Thomas Brydson

A Summary View of Heraldry in Reference to the Usages of Chivalry and the General Economy of the Feudal System with an Appendix Respecting Such Distinctions of Rank As Have Place in the British Constitution

London, Mundell & Son, 1795. Leather. A detailed study of the uses of heraldry in Great Britain. A detailed study of heraldry in the United Kingdom. With reference to the structure of the feudal system, orders of chivalry, personal decorations, crusades, romance, the modes in which arms are exhibited, political departments of heraldry, and distinctions of rank. Includes a detailed appendix. Written by Thomas Brydson, a Scottish cleric and writer. Previously held in the library of Rupert Alexander Alec Smith, an English historian who founded the Georgian School for East Yorkshire and served with the Green Howards in Cyprus during the Second World War. Bound in half calf with brown cloth binding. Externally sound with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. Front board detached, rear joint starting but firm. Loss to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Contemporary ink inscription to preface page. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .

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Book number: 859T13

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Summary Heraldry Usages Chivalry Heraldry None

Nora Burba

American Design the Desert Southwest

New York , Bantam , 1987. First edition. Hardback. A detailed work on American design in the Desert Southwest published in 1987. The first edition.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. This book gives a detailed guide to interior design in the Southwest. The Southwest is unique and varied which is reflected in its style of design. Vast stretches of the open desert are against a dramatic landscape of mountains and canyons. The Desert Southwest captures the essence of this region as reflected through old and new dwellings. Design especially interior design in this region plays on these unique factors to create something breathtaking. The text is accompanied by photographs by Terrence Moore. It includes two hundred and twenty-nine photographs that celebrate the unique landscape and interior design styles. In the original publisher's cloth in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart. Edgewear and marginal age toning to the flyleaf. The boards are bright and clean. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 883V2

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design Desert Southwest America Desert Southwest None

Stanley H. Burton

The Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton &Apos;Warts and All&Apos;

London , B. T. Batsford, 1981. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition copy of this richly illustrated volume on watches. A first edition copy of this work. Stanley Burton was a avid collector of watches, this volume illustrates some nine hundred watches with detailed annotations and information about the makers, numbers, dates and diameters of the watches. With fourteen colour plates and many other illustrations throughout the text. Collated, complete. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is also excellent. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 845B29

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: The Watch Collection of Stanley H. Burton 'Warts and All' watches collectors watches Not Stated

K. Warren Clouston

The Chippendale Period in English Furniture

London , Debenham & Freebody and Edward Arnold , 1897. First edition. Cloth. A richly illustrated first edition copy of this work on the Chippendale Period in English Furniture. This volume describes the Chippendale Period in English furniture tracing the history of Thomas Chippendale and his contemporaries including Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Shearer.  Thomas Chippendale was a cabinet maker in London who designed in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo and Neoclassical styles. According to the Victoria and Albert Museum his styles and designers were so influential that "Chippendale' became a shorthand description for any furniture similar to his Director designs" that were published in his book The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director. With fourteen plates and a frontispiece and extensive illustrations throughout the text by the author. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and some marks to the boards. Internally, binding is generally firmly bound. Pages are bright with some light scattered spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: K. Warren Clouston. Very Good .

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Book number: 829B35

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: K. Warren Clouston The Chippendale Period in English Furniture furniture chippendale The Chippendale Period in English Furniture K. Warren Clouston

J. Charles Cox

Pulpits, Lecterns, and Organs in English Churches

London, Humphrey Milford, 1915. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this fascinating monograph on pulpits, by the renowned English cleric, activist and local historian John Charles Cox. John Charles Cox was one of the most influential English local historians of the nineteenth century, and published dozens of books; including calendars of Derby local records, a four-volume history of Derbyshire churches, and also served as the editor of the monthly antiquarian magazine, 'The Antiquary&apos. Complete with the uncommon unclipped dustwrapper. With an extensive publisher's catalogue to the rear of the text. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with blue stamped title to the front board and spine, and the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally lovely, with minor shelfwear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Slight fading tp spine. Prior owner's ink stamp to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper very smart, with minor bumping to extremities and small splits to head and tail of joints. Slight fading and marking to spine of wrap. Internally firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean, with only the odd spot to the fore edge, only visible to textblock. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 639M36

