Epstein, Diana.

Buttons.

First Edition. London, Studio Vista, 1968. 21.5cm x 15.5cm. 84 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

F. Ternisien D’Haudricourt.

Fastes De La Nation Française [Records of the French Nation].

Two Volumes. Paris, au Bureau de l’Auteur, ND, [c. 1815]. 28 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved throughout. No title page in either volume. First volume: blank, coloured plate [Les Princes Allies], frontispiece [Plan de Paris, 1814], 34 engraved plates, blank / Second volume: blank, 33 engraved plates, blank. Contemporary fine full calf. Gilt and blind decorations. No spine labels. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding tight. Rubbed and bumped (see images). One of the volumes lacks the front free end paper. Blank Ex Libris sticker on front paste downs of both volumes. Some dust dulling. Very clean plates (see sample images).

FitzGerald, Desmond, Knight of Glin (Foreword) / Mallett Fine Art.

An Age of Elegance. Irish Art of the 18th Century.

First Edition. New York, Mallett Fine Arts, 2007. 28 x 24 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original dark green cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Includes an invitation to Bruce Arnold and his wife to a dinner for the launch of the exhibition, menu and a letter.

Formaggio, Dino.

Basiliche Di Assisi. Musei E Monumenti.

Novara, Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1958. 26 x 20 cm. 164 pages, illustrated throughout in colour and B&W. Original pale green cloth with gilt titles on front board and spine. Very good condition book with poor dust jacket, now in protective jacket. Binding rubbed, bumped and occasionally discoloured. Edges dust dulled. Dust jacket shows significant paper losses and tears. Internally book is bright and clean.

Francis, Julian.

My Brush is My Sword. Anthony Gross, War Artist.

First and limited Edition [300]. Huddersfield, The Fleece Press, 2022. Oblong, 23 x 28 cm. 172 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over fine marbled papers. Gilt title. As new condition. A bright and clean copy.

Freart, Roland / Evelyn, John / Alberti, Leon Baptista.

A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern. I a Collection of Ten Principal Authors who have Written upon the Five Orders, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L.B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared with One Another. The Three Greek Orders, Dorique, Ionique, and Corinthian, Comprise the First Part of this Treatise. And the Two Latine, Tuscan and Composita, the Latter. Written in French by ROLAND FREART, Sieur de Chambray; made English for the Benefit of Builders. To which is added an account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain terms particularly affected by architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti’s Treatise on Statues. By John Evelyn Esq. Fellow of the Royal Society.

The Second Edition with Large Additions. London, Printed for Brown, Walthoe, Took et al., 1707. 34 x 22 cm. Title Page [Freart], (18) [Epistle Dedicatory], 115 pages with 40 full page Plates. Small Illustrations in Text. Second Title Page [Evelyn], (4) [Dedication / To the Reader], 75 Pages with two small Illustrations in Text, (1) [Advertisement]. Half leather over cloth covered boards. Gilt title. Binding seriously rubbed and bumped. Damp stained and foxed throughout to various degrees. Some edge wear and minor losses. Some repairs / reinforcements. Old annotations and inscriptions. Various misnumbered pages & plates, but appears to be complete.

Gaiman, Neil / Sancken, Renata.

American Gods: The Author’s Preferred Edition. Lettered Edition.

Limited Lettered Edition. Copy XX of 52. Three books in total. All signed by Neil Gaiman. One signed by Renata Sancken. Ossining, NY, Hill House, Publishers, 2003 & 2005. 533 pages [American Gods], 33 pages [A Guide ot the Gods], 20 pages [An Astonishingly Incomplete Bibliography], 661 pages [The Reader’s Copy]. Losely inserted envelop with ‘Door Replacement Instructions’. Hardcover, bound in a mauve japanese silk with slipcase, paper spine label and mounted illustration to the book cover. Matching slipcase with die cut window. Includes purple clothbound chapbook with printed paper title labels for the covers, and a bound-in ribbon placemarker. Both are housed in a custom box with a lacquered rosewood veneer, a door made of jet black marble with spiral doorknob. A sliding shelf holds the slipcased book and chapbook. Accompanied by ‘The Reader’s Copy’ of American Gods: Soft covers, also signed by Neil Gaiman on the title page. Near fine condition. Books are bright and clean and appear unread. Tiny chip (2 mm) at the rear top of the marbled door, otherwise pristine. A very nice copy of this most unusual publication. A real piece of Art.

[Gogh, Van] Landais, Benoit.

Van Gogh: Original oder Fälschung? – Der Streit um die Sammlung Marijnissen. Aus dem Französischen von Michael Hein.

Hamburg, Rogerner & Bernhard GmbH & Co. Verlags KG., 2004. 22cm x 14.5cm. 240 pages. With beautiful illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of England & Wales with The Antiquities of Scotland.

First Editions. Six plus Two Volumes. London, Printed for S. Hooper, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1777, 1777 & 1787 / 1789, 1791. Folio c. 32 x 24 cm. Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, ii, 83 pages [Preface], (116) 63 Engravings / Vol.2: FP, Engraved Title Page, (202), 97 Engravings / Vol. 3: FP, Engraved Title Page, (248), 118 Engravings / Vol.4: FP, Engraved Title Page, (230), 101 Engravings / Supplement Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, (336), 132 Engravings & 32 colour outlined Maps / Supplement Vol. 2: Engraved Title Page, (344), 119 Engravings & 23 Maps / Scotland Vol.1: FP, Engraved Title Page, xxiii, large folding colour outlined Map, 176 pages plus two pages publisher’s list, 87 Engravings / Scotland Vol.2: FP, TP, iv, pages numbered 171 to 308, 105 Engravings. A total of 838 Engravings and 56 colour outlined maps, including a large folding Map of Scotland. Uniform recent fine crimson levant over marbled boards. Gilt titles and decorations. New end papers. See images. Very good condition. Bindings, as new. Internally age darkened and foxed to various degrees. Some mild damp staining and dust dulling, mainly in the Scotland volumes. Some interesting neat notes in an old hand, commenting on the book’s content. Scotland title pages with small damages. Overall a very nice set in very attractive bindings. See iadditional images on our web site.

Grose, Francis.

The Antiquities of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. [With more than 1100 Plates].

England and Wales: New Edition / Scotland & Ireland: First Editions. 12 Volumes. London, Hooper and Wigstead / S. Hooper, ND [1810], 1789-1791, 1791-1795. Folios (c. 26 x 21 cm). England & Wales: Vol.1: iv, 160 pages [preface], 63 pages / Vol.2: (12), pages 61 to 250, (6) / Vol.3: (14), 168 pages / Vol.4: (14), 188 pages / Vol.5: (14), 195 pages / Vol.6: (14), 214 pages / Vol.7: (14), large folding map, 74 pages (6) / Vol.8: (8), 4, (2), iv, 172 pages. Scotland: Vol.1: (8), iv, large folding map, xxiii, 176 pages / Vol.2: (6), iv, (2), pages 171 to 308 pages. Ireland: (10), iv, xliii, (18), 88 pages, (2), vi / Vol.2: xv, (3), 98 pages (4), vi. see section below for numbers of Plates and Maps in each volume. Full calf bindings. Gilt titles and decorations. Volumes 1&2 of England and Wales recently rebacked with new spines and end papers (see images). Other volumes uniform with marbled end papers and Ex Libris Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped. Some hinges weak, but holding. Spine leather dried out and flaky. Occasional mild foxing, age darkening.