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Hardback. 4to. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper. Numerous illustrations including many in colour. Published on the occasion of a London exhibition of Chagall's work.
Published : Merrell Holberton, London 1998, First Edition
£7.00

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. 200pp. 14 colour plates. 140 monochrome plates.
Published : Thames & Hudson, London 1979, First Edition
£15.00

4to. A very good copy. A little fading to covers. Spine a little slanted. Softcover. 208pp. Many illustrations including colour. An Exhibition catalogue.
Published : Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 1997, First Edition
£14.00

Hardback. A good copy in decorated blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Gift inscription. Coloured illustrations (not from this book) pasted onto front end-paper. Pp.xix,216 + 4pp adverts. 73 colour illustrations. 20 full-page black and white illustrations + illustrations in text. A biography of a much-loved 19th century English artist.
Published : A & C Black, London 1906, First Edition
£20.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which has a little wear at the spine ends. Ownership inscription. 192pp. 91 plates. This edition is revised and has new illustrations.
Published : Oriel Press 1967,
£20.00

Hardback. Square 4to. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 101 pages. A series of attractive paintings, mostly in colour with accompanying text in English, Chinese and Italian. Paintings mostly, but not exclusively, of churches.
Published : Linking Publishing Co., Taipei 2003, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. Square 4to. A very good copy in a complete and untorn dustwrapper which is a little faded on the spine. Inscribed by the artist. Gift inscription by two others. 101 pages. Numerous, mainly colour, illustrations accompanied by text in Italian, English and Chinese.
Published : Linking Publishing Co., Taipei 2005, First Edition
£30.00

Hardback. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Possible inscription from the author - "To Charles, Best Wishes, David." 328 pages. Numerous black and white illustrations. Front end-paper map. Rear end-paper colour illustration. This is a history of the architectural practice of John Honeyman and Keppie (now Keppie Design) of which Charles Rennie MacKintosh was at one time the thid partner.
Published : Stenlake Publishing 2004, First Edition
£9.00

4to. A very good three volume set. Vols. 2 & 3 are first editions (1968 and 1969) each limited to 1000 copies. Vol. 1 is the 1971 second edition. Each vol. has the previous owner's ex libris plate and sellotape traces to the end-papers. otherwise a nice clean set with numewrous illustrations. The second edition of Vol. 1 has a number of changed plates, numerous additions to the "Notes on Further Painters" and a catalogue of the "Rope Papers." [Please note this heavy set will require additional postage].
Published : Eastbourne Fine Art,
£38.00

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is a little browned on spine. 111pp + 41 plates at end. Also tipped-in colour frontispiece and 3 other colour and 28 black and white plates in text. The illustrations cover almost the complete known work of Vermeer.
Published : B. T. Batsford Ltd, London 1948, First Edition
£18.00

A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xxxii,475. Numerous illustrations and maps with some in colour. Described as "a stunning visual record of contemporary images of Scotland's towns and townspeople before photography." [Please note this is a very heavy book which will require extra postage.].
Published : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2013, First Edition
£18.00

Hardback. Oblong 8vo. A very good copy. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Text block attached at rear hinge only (as intended with this book). 109 pages. 44 illustrations including colour. Loosely inserted is a Christmas card showing a Gillies painting and with the hand-written words "Christmas Greetings from Bill Gillies".
Published : Edinburgh University Press 1974, First Edition
£20.00

4to. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, all in a very good slip-case. 220 pages. Many fine full-page plates including tipped-in colour plates.
Published : Editions D'Art Albert Skira, Geneva 1966, First Edition
£18.00

4to. A very good copy in a dustwrapper missing a piece at the foot of the spine and with a few other chips and tears. Small ownership inscription on front end-paper. 29pp + 62 plates each with explanatory caption which show the structural and decorative possibilities of glass.
Published : Charles Scribner's Sons, New York and London 1937, First Edition
£95.00

Small folio. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper. Hardback. Previous owner's name and address label on front end-paper. 248pp. 190 illustrations many in colour. A nice copy of an impressive exhibiton catalogue.
Published : Tate Gallery, London 1984, First Edition
£25.00

Hardback. Nd but probably 1st edition of 1902. A good copy in green cloth letterd in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Board tips a little bumped. No ownership inscription. Some browning/foxing to end-papers. Pp.xviii,[2],314 + one page adverts. Frontispiece and eight plates. Preface by Edward Martyn. Includes eccleasiastical architecture, sculpture, stained glass etc.
Published : Sealy, Briers & Walker, Dublin,
£22.00

