21. Ayrton, Michael.

Paintings by Michael Ayrton.

London, Grey Walls Press, 1948. Large Octavo. 17 pages of text with 40 leaves of plates. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

22. [Baines, Thomas].

The Birds of South Africa Painted by Thomas Baines (1820 – 1875) – Comprising the complete collection of ninety plates executed by Thomas Baines, together with descriptions from the text of C.J.Andersson’s ‘Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and the adjacent Countries of South-West Africa’, with a biographical Essay by R.F.Kennedy. [Includes an excellent illustration of the Red-necked Falcon (Falco chiquera) – see image].

Limited Hand-Numbered Edition [No.404 of only 500]. Johannesburg, Winchester Press, 1975. Quarto (28.4 cm wide x 33.5 cm high). Frontispiece-Portrait of Thomas Baines (see image), 204 pages with 90 colourful illustrations / plates. Original Hardcover with glassine jacket in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. A wonderful and now rare publication in excellent condition.

23. Baldry, A. L.

The Wallace Collection at Hertford House.

London, Goupil & Co., 1904. 22.5 cm x 30.2 cm. 302 pages. With black & white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

24. Barman, Christian (Editor).

Architecture: The Journal Of The Society Of Architects. – Volume XVI, No. 1, November 1922 – Volume XVI, No.12, October 1923.

London, The Society of Architects, 1922 – 1923. Quarto (20.4 cm wide x 25.7 cm high). Pagination: IV, 630 pages with Illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Half-Parchment with original spine-label. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

25. Barman, Christian (Editor).

Architecture: The Journal Of The Society Of Architects. – Volume XVI, No. 7, May 1923 – Volume XVI, No.12, October 1923.

London, The Society of Architects, 1923. Quarto (20.4 cm wide x 25.7 cm high). Pagination: IV, 311 pages [being paginated as pages 319 – 630] with Illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Half-Parchment with original spine-label. In protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

26. Barrell, John.

The Political Theory of Painting from Reynolds to Hazlitt – ‘The Body of the Public’.

First Paperback Edition. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 1995. Octavo (13.7 cm wide x 21.8 cm high). VIII, 366 pages. Illustrated. Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

27. Barron, Stephanie / Dube, Wolf-Dieter / Dückers, Alexander / and others.

German Expressionist Prints and Drawings. The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies.

One. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Prestel, 1989. 26.5 cm x 31.5 cm. XVI, 211 pages. Richly illustrated throughout. Hardcover – publisher’s original black cloth with lettering on spine. Large blind-tooled reproduction of Conrad Felixmüller’s ‘Selbstbildnis mit Frau’ on front board. The beautifully illustrated dustjacket illustrated with same reproduction in protective collector’s Mylar. Near fine condition.

28. [Barry, James] Pressly, William L.

James Barry’s Murals at The Royal Society of Arts – Envisioning a New Public Art.

Cork, CUP (Cork University Press), 2014. Folio (24.5 cm wide x 33.4 cm). Frontispiece, XVIII, 395 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

29. Batselier, Dom Pieter / Callender, Elsie (trans.)

Saint Benedict – Father of Western Civilization.

Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1981, 26 cm x 33 cm. 476 pages. 476 beautiful mononchrome and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition also.

30. Bawden, Edward / [The Curwen Press].

Pottery Making at Poole.

[Plaistow, Newham], Printed at The Curwen Press, no year [c.1925]. Small Octavo (10 cm wide x 15.8 cm high). 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Original, printed card-wrappers (sewn binding). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear and no tears. Interior very bright. Extremely Rare !