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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. Tears, scuffing and creases on jacket, also a little paper loss mostly at the top.

Softcover. [20] p.; 18 full-page color illus. with explanatory half-sheet explanatory inserts; 29.5 cm. Reprinted from Shell-BP news Contents -- A joyful and glorious resurrection as a symbol of reconciliation and hope, R. T. Howard, former provost of Coventry -- In a single, fearful night [14th November 1940]--and the vow was made: `The Cathedral will rise again, more splended than before', Gilbert Moore and John Miles -- `This magnificent new Cathedral', Cuthbert K. N. Bardsley, bishop of Coventry, `the first Bishop in all history to have seen both the beginning and the completion of his Cathedral during his episcopate' -- A challenge to a thousand years, R. Furneaux Jordan -- The nave windows, an appreciation, Basil Taylor -- The new Cathedral and the community, H. C. N. Williams, provost of Coventry, in an interview with F. A. D. Kelsey -- A Cathedral in the modern world, H. C. N. Williams, in an interview with Robert Payne -- The Consecration of the new Cathedral, 25th May 1962. VG, stapled, mylar wrapper with figures from John Hutton's Wall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, 82 pp, well illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, boards (no dust wrapper was issued). Catalogue of an exhibition held at Asia House Gallery, New York in 1961.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Reprint. Reprint of first edition published in 1912 . Firmly bound red leather binding with some marks, probably white paint, brown stain on the outer closed page edge with creases on the outer margin of some pages.

Original cloth with dustjacket. Dustjacket damaged on the edges and corners / a bit thumbed, front hinge a bit weak, minor traces of use, else in good condition. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 300 coloured illustrations, 8 photographic reproductions and 49 text figures (illustrator). Reprint. Firmly bound, decorated red cloth boards without a jacket, some handling wear including small fraying tears at the top and base of the back external hinge.

large-8°, linen band. Zustand: Gut. 255 pages, text in English, two columns, numerous black and white photos, some full-page, maps, table of contents, cover slightly light-stained and foxed, pages clean and firmly bound, One thing that may be said to be good has emerged from the Second World War. It has increased the interest of the Empire peoples in the Empire. One of the not least important manifestations of that interest is to find people searching out in an atlas small islands that previously were unknown to them even by name; for them this firme, secking out for themselves the geography of the Empire. But of far greater importance is the fact that every thinking person is gving sympsthetic attention to the problems of the various units of the Empire. an the demands made of, and criticismus levelled at, the Mother Country. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo, ix, 270 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is red with gilt lettering. Boards have some shelf wear, scraping and scratching, and a library identification sticker on the spine. Text block has foxing, with some writing on the first few pages in the gutter, and a small sticker on the top right corner of the rear paste down. Ex-Library. 1372863. Special Collections - Downstairs.