4to. Softcover. A very good copy. 128pp. Numerous illustrations in colour and black and white. Traces the history of shark's teeth nose art on aeroplanes from World War 1 onwards.
Published : Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury 1992, First Edition
£5.00

Nd. c. 1950. 4to. A very good copy in a dustwrapper which is faded on the spine and the edges of which have been strengthened with tape both internally and externally. A clean copy with no ownership inscription or foxing. 236pp. 91 illustrations including 21 in colour. A life and appreciation of the paintings of England's greatest caricaturist.
Published : Hutchinson & Co., London, First Edition
£25.00

Softcover. 4to. A very good copy. 109 pages. Many illustrations. Includes a catalogue of Dobson's works.
Published : Tyne and Wear Museums Service 1987, First Edition
£10.00

Hardback. A very good copy in blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. In a fair to good dustwrapper which has a number of edge chips. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. 151pp.+3pp publisher's adverts. Frontispiece. The author was one of the major artists of the Scottish Colourists school of painting. A scarce book in dustwrapper.
Published : William MacLellan, Glasgow 1943, First Edition
£35.00

A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. 183pp. 4 colour plates. 111 monochrome plates. 49 figures. Map. The author was Director of The Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh.
Published : Faber & Faber, London 1973, First Edition
£10.00

A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is slightly faded on spine. 96pp. 15 colour illustrations. 45 black and white illustrations. Covers the background and tradition of Scottish watercolour painting but is mainly concerned with the current scene.
Published : The Ramsay Head Press, Edinburgh 1979, First Edition
£18.00

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 96 pages. 15 colour illustrations. 45 black and white illustrations.
Published : The Ramsay Head Press, Edinburgh 1979, First Edition
£12.00

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is a little darkened on the spine. Former owner's name and address label on front end-paper. Pp.xxvi,260. 236 illustrations.
Published : Mill Hill Press, Nantucket 1984,
£15.00

Hardback. 4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Pp.xxvi,260. Frontispiece and 235 illustrations, many in colour.
Published : Teredo Books Ltd, Brighton 1977, First Edition
£12.00

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Previous owner's name on f.e.p. 199pp. 24 colour plates. 191 monochrome plates. The history of British portrait miniatures from Henry VIII to present times.
Published : Spring Books, London 1968,
£6.00

Hardback. A good copy overall in a half-leather binding. Leather torn and chipped at top of spine. Very good internally with no ownership inscription and only a little foxing. 389 pages + 1 page of Notes. Frontispiece.The first volume of the autobiography of the Royal Academician and painter of the British social scene.
Published : Richard Bentley and Son, London 1887,
£10.00

4to. A very good copy in a good plus dustwrapper which is faded on the spine but leaving the lettering clear. 160 pages. 52 plates including colour.
Published : Collins, London 1977, First Edition
£7.00

A fine copy in card covers. 58 pages. Many illustrations including 24 full-page colour plates. An exhibition catalogue.
Published : National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 1998, First Edition
£10.00

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a dark blue leatherette binding lettered in gilt. Lacks slip-case. A clean copy without ownership inscription or otrher internal marking. 152 pages. Black and white portrait of Flint. Numerous colour plates. One of 1000 copies of the Dealer's Edition. The first volume of the Catalogue Raisonne covered signed limited edition works.
Published : Michael Stewart Associates, Bristol 1994,
£65.00

4to. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper which has a smallish edge tear on the rear panel. This is no. 325 of 350 numbered copies. 240 pages. A book of Gasser's art work in colour. Includes a modest amount of text which is in French, German and English. [This is a heavy book which will incur extra overseas postage].
Published : SERS, Strasbourg 1996, First Edition
£30.00

4to. A good copy in green cloth boards with vellum spine which is rather discoloured. 146pp. Many illustrations. The text deals with the various schools of painting represented in the gallery.
Published : Frederick Warne, London 1904, First Edition
£20.00

4to. A good plus copy in a quarter leather binding with marbled boards. Some rubbing to spine and board tips and edges. Top edge gilt. Marbled end-papers. Bookplate. Some end-paper foxing but generally a clean copy internally. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's edition with additional plates and letterpress. No.268 of 366 copies with proof impressions of the plates. Frontispiece and 92 plates with accompanying text. Biographical Introduction by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder. Fine studies of Scottish characters from the early part of the 19th century.
Published : William Paterson, Edinburgh 1885,
£120.00

Hardback. A very good copy in black cloth lettered in silver. 253 pages. Essays mainly relating to art and architecture.
Published : Sheed & Ward, London 1933, First Edition
£20.00

