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Howard Deborah (Editor) - William Adam

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Hardback. Bookplate. 124pp. Illustrated. Articles on Adam by various authors. This is subtitled "Architectural Heritage 1" and is the journal of the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland.
Published : Edinburgh University Press 1990, First Edition
£16.00

Huish Maurice B. - British Water-Colour Art

A near vg copy of the signed limited edition. This is no. 442 of 500 copies. Spine a bit dull with a small tear at top. Upper board slightly marked. Some foxing to tissue-guards but otherwise a lovely clean copy internally. 218pp. 62 full-page colour illustrations.
Published : Tfe Fine Art Society Adam and Charles Black, London 1904, First Edition
£50.00

Keppie L.J.F. And Arnold Beverly J. - Corpus of Sculpture of the Roman World Great Britain Volume 1 Fascicule 4 Scotland

4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with one small tear. 68pp + 42 plates. The book describes 170 items of scuptured material from Roman military sites in Scotland.
Published : Published for the British Academy By the Oxford University Press 1984, First Edition
£15.00

Knutsson, Bo - Swedish Art in Glass 1900-1990: An Important Private Collection

Softback. Oblong 8vo. A very good copy. Text in English and Japanese. Unpaginated. Comprises a short introduction followed by 138 examples illustrated in colour with a brief description of each.
Published : Knuttson Art and Antiques, Vanersborg, Sweden 1991, First Edition
£25.00

Koot Ton - On the Canals of Amsterdam

Illustrated by Willem G. Hofker.
Folio. A very good copy in soft brown leather in a very good dustwrapper which in turn is protected by a glacine wrapper which has a few tears. 103pp. A book of drawings of the canals and buildings of Amsterdam.
Published : Uitgeverij Nijgh & Van Ditmar, The Hague/Rotterdam,
£18.00

Lambotte, Sir Paul (Edited By Geoffrey Holme) - Flemish Painting Before the Eighteenth Century

4to. A very good copy in green cloth lettered in gilt. In a fair dustwrapper which has some largeish chips and some staining at the foot of the rear panel. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. No ownership inscription. Pp.vii,48 + 90 plates at end including 8 in colour.
Published : The Studio, London 1927, First Edition
£15.00

Larner Gerald and Larner Celia - The Glasgow Style

. A very good copy. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.vii,23 + 205 black and white illustrations. Examines the work of several Glasgow artists who formed parrt of the Artts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century.
Published : Astragal Books, London 1980,
£10.00

Larner Gerald and Larner Celia - The Glasgow Style

Softback. A very good copy. A nice clean copy with no ownership inscription or other marking. Pp.vii,23 + 205 illustrations with accompanying text. In the 1890s Glasgow was one of the centres of the European Arts and Crafts Movement. "This book ----is the most complete record ever produced of an episode in 20th century art history whose importance and influence is being increasingly appreciated."
Published : Astragal Books, London 1980,
£10.00

Lavender David - The Monarchy in Portrait Miniatures from Elizabeth I to Queen Victoria

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a dustwrapper which is complete and untorn but showing fading round the edges. Bookplate. 112 portrait miniatures illustrated in colour mostly actual size. An exhibition catalogue.
Published : D.S. Lavender (Antiques) Ltd, London 1993, First Edition
£10.00

Leask Harold G. - Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings [Three Volume Set]

Hardbacks. The full three volume set in black cloth lettered in gilt. Volume I, "The First Phases and the Romanesque," is the first edition of 1955 and is a good copy with (damp?) fading to the edges of the boards. Ownership inscription. Upper board tips a little bumped. 173 pages. Frontispiece and 20 plates + 100 other illustrations. Volume 2, "Gothic Architecture to 1400,"is the third impression of 1990 and is a very good, bright, copy without ownership inscription or foxing. 162 pages. Frontispiece and 28 plates + 77 other illustrations. Volume 3, "Medieval Gothic The Last Phases,"is a 1985 reprint and is a very good, bright, copy without ownership inscription or foxing. 190 pages. Frontispiece and 29 plates + 81 other illustrations. A definitive work on early and medieval Irish ecclesiastical architecture. [Extra postage may be required for this three volume set].
Published : Dundalgan Press (W. Tempest) Ltd, Dundalk 1990,
£50.00

Levey Michael - Painting in XVIII Century Venice

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper with minor edge tears. 225pp. 115 illustrations including 8 in colour.
Published : Phaidon, London 1959, First Edition
£5.00

Lindsay Ruby - The Drawings of Ruby Lind. (Mrs. Will. Dyson)