[978-1-78404214-1] 2014. (hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 383pp. 4to. Fine copy in fine jacket. More than 180 images and plates. Illustrations to the Great Classics. Includes; Idylls of the King. The Raven. The Divine Comedy. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Fables. Don Quixote. Paradise Lost. The Bible.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Folio, i-xxi, 34 pp, 130 plates, index . Decorated light brown cloth with gilt borders to the front board, top edge gilt. Corners are bumped but generally a very good bright copy . A heavy item for which extra charges will be required to send an overseas order.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small Unpaginated Artist Biography With Color And B/W Plates. Card Covers With Paste-On Cover Illustration On Dust Jacket. Light Usage, Near Fine, Dust Jacket With Some Browning.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. 4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, unpaginated, approx. 48pp on stiff art paper, colour plates, etc . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread and unmarked copy. An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. English, Chinese and Japanese introductory texts, with captions in English and Chinese.; Hardcover (without dust jacket - as issued) SONG CERAMICS, sale N09189 "VORTEX" held on 16 September 2014 at Sotheby's New York, comprising 8 lots (lots 1-8), 24 x 30.5 cm, 0.7 kg, 76 pages with colour illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Small bumps at the edges which are slightly turning inwards. The exterior shows minor signs of wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. The lettering on spine is worn. A tiny part of the top right side of the page are bent most likely due to the bump. Remaining interior in very good condition.; "A thousand false notes" is an exaggerated exercise in humility but what rings true is that Sakamoto Goro in his career as an antiques dealer, collector and connoisseur spanning almost seventy years has achieved true mekiki, the expert's capacity to judge authenticity that goes far beyond simply having a good eye for art. A rigorously self-critical man he has learned from his mistakes. "One's failures are the foundation of success" has been a guiding principle of his life. His autobiography, first serialized in the Nikkei newspaper in December of 1996, is more a catalogue of his early failures than his considerable successes in his Tokyo shop, Fugendo, the Tokyo Bijutsu Club and auction rooms in London, New York and Paris. With dogged determination, daring, constant study and what he calls his "fighting spirit" he has bought and sold some of the finest works of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and ancient Middle Eastern art." excerpt from the introductory text by Jeffrey Hantover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. English, Chinese and Japanese introductory texts, with captions in English and Chinese.; Hardcover (cloth without dust jacket - as issued).; PORCELAIN, sale HK0559 "BAIHUATING", held on 8 October 2014 at Sotheby's Hong Kong, comprising 8 lots (lots 3501-3509), 24 x 30.5 cm, 0.7 kg, 92 pages with colour illustrations.; Signs of wear on the exterior and interior. Small bumps at all edges which are turning inwards. The exterior shows minor signs of wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. The lettering on spine is worn. Some pages are bent are a tiny part at the top eges on the first few pages most likely due to the bump. Remaining interior in very good condition.; "A thousand false notes" is an exaggerated exercise in humility but what rings true is that Sakamoto Goro in his career as an antiques dealer, collector and connoisseur spanning almost seventy years has achieved true mekiki, the expert's capacity to judge authenticity that goes far beyond simply having a good eye for art. A rigorously self-critical man he has learned from his mistakes. "One's failures are the foundation of success" has been a guiding principle of his life. His autobiography, first serialized in the Nikkei newspaper in December of 1996, is more a catalogue of his early failures than his considerable successes in his Tokyo shop, Fugendo, the Tokyo Bijutsu Club and auction rooms in London, New York and Paris. With dogged determination, daring, constant study and what he calls his "fighting spirit" he has bought and sold some of the finest works of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and ancient Middle Eastern art." excerpt from the introductory text by Jeffrey Hantover.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Very large 4to in stiff card covers, with integral glossy colour printed dust jacket, unpaginated, approx. 96pp on thick art paper, mainly large full page colour plates showing nicely reproduced Mao period propagandist paintings . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy in an almost AS NEW complete Dust Jacket (faint shelf-rub to wrapper bottom edges). An excellent copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Small square Quarto size (4to) in illustrated stiff glossy card covers, unpaginated, 16pp, text and drawings by Markowsky . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (faint surface rub to front cover) ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. Landscape Quarto size (4to) in colour printed stiff card covers, 72pp, colour plates (one folding). Dual text in English and Mandarin . [CONDITION: NEW copy ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. Landscape Quarto size (4to) in colour printed stiff card covers, 72pp, colour plates. Dual text in English and Mandarin . [CONDITION: NEW copy ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. Landscape Quarto size (4to) in colour printed stiff card covers, 72pp, colour plates. Dual text in English and Mandarin . [CONDITION: NEW copy ] . __To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: FINE. 1st Edition. Extra Large 4to. in colour printed stiff card covers, unpaginated, approx. 186pp on thick art paper, mainlyfull-page plates in colour and b/w. Text in French . [CONDITION: Covers slightly tanned else FINE, a well preserved clean and tight unmarked copy ] . To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . __NOTE Due to size and/or weight posting to some destinations outside the UK will cost more than the shipping price shown. If so, orders made by card will only be completed after you have approved any extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: AS NEW. 1st Edition. This copy includes a card with a brief pensil not and signed by both artists (as Matthew and Louise). Published to accompany the exhibition based on their John Muir Residency. Square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 99pp on thick art paper, numerous colour photos etc. PLUS large folded sheet 'Instructions for making a contemporary talisman' in pocket at rear (as issued) . [CONDITION: A well preserved AS NEW unmarked copy ] . To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Zustand: g- to vg. First edition. Folio. [8], 79, [3]pp. Original half blue cloth over printed paper covered boards. Color frontispiece portrait of Martin Luther. Publisher's vignette on title page. Illustrated with numerous full-page color plates, duo-tones, and b/w photographic reproductions, this work is a striking pictorial survey of German religious art from the 9th century to the early 20th century. Binding sunned on spine and along edges. Closed tear and fraying at head of spine. Text in German, gothic script. Binding in overall fair to good-, interior in very good condition.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. A pencil inscription of the front blank fly-leaf reads 'Peter Barker-Hull / from Morice Lypsi'. The book is undated but the bibliographies state it was printed in 1935. No publisher or gallery is stated, but Lipsi had an exhibition at one of the Hotel Drouot galleries in 1935, and their address, 8 Rue de la Liberte, has been pencilled in at the rear (in what looks very like Lipsi's handwriting) so this is almost certainly the catalogue for that exhibition. 4to in wrappers with printed over-wrapper (as issued), 6pp text in French plus 27 single-sided b/w plates, all on thick and stiff art paper. The original plain tissue cover has been folded and loosely inserted . [CONDITION: An extremely well preserved FINE very clean and tight unmarked copy (covers and page-block edges slightly tanned, mild crease to spine). An excellent copy ] . To see more of our Art Monographs etc type DbbARTIST in the Keywords search box . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hard back binding in publisher's original Farrows cream cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 4to. 13'' x 9¼''. Contains 1 pp, 3 pp introduction followed by 28 splendid full-page single-sided duo-tone landscape photographs taken in the Engadine, where renown Swiss photographer Albert Steiner lived and worked for 46 years. Special presentation copy presented by St. Moritz on the occasion of the International Alpine Trial 1932 with additional presentation leaf in German, French, English and Italian dated July 1932 to this effect. Small repair to the centre of the lower spine edge, very minor spotting to the end papers, plates in fresh clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. SWITZERLAND (Culture).

