Recent Arrivals from Washburn Books

New Haven, London & Leeds: Yale University Press in association with Leeds City Galleries and The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1994 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Study of the London cabinet maker John Channon. 104pp with index, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Some curling to corners of cover,… Read more about this item

Norwich: Norfolk Museums Service, 1985 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Exploration of the origins of some of the finest art collections in Britain, gathered by Norolk gentlemen who went on the Grand Tour in the 18th century. 168pp with index, illustrated throughout with maps and photographs in black and white. Crease… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Kettle's Yard Gallery, 1984 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Presumed First Edition.. 10" Tall x 8.25" Wide. Book published to accompany an exhibition at Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge on October-November 1983, The City of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, in November 1983 to January 1984 and York City Art Gallery, January to February 1984. 63pp illustrated throughout with black… Read more about this item

London: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1989 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Catalogue of an exhibirion of works from private collections throughout the USSR. 152pp illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Near fine copy with no inscriptions..

London: Phaidon Press Ltd, 1984 Book. Very Good. Black Cloth Boards. 2nd Edition Revised & Enlarged. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Revised edition of a study of the life and work of the Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920), first published in 1979. 48pp with 87 illustrations, 53 in colour. Gilt lettering to spine. Minor rubbing to spine and… Read more about this item

Kansas City & Wakefield: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 1997 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 9.25" Tall x 9.5" Wide. Catalogue published to accompany an exhibition held at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in August 1997 to March 1998, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri in May 1998 to March 1999 and… Read more about this item

Assisi: Casa Editrice Francescana, 1980 Book. Very Good. Illustrated Boards. Reprint. 9.5" Tall x 8.5" wide. Book originally published for the 750th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis, aiming to present the real person behind the myths. 31pp plus approx 64 pages of colour photographs with some related post cards and leaflet loosely enclosed. .

London: Tate Gallery Publishing Ltd, 1974 Book. Good. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book published to accompany an exhibition of work by J M W Turner held in November 1974 to March 1975. 200pp with index, illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Gilt lettering to spine. Some rubbing to edges, otherwise… Read more about this item

Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles Ltd, 1973 Book. Very Good. Grey Cloth Boards. Reissued with Corrections. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Second printing of a standard work on the early career of the British architect John Nash (1752-1835). 118pp with index, illustrated with 79 black and white plates plus drawings to the text. Gilt lettering to spine.… Read more about this item

Leeds: The Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Leeds City Art Galleries, 1991 Book. Near Fine. Card Covers. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Studies in the History of Sculpture Number 2. Life and work of the English sculptor William Hamo Thornycroft (1850-1925), largely drawn from the Thornycroft Papers donated to the… Read more about this item

Liverpool, Merseyside: Tate Gallery Liverpool and National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, 1989 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Eighteen articles on different aspects of sculpture in the Merseyside area over the last two centuries. 137pp with index, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Slight scuffing to rear panel, otherwise near… Read more about this item

New Haven and London: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1993 Book. Near Fine. Black Cloth Boards. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Study of the modern art world which emerged in England as public spaces were established to display works of art and artistic issues were discussed. 312pp with… Read more about this item

Leeds: W S Maney & Son Ltd in association with the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1995 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Presumed First Edition.. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The life and work of the English draughtsman and architect John Carter 1748-1817), an advocate of the revival of Gothic architecture. 100pp with index, illustrated in black and… Read more about this item

Leeds: The Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Leeds City Art Galleries, 1993 Book. Near Fine. Card Covers. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Studies in the History of Sculpture Number 3. Study of 46 drawings from the Thornycroft Papers at the Henry Moore Centre, relating to the figure reliefs executed between 1889 and 1893… Read more about this item

London & New York: The Walter Scott Publishing Co Ltd Book. Good. Blue Decorated Boards. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated edition of the best-selling Victorian novel by the English writer Ellen Wood (1814-1887), originally serialised in 1860-61 and first published in three volumes in 1861. 520pp illustrated with black and white plates. Blue boards decorated with… Read more about this item

London: The Office of the Girls' Own Paper Book. Good. Green Decorated Boards. 8th Impression. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Undated story in a uniform series by the English writer Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840-1909), first published by The Religious Tract Society in 1891. Green boards decorated in black and yellow. 276pp illustrated with black and white drawing to… Read more about this item

London & New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1901 Book. Illus. by T de Thulstrup. Good. Red Decorative Boards. Reissued with Corrections. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Historical romance associated with the early Second Coming of Christ, first published in 1827 and issued at various times under different titles. Introduction by Gen. Lewis Wallace. 588pp illustrated with black… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: W P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell Book. Good. Brown Decorated Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Boys' school story. Undated but attendance certificate to pastedown is dated 1896. Cloth boards decorated with gilt lettering, black and green design and drawing of cricketer. All edges gilt. Presentation certificate to endpaper, otherwise very good copy with… Read more about this item

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Limited, 1890 Book. Good. Green Decorated Boards. Presumed First Edition.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Verse and prose concerning rural life. 332pp plus publisher's data to rear. Gilt design and lettering to top board and gilt lettering to spine. Section193-206pp slightly loose, slight bumping to spine and corners and top edges… Read more about this item

London & New York: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1896 Book. Illus. by E J Sullivan. Very Good. Decorated Green Cloth Boards. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Semi-autobiographical story about life on the open road in the 19th century, by the English novelist and travel writer George Borrow (1803-1881). 588pp illustrated with tissue guarded black and white drawing to… Read more about this item