Hardback. Folio. This is a facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1922 and is no. 140 of 1000 copies. A very good copy with brown leatherette spine and blue cloth boards, lettered in gilt on the spine and upper board. A clean copy without ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xviii,34,xix,-xxi,+ 124 plates of measured drawings and six plates of collotype reproductions of photographs. Described as "a series of selected examples from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, of stonework, woodwork, furniture, plasterwork and metalwork" with introductory and descriptive text by James Gillespie.
Published : Heritage Press (Scotland), Aberdeenshire 1980,
£50.00

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Bookplate. Pp. xxii, 218. 420 plates. 35 figures. Deals with the social and architectural background, individual buildings etc.
Published : Clarendon Press, Oxford 1971, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. A good plus copy in black cloth lettered in gilt. Some rubbing to the cloth at edges. Some edge and end-paper foxing. Pp.viii,230. 5 illustrations.
Published : A.H. Bullen, London 1904, First Edition
£12.00

Hardback. 4to. A near fine copy in a similar price-clipped dustwrapper. 307 pages + more than 200 monochrome plates at the end. 12 colour plates. Figures in text. A detailed study of the artist's life and paintings. Includes a catalogue of all Correggio's surviving paintings together with a list of lost works and notes on paintings attributed to him.
Published : Faber & Faber, London 1976, First Edition
£34.00

Small oblong 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Lower board tips a little bumped. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. Unpaginated. This is the book of an Exhibition of the poems of the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda accompanied by paintings reflecting on that poetry by Peter Griffin. 15 tipped-in coloured reproductions of these paintings are included in the book together with photographic illustrations.
Published : Eropean Academy for the Arts, London 1997, First Edition
£42.00

Softback. 4to. A fine copy. 242 pages. Many colour and black and white illustrations. An alphabetically arranged reference work outlinig the careers of Scottish painters.
Published : Canongate, Edinburgh 1998,
£10.00

Hardback. 4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. 242 pages. Numerous illustrations mostly in colour. Contains entries on 2000 painters who have worked in Scotland.
Published : Canongate, Edinburgh 1998,
£12.00

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with a closed edge tear. Sellotape marks on corners of end-papers. 112pp. 124 illustrations including colour.
Published : Studio Vista, London 1976, First Edition
£13.00

Hardback. A fine copy. Pp.xv,301. Colour plates. Numerous black and white illustrations, maps and figures. "This new study will be indispensable for anyone wanting to take a fresh and innovative perspective on Celtic art."
Published : Routledge, Oxford 2007, First Edition
£50.00

A very good copy in card covers. This is a 48 page exhibition catalogue of paintings by Claire Harkess of the scenery and bird life of St. Kilda. Foreword by Louise Johnstone.
Published : Plockton Gallery 2007, First Edition
£20.00

Hardback. 4to. A good copy in a good, slightly chipped, dustwrapper. The book is a little "skewed" but is otherwise sound. Not foxed and no ownership inscription. Pp.xii,236. More than 300 illustrations mostly in colour. Contains entries on some 2000 painters who have worked in Scotland.
Published : Canongate, Edinburgh 1990, First Edition
£9.00

Hardback. A good plus copy in beige cloth which shows some soiling especially to the upper board. Lettered in gilt on spine. Small ownership inscription on front end-paper. Pp.iv,72 + 14 hand coloured examples + 8pp publisher's adverts. There are some spots of foxing on the pages containing the coloured examples although not on the colouring itself. The book attempts to elucidate how nature affects us aesthetically "by pointing out the principles upon which the mind is gratified and refined through the organs of vision, by an operation of the laws of Nature with a further attempt to systematize these principles." David Ramsay Hay was a Scottish artist, interior decorator and colour theorist. He decorated Abbotsford for Sir Walter Scott and Holyroodhouse for Queen Victoria. He wrote a number of works on colour harmony and beauty.
Published : William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh 1845, First Edition
£320.00

A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which is a little soiled on the rear panel. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. 96 pages. Illustrated throughout.
Published : Oriel Press 1977,
£5.00

A fine copy. Paperback. 240 pages. Many illustrations including colour.
Published : The Rutland Press, Edinburgh 2000, First Edition
£8.00

A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which has a little creasing at top of spine. 112 pages. Numerous colour illustrations including some full page. This is the first book to be devoted entirely to the life and work of Francis Cadell one of Scotland's most important and influential artists of the 20th century.
Published : Portland Gallery, London 1988, First Edition
£24.00