2348. Achilléos, Chris: Amazona

Published by Titan Books, London. 2004

1st edition UK hardback. Boldly signed by the artist in silver marker at the half title page otherwise the book is fine in condition as is the un-clipped dust wrapper. Massively popular and highly regarded, Chris Achilléos' science fiction/fantasy artwork ranges from his acclaimed Doctor Who and Star Trek book covers to the erotic pin-ups that made him famous, embracing along the way Greek mythology, role-playing games, Tolkien and movie posters for the likes of Heavy Metal. Now, in Amazona, Achilléos brings together a brand new volume of previously uncollected and unseen artwork that bears all the thrilling and sensual hallmarks that made him so hugely influential and popular! Jam-packed with an eye-popping gallery of full-colour illustrations, this fantastic new collection will delight old fans and thrill a whole generation of new ones!

2446. Adz, King & Irvine Welsh: Street Knowledge

Published by Collins, London. 2010

Hardback 1st UK edition. The corners of the front end paper and the title page have been clipped off otherwise the condition is fine. An encyclopaedia of street culture for those who love Banksy or Irvine Welsh and want to know about the cutting-edge talents, past and present, who have shaped urban cool. This eye-catching insider's guide includes old-school graffiti legends, avant-garde street artists, film-makers, DJ's, designers, writers and poets who have influenced urban culture. From the ground-breaking New York artists of the 1980s to the unique work of modern-day Iranians - this book shows how street culture has penetrated every aspect of modern life. Street Knowledge includes work and exclusive interviews from some of the world's most famous artists and talents, such as Banksy, David LaChapelle, Kelsey Brookes, Quik, Tony Kaye, Tama Janowitz, The KLF, Shawn Stussy, Obey, Irvine Welsh, Martha Cooper and Benjamin Zephaniah. Literally too much going on within the pages of this unique book to do justice in one paragraph…

Published by Phaidon Press Ltd, Oxford. 1979

1st edition UK hardback with unclipped dust wrapper in good condition with no previous owner names. The book is bumped and stained at the bottom edge spoiling an otherwise wise copy. Pages bottom edge is slightly water stained but the contents are not affected. The British Library houses one of the world's greatest collections of illuminated manuscripts, and Janet Backhouse has drawn on this rich resource to make a selection of outstanding examples that span over 800 years of medieval book production. She begins with the Lindisfarne Gospels and continues with a representative cross-section that reveals the remarkable variety and richness to be found in medieval manuscripts. With a concise introductory text and informative captions, this is the perfect introduction to an endlessly fascinating subject.

2330. Bailey, David & George Hughes: Begin with Bailey

Published by J.M. Dent, London, 1983

1st edition hardback. Both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in very good condition. The dust wrapper rubbed along the top edge and the board's top corners have been bumped but nothing nasty. There are no previous owner names. An excellent book of instruction for all amateurs from the beginner to the advanced photographer but also an attractive collection of some of David Bailey's best photographs.

2392. Bailey, David & George Hughes: David Bailey's Book of Photography: How to take better pictures

Published by J.M. Dent, London. 1981

UK 1st edition hardback in very good condition. There are no previous owner names. The dust wrapper is not clipped. A master class in photography.

2333 Bilibin, Ivan Yakovlevich

Ivan Bilibin

1981 Pan Books Ltd, London,

Paperback

This first edition of 227 pages includes colour and b/w plates, b/w photos and illustrations, list of plates and a comprehensive index. The soft/card cover and page ends are in very good condition and show only very light wear. The pages are tightly bound.The introductory text is clean and the wonderful colour illustrations are bright. This edition covers the life and work of talented Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin, Russian graphic artist and stage designer (1876- 1942)

2164. Bizarre Magazine: Body Art

Published by Dennis Publishing, London. 2007

Paperback 1st edition in near fine condition. The cover corners are only very slightly curled otherwise fine. Parental advisory warning for explicit content. Body Art is a celebration of this evolving art form, examining the most popular modification processes, tattoos, implants, branding and scarification and giving advice to anyone considering getting their own body enhanced. In speaking to the world's most famous artists and tattooists to understand what motivates them, this book will take you under the skin of the scene's biggest players. From the makers of Bizarre.

2394. Blankestein, Jan: Kinky Amsterdam: A Voyage of Erotic Discovery

Published by Zuid Boekprodukties, Lisse. 1983

Dutch 1st edition paperback. Large format, front cover bumped at the top corner otherwise in very good condition. There are no previous owner names. Photos from kinky sex parties in Amsterdam, gay, straight and transsexual, it's all here everyone is catered for.