4to. A good plus copy with cream cloth spine lettered in gilt and brown paper-covered boards lettered in gilt on the upper board. Lower board a little marked. Top edge gilt. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 51 pages including four-page introduction to the artist. Tipped-in frontispiece of Ruby Lind. Illustration to title page and contents page + 20 full-page illustrations including 3 in colour. The last ten illustrations have titled tissue-guards. The first ten are titled at the foot of the illustration. Ruby Lind (or Lindsay) was an Australian illustrator and artist who died in the Spanish flu pandemic just after the end of the First World War. This book was published as a tribute to her. Photographs available on request.
Published : Cecil Palmer, London 1920, First Edition
£320.00

Lindsay, Maurice - Robin Philipson

Hardback. Oblong 8vo. A very good copy. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 79 pages. 40 illustrations including colour. This is number six in the "Modern Scottish Painters" series.
Published : Edinburgh University Press 1976, First Edition
£10.00

Lister Raymond - The British Miniature

4to. A very good copy in a good, practically complete, dustwrapper which is a little worn and torn at the edges. Pp114 + 68 plates. colour frontispiece. An authoritative handbook on miniature painting.
Published : Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd., London 1951, First Edition
£10.00

Long Philip - Elizabeth Blackadder

A very good copy. A clean copy with no internal markings. 111 pages. Numerous colour illustrations throughout. This is the catalogue for an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh.
Published : Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2011, First Edition
£12.00

Lonsdale Henry - The Life and Works of Musgrave Lewthwaite Watson, Sculptor

Hardback. A very good copy in the original reddish-brown boards which are lettered in gilt. Small book-plate. Not foxed. Pp.xi,[1],244. 12 photographic illustrations + tailpieces. A study of the life and work of an early 19th century English sculptor.
Published : George Routledge and Sons, London 1866, First Edition
£45.00

Mabey Richard (Introduction and Botanical Notes by) - The Flowers of May

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Bookplate of David McClintock, the noted botanist. Caroline May was an artist who painted a magnificent flora of the wild flowers of Britain. This book comprises an Introduction by Richard Mabey, A biographical sketch of May by her descendant, the Rev. John Tyler and a selection of nearly 90 of her paintings in colour. Loosely inserted is correspondence relating to the book.
Published : Collins & Brown, London 1990, First Edition
£12.00

Mackintosh Donald J. - Construction, Equipment and Management of a General Hospital

Hardback. A good copy in blue cloth which shows some fading to the front board. Ownership inscription on front free end-paper. Pp.xiii,164 + 28pp advertisements. 52 illustrations. 17 folding plans
Published : William Hodge & Co, Edinburgh 1916,
£20.00

MacMillan Duncan - Scotland's Shrine : The Scottish National War Memorial

4to. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. 192 pages. 152 illustrations including many colour photographs by Antonia Reeve.
Published : Lund Humphries, Farnham 2014, First Edition
£28.00

MacMillan, Duncan - Scottish Art In The 20th Century 1890-2001

Hardback. 4to. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper which is a little sunned on the spine. 208 pages. Frontispiece and 211 plates mostly in colour. The story of modern Scottish painting and sculpture. This updated edition appears to be les common than the first edition.
Published : Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh 2001,
£18.00

Maspero, Sir Gaston - Egyptian Art

A good plus copy in decorated dark blue cloth. A little wear at spine ends. Top edge gilt. Ownership inscription. 223 pages. 107 illustrations. This is a collection of essays written over a period of more than thirty years.
Published : T. Fisher Unwin, London 1913, First Edition
£18.00

Masson Alastair H. B. - Portraits Paintings & Busts in the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

4to. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. All edges gilt. Pp.xxi,244. Full colour illustrations of the collection. Many of the paintings in the collection date from the early 18th century and most are of surgeons. Biographical notes are included. A handsome book.
Published : The Royal College Of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1995, First Edition
£15.00

Mayer Dorothy Moulton - Angelica Kauffmann, R.A. 1741-1807

Hardback. Lacks front end-paper but otherwise a very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. Bookshop labels on inner front flap of wrapper and front fixed end-paper. Internally clean without foxing or ownership inscription. 192 pages. 14 colour illustrations. 64 black and white illustrations. A biography of the late 18th century neo-classical artist.
Published : Colin Smythe Ltd., Gerrards Cross 1972, First Edition
£7.00

Mayeux Henri - A Manual of Decorative Composition for Designers, Decorators, Architects and Industrial Artists

A very good copy in blue cloth with decorated upper board. Ownership inscription on front fixed end-paper. Some edge foxing. Pp.ix,310. 267 engravings. A treatise on decorative or ornamental art.
Published : J.S. Virtue & Co, London 1889, First Edition
£18.00

