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Art : Technique

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The Materials and Techniques of Painting

Thames & Hudson, London
Heavy 4to. in grey faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 192pp, plates in colour and b/w, index etc
A well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy in a faintly tanned but otherwise FINE Dust Jacket
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Classical Drawing Atelier - A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio Practice

Watson-Guptill, New York
Large 4to. in brown faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 144pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliog, index etc.
NEW copy in NEW Dust Jacket
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The Zen of Seeing

Vintage Books, New York
4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 130pp
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (tiny slight bump to fore-edge of rear cover, hint of sunning to spine)
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Manual of Advanced Lithography

Thames & Hudson, London
Tall 8vo. in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 192pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliog, index etc
A well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy (tiny bump to bottom edge of front cover) in a VERY GOOD Dust Jacket ( short closed tear to top edge of front flap fold, looks fine in its protector)
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The Vaughans - East End Furniture Makers - Three Hundred Years of a London Family

Inner London Education Authority, London
1st Edition. Tall 8vo in stiff card, folded self wrappers, 95pp, illustrations in text, bibliography. Cabinet makers who supplied Waring & Gillow, Maples etc
VERY GOOD a clean and tight copy (covers a little edge-rubbed)
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Completing the Picture - Materials and Techniques of Twenty Six Paintings in the Tate Gallery

Tate Gallery, London
Square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 120pp, plates in colour and b/w, etc
A well preserved about FINE copy (few spots of slight shelf rub to cover edges, name on front fly-leaf)
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Wood Engraving

Faber & Faber, London
8vo in grey cloth, red lettering to spine, 57pp, illustrations in text, adverts at rear
A well preserved FINE very clean and tight copy (thin sliver of faint tanning to cover bottom edges, tiny slight crease to bottom edge of spine) in a very slightly edge-worn but otherwise VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (looks fine in its protector)
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The Essential William Morris

Parragon, Bath
Thick, heavy 4to. in colour printed laminated boards, 256pp, finely illustrated in colour throughout
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Metric Pattern Cutting (3rd Edition Revised)

Blackwell, Science, Oxford
4to in colour printed boards, 189pp, numerous diagrams and illustrations in text etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy (minute speck of shelf rub to cover corner tips, page-block edges faintly tanned, slight ripple to surface laminate on rear cover and clearly a minor production flaw)
Hardcover
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Crafting the Future - Crafts Council Annual Report 2001 - 2002

Crafts Council, London
4to in silver embossed black stiff card covers, 52pp, colour illustrations, etc
AS NEW
1st editionSoftcover
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The Craftsman's Art - New Work by British Craftsmen At the Victoria & Albert Museum 1973

Crafts Advisory Commitee, London
Landscape 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 104pp including many colour plates, etc
A well preserved near FINE copy (few secks of slight shelf rub to cover edges, pages slightly tanned)
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Knots and Netting

Studio Vista, London
4to in tan faux cloth, black lettering to spine, 95pp, plates, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc
An almost AS NEW barely read copy with an almost AS NEW Dust Jacket (faintly edge-creased, looks new in its protector)
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The Art and Craft of Handmade Paper

Studio Vista, London
4to in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 112pp, numerous illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (faint signs of pencil price erasure to fly-leaf, thin sliver of very slight creasing to bottom edge of spine) in a spine sunned but otherwise FINE Dust Jacket (barely noticeable short closed tear to end of front flap fold, looks fine in its protector)
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2,500 Years of Rings

Phillips Limited, London
4to in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 44pp text plus 16pp colour plates showing 106 rings in actual size
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Embroidery for Religion and Ceremonial

Batsford, London
Reprint. Heavy 4to in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 288pp, plates in colour and b/w, bibliography, index etc
A well preserved almost AS NEW barely read copy in a very faintly edge-rubbed but otherwise AS NEW Dust Jacket (looks new in its protector)
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Greek Sculptors At Work

Phaidon, London
Tall 4to in cream linen covered boards, brown lettering to spine, 86pp, numerous illustrations in text
FINE, an extremely well preserved and very clean and tight copy in a VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (short closed tears to bottom edge of front panel, looks fine in its protector)
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The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts Number No 10 Fall 1988

Wolfson Foundation of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Miami
4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 97pp, plates in colour and b/w, etc
Few spots of very slight shelf rub to cover edges, slight sunning to spine and front cover spine margin else FINE, an otherwise well preserved and very clean and tight copy
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Art Nouveau - The Collection of Martin Battersby (Brighton Museum, 27 July to 5 September 1964)

Brighton Museum, Brighton
4to in textured green card with Art Nouveau design to front cover and title-page, full page plates, catalogue listing etc
Covers slightly tanned else FINE, an extremely well preserved and very clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Books of Hours and Their Owners

