ALFRED STIEGLITZ: A LEGACY OF LIGHT
Written by Katherine Hoffman. Illustrated by Alfred Stieglitz.
Stock no. 1824244
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A compelling portrait of the American photographer's life and art from 1915 to 1946, focusing on his American works, issues of identity, and the rise of modernism in America. Black cloth boards, white titles. B/w photos and a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780300134452. Very minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents are clean. White pictorial dustwrapper has a few small marks.

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FLORA
Written by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Pamela Bianco.
Stock no. 1323527
Published by J.B. Lippincott Company; William Heinemann. 1st 1919. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

"This volume grew out of an exhibition of the picture of Pamela Bianco (aged 12) which was held in 1919, they are accompanied by exquisite poems that De La Mare was inspired by them to write. Beautiful colour and b/w pictures. Large format. White boards with grey titles and illustration to front cover. This edition has the Angel & Child plate facing page 19. This was Dorothy Lathrop's copy with inscribed card from W. DLM laid in. Spine and corners bumped, cover edges slightly worn. Some foxing and slight page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn with just a tiny piece of loss to top front edge, slightly foxed and rubbed to front edge.

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SELF-LIFE-DEATH
Written by Nobuyoshi Araki; Akiko Miki; Yoshiko Isshiki; Tomoko Sato. Illustrated by Nobuyoshi Araki.
Stock no. 1824155
Published by Phaidon Press. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Nobuyoshi Araki is on eof Japan't most celebrated photographers both at home and abroad. His photographs are highly controversial and often regarded as enigmatic. They incorporate a wide range of images: scenes from his own honeymoon, including sexual acts; enlarged photographs of genitalia and flowers; bondage scenes of trussed up women hanging from the ceiling; Tokyo street scenes and more. Special luxury edition limited to 3,000 numbered copies. Textured soft white leather, blind titles. Colour & b/w photos throughout. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery 6 October 2005 - 22 January 2006. ISBN: 0714845760. This is copy 0862 of 3,000.White leather boards just a little grubby. Contents are clean. Original clear plastic dustwrapper is torn to top front edge. Contained in original publisher's card slip jacket which is a little grubby and is split to one edge. Very heavy.

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IN SEARCH OF GREECE: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBIT OF DRAWINGS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY EDWARD DODWELL AND SIMONE POMARDI FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE PACKARD HUMANITIES INSTITUTE
Written by John McKesson Camp Ii. Illustrated by Edward Dodwell; Simone Pomardi.
Stock no. 1824089
Published by The Packard Humanities Institute. 1st 2013. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

A catalogue for the first public display of part of the Packard Humanities Institute's collection of more than 850 drawings done by Edward Dodwell and Simone Pomardi during their visit to Greece in 1805-6. Accompanied by introductory essays designed to set the collection in its historical, cultural, and artistic context. Large oblong format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9781938325304. A lovely item. Very scarce at the time of cataloguing.

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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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