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ART NOUVEAU: AN ARCHITECTURAL INDULGENCE (NEW ARCHITECTURE 6)
Written by Andrea Papadakis; et al.
Stock no. 1829057
Published by Andreas Papadakis Publisher. 2000. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Andreas Papadakis. The series of movements that formed Art Nouveau are introduced by Victor Awas, a leading international expert on the period and described in a series of essays by specialists from the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 136 pages. ISBN: 1901092348. Front and rear joint pulled from front & rear endpaper due to glue of spine drying out. Contents still tight. Name and date in ink to top of front endpaper (also half-title page). Otherwise a lovely, clean copy.

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ILLUSTRATORS ISSUE THREE
Written by Peter Richardson. Illustrated by F. Matania; Peter Maddocks; Andy Virgil; Bernie Fuchs.
Stock no. 1828916
Published by Geoff West. 2013. Very good condition.

Published quarterly. Issue Number Three Published Spring 2013. This issue contains articles about the art of Forunino Matania, Andy Virgil, Peter Maddocks, Bernie Fuchs. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations throughout. 95 pages. ISBN: 9781907081101. Rear cover unevenly faded. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Musty odour present.

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FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER VOL. XLIX
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824290
Published by Flight Publishing Co. Ltd. 1946. Almost very good condition.

First Aeronautical Weekly in the World, founded January 1909. Volume XLIX covers January to June, 1946. Nos 1932 to 1956 bound in one volume. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations and a few colour, some folding illustrations. Ex-library in library binding. Boards grubby and marked, spine faded and stained. Text block browned. Library markings to front endpaper and some magazine title pages. Binding is tight. Old post-it note stuck to page 57 pulling surface paper from page. A few foxspots and some page browning but contents generally clean.

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NAVY & ARMY ILLUSTRATED VOL. I & II
Written by Charles N. Robinson.
Stock no. 1824289
Published by Hudson & Kearns; George Newnes Limited. 1985. Almost very good condition.

Very large format. Black calf leather spine & corners, dark green textured cloth boards with gilt title to front. No title to spine. From volume I Friday December 20th 1985 through to volume II Friday 11th December 1896, complete in one volume. B/w photos throughout. Leather spine rubbed and scuffed, boards scuffed and worn at lower edges. New endpapers. Some pages not bound in (but present). Some title pages have loss/tape marks. Tape repair to width of page 139 now yellowed with age. A few margin marks and tears.

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BOYS OWN PAPER SUMMER NUMBER FOR 1887
Written by G.A. Hutchison; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Pearse; et al..
Stock no. 1824198
Published by The Boy's Own Paper. 1887. Almost very good condition.

Edited by G.A.Hutchison, stories by numerous authors. First item (a poem) is 'A Holiday Discovery' by Somerville Gibney. Blue & white pictorial paper wraps. Staple binding. B/w Frontis by Alfred Pearse plus numerous b/w illustrations by multiple people throughout. Adverts to front and rear. Staples rusty and bleeding therefore binding is a little fragile especially for the covers. Spine is worn with a little loss. Covers are browned. A few marks mainly to margins but overall a good copy for a magazine of this age!

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BO-PEEP: A MAGAZINE FOR THE NURSERY JUNE 1885
No author listed.
Stock no. 2137114
Published by Cassell & Company Limited. 1885. Almost very good condition.

Paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Starts at page 81 through to 96. Some creasing, wear and marks to covers. Foxing and margin marks.

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AUTOSPORT 50TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE
No author listed.
Stock no. 1821764
Published by Autosport. 2000. Very good condition.

Celebrating 50 years of the best in motorsport, special collector's edition of Autosport Magazine. Large format. Cardwraps. Packed with colour photos. A nice, used copy.

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EXUBERANCE: NEW VIRTUOSITY IN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Written by Marian Colletti.
Stock no. 1816494
Published by Wiley. 2010. Nearly fine condition.

Architectural Design Magazine March/April 2010 Profile No 204. Heralding a new era of exuberance in digital design. Black cardwraps. Colour photos. 144 pages. ISBN: 9780470717141.

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THE PRIZE FOR GIRLS AND BOYS 1919
No author listed.
Stock no. 2125233
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. 1919. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Cloth spine. 12 coloured plates, including frontis. B/w illustrations. Bumping and wear to spine and corners; chipping and heavy wear to a couple of corners; loss. Page edge browning and foxing with some grubby margin marks.

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THE STUDIO AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE OF FINE AND APPLIED ART VOLUME 11 AND 12
Written by Gabriel Mourey; et al. Illustrated by Alfred Lys Baldry; Fritz Thaulow; et al..
Stock no. 2124944
Published by The Studio. Circa 1897. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Green cloth. Brown leather spine with gilt title. This is a combined volume. Contains numerous articles by different contributors about many different artists. Colour and b/w illustrations and photos. Big splash mark to front cover, affecting cloth, a few smaller marks to rear cover. Spine is worn with 1-2" split to top. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Page 21/22 lower corner torn and creased affecting text but still legible (tear is approx 3" with no loss).

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THE BULLSEYE
Written by Fred Cordwell.
Stock no. 1406438
Published by Howard Baker Press. 1at 1976. Very good condition.

Collectors edition limited to 400 copies. Greyfriars Book Club Volume No. 10. Green simulated leather covers with gilt titles and border. The Bullseye issues 1-10. ISBN: 0070301094. SIGNED by publisher - copy no. 373. Some light foxing to text block edge. Contained in a dark blue slipcase which is edge rubbed.

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MAGAZINE FOR THE YOUNG 1863
No author listed.
Stock no. 1506837
Published by John & Charles Mozley; Joseph Masters And Son. 1863. Slightly better than good condition.

Green cloth covers with gilt title to spine, small embossed decoration to centre of covers. Small format 6 x 4. January to December 1863. 428 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn, small holes to cloth at ends of spine. Spine browned. Covers grubby. Joints cracked. Foxing to contents and some pages have brown marks. Light browning, mainly to endpapers.

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