Published by Pall Mall Press, London. 1970

UK hardback 1st edition in very good condition. There is a previous owner name at the front end paper. The dust wrapper is a little darkened with age and has a couple of tears, creasing, lightly rubbed at the tips and edges but without loss and not price clipped. One of a series, each title explores the personality and genius of one artist, through a presentation of drawings and an authoritative text. The eighty full-colour plates in this volume show the directness, variety, and power of technique and expression, and the humanity, for which Rembrandt's drawings are unsurpassed.

2463. Buchanan-Brown, John: Phiz!: The Book Illustrations of Hablot Knight Browne

Published by David & Charles, Newton Abbot. 1978

1st edition hardback in very good condition. The dust wrapper is slightly sunned and is a bit rubbed at the top edge but otherwise. There are no previous owner names or other marks. Of the three great partnerships between author and artist in English literature - Dickens and Phiz, Carroll and Tenniel, Milne and Shepard - probably the most interesting is that of Dickens and Phiz. It was in 1836 that Dickens personally called in Hablot Knight Browne, then only twenty-one, to illustrate Pickwick Papers. The partnership was to last nearly thirty years, during which Phiz would design 290 steel engravings and 157 woodcuts to illustrate the first editions of Dickens' books. Because Browne realised so faithfully in visual terms the author's own conception of his characters, he has clearly had an enormous influence on the millions who have read the novels: today, few of us can think of the works of Dickens without thinking also of the works of Phiz. But Browne had roles other than as a mirror to Dickens. To his contemporaries he was almost equally famous as illustrator of the rollicking novels of Charles Lever, whose books were graced by some 500 plates by Phiz, and of Le Fanu, Surtees, Frances Trollope and many others. In addition, Browne illustrated editions of Defoe, Swift, Fielding and Smollett, as well as children's books and ephemera. Away from the field of books, he produced many paintings in oil and water colour. In this book John Buchanan-Brown has collected over 200 of the finest...

Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 1980.

1st edition hardback in near fine condition. The dust wrapper is only lightly chipped at the tips with some surface marks to the dust wrapper otherwise fine. The book is clean and unmarked. A collection of photographs by Daniel Angeli and Jean-Paul Dousset of stars off their guard including Jack Nicholson at "full moon" among others. With an introduction by Anthony Burgess.

Published by Odhams, 1965

Hardback, fifth impression. Very good in a nr very good unclipped d/w which is slightly sunned to the spine. Bound in red leatherette with black and gilt spine and title. 18 colour plates of his paintings illustrate this reprint of the 1932 essay.

Published by John Murray, London, 1960

Hardback, 1st edition. Very good unclipped d/w has slight edge wear and lamination has started to bubble and crack to front hinge area. Book is nr fine, green cloth and gilt. 75 half-tone illustrations 6 details in colour.

Published by Phaidon Press, 1989

Hardback, 1st edition. Very near fine book and unclipped d/w. Only very slightly sunned at the jacket spine. Presenting sundry etchings, drawings, verses and critical notes concerning the cultural curiosities of certain parts of France & Italy.

2316. Crumb, Robert: The Book of Genesis Illustrated

Published by Jonathan Cape, London. 2009

1st edition hardback in fine condition. Black leather effect covered boards with gilt titles and decoration to the spine and both front and rear boards. The dust wrapper is not clipped. Envisioning the first book of the Bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator and cartoonist, retells the story of Genesis in a profoundly honest and deeply moving way. Originally thinking that he would do a takeoff of Adam and Eve, Crumb became so fascinated by the Bible's language, "a text so great and so strange that it lends itself readily to graphic depictions," that he decided instead to do a literal interpretation using the text word for word, assembled primarily from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James Version.

Published by Editorial Lumen, 1983

Illustrated boards in fine condition Spanish language. Lots of illustrations.

Published by John Bartholomew, 1980

Hardback, 1st in this facsimile edition. Very good+ book and unclipped dust wrapper. With an introduction and notes by Christopher Wheeler. This journal pre-dates and presages his fame as an illustrator. Kept by Richard throughout 1840, when he was 15. An informal glimpse of life in early-Victorian London.

