some related ephemera. Cambridge: Cornucopia Press, 1966. [57567] £45.00 516 —— STRAW CRAFT. More golden dollies. Large 8vo. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper. Pp. 72, with 80 illustrations. John Baker, 1975. [57274] £15.00 517 LAMBTON, Lucinda. TEMPLES OF CONVENIENCE. Large square 8vo. Original wrappers. Pp. 12, plus 112 colour plates. Gordon Fraser, 1978. [70660] £20.00 518 LAMERTON, L.C. ORIENTAL CARPETS. Price list. 4to. Original pictorial wrappers. Pp. (viii), ix, with 3 illustrations and a map. T.l.s. from Lamertons loosely inserted. L.C.Lamerton Ltd., 1949. [42153] £30.00 519 LANE, Arthur. GREEK POTTERY. Original cloth gilt, dustwrapper (a little faded, edges chipped). Pp. xv, 62, plus 100 plates (4 in colour). [First edition] Faber, 1948. [44337] £30.00 520 LAUFER, Berthold. ARCHAIC CHINESE JADES collected in China by A.W.Bahr. Now in Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. Large 8vo. Original cloth-backed boards gilt. Pp. 51, plus 36 plates (3 coloured). Large inscription on fl yleaf, otherwise a very nice copy. Scarce. New York: privately printed, 1927. [20145] £120.00 521 —— JADE. A study in Chinese archaeology and religion. The Mrs.T.B.Blackstone expedition. Publication 154, anthropological series Vol.X. Large 8vo. Original black cloth gilt. Pp. xiv, 370, top edges gilt, with 68 plates (6 coloured) and 204 text fi gures. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1912. [70080] 29 £150.00
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