Crafts from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Frank Romany 1939. Small 4to. 312 pp. Paper covers. Marks and water staining, wear and tear around cover edges with some loss to front cover and spine ends. Internally yellowed but otherwise clean. Illustrated in black & white throughout with images of the products offered: tools, parts, mechanisms, etc. . Fair. Paper Covers. 1939.

London: New Cavendish Books 1992. Oblong 4to. Two volumes. 376; 48 pp. The first ('A History') is in pictorial boards in a colour illustrated jacket; the second ('Manufacture') is in colour illustrated softcovers; both are in a colour illustrated slipcase. Both copiously illustrated throughout with large colour and black and white images. All in near fine condition, internally and externally… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1978. 8vo. First Edition. 240 pp. Hardback in illustrated jacket. Wear to jacket spine ends and a few marks and tears to edges. Boards clean, internally clean. Black & white illustrations throughout. A history of lumberjacking in the American Midwest in the late 19th century. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1978.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1940. 8vo.Illustrated. 388 pp. First edition. Original pictorial boards. Some wear and darkening to the extremities, with minor marks to the boards. Binding firm and internally clean, no ownership marks. Numerous illustrations throughout in black and white. . Good. Decorative Boards. First Edition. 1940.

London: British Museum Press 1994. 4to.Illustrated. Uncommon. xviii, 429 pp. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine under colour illustrated jacket. Full catalogue of The British Museum Porcelain Collection - which numbers around 300 pieces - with over 600 black and white illustrations and 42 colour plates throughout. All in near fine condition but for a tear to head of… Read more about this item

London: Academy Editions 1987. 4to. Enlarged edition. 384 pp. Black cloth binding with gilding to front and spine; firm and clean aside from slight fading to tail of front board. Pictorial dust jacket, clean and unchipped. Decorative endpapers. Internally clean. With over 450 illustrations, including 388 in colour. Contains a list of designers and makers. 0856709263 . Very Good. Cloth.… Read more about this item

New York: The McCall Company 1928. 8vo. pp. ix, 181 in publisher's binding with green cloth spine a decorative boards. Some minor wear to edges and corners, very minor mark on title label on front board, internally paper darkened otherwise clean tight copy, a very good copy. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1928.

Paul Holberton Publishing 2010. 4to. 200 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. In As New condition. Still in shrinkwrap. 9781907372094 . As New. Hardcover. 2010.

London: Privately printed 1897. 4to. 44 pp. Original green cloth with black lettering to front board. With sixteen full-page plates. Catalogue formed by and in the possession of the author. Very clean copy. . Very Good. Cloth. 1897.

Venice: Arsenale Editrice 1991. 4to. 166 pp. Large format paperback. Flamboyant gold inscription to front endpaper. Internally clean. Full colour illustrations throughout. 9788877430922 . Very Good. Paperback. 1991.

Niigata: West Village Co., Ltd. 1989. 4to. In As New condition. Still in shrinkwrap. With 20 pre-cuts sheets with instructions to make the model. 890132163 . As New. Paperback. 1989.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1993. 4to. x, 249 pp. Large format paperback. Minor rubbing to covers. Internally clean. No ownership marks. With over 300 b&w illustrations. The first study of vernacular furniture in Ireland. 0300063962 . Very Good. Paperback. 1993.

London: Thames & Hudson 2014. Oblong 4to. Two volumes in slipcase. 304; 420 pp. Publisher's cloth in dust jackets and in original cloth slipcase with pictorial onlay to front panel. With 430 colour illustrations, including 8 pages gatefold. All in Fine unused condition. Publisher's promo sheet laid in. A landmark publication in the study of Islamic calligraphy. This is a… Read more about this item

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2000. 4to. 172 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Very clean copy. No ownership marks. Colour photographs throughout. 0764310445 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2000.

Gien: Societe Nouvelle des Faienceries de Gien 1985. 4to. 162 pp. Full cloth in dust jacket. Very clean copy. No ownership marks. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. Text in English. 2858890366 . Near Fine. Cloth. 1985.

Quimper: Association des Amis de Paul Fouillen 1999. 4to. 136 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Slight crease to jacket. Clean copy. No ownership names. Full colour illustrations throughout. Text in French. 9782951412804 . Near Fine. Hardback. 1999.

Lisboa: Fundacao Ricardo do Espirito Santo Silva 2000. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 159 pp. Colour pictorial boards. No jacket, as issued. Clean copy. No ownership names. Full colour throughout. Text in Portuguese with brief English summary. 9728253125 . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. 2000.

Leyden: Casper Polder in cooperation with Primavera Press 1998. 4to. 232 pp. Publisher's blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Very clean and unused copy. Colour illustrations throughout. Fine copy in Fine dj. 907431046x . Fine. Cloth. 1998.

Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and NAi Publishers 2001. 4to. 256 pp. Large format paperback. Small stain to edge of first few leaves. No ownership names. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. 9789056622329 . Very Good. Paperback. 2001.

N.p.: The Bookbinders and Machine Rulers' Consolidated Union 1904 - 1909. 8vo. Contains 21 (of 24) issues. Quarter dark blue morocco over blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine with maroon leather title label. Minor darkening to lower spine. Scattered light foxing. Illustrations. Contains issues 2-16, 18-22 and 24, published between 1904 and 1909. A VG copy. . Very Good. 1/4… Read more about this item