WORKTOWN: THE DRAWINGS OF FALCON HILDRED
Written by Peter Wakelin. Illustrated by Falcon D. Hildred.
Stock no. 1822008
Published by RCAHM (Wales). 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition.

A unique personal project to make a visual record of the buildings of a disappearing industrial culture. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781871184471. Cover edges lightly rubbed. Light marks to text block. Contents fine.

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KYFFIN WILLIAMS
Written by Nicholas Sinclair; Ian Jeffrey. Illustrated by Kyffin Williams.
Stock no. 1822005
Published by Lund Humphries. 1st 2004. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

With an essay by Jeffrey. This book encapsulates all aspects of Wales' most famous living artist and is consequently an invaluable resource for both scholars and art collectors. ISBN: 0853318964. Spine & corners bumped & rubbed. Small white mark to lower edge of front cover. Small nick to lower rear edge. 'LOFT15' written in ink to front endpaper. Else contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners.

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HOKUSAI: LIFE AND WORK
Written by Richard Lane. Illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai.
Stock no. 2134635
Published by Barrie & Jenkins. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Japanese artist and print-maker, is now recognised as one of the great masters of the ukiyo-e print, illustration, sketch and painting. Large format. Dark blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and a few colour. 320 pages including index. ISBN: 0712625062. A couple of small knocks to top and tail of spine. Pale page edge browning.

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THE VATICAN LIBRARY
Written by Ambrogio M. Piazzoni; et al.
Stock no. 1821741
Published by Musei Vaticani; Libreria Editrice Vaticana. Circa 2012. Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased across top edge of front panel with a small closed tear (no loss). Still in original shrinkwrap (unread) which is torn across the top.

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MORE THAN A BOOKSHOP: ZWEMMER'S AND ART IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Written by Nigel Vaux Halliday.
Stock no. 1821737
Published by Philip Wilson Publishers. 1st 1991. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Zwemmer's bookshop, art gallery and publishing house has a central place in the history of British art in the twentieth century. A unique source of information on modern art, supplemented in 1929 by the opening of the Zwemmer Gallery specialising in contemporary art. Zwemmer's was a meeting place for a cross-section of the art world - artists, collectors, academics and laymen - attracted by a range of books covering all arts of all periods. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & illustrations and a few colour. ISBN: 0856674095. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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PINACOTECA VATICANA: IN THE PAINTING THE EXPRESSION OF THE DIVINE MESAGE IN THE LIGHT THE ROOT OF THE PICTORIAL CREATION
Written by Baldini Umberto; et al.
Stock no. 1821732
Published by Fabbri Editori. 1st 1992. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Very large format. Grey picotrial boards, blind title to spine. 471 pages. Colour illustrations throughout, some fold-out. Tiny lower corner crease to a few pages. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase in almost fine condition.

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THE ASHKENAZI HAGGADAH
Written by Joel Ben Simeon; Feibusch Ashkenazi; Eleazar Ben Judah Of Worms; David Goldstein.
Stock no. 1821635
Published by Steimatzky. 1st 1985. Nearly fine condition.

A Hebrew manuscript of the mid-15th century from the collections of the British Library. Written and illuminated by Joel Ben Simeon called Feibusch Ashkenazi with a commentary attributed to Eleazar Ben Judah of Worms. Introduction, notes on the illuminations, transcription and English translation by Goldstein. Very large format. Colour illustrations. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles, English title to front board, Hebrew to rear board. Some text in Hebrew. Small mark to lower edge of front board. Gilt title to spine a little rubbed. Contained in matching publisher's slipcase which has some very light fading.

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SIXPENNY WONDERFULS 6D GEMS FROM THE PAST
No author listed.
Stock no. 1320956
Published by Chatto & Windus; The Hogarth Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations of the front covers of books first published between 1880 and 1914. ISBN: 0701139366. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, tiny indentation to top edge of front cover. Erased pencil markings to endpapers.

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M
Written by Peter Robb. Illustrated by Caravaggio.
Stock no. 1320358
Published by Bloomsbury. 1st thus 2000. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art forever. The author looks at the crisis in politics, religion, art and science as the seventeenth century began. Colour plates. ISBN: 0747545995. Spine bumped. A few small ink marks to front endpaper. Inscription in ink to half-title. Dustwrapper is slightly rubbed and creased at edges.

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THE ACKERMANN MILITARY PRINTS UNFORMS OF THE BRITISH AND INDIAN ARMIES 1840-1855
Written by William Y. Carman.
Stock no. 1821150
Published by Schiffer Military History. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Based on the magnificent colour prints published by the firm of Rudolf Ackermann during the 19th century this book presents a period in British military uniform history which has not been well covered before. Large format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0764316710. Text block lightly browned. Dustwrapper corners, top & tail of spine lightly rubbed.

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THE PRIVATE KLEE: WORKS BY PAUL KLEE FROM THE BURGI COLLECTION
Written by Stefan Frey; Josef Helfenstein.
Stock no. 1821134
Published by National Galleries Of Scotland. 1st 2000. Nearly fine condition.

Produced for the exhibition of the same name during the year 2000. Large format. Matt blue pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 1903278090. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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INDUSTRY, ART & TASTE
Written by Barbara C. Morden.
Stock no. 1320155
Published by Quoin Publishing Ltd. Circa 2015. Slightly better than very good condition.

19th century north east industrialists: an introduction to their business & social connections, their houses & art collections. Card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 92 pages. ISBN: 9780905974941. SIGNED by the author to inside of front cover. Light creases to corner tips. Contents fine.

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