Catalogue: Reference Books for Sale
Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works. A Handbook. With Illustrations and Monograms.
by Clara Erskine Clement, Author of "A Handbook of Legendary and Mythological Art".
Second Edition. New York: Published by Hurh and Houghton. Cambridge : Riverside Press. 1875.
Book: 8vo (187 x 123mm). Cloth binding with gilt stamped title on spine, and stamped emblem on front cover. Binding worn on edges and corners.
An illustrated alphabetical handbook to artist and their works.
[Ref: 10201] £20.00
A Catalogue of the Etchings of Samuel Palmer
with Introduction, Notes, etc. by R.G. Alexander.
Publication Number Sixteen. The Print Collectors' Club. 5A Pall Mall East, London, S.W.I. MCMXXXVII. [1937].
Book: 8vo (249 x 186mm). Limited edition 355/375. Illustrated catalogue of 107 pages. Cloth binding with Print Collectors' Club emblem stamped on front binding in gilt, and title along spine. Binding worn. Some sporadic spotting.
Samuel Palmer (January 27, 1805 – May 24, 1881) was an English landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in English Romanticism and produced visionary pastoral paintings.
[Ref: 10332] £120.00
Eikon Basilike or The King's Book
edited by Edward Almack, F.S.A.
London at the De La More Press 1903.
Book: 4to (295 x 217mm). Board binding with cloth spine, with printed title stuck onto spine. 178 pages. Pull-out sheet: A Bibliography of The King's Book... Binding worn and stained.
The Pourtrature of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings, was a purported spiritual autobiography attributed to King Charles I of England.
[Ref: 10464] £110.00
Angling in British Art through five centuries: prints, pictures, books.
by Walter Shaw Sparrow with a forward by H.T. Sheringham and two hundred illustrations, including thirty-nine in colour.
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited. First published in 1923.
Book: 4to (283 x 222mm). Title stamped on spine and cover in gilt. Binding worn, dirty along spine and tearing away.
An illustrated anthology of british angling art divided by genre and artisitc periods.
[Ref: 10107] £130.00
Aquatint Engraving: A Chapter in the History of Book Illustration Illustrated by an Original Aquatint, Two Collotype Plates and Numerous Half-Tone Plates.
by S.T.Prideaux.
London. Duckworth & Co. 3 Henrietta Street. Covent Garden, W.C. First Published, December 1909.
Book: 4to (235 x 160mm). Cloth binding with gilt title and wording stamped onto spine and frontcover. Binding worn and torn.
A comprehensive narrative with illustrations on the process of aquatint, the particular genre of aquatint prints and prominent aquatinters.
[Ref: 10248] £60.00
Aquatint Engraving: A Chapter in the History of Book Illustration
by S.T.Prideaux.
W. & G. Foyle Ltd. 119 Charing Cross Road, London, W.C.2. This Edition, Februar 1968.
Book: 4to (235 x 160mm). Cloth binding with gilt title and wording stamped onto spine and frontcover.
A comprehensive narrative with illustrations on the process of aquatint, the particular genre of aquatint prints and prominent aquatinters.
[Ref: 10250] £40.00
Pageantry of Sport from the Age of Chivalry to the Age of Victoria With selections from the writings of William Hazlitt, Pierce Egan, Nimrod, Izaak Walton, Mark Twain, Henry Fielding, Charles Dickens and many others. Illustrated with 16 colour plates and 144 contemporary drawings, engravings and paintings.
by John Arlott and Arthur Daley.
Paul Elek Productions London 1968.
Book: oblong 4to (267 x 388mm). Cloth binding with gilt title stamped along spine and gilt emblem on front cover. Complete with dustjacket. 129 pages inclusive of illustrations. Fine.
A comprehensive reference acknowleding the contribution of sports and games that England has brought to modern culture.
[Ref: 10465] £45.00
Gainsborough and His Place in English Art with Forty-Eight Plates [Popular Edition].
by Sir Walter Armstrong
London: William Heinemann. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. MDCCCCIV [1904].
Book: 4to (239 x 153mm). Cloth binding with gilt patterning and floral designs on the front cover. Gilt title stamped into spine. 298 textual pages plus illustrations.
An illustrated narrative demonstrating Gainsborough's importance and contribution to English art.
[Ref: 10448] £40.00
Nicholas Hilliard.
by Erna Auerbach.
First published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd. Broadway house, 68-74 Carter Lane, London, E.C.4.
Book: 4to (249 x 186mm). Board binding with title stamped into spine in gilt. Complet with dust-jacket. 352 pages inclusive of illustrations. Dust jacket creased and worn.
An illustrated narrative of the life and works of Nicolas Hilliard. Ex Leggatts.
[Ref: 10429] £30.00
The Life of David Roberts, R.A. Compiled from his Journals and Other Sources with Etchings and Facsimiles of Pen-and-Ink Sketches by the Artist.
by James Ballantine.
Edinburgh. Adam and Charles Black, North Bridge. MDCCCLXVI [1866].
Book: 4to (290 x 233mm). Cloth binding with 'David Roberts R.A.' stamped in gilt onto front cover, and title area stamped onto spine in gilt. 225 textual pages plus illustrations. Broken binding, some spotting.
A comprehensive narrative and catalogue of the life and works of David Roberts. Ex Leggatt.
[Ref: 10441] £250.00