1. Garton, Robin.

British Printmakers – 1855-1955. A Century of Printmaking from the Etching Revival to St Ives.

Special Collector’s Edition / Limited to 25 copies with Suite/3 prints. Devizes, Garton & Co, 1992. 26 cm x 32.5 cm. 326 pages. 585 illustrations. Hardcover / Publisher’s original quarter-leather with green buckram boards and raised bands. Gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. With original green-cloth slipcase. Including the additional folio-suite of 3 prints: 1. ‘Nude with Pillow’ woodcut by John Nash / 2. ‘Abstract Flower Design’ by Enid Marx / 3. ‘Old Tree’ by Reynolds Stone. Near fine condition. Very rare edition of a stunning volume, excellently presented.

2. [Masereel, Frans] Institut für Buchgestaltung Leipzig.

Buchkunst / Internationale Beiträge zur Buchgestaltung – Dritter Band / [Including 16 pages on the artist Frans MAsereel – with a short biography and some examples of his Woodcut – Work / With a chapter on Oskar Zech- A Master of Typography / Ein Meister der Typographie / With a wonderful chapter on international children’s books].

Dresden, Verlag der Kunst, 1959. 21.5 cm x 30.2 cm. 271 pages. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor tanning to page margins, edges, pastedowns and endpapers. Otherwise bright and clean.

3. [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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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 !

7. Baker, Christopher / Henry, Tom.

The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue.

London, National Gallery Publications, 1995. 26 cm x 29 cm. XXIV, 790 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

8. Murray, Peter.

Maritime Paintings of Cork and Associated Historical Material, 1700 – 2000.

Cork, Gandon Editions, 2005. 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 240 pages. Beautifully illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only very minor signs of external wear but with the advantage of the Mylar-jacket.

9. 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.

10. Hartt, Frederick / Wilkins, David G. (revisions).

History of Italian Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture.

Fourth Edition. London, Thames and Hudson, 1994 23 cm x 30 cm. 696 pages with hundreds of illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. [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.

14. Turner, Jane (editor).

From Renaissance to Impressionism: Styles and Movements in Western Art, 1400-1900.

London, Macmillan Reference Limited, 2000. 15.5 cm x 23 cm. 377 pages including many illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [The Grove Dictionary of Art]

15. 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.

16. 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]

17. Stanley-Baker, Joan.

Japanese Art. With 167 illustrations, 20 in color.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1984. 15 x 21cm. 216 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition.

18. Rubin, Patricia Lee / Wright, Alison.

Renaissance Florence: The Art of the 1470s.

London, National Gallery Publications, 1999. 24 cm x 27 cm. 360 pages. Original softcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Three small abrasions on back dust-jacket.

19. Nicholas, Lynn H.

The rape of Europa – The Fate of Europe’s Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War.

1st edition. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. 500 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Deckled edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Page 499-500 stuck together.

20. Michalowski, Janusz Maciej.

Jan Matejko. W kregu sztuki (Polish Edition).

Warsaw, Arkady, 1979. 24.5 cm x 27.5 cm. 72 pages. With 18 coloured boards and 41 black and white reproductions. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to pastedowns, endpapers, half-title and bibliography pages. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen Translator- Erik Haugaard.

21. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim / McCormick, Edward Allen (translator).

Laocoon: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry.

Baltimore and London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. 13.5 cm x 20.2 cm. 259 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. Partially detached endpaper. Inscription by preowner. Some spotting on page-edges.

22. Holmes, George.

Renaissance.

London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1996. 22 cm x 28 cm. 272 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

23. Grape, Wolfgang.

The Bayeux Tapestry.

Munich / London / New York, Prestel, 1994. 24 cm x 28 cm. 174 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

24. Graf, Otto Antonia.

Die vergessene Wagnerschule. Schriften des Museums des 20. Jahrhunderts Wien. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen im Anhang.

Erste Auflage. Wien, Jugend & Volk Verlag, 1969. 23 x 22 cm. 40 Seiten. Softcover/ Kartoniert. Selten ! Etwas berieben. Sonst sehr guter Zustand mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

25. Frankfort, Henri.

The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient.

Middlesex, Penguin, 1970. 15 x 21cm. 456 pages, with black and white photographs and text illustrations throughout. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed with previous owner’s name. [The Pelican History of Art, Series Editor: Nikolaus Pevsner].

26. Enderle, Alfred / Meyerhöfer, Dietrich / Unverfehrt, Gerd.

Small People – Great Art / Restricted growth from an artistic and medical viewpoint.

Hamm, Artcolor Verlag, 1994. 24.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 324 pages. Illustrated with 116 full-colour plates. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

27. Dawson, Barbara.

[Turner, J.M.W.] Turner in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Dublin, The National Gallery of Ireland, 1988. 24.5 cm x 20 cm. 140 pages. With many illustrations. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Inscription by preowner. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

28. Bumpus, Judith.

Impressionist Gardens.

Oxford, Phaidon, 1990. 25.5 cm x 30 cm. 80 pages. Original hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

29. Bonhams.

Period Design Issue 25 Tuesday 10 May 2011 London.

London, Bonhams, 2011. 21 cm x 26.5 cm. 96 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

30. Panofsky, Erwin.

Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art.

London, Paladin / Granada Publishing Ltd., 1970. 13.5 x 19.5cm. (20), 242 pages, with 120 page appendix of illustrations. Original softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlinings and annotations. Inscribed with previous owner’s name.