McAllister Isabel - Alfred Gilbert

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy. Some fading to spine ends and some darkening at head of upper board. In a rather poor dustwrapper which is chipped to the spine ends and with chips and tears elsewhere. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. Some light end-paper foxing but no ownership inscription or other internal marking. Pp.xii,236. 40 plates. A biography of the late 19th/early 20th century sculptor.
Published : A & C Black, London 1929, First Edition
£25.00

McConkey, Kenneth - A Free Spirit : Irish Art, 1860-1960

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. A clean copy without foxing or ownership inscription. 228 pages. 116 colour plates. 61 black and white plates. Described as "the first complete study of the renaissance of the visual arts in Ireland.
Published : Antique Collectors' Club, London 1990, First Edition
£20.00

McCulloch Ian - The Artist in His World: Prints 1986-1997 with Eight Descriptive Poems By Alasdair Gray

4to. A fine copy in a near-fine dustwrapper which is now protected. 112pp. The book consists of prints, some in colour, by McCulloch accompanied by 8 descriptive poems by Alasdair Gray.
Published : Argyll Publishing 1998, First Edition
£8.00

McDonald, Roxana - The Fireplace Book

Softback. A very good copy. Pp.viii,160. Many illustrations and diagrams. Traces the development of the fireplace and gives specific practical advice on the restoration of chimney stacks and fireplaces.
Published : The Architectural Press, London 1984, First Edition
£10.00

McKay William D. - The Scottish School of Painting

A very good copy in light brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pp.xii,369. Profusely illustrated.
Published : Duckworth, London 1911,
£8.00

McKerrow, Mary - The Faeds: A Biography

Hardback. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. Previous owner's inscription on half-title. Pp.xviii,158. Numerous illustrations. The story of a talented Scottish family of Victorian artists. Includes a bibliography, a catalogue of major Faed works and a list of Faed pictures in permanent collections.
Published : Canongate, Edinburgh 1982, First Edition
£45.00

McNicol, Judith - Images of an Inner Journey: Drawings by Judith McNicol

Oblong 4to. A very good copy. Cover a little creased. Red ink mark at top right-hand corner of title page. Limited edition. This is no. 23 of 100 copies and is signed by the artist. Introduction by Gerard Sendrey. Note about the drawings by the artist. 48 full-page drawings. Very detailed and striking drawings, mostly indian ink on paper. Described in the Introduction as "strong and original work."
Published : Bumblebee Press, Edinburgh 1998, First Edition
£40.00

Millais John Guille - The Life and Letters of John Everett Millais

Hardback. A near very good two volume set in dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Gilt decoration to front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Bookplate in each volume. Some foxing to end-papers. Volume I is the second edirion of 1900. Volume II is the first edition of 1899. Volume I,pp.xvi,446. Volume II,pp.xi,511. Numerous illustrations. There is interesting ink writing on the front end-paper of Volume I including a reproduction of Millais' last note to Sir George Reid, under which is written in ink "This letter I saw pasted in the back of a photograph of Sir John Millais in Sir G. Reid's house. The hand writing was shaky, the writing of a man very ill".
Published : Methuen, London 1900,
£35.00

Monkhouse Cosmo - British Contemporary Artists

4to. A very good copy in red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Gilt logo of Fettes College on upper board and prize label from Fettes on front paste-down. Top edge gilt. Pp.xxi,267. Many illustrations. Chapters on Watts, Millais, Stretton, Burne-Jones, Orchardson, Alma-Tadema and Poynter.
Published : William Heinemann, London 1899, First Edition
£30.00

Morley Sheridan - Out in the Midday Sun: The Paintings of Noel Coward

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in publisher's turquoise cloth with title in red on spine. Minor bumping to lower board tips. Red endpapers. Gift inscription on front endpaper SIGNED by author. Profusely illustrated in colour and with many black and white photographs of Noel Coward. 80 pages. Very good illustrated dustwrapper, which is not price-clipped and which is protected in a removable cover.
Published : Phaidon-Christie's Ltd, Oxford 1988, First Edition
£20.00

Morse Belinda - A Woman of Design, a Man of Passion the Pioneering McIans

4to. A very good copy. Paperback. Inscribed presentation copy from the author. Pp.xiv,306. Numerous illustrations including colour. A biography of the artists, Ronald and Fanny McIan, the former of whom became famous for his depictions of Highland dress.
Published : The Book Guild 2001, First Edition
£18.00

