The Art of Illuminating As Practised in Europe from the Earliest Times by M D Wyatt Archt - 1860

Montfermeil, France: Recherche et Expression - Jack Renaud, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. Francois Desnoyer. Scarce biography of this fine French artist, very little known in the US, with many paintings reproduced in color or b&w. French text. 1st, #352/1000 (1/1000 in the trade edition). 4to, blue cloth stamped vivid orange, vg- (cocked, corners bumped) in good-only dj with the edges quite tattered and heavily chipped. INSCRIBED (in French) by Souza Desnoyer on the half-title. 359 pp. Also including a pamphlet from an exhibition at Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. in London, 'Francois Desnoyer: Paintings and Drawings', dated October 1955 (English text). It has 8 paintings reproduced in b&w and is INSCRIBED by the artist, Francois (in French) on the half-title.

London: Thames & Hudson. 1967. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good copy in Very Good Dust jacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Bookseller stamp/label to front paste-down. Signed by Arthur Boyd on half-title page. Illustrated with 44 colour and 134 black & white reproductions. 288 pages. Arthur Boyd, AC OBE was one of the leading Australian painters of the late 20th Century. A member of the prominent Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia, his relatives included painters, sculptors, architects or other arts professionals. Boyd's work ranges from impressionist renderings of Australian landscape to starkly expressionist figuration, and many canvases feature both. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of Melbourne painters that also included Clifton Pugh, David Boyd, John Brack, Robert Dickerson, John Perceval and Charles Blackman. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Second edition. Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London. nd. [1919] Quarto. xxiii, 422pp, 2pp ads. Colour frontis tipped in, colour plate tipped in, numerous further monochrome plates and illustrations. Contemporary quarter calf, green cloth. Spine in six compartments, with red and green leather labels, gilt lettering. Corner of frontis. slightly creased. A nice copy.
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Green-Price to fep.
The Green-Price Baronetcy, of Norton Manor in the parish of Norton in the County of Radnor.

London: Cassell, 1998. First edition thus. First English edition (UK). Trade softcover. Published London: Cassell, 1998, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", xvii+200pp., illustrated with b/w and color plates. Near very fine, crisp, tight.. 1st. Soft Cover. Near Very Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Text and instructions in Japanese and English. Dramatic color and black and white photo illustrations and diagrams, followed by pattern pages that can be copied or used as is. 79 pages. Published in Tokyo in 1987. First edition, signed by author.

Montfermeil, France: Recherche et Expression - Jack Renaud, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. Francois Desnoyer. Scarce biography of this fine French artist, very little known in the US, with many paintings reproduced in color or b&w. French text. 1st, #352/1000 (1/1000 in the trade edition). 4to, blue cloth stamped vivid orange, vg- (cocked, corners bumped) in good-only dj with the edges quite tattered and heavily chipped. INSCRIBED (in French) by Souza Desnoyer on the half-title. 359 pp. Also including a pamphlet from an exhibition at Marlborough Fine Art Ltd. in London, 'Francois Desnoyer: Paintings and Drawings', dated October 1955 (English text). It has 8 paintings reproduced in b&w and is INSCRIBED by the artist, Francois (in French) on the half-title.

Three Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Translated and illustrated with woodcuts by Wanda Ga'g, author of "Millions of Cats". 1943 Coward-McCann, Inc. First Edition, Stated Fifth Printing Thus. RARE in the original dust jacket. Exlib. Good+/Good- DJ protected in mylar wrap. Green decorated library binding. A solid, clean copy in a Rare/Scarce original unclipped $2.00 dust jacket. BRIGHT RED jacket is not sunned. The dj spine is missing 1 inch of the top of its spine, otherwise very nice. Back panel states: Books By Wanda Gag list from Millions of Cats through More Tales From Grimm. Coward-McCann, Inc.

London: Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici, 1909. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 4to. Unpaginated. Hardcover bound in quarter tan cloth with grey paper-covered boards and the remains of the original grey dust jacket. Light to moderate wear to the binding. The boards show some browning and foxing, likely from the remains of the dust jacket. The front and rear panels and turn-ins of the jacket remain. The front panel of the jacket has a couple of glass rings as well as a 3 1/2inch tear on the fore edge near the bottom corner. This tear has some old and failed tape repairs and a large accompanying crease. There is also a paper label on the front panel of the jacket from the Medici Society noting this Cloth binding version originally cost 2 Pounds, 12 Shillings, 6 d. Two pieces of the jacket spine laid in loosely. Off-setting on the endpapers from the jacket flaps. There is a 1921 signature on the front flyleaf of Clement W. Harris. A sound copy with… Read More

Hammett, Dashiell: The Glass Key. Grosset & Dunlap Movie Tie-In Edition, 1931. Detective Mystery. USED. Good condition hardcover in Good- condition Rare Original Madison Square lime green movie cast Dust Jacket features Brian Donleavy, Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd.

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