Thames & Hudson, London
Folio in gilt embossed tan cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, index etc
Small elegant bookplate on paste-down (of Charles Rycroft, noted book collector and psychologist). Top edge faintly dusty, tiny scuff to one leaf margin else an almost AS NEW barely-read copy in an almost AS NEW price-clipped Dust Jacket (few tiny edge-nicks, barely visible in its protector). An excellent copy
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The Art of African Textiles - Technology, Tradition and Lurex

Lund Humphries / Barbican Art Gallery, London
Large 4to. in colour printed stiff card, folded self wrappers, 144pp, colour plates, bibliography etc
Bottom corner tip of front cover clipped else an AS NEW barely read copy
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The Great Exhibition - London 1851 - The Art-Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the Industry of All Nations

Observer, London
1st Edition Thus. Thick, heavy folio in red cloth, black backed gilt lettering to spine, 328pp plus 62pp. A well reproduced complete facsimile of the original edition of 1851, the steel engravings are all very sharp and clear
Thin sliver of very slight creasing and mild rub to spine ends, tiny and slight bump to bottom corner tip of front cover, tiny speck of soil to top edge of page block else FINE, an otherwise well preserved and very clean, bright and tight copy
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The Decorative Twenties

Studio Vista, London
Large heavy 4to. in green cloth, black lettering to spine. 216pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc
Hint of sunning to cover edge-tips else FINE, a well preserved very clean and tight copy in a very slightly edge-nicked VERY GOOD+ price-clipped Dust Jacket (a couple of short closed edge tears both of which are barely noticeable in it's protector)
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Japanese Textiles in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Large Folio in black faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 144pp, mainly colour plates on fine art paper, bibliography etc
AS NEW unread copy in an almost AS NEW Dust Jacket (minute speck of rub to cover corner tips, tiny closed tear to top corner tip of rear flap fold, looks new in its protector)
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Lalique - Jewellery and Glassware

Pyramid, London
Square 4to in black faux cloth, white lettering to spine and front cover. 128pp, colour plates, bibliography, index etc
Minute speck of shelf rub to cover corner tips else an extremely well preserved AS NEW unread or barely read copy in a faintly edge-creased but otherwise AS NEW Dust Jacket. An excellent copy
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The New Tattoo

Abbeville Press, New York
Extra Large 4to. in black Decorated blue faux cloth, 120pp, numerous colour plates, bibliography, index etc
Some very slight shelf-rub to cover bottom edges else FINE, still close to new in a lightly edge-chipped VERY GOOD Dust Jacket but with short closed tears and two small chips to head of spine panel and bottom edge of rear panel (looks very presentable in its protector)
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British Design Since 1880 - A Visual History

Lund Humphires, London
Square, heavy 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 229pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, index etc
Top corner of front blank fly-leaf clipped, few spots of very slight cover edge-rub else FINE, an otherwise well preserved and very clean and tight copy
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The Art of Craft - Contemporary Works From the Saxe Collection (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco 26 June - 17 October 1999)

Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco / Bulfinch Press, Boston
Large heavy Folio in dark grey cloth, silver lettering to spine. and front cover, 270pp, mainly colour plates, etc
An AS NEW unread or barely read copy in AS NEW Dust Jacket. An excellent copy
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Ceske Secesni Sklo - Bohemian Glass of the Art Nouveau Period - Bohmisches Jugendstilglas (Symposium of the Institute of Theory and History of Arts of Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences October 9 - 12 1984)

Ustav Teorie A Dejin Umeni Csav, Praha (Prague)
Extra large 8vo in illustrated stiff card covers, 256pp, numerous plates and illustrations in text, etc. Text in English and German
Mild rub and slight creasing to cover corner tips and spine ends else about FINE, an otherwise well preserved and very clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Rassegna 26 - Il Progetto Del Mobile in Francia / Furniture Design in France 1919-1939

Rassegna, Bologna
Extra Large 4to. in plain cream stiff card covers with full colour wrapper, 113pp, plus ads. Text in Italian with 28pp full English translation at rear and summary translation in French and German at far rear
Slight bump to head of spine else FINE, a well preserved very clean and tight copy in a slightly dusty and tanned but otherwise near FINE Dust Jacket but for a short closed tear to head of spine panel and small ink initials to top corner of front panel (looks very presentable in its protector)
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Zanotta 2001

Zanotta Spa, Milan
Extra large 8vo in blue printed silver stiff card, folded self wrappers. Unpaginated, approx. 180pp, colour illustrations in text, etc. Catalogue of the Italian company's furniture with designs from the 1930s to 2000. Text in Italian, Spanish, English, German and French
Minute speck of shelf rub to cover corner tips else an AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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