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The Printed Book of the Renaissance: Three Lectures on Type, Illustration, Ornament GOLDSCHMIDT, E PH. ISBN: 9060240197 Gerard Th. Van Heusden, Amsterdam, 1974, Reprint, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/vg, boards green with red/gilt spine label, illustrated from 32 facsimile cuts in the text and eight double page plates, 92 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, text printed on… Read more about this item

100 Years of Glasgow's Amazing Cinemas PETER, Bruce ISBN: 9780748662104 Polygon, Edinburgh, 1996, softback with stiff card wraps, fine, b/w frontispiece in addition to b/w photographs throughout, 196 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. ARTS, CINEMAS, GLASGOW, MUSIC HALLS, PICTURE HOUSES, FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, CINEMA HISTORY, PEOPLE, ENTREPRENEURS, PATRONS 461201 ARTS/CINEMA £32.00

Gaumont British Cinemas EYLES, Allen ISBN: 9780851705194 Cinema Theatre Association, Burgess Hill, 1996, softback with stiff card wraps, fine, inside covers decorated, b/w frontispiece, illustrated title page in addition to b/w photographs throughout, 222 pages. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. ARTS, CINEMAS, PICTURE HOUSES, FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT, THE GAUMONT PALACES, GAUMONT SUPER CINEMAS, THE… Read more about this item

Union Cinemas Ritz: A Story of Theatre Organs and Cine-variety INKSTER, Donald ISBN: 9780953399397 The Wick Book Publishers, Hove, 1999, softback with stiff card wraps, as new, three appendices, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 167 pp. Excellent condition. ARTS, CINEMA, UNION CINEMA RITZ, ORIGINS, PIONEERS OF EARLY CINEMAS, COMPTON & WURLITZER ORGANS, CINE-VARIETY, FAMOUS ORGAN PLAYERS, FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT 46198 ARTS/CINEMA £41.50

Avatar: A Confidential Report On The Biological and Social History Of Pandora - An Activist Survival Guide (Film Tie In) WILHEM, Maria & MATHISON, Dirk Mathison. ISBN: 9780007873647 Harpercollins, London, 2009, standard format softback with stiff card wraps, near fine, illustrated throughout from colour photos of characters and features of the film Avatar, 203 pp. No inscription or annotations, sound tight binding,… Read more about this item

The Fool and His Sceptre WILLEFORD, William A study in clowns and jesters and their audience ISBN: 9780713154659 Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd., London, 1969, 1st Edition, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/gd+, boards mottled green/gilt, red endpapers, illustrated title page in addition to 35 b/w plates, 265 pp. Boards clean and firm, bump to front top corner, inscription in pen on front free endpaper… Read more about this item

Harlequin Britain: Pantomime and Entertainment, 1690-1760 O'BRIEN, John 0801879108 Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2004, hardback with dust wrapper, boards black/gilt, VG/vg, red and yellow tail bands, illustrated from b/w photographs of original pen and ink drawings, 274 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscriptions, annotated throughout the introduction, sound square binding, pages clean and bright. Wrapper clean and crisp, gentle rubs… Read more about this item

Flute Notes MILAN, Susan 2010, 2nd Edition, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, 144 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp. A performer's handbook of programme notes for the flute repertoire - 148 composers and over 400 works. MUSIC, WIND INSTRUMENTS, FLUTE, FLAUTISTS, RECITALS, PROGRAMME PLANNING, COMPOSERS, 1650-2010, TIMINGS AND ORDERS 45451 hb 33 MUSIC/WIND… Read more about this item

Every Now & Then (signed 1st edition) Photographs by SHAW, Michael J. & SUTCLIFFE, Frank M. 095418601x The Sutcliffe Gallery, Whitby, 2002, SIGNED 1st Edition, large format hardback with laminated pictorial boards, NF, dark blue endpapers, illustrated throughout from colour photographs and copies of Victorian glass plates, 63pp. Author signature on title page (see scan), no annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright.… Read more about this item

Cinemas of Newcastle MANDERS, Frank W.D. ISBN: 9780902653903 Newcastle Libraries & Information Service, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 1991, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated throughout from b/w photographs, 197 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright, bumps to lower fore-edge corners of first few pages (see scan), one mark to top edge. Wraps clean, rubs to edges, bumps… Read more about this item

