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DESIGNING & MAKING ROCKING HORSES
Written by Margaret Spencer.
Stock no. 1824087
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 2001. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

With detailed plans, instructions and explanations of the wood and tools required. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos plus b/w plans. ISBN: 1861263619. Some damp mottling to boards. Spine cocked. Minor foxing to text block. A few light marks to endpapers. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed and has a minor biro mark to front panel. Musty odour present.

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OTTO FRELLO - AN INCORRIGIBLE PAINTER
Written by Ole Faber. Illustrated by Otto Frello.
Stock no. 1824077
Published by Museet For Varde By Og Omegn. 1st 2009. Nearly fine condition.

An exhibition in 2009 featuring the broadest possible spectrum of the many different genres Frello has covered and the many ingenious items that Frello has brought into existence in the course of a long and exceptionally creative life. Oblong format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 8789834690. A lovely copy.

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REPRESENTATIVE ART OF OUR TIME (8 VOLUMES)
Written by Charles Holme.
Stock no. 1824054
Published by Offices Of The Studio. 1st 1903. Very good condition.

With original etchings & lithographs, also reproductions of oil & water-colour paintings, pastels, &c. A set of 8 (complete) very large format grey card-wrap booklets with string binding. Each volume has an essay and 6 plates. Eight volumes with light edge0wear and browning to cover edges. All plates are present. Volume III has some foxing to a plate or two and facing blank pages, Volume VII has foxing to pages and plates are foxed on verso of page. Volume VIII has foxing to 1st plate and facing blank page. Some top edges unopened. All contained in a large presentation folder with ribbon clasp, folder is very worn, browned and scufffed, foxing to inside boards, spine is split. A nice, complete set.

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THE KAZANLUK TOMB
Written by Lyudmila Zhivkova.
Stock no. 1824052
Published by Verlag Aurel Bongers Recklinghausen. 1st thus 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The tomb of a Thracian chieftain, which came to light in 1944, is one of the most valuable treasures of ancient art in the Bulgarian lands. Very large format. Cream imitation leather boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. ISBN: 3764702834. Pictorial dustwrapper has a small closed tear to base of spine and is lightly scuffed to rear panel. Contained in a thin card slipcase in very good condition.

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HOW TO DRAW FARM ANIMALS
Written by C.F. Tunnicliffe. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
Stock no. 1323340
Published by The Studio Limited. 1st 1947. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Small fromat, 6.75 x 5.25". Green cloth. B/w drawings throughout. Advice on drawing the animals as well as factual notes on each breed. 64 pages. An uncommon little book. Spine very slightly bumped. Endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly worn at spine with some foxspots to base of spine and also front panel of wrapper. Dustwrapper is browned on verso.

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ENGRAVING ON WOOD
Written by John Farleigh. Illustrated by John Farleigh.
Stock no. 1323273
Published by The Dryad Press. 1st 1954. Very good condition.

Decorated boards. 50 pages. B/w illustrations. Slight wear to cover edges and some slight fading to spine. Endpapers browned. Name in ink and has been blotted out on front free-endpaper. Some foxing to last few pages.

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[C]ARTOGRAPHY MAP-MAKING AS ARTFORM
Written by William J. Smyth; William Laffan; Mic Moroney.
Stock no. 2140852
Published by Crawford Art Gallery; Raven Design. 1st IRELAND 2007. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. White boards with titles. Colour and b/w photos, maps and illustrations. Published to coincide with the exhibition of the same name at the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork. ISBN: 1874756066. Foxing and browning to endpapers, outer page edges and cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few small nicks and some grubby marks.

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A CELEBRATION OF ART IN NEATH AND DISTRICT
Written by Alan Hayward.
Stock no. 2140851
Published by Neath Antiquarian Society. 1st 1999. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Oblong format. Red boards with gilt titles. Limited edition to 600 copies. Colour illustrations. This is Copy No. 279. Some light page edge browning to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-creased with some fading to spine edge.

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DIWYLLIANT GWELEDOL CYMRU: Y GYMRU DDIWYDIANNOL
Written by Peter Lord.
Stock no. 2140812
Published by Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. 1st 1998. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Text in Welsh. Title roughly translates to: The Visual Culture of Wales: Industrial Wales. B/w and colour illustrations. ISBN: 070831497X. Light wear to cover edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning; a few grubby marks.

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THE POTTER'S BRUSH: THE KENZAN STYLE IN JAPANESE CERAMICS
Written by Richard L. Wilson; Saeko Ogasawara.
Stock no. 2140811
Published by Merrell Publishers Limited. 1st 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour photos. Produced to accompany the exhibition of the same name at the Freer Gallery of Art. ISBN: 1858941571. A few light marks to covers. Contents are fine!

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PASTEL FOR THE STANDARDS
Written by A. George Tompkins; Selwyn Image.
Stock no. 2140705
Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd.. 1st 1928. Very good condition.

Brown/beige boards with black titles. Vol. I - Junior Book - First and Second Years. Some marks and wear to covers. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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POUR TOI
Written by Kristina Niven. Illustrated by Fiona Owen.
Stock no. 2140686
Published by The Medici Society Ltd.. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Large format. Colour pictorial boards. Limited edition to 1050 Copies. Colour illustrations. Some poems/rhymes are in French, rest is in English. ISBN: 0855030844. SIGNED by author and illustrator to verso of title page. This is Copy No. 706. Light bumping and wear to spine and corners; a few marks. NO slipcase. A few foxspots to cover edges and outer page edges.

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