Arti decorative e design

Revivals! Diverse Traditions. The History of Twentieth Century American Craft 1920-1945

KARDON Janet (ed) · 1995 · Inch's Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

NY, Abrams/American Craft Museum, 1995. 303pp, b/w and colour ills, biographies, bibliog, catalogue checklist. Pictoral wraps, 29x22. Fine. Published for an exhibition of the same name at the Museum in New York.

The Art of the Broadway Poster.

HEARN Michael Patrick · 1980 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

NY, Ballantine, 1980 96pp, incl 32 full-page colour plates with facing descriptions, 40 b&w ills. Wraps.30x22. Good, slight separation at front cover, binding sound. Nice images, especially of the earlier period.

The Book of Guinness Advertising.

SIBLEY Brian · 1985 · Inch's Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Enfield, Guinness Superlatives, 1985 224pp, many lovely ills, mostly coloured. Bibliography. Cloth, 30x22. Fine copy in dust wrapper. Guinness were famous for their adverts, both effective and amusing.

Images of War. British Posters 1939-45. Public Records Office.

CANTWELL John D · 1989 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, HMSO, 1989 18pp text, with colour illustrations + 65 high-quality colour plates. Pictorial wraps. 29x21. Fine copy. Powerful images - posters issued by the wartime Ministry of Information.

Towards Post-Modernism: Design Since 1851.

COLLINS Michael · 1987 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, British Museum Press, (1987), 1994, revised ed. 191pp, 174 illustrations, 16 in colour, A-Z of artists and designers, bibliog. Pictoral wraps, 25x19. Bottom right hand corner creased else near fine copy. Evolution of the decorative arts from the Great Exhibition of 1851.

A London Design Studio 1880-1963: The Silver Studio Collection

BRANDON-JONES John (foreword), TURNER Mark (intro) & RUDDICK William · 1980 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Lund Humphries/Middlesex Polytechnic, 1980. 158pp, very many ills (9 col), brief biographies of designers. Laminated wraps. 23x22. Wraps a little creased on corners else good copy. Informative exhibition catalogue.

A concise catalogue of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture of the First World War 1914-1918

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM · 1963 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, 1963, 2nd ed. xi, 336pp inc catalogue of nearly 5000 items. Wraps, 25x15. Very good copy. Many items were added to the original 1924 edition.

Elisabeth Frink. Sculptures and Drawings 1950-1990

ROBERTSON Bryan · 1990 · Inch's Books

£75.00 (€89.91 | $99.10 | ¥15,827)

Washington, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1990. 79pp inc illustrations, exhibition checklist, biography, bibliog. Signed by Frink and inscribed 'For Stefan Love from Lis' Cloth, 29x24. Fine copy in dust wrapper. The Stefan in question was the architect and designer St...

Josef Herman: Drawings

HERMAN Josef, TAYLOR Basil (intro) · 1956 · Inch's Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,441)

London, Jonathan Cape, 1956. 13pp inc short biographical note plus 40 plates. Pictoral boards with cloth spine, 25x19. Beautiful copy in dust wrapper. Herman's career was devoted to picturing working men and women, as featured here.

Cecil Collins recent paintings

ARTHUR TOOTH & SONS · 1965 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, 1965. 13pp inc illustrations 31 numbers. Card covers, 21x19. Cover a little sunned round edges, good copy. Introduction by Kathleen Raine.

The Testament of Deadalus. With a foreword by Rex Warner.

AYRTON Michael · 1962 · Inch's Books

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London, Methuen, 1962. 70pp inc text illustrations plus 16 plates. Marbled board covers, cloth spine, 21x16. Very good copy in edge rubbed unclipped dust wrapper. Ayrton's further exploration into the myth of Deadalus and his son Icarus. Beautiful book.

Glass of the Ceasars

HARDERN Donald B et al · 1987 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Milan, Olivetti, 1987. xv, 313pp inc 2 maps, catalogue of 161 numbers with colour photos and black and white drawings, bibliog, glossary, index of collections, museum accession numbers etc. Wraps, 24x23. Faint rubbing round edges of cover, generally very good copy. Exhibition...

On The Painting of English Landscape by..... Annual lecture on aspects of art Henriette Hertz Trust of the British Academy

CLARK Kenneth · 1935 · Inch's Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, 1935. 18pp plus 8 plates. Card covers, 26x17. Cover a little browned round edges and rubbed top and bottom of spine, contnets very good.

Canova, la trilogia dell'amore, della morte, dell'eroismo

SCIOLLA Gianni C · 1983 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Novara, Istituto Geografico de Agostini, 1983. 76pp, mostly illustrations. Boards, 24x17. Very good copy.

Nolde. Forbidden Pictures (Ungemalte Bilder) Watercolours 1939-45.

MARLBOROUGH FINE ART · 1970 · Inch's Books

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London, 1970. 124pp inc many full page colour plates, 100 numbers. Text by Martin Urban. Wraps, 30x29. Reverse of portrait of Nolde little spotted, text pages faintly tanned, plates in very nice condition, cover and binding sound. High quality reproductions.

Man Ray Photographe. Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition Man Ray 10 décembre 1981-12 avril 1982.

MARTIN Jean-Hubert (intro) · 1981 · Inch's Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

Paris, Philippe Sers, 1981. Portrait frontis, pictoral end papers, 256pp inc illustrations, chronology. Cloth, 31x22. Very good in very good dust wrapper. Excellent summary of the photographer's career.

Pen Pencil and Paper

HANOVER GALLERY · 1970 · Inch's Books

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London, nd, c1970. c64pp inc illustrations. Wraps, 21x18. Very good copy. Full-page black and white illustrations with painter and medium noted. All on very good quality art paper. Nicely put together book designed by Sergio Tosi, Milan.

Velickovic

JOUFFROY Alain (text) · 1972 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Belgrade, Museum of Modern Art, 1972. c22pp inc illustrations, biography, catalogue of 12 numbers. Loosely inserted two ORIGINAL photos dd 1974 of Velickovic's artwork done by Claude Mercier in Geneva.. Wraps, 28x20. Edges of pages a little yellowed else very good copy in dus...

José Hernández

SARION Martinez (intro) · 1978 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Madrid, Galleria Biosca, 1978. 20pp inc plates, some in colour, list of exhibitions, catalogue of 69 numbers. Card covers, 28x22. Very good copy. Neo-baroque artist.

Lynn Chadwick

MELVILLE Robert (intro) · 1958 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Shenval Press, nd, c 1958. 8pp inc 55 numbers, biographical note, plus 8 plates. Card covers, 25x19. Very good copy. Nice 1950s catalogue.