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THE IMAGE ON THE GLASS
Written by Laurence Whistler.
Stock no. 1826339
Published by John Murray. 1st 1975. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Detailed notes on the engraved glass and a complete check list of work by Laurence Whistler and his sons. Black boards, gilt title to spine and vignette to front. B/w plates. ISBN: 0719532752. Light browning to text block. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed.

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THE RICH DESIGNS OF CLARICE CLIFF
Written by Richard Green; Des Jones.
Stock no. 1826335
Published by Rich Designs. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The best of the "Bizarre" years. Every single one of Clarice Cliff's finest designed illustrated in colour. Large format. ISBN: 0952635410. Top of spine bumped. Glue which binds the free front endpapers to the contents has dried out and therefore the endpapers are unstuck inside the front hinge. Otherwise, contents clean and bright. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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STUDIES IN DESIGN
Written by Christopher Dresser.
Stock no. 1826259
Published by Studio Editions. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Reproduction of the 1876 original. A justly famous study in aesthetics, a landmark in the history of the Victorian style, and an invaluable source book for fine artists and graphic designers today. Large format. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1851701745. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards. Tiny closed tear to vertical edge of front endpaper (alongside a minor crease). Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine with a closed tear to either side at top edge (no loss), edge worn and lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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ART IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Written by Michael Grant.
Stock no. 1826223
Published by Routledge. 1st 1995. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Michael Grant has specially selected some of the most significant examples of painting, portraits, architecture, mosaic, jewellry and silverware to give us a unique insight in to the functions and manifestations of art in the Roman Empire. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0415120314. Top & tail of spine lightly shelf-worn. A few minor marks to boards. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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AN ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD
Written by Thomas Daniell; Samuel Daniell; William Daniell; Katherine Prior. Illustrated by Samuel Daniell; Thomas Daniell; William Daniell.
Stock no. 1325722
Published by Folio Society. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited and introduced by Prior. 3/4 buckram cloth with pictorial front board and gilt title. Large oblong format. Endpapers are maps. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Tiny crease and erased pencil mark to half title-page else a fine copy. Slipcase is a little scuffed and has a split to one of the top edges.

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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. 1325701
Published by Langford Press. 1st 2005. Very good condition in a very 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 slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.

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FASANELLA'S CITY: THE PAINTINGS OF RALPH FASANELLA WITH THE STORY OF HIS LIFE AND ART
Written by Patrick Watson. Illustrated by Ralph Fasanella.
Stock no. 1826070
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. 1st 1973. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A personal encounter with an extraordinary man and his art. The extraordinary art of Ralph Fanasella - his electrically alive vision of the city of New York and of America. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine, embossed image to front. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0394488237. Light browning to board edges and text block. Small grubby mark to verso of frontis, last page has some foxspots. Contents otherwise clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is faded at spine and front spine edge, worn at top of spine and creawsed to top edge.

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FRENCH EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PAINTING
Written by David Wakefield.
Stock no. 1826065
Published by Gordon Fraser Gallery. 1st 1984. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0860920488. Heavy knock to top of boards, both front and rear board. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, scuffed and has a couple of scratches to rear panel.

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CHARDIN
No author listed.
Stock no. 1826063
Published by Royal Academy of Arts; The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1st thus 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. To accompany exhibition during 2000. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0900946830. Corners of covers lightly rubbed. Top edge of text block and front cover slightly nicked (minor) and text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.

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THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY MINIATURES IN THE COLLECTION OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
Written by Graham Reynolds.
Stock no. 1826002
Published by Royal Collection Enterprises Ltd. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Royal Collection contains one of the largest and most comprehensive groups of miniatures in existence. This catalogue describes the portrait miniatures dating from the origins of the art in the 1520s up to the end of the seventeenth century. Large format, heavy. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1902163451. Minor white mark to lower edge of front board. Text block slightly grubby. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and slightly scuffed.

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SARAH STONE: NATURAL CURIOSITIES FROM THE NEW WORLDS (ART OF NATURE)
Written by Christine E. Jackson. Illustrated by Sarah Stone.
Stock no. 1825865
Published by Merrell Holberton Publishers; Natural History Museum. 1st 1998. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From about 1777 the talented watercolourist Sarah Stone was employed by the entrepreneur Sir Ashton Lever to record the contents of his extraordinary private museum. This consisted of specimens and ethnographic material being brought back by British expeditions to Australia, the Americas, Africa and the Far East. The Lever Museum was tragically dispersed in 1806, and most of its zoological specimens have been lost. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 185894063X. A lovely copy.

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SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT 1880-1969: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF THE ARTIST'S SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
Written by Keith S. Gardner; Nigel D. Clark. Illustrated by William Russell Flint.
Stock no. 1825764
Published by Sir William Russell Flint Galleries Ltd.. 1st 1986. Nearly fine condition.

Title to spine is 'Sir William Russell Flint R.A. A Catalogue Raisonne'. This is the De Luxe Edition, limited to 1500 copies of which nos 1-500 are De Luxe. Large format. Blue leather binding, gilt title to spine, vignette to front. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Colour illustrations with facing text. End of volume is Flint's engravings. ISBN: 0951154818. Spine is very slightly discoloured/faded. This is copy 334 of 500 De-Luxe copies. Contained in blue cloth slipcase with blue signature label to one side, case is a little rubbed at corners and some glue which holds the cloth to the spineis starting to dry out.

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