2103. Emin, Tracey: Strangeland

Published by Sceptre, London, 2005

Hardback 1st edition. The book has had a bump at the lower corners otherwise the book and the unclipped dust wrapper are fine. 'Here I am, a fucked, crazy, anorexic-alcoholic-childless, beautiful woman. I never dreamt it would be like this. 'Tracey Emin's "Strangeland" is her own space, lying between the Margate of her childhood, the Turkey of her forefathers and her own, private-public life in present-day London. Her writings, a combination of memoirs and confessions, are deeply intimate, yet powerfully engaging. Tracey retains a profoundly romantic world view, paired with an uncompromising honesty. Her capacity both to create controversies and to strike chords is unequalled in British life. It is a remarkable book - and an original, beautiful mind.

Published by Scolar Press, Aldershot. 1991

1st UK hardback edition. The dust wrapper has a tear at the top front corner and a little rubbed at the rear top edge. It is not price clipped and otherwise both book and jacket are in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or other marks. Chronicles the career of Sir John Tenniel, best known for his illustration of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and for his cartoons published in Punch. This biography examines the themes Tenniel used in preparing his cartoons and includes approximately 150 examples of his work.

Published by John Murray, London, 1980

Hardback. Double crease top to bottom of fep, slight lean to an otherwise vg+ book in a vg+ d/w. Foreword by Norman Thelwell. Packed with sketches, jottings, intriguing info & advice. A must for sketchers both amateur & professional.

2395. Fitzpatrick, Jim: The Silver Arm

Published by Paper Tiger, Limpsfield. 1991

UK paperback reprint. Large format in fine condition. There are no previous owner names. Sequel to the much acclaimed "Book of Conquests", Jim Fitzpatrick resorts again to that treasure house of his Irish childhood. Wonderfully illustrated, it recreates both the fantastic universe of Celtic myths (the Leabarh Gabalah Eireann) and the incredible manuscripts of the Irish cycle (Kells, Lindisfarne...)The author has adapted the tales with respect and love, letting us glimpse the glory of past heroes and magic, and the literary creativity of old bards and storytellers.

Published by Pavilion, London, 1999

UK hardback, 1st edition in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is also fine. A biography of the ceramic artist, Clarice Cliff, written by the author of "Taking Tea with Clarice Cliff" and founder of the Clarice Cliff Collectors Club. It is illustrated and contains a reference section detailing all Cliff's major shapes, designs and painters.

Published by Anaya, 1991

Hardback, 1st edition. A fine book in a fine unclipped d/w. Provides a unique opportunity to learn at first hand from contemporary masters of this ancient and popular art.

Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1988

Hardback, 1st edition, fine book in a very good unclipped d/w. Publishers new book information sheet laid in. "a visionary in the land of the frozen one-eyes", Hockney, here in conversation. A rare insight into the thought-processes and working life of our most celebrated artist. Illustrated.

Published by Chronicle Books / A.A.M.S.F. 1991

Paperback, 1st edition. Fine. From 5,000-year-old ceramic vessels to 19th-century paintings, all the major categories of the art of Japan are represented in this stunning volume featuring a selection of metal wares, lacquer items, sculpture, screen and scroll paintings, textiles and more from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. 165 colour photographs.

2343. Laure, Meyer: Black Africa: Masks, Sculpture, And Jewelry

Published by Terrail, Paris, 1992

1st edition Hardback. Red cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board. Fine in condition with very little sign of use, probably unread. There are no previous owner names. The dust wrapper is near fine. Masks, pottery, bronze, ivory, gold, statues of ancestors, reliquaries and jewellery all express the influence of myths on the daily life and inventive genius of more than sixty ethnic groups. This book covers each subject in turn, is magnificently illustrated in colour and examines in a clear and accessible manner the entire range of Black African Art from aesthetic and ethnological points of view.

Published by Jupiter Books, 1977

Hardback with minor nicks to an otherwise vg+ un-clipped d/w. The revised edition has thirteen additional poems & eight drawings. Very slight lean vg+. Combining the author-artist's visual images and verse with an impassioned profession of faith, which provides insight into the personality of a great master craftsman.

Published by Jupiter Books, 1975

Hardback 1st edition. Nr fine in a like unclipped d/w. Jacket spine is sun faded. Preliminary pages uncut. Ink date to half-title page. An illustrated catalogue raisonné compiled and edited by Levy. With an essay on "Whistler the printmaker" by Allen Staley and 192 illustrations 8vo pp. 200