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FLETCHER, F. Morley. Wood-block printing... London. Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., [s.d., c.1926?] 12mo. xxiii, 131pp, [3]. With a 23 half-tone reproductions of various examples of printing, an original print designed and cut by the author printed on Japanese paper, and a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's cloth-backed green paper boards, lettered in black. A trifle rubbed and bumped. A near fine copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 23750
OOSTENS-WITTAMER, Yolande. Das hotel Solvay erleben. [Brussels]. [Editions Lebeer Hossman], [1995]. Second edition. Folio. 32pp. Sixteen folded sheets loosely inserted into original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Extremities a trifle marked. Overall a clean and crisp copy. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 25293
BERENSON, Bernard. Seeing and knowing. London. Chapman & Hall, 1953. First edition. 8vo. [6], 48pp. With 88 photographic plates. Original publisher's navy cloth, lettered ing gilt, printed paper dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, dustwrapper rubbed, spine panel sunned, lower panel, lower panel lightly damp-stained. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 27275
[REMBRANDT]. Rembrandt tentoonstelling ter herdenking van de geboorte van rembrandt op 15 juli 1606. [Haarlem]. [Joh. Enschede ed Zonen], 1956. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 215pp, [1]. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations in the text. Contemporary green half-morocco, dark green cloth boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Original publisher's pictorial upper wrapper bound in. Lightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28051
[BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB]. Burlington fine arts club: catalogue of an exhibition of the art of primitive peoples. London. Privately printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1935. First edition. Quarto. 63pp, [1].

[Bound with:] Burlington fine arts club: catalogue of an exhibition of gothic art in Europe (c. 1200- c. 1500). London. Privately printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1936. First edition. 72pp.

[And:] Burlington fine arts club: catalogue of an exhibition of pictures and drawings by Richard Parkes Bonington and his circle. London. Privately printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1937. First ... More >
£ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28931
CATHCART, Anne. Avocet to zander: An English Countryside Alphabet. Inky Parrot Press, 2003. Limited edition. Small 8vo. 62pp. Original publisher's letterpress card wraps, in an edition of 112 copies by Brian Bailey at Libanus Press on Zerkall Ingress paper, this signed by the author/artist and numbered 68/112. Top and fore edge unopened (by design), each woodcut leaf followed by a blank leaf. Bottom edge untrimmed. Spine slightly creased, else a fine copy More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30108
SNAFFLES [i.e. PAYNE, Charles Johnson]. "I've heard the revelly". Aldershot. Gale & Polden, 1953. First edition. 4to. 96pp. Six full colour plates, 37 black and white, with further monochrome illustrations throughout text. Original publisher's beige cloth boards lettered in black, with the original tan dust-wrapper. Spine ends a little bumped, the toned wrapper suffers a small loss to the spine top, and some amateur tape repairs on the inside. With a ink gift inscription to the FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30043
[ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS]. A list of contributing members to the society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce. Extended to December 31st, 1818. [London]. [Printed by order of the Society], [1819]. (xl) pp.

[Bound with:] A list of contributing members to the society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce. Extended to December 31st, 1819. [London]. [Printed by order of the Society], [1820]. (xli) pp, [1].

8vo. Recent tan cloth-backed marbled paper boards, contrasting black calf lettering-piece. Very minor shelf-wear. Leaves lightly browned, very occasional coloured pencil highlighting. More >
£ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21625
H[ORNE], J[ohn]. The diversions of an autograph-hunter. London. Elliot Stock, 1894. First edition. 8vo. [6], 106pp. With a frontispiece facsimile of a note signed by Mark Twain, and one further plate of facsimile autographs. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed. Endpapers browned, inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 21812
COLVIN-SMITH, R. C. M.. The life and works of Colvin Smith, R.S.A. 1796-1875. Aberdeen. The University Press, 1939. First edition. 8vo. One of one hundred copies printed. viii, 134pp. With a photographic portrait frontispiece and a further nine photographic plates. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt, pictorial dustwrapper. Dustwrapper worn and damp-stained. 'Review copy' inscribed to FFEP. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23376