A Record of the Collection in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Formed by the First Viscount Leverhulme: English Painting of the XVIIIth-XXth Centuries with Some Examples of the Spanish, French & Dutch Schools, and of Original Drawings, Together with a Collection of Historic & Modern Sculpture; Chinese Porcelain & Wedgwood Pottery with Other Works of Ceramic Art; English Furniture, Tapestry and Needlework of the XVIth-XIXth Centuries with Examples of Other Styles. [Three Volumes] by Tatlock, R. R., R. L. Hobson, and Percy Macquoid - 1928

Stuttgart , Germany: Buchergilde Gutenberg, 1964. Book. Illus. by Hap Grieshaber. Very Fine. Hardcover. 1st.ed. only 1964 , Hardcover with an paper illusted dust cover with a 28 page text catalogue laid in a pocket in the back cover with an introd. essay ,Bio. Chronology, notes, and list of illustrations ,murals , portfolios , and graphic illustrations, 75 plates full page and double page of wood cuts,by Grieshaber from the 1930s to 1963 including 10 repod. in color and 13 original lithographs ,some color with some double paged foldouts. Text in German , A very scarce book on this artist . Condition : Very Fine / DJ is Fine with very small closed rips at the edges. and some light shelf rubs. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Book. Illus. by Willem De Kooning. Very Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1ST. EDITION , 1ST. PRINTING, U.S.A.1972, Hardcover with the dust cover price clipped, 296 page book . Illustrated with 15 color plates and 138 black and white illustrations. A scarce book by this artist and getting harder to find in any condition. Large book heavy volume a clean un-marked copy .Will need extra postage . Condition : Very Fine / DJ is Fine. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Princeton, New Jersey 1991-2. LIMITED EDITION - #417, with Limitation Slip laid-in. Contents include Nobel Laureate CAMILO JOSE CELA, unexhibited premier ILLUSTRATIONS BY PABLO PICASSO, a review of ERNEST HEMINGWAY (reprinted by permission of New Directions), and more. 96pp on fine glossy paper, in stiff wraps, with cover illustration by Picassso. IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, with curl to lower edge, due to improper shelving. In a protective mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Very Good. 12th edition corrected with the 6 Flaxman/William Blake engravings, which is 1st edn thus, 12mo, new eps and strengthened hinges else VG. Engravings have left browned area on opposite page.Leather cover.All 6 engravings are on white print stock paper and noted "Maria Flaxman, inv and del" and "W Blake sculp". It is interesting to note that Blake is not given credit on the title page, confirmation of how little recognition he did receive in his own life time. If he but only knew the significance his work is given today.

Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2006 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 614 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: New York Graphic Society, 1972. Book. Illus. by Willem De Kooning. Very Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1ST. EDITION , 1ST. PRINTING, U.S.A.1972, Hardcover with the dust cover price clipped, 296 page book . Illustrated with 15 color plates and 138 black and white illustrations. A scarce book by this artist and getting harder to find in any condition. Large book heavy volume a clean un-marked copy .Will need extra postage . Condition : Very Fine / DJ is Fine. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Princeton, New Jersey 1991-2. LIMITED EDITION - #417, with Limitation Slip laid-in. Contents include Nobel Laureate CAMILO JOSE CELA, unexhibited premier ILLUSTRATIONS BY PABLO PICASSO, a review of ERNEST HEMINGWAY (reprinted by permission of New Directions), and more. 96pp on fine glossy paper, in stiff wraps, with cover illustration by Picassso. IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, with curl to lower edge, due to improper shelving. In a protective mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Very Good. 12th edition corrected with the 6 Flaxman/William Blake engravings, which is 1st edn thus, 12mo, new eps and strengthened hinges else VG. Engravings have left browned area on opposite page.Leather cover.All 6 engravings are on white print stock paper and noted "Maria Flaxman, inv and del" and "W Blake sculp". It is interesting to note that Blake is not given credit on the title page, confirmation of how little recognition he did receive in his own life time. If he but only knew the significance his work is given today.

Geneve - Paris: Editions Slatkine, 1980. Reprint . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket Issued. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Quality 1980 reprint of the classic 1853 edition which has reached sale prices over $20,000 at auction. This reprint is limited to 300 numbered copies. This book measures 485mm tall x 325mm, and has pages [4] + 16 + [6] + 13 + 10 leaves of color plates with blank versos. The complete English text is present along with a complete translation of the text in French. The original 1853 edition was entirely in English (no French). The book was originally published with the illustrations in sepia over greyish background and not colored. Buyers had several examples hand-colored. This is a reproduction of one of the hand-colored examples. The 1853 original was issued in wrappers. This reproduction is bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and gilt border front cover with a smaller reproduction of the front cover of the 1853 wrappers inset on the front. This is a complete reproduction… Read More

Good copy of this seminal 18th century English art tutorial With 90 (of 100) copperplate engravings (plates 68/69 bound out of order, lacking plates 42, 44, 45, 52, 55, 56, 61, 66, 86, 95.)Sayer includes 50 prints from Sebastien Le Clerc's Principes de dessein (1700), as well as drawings by the "best masters" of the day, such as Francis Barlow and Charles Le Brun.In addition to anatomical studies of the human body, heads, limbs, facial expressions, etc., there are groups of figures by Johann Sebastian Muller, landscapes by J. Armstrong engraved by William Henry Toms, animals engraved by H. Stevens, etc. Many plates with duplicate in outline.Ink inscription on front endpaper: "This book was my grandmother's, Margaret Owen afterwards Mrs. Barnsby. It was given to my mother Mrs Barnsby Gore Harbeck. Given by me to Mary Egerton for her boys, 1859."Robert Sayer (1725 – 1794) was a successful publisher of prints, maps and educational books based in Fleet Street, London. His guide books and pattern books… Read More