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Art & Architecture
We have a wide and varied collection of books on all forms of Art and Architecture, encompassing Engineering, Design, Furniture and Fashion. Many with fantastic plates and some real rarities included.
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1869 George Cruikshank's Table-BookLondon: 1869A lovely work highlighting the brilliance of the comical art of George Cruikshank. -
c1945 Plates for A Sentimental JourneyNone: c1945A very scarce series of plates by Richard Dreyer, simple pen and ink drawings depicting scenes from Sterne's famous novel. -
1964-1971 3vol A Collection of the Works of William Blake and Thomas GrayLondon; New Jersey: 1964-1971A smart collection of first edition studies on the works of William Blake and Thomas Gray, with illustrations. -
1892 The Cruikshankian MomusLondon: 1892A smart limited edition volume collecting some of the best caricatures of the Cruikshank family, with hand-coloured plates. -
c1885 The Kensington Fine Art Association's Picture AlbumLondon: c1885A scarce volume celebrating the humorous caricatures of George Cruikshank. -
1909 A Song of the EnglishLondon: [1909]Rudyard Kipling's poetical anthology ruminating on the British Empire, beautifully illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. -
1884 An Essay on the Genius of George CruikshankLondon: 1884The first edition edition in book form of Thackeray's essay on the talents of famed illustrator George Cruikshank, taken from the pages of the Westminster Review. -
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1896 A Handbook for Posterity: Or Recollections of "Twiddle Twaddle"London: 1896The scarce first edition of this limited edition celebration of the illustrations of George Cruikshank, one of only fifty copies with hand-coloured plates, initialled by the engraver and publisher. -
1880 The Life of William BlakeLondon: 1880The preferred second edition of Alexander Gilchrist's richly illustrated biography of William Blake, in the publisher's wonderfully decorative original cloth. -
1869 George Cruikshank's Table-BookLondon: 1869A new edition of this work celebrative of caricaturist and illustrator George Cruikshank's career. -
1978 The Complete Graphic Works of William BlakeLondon: 1978An exhaustive annotated catalogue of the engravings and illustrations of William Blake, with reproductions of his illustrations throughout. -
1930 Six Cartoons by Alfred LoweLondon: 1930An excellent first edition, limited to seven hundred and fifty copies, of this volume comprising six beautiful cartoons by Alfred Lowe; in the original and unclipped dustwrapper. -
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1900 Portraits of Men and WomenWestminster: 1900An incredible collection of signed portraits drawn by then Marchioness of Granby Violet Manners, featuring portraits signed by Rudyard Kipling, H. H. Asquith, Mrs Patrick Campbell, Lady Randolph Churchill, and others.