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A MANUAL OF GOTHIC MOLDINGS
Written by F.A. Paley; W.M. Fawcett.
Stock no. 1830672
Published by John Van Voorst. 4th 1877. Very good condition.

Fourth Edition. Title to spine is 'Paley's Gothic Moldings'. Directions for copying them and for determining their dates. Upwards of six hundred examples. B/w illustrations to text. 94 pages plus 21 plates to rear and 2 pages of publisher adverts. Boards lightly unevenly faded and have a few minor marks. Top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Text block browned. 'S.' in pen to front pastedown. Front joint publled between front endpaper and half-title page but binding tight. Half-title page browned and has a contemporary ink name & date to top ege.

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THE STONES OF VENICE
Written by John Ruskin; Jan Morris. Illustrated by John Ruskin.
Stock no. 1830517
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 2001. Slightly better than very good condition.

The Stones of Venice was originally published in 3 volumes between 1851 and 1853. Ruskin believed that the best of Gothic architecture was to be found in Venice. This edition is in beautiful terracotta pictorial cloth with colour plates by Ruskin. Edited and Introduced by Jan Morris. Top edge terracotta. xlvi and 350 pages includes index. Headband to top of spine has come unglued from the outer spine. Else a lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed.

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DURER IN AMERICA: HIS GRAPHIC WORK
Written by Charles W. Talbot; Gaillard F. Ravenel; Jay A. Levenson; Wolfgang Stechow. Illustrated by Albrecht Durer.
Stock no. 1829230
Published by The Macmillan Company. 1st 1971. Very good condition.

Exhibition dates at the National Gallery of Art, April 25 - June 6, 1971. Edited by Talbot, Notes by Ravenel & Levenson, Essay by Stechow. Large format. Red cloth boards, black title label with gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations throughout. 362 pages. A few marks to boards, top corners bumped, Spine slightly faded and worn at top & tail. Text block a little grubby. Contents clean.

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MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STAINED GLASS IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM
Written by Paul Williamson.
Stock no. 1825575
Published by V&A Publications. 1st 2003. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The stained glass collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum is the largest in the world. This book represents a treasury of medieval and Renaissance imagery. Large format. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 1851774033. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, minor scuffing to rear panel.

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