Art from Eric James

Newton Abbott, Devon, UK: David & Charles, 1998. Oversized glossy pictorial hardcover with matching pictorial unclipped dust jacket, 160 pages including full colour illustrations on almost every page; book very gently used, if at all, not a trace of shelf wear, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white; DJ has… Read more

Amsterdam, Netherlands: H.J. Paris, 1936. Hardcover without dust jacket, 80 pages, plus 75 black-and-white illustrations (plus two unmumbered pages with a further 11 illustratuins);---text in Dutch;---very gently used, only tiny traces of shelf wear, tight in binding, but both covers are foxed, small bookplate designed by H. D. Voss inside front cover,… Read more

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, 1965. Trade paperback, 86 pages of text, plus a selection of black-and-white Plates from the exhibit;---text in Dutch;---yellow/cream-coloured covers have tiny traces of foxing but very little shelf wear, spine creased, crease to bottom front cover corner, top edge dust speckled and lightly foxed, previous owner's professionally designed (by owner) bookplate… Read more

Utrecht, Netherlands: Stichting de Roos, 1952. Stapled paperback pamphlet, exterior stitched binding, 14 pages;--- text in Dutch;---laid in is a folded one-page typewritten list on the letterhead of Stichting de Roos in Dutch (which, sadly, I cannot read), undated (possibly 1955), with two handwritten paragraphs, possibly signed as C. Leeflang;--- hardly a trace of shelf wear, just… Read more

Utrecht, Netherlands: Stichting de Roos, 1957. Hardcover without dust jacket, 49 pages;---text in Dutch;---"Dit is nummer: 172" of 175 Limited Edition hand-numbered copies; attractive book in crimson cloth with simple vertical embossed lines on both covers, "De Roos" in an elaborate scroll in bright and clear gilt on front cover, equally bright and clear gilt lettering… Read more

Utrecht, Netherlands: Uitg Mij W. De Haan, 1943. Hardcover without dust jacket, xiij + 80 pages numbered + 8 pages unnumbered including black-and-white illustrations throughout;---text in Dutch;------"Dit is no. 671" of this limited edition of 750 copies;---bound in medium grey cloth with quarter black cloth spine, embossed title in red and embossed illustration on front… Read more

Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1994. Trade paperbacks; 414 page, plus illustrations in black-and-white and full colour;--- text in German---spine creased, covers flat/uncreased, otherwise very gently used, very clean and unmarked throughout.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Wereldbibliotheek, 1952. Hardcover without dust jacket, 36 pages of text including several illustrations (plus photographs of the artists), plus 104 illustrations, plus Erratum slip laid in;--- text in Dutch;---cream-coloured linen covers with gilt lettering on front cover still bright and clear (title only in gilt on spine less bright), … Read more

Antwerp, Belgium [Antwerpen, Belgie]: Wereld-Bibliotheek-Vereniging Amsterdam, 1964. Oversized softcover with dust jacket secured to book at spine, 96 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout;---text in Dutch;---very gently used, gentle bumps and very tiny traces of shelf wear to dust jacket which is also somewhat sun faded, cream-coloured card covers appear as fresh as new, … Read more

Zaltbommel, Netherlands: Europese Bibliotheek , 1966. Square hardcover without dust jacket, 111 pages including many black-and-white illustrations throughout, plus additional on unnumbered glossy pager pages;---text in Dutch;---cream-coloured cloth covers foxed, foxing and/or dust speckling to top edge, but very gently used, only tiny traces of shelf wear, previous owner's professionally designed (by owner, Dutch-Canadian silhouette… Read more

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Wereldbibliotheek, 1950. Hardcover without dust jacket, 62 pages of text on excellent quality cream-white paper, including a few illustrations, plus 95 illustrations on glossy paper (including four by the renowned M. C. Escher, and two by the lesser known H. D. Voss, one consisting of four examples of his "Exlibris houtgravures", the… Read more

London: Studio Editions, 1987. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, 15 pages of text, plus a one-page biography of Owen Jones, followed by 100 full colour full page Plates, each with a facing caption, 224 pages in all; book very gently used, tight in binding, just a trace of shelf wear to two bottom corners, … Read more

Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: National Gallery of Art, 1988. Oversized softcover, xi + 402 pages including 333 full colour illustrations; very gently used, one moderate spine crease but spine flat, very tight in binding, light crease to front cover top corner, very clean and unmarked throughout, pages fresh and white. … Read more

London: Hamlyn, 1975. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 128 pages including "almost 100 illustrations in colour"; light shelf wear to bottom cover edges, discolouration to about 10-20% of top and bottom of both covers, probably sun fading as no waterstaining is evident, interior very clean and unmarked,… Read more

New York: Universe Books, 1967. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 302 pages including "47 full-page color reproductions---94 illustrations in black & white"; book very gently used, just a hint of shelf wear including gentle bumps to spine ends, traces of dust speckling… Read more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: M.F. Feheley Publishers, 1976. Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, 175 pages including "36 full-colour plates" and several black-and-white illustrations, maps; very gently used, not a trace of shelf wear, tight in binding, unusual in such a large book, rubber stamped name/address on free front endpaper, otherwise very clean and unmarked throughout, pages… Read more

New York: Gallery Books, 1985. Oversized hardcover with dust jacket, later printing, 128 pages including "---over fifty reproductions of the paintings and sculpture of these two geniuses in full colour---" and several black-and-white illustrations; hardly a trace of shelf wear other than a gentle bump to spine top, otherwise very gently used,… Read more

Limpsfield, Surrey, UK: Dragon's World Paper Tiger Books, 1978. Oversized (21 x 29 cm, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in) paperback, unpaginated, but approximately 110 pages of fabulous fantastical full colour illustrations with Celtic-inspired borders; very gently read, not a trace of shelf… Read more

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Arts and Crafts Development Section, Indian-Eskimo Economic Development Branch, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , 1972. Oversized square glossy durable pictorial hardcover, second (1974) printing, 138 pages including photographs in black-and-white and full colour; laid in are several newspaper clippings of related interest; very gently used, … Read more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: McClelland & Stewart Oversized hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, First Edition, First Printing, 1968 (pre-ISBN): 231 pages including 52 full page, full colour plates; very gently used, tight in binding, light shelf wear to spine ends, cover corners and along bottom cover edges, some pale… Read more