THE PAINTINGS OF L.S. LOWRY

1979 B.C.A.

HARDBACK

VERY GOOD, VERY GOOD

2329. Locher, J.L. (editor): The World of M.C. Escher

Published by Abradale Press, New York, 1988

1st thus, new edition hardback. Both book and dust wrapper are in fine condition. The dust wrapper is only very slightly rubbed and scratched, surface marks only. There are no previous owner names. A fascinating introduction to the world of the Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture, and tessellations. 263 pp with 300 illustrations.

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993 Hardback edition. Book and jacket in fine condition. James Lord arrived in Paris as a soldier during world War II. Intoxicated by the glamour of the city, he presented himself at Picasso's doorstep and, amazingly, was invited inside. Then he had the temerity to ask Picasso to draw his portrait. The master complied, and Lord became a part of Picasso's circle, where he met Picasso's mistress and inspiration for his greatest paintings, the formidable beautiful painter Dora Maar. "Picasso" and Dora tells of Lord's turbulent relationship with both Picasso and this legendarily mysterious woman. With a bold instinct for psychological truth he movingly chronicles their relationship, which had all the interests of a love affair.

2315. Lowry, Ray: Ink

Published by The Do-Not Press, London. 1998

Paperback 1st edition in near fine condition. Ray Lowry: Ink is the definitive collection of strips, single frame cartoons and wordplay, drawn from a career spanning almost 30 years of contributions to periodicals as diverse as Oz, Punch, The Guardian, The Big Issue, The Face and NME. Each section is introduced by the author, recognised as one of Britain's most original, trenchant and uncompromising satirists. Many illustrations are original and previously unpublished.

2393. Mapplethorpe, Robert & Bruce Chatwin: Lady: Lisa Lyon

Published by Blond & Briggs, London. 1983

UK 1st edition hardback. Black cloth boards bumped at the top corner otherwise in near fine condition. There are no previous owner names. The dust wrapper is not clipped. A collaboration between photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and body builder/performance artist Lisa Lyon. It explores the themes of gender, stereotype and role-playing and has become a cult classic.

Published by Thames & Hudson, London, 1996

Large format paperback reprint in fine condition. The love affair between fashion and Surrealism began in the Paris of the 1920s when Surrealist artists plundered fashion's imagery for their art, raising fashion beyond the level of mere style to an important expression of culture. This text reveals the extravagant and ingenious creations resulting from this collaboration. It ranges from the shocking Surrealist dresses of Schiaparelli and Dali, and photographic experiments with Surrealist techniques by Horst P. Horst, Cecil Beaton and George Hoyningen-Huene to the work of younger fashion designers, including Olivier Guillemin and Vivienne Westwood, who have all brought Surrealist imagery into clothing and accessories.

2346. McCartney, Linda: Linda's Pictures: a collection of photographs

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. 1976

1st edition US hardback. The book is very near fine in condition but the dust wrapper is only good being rubbed with chips and tears at the edges. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Beige cloth boards with black titles to the spine and photo decorated boards both front and rear. 148pp colour/b&w plates, many double page. Photographs and words by L McCartney. A collection of private and public pictures of The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin, Aretha Franklin, Jim Morrison and other friends and family. Her first book and a historic record of the popular music scene of the 1960s and 1970s.

2368. McCartney, Linda: Sun Prints

Published by Barrie & Jenkins, London. 1988

1st edition hardback in very good condition. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. Only fault is a couple of laminate bubbles to the front cover board which look like a manufacturing fault. No dust wrapper. A good illustrated description of early photographic processes. McCartney spent much time experimenting with the methods invented by Fox Talbot and Sir John Herschel to achieve a set of handmade prints, a selection of which, appear here. The plates are well printed in various duo-tones of sepia and blue, with deep margins on thick paper. Natural light is used for her close-up studies of her family and some famous friends. Appendices follow with recipes for coating paper to make sun pictures without modern equipment. Intro by Robert Lassam. Foreword Linda McCartney.

404. McCartney, Linda: Light From Within: Photojournals

1st UK edition hardback in fine condition, there are no previous owner names or other marks. Tight and clean, beige cloth with blind stamped titles to both spine and upper board, possibly unread. The dust wrapper is also fine in condition and not clipped, retaining the original £35.00 recommended price at the front flap. The late Linda McCartney was a prodigious filmmaker, cookbook author and photographer. Light from Within: Photojournals follows Linda McCartney's Sixties and other collections of her b&w shots, taken mostly in the late '60s, '70s and early '80s. Forty duotone and 75 colour shots including Allen Ginsberg standing in front of the Hampton Jitney bus; Paul, Stella and James McCartney in a farmyard; the Grateful Dead in Central Park were chosen by daughter Mary and Martin Harrison, with a foreword from McCartney's Beatle husband.