Mowat, Alison (Editor) - James Cadenhead RSA RSW His Letters Home as a Young Man

Softback. A fine copy. Inscribed presentation copy from the editor. Pp.xxiii,182. Black and white illustrations. Four family trees. Cadenhead was a Scottish landscape and portrait painter. " |n these letters, James gives a vivid and lively account of his life as a young artist training in Edinburgh and Paris in the late nineteenth century. They are full of joie de vivre, with an artist's eye for detail and with some amusing sketches."
Published : Alison Mowat 2013, First Edition
£18.00

Muller-Westermann, Iris - Munch by Himself

4to. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper which is complete and untorn. 206 pages. Illustrated throughout mainly in colour. This exhibition catalogue "examines for the first time Munch's extensive oeuvre of painted nd graphic self-portraits, together with his rarely seen drawings and photographic self-portraits."
Published : Royal Academy Of Arts, London 2005, First Edition
£12.00

Nevill Ralph - Old English Sporting Prints and Their History

Large 4to. A very good copy in a reasonable dustwrapper which is edge-worn, chipped at spine ends and on rear panel and with a few tears. This is number 858 of 1500 copies. Pp.xv, 22, + 103 plates of which 47 are tissue guarded tipped-in colour plates.
Published : The Studio, London 1923, First Edition
£45.00

Niall Ian - Portrait of a Country Artist: CharlesTunnicliffe R. A. 1901-1979

4to. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrapper which shows a little wear at spine ends. The wrapper is now protected in a clear, removable, sleeve. No ownership inscription or other internal marking. 160 pages. Numerous illustrations including many in colour.
Published : Victor Gollancz, London 1980, First Edition
£9.00

Noakes Vivien - Edward Lear 1812-1888

4to. A very good copy of this exhibition catalogue in linen covered red wraps decorated in black and lettered in gilt. 216pp. Numerous illustrations in both colour and black and white.
Published : Royal Academy Of Arts, London 1985, First Edition
£11.00

Noppen J.G. - Westminster Abbey and Its Art

4to. Dark blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Has the appearance of a very good copy but with a small paper label on the spine and lacking the front end-paper. A little foxing. Pp.xii,108. 55 plates.
Published : Ed. J. Burrow & Co., London 1926, First Edition
£7.00

Nuttgens Patrick - The Landscape of Ideas

A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper which is not price-clipped and which is now protected by a clear, loose, wrapper. No foxing or ownership inscription. 116pp. 45 plates. 4 line illustrations. Deals with the effect on the physical environment of ideas prevailing at different times in history.
Published : Faber & Faber, London 1972, First Edition
£15.00

O'Riordan Ian and Patterson David (Editors) - Scotland's Art

Softback. 4to. A very good copy. No ownership inscription or other marking. 132 pages. Numerous colour illustrations. This is the catalogue for an exhibition of Scottish art from the 17th century onwards timed to coincide with the opening of the Scottish Parliament.
Published : City of Edinburgh Museums and Galleries 1999, First Edition
£12.00

Patterson R.H. - Essays in History and Art

A near vg copy in original green cloth lettered in gilt. Gift inscription on half-title. 526pp +adverts. Contains several essays on art and sculpture together with two essays on India ("Our Indian Empire", 72pp and "India: its Castes and Creeds, 100pp.), an essay on "The National Life of China", 84pp, and various others.
Published : William Blackwood, Edinburgh 1862, First Edition
£30.00

Perrot Georges and Chipiez Charles - History of Art in Sardinia, Judaea, Syria and Asia Minor

4to. Hardbacks. A good two volume set in decorated blue cloth which is lettered in gilt on the spine and in white on the upper board. Spines a little dull. Ownership inscription. Partly unopened. Vol.1,pp.xiv,370. 7 plates (including 2 folding), 253 figures. 3 tailpieces. Vol. 11, pp.x,294. 1 folding plate. 141 figures. 10 tailpieces. Translated from the French and edited by I. Gonino.
Published : Chapman and Hall, London 1890,
£50.00

Petzsch Helmut - Architecture in Scotland

4to. A very good copy in a good, complete, dustwrapper which is now protected. The first few pages are a little creased. 146pp. Many illustrations.
Published : Longman, London 1971, First Edition
£10.00

Pevsner Nikolaus - Cambridgeshire (The Buildings of England)

Hardback. A very good copy in a just about good dustwrapper which has chips in the rear panel and at the top of the spine. Ownership inscription on front fixed end-paper. 453 pages + one page Addenda. Illustrations. Maps.
Published : Penguin Books 1954, First Edition
£12.00

Pointon, Marcia - Mulready

Hardback. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Bookplate. 184 pages. 36 colour plates. 100 black and white illustrations. A study of the fascinating early Victorian artist, William Mulready 1786-1863, this book was published to accompany an exhibition of his works.
Published : Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1986, First Edition
£25.00

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