1. Litchfield, Frederick.

Illustrated History of Furniture. [With Chapters on Japanese Furniture and Early Machine-Made Furniture as well as an Appendix with Names of Furniture-Artists and Furniture Manufacturers]. From the Earliest to the Present Time. With numerous illustrations.

Third Edition. London, Truslove & Hanson, 1893. 21 x 29 cm. XX, 280 pages with many illustrations throughout the text. Original Hardcover. Leather with gilt lettering. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear (Upper spine with minor damage). From the library of furniture-historian Claudia Kinmonth. The free front endpaper is detached and loosely inserted.

2. [Prout, Samuel] Holme, Charles (Editor) / Text By Ernest G. Halton.

Sketches By Samuel Prout in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland [Including: “The Life and Art of Samuel Prout” by Ernest G. Halton”].

London / Paris / New York, The Studio Ltd., 1915. 21 cm x 29.8 cm. Colour Frontispiece protected by tissue guard. 26 pages. With 65 one-sided black-and-white plates following the text. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine and frontcover. Very good and firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains a 19th century reproduction of an A.L.S. by Samuel Prout dated Feb. 14, 1843.

3. Tatlock, R.R. / Kendrick, A.F. / Tyler, Royall / Van De Put, A. et al,

Spanish Art – An Introductory Review of Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Textiles, Ceramics, Woodwork, Metalwork.

London, B.T. Batsford, Ltd. for The Burlington Magazine, 1927. 25 cm x 31 cm. Frontispiece, 121 pages. 121 plates. Map of Spain towards rear. Hardcover [publisher’s original black cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt embossment to front board. Good+ condition. Rubbing to boards evident. Damp staining to bottom corner of rear board. Minor tear to cloth at head of spine. Cracks to gutter between front pastedown and endpaper. Binding still firm and strong. Bookblock square and tight. Interior bright and clean. [Burlington Magazine Monograph – II]

4. Richardson, Edgar Preston.

The Way of Western Art 1776-1914.

Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1939. 20 cm x 27.9 cm. Frontispiece. XI, 204 pages. With 174 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

5. [van Delft, Jan Vermeer] De Vries, Ary Bob.

Jan Vermeer Van Delft.

Basel, Holbein-Verlag, 1945. 20.2 cm x 27.5 cm. 132 pages. With sixty-eight black and white, and three colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Black cloth boards with original cloth gilt on spine and Vermeer’s gilt ‘signature’ on front cover. Very good condition with some clear signs of external wear. Minor discoloration to front and rear pastedowns and endpapers. Minor foxing to edges. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator- Erik Haugaard.

6. Wilenski, R.H.

Dutch Painting.

London, Faber and Faber, 1945. 15.6 cm x 24.6 cm. 196 pages. Richly illustrated with black and white, and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt titles on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor stains and wear to cover. Minor foxing and discolouration to edges and pages throughout. Otherwise very good.

7. Tietze, Hans / Ruhemann, H. (editor) / Hendry, Philip (consultant editor).

Genuine and False – Copies, Imitations, Forgeries. Seventy-Three Reproductions in Colour and Monochrome Printed in Photogravure.

London, Max Parrish & Co Limited, 1948. 19 cm x 25.3 cm. 80 pages. 8 colour plates and 56 monochrome plates. Hardcover [publisher’s original tanned cloth] with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Fading to spine and boards. Minor fraying to cloth at head and tail of spine. Leaf edges show minor browing but interior otherwise bright and clean.

8. Finlay, Ian.

Art in Scotland.

London, Oxford University Press, 1948. 14.5 cm x 22.4 cm. Illustrated Colour Frontispiece,‘The Pink Tablecloth’ by J. Leslie Hunter.180 pages.16 black and white illustrations. Original Clothbound Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine strip is discoloured. Dampstains to front endpaper and pastedown. Slight tanning & foxing at pages edges. Red decoration to top edges. Very minor soiling to boards.

9. Blunt, Anthony.

Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (The Pelican History of Art).

Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd., 1953. 18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. XVII, 312 pages. With 192 black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges, endpapers, half-title and title pages. Pages lightly tanned. Binding tight. Gilt title on spine and emblem on front cover. Interior clean. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

10. Waterhouse, Ellis.

Painting in Britain 1530-1790.

Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd., 1953. 18.2 cm x 26.4 cm. XV, 271 pages.192 pages of black & white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only very minor foxing to edges, endpapers, half-title and title pages. Pages lightly tanned. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front. Minor wear to spine. Binding tight. Clean interior.