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Boston: Bulfinch Press/ Little, Brown and Company, 1998. Very Good. Second printing. Illustrated wrappers. Lightly toned, denting, creased and dog-eared at corners, faint stain to bottom edge of back wrapper. Else, clean and bright. Very good. Published on the occasion of hte 1995 retrospective exhibition Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

London: The Herbert Press, 1995. Paperback. Very Good. FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION. 4to. Original illustrated wrappers. Light edgewear, crease to rear wrapper, gently scuffed. Fodled Barbican 'Carrington' exhibition pamphlet laid in. Clean, tight and bright. Very good Published to coincide with 'Carrington � The Exhibition' at the Barbican Art Gallery (21 September - 10 December 1995).

M�nchen: Georg M�ller, 1922. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. In German. 8vo, with b/w plates. Contemporary art binding: three quarters parchment, spine lettered in gilt, wonderful purple and black block-printed paper boards. Top edge gilt. New endpapers. Parchment darkened, extremities bumped. Some foxing. Else, tight and tidy. Very good. An attractive copy of Renner's important work. Paul Renner (1878�1956) was a German typeface designer, author, and founder of the Master School for Germany's Printers in Munich. Five years after publishing this title, he designed his hugely successful Futura typeface.

Teenage Pregnancy Unit, 2002. Near Fine. n.d. [2002?]. 4to, pp. 24, colour photographs. Illustrated wraps, stapled. Light rubbing to back wrapper, else, clean and bright. An early booklet by the award-winning photographer, Clark's images first appeared in the Independent on Sunday. They were also exhibited at Piccadilly Circus as part of London Transport's Platform for Art (2002) and the Wasps Studio Gallery, Glasgow (2005). A grand copy. 'A tribute to [the fathers'] warmth, sensitivity and commitment to their children.' "Booklet reference #30018".

London: Thames and Hudson, 1994. Cloth. Fine. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY of the 26th Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture. 8vo, pp. 64, amply illustrated in b/w. Original red cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt. Red paper plate to front pastedown: "This presentation copy of the Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture is sent with the compliments of the Directors of Thames and Hudson". Clean, tight and bright. In the original matching red cloth slip case, gilt stamped Thames and Hudson device to front: a few loose threads, two cloth corners lifting. Still, a smart, square copy of the words and images of Nochlin's 26th Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture, given annually on subjects reflecting the interests of the founder of Thames and Hudson. Fine/ near fine Linda Nochlin (1931�2017) was an American art historian and feminist scholar. Nochlin's important intervention in art history, 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? (ArtNews, 1971) launched a new era of feminist art history. The Walter Neurath… Read More

2000. Boxed postcard selection of British and American celebrity portraits shot by Rankin in colour and b/w. In original glossy illustrated cardboard presentation box (16.3 x 12.3cm) featuring Debbie Harry to front: bumped and rubbed. Comprises 32 postcards. Good-only/ fine. Scarce. Promotional postcards produced to complement Rankin's 2000 book of photographic portraits CeleBritation. Featuring Forest Whitaker, Tori Amos, Quentin Crisp, David Bowie, Richard E Grant in drag, Nenah Cherry, Minnie Driver and Macy Gray, amongst others.

The Macmillan Company; Holbein-Verlag, 1954. Good. 4to., 25cm, pp.51 + b/w frontispiece and 48 black/ white and red/ white plates. First English edition. Cream paper boards with brown lettering to spine and upper board. Sunning to board edges, corners lightly bumped. Scant foxing to gutters of endpapers and top edge. Illustrated DJ - price-clipped, worn at corners and edges, with a small tear (0.5cm) to tail. But still a neat, pleasing copy for its age.

1978. Good. 25cm, pp. [144] + b/w illustrations. Illustrated paper wraps. Creasing to spine, 1cm closed tear/flap to spine head. Tanned edges, toned pages, else, clean. Contributors include: William Trevor, Peter Porter, Gunter Grass, Hugh Thomas, Philip Toynbee, David Lodge, D.J. Enright, Tom Paulin, R.S. Thomas, and Isaac Bashevis Singer.

New York: Aperture/ A New Images Book, 1989. Near Fine. FIRST US EDITION. 4to. Original pale yellow cloth, lettered in blind and brown. Light edgwear, dints to bottom edge. Occasional spots, else, clean, bright and tight. In the original illustrated dust jacket: spine gently sunned, creasing and nick to head of spine, light shelf soiling to rear panel., faint foxing to reverse. Still, a lovely copy. Very good/ very good Helen Chadwick (1953�1996) was a British sculptor, photographer and installation artist, whose subject was herself. More than "a definitive collection of her work," Enfleshings offers a "cumulative, evolving portrait"; it includes Of Mutability, Chadwick's important 1989 solo exhibition. Nominated for the 1987 Turner Prize, Chadwick was an important and innovative figure in the British art world.

[Leeds]: [Leeds City Art Gallery & Temple Newsam], 1942. Paperback. Very Good. Side-stapled pamphlet (21.5 cm), pp. 32. Original buff card wrappers, lettered in black and plum. Toned and shelf-soiled, a little creasing, staples a touch rusty, else, clean and tight. Very good Programme for Temple Newsam's Walter Sickert Exhibition (28 March�11 May 1942).

[Leeds]: [Leeds City Art Gallery & Temple Newsam], 1940. Paperback. Good+. Side-stapled pamphlet (21.5 cm), pp. 24. Original buff card wrappers, lettered in black and blue. Shelf-soiled, extensive stain to front wrapper. Some tanning and underscoring in pencil to Davis' 'An Introduction to Chinese Art'. Good+ Programme for Temple Newsam's Chinese Art Exhibition (28 March�11 May 1942).

