1. Adams, Maurice B.

Modern Cottage Architecture – Illustrated from Works of Well-Known Architects. Selected and Described by Maurice B. Adams.

Second Edition – Revised and Enlarged. London, B.T.Batsford, (1912). Quarto (19.2 cm wide x 27 cm high). XII, 81 pages Text plus LXXXIII plates and 4 unnumbered pages oof advertising. Original Hardcover. POOR condition of the binding. Last two pages detached. Bookblock firm and all illustrations in excellent condition. Excellent publication with architectural building-plans of english cottages at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century.

2. Allwood, John.

The Great Exhibitions.

London, Studio Vista, 1977. Quarto. 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3. Alpers, Svetlana.

Kunst als Beschreibung – Holländische Malerei des 17.Jahrhunderts. Mit einem Vorwort von Wolfgang Kemp.

Köln, Dumont Verlag, 1985. 8°. 429 Seiten mit zahlreichen Illustrationen. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. / Originaler Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Small mistake from publisher’s bindery to lower spine. / Sehr gut erhalten bis auf einen kleinen Verlagsdefekt am unteren Kapital der Bindung. Wenige, ganz feine Bleistiftanstreichungen und ein oder zwei radierbare Anmerkungen. Seltenes, lange vergriffenes Buch !

4. Andreotti, Giulio / Museum of Fine Arts / Accademia Italiana.

Rediscovering Pompeii.

4th edition / Bilingual Edition: Italiano / English. Rome, [Italy], L’Erma di Bretschneider, 1992. Folio (24.5 cm x 30.5 cm). 287 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

5. Angelini, Luigi.

La Famiglia Bergamasca dei Manni Marmorari Intarsiatori. Estratto de “La Rivista di Bergamo” – Ottobre – Novembre 1960.

Bergamo, Stamperia Conti, 1960. 30,5 x 23,5 cm. 22 pages. With many black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Written inscription by previous owner.

6. Arakawa [Shusaku] and Madeleine Gins.

The Mechanism of Meaning.

Revised Edition. New York, Abbeville Press, 1988. Quarto (29 cm wide x 29 cm high). 161 pages (including six translucent pages at the rear) and the two often missing, loosely inserted cards which show a reproduction of a micrograph of zirconium from the Atomic Resolution Microscope at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Minor staining to dustjacket. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

7. [Arnoux, Thérèse] Jacques Prevert et Joseph Kosma.

CHANSONS – Illustrations de Thérèse Arnoux.

FIRST EDITION (No.00177 / 1500). Quarto. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

8. [Bacon, Francis] Minihan, John.

Francis Bacon: Face-Peeler. – Five (5) – page-essay by John Minihan [SIGNED].

8°. Original printed essay. Stapled. Signed by John Minihan. Very rare essay on Francis Bacon by his friend, irish photographer John Minihan. From the personal library of John Minihan !

9. [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.

10. 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 !

11. Barber, Fionna.

Art in Ireland since 1910.

London, Reaktion Books, 2013. 26 cm. 318 pages illlustrations (chiefly color). Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

12. 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.

13. [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.

14. 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.

15. Bawden, Edward.

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 !

16. [Beethoven, Ludwig van] Göbel, E. F. [C. Jäger].

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827).

Stunning, original 19th century Gouache of Beethoven by E.F. Göbel; after a painting of Beethoven by Carl Jaeger (1833-1887), which is now in the possession of the Library of Congress. Germany, 1897. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Gouache: 53 cm x 65 cm. The Gouache itself measures: 48 cm x 34,5 cm. Outer margins slightly frayed only. Extraordinary 19th century painting with fresh impression of the signature-face of this timeless composer.

17. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

18. Benjamin, Walter.

Angelus Novus. Mit 4 ganzseitigen Holzschnitten von Gisela Oberbeck.

Limitierter Privatdruck in nur 90 signierten Exemplaren. München, Handsatzwerkstatt Fliegenkopf, 1992. 24,5 cm x 25 cm. 8 nn. Blatt mit 4 ganzseitigen, dramatischen Holzschnitten. Original Softcover / Blockbuchform mit handgebundenem Wellpappen-Umschlag der interessanterweise die Vergänglichkeit des Themas symbolisiert. Sehr guter Zustand. Signiert / Mit persoenlicher Widmung der Kuenstlerin. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

19. Black, Eileen.

Through The Salerooms – Art Auctions in Belfast, 1807-1888.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster Historical Foundation, 2022. Quarto (21.8 cm wide x 29.4 cm high). XXI, 424 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

20. Blacker, J. F.

The ABC of English salt-glaze stoneware from Dwight to Doulton. With over 200 Illustrations in Line and Half-Tone.

London, Stanley Paul & Co., 1922. Octavo. Frontispiece (Prince Rupert Bust), 243 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor signs of some occasional foxing.

21. Blunt, Anthony.

Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 (The Pelican History of Art).

Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd., 1953. 18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. XVII, 312 pages. With 192 black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor foxing to edges, endpapers, half-title and title pages. Pages lightly tanned. Binding tight. Gilt title on spine and emblem on front cover. Interior clean. The price for this heavy book includes international shipping per Courier !

22. Boas, George.

The Heaven of Invention.

First Edition. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1962. 8°. X, 394 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Stunning, unusually excellent condition.

23. [Bonnard, Pierre] Chauveau, Léopold.

Les Histoires Du Petit Renaud.

Paris, Librairie Gallimard, 1927. Quarto (23 cm wide x 28.5 cm high). 93 pages. Original Softcover Brochure with illustrations by Pierre Bonnard / Broché originale et illustree. Excellent, near fine condition with only minor signs of wear / Avec cinquante illustrations dessinées et coloriées au pochoir, en bleu et en rouge, par Pierre Bonnard. Exemplaire 226 des 322 exemplaires sur vélin d’Arches de ces cinq histoires pour enfants. Les seuls contes pour enfants jamais illustrés par Pierre Bonnard. Tres bon exemplaire !!

24. Brown, Terence / Gibney, Arthur / O’Doherty, Michael / Pequm, Caroline.

Building for Government: The Architecture of Irish State Buildings, 1900-2000. With Essays by Terence Brown, Arthur Gibney & Michael O’Doherty – Reserached by Caroline Pequm.

Dublin, Town House and Country House Trinity House, 1999. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 27.4 cm high). 269 pages. With illustrations. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. [Bruegel, Peter] Claessens, Bob / Rousseau, Jeanne / Chevalier, Haakon [trans.]

Our Bruegel.

Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1969. 26 cm x 34 cm. Portrait frontispiece, 233 pages. 97 paintings, 28 drawings and 6 plates. Some fold-out illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown buckram boards] with gilt lettering on white spine. Gilt design on front board. Pastedowns and endpapers beautifully illustrated with rustic scenes. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is in excellent condition that allows for the proper consideration of the lavishly produced and stunningly presented illustrations, many of which are tipped-in.

26. [Buckland-Wright, John / Golden Cockerel Press] Swinburne, Algernon Charles.

Hymn to Proserpine. Engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Octavo (16.8 cm wide x 23.7 cm high). 20 pages with seven woodcuts. Original Hardcover (Burgundy cloth). Spine slightly sunned. Otherwise in absolutely excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

27. Caesar, Gaius Julius.

Portrait Plaque of Caesar – DIVI IULI.

[Italy], c.1920. 43 cm x52 cm. Oval shaped Plaque. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

28. [Calder, Alexander].

autobiographie. Traduction de Jean Davidson.

[Edition française de “Calder – an Autobiography with Pictures]. Paris, Atelier Maeght, 1972. Quarto. 208 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

29. [Calder, Alexander].

Calder – [Texte: Jacques Prevert / Jean-Paul Sartre / Fernand Leger / Michel Butor / Henri Pichette / Jean Davidson / Gerard-Georges Lemaire //

Paris, edition Maeght, 1992. Octavo. 115 pages (with illustrations throughout). Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

30. [Calder, Alexander].

“Calder’s Universe” – Large Collection of more than sixty (60) Reference-Books and Artist-Books by and on artist Alexander Calder. The collection includes rare Volumes with original Lithographs, Exhibition-catalogues, Autobiographies and a collection of wonderful issues of eleven Derriere Le Mirroir, most of them with original Lithographs by Calder. The collection includes early monographs as well as later catalogues and is a perfect chance to acquire some good understanding of his works in Mobiles, Stabiles and other art.

Quarto. The collection includes books in different bindings: Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket / Original Softcover / Hardcover without dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Most books in excellent condition.

31. Calder, Alexander.

Three Young Rats And Other Rhymes – Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.

One of 3000 copies of the second edition (MOMA 1946). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 31.5 cm high). XVIII, (1), 130, (4) pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket slightly frayed but now protected in Mylar. Overall the volume in a very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

32. [Calder, Alexander] Archives Maeght.

“calder” – the artist, the work.

First english edition. Boston, Boston Book & Art, publisher, 1971. Quarto. 136 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket frayed and woth some tearing. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

33. [Calder, Alexander] Bellew, Peter.

CALDER.

New Jersey, Chartwell Books, 1969. Small-Quarto. 120 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in Mylar. Small stain from removed price-sticker on dustjacket. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

34. [Calder, Alexander] Bruzeau, Maurice.

Calder. Text by Maurice Brazeau / Photographs by Jacques Masson. Translated from the French by I. Mark Paris.

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1979. Quarto. 171 pages / Illustrated throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

35. [Calder, Alexander] Bruzeau, Maurice / Masson, Jacques / Feld, Charles.

Calder à Saché. Texte et Poems – Maurice Bruzeau / Photographie – Jacques Masson / Mise en pages – Charles Feld.

Paris, éditions Cercle d’Art, 1975. Quarto. 200 pages avec 252 illustrations [139 en couleurs]. Original Hardcover with see-through dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

36. [Calder, Alexander] Cassou, Jean / Solomon Guggenheim Museum New York.