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Pulpit Church Cox First Edition Church Illustrated Various

W. F. Creeny

A Book of Facsimiles of Monumental Brasses on the Continent of Europe with Brief Descriptive Notes

London, W. Griggs, 1884. Leather. An uncommon and illustrated work looking at European monumental brasses, written by William Creeny, an authority on monumental brasses. An uncommon work. This work contains illustrations, descriptions, and information on monumental brasses throughout Europe. Monumental brasses are engraved sepulchral memorials that became popular in the fourteenth century. They're made of sheet brass or latten, and are let into the pavement, saving space for services in church, which made them very popular. The majority of memorial brasses are now found in England, and they were mostly popular in England and Europe. They show an interesting contemporary images of the fashion of armour and costume at the time. They also illustrate the important figures of the time, as only upper and the wealthy middle class could afford to produce a memorial brass. Written by Reverend William Creeny. Creeny was a leading authority on monumental brasses in his time, as well as being the vicar of St Michael-at-Thorn. With fifty-three plates. Each plate has a scale to show the true size of the monument. With a list of subscribers and an errata slip. Collated from Copac, complete. In the original quarter morocco binding with patterned paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart. Rubbing to the extremities has caused some loss of paper, with slight bumping to the extremities. Minor marking to the boards, being heavier to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd scattered spot and handling mark. Light offsetting to the pages facing plates. Closed tear to the fore edge of page 35/36. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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Book number: 622P44

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: brasses europe w f creeney europe Various

Wilfred Joseph Cripps

Old English Plate Ecclesiastical, Decorative and Domestic Its Makers and Marks

London , John Murray , 1894. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Old English Plate, richly illustrated throughout. Beautifully rebound in half morocco by Hatchards. A copy of the fifth edition, revised and enlarged Old English Plate. The volume explores the decorative, domestic and ecclesiastical uses of old English plate exploring the mediaeval guilds of France and England and the different marks of various makers over the centuries. Richly illustrated throughout with one hundred and twenty two illustrations throughout the text and a frontispiece.With a bookplate for Sir William Eden. Re-bound in half morocco with cloth covered boards. Externally, lovely. Slight abrasion to the head of the spine. With a bookplate for Sir William Eden to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

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Book number: 834B52

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Old English Plate Ecclesiastical, Decorative and Domestic Its Makers and Marks Old English Plate plate design Old English Plate Not Stated

Fred H. Crossley

Timber Building in England from Early Times to the End of the Seventeenth Century

London, B. T. Batsford LTD , 1951. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition of this celebration of carpentry in England, complete with its dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of this work, retracing the history of carpentry in England from the early seventeenth century. By Fred H. Crossley. Looking at the evolution of construction and architecture in the country. Crossley writer of timber building in both religious and secular buildings, discussing monasteries and churches, steeples and spires, roofs, doors, lych-gates, as well as forts and bridges, water and windmills, halls, ceilings, and more. Complete with its unclipped dust wrapper. Featuring numerous reproductions, photographs, plans, and diagrams. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. A touch of fading to the spine. The dust wrapper is price clipped and very smart with minor shelf wear, some age toning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Light minor spotting to the fore edge, not affecting the leaves which are otherwise bright and clean. Featuring numerous reproductions, photographs, plans, and diagrams.  Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 805A19

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: carpentry england history architecture england Not Stated

Richard K Degenhardt

Belleek: The Complete Collector&Apos;S Guide and Illustrated Reference

Radnor, Wallace Homestead Book Company, 1993. Cloth. A second edition on this work on Belleek Pottery. Belleek Pottery Ltd is a porcelain company that began trading in 1774. The factory produced porcelain that is characterised by thinness and slightly iridescent surfaces. In a cloth binding in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, in excellent condition with just some minor shelfwear to spine. Dustwrapper smart with shelfwear to head. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: GEN17-B-6

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Pottery Art Reference History Art Design None