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. Large quarto size (4to). thick card folder with 10 leaves printed on thick card in concertina fold showing Hadid's Seamless Collection of furniture and shelving designs. Introductory text on stiff card loosely inserted (as issued). Scarce . [CONDITION: Almost AS NEW (slight crease to spine ends, covers faintly tanned) ] . . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Softcover. Zustand: f to vg. First edition. Folio. [277]-326, [201]-236, XIIpp (advertisement). Original illustrated wrappers with gold lettering to front cover. Striking issue of "Die Kunst im dritten Reich," the most important art magazine published in the Third Reich. Launched in January 1937, the magazine was published monthly, and had the particularity of having two variants. Ausgabe A contained only articles and photographs pertaining to fine arts, while Ausgabe B included the fine arts section of Ausgabe A to which was added an architectural section (Baukunst). This scarce copy contains both parts and has its architectural section entirely dedicated to the most iconic building of the Third Reich: the new Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery). Inaugurated in January 1939, Albert Speer's masterpiece was the embodiment of the power of the Nazi regime and Hitler's megalomaniac vision of a new architectural centre for the capital of Nazi Germany. The 37 striking b/w and color photographic reproductions of both interior and exterior views depict a building designed to impress and be the seat of a new German Empire. Photographs include the monumental entrance adorned with four pillars topped by the Nazi eagle holding a swastika; The great gates opening into a Court of Honor; The courtyard entrance flanked by Arno Breker's two larger-than-life bronze sculptures of male nudes (The Torch Bearer, and The Sword Bearer, also known as The Party and The Army); Hitler's office and apartment (400 square metres in size); A marble gallery (480 feet long) and various banquet halls and ballrooms. Five plates of architectural drawings and floor plans (including one large folded) concludes the "Baukunst" section. The second part of the magazine is devoted to the officially approved fine arts produced in the Third Reich. Includes b/w and color photographic reproductions of statues by Franz Mikorey, Hans Wimmer, Fritz Koelle, Ottmar Obermaier, Oswald Hofmann, Eugen Henke, Eugen Mayer-Fassold, etc. as well as watercolors and paintings by Paul Herrmann, Wilhelm Dachauer, Leo Frank, Hans Frank, Ferdinand Andri, Ludwig Wieden, Heinrich Krause, among others. Includes Hermann Gradl's six landscapes commissioned by Adolf Hitler himself for the new Reich Chancellery. Previous owner's stamp (Hans Brand) at lower margin of front cover (not affecting illustration or text). Spine missing, but both covers holding firmly. Moderate and sporadic creasing along edges of wrappers. Text in German, gothic script. Wrappers in overall fair to good-, interior in very good condition.