Published by Open House , London. 1980.

1st edition hardback in fine condition, there are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is fine. The jacket is not clipped, retaining the original £15.00 net price at the front flap. A very scarce first edition. Illustrated with numerous full page colour reproductions of Myers art with supportive text by the artist on the opposing pages. Gilt embossed lettering to the front board and spine. Introduction by George A. Plimpton and a foreword by Ed van der Elsken.Vali Myers ( 1930-2003), flamboyant artist who lived in Melbourne, Hotel Chelsea (New York), Paris and Italy. She was acquainted with Tennesee Williams, Salvador Dali, Django Reinhardt, Jean Cocteau and Jean Genet. Rare.

Published by The Apple Press, 1989

Hardback 1st edition. Fine book and unclipped d/w. Jacket being only slightly rubbed at the edges. Prolific art nouveau designer of glass, ceramics and furniture.

Published by Collins, London, 1976 1st edition hardback. Very good in a like unclipped d/w. Jacket is very slightly sunned at the spine. Patrick O'Brian's outstanding biography of Picasso explores comprehensively the life of this awe-inspiring artist. Enormously productive and hugely successful, Picasso continues to attract avid, insatiable public interest. O'Brian was a close friend and a neighbour of Picasso's and the book reflects the closeness of their friendship and the immense erudition and warm wit of Patrick O'Brian.

2069 Prat, Jean-Louis

Collection de la Fondation Maeght

1993 Fondation Maeght, 06570 Saint-Paul, France.

1st edition hardback in fine condition. Beige cloth with black titles to upper board and spine. 150 colour plates. There are no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper is also in fine condition apart from a couple of slight surface marks. A wide ranging selection of 20th century art and sculpture, illustrated in colour with French text. 202pp.
Artists include Adami, Alberola, Alechinsky, Arp, Arroyo, Balthus, Bazaine, Bonnard, Braque, Bury, Calder, Cane, Chagall, Chillida, Csernus, Davie, Degottex, Del Re, Dodeigne, Dubuffet, Erró, Fiedler, Sam Francis, Garache, Giacometti, Gonzalez, Gris, Hantaï, Hartung, Hepworth, Jenkins, Kandinsky, Kelly, Klapheck, Kricke, Kuroda, Lam, Le Brocquy, Le Gac, Léger, Madden, Marden, Matisse, Matta, Messagier, Meurice, Michaux, Miró, Mitchell, Moninot, Monory, Palazuelo, Pincemin, Rebeyrolle, Richier, Riopelle, Rouan, Soto, Soulages, Staël, Stämpfli, Steinberg, Szafran, Tal-Coat, Tàpies, Titus-Carmel, Ubac, Bram van Velde, Geer van Velde, Velickovic, Viallat, Viseux, Voss and Zadkine.

Published by Faber & Faber , London. 1987.

1st edition softcover in very good condition without jacket as issued. Rear cover, top corner slightly creased and only very light wear at the edges otherwise very nearly fine. There are no previous owner names or marks. Original thin card pictorial wrappers, a clean tight copy of this scarce and important iconic publication. 144 pp, b/w illustrations by Jamie Reid throughout. The artist's Sex Pistols imagery came to symbolise the hopes and outrage of a generation. The most potent visible manifestation of disquiet during the 1977 Royal Jubilee celebrations was a photograph of the Queen - defaced by blackmail style lettering and a safety pin through the lip - reproduced on the posters, ads and sleeve for the Sex Pistols single "God Save The Queen". This book - only marginally more incomplete than the artist himself - embraces the whole range of his paintings, graphics, and drawings, from the "Cat Book" to "Learning The Twentieth Century", and from "Anarchy In The UK" to "Letter to Brezhnev". The accompanying text shows Reid as irreverent, vulnerable, witty and perceptive.

THE TECHNIQUE OF OIL PAINTING

1953 PITMAN

HARDBACK

REPRINT OF THE 1929 1st. D/W IS A LITTLE WORN AND CHIPPED BUT NOT PRICE CLIPPED. BLACK & GILT CLOTH. FULL COMPLIMENT OF PLATES INTACT. OVERALL VERY GOOD BOOK AND WRAPPER

Published by Collins, London, 1949

UK hardback, 3rd edition in very good condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is a bit rubbed and worn at the edges with some small tears and small areas of loss at the top and bottom of the spine otherwise also very good and unclipped. Superb colour plates throughout and many black and white drawings by Tunnicliffe.

