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SOTHEBY'S. The Sir Maxwell Joseph Collection: postage stamps and postal history of the Cape of Good Hope. [London]. [Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co.], [1982]. First edition. Quarto. xiv, 298pp, [2]. Original publisher's cream cloth, lettered in red, pictorial dustwrapper. Minor shelf-wear, corners bumped. Inked gift inscription to half-title, else internally immaculate. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 12334

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

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JAMESON, Mrs. [Anna]. Memoirs of the early Italian painters and of the progress of painting in Italy. London. Charles Knight & Co., 1845. First edition. 12mo. Two volumes bound as one. 232; 272pp. With numerous engraved portraits in the text. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, calf lettering-piece, marbled edges. Extremities rubbed, chipping to lettering-piece. Marbled endpapers, Near contemporary bookplate to FEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 24923

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

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[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

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RUSKIN, John. St. mark's rest. The history of venice, written for the help of the few travellers who still care for her monuments. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. George Allen, 1877-1834 First collected edition. 8vo. [2], x, 160; iv, 46; [2], x, 38, xx pp. With a half-title. Contemporary blind-tooled navy calf, lettered in gilt to spine, A.E.G. Rubbed, spine sunned. Marbled endpapers, internally clean and crisp. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28710

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[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

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ARMSTRONG, Douglas B. GREENWOOD, Chas. H. War Stamps of the Allies. 1914-1920. An Historical Record. London. The Offices of "Stamp Collecting", [1920]. Popular edition [i.e. first edition]. 8vo. 116pp. With xvi pages of photographic plates. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers. Rubbed, chipping to dulled spine. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 28639

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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

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[LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL]. "Cathedral builders" quarterly bulletin. Liverpool. The Cathedral, 1928. First edition. 8vo. Vol. I only. [4], 96pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Internally bright and clean save light toning to FFEP. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 30647

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LENORMAND, Seb[astien]. Nouveau manuel complet du relieur en tous genres contenant les art de l'Assembleur, du Satineur, du Brocheur, du Rogneur, du Cartonneur, du Marbreur sur tranches et du Doreur sur tranches et sur cuir. Paris. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, 1890. 12mo. viii, 428pp. With four engraved folding plates. Original publisher's two-tone paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine.Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 50.00 Antiquates Ref. 33027

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CAREFUL, Martha. Household hints to young housewives, with the arrangements and receipts for forty dinners; &c.. London. Dean and Son, 1859. Twelfth edition. 12mo. [2], iv, 125pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped limp brown cloth, lettered in gilt. A trifle rubbed, spine sunned. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 16102

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[WHISTLER, James McNeill]. Eden versus whistler: the baronet & the butterfly. A valentine with a verdict. New York. R. H. Russell, 1899. First American trade edition. 8vo. [32], 78pp, [2]. Uncut in original publisher's cloth-backed drab paper boards, lettered in gilt, housed in recent custom drab paper slipcase. A trifle rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership inscription to FEP, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 18843

[WHISTLER, James McNeill], [RALEIGH, Walter]. In memoriam. London. [William Heinemann], 1905. First edition. 8vo. 16pp. Unopened, stitched, as issued in original publisher's buff paper wrappers. Extremities a trifle marked. Foxed. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 18936

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[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

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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

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[LOTHIAN, William Schomberg Robert Kerr, Marquess of]. Fragment of a parallel between the history, literature, and art of Italy in the middle ages. Edinburgh. [William Blackwood and Sons], 1863. First edition. 8vo. xii, 478pp, [2]. Unopened in original publisher's brown cloth, ruled and lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Ink-stamp of Newbattle Abbey College to half-title. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 23731

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[MUSÉE CENTRAL DES ARTS]. Notice des statues, bustes, bas-reliefs, et autres objets composant la Galerie des Antiques de musee central des arts, ouverie pour la premiere fois le dix-huit Brumaire an 9. Paris. De l'Imprimerie des Sciences et Arts, [s.d., c. 1810] 12mo. [2], 107pp, [1]. Later green diced calf, tooled in gilt and blind. Rubbed, spine dulled. Scattered spotting. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 28048