Softcover. Zustand: g+ to vg. First edition. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. [52]pp. Original illustrated wrappers. This splendid album features 47 humorous cartoons of two WWII battle-hardened British officers, wearing a mixture of military and non-military clothes. William John Jones - the creator of the two characters - sent some of his cartoons under the pseudonym 'JON' to Hugh Cudlipp, formerly the editor of the "Sunday Pictorial," and, at the time, working as Editor-in-Chief of the British Army Newspaper Unit, producing a series of army newspapers. The cartoons were accepted, and the officers made their first appearance in the "Eighth Army News" in July 1944 under the title 'Page Two Smile'. Then in August 1944 they began appearing as 'The Two Types', a name that became popular and, therefore, stuck. The characters became so popular that Cudlipp arranged for Jones to join the British Army Newspaper Unit in Italy as a full-time cartoonist. The cartoons were extremely liked by the ranks and were syndicated to other publications, including the "Daily Express" from 1944. However, some officers, including on at least one occasion, Montgomery, did not approve of his cartoons and the offending ones were banned. But overall Jones's work was accepted and he was awarded the MBE for his services. Minor and sporadic creasing along edges of wrappers. Previous owner's name in ink, dated July '45, at upper corner of front cover. Pages slightly and evenly age-toned throughout. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in very good condition. About the artist: 'Jon' was the pseudonym of William John Philpin Jones who was born in Wales, in 1913, the son of bookmaker John Jones. Although his parents wanted him to become a doctor, he was always determined to draw and become an artist and his talent came as early as the age of 10, when he won a prize at the National Eisteddfod. And then in 1928 his first published cartoon appeared in the "Radnor Express." Realizing that his son was determined to pursue a career in art, his father arranged for him to attend the Birmingham School of Art, where he remained for three years. From there he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art but his stay there was relatively short-lived as, when the director, objected to him spending too much time on drawing cartoons, he left the College. In 1937 he joined Godbolds advertising agency in London as an artist but the call of Wales was too much for him and he returned home, from where in 1938 he began working as a political cartoonist for the "Cardiff Western Mail." At the outbreak of World War II he enlisted in the Coldstream Guards and did his first seven months' training at Pirbright and Caterham. At the end of November 1940 he went to Sandhurst OCTU where he was offered a commission in the Guards. But when the authorities discovered that he did not have the necessary £500 private income to complete the commission he joined the Welch Regiment, serving on the Home Front and in North Africa. In September 1943 he became Assistant Military Landing Officer (AMLO) attached to a Canadian Division at Salerno in Italy and worked on the beach on "D" Day of the Sicily invasion. He was later AMLO at Anzio, where he remained for four months. Evacuated to North Africa with shell shock he began drawing cartoons of the two battle-hardened British officers. the "Two Types.".