The Art of Mime : It's History and Technique in Education and the Theatre MAWER, Irene Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, 1932, 1st Edition, hardback with embossed title and cloth boards, VG, boards green/gilt, b/w frontispiece, illustrated from 32 b/w photographs, 244 pp. No inscription, annotations in pencil throughout text block, binding sound, lean to the spine, pages tanned, scattering of foxing to… Read more about this item

Artists at Walberswick : East Anglian Interludes 1880-2000 SCOTT, Richard ISBN: 9780953260942 Art Dictionaries Ltd., Bristol, 2002, hardback with dust wrapper, NF/nf, boards blue/gilt, cream endpapers, colour frontispiece, beautifully illustrated throughout from sketches, b/w and colour photographs,184 pp. Boards clean and firm, no inscription or annotations, sound square binding, pages clean and bright, light foxing to top edge. Wrapper clean and crisp,… Read more about this item

Joseph Mallord William Turner : Tours of Durham and Richmondshire CLARKE, Michael, HOUSE, Paul, RUDD Emma ISBN: 9780954818227 The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, 2006, softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, decorated (marble effect) endpapers, illustrated throughout from colour photographs of exhibition paintings, 65 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright with beautiful copies of Turner's work. Wraps clean… Read more about this item

Demon Magic Catalogue : Children's Magic and Close-Up Magic L. Davenport & Co, London, c.1960, softback with card wraps, G, illustrated throughout from b/w drawings and three b/w photographs at the front of the catalogue, 99 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean, lightly tanned, water and ink stains to bottom fore-edge corner of text block, bump to top fore-edge… Read more about this item

Davenports Demon Magic (The Demon Catalogue) Anon. Lewis Davenport Ltd., London, c. 1997, softback with stiff card wraps, VG, illustrated from six b/w photographs and hand drawn illustrations, 383 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, no loose pages, pages clean and bright. Wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners, diagonal crease to front cover. MISCELLANEOUS, MAGIC, THE DEMON CLUB, CATALOGUE… Read more about this item

World Tapestry Today BROWN, J ISBN: 0945858019 American Tapestry Alliance, Chiloquin, Oregon, 1988, large format softback with stiff card wraps, VG+, illustrated from colour photographs of works exhibited and b/w photographs of the artists, 80 pp. No inscription or annotations, binding sound, pages clean and bright, wraps clean and crisp, gentle rubs to edges and corners. ART, TEXTILES, SEWING, WEAVING, TAPESTRY, ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN,… Read more about this item

Great Tricks Revealed: With an Introduction by Horace Goldin, President of the Magician's Club GOLDSTON, Will Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London, 1955, hardback with dust wrapper, VG/gd, boards red/black, illustrated throughout from hand drawn diagrams,304 pp. Boards clean and frim, light rubs to head and tail of spine, no inscriptions, ex-library - usual stamps etc., binding sound, pages clean, lightly tanned, small… Read more about this item

Love Lust Desire Masterpieces of Erotic Photography for Couples Michelle Olley 1560253096 Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2001, very large format softback, near fine. 223 pp. Over 150 erotic photographs of couples in colour and in b/w, from some of the world's finest photographers. Lovely clean and crisp copy. PHOTOGRAPHY, NUDE, EROTIC, COUPLES 44556 LB 1 ARTS / photography 11.00

Female Nude: A Private View Tony Mitchell 1858688299 Carlton Books Ltd. London 1999, hardback with wrapper, NF/nf, introduction plus ninety colour and b/w masterpieces of nude photography. Near pristine copy. 44555 HB 1 ARTS/ photography £20.00

Haute Couture Embroidery: the Art of Lesage Palmer White 0916896366 Lacis Publications, Berkeley, USA, 1994, 1st edition hardback with wrapper, near fine/vg+. 171 gloss art paper pages lavishly illustrated in colour and b/w. Book virtually pristine, wrapper has small repaired tear at spine head. This lavish work reviews the development of dress as seen through embroidery from pre-history to the late 19th… Read more about this item