Art from Bird's Books

London: John Lane, 1912. Hardcover. Good +. Aubrey Beardsley. 4to, blue cloth boards with white titles and decoration on front and spine. Boards with some marking and shelf wear. 18pp of biography and discussion of Aubrey’s work, illustrated with 157pp of plates. The plates are generally clean and in very good condition, very occasional marks and a couple… Read more about this item

London: The Studio, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Good. de Morgan, Claus, Cecilia Beaux, w. Reynolds-Stephens, Ernst Eitner, Eugen Kampf, Hans Thoma, Byam Shaw, Le Sidaner, Kay Womrath, Jean Veber, Simas, Francis Jourdain, Paul Helleu, etc. 4to, original green cloth with gilt titles on front and spine. Covers worn. Binding cracked at inner pastedowns. Inner book is generally very… Read more about this item

London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. Hockney. 4to, dust jacket with portrait of Hockney on front over black cloth boards. 100pp illustrated throughout. Exhibition catalogue from a showing held at Whitechapel Gallery, London in 1970. Includes an interview with Hockney by Mark Glazebrook, also biographic note, list of exhibitions and selected bibliography. Slight… Read more about this item

Toronto: The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1962. Hardcover. Very good /Good. Wilson, John Francis. Landscape folio, pictorial dust jacket over cloth boards with vignette of the hero on front. Unpaginated and illustrated throughout. Tears and chipping to dust jacket as pictured. Inner book in lovely clean condition. A gently droll look at the life of an unassuming… Read more about this item

National Gallery of Australia, 1996. Softcover. Very good . Folio, 240pp, beautifully illustrated with Turner's work. J. M. W. Turner painted some of the most exciting and best-loved images in all Western art; this volume includes magnificent reproductions of oil paintings and watercolors from throughout his career, with contributions by Andrew Wilton, Evelyn Joll, David Blayney Brown, John… Read more about this item

University of California Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Folio, 354pp, illustrated with colour plates and pictures throughout the text. In excellent condition, dust jacket has some signs of edge wear. "This visually stunning book focuses on the rebirth of Chinese art in the twentieth century under the influence of Western art and culture. Michael Sullivan,… Read more about this item

Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good + . Folio, green cloth binding with photographic dust jacket. 184pp illustrated throughout with photographs and plans.'Twenty interiors have been selected to show the many ways in which art can become part of our environment: in private homes, colleges, museums, churches and concert halls from the United States, Japan,… Read more about this item

Search Press Ltd, 2000. Softcover. Very Good. Folio, 128pp well illustrated throughout in colour. A craft book dedicated to portraying our furry and not so furry friends on rocks. Full of useful techniques applicable not just to rock painting, but drawing and painting animals in general. Step by step guides make this a perfect book for children, parents,… Read more about this item

Folio, 190pp, beautifully illustrated with numerous photographs of Thorgerson's work. Artists that he has worked with include many well known musicians and groups including classic covers for Pink Floyd, The Cranberries, Peter Gabriel, Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Led Zeppelin. Also included in the book are discussions about the work as well as examples of the graphics.

4to, 196pp profusely illustrated with photographs of sculptures. 123 colour illustrations, 62 back and white photographs, map and references. Near fine inside with a little edge wear to corners. Dust jacket in very good condition, suitable as a gift copy. This presents art objects of exceptional aesthetic quality and discusses how we view them and the relationship with the creators.… Read more about this item

Rokin Art Press. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. 4to. Hardcover with pictorial dustjacket. 128pp illustrated throughout. Text in Dutch and English. A monograph of Frits Goosen and signed by him with a dedication on the title page. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Generally near fine book with a little edge wear to the base.

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very good. Folio. Unpaginated. A book full of colour & black and white photographs by Newton. Very good and clean inside. Dust jacket in good + condition with slight edge wear and minor creasing.

Quartet Books, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Good + .

London: William Heinemannn, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. 4to, green cloth boards with gilt titles on front and spine. Pekingese in gilt on front. Upper edge green. Xix + 207pp with 8 coloured plates including frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations and photographs. This is a study of some of the breeds of dog originating in China… Read more about this item

London: Glyndebourne Productions Ltd, 1999. Softcover. Very good. Mary Fedden. Programme of the 1999 season, 4to pictorial softcovers, cover (Picnic at Glyndebourne) by the opera loving artist Mary Fedden. 144pp illustrated throughout in black and white and colour, some historical notes and vintage adverts. We have a couple of other programmes from Glyndebourne available.

London: J. M. Dent, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Adrien De Friston. 8vo, blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and vignette on front. Xiv + 368pp fully illustrated with 28 drawings in pen and ink by Adrien De Friston and many contemporary portraits. Very nice copy with minor edge wear, clean inside with a little age toning… Read more about this item

London: Barbizon House, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Limited edition of 500 copies of which this is no. 494. Signed and dedicated by editor to Col. Walter Brown on limitation page. 75pp illustrated with 38 tipped in sepia plates. Library rebound in brown cloth with gilt titles, library name and number. Ex reference library with single stamp… Read more about this item

London: Virtue & Co., 1863. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Various. New Series. Vol. II. Approx. 13'' by 10'', green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine & gilt decoration on front. Wear and tears to spine and corners. Viii + 256pp illustrated with 36 engravings (12 from selected pictures, 12 from the Turner Gallery, 7 of The Churches… Read more about this item

London: Virtue & Co., 1859. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Various. New Series. Vol. V. Approx. 13'' by 10'', green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine & gilt decoration on front. Wear to spine and corners. Viii + 380pp illustrated with 35 engravings (25 from pictures and 10 from sculptures) and numerous other illustrations throughout text. Many artists… Read more about this item

London: Virtue & Co., 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Various. New Series. Vol. V. Approx. 13'' by 10'', green cloth binding with gilt titles on spine & gilt decoration on front. Corners bumped & outer spine in poor condition with parts missing, sticker mark on spine. Viii + 384pp illustrated with 34 engravings, 24 from pictures (one… Read more about this item