Biography/Autobiography from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1943. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Navy hardcover with title in silver on spine. Printed to War Economy standards. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name, address and a short inscription in blue ink on front endpaper. Very faint browning to pages throughout. Dustjacket condition:… Read more about this item

London: The Architectural Press Ltd., 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Signed by Godfrey Rubens on the half-title to the previous owner and his wife. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear.… Read more about this item

Brook, Hampshire: Canterton Books, 2002. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Artist. Limited.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Turquoise colour hardcover with title in silver on front cover and spine. Translucent acetate dustjacket. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Don Potter has inscribed his initials on the half-title. Dustjacket condition: Good, with some… Read more about this item

Marston Magna, nr.Yeovil, Somerset: Marston House, 1994. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Revised edition, 1994 (first published 1987). Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Light sunning to spine and small area at top left corner of fron cover. Signed and inscribed by the author, Tony Birks,… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Some light foxing to endpapers. Previous owners name written a top of front pastedown. Dustjacket condition: Fair, the jacket is complete but somewhat sunned (particularly the spine) and worn.… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape (Random House), 2004. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark grey hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 335pp. Many b/w photographic illustrations. This book gives a thorough overview of the life and work of the German… Read more about this item

New Castle, Delaware and West Dulwich, London: Oak Knoll Press and Werner Shaw, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 216pp. Many… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2019. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Two volume set . The first volume, "Youth" was published in 2019 and the second, "Fame", in 2020. Black hardcovers with title on spines. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just the faintest hint of shelfwear. 680pp and 568pp. respectively. Several… Read more about this item

Oxford: Printed for Private Circulation, 1918. Book. Good. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter grey-blue paper-covered boards with title in black on beige buckram spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and soiling to covers. Binding sound. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. 96pp. 8 b/w photographic plates. Loosely inserted is a letter from the author (the… Read more about this item

New York: Peter Haring Judd, 2012. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on rear of front cover.The image of Valentine Ackland is not included on the front cover of the book (see image), so this may be a pre-publication copy. The previous owners name… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear and a hint of sunning to spine..

London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in 1930 by Harrison of Paris in a limited edition of 785 copies. This edition was published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., London in 1961. Green cloth with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound. Signed by Roy Strong and dated 12.V.97. Dustjacket condition: Good, with light shelfwear, slightly more so to head and tail of spine. 461pp. Several b/w illustrations. In this book,… Read more about this item

Barcelona/Bloomington & Indianapolis: Fundacio Antoni Tapies/Indiana University Press, 2009. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. NB: Volume I only. Brown hardcover with title in black on front cover and spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear. 429pp. 26… Read more about this item

London: Constable, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Pale grey-green hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket conditiion: Good, with light shelfwear, and light vertical crease to spine of jacket. 288pp. 8 colour plates (inc.frontispiece and half-title), many b/w illustrations. Nina Hamnett (1890-1956) was a talented… Read more about this item

Yale University Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ochre yellow hardcover with title in red on spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine. 296pp. 248 illustrations, many in colour. William Nicholson (1872-1949) was a painter of beautiful still lifes and landscapes, as well as a graphic artist, as well as the… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1987. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Not price-clipped. 459pp. Many b/w photographic illustrations..

London: Chatto & Windus, 1968. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Turquoise colour hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers, and light foxing to endpapers. Signed and inscribed on the half-title to the previous owner by the author, Elspeth Huxley. Dustjacket condition: Good, with… Read more about this item

London: John Murray, 1997. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark green hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, previous owners name neatly written at top of front endpaper, with the date 21 September 1997. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light sunning to spine. Not price-clipped. 228pp..

London: John Murray, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First published in 1970, this is a copy of the 1998 hardcover reissue. Navy hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners name and the date 25 November 1998 neatly written in pencil… Read more about this item