CALDER. With a Preface by Jean Cassou. [Musee National d’Art Moderne Paris / The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York].

Paris, juillet-octobre, 1965. Folio. 56 pages with four original Lithographs. With photographs of Calder by Andre Kertesz and others. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

37. [Calder, Alexander] Cvach, Milos.

Fishbones (Arêtes de poisson).

[Paris], Atelier des enfants et Musée national d`art moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, 1989. Octavo. 38 unumbered pages, some with stenciled features. Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

38. [Calder, Alexander] Galerie Adrien Maeght.

Calder. [Ce Quarante-Huitieme Catalogue a ete a l’occasion de L’Exposition Calder a la Galerie Adrien Maeght].

Paris, Adrien Maeght, 1987. Folio. 32 pages with images of Stabiles and other installations etc. Original, illustrated Softcover. Minor signs of foxing only. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

39. [Calder, Alexander] Galerie Krugler & Cie.

Suites 11 – Alexandre Calder. [En juin 1966, “Suites No 11” – a ete acheve d’imprimer sur les presses de Dumaret & Golay a Geneve au nombre de 2500 exemplaires, a l’occasion del’exposition retrospective des oeuvres d’Alexandre Calder”].

First Edition. Geneve [Switzerland], Galerie Krugler & Cie, 1966. Folio 2(4 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). 23 pages. With two large, double-page Lithographs by Calder. Original, illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

40. [Calder, Alexander] Gibson, Michael.

Calder.

Paris, Fernand Hazan, 1988. Small Octavo. 109 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

41. [Calder, Alexander] Hulten, Pontus.

Alexander Calder – Die Grossen Skulpturen / Der Andere Calder.

[Bonn], Edition Cantz, 1993. Quarto. 167 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

42. [Calder, Alexander] La Fontaine, Jean.

Selected Fables – Translated by Eunice Clark. Illustrated by Alexander Calder.

First Edition. New York, The Quadrangle Press, 1948. Quarto (23.5 cm wide x 30.5 cm high). 88 pages with line-drawings by Calder throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Faded dampstain to edge, else a very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

43. [Calder, Alexander] Lipman, Jean.

Calder’s Universe [including the important chapter: “Who is Who in Calder’s World “]. By Jean Lipman with Ruth Wolfe, editorial director.

Second Printing. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RUNNING PRESS in cooperation with Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989. Quarto. 351 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good, firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Some minor foxing to halftitle and endpapers only.

44. [Calder, Alexander] Marchesseau, Daniel.

The Intimate World of Alexander Calder. [With 680 Illustrations, Including 200 in Full Colour]. Translated by Eleanor Levieux and Barbara Shuey.

[English edition of “Calder Intime”]. Paris / New York, Solange Thierry Editeur / Harry N.Abrams, 1989. Quarto. 399 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Minor staining to pastedown / Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

45. [Calder, Alexander] Marter, Joan M.

Alexander Calder. With 170 Illustrations.

Cambridge / New York / Port Chester / Melbourne / Sydney, Cambridge University Press, 1991. Quarto. XVI, 302 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

46. [Calder, Alexander] Mulas, Ugo / Arnason, H.H..

CALDER – Photographs and Design by Ugo Mulas. Introduction by H.Harvard Arnason. With compliments by Alexander Calder.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1971. Quarto. 216 pages with 114 photographs. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Former library-copy (with several Withdrawn-stamps). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

47. [Calder, Alexander] Pirovano, Carlo.

Calder – a cura di Giovanni Carandente. [Retrospettiva, Torino, Palazzo a Vela, 2 luglio-25 settembre 1983].

Milano, Electra Editrice, 1983. Quarto. 250 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some staining to dustjacket only. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

48. [Calder, Alexander] Prather, Marla.

Alexander Calder 1898–1976.

Yale University Press, 1998. Quarto (27.5 cm wide x 30 cm high). 366 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Mint condition / Still shrinkwrapped.

49. [Calder, Alexander] Sweeney, James Johnson.

“Calder” – Catalogue des Oeuvres exposees. [Du 2 Avril Au 31 Mai 1969] – Fondation Maeght – 06 Saint Paul] / [Avec Texte du Jean-Paul Sartre]. Le texte de J.J.Sweeney a ete traduit de l’anglais par Annick Baudoin, celui de G.Carandente de l’italien par Alain Veinstein.

Fondation Maeght, 1969. Quarto. 226 pages. Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

50. [Calder, Alexander] Wilbur, Richard.

A BESTIARY – [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Calder and Wilbur].

New York, Printed at the Spiral Press for Pantheon Books, 1955. Folio (24 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). Original Hardcover / Half red morocco, beige buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped illustration to front board. A very fine copy in the original board slipcase with very minor signs of shelfwear to the slipcase only. Spine very sightly sunned. A fantastic book with quotes from Yeats and Kafka and many other writers, illustrated by Calder!