STAGE DESIGN

1968 STUDIO VISTA

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. NO D/W AS ISSUED. A LITTLE BUMPED AND RUBBED AT THE CORNERS AND EDGES OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. BLACK CLOTH SPINE WITH WHITE PRINT AND PICTURE BOARDS. Origins of Modern Stage Design, the Neo-Romantic and Post-War Theatre, the Contemporary Theatre, Aspects of World Theatre, Traditional and Modern Techniques and Becoming a Stage Designer covered. Illustrated.

Published by Pierrot Publishing, 1980

Hardback 1st edition. Near fine book in very good+ unclipped d/w. Magical races of myth and legend. A tour de force of fantasy and the people who inhabit its worlds: gods, titans, dragons, shape-shifters, vampires, ghosts and ghouls, water-folk, witches, elves & more. Illustrated by the likes of Rackham, Dulac, Neilson & more recently Les Edwards, Blanche and Burns etc.

PETER SCOTT: OBSERVATIONS OF WILDLIFE

1980 PHAIDON

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD+ IN A LIKE D/W. THE BOOK HAS A SINGLE PRINT LAID IN. INCLUDES 105 PAINTINGS & DRAWINGS, 39 IN FULL COLOUR. FOREWORD BY THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

THE ART OF HANNA-BARBERA. 50 Years of Creativity

1989 VIKING STUDIO BOOKS

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. NO D/W.VERY GOOD WHITE CLOTH SLIGHTLY SOILED AT THE EDGES. GILT TITLES TO SPINE AND BLIND STAMPED UPPER. HALF A CENTURY OF ANIMATION. FROM TOM & JERRY, THE FLINTSTONES TO THE HAIRBEAR BUNCH AND BEYOND. P+P EXTRA.

194. Silvester, John:

A Catland Companion

Published by Crescent Books, USA. 1994.

1st US edition. Hardback, laminated pictorial boards with dust wrapper in near fine condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. The dust wrapper is a little rubbed at the top and bottom edges otherwise fine.
A pictorial glimpse of cats in the nineteenth century as portrayed by Catland artists such as Louis Wain, Helena Maguire, and Henrietta Ronner.

2447. Sloss, Andy: How to Draw Celtic Knotwork: A Practical Handbook

Published by Brockhampton Press, London. 1998

Hardback, reprint. The top front edge of the unclipped dust wrapper has a small tear with light rubbing to most edges otherwise very good. The book is fine. Shows how simple grids can by used by anyone to compose thousands of variations on traditional Celtic knotwork patterns, enabling anyone to use an ancient art form for all manner of graphics, stitch-craft, design and illustration without months of practice or any artistic training.

THE ART SCENE

1969 PAUL HAMLYN

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. VERY GOOD IN A VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER WITH JUST A SMALL CHIP FROM THE TOP OF THE REAR HINGE AREA. A SURVEY OF ALL THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ART SCENE, ARTISTS, GALLERIES, COLLECTORS, CRITICS, FORGERS AND MORE. ILLUSTRATED WITH BOTH B+W AND COLOUR PHOTOS.

A SKETCHBOOK OF BIRDS

1979 BCA

HARDBACK

BOOK CLUB EDITION. VERY GOOD+ IN A VERY GOOD D/W. JACKET HAS A SMALL CLOSED TEAR TO TOP OF SPINE AND IS SLIGHTLY EDGEWORN. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IAN NIALL. 123 SKETCHES TAKEN FROM 17 SKETCHBOOKS DATING FROM 1934 TO 1962.

TEXTILES OF THE WIENER WERKSTATTE 1910-1932

1994 RIZZOLI INTERNATIONAL

HARDBACK

1ST EDITION. BUT FOR A SCUFFED FOLD TO THE REAR FLAP OF THE D/W BOTH BOOK AND D/W ARE IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. A COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE WORK ON THESE INFLUENTIAL ART NOUVEAU AND ART DECO TEXTILES. SCARCE.

2391. Wittlich, Petr: Art Nouveau Drawings

Published by Octopus Books, London. 1975

UK hardback reprint. Blue cloth boards sunned at the top edge otherwise in very good condition. There are no previous owner names. The dust wrapper is price clipped and a little rubbed at the top edge with a small tear at the top of the rear fore edge fold. Large format. An illustrative and descriptive account of 11 turn-of-the-century artists - including Munch, Odilon, Klimt, and Beardsley - whose forms of artistic expression became known as Art Nouveau.

2397. Woodroffe, Patrick: Mythopoeikon

Published by Paper Tiger/Dragon's World, Limpsfield, 1989

UK paperback reprint in fine condition. There are no previous owner names or marks. Superbly illustrated overview of the fantasy art of Patrick Woodroffe with his commentary on the images, his paintings, etchings, book-jackets and record sleeve illustrations.