Furniture from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Leeds: W. S. Maney and Son / Furniture History Society 1986. 4to. xviii, [43 illustrations], 1046 pp. Maroon hardcover with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. A few small marks to front board and top-edge, otherwise a very clean copy. Internally fresh and bright. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe.… Read more about this item

London: Hampton & Sons 1926. Small 4to.Auction Catalogue. 138 pp. Full cream cloth. Repaired spine; still has wear and marks. Marks and scratches to boards. Occasional minor spots within. This volume covers all five days of the auction of Lord Michelham's collection, consisting of: the first two days, 'French 18th Century Furniture & Ojets d'Art', which includes 'Old French Tapestry… Read more about this item

London: Country Life 1977. Large 4to. 684 pp. Publisher's full red cloth with gilt lettering to front and spine, and top edge gilt. Boards and spine bright and unmarked. In its illustrated dustjacket, which is bright but slightly torn at the tail of the back wrap. Jacket clipped. Internally very clean and bright, with a colour frontis and numerous full-page… Read more about this item

Pretoria: J. L. Van Schaik, Ltd. 1960. Large 4to. 193 pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover, in dustjacket. Illustrative images throughout. Tears and markings to jacket, some fading to cloth and wear at the spine. Binding firm, internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. 1960.

Sheffield: James Dixon & Sons 1914. 4to. xix, 498 pp. Cloth spine with gilt lettering and decorated card boards. Fading and rubbing to cloth and boards, binding loose at front hinge. Browning and some ripping to pages. Some pencil notes and markings internally. Overall good condition. . Good. Decorative Cloth. 1914.

Paris: Editions du Regard 1986. 4to. 324 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Jacket slightly edgeworn. Boards clean. Internally clean. Colour photography throughout. Text in French. 2903370303 . Very Good. Hardcover. 1986.

London: Thames & Hudson 1991. 4to. 352 pp. with over 1000 illustrations, 170 in colour. Looks unread, with a couple of minor marks to the fore edge. 050009201X . Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1991.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Art Media Resources Ltd 1999. 4to. 247 pp illustrated, hardback w/dustjacket in slipcase. Still shrinkwrapped. 1878529609 . As New. Hardback. First Edition. 1999.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1993. 4to. x, 249 pp. Large format paperback. Minor rubbing to covers. Internally clean. No ownership marks. With over 300 b&w illustrations. The first study of vernacular furniture in Ireland. 0300063962 . Very Good. Paperback. 1993.

London: Faber and Faber 1966. Small 4to. 223, + plates pp. Publisher's cloth in dust wrapper. Dj slightly edgeworn. Cloth clean. Internally clean. No ownership marks. With four colour plates and 177 b&w illustrations. . Very Good. Cloth. 1966.

Salt Lake City USA: Gibbs Smith 2002. Small Square 4to. 160 pp., illustrated. A history of the Stickleys, illustrated with period photographs, drawings, and early advertising. 1586850539 . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 2003.

New York: Rizzoli 1997. Small Square 4to. 160 pp., illustrated throughout 0847813916 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1997.

N.p.: N.d. [c. 1900]. Oblong 8vo. 54 pp. Original pictorial paper wrappers. Measuures 23cm x 14cm. Covers edgeworn with short tears. Internally clean. Trade catalogue with numerous illustrations of office desks, chairs, bookcases, etc. . Good. Wraps. 1900.

London: Martlet Press N.d. [1905]. 8vo. Presentation copy from Charles Spooner to the artist R. S. Austin, who lived on Chiswick Mall, London. xv, 60 pp. Original printed brown paper wrappers. Wear to spine with loss at head & foot. Covers clean and unmarked. Internally clean. Presentation notation in pencil to title page. Introductory text followed by plates. Sixty pages… Read more about this item

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988. 4to. 312 pp. Publisher's full black cloth in dust jacket. Dj rubbed with wear to extremities. Internally clean. Profusely illustrated with 335 photographs in colour and black & white. Previous owner's gift inscription. 0297794418 . Very Good. Cloth. 1988.

London & Bradford: National Art-Collections Fund & Leeds Art Collections Fund 1978. 4to. Two volumes in cardboard slipcase. Signed by the author Christopher Gilbert on the half-title. 246; 247-522 pp. Publisher's hardbacks in dust jackets. Top edge gilt. In the original cardboard slipcase. Creasing to foot of one dj spine. Some 700 items catalogued. Illustrated throughout in black & white,… Read more about this item

U S A: Rizzoli 1989. Small Square 4to. 111 pp, illustrated in colour and b/w 0847811565 . Very Good. Soft Cover. 1989.

New York: Abrams 2005. 4to. 205 pp, with 243 illustrations, 165 plates in full colour. Unread. 0810992329 . As New. Paperback. First Paperback Edition. 2005.

New York: Acanthus Press 1994. 4to. ix., 174 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Originally published in 1953, this reprint of the work originally published by Whitney House, with a new introduction by Stanley Abercrombie. Some 350 b&w photos, with interpretive captions and text, represent the broad range of chair design of the first half of the 20th century. Designers, collectors… Read more about this item

London, United Kingdom: Lund Humphries Publishers, Limited 1999. Small 4to. 168 pp., illustrated throughout, unread, but with a crease to one corner of the front cover. This publication is the first to document the exceptional collection of Arts and Crafts furniture held in Cheltenham: from William Morris and his circle right up to the present day. Each item is fully… Read more about this item