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BLACKBURN'S BIRDS
Written by Jemima Blackburn; Rob Fairley. Illustrated by Jemima Blackburn.
Stock no. 1824624
Published by Canongate Press. 1st 1993. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

The bird paintings of Jemima Blackburn. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0862414369. Heavy bump along top edge of front cover. Corners are bumped. Page edges are browned. Wrapper is edge-creased with 2" tear to top of front panel; some chips.

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THE ART OF TOY STORY 3
Written by Charles Solomon; John Lasseter; Lee Unkrich; Darla K. Anderson. Illustrated by Walt Disney.
Stock no. 1324353
Published by Chronicle Books. 1st 2009. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The technical challengs, triumphs and emotional hurdles that faced the Pixar team as they developed the toys' new adventure. Oblong format. Blue boards with white title to spine and embossed title to front cover. 175 pages. Some fold-out pages. ISBN: 9780811874342. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few small dents to front cover. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased with a small tear to top rear edge and a barcode label stuck to rear panel.

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BUTTERFLY LANDSCAPES: A CELEBRATON OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES PAINTED IN NATURAL HABITAT
Written by Richard Tratt. Illustrated by Richard Tratt.
Stock no. 1324276
Published by Langford Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

A feast for the eyes, featuring over 200 paintings. Large format. Olive green boards with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 190407815X. Spine and corners bumped, slight fading to cover edges and slight rubbing to corners. Lower edge of textblock is very slightly grubby and top edge is slightly spotted else contents fine. Dustwrapper is very faded to spine and front panel, has a piece torn to top of spine and is slightly edge worn/creased. Barcode label to rear panel of wrapper.

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THE DICTIONARY OF 20TH CENTURY BRITISH BOOK ILLUSTRATORS
Written by Alan Horne.
Stock no. 1324225
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Information about some 1,000 British illustrators, the lesser known as well as the masters in the field. Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations. 456 pages. ISBN: 1851491082. Spine very slightly bumped. A nice, bright copy.

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ART DECO SCHMUCK: JAKOB BENGEL - IDAR-OBERSTEIN / GERMANY (ART DECO JEWELRY)
Written by Christianne Weber-Stober; Ilonka Wenk.
Stock no. 1824499
Published by Arnoldsche. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

More than two hundred and fifty pieces of Bengel jewellery are superbly reproduced and described in this monograph on the firm. In addition, the book surveys over one hundred and thirty years of Bengel history and gives insights into sample books that have survived from the years 1924 to 1939. Many drawings in colour furnish conclusive source material on designers and design practice during those years. Large format. Black glazed pictorial boards. With a contribution by Ilonka Wenk. Bilingual (German and English). ISBN: 9783897902473. Boards a little scuffed. Contents fine.

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THE AVIATION ART OF FRANK WOOTTON
Written by Frank Wootton. Illustrated by Frank Wootton.
Stock no. 1824485
Published by David & Charles. 1st thus 2005. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. Oblong format. ISBN: 9780715321584. Lower edge of covers lightly rubbed. Contents clean.

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THE MOTORSPORT ART OF MICHAEL TURNER
Written by Michael Turner; et al. Illustrated by Michael Turner.
Stock no. 1324098
Published by Haynes Publishing. 2nd 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second Edition. The pictorial autobiography of a man who has never taken foe granted his good fortune in spending a lifetime doing what he enjoys in the company of drivers and racing personalities he is pround to count as friends. Large oblong format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Illustrated in colour and b/w. ISBN: 1859608124. White paint to top of spine/front cover, affects the textblock a little but not the actual pages. Dustwrapper has paint to spine and is slightly browned. Barcode label and one other plain white label to rear panel of wrapper (covering printed barcodes).

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BIRKET FOSTER R.W.S
Written by H.M. Cundall. Illustrated by Birket Foster.
Stock no. 1324078
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1930. Almost very good condition.

A & C Black 20 shilling series. The Life and work of Myles Birket Foster. 73 tissue-guarded colour plates + b/w illustrations. Blue decorated cloth with gilt titles to spine. Reprint of September 1930 advertising the New Series. Spine bumped, faded and foxed. Heavy foxing to textblock and some page margins.

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KEEPING AN EYE OPEN: ESSAYS ON ART
Written by Julian Barnes.
Stock no. 1824434
Published by Jonathan Cape. Circa 2015. Nearly fine condition.

Card wraps. Fully illustrated in colour. Contains essays on: Gericault, Delacroix, Courbet, Manet, Fantin-Latour, Cezanne, Degas, Redon, Bonnard, Vuillard, Vallotton, Braque, Magritte, Oldenburg, Howard Hodgkin and Lucian Freud. ISBN: 9780224102018. Second printing. SIGNED by the author (with personal dedication) to title page.

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THE WORLD OF THE FLORENTINE RENAISSANCE ARTIST
Written by Martin Wackernagel; Alison Luchs.
Stock no. 1824405
Published by Princeton University Press. 1st 1981. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Projects and Patrons, Workshop and Art Market. A pioneering study of Florentine art that renconstructed its physical, social, economic, and cultural context from about 1420 to 1530. Translated by Alison Luchs. Blue cloth boards, Light blue title block and white title to spine. A clean copy in blue dustwrapper which is faded at spine, rubbed at edges and a little scuffed to rear panel.

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THE HISTORY OF PARIS IN PAINTING
Written by Georges Duby; Guy Lobrichon.
Stock no. 1824371
Published by Abbeville Press. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

Very large format. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt shield to front. Beautiful colour artwork throughout. Red ribbon page marker. ISBN: 9780789210463. Minor marks to top edge of text block (hardly noticeable). Contents otherwise fine. Contained in publisher's slipcase in lovely condition.

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THE HISTORY OF VENICE IN PAINTING
Written by Georges Duby; Guy Lobrichon; et al.
Stock no. 1824370
Published by Abbeville Press. Circa 2007. Nearly fine condition.

Very large, heavy format. Red cloth gilt titles. Ribbon bookmark. Colour photos. ISBN: 978078929337. Second printing. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly faded at the open edges.

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