British Art (20th/21st Century) from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Norwich, England: The Mainstone Press, 2010. Book. Illus. by Ravilious. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: 47pp. Many colour illustrations. This book, part of the Ravilious in Pictures" trilogy, shows a selection of the artist's finest wartime work. Ravilious (1903-1942) died while on active service in Iceland.… Read more about this item

London: Unicorn Press, 2002. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine. 160pp. Many colour illustrations. Benton End house and gardens in Hadleigh, Suffolk is the former home of celebrated artist and gardener Sir Cedric Morris (1889 - 1982) and artist, Arthur Lett-Haines,… Read more about this item

London: Beaux Arts Gallery, 1962. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Stapled booklet. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling to covers. No inscriptions. 4pp. 2 b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of work by the British artist Edward Middleditch (1923-1987) held at Beaux Arts Gallery, London from November… Read more about this item

London: The South Bank Centre, 1987. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, a couple of small pencil notes to chronology.64pp. 7 colour plates, several b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the touring exhibition of work by the Chelmsford born artist Edward Middleditch… Read more about this item

London: V & A Publishing Ltd., 2012. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Black hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 240pp. Many colour illustrations. The Ambassador Magazine was a trade magazine renowned for… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Clark & Co., 2012. Book. As New. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Burnt orange colour cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: As new, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: As new. 48pp. 25 colour plates (6 folding with detail of plate opposite), 3 b/w plates. Two page introduction by William Feaver. This catalogue was produced… Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black hardcover with title in bronze gilt on spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown. Previous owner has made some occasional small handwritten notes in the text as well as several notes… Read more about this item

Farleys House, Muddles Green, Sussex: Lee Miller Archives Publishing, 2021. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Facsimile edition of the 1939 first edition. Hardcover. Condition: Fine, no inscriptions. Unpaginated. Many b/w illustrations. In 1938, as Europe prepared for war, Roland Penrose and Lee Miller made a journey together through the Balkans. As they travelled, Penrose produced… Read more about this item

London/Aspen: Lyndsey Ingram/Galerie Maximillian, 2016. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fine, the title page has the discreet blindstamp to the lower right corner of the London art dealer Offer Waterman, with a reference number neatly written in the centre. 31pp. Several colour and b/w plates. A price list for the exhibition is… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson in association with the Serpentine Gallery and de Montfort University, 1999. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. 238pp. 49 illustrations, 22 in colour. Bridget Riley (b.1931) , one of the leading abstract painters of her generation,… Read more about this item

London: Ridinghouse, 2017. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Grey hardcover with title in black on spine. Condition: Good, essentially very good with a faint watersplash mark to top right corner of the front cover (not affecting the book internally in any way). No insxriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, again essentially very good except there are a… Read more about this item

Londodon: Lund Humphries, 2016. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Paper-covered illustrated boards with title in white on black hardcover spine. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Previous owners bookplate on reverse of front endpaper. 208pp. Many colour illustrations. This book tells the story of the career of the artist… Read more about this item

London: Art and Technics, 1951. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Presentation copy inscribed to John Sparrow from Reynolds Stone at top of front pastedown. NB: No dustjacket. Grey cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with some light browning to front endpapers. Previous owners bookplate on… Read more about this item

London: Rocket Gallery, 2006. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Rectangular 8vo. Card covers with yellow metal spiral binding. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. This catalogue was deacessioned from the library of the art dealer Offer Waterman and Co. and bears a discreet circular blindstamp hand-numbered in the… Read more about this item

Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales: At the Gregynog Press, 1938. Book. Illus. by reynolds stone. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Sage green paper-covered boards with title in gilt on scarlet red leather spine, and scarlet red leather to tips of the cover corners. Paper label with title within vignette on front cover. Condition: Very good.… Read more about this item

London: Waddington Galleries, 1972. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear and a hint of soiling to covers. No inscriptions. Some smudging to the lower part of p.40, facing the image of the Manciple's tale. 44pp. 19 b/w plates. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition of 19 etchings… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First US edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very good, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 364pp. 8 colour plates. 26 b/w illustrations..

London: Jonathan Cape, 2005. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black hardcover with title in white on spine. Condition: Very good, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, essentially very good except there is some sunning to spine and where the front cover of the jacket meets the spine. 13pp. introductory text written by Sebastian Smee followed… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 2017. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 2017 reprint. Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. The half-title has the discreet blindstamp of the Offer Waterman Gallery to the lower right corner with a number neatly written in blue to the centre. Binding sound. 144pp. Many… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. Condition: Good, with some light shelfwear to covers. Also, top left outer corner of rear cover is creased, with a corresponding crease to the top outer corner of the last 21 pages. 120pp. Over 100 illustrations, many in colour. Published 25 years after her… Read more about this item