Sylvia Groves

The History of Needlework Tools and Accessories

London, Country Life Limited, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of this history of needlework, signed by the author. First edition. Signed by the author to title page, dated 1971. Illustrated throughout with 199 half-tone plates and 13 line drawings in the text. A history of needlework tools and accessories, with chapters on: needles and needle-cases, thread and thread-winders, scissors and knives, knotting and tatting, and many more. Written by Sylvia Groves. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrapper also very smart with light shelf wear. Contemporary ink inscription to front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: 845T1

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Needlework Tools Accessories Groves Tools None

Yvonne Hackenbroch

English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection

London, Thames and Hudson, 1963. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated historical study on silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece, two hundred plates, and many figures in the text. Collated complete. A study of the silver in the collection of Irwin Untermyer, an American attorney, jurist, and civic leader, who became known as an avid collector and promoter of art and antiquities. Pieces donated by Untermyer constitute "one of the world's great private collections" and are on permanent display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This work explores English domestic silver, English ecclesiastical silver, and continental silver. Written by Yvonne Alix Hackenbroch, a British museum curator and historian of jewellery. In the original quarter blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is also excellent with light sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 910T83

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: English Silver Irwin Untermyer Collecion Silver Not Stated

John Harris

English Decorative Ironwork from Contemporary Source Books, 1610-1836

London, Alec Tiranti, 1960. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful collection of plates showcasing English decorative ironwork by the notable curator and architectural historian John Harris. The first edition of this uncommonly seen work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A lovely collection of plates displaying diagrams of intricate English decorative ironwork from 1610 to 1836, reproduced from a variety of sources, including: 'A new Booke of Drawings' by John Tijou (1693), 'A new Book of Iron Work' by J. Jores (1756), 'The Smith's Right Hand' by W. & J. Welldon (1765), 'Ornamental Iron Work' by I. & J. Taylor (c1795), and 'A Book of Designs' by J. Bottomley (1793). John Frederick Harris (1931-2022) was an English curator, historian of architecture, gardens and architectural drawings, and also a prolific author. He provides an introduction and notes to the plates. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with two faint marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: John Tijuo; J. Jores; W. & J. Welldon; I. & J. Taylor; J. Bottomley. Near Fine .

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Book number: 882M9

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Ironwork Metal artwork Architecture John Harris Metal artwork John Tijuo; J. Jores; W. & J. Welldon; I. & J. Taylor; J. Bottomley

A. P. Hartnell

Shop Planning and Design

London , George Parnall and Co. Ltd. 1942. Cloth. An illustrated guide to the planning and designing of shops, salons, and more. Illustrated with floor-plans and sections throughout. In a cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart, with just some slight bumping, and marginal discolouration. Dustwrapper is smart, though with some marks, and light edgewear, including some closed tears. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.

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Book number: GEN27-B-10

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Architecture Deisgn Interior Design Plans Deisgn Floor Plans None

William Harvey

Models of Buildings How to Make & Use Them

London, The Architectural Press, 1927. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of this uncommon work regarding the architecture of model buildings. With publisher's advertisements to the rear of the work. The first edition. Uncommon. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper: 'To Ada S. Harvey From William Harvey 2 June 1927' Whilst little is known of the author, we believe this to be a relation to the author. Collated complete with sixty three demonstrative monochrome plates and vignettes. This fascinating work by British architect William Harvey explores the design and construction of models of buildings, including notable designs such as The Queen's Dolls House and a model of the Bank of England. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally generally smart with slight bumping to the extremities and the head and tail of the spine resulting in some slight loss to the cloth at the head and tail of the spine. Closed tear to the front board, approximately one inch in length, resulting in some slight creasing to the front board. The odd light mark to the board. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. Slight offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with just the odd spot and some marginal age toning. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 614K24

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Architecture Ada S. Harvey William Harvey Bank of England Ada S. Harvey None

Richard G Hatton

Design: An Exposition of the Principles and Practice of the Making of Patterns

London, Chapman and Hall , 1925. Cloth. Scarce third impression of this treatise on design by Richard G Hatton, rarely seen enclosed in its original dust wrapper. Richard G Hatton's study of the designer's making of patterns, the third impression. Scarce in all editions, adorned with numerous black and white illustrations in text illustrative of the various techniques and methods discussed in the volume. Rarely seen complete with its vanishingly scarce, unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, bumped to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper unclipped and sound with some shelf wear, age toning to spine, sunning to wraps, lightly chipped to head and tail. Previous ownership inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1945. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.

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Book number: 846A76

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: richard g hatton scarce design dust wrapper scarce Not Stated

Richard G Hatton

A Text-Book of Elementary Design

London, Chapman & Hall, 1894. First edition. Cloth. Scarce first edition of this book on decorative art by Richard G Hatton. The first edition of this work. Written by Richard G Hatton. A study of decorative art and design, with chapters descriptive of the various techniques, patterns, &c. Illustrated in text. With eight leaves of publisher's advertisements to rear.Bookplate to front pastedown from the Durham College of Science: art department, prize awarded to Helen M Gowan in 1893.  In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear, bumped to head and tail of spine. Internally, binding slightly tender, generally holding firm. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Book number: 848A45

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: richard g hatton first editions art decorative art first editions Not Stated

Arthur Hayden

Spode and His Successors a History of the Pottery Stoke-on-Trent 1765-1865

London , Cassell and Company, 1925. First edition. Cloth. A stunning volume on the beautiful pottery of Josiah Spode and his successors, with colour plates and illustrations throughout. This is a stunning volume on ceramic art, specifically focusing on the work of Josiah Spode who was an English potter and founder of the English Spode pottery works which became famous for the high quality of its wares. This is a authoritative record of the first century of the Spode-Copeland Factory also exhibiting the introduction of underglaze blue printing into Staffordshire. Arthur Hayden is also the author of Royal Copenhagen Porcelain and Chats on English Earthenware. With twenty four colour plates and sixty four pages of illustrations in black and white.Collated, complete.In the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, really lovely. Front hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. In the original unclipped dust wrapper which is very smart with some slight chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 829B37

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Spode and His Successors A History of the Pottery Stoke-On-Trent 1765-1865 pottery vases A History of the Pottery Stoke-On-Trent 1765-1865 Spode Not Stated