Oxford: OUP, 2007. Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, amply illustrated in colour and b/w. Original cream linen cloth, spine lettered in red. Bruising to spine ends, else, clean and tight. In the original illustrated dust jacket: edgewear and creasing, gently toned, a few marks to rear panel. A lovely copy of a gorgeous book. Near fine/ very good. Produced to mark the 75th birthday anniversary of Sylvia Plath.

London: British Museum Press., 2010. Large paperback catalogue. Illustrated wrappers. Amply illustrated. Light shelf- and edgewear. Else, clean, tight and bright. Very good. N.B. This is a bulky book and will likely require additional international postage. 'With over 330 illustrations'. Published to accompany exhibitions in London (April- July 2010) and Florence (February-April 2011).

London and New York: Pandora Press, 1987. Near Fine. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, numerous b/w images. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver. Spine ends bruised, corners bumped, else, clean and tight. In the original illustrated dust jacket: toned, edgewear and creasing, paper label, partially removed, to rear panel. New fine/ very good. A pleasing copy of Parker and Pollock's important collection reflecting on the feminist art movement of the 1970s and 80s, reproducing essays by Rosalind Coward, Mary Kelly, Laura Mulvey and Sally Potter, amongst other significant critics and artists.

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. Hardback. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Large 8vo, amply illustrated with b/w plates. Black cloth, spine lettered in silver. Vibrant red and white patterned endpapers. Pushing to spine ends and bottom corners, edges a little dusty. POI and small ex libris "George Dunton" to half-title, else, clean and bright. In the original dust jacket: spine sunned, edgewear, closed tear to front panel. A pleasing copy of an attractive edition. Very good/ very good

[n.d. c1915]. 12 division. Folios. With mounted photochemical prints with titled paper guards; title page in Division 1. Original blue wrappers, black lettering and design to front panels. Parchment edges. All divisions: creasing to edges and nicking; Divs. 2 & 7: plate missing from each (plates 14 & 64), leaves loose; Divs. 1 & 12: leaves separated from wrappers; five divisions: closed tears and/or losses, a few shaken; Div 1: tape repair to front panel, soiled. Otherwise, internally clean and bright. Very good-good. Unusual in original wrappers. JISC lists Aberystwyth, BL, Cambridge, Cardiff, NLW, & Sheffield Hallam UL, with Aberystwyth only appearing to hold a set in original wrappers. 'Issued for subscribers. After P. de Champaigne, J. Constable, L. Alma-Tadema, Sassoferrato, A. van Dyck and many others.' Includes index of artists. Alfred Yockney ('A. Y.') (1878-1963) was an art critic and curator, associated with West End galleries and art publishers. Editor of The Art Journal, he served as a… Read More

London: Artemis Press, 1996. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY ARTIST. 4to. Original illustrated paper wrappers, with ample colour illustrations. Gentle edgewear and light scuffing. Inscribed by Morreau in black pen to first page "love from Jackie". Just lovely. A near fine copy. Catalogue published to coincide with Morreau's exhibition at The Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston-Upon-Thames (November 2-December 14 1996). Jacqueline Morreau (1929�2016) was an American artist best known for her figurative work and role in the feminist art movement of the 1970s and 80s. She collaborated with Cate Elwes, Pat Whiteread and Joyce Agee on the important 'Women's Images of Men' exhibition, which opened at the ICA in London in 1980.

Privately printed, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. INSCRIBED BY ARTIST. 4to. In English, Italian and German. Illustrated paper wrappers. Spine sunned and creased, pushing to spine ends, edgewear. Inscribed by Fleming in bold hand and black felt tip pen: "To dear Brian [Kieran],/ Thank you for your/ contribution./ your old friend,/ Kiki." Else, clean, tight and bright. Unusual, especially signed. Kiki Fleming is an abstract artist based in Italy with strong ties to Hong Kong, who formerly worked as a choreographer and event designer for the fashion industry. Her work is represented at the Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Copelouzos Museum in Athens and Museo Magi '900 di Giulio Bargellini. The contribution Fleming refers to in her inscription is Kieran's poem, 'Reflections,' which accompanies the artist's 1998 diptich of the same name; it's unclear which is the 'original' and which the reflection.

London: Royal Collection Trust, 2016. FIRST EDITION. Slim 4to. Illustrated wrappers. Near fine.

London: Methuen & Co., 1893. Very Good. Second edition. 8vos, pp. [xvi], 244 + colour frontis and b/w plates; pp. [viii], 286 + fold-out facsimile manuscript frontis and b/w plates. Full tree calf, olive morocco labels, raised bands, spines tooled in gilt, gilt foliate borders, edges with gilt roll tool borders. Marbled edges and endpapers, blind turn-ins. Both vols. include an Appendix, comprising a Chronology, Bibliography and Catalogue. Both vols. spine ends worn and nicked, rubbed at joints and edges, joints cracked. Bookseller sticker to each rear pastedown. Edges and endpapers edges tobacco-darkened. Else, pleasingly clean and tight. An attractive copy of this standard biography of Ruskin. William Gershom Collingwood (1854-1932) was an author, artist and antiquary, who was a pupil and great supporter of Ruskin's, helping to memorialise him not just in print, but also via the Ruskin Museum in Coniston. His biography of Ruskin became a standard work: first published in 1893 (with a limited… Read More