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ref. 48131Paris.Dandré.Garnery.Obré.AN IV.(1796).2 vols.in-4 demi-reliés1 portrait.28 planches De la Bibliothèque du Roi ,Louis-Philippe. Neuilly.Tampons sur la page de titre.Exemplaire avec brunissures et piqûres.Ex-libris.Demi-cuir de Russie ,aux dos ornés de l'aigle impérial.Papier sur les plats,insolés par endroits.Coiffes sans défauts. Très belle provenance, belles reliures, intérieurs moyens mais complets.
ref. 30466London: printed by S. C. Allen and Company for London and North Eastern Railway. 1933. Original royal quad lithographic poster printed in colours on wove paper featuring artwork by Stephen Bone. A full bright example with just the occasional scuff and horizontal and vertical fold line as issued. Measuring 102 x 127cm. Laid on canvas measuring 107 x 133cm. A superb original poster from the golden age of railway travel. Born in London the son of the artist Sir Muirhead Bone Stephen Bone 1904-1958 studied at the Slade School of Art from 1922 to 1924 under Henry Tonks. He achieved early success in book illustration and in 1925 was awarded a gold medal for wood engraving at the International Exhibition in Paris. From 1936 to 1939 he served on the committee of the Artists' International Association where he helped artists fleeing Nazi Germany establish new lives and careers in Britain. During the Second World War he worked first as a civilian camouflage officer and later as an Official War Artist attached to the Royal Navy. In 1948 he became art critic for the Manchester Guardian. During the 1950s he gained a wider public profile as a broadcaster appearing regularly on the BBC radio programmes The Critics and The Brains Trust as well as the long-running television series Animal Vegetable Mineral. He also wrote the Shell Guide to the West Coast of Scotland. In 1957 he was appointed Director of Hornsey College of Art a position he held only briefly before his untimely death in London the following year. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: printed by S. C. Allen and Company, for London and North Eastern Railway. [1933] unknown
1936ref. 1856London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd 1936. First Limited Edition. Fine. 2 vols. Royal folio 20 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches 515 x 250 mm. Brown pigskin raised bands t.e.g. rest uncut. Printed and bound at the Oxford University press. Some offset to endpapers which is typical boards very lightly rubbed and soiled; internally clean and bright throughout binding firm; pencil ownership name and address of S.R. Courtauld to flyleaves of both volumes Vol. 1: xvii rubricated title with vignette limitation index of plates for both volumes 2 introduction 120 pp.; 57 color and black & white illustrations of Mérida Ronda Grazalema Seville Cádiz Granada Segovia Medina del Campo Zamora Madrigal de las Altas Torres Arévalo Valladolid Ãvila León Villafranca del Bierzo Sahagún Astorga Zamora Salamanca Tormes and Cuenca. Vol. 2: vii rubricated title with vignette index of plates for volume 2 235 pp. 62 color and black & white illustrations of Santiago de Compostela Guadalupe Trujillo Cáceres Mérida Oviedo Villaviciosa Covadonga Potes San Vicente de la Barquera Cudillero Gijón Santillana del Mar Durango Bilbao Pamplona Girona Barcelona and Sahagún. Copy No. 82 of 265 as stated on the limitation pages signed by both Muirhead and Gertrude Bone. Without the additional portfolio of two original drypoint etchings each signed by Muirhead Bone. Provenance: Sir Stephen Lewis Courtauld MC FRS 1883-1967 English philanthropist and youngest brother of Samuel Courtauld founder of the Courtauld Institute of Art. Signed limited first edition of this very impressive collection of Spanish landscapes cityscapes and interiors. Sir Muirhead Bone Glasgow 1876-1953 was a Scottish engraver and watercolorist best known for his depictions of industrial and architectural subjects and his work as a war artist in both the First and Second World Wars. After the armistice he began to travel extensively abroad visiting France Italy and Spain among other countries which increasingly influenced his work. Between 1925 and 1928 he made an extensive visit to Spain with his wife Gertrude Bone a writer. This trip resulted in this celebrated work "Old Spain. Macmillan & Co. Ltd unknown
1843ref. PHO-2292Paris, Chez J. Delahaye Éditeur, 1843. Cinq parties reliées en 3 volumes in-folio demi basane brune à coins, dos lisse cloisonné de filets or, titre doré (Koenig). Quelques planches roussies, comme toujours, petites rousseurs.
