Search Results: Titles starting with C from the booksniffer

Phaidon London, 1995 Fabulous large format first printing of the world first edition hardback, in a protected jacket. Marvellous illustrations. This book inspires anyone with an eye to see. It brings out the property lust too! Only one tiny fault stops this from being 'As New', and that is a tasteful and very discrete blind stamp on the front end paper and the spine of the jacket is slightly sunned. A standard reference for all who appreciate great architects, this is one of Phaidon's most cherishible issues. A large and heavy book, as befits this fascinating creative genius. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Royal Academy Enterprises, 2017 A simply gorgeous catalogue raisonne from the Royal Academy London. Comprehensive and masterly. A farmer's son from Cheshire, British artist Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901-79) won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in 1920. He went on to work in numerous mediums, his favored subject matter being Britain's native birds and other fauna, always depicted punctiliously and yet, unusually for the time, in their natural habitats. Renowned as the illustrator of the 1932 edition of Henry Williamson's Tarka the Otter and numerous Brooke Bond tea cards (popular collector's items in Britain in the postwar period), Tunnicliffe lived on the Welsh island of Anglesey for more than 30 years. He was elected a Royal Academician in 1954. This handsome catalogue raisonne of his prints, over 430 in number, includes lavish illustrations and authoritative annotations by the printmaking authorities Robert Meyrick and Harry Heuser.This is a NEW & UNREAD first… Read More

A&C BLACK LONDON, 1913 Charming competent and evocative pencil drawings, beautifully reproduced, in an attractive format. Neat former owner's blind stamp.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Weird House Press USA SCARCE and scary. This original collection is one of the best speculative poetry examples; it contains manifestations of the zeitgeist, plus a few vampires among the thoughtful and thrilling poems here. Clean and tight and quite hard to find in this crisp new looking softback.. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. New.

Garton & Cooke London, 1984 With enclosures: Change of address card, and invitation to the first London Original Print Fair. Superb cover print by Paul Nash. Gorgeous etchings by Tunnicliffe, Sutherland, Gibbings, Gill, Nash, Brockhurst, and a selection of original woodblocks by Paul Nash. Many other illustrations, as in all these superb catalogues. Language: eng. Special Edition.. Soft cover. Fine.

Garton & Co., 1992 A brilliant selection of prints in all forms from this outstanding dealer. A handsome and now rare catalogue. Like all ephemera, this was only printed once. Clean and tight and as new. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Limited Edition.. Soft cover. As New.

Garton & Co., 1988 Thomas Bewick, Nevinson, Whistler, the brilliant Allan Gwynne-Jones, Augustus John, Laura Knight, William McAance, McBey, Eric Gill and more; a brilliant selection of prints in all forms from this outstanding dealer. A handsome and now rare catalogue. Like all ephemera, this was only printed once. Clean and tight and as new. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Limited Edition.. Soft cover. As New.

Superb limited edition of only 700 copies. Frontispiece plus 16 plates, large number of text illustrations (several full page), plus a most useful index; The blue cloth binding is blocked in red and lettered & decorated in gilt, and the upper board features a unique gilt device designed for the author by John Buckland Wright. Published by the excellent Private Libraries Association, Pinner, 1968. Limited to 700 unnumbered copies ONLY for sale. MUCH SOUGHT AFTER. Issued without a jacket.. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. Fine.

A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of genius. This painting is based upon this wonderful novel. Kettle's work has been exhibited regularly in London's Royal Academy. His paintings are often sought after by writers and book collectors because of the literary nature of most of his work. An original framed painting on canvas. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Hardcover. New.

Peter Kettle England RARE signed proof of a lithograph showing a game of cricket at the Sussex village of Chiddingly, in August 1981. This a delicate single colour lithograph, and it is signed in pencil by the artist, and it is marked 'PROOF'. The image size is 21cm x 27cm.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition.. No Binding. New.

Chris Beetles - London, 1992 A stunning collection of major illustration art, in colour and mono, from an assembly of illustration talent that ranges from the 19th Century through to the late 20th. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine.

