Decorative Arts from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Farnham, Surrey: Lund Humphries, in association with Osborne Samuel 2013. 4to.Catalogue Raisonne. First edition. 112 pp. Hardcover in illustrated jacket. Internally clean and colours bright. Vann is author of numerous books on modern British artists. With a forward by Gordon Samuel. Power was ibe of the leading lights of the Grosvenor School. 9781848221406 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2013.… Read more about this item

Boston: A New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown and Company 1986. 4to. First Edition. 216 pp. Grey hardback with gilt lettering to boards and spine in colour illustrated jacket, within a colour illustrated slipcase. All clean and bright, in near fine condition inside and out. Handsomely produced book, very good colour photography: with 181 colour illustrations and 2 maps.… Read more about this item

Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Freres, Fils et Cie 1869. 4to.Illustrated. French Language. [ii], frontis, [i], iv, 530 pp. Chromolithograph plates throughout. Full morocco with gilt borders to boards, gilt turn-ins, raised bands and gilt lettering and devices to spine; a.e.g; marbled endpapers. Rubbing to extremities, some foxing. Bookplate to pastedown and ink ownership mark to ffep. The author was… Read more about this item

n/a: n/a 1860s. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. Brown velvet with embossed wooden floral pattern to boards; decorated endpapers, all edges gilt. A few slight marks to boards. Some scattered spotting. A notebook used to hand-write in various extracts from poetry and prose, including much French verse, as well as flowers pressings and a couple of pencil drawings; some pages are ruled… Read more about this item

Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited 1963. 4to. 64, [94 colour and black-and-white plates] pp. Cerulean blue hardcover with gilt lettering to boards and spine. A few minor marks to front board; a few small tears and marks to panels; price clipped. Internally crisp and bright. An attractive book with high quality paper and illustrations. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1963.

Kingswood: Kaye & Ward 1984. 4to. First Edition. 200 pp. Hardcover with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial jacket (price clipped). Creasing to top of jacket and bumping to book spine ends. Very light rubbing to both. Light marking to fore-edge, though otherwise internally clean. Presentation copy with author's signature and a sketch by the author at half title. The… Read more about this item

London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Lim. 1909. 8vo. [v], 234 pp. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to boards and spine. Some wear across boards and spine, including light marking. Some sections a bit loose. Scattered foxing throughout. A well read copy. . Good. Cloth. 1909.

Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum 2000. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 416 pp. Hardback in a colour illustrated jacket. Minor dents to jacket, otherwise all in near fine condition, clean and bright throughout. Illustrated in colour and black & white throughout. Analytic catalogue of more than 250 individual pieces of French porcelain from the manuactories of Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Villeroy-Mennecy, Vincennes, Meissen, and Sevres. This is… Read more about this item

London: Architectural Press 1951. Small 8vo.Illustrated. First Edition. 162 pp. Grey buckram in a decorated colour jacket, not price clipped and designed by Gordon Cullen. Spotting to rear jacket panel and chipping to the head of its spine. Minor yellowing to board edges, otherwise all clean and bright inside and out. Over 150 illustrations in black & white demonstrating the… Read more about this item

London: Architectural Press Ltd. 1976. 4to. First Edition. 258 pp. Hardback in illustrated jacket. Minimal marks and wear to jacket edges, otherwise all in near fine condition, clean and bright. With 200 full-page b&w photographic plates of Victorian interiors. 0851390048 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1976.

Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2006. 4to.Illustrated. 272 pp., Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket bright with minor sunning and scratches. Boards bright and binding firm. Internally clean with gift inscription to the front endpaper. Illustrated throughtout in colour. A Schiffer Book for Collectors with Price Guide 9780764324680 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2006.

London: The MIT Press 1986. Large 8vo. 179 pp. Hardback in colour jacket; in card slipcase. Minimal curl to jacket edge. Otherwise clean and bright, firm. Illustrated in colour throughout. Colour theory. 0262071002 . Near Fine. Hardcover. First English Edition. 1986.

Paris: The Historical Galleries of Versailles [1853]. Large 8vo. Unpaginated (139 leaves including plans and plates). Green cloth with elaborately gilt, red, green and blue decorated binding; all edges gilt. Spine sunned with splits to the ends and slight marks to the boards. Binding firm. Light scattered spotting. With black and white steel engravings throughout and and numerous plates, depicting… Read more about this item

London: Spring Books 1971. 4to. Reprint of scarce 1954 Batsford title. 292 pp. Clean black hardcover boards in an illustrated dustjacket. Dj had very slight fading and wear to edges. Price unclipped. Internally clean and bright, with 124 illustrations in b&w. . Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 1971.

London: Harvey Miller Publishers 1992. 4to.Illustrated. 302 pp., Red cloth binding with pictorial jacket. Slight marks to the jacket and wear to the head of the spine. Boards clean and binding firm. Internally clean and illustrated throughout with 295 illustrations and 24 in colour. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe.… Read more about this item

Essex: Carol Cashmore 1999. 8vo. xii, 223, [45 p. of plates] pp. Paperback with colour illustrated boards. In near fine condition; clean inside and out. A history of the still-collectable pottery produced in Rye, known for its simple but pretty decoration and latterly for figures. Illustrated with 64 colour plates as well as 24 black and white illustrations. 0952281260 .… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Faber & Faber Limited 1973. Large 8vo. 236 pp,. + plates. Cloth binding with pictorial jacket. Slight marks to the jacket and wear to the extremities. Board clean with minor rubbing to the spine ends. Internally clean with no ownership names. Illustrated throughout, with 189 plates bound to the the rear in black and white. 0571093493 .… Read more about this item

London: The Studio Limited 1936. 4to.Illustrated. 140, xxiv pp., Purple cloth binding with bevelled board and gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Some sunning to the spine and boards, with minor wear to the tail. Binding firm and internally clean with slight spotting to the endpapers. Illustrated throughout in black and white . Very Good. Cloth. 1936.

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

Leeds: Luxurious Textiles Limited 1981. 4to. White publishers ring binding. Black laminated paper bearing a collection of textiles, alongside full page fabric / covering samples to the rear. Some markings to the boards, crinkling/wear to the spine and corners and some tape to the rear cover. Some general wear and markings internally. Overall in very good condition. . Very Good.… Read more about this item