Hardcover. Zustand: g to vg. First edition. Folio (13 x 9 1/2"). [8]pp (Text), 28 leaves (Photographs). Original tan cloth, with embossed lettering on gilt to front cover and spine. Splendid collection of 28 landscape photographs taken in the Engadine, where renown Swiss photographer Albert Steiner* lived and worked for 46 years. The photographs are reproduced in striking duo-tone photogravures, thus highlighting the reliefs and contrasts of this beautiful Alpine valley region of Switzerland. Tiny abrasion and moderate bumping to spine (not affecting pages throughout). Pages slightly and evenly age-toned. Text in German. Binding in overall good to good+, interior in very good condition. * Albert Steiner (1877-1965) is one of Switzerland's outstanding 20th century photographers. "His landscape photographs taken in the Engadine, where he lived and worked for 46 years, are unique on an international as well as a national level. They have had a major influence on an awareness of Switzerland as an unspoiled alpine country of surpassing beauty. Inspired by painters such as Giovanni Segantini and Ferdinand Hodler, Steiner took pictures that reveal a profound respect for and love of nature, as well as a tireless search for timeless beauty and metaphysical truth. His meticulously structured, light-saturated compositions are expressive witnesses of his experience of human insignificance in the face of the greatness and sublimity of the mountain world." (For more information, see: Albert Steiner. Das fotografische Werk. Edited by Peter Pfrunder and Beat Stutzer, with contributions by Anne Hammond, René Perret, Peter Pfrunder, Beat Stutzer and Hans Peter Treichler. Benteli Verlag, Bern.).

Softcover. Zustand: f to vg. First edition. Folio. [277]-326, [201]-236, XIIpp (advertisement). Original illustrated wrappers with gold lettering to front cover. Striking issue of "Die Kunst im dritten Reich," the most important art magazine published in the Third Reich. Launched in January 1937, the magazine was published monthly, and had the particularity of having two variants. Ausgabe A contained only articles and photographs pertaining to fine arts, while Ausgabe B included the fine arts section of Ausgabe A to which was added an architectural section (Baukunst). This copy contains both parts and has its architectural section entirely dedicated to the most iconic building of the Third Reich: the new Reichskanzlei (Reich Chancellery). Inaugurated in January 1939, Albert Speer's masterpiece was the embodiment of the power of the Nazi regime and Hitler's megalomaniac vision of a new architectural centre for the capital of Nazi Germany. The 37 striking b/w and color photographic reproductions of both interior and exterior views depict a building designed to impress and be the seat of a new German Empire. Photographs include the monumental entrance adorned with four pillars topped by the Nazi eagle holding a swastika; The great gates opening into a Court of Honor; The courtyard entrance flanked by Arno Breker's two larger-than-life bronze sculptures of male nudes (The Torch Bearer, and The Sword Bearer, also known as The Party and The Army); Hitler's office and apartment (400 square metres in size); A marble gallery (480 feet long) and various banquet halls and ballrooms. Five plates of architectural drawings and floor plans (including one large folded) concludes the "Baukunst" section. The second part of the magazine is devoted to the officially approved fine arts produced in the Third Reich. Includes b/w and color photographic reproductions of statues by Franz Mikorey, Hans Wimmer, Fritz Koelle, Ottmar Obermaier, Oswald Hofmann, Eugen Henke, Eugen Mayer-Fassold, etc. as well as watercolors and paintings by Paul Herrmann, Wilhelm Dachauer, Leo Frank, Hans Frank, Ferdinand Andri, Ludwig Wieden, Heinrich Krause, among others. Includes Hermann Gradl's six landscapes commissioned by Adolf Hitler himself for the new Reich Chancellery. Text in German, Gothic script. Light wear along edges of wraps, spine with some closed tears and minor chips. Corners lightly bumped. Wrappers in overall good, interior in very good condition.

Hardcover. First edition. 4to, 78pp, 14 colored illustrations loosely based on sounds following the alphabet. In English with an audio record of the performance (7" 33 1/3 rpm) inserted with a descriptive slip in an envelope set inside the front cover. Orig. red printed boards, red cloth spine a little rubbed at edges and the perfect bound spine loose. Unusual.