HOUDIN,ROBERT;HOFFMANN,PROFESSOR [TRANSL.]

first edition 252pp+ads.ills.[b/w] G (reading copy only,ill.paper boards,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface losses,lacks spine,top board barely attached,contents mod.soiled and sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky w.separation at most sections,lacks final page of ads.)

PUBLISHER: routledge london 1881

KEYWORDS: conjuring magic arts robert houdin hoffmann

ALIGHIERI, DANTE; DORE, GUSTAVE

4 volumes ills.[b/w plates by gustave dore] VG (green textured cloth w.gilt decoration to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,text pp of contents sl.foxed,plates are generally clean,spines cracked w.some sections loosening and some plates detached but all present)

PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dante alighieri gustave dore arts poetry

JACOBS,LEONEBEL

ex-lib.first edition 8pp+tipped-in plates [b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,untrimmed edges,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: charles scribner's new york 1937

KEYWORDS: history biography arts leonebel jacobs literature

CASTLE,JOHN [ILLS.];DYKES,MERVYN [TEXT]

first edition signed by artist 96pp ills.[tipped-in col.plates by john castle] VG+ (beige cloth,author's sign.to half-title) in VG+ d/w(sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1977

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history geography john castle mervyn dykes

LEE-JOHNSON,ERIC [ED.]

first edition thus 176pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (brown cloth,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: wingfield press wellington 1950

KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history eric lee-johnson

ALLEN,ANTHONY J.

first edition 340pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (black cloth,minor soiling) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: allen's enterprises auckland 2006

KEYWORDS: arts ceramics history chinese anthony allen antiques

KENT,ROCKWELL;JOHNSON,FRIDOLF [ED.]

first uk edition 358pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (brown ill.paper boards w.grey cloth spine,v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1982

KEYWORDS: arts rockwell kent fridolf johnson

HOWES,FRANK

first edition 55pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: athlone press london 1958

KEYWORDS: music arts history frank howes

BILBIN,IVAN;GOLYNETS,SERGEI

first uk edition 227pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,spine cracked and creased)

PUBLISHER: pan books london 1981

KEYWORDS: arts biography ivan bilbin sergei golynets

ROSLAVLEVA,NATALIA

first edition 104pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in ill.col.wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: foreign languages publishing house moscow 1960

KEYWORDS: ballet dance arts history beryozka natalia roslavleva

WATSON,WILLIAM

reprint 484pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: longmans london 1960

KEYWORDS: textile design history arts william watson

WATSON,WILLIAM

third edition 519pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.soiled,content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1955

KEYWORDS: arts textile design history william watson

N/A

first edition 160pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth wrappers,rubbed and stained,sunned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges foxed)

PUBLISHER: review of reviews london 1891

KEYWORDS: history autographs portraits arts

LEFROY,W.CHAMBERS

first edition 71pp ills.[b/w etchings and vignettes by a.brunet-debaines and h.toussaint] VG- (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,top board shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.incl.title detached but all present,owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.foxing to contents incl.margins of plates but images are clean,spine cracked and shaky)

PUBLISHER: seeley,jackson,and halliday london 1883

KEYWORDS: arts history yorkshire architecture abbeys lefroy

THOMPSON,JAMES WESTFALL

ex-lib.first edition 682pp VG (blue cloth,rubbed and soiled w.libr.marks to spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: university of chicago press chicago 1939

KEYWORDS: arts literature medieval library history james westfall thompson

LODGE,EDMUND

ex-lib.rebinds 12 vols.bound as 6 irregular pagination ills.[b/w engravings] VG (rebound in blue cloth w.blue half leather,raised bands and libr.labels to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses of leather,usual libr.stamps and labels,new eps,contents mod.foxed incl.plates but generally to margins and not so noticeable on images,tight set)

PUBLISHER: printed for harding,mavor and lepard london 1823-1834

KEYWORDS: edmund lodge arts portraits britain biography

FLINT,SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL

first edition thus numbered/limited [480/500] signed by author and inscribed by publisher 59pp+[2pp] ills.[some b/w tailpieces] F (in black/blue cloth w.gilt key stamp to top board,warmly inscribed by publisher to supervising printer and dated 1967 on blank prelim.,numbered colophon to rear prelim.w.author's sign.opposite) in NF d/w (clear acetate sl.wrinkled) in VG+ slipcase (blue paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: charles skilton london 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature typography william russell flint charles skelton signed arts

VENOSA,BOB

first edition 78pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine cracked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: big o publishing london 1978

KEYWORDS: arts history bob venosa

VARGA,ALBERTO

first edition 176pp ills.[b/w and col.w.fold-outs] VG+ (grey cloth,sl.stained,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: alfred van der marck editions new york 1987

KEYWORDS: arts biography alberto varga

REINHARDT,DJANGO;DELAUNAY,CHARLES

first edition 247pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey cloth,sl.soiled,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: cassell london [1961]

KEYWORDS: music jazz biography arts django reinhardt charles delaunay