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NIALL, Ian. Portrait of a country artist. London. Victor Gollancz, 1980. First edition. Quarto. 160pp. Original publisher's brown cloth boards, title label in blue and gilt. With the original illustrated dustwrapper, unclipped, and shelf-worn. Some marking to wrapper. From the family library of Henry Williamson, recently dispersed, without any indication of such. More > £ 75.00 Antiquates Ref. 29661
CATFORD, James S.. Photographic views of north devon. 5, High Street and 29, Portland Square, Ilfracombe. [James S. Catford, s.d., c.1870s] Oblong 8vo. [1-title], [11]ff, each with mounted sepia photograph to recto and verso, captioned beneath in manuscript. Original publisher's mauve cloth, gilt. A trifle marked and a little rubbed to extremities. Short tear to one leaf, just clipping photographs More > £ 625.00 Antiquates Ref. 30361
HAYDON, B. R., HAZLITT, William. Painting, and the fine arts: being the articles under those heads contributed to the seventh edition of the encyclopaedia britannica. Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, 1838. First edition. 8vo. [4], 227pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's gilt-stamped dark green cloth. Lightly rubbed and marked. Upper hinge exposed. Presentation copy, inscribed by the publisher to recto of FFEP: 'To William Lawson Esq. / From his Scotch Friend / Charles Black / Edinburgh / 9 April 1838'. More > £ 200.00 Antiquates Ref. 20254
[WINSTANLEY, Thomas]. Observations on the arts, with tables of the principal painters of the various italian, spanish, french, flemish, dutch, and german schools, their scholars and imitators, with lists of the most celebrated painters of those schools, arranged by the subjects in which they excelled.. Liverpool. Printed by W. Wales and Co., [1828]. First edition. 12mo. [2], x, 132, xxii pp. With the title page, preface, and index of the second edition bound in. Contemporary navy half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Rubbed, upper board sunned. Scattered spotting. Presentation copy, inked inscription to blank leaf bound after title page: 'To Henry Norris Winstanley / from his affc. Father'. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 32521
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
[BAVEREL, Jean-Pierre]. Notices sur les graveurs qui nous ont laissé des estampes marquées de monogrammes, chiffres, rébus, lettres initiales, etc., avec une description de leurs plus beaux ouvrages et des planches en taille-douce, contenant toutes les marques dont ils se sont servis : suivies d'une table qui en donne l'explication. Besançon. De l'Imprimerie de Taulin-Dessirier, 1807-08 First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. [3], vi-xv, [1], 360, lix, [1]; [3], 6-322pp. With five engraved folding plates. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting black calf lettering-pieces. Rubbed, joints starting, spines dulled. Endpapers browned, else internally clean and crisp. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 23277
RUSKIN, John. Notes by Mr. Ruskin on his Drawings by the late J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Galleries, 148, New Bond Street, March, 1878. Also An Appendix containing a list of the Engraved Works of J. M. W. Turner exhibited at the same. [London]. [Printed by John C. Wilkins], [1878]. First edition. 8vo. 101pp, [1].

[Bound with:] RUSKIN, John. Notes by Mr. Ruskin on his Drawings by the late J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Exhibited at the Fine Art Society's Galleries, 148, New Bond Street, March, 1878... [London]. [Printed by John C. Wilkins], [1878]. Second edition. 111pp, [7].

8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, vellum boards, contrasting green morocco lettering-piece, A.E.G. Lightly rubbed and marked. Internally clean ... More >
£ 100.00 Antiquates Ref. 28712
[WHISTLER, James McNeill]. Mr. whistler's "ten o'clock". London. [Chatto and Windus], 1888. First edition. 29pp, [3].

[Bound with:] WHISTLER, J. A. MacNeill. Whistler v. Ruskin: art & art critics. London. Chatto & Windus, [1878]. Sixth edition. 17pp, [1].

[And:] WHISTLER, James A. McNeill. Wilde v Whistler: an acrimonious correspondence on art between Oscar Wilde and James A McNeill Whistler. London. Privately printed, 1906. First edition. 20pp.

Small quarto. Recent brown cloth-backed drab paper boards, lettered in gilt, original publisher's ... More >
£ 450.00 Antiquates Ref. 18647
ACTON, Harold. Memoirs of an Aesthete 1939-1969. New York. The Viking Press, 1970. First American edition. 8vo. 318pp. Original publisher's black cloth-backed purple paper boards, dustwrapper. A very good copy with only slightest of chipping to unclipped dustwrapper. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'For Mason and Florence / with all best wishes for / Christmas and the New Year / ever affectionately / Harold / 19 December 1973.' More > £ 350.00 Antiquates Ref. 14541
LENORMAND, [Louis-Sébastien]. Manuel de relieur, dans toutes ses parties; précédé des arts de l'assembleur, du satineur, de la plieuse, de la brocheuse, et suivi des arts du marbreur sur tranches, du doreur sur tranches et sur cuir. Paris. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1831. Deuxiéme édition, revue, corrigée et considérablement augmentée.. 12mo. [6], viii, 286pp. With a half-title and three folding engraved plates. Without the terminal publisher's 36pp advertisement catalogue found in some copies. Later gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled boards, contrasting lettering-piece. Extremities worn, upper board detached, loss to spine. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. With 28pp of manuscript notes (and a double-page table) in a single hand to rear. More > £ 750.00 Antiquates Ref. 16435
CIRLOT, Juan Eduardo.. Lucio Fontana. Barcelona. Editorial Gustavo Gili, [1966]. Small 4to. 59pp. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered in pink, with original publisher's photographic dustwrapper. Boards sharp, wrapper a little nicked and marked. Presentation inscription to FFEP: 'For Sir Laurence Olivier with my greatest admiration.' More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 31209
LANDSEER, Thomas. Life and letters of William Bewick (artist). London. Hurst and Blackett, 1871. First edition. 8vo. In two volumes. xii, 300; vii, [1], 262, [2], 16pp. With a half-title to each volume, and engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I, and a 16pp. publisher's catalogue to Vol. II. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Slightest of rubbing to extremities. Quire F of Vol. I detached from text block, else internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed in pencil to ... More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 11674
DIEHL, Charles. L'art chrétien primitif et l'art byzantin . Paris et Bruxelles. G. Van Oest, 1928. 4to. 61, [LXIV]. Contemporary half red morocco, red cloth boards, lettered and tooled in gilt. Top edge gilt, vivid marbled endpapers. A little scuffed and marked, though bright save a little foxing throughout. More > £ 125.00 Antiquates Ref. 30758
BERENSON, Bernard. L'arco di costantino o della decadenza della forma. Milano. Electa Editrice, [1952]. First edition. 8vo. 74pp, [16]. With 80 monochrome photographic plates. Original publisher's grey paper boards, lettered in black, dustwrapper. Upper board nearly detached, slight dust-soiling and chipping to dustwrapper. Upper hinge exposed, lightly browned. Presentation copy, inscribed to recto of FFEP; 'To Mason Hammond / with the affectionate / friendship / of / Bernard Berenson / (?) / Dec. 29 / 1952'. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 14538
AUGUSTO, Artur. João carlos: um artista do livro. Lisboa. Edições Gleba, 1944. Limited edition. 4vo. 28pp. Original publisher's card wraps printed in black and tan. Top edge untrimmed, 16 full page woodcuts, bright and clean throughout. With the artist's presentation inscription 'To Cyril Kenney, friendly and sincerely, João Carlos, Lisboa 1957' to half-title. One of two hundred and fifty-three copies, this numbered 211. More > £ 175.00 Antiquates Ref. 30075