1. Blacker, J. F.

The ABC of English salt-glaze stoneware from Dwight to Doulton. With over 200 Illustrations in Line and Half-Tone.

London, Stanley Paul & Co., 1922. Octavo. Frontispiece (Prince Rupert Bust), 243 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of some occasional foxing.

2. Franklin Gould, Veronica.

The Watts Chapel, an Arts & Crafts Memorial. Introduction by Richard Jeffries, Curator of the Watts Gallery, Map and line drawings by Joanna Howse, front cover by Chris Lovell.

Surrey, Arrow Press, 1993. 21cm x 14.7cm. 50 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3. Harris, Mary Emma.

The Arts at Black Mountain College.

Cambridge MA, The MIT Press, 1987. 23.6 cm x 31.8 cm. 314 pages. Richly illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s Mylar. As new condition with only minor signs of external wear. Original green cloth with blind signature design on front cover. Contains Erik Haugaard illustrated Exlibris on front pastedown. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard.

4. Houlihan, Patrick.

Harmony by Hand. Art of the Southwest Indians. Basketry, Weaving, Pottery. Text by Patrick Houlihan, Jerold L. Collings, Sarah Nestor, Jonathan Batkin, Design by McQuiston and Daughter.

First Edition. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1987. 25.5cm x 24.5cm 108 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original paperback (softcover). Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

5. Hubbard, Elbert.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers – Aristotle. Written by Elbert Hubbard and done into a book by The Roycrofters, at their shop, which is in East Aurora, New York, MCMIV.

New York, The Roycrofters, 1904. 15.5 cm x 20 cm. 22 pages. A variety of advertisements for Roycroft products and services at the beginning and end of publication. Original Softcover. Hand stiched with silk. Deckled edges. Unusually excellent condition of this fragile publication / Only minor signs of external wear. [Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers (Vol. XIV. March, 1904. No.3)].

6. Macbeth, Ann.

Embroidered and Laced Leather Work. With 140 Illustrations.

Third Edition. London, Methuen and Co, 1930. 22cm x 17.5cm. viii, 62 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. The illustrated binding of this work with an ugly dampstain to both boards. Some signs of foxing to endpapers. Dustjacket in very good condition. Very rare and special work with beautiful illustrations.

7. [Private Materials Sir Harry Luke] – [Luke, Sir Harry / Lukach, Harry] Ashbee, Charles Robert.

Manuscript letter Signed (MLS) by english architect and designer Charles Robert Ashbee to Sir Harry Luke, condoling him on the death of Luke’s father H.C.Luke. Ashbee reminisces: ‘I recall a charming hour I once spent with your father when on leave from Palestine – during your first year in Palestine [1921] – I brought him some message or other – the message is forgotten….the memory of the pleasant personality abides. Come to us again some day – Yours always, C.R.Ashbee – Godden Green – Near Sevenoaks).’

[This item is part of the Sir Harry Luke – Archive / Collection]. Godden Green, 1930. Octavo. 1 page in original envelope. From the private collection / library of colonial governor, diplomat and historian, Sir Harry Luke.

8. Rocheleau, Paul / Sprigg, June / Larkin, David (Editor)

Shaker Built – The Form and Function of Shaker Architecture.

New York, The Monacelli Press, 1994. 25 cm x 29.8 cm. 272 pages. With numerous full-colour photographs throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some loose pages near front of book. Binding firm and strong otherwise. Interior bright and clean.

9. [Rossetti, Dante Gabriel / Morris, William / Burne – Jones etc.] Welby, T. Earle.

The Victorian Romantics 1850-70. The early works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Morris, Burne-Jones, Swinburne, Simeon Solomon and their associates.

Limited Edition (One of only 700 printed). London, Gerald Howe Ltd, 1929. 20cm x 25.5cm. X, 161 pages with beautiful Frontispiece by Simeon Salomon and 21 illustrations in total. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with some signs of wear to the binding. Internally very good with a few pencil-marks only.