BRADBURY Frederick

History of Old Sheffield Plate. Being an Account of the Origin, Growth and Decay of the Industry, and of the Antique Silver and White or Britannia Metal Trade, with Chronological Lists of Makers' Marks and numerous Illustrations of Specimens. [Third Edition.] FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

J W Northend, Sheffield,, 1983. Roy. 4to., Third Edition, with frontispiece and many hundreds of photographs and illustrations (a number full-page) throughout; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid facsimile reissue of the original edition of 1912.

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Book number: 35838

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, metalwork, sheffield plate, silver, britannia metal, white metal, frederick bradbury

BRADSHAW Peter

18th Century English Porcelain Figures 1745-1795. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Antique Collectors' Club, [Woodbridge],, [1981]. 4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and pictorial endpapers; green cloth, upper board and backstrip letterd in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Virtually fine copy of a standard reference.

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Book number: 30977

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, ceramics, pottery, porcelain, english porcelain figures, peter bradshaw, antique collector's club

BRANDT Rolf

Apparitions. Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, 7 March to 2 May 1988. [Introduction by John Gill. Essay on Brandt's book illustration by John Keir Cross.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

South Bank Centre,, [1988]. Folio, First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome reproductions throughout; grey wrappers printed in black, covers mildly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Catalogue designed by Diana Allen.

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Book number: 38624

Catalogue: Fine Art0

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BRAUN Hugh

Cathedral Architecture. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1972]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Concentrates on the structural history and development of English cathedrals.

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Book number: 44865

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, architecture, cathedral architecture, braun, hugh braun

BRAUN Hugh

An Introduction to English Mediaeval Architecture. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN IN DUSTWRAPPER

Faber,, [1968]. Roy. 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates and plans and diagrams in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This standard reference (first published in 1951) covers the whole range of mediaeval building, from the practical aspect of available materials and their properties, and of the constructional methods they dictated, paying particular account to the origins and development of building plan.

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Book number: 46627

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, architecture, mediaeval architecture, braun, hugh braun

BREARS P.C.D.

The English Country Pottery. Its History and Techniques. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

David & Charles, Newton Abbot,, [1971]. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 15 monochrome plates on 8, and numerous illustrations (several full-page) and maps in the text, neat inscription on front free endpaper; original brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This scarce standard reference includes a regional gazetteer, and glossaries of terms and vessels. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 30775

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: mstock, fine art, ceramics, pottery, country potteries, countryside, rural craftsmen, brears

BRERA ARTE.

Arte Contemporanea Storia e avanguardie. [Catalogue of an Exhibition 23 - 28 October 1985]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Brera Arte, Milan,, 1985. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome reproductions throughout; printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Catalogue 65.

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Book number: 30351

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, brera arte, milan, exhibition catalogues

BRETT Vanessa

The Sotheby's Directory of Silver 1600-1940. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Sotheby's,, [1986]. Sm. Folio, First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs throughout, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 31106

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, metalworrk, silver, sotheby's, vanessa brett

BRIAN KOETSER GALLERY

[Exhibition of] Paintings by Old Masters. March-June 1966. NEAR FINE COPY IN WRAPPERS

Brian Koetser Gallery,, 1966. 4to., First Edition, with 54 fine coloured and monochrome plates (a number folding); original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. The catalogue lists and describes 54 fine paintings.

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Book number: 18106

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BRIGGS Martin S.

Puritan Architecture and its Future. NEAR FINE COPY

Lutterworth Press,, [1946]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece,35 plates on 22 and numerous illustrations and diagrams in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy. Briggs enjoins his fellow professionals to consider rebuilding churches in 'a fresh, positive and distinctive type of Puritan architecture'.

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Book number: 14646

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, architecture, churches, puritan architecture, martin briggs

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

The British Journal Photographic Almanac 1940. NEAR FINE COPY

Henry Greenwood,, 1940. 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and trade advertisements throughout, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original dark green cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 42990

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Keywords: fine art, photography, british journal, photographic almanac

BRITTON Frank

English Delftware in the Bristol Collection. Foreword by Arnold Wilson. Preface by Michael Archer. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Sotheby,, [1982]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with many hundreds of photographs in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Lovely copy of a standard reference. The 800 pieces of English delftware in the Bristol City Art Gallery form what is believed to be the largest such public collection in the world.

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Book number: 30973

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, ceramics, delftware, english delftware, bristol collection, frank britton

BROD GALLERY

Twelve Portraits. Introduction by Terence Mullaly.

Brod Gallery,, [1971]. Oblong. 4to., First Edition, with coloured reproductions; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly marked else a very good copy. SCARCE.

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Book number: 28994

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Keywords: fine art, graphics, exhibition catalogues, brod gallery

BRUCE David

Sun Pictures. The Hill-Adamson Calotypes. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Studio Vista,, [1973]. Sm. folio., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous full-page reproductions throughout; oatmeal holland, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 44905

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Keywords: fine art, photography, photographers, sun pictures, calotypes, hill-adamson, david bruce

BRUNSKILL R W

Distribution of Building Materials. and some Plan Types in the Domestic Vernacular Architecture of England and Wales. NEAR FINE COPY

Ancient Mouments Society,, [1979]. 8vo., with maps in the text; printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Reprinted from Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, Vol. 23.

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Book number: 36363

Catalogue: Fine Art0

Keywords: fine art, architecture, vernacular architecture, brunskill, ancient monuments society