Attilia Dorigato, Giuseppe Mazzariol

Interni Veneziani

Padova, Biblos, 1990. First edition. Cloth. A look at the history of interior design and art of Venice. Mostly In Italian, with passages translated into English, German and French to the rear. Illustrated throughout, with beautiful photographs of interiors of various building types. There are examinations of wood, stone and paintings. Photographs are by Gianluigi Trivellato. In original full cloth binding, held in original dustwrapper and original cloth slipcase. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is also in excellent with minor shelfwear. Slipcase is lightly bumped to the head and tail of spine resulting in small loss to the head of spine. Light rubbing to the extremities also. Label to the slipcase from a previous bookseller, with a barcode. Slipcase is VERY GOOD. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Gianluigi Trivellato. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 577L18

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Venice Interior Veneziani Italian Interior Fashion Gianluigi Trivellato

J. H. Elder-Duncan

The House Beautiful and Useful, Being Practical Suggestions on Furnishing and Decoration

London, Cassell and Company, Limited , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this guide to furnishing and decorating a house. A scarce first edition. In the original soft cover cloth binding. With a colour frontispiece and numerous monochrome plates throughout. A practical guide to furnishing and decorating a house. With reference to style and cost. With business adverts to the front and rear of the book. In the original soft cover, cloth binding. Externally, smart with age-toning to the edges and marks to the panels. Shelf wear to the edges and chipping to the spine. Spine is darkened. Internally, binding is weak. The preface and contents pages are loose. Binding strained throughout. Pages generally clean with the odd mark. Age-toning to the edges. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Book number: 833G22

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Interior design home decor furnishing decoration home decor The architectural review Not Stated

Arthur Louis Duthie

Practical Church Decoration: A Guide to the Design and Execution of Decoration of Churches, Chapels, and Other Ecclesiastical Structures.

London, The Trade Papers Publishing, Co. Ltd. 1907. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce work on church decoration, with colour illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated throughout with fifty-seven plates, five of which are coloured. Collated complete. A guide to the design and execution to the decoration of ecclesiastical structures, with details on architecture, the scheme of decorations, treatment of walls, features, furnishings, symbolism, and much more. Written by Arthur Louis Duthie. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Minor fraying to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Pencil notes to the rear endpaper. Previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 854T3

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Church Decoration Duthie Decoration None

Ralph Dutton

The English Interior: 1500 to 1900

London, B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1948. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charmingly illustrated work onEnglish interior design, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to the title page with the inscription: "To dearest Ina with love from Ralph 4.2.49" Illustrated with one hundred and seventy-one drawings, pictures, and photographs, many of which are in colour. Collated complete. A comprehensive guide to interior design in England from 1500 to 1900, with reference to continental influences, florescence of design, the age of splendour, and the decay of taste. Written by Ralph Dutton, the 8th and last Baron Sherborne who created the gardens at Hinton Ampner near Alresford in Hampshire, England, and on his death left the house and garden to the National Trust. It is now open to the public. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper is smart with chipping to the extremities and the odd small closed tear. Minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Book number: 853T43

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: English Interior Dutton Interior None

Ralph Dutton

The English Interior : 1500 to 1900

London, B. T. Batsford LTD, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A charmingly illustrated guide to English interior design and its many influences between the years 1500 and 1900. This work is in original publisher's binding and original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition of the work.An extensive guide to interior design in England between 1500 and 1900, with reference to continental influences, the age of splendour and the decay of taste.Illustrated with 171 drawings and photographs, many of which are in colour. Collated complete. Written by Ralph Dutton, the 8th Baron Sherborne, who inherited and redesigned Hinton Ampner, his ancestral Georgian house and gardens. Upon Dutton's death this house was donated to the National Trust, where it remains open to the public today. In original publisher's red cloth binding. Externally excellent condition with just minor shelf wear to the extremities. Bright cloth. In original unclipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper in excellent condition with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Instances of light sunning. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 869Q22

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Interior design English interiors Ralph Dutton Illustrated English interiors None

Paul N. Hasluck [ed.]

House Decoration: Comprising Whitewashing, Paperhanging, Painting

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this uncommon 19th century guide to interior decorating, illustrated with many diagrams. A first edition of this work in the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Inscription to the title page. A charming Victorian-era guide to interior decorating, focusing on whitewashing, paperhanging, and painting, with illustrations of different tools, brushes and cornice decorations. 4 pages of advertisements to the front and 3 pages of advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Externally fairly smart, with just some discolouration to the spine and boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for some spotting to the paste downs and end papers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 857M5

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Interior design Interior decoration House Interior decoration Not Stated