Antiques And Collecting from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: Country Life 1970. 4to. 382 pp. Blue cloth with blue printed jacket and black & white illustration, not price clipped; top edge gilt. Minor wear around jacket edges. Otherwise all clean and bright inside and out. Black & white illustrations. The second volume of a narrative of English decorative painting (painting on architecture), covering William Kent to Benjamin Robert… Read more about this item

Madrid: Patrimonio Nacional 1990. Large Oblong 4to. Dual Spanish-English language. 2 vols. 119; 119 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering in a colour illustrated red cloth slipcase. Minor fraying to slipcase edges. Minimal marks to boards, otherwise all internally & externally clean. Colour illustrated catalogue of the architecture and visual artworks within Madrid's Royal Palace. This is a heavy set… Read more about this item

London: Frank Romany 1939. Small 4to. 312 pp. Paper covers. Marks and water staining, wear and tear around cover edges with some loss to front cover and spine ends. Internally yellowed but otherwise clean. Illustrated in black & white throughout with images of the products offered: tools, parts, mechanisms, etc. . Fair. Paper Covers. 1939.

New Haven and London: Yale University Press 2003. Large 8vo. vii, 484 pp. Publisher's full cloth in dust jacket. A few very small tears to jacket and minor wear to extremities. Internally very clean and bright. Black & white illustrations throughout. A useful selection of essays on English collecting practice in the 16th and 17th Century. This is a heavy… Read more about this item

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 1998. 4to. 224 pp. Hardcover in pictorial jacket. Slight crushing/bumping to spine ends. Boards clean and internally clean. From the 'Schiffer Book for Collectors' series. 0764304216 . Cloth. 1998.

London: G. Bell and Sons 1976. Small 4to. x, 458 pp. Hardback with pictorial jacket. Minor wear around jacket edge, discolouration to spine. Minor marks to rear board but generally externally clean. Light scratches to fore-edge, otherwise internally clean. With 460 black & white illustrations. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of… Read more about this item

Oxford: The Oxford Bibliographical Society 2018. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 530, + 40 plates pp. Hardback with pictorial jacket, not price clipped. Slight curl to jacket edge but otherwise clean, clean boards, internally clean. Colour and black & white illustrations and 40 full colour plates at rear. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of… Read more about this item

London: New Cavendish Books 1992. Oblong 4to. Two volumes. 376; 48 pp. The first ('A History') is in pictorial boards in a colour illustrated jacket; the second ('Manufacture') is in colour illustrated softcovers; both are in a colour illustrated slipcase. Both copiously illustrated throughout with large colour and black and white images. All in near fine condition, internally and externally… Read more about this item

Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum 2000. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 416 pp. Hardback in a colour illustrated jacket. Minor dents to jacket, otherwise all in near fine condition, clean and bright throughout. Illustrated in colour and black & white throughout. Analytic catalogue of more than 250 individual pieces of French porcelain from the manuactories of Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Villeroy-Mennecy, Vincennes, Meissen, and Sevres. This is… Read more about this item

London: Mr Sotheby 1824. 4to.Auction Catalogue. 3 volumes bound as 1. [iii], 94, [4]; [iv], 17, [2]; ix, 99, [4] pp.Full red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Spine faded and worn at ends and board corners, with light marking. Offsetting to endpapers, and pages slightly toned, but otherwise internally clean. Occasional splits to the bindings within, but all still… Read more about this item

London: Barrie & Jenkins 1992. 8vo.Illustrated. 256 pp. Green hardcover with silver lettering to the spine, in a colour illustrated jacket. Minimal edgewear at the spine. Otherwise in lovely clean condition. Illustrations throughout. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1992.

Paris: Societe Francaise de Promotion Artistique 2004. Small Square 4toIllustrated. 66 pp. White hardcover in dustjacket. Illustrations throughout. Some light edgewear to dustjacket. Internally clean and bright. . Very Good. Hardcover. 2004.

Sainte-Étienne: 1935. Small 4to. [6], 806 pp. Paper covers. Illustrations throughout. Some rubbing to spine and edges and light spotting to extremities. A 1935 cataloge by France's first mail-order company, specialising in shotguns. . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1935.

London: Constable & Co Ltd 1937. Small 4to. Limited Edition, from Princess Mary's library. xviii, 351 [+ plates] pp. Quarter tan morocco over cream boards with gily royal device to front board and gilt lettering to spine, within a grey slipcase. Marks and slight wear to edges of slipcase. Minor wear to spine ends and a few minor marks to… Read more about this item

London: Ace Editions Ltd 1991. 4to. ix, 119, 15 pp. Illustrated hardback boards. Discolouration and light marks to boards. Internally clean. Facsimile of a German toy catalogue from 1898, with extensive black & white illustrations. Some colour plates early on. LArgely for model town/railways. . Very Good. Illustrated Boards. 1991.

Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd 2006. 4to.Illustrated. 272 pp., Hardcover with dustjacket. Jacket bright with minor sunning and scratches. Boards bright and binding firm. Internally clean with gift inscription to the front endpaper. Illustrated throughtout in colour. A Schiffer Book for Collectors with Price Guide 9780764324680 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 2006.

London and Oxford: Alistair McAlpine / Oxford University Press 1989. 4to.Illustrated. 432 pp., Green gilt lettered cloth binding with pictorial dustjacket. Jacket bright with minor scuffing. Boards clean and binding firm. Internally clean and illustrated throughout in black and white and with 71 colour plates. 0199201714 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1989.

Sevenoaks: Knole Estates 1906. Small 8vo.Illustrated. 107 pp,. Red gilt decorated cloth, top edge dulled gilt. Some sunning to the spine and slight marks to the binding. Minor shaking to the binding with slight scatteered spotting internally. Owner's name to the front endpaper, dated 1907 new years day. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Privately printed. . Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber 1960. 8vo.Illustrated. 255 pp., Green cloth binding with pictorial jacket. Jacket bright with some sunning to the spine and loss to the ends. Boards clean with minor wear to the ends. Binding firm with some spotting to the endpapers, otherwise clean. Illustrated in black and white. Dustjacket illustrated by John Piper. Tells the story of Hafod… Read more about this item

London: Sotheby's 2005-6. 4to. In two volumes. 347 pp.; 369 pp. Bright red cloth covers with gilt text to front and spine, with illustrated plates set into front. Very small section of wear to top corner of spine in volume 1, otherwise clean and fresh. Internally clean and bright. The two-volume auction catalogue for the sale of the 650 maps… Read more about this item