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WILKINSON, Alix. · 1975 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

London: Methuen, 1975. Reprint, 8vo., pp.lxi,266, paperback, 4 colour plates, numerous b/w plates to rear of volume, as well as b/w in-text figures; a very good copy.

THE JOINERS’ COMPANION TO A NEW SYSTEM OF HANDRAILING, NAMELY THE SQUARE CUT.

BANKS, Langley. · 1853 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£495.00 (€593.33 | $653.97 | ¥104,397)

Manchester: Privately published, and printed by Wilcock and Norbury, 1853. 4to., unpaginated, comprises 48 engraved plates with accompanying text, contemporary half brown calf with brown moire cloth boards, gilt-lettered to front board, unlettered spine with gilt-ruled compa...

CHINA ON PAPER. European and Chinese Works from the Late Sixteenth to the Early Nineteenth Century.

Edited by: REED, Marcia; DEMATTE, Paola. · 2007 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2007. 4to., pp.ix,235,(ii), orange hardcover, gilt, colour-illustrated; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, else a fresh, fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

ENCOUNTERS: The Meeting of Asia and Europe, 1500-1800.

Edited by, JACKSON, Anna; JAFFER, Amin. · 2004 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London: V&A Publications, 2004. 4to., pp.(x),395, black hardcover, gilt, colour frontispiece and endpapers, b/w and colour illustrations; a fresh and near-fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

AFFECTIONATELY MARCEL. The Selected Correspondence of Marcel Duchamp.

Edited by: NAUMANN, Francis M.; OBALK, Hector. Translated by: TAYLOR, Jill. · 2000 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£48.00 (€57.53 | $63.42 | ¥10,123)

London: Thames and Hudson, 2000. 8vo., pp.406,(xvi), grey hardcover lettered in black, 16 b/w plates to rear of volume; a fine, fresh copy, in very good+ unclipped dust-jacket.

EAST END, WEST END: THE FACE OF LEEDS DURING URBANISATION, 1684-1842. Publications of the Thoresby Society, Volumes LX and LXI, for 1985 and 1986.

BERESFORD, Maurice. · 1988 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,600)

Leeds: The Thoresby Society, 1988. 8vo., pp.562, paperback, b/w plates and figures, folding plan; very good indeed.

YORK MINSTER: A CATALOGUE OF MEDIEVAL STAINED GLASS. Fascicule 1. The West Windows of the Nave (wI, wII, nXXX, sXXXVI). (Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi - Great Britain, Volume III.)

FRENCH, Thomas; O’CONNOR, David. · 1987 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

London: Published for The British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1987. 4to., pp.xxii,96,31(plates),(iv), black hardcover, gilt, 16 colour plates and 15 b/w plates, b/w figures, 2 microfiche plates; light toning to edges, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which...

YAACOV AGAM. Texts by the Artist. (from the series ‘The Sculpture of the Twentieth Century’, edited by Michael Joray)

AGAM, Yaacov. Edited with the assistance of Paul Kanelski. Translated from the French by Haakon Chevalier. · 1962 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£38.00 (€45.55 | $50.20 | ¥8,014)

Switzerland: Editions du Griffon Neuchatel, 1962. 4to., pp.129, grey cloth lettered in white, numerous b/w plates as well as several colour plates; slight tone to upper edges, a fresh and near-fine copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is just lightly toned to marg...

JAKE ATTREE: VIEWS FROM A HILL.

Text by, WORTHINGTON, Caroline. · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

London, Hart Gallery, 4to.,pp. unpaginated, exhibition catalogue, colour illustrations, colour frontispiece; a very good copy.

THE STATE OF DRAWING: GESTURE AND ACT. Selected from the Tate Collection.

Selected by, NEWMAN, Avis; Curated by, DE ZEGHER, Catherine; Organized by, The Drawing Center, Tate. · 2003 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York, Tate Publishing and The Drawing Center, 2003. 4to.,pp. 284, pictorial hardcover, white lettering, b/w and colour illustrations and fold-outs, colour frontispiece; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, occasional underlining and annotation in pencil, a very go...

THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM. The History of its Building.

PHYSICK, John. · 1982 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Oxford: Phaidon/Christie’s, 1982. Small 4to., pp.288, olive cloth, gilt, colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations; a very good, clean copy, in very good unclipped dust-jacket.

THE WELSH COTTAGE. Building Traditions of the Rural Poor, 1750-1900.

WILIAM, Eurwyn. · 2010 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,981)

Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru/Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, published in association with Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, 2010. 4to., pp.288, brown hardcover, gilt, colour and b/w plates; a fine copy, in very good+ unclipped ...

MARIO MERZ.

CELANT, Germano. · 1989 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum/Electa, 1989. Exhibition catalogue, 4to., pp.297, paperback, colour and b/w plates; small ownership autograph to prelim blank, slight crease to lower corners, a very good, clean copy.

BACON.

Edited by: CHIAPPINI, Rudy. · 2008 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£110.00 (€131.85 | $145.33 | ¥23,199)

Milan: Skira, 2008. Exhibition catalogue, English edition, 4to., pp.250, black cloth lettered in navy, colour plates throughout, including folding plates; slight tone to edges, a fresh and near-fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

FRANCIS BACON’S STUDIO.

CAPPOCK, Margarita. · 2005 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,036)

London/New York: Merrell, 2005. First edition, 4to., pp.239, grey paper-covered boards lettered in blind, colour illustrations throughout; a fresh and near fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

LORD BURLINGTON: ARCHITECTURE, ART AND LIFE.

Edited by: BARNARD, Toby; CLARK, Jane. · 1995 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London/Rio Grande: The Hambledon Press, 1995. 8vo., pp.xxix,328, blue hardcover, gilt, b/w illustrations; fine, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket, which is sunned to spine.

BREITLING. The History of a Great Brand of Watches. 1884 to the Present. With Price Guide. A Schiffer Book for Collectors.

RICHTER, Benno. · 1995 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,905)

Atglen, PA.: Schiffer, 1995. 4to., pp.176, red cloth lettered in black, colour and b/w plates; a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.

BRASS AND GLASS. Scientific Instrument Making Workshops in Scotland as Illustrated by Instruments from the Arthur Frank Collection at the Royal Museum of Scotland.

CLARKE, T.N.; MORRISON-LOW, A.D.; SIMPSON, A.D.C. · 1989 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

National Museums of Scotland, 1989. 4to., pp.xiii,320, paperback, b/w frontispiece, b/w illustrations; light crease to lower margin of front wrapper and early leaves, else very good.

BEN NICHOLSON - PAINTINGS, RELIEFS, DRAWINGS. Volume I.

Introduction by: READ, Herbert. · 1955 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

London: Lund Humphries, 1955. Reprint (first published 1948; this volume covers work from 1911 to 1948), 4to., grey cloth lettered in black, colour frontispiece, colour and b/w plates; mildly ex library, with inkstamp and residue of removed bookplate to front free endpaper, ...

ARTISTS’ PIGMENTS c.1600-1835. A Study in English Documentary Sources. Second Edition.

HARLEY, R.D. · 1982 · The Minster Gate Bookshop

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,654)

London: Butterworth Scientific, 1982. 8vo., pp.ix,236, black hardcover, 8 colour plates, b/w illustrations; tiny handwritten ownership autograph to head of front paste-down endpaper, and owner’s handwritten catalogue number to head of front free endpaper, light shelfwe...