Chris Beetles - London, 2011 Stunning work, beautifully reproduced, with informative notes. A triumph of reference, but a surpassingly good book to simply look at and admire. Enclosed is the original price list, which offers another fascinating insight to these artists. Compared with some of the vastly over famous so called Fine Artists, this work is superior in imagination, skill and draughtsmanship, and is amazingly good value. A beautiful clean and tight volume, without owner marks, and looking unread. Highly recommended. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine.

Chris Beetles - London, 1987 With a memoir of his father by Oliver Robinson, this stunning survey exhibition at the Chris Beetles Gallery in St James's London, was a truly eye opening show. The catalogue is superb, with the price list loosely inserted, which is a most interesting bonus. Hard to find in this clean state, and the only tiny flaw is a blind stamp of a former owner, discreetly placed oon the half title page. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Near Fine.

Chris Beetles - London, 2002 A perfect catalogue, large format, in as new condition and in a special stiff clear acetate binding around the original card cover. Gorgeous colour and black and white illustrations of great quality. Scarce in this perfect condition. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. As New.

Chris Beetles - London, 1993 A stunning collection of major illustration art, in colour and mono, assembled partly in aid of the NSPCC, and with the invitation from that charity to a special fund raising preview. Also enclosed is the original private view card, for the following night. And as if that is not enough, the original price list is also included. This is a major assembly of illustration talent. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Fine.

Christies London, 1995 Among the many artists included in this wonderful catalogue the cover artist is Ray Ching; he is the foremost wildlife artist of our time. Others featured include Amuchastegui, Kuhnert, Shepherd, and many others. Around 200 pages of work by all the artists included in the auction - all in colour - make this a fascinating catalogue. Clean and tight and without annotations.. Soft cover. Fine.

Julian Jordanov, 1998 A wonderful etching, number 25 of only 30 copies issued. The image has been enhanced by hand coloured tints. The image is of an ADULT nature. This also has the official blind stamp of the artist as well as his signature. This is simply and elegantly framed and glazed. The frame measures 26x 21 c. The image is 10 x 07 c. Signature is in pencil. A great artist within and beyond the book plate world.. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition.. No Binding. As New/No Jacket.

George Harrap London First Edition. Full leather covers with tiny brass studded binding straps. Superbly illustrated by Evelyn Paul with decorative headpieces. The grained leather binding has an indented title and a small square device, also deeply indented, with what appears to be a deer leaping. Celtic-styled lithographic endpapers front and back. The text block is on heavy rag hand made paper, which is left with nicely ragged leading edge and base. The top of the text block is trimmed and brightly gilded. The text pages are lavishly decorated with silver and gold titling. The text has two colour letterpress printing. Soft-ish corners, but this is probably caused by the leather binding. A little self consciously medieval perhaps but utterly attractive and enchanting. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine.

Enitharmon Press ENGLAND, 2011 Geoffrey Hill's Clavics was published as an installment of Daybooks. Hill's subject matter is often hard to disentangle, but that's my fault; it is not his. I have rarely found him as approachable as other poets, but then up pops an instance where something stirs under the density and change happens. His poems can be allusive, dissonant, and yet playful as Finnegans Wake. Many poets deploy surface difficulty (Guy Davenport called it false density ) to mask essential emptiness; but when Hill is difficult it is because he has something to say that cannot be said glibly. He rewards attentive readers. This fabulous and perfect signed limited edition is number 49 of ONLY 100 copies. It is signed by the author on the half-title. There is a splendid photographic illustration inset to the front cover, and two other illustrations from historical sources within the book. Beautifully cloth bound, in a matching, slipcase, it is emphatically signed by the Author and now… Read More

Franklin Mint, 1973 An interesting numismatic event: The first coinage of the British Virgin Islands - whose currency has always been the Dollar - to appear with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, designed and sculpted by an American artist, Gilroy Roberts. The reverses show native birds of the islands. This was a limited edition, the limitation being restricted to an ordering period. The box has a few signs of wear, hence the NF grading.. Limited Edition.. No Binding. Near Fine.