Search Results: Titles starting with R from Voewood Rare Books

London: Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars 1863, 1863. First edition. pp. 72 incl. title-page plus 7 lithographic plates. Stitched. Very Good Plate 1. Sketch from the photograph alleged to represent Old Soho House. Plate 2. Restoration of the House. Plate 3. The House at Holker. Plate 4. Soho House in its modern state. Plate 5. Winson Green. Plate 6. Copy of a Drawing of Winson Green. Plate 7. Photograph in Kensington Museum alleged to represent Old Soho House.

West Smethwick n.d. [c1912]. 204x90mm. 8pp text and two colour photographs of examples of Ruskin pottery. Loosely inserted are six black and white photographs, each with three pieces of pottery. The numbers underneath each piece indicate that these are photographs to be used in sale catalogues. The pamphlet is in the original grey-green card wrappers. Two blue ink stains to upper cover of pamphlet and one of the separate photographs has a scuff to the bottom edge but otherwise in very good condition. It is rare: we have been unable to trace a Ruskin pamphlet answering to this description in the library databases and only one copy appears in the auction records. The pamphlet begins with the statement on the title page that the Flambe pieces made by the Ruskin Pottery "have the qualities of some of the finest specimens of Chinese Pottery. Each piece is unique". Press notices and an interesting explanation of the manufacturing methods form the rest of this short pamphlet written by W. Howson Taylor who… Read More

London: Strahan & Co 1871, 1871. 8vo. pp. iv, 434. 11 full-page plates. Very crisp and clean. Recent wine red leather, marbled sides, five raised bands, gilt ruled and lettered. A very good copy.FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION. The partially illustrated edition. First published in 1871 in 3 vols. See Sadleir 376.

London: Printed for the Author, and are to be sold by Walter Davis in Amen Corner 1682, 1682. First edition. 8vo (175x114mm). pp. 128 (including initial blank A1). Contemporary black morocco, covers panelled in gilt, spine richly gilt in compartments, marbled pastedowns, all edges gilt. The Heber - Britwell - Hayward - Bradley Martin - Edwards copy, with modern bookplates of H. Bradley Martin and J.O. Edwards. Lightly rubbed with some wear to corners, a little marginal browning, still an excellent copy.� Alexander Radcliffe trained in law but deserted his studies to become a soldier, reaching the rank of captain before turning to writing bawdy verse in the tradition of the poetic rake established by the 1680 edition of Rochester's Poems on Several Occasions. The title poem here, Radcliffe's best known work, starts with a knock at the door which the author is in bed with a whore. He embarks on a nightmarish low-life ramble through Restoration London, visiting theatres, gambling dens and… Read More

Baden, Switzerland: Kodoji Press 2007, 2007. Limited edition, number 15 of 20 with an original signed and numbered print: "New Graffiti #2 (CHURCHYARD) 2005". Book: 385x275mm. Unpaginated. Signed by Nanna Hänninen. Bound in grey and black linen over boards, lettering stamped in black to upper cover. Thirteen double-page reproductions of a series of digital c-prints on diasec. Short essay by Urs Stahel in English and German. Biography of Nanna Hänninen. Book is housed in a grey card slipcase with white label printed in black. Book and slipcase are in excellent, fine condition. The print (500x395mm) is housed in a black board portfolio case lettered in white with a black ribbon tie. Some slight marking to the case but the print is pristine. Recordings is one of two artists' monographs published by Nanna Hänninen (the other being "Fear and Security"). Her work, which is principally photographic draws on 20th century abstract art but it is also rooted in the cold, open spaces of her native Finland.… Read More

Wm Blackwood and Sons 1883, 1883. 4to, pp ix, 260, 3pp prospectus for the Hunt Servants' Benefit Society. Frontis & 4 additional photogravure portraits. Near-fine with an ink presentation inscription to the half-title page. In bevelled red cloth with gilt-stamped titles and a large gilt-stamped central design of hunting horns and bridles.

London: Printed for the author by T. Egerton. 1795. First edition. 8vo in 4s. (208x130mm). pp. [2], xxv, 3-88. K4 blank. Loosely inserted is a letter of 1993 from the Bodleian Library confirming that K4 in their copy is blank and setting out the full collation, this copy conforming to that. Contemporary red full grain morocco in fine condition. Decorative gilt borders to the upper and lower covers. Spine lavishly decorated in gilt, Greek-key design turn-ins. All edges gilt. Very slight rubbing at the head and foot of the spine. Marble endpapers. A very handsome binding. Internally near fine with only minimal spotting in places. Front pastedown has the royal armorial bookplate of "E D C". This is Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, later King of Hanover, one of the sons of George III. He was created Duke of Cumberland in 1799 and this book would have been bound for him at about that time. ESTC records copies in the BL, Bodleian and The Codrington Library together with five copies in the US. Sir… Read More

London: Bradbury & Evans 1863-65, 1863. Eight pamphlets under three titles. Privately printed by M.P.W. Boulton between 1863 and 1865, the three titles concern a dispute about the origins and invention of photography and are a refutation by Boulton of claims made in 1863 by F.P. Smith. Further details of this are given below. Each title has more than one version. Boulton issued each pamphlet and then added further notes to it to build up his argument. This means that each title has a final complete form but these represent an expanded version of the first issued pamphlet. The final form of each title is here in this collection of eight different versions of the three works (items 2,6 and 8 below) but we can see from the other pamphlets how, and at what point, Boulton introduces new evidence and develops further strands in his detailed discussion. There is an overlap between the variants within each title but no two pamphlets are exactly the same. All of these pamphlets are rare institutionally and… Read More

London: Elkin Mathews at the sign of the Bodley Head 1891, 1891. Limited edition, number six of twenty-five copies printed for sale in England on Japanese Vellum. Signed by Walter Crane. 8vo. pp. xiii, 162, [5]. Loose gatherings, unbound in a slipcase of blue card with parchment spine gilt stamped with title, author and date. Thirty-nine illustrations by Crane engraved by Arthur Leverett, Emery Walker and W. Boutall. The gatherings are in fine condition. The slip case shows some markings and tears and has been repaired in places. Overall, this is a very good example of a scarce edition. There are several limited editions of this work published by Elkin Mathews but this is generally reckoned to be the finest and most rare. As a contemporary reviewer wrote, "The little volume does both author and publisher credit for the tasteful style in which it is produced".

London: The Studio 1903, 1903. Complete in Eight Volumes. This excellent set is in its original grey paper wrappers. The whole is of a very high quality. Each Part contains an introductory essay on a particular artistic medium. These are paginated consecutively through the series running to 64 (unopened)pages. The subjects covered are: 1. Wood Engraving; 2. Lithography; 3. Oil Painting; 4. Water Colour; 5. Etching and Dry Point; 6. Pastel; 7. Monotyping in Colour; 8. Pencil and Pen. A French translation is loosely inserted in each part. Every issue has six tipped-in plates. These include original etchings and lithographs. There are fine reproductions of water colours, pastels and oils the originals of which, in a number of cases, were created specially for this series. The contents are in excellent condition and the plates are superb. There is some slight tearing to the spines of some of the wrappers but with no loss. Overall this is a fine, complete, original set in excellent condition. Fine.… Read More

New York: The Promise of Learning Inc 1987, 1987. First edition. Presentation copy from the author to George 'Dadie' Rylands, dated 8/12/87. 8vo. pp. 70. Original red printed wrappers. A very good copy.

Marburg: Marburger Tapetenfabrik J.B. Schaefer & Co, 1972 1972, 1972. Roll of wallpaper comprising 14½ identical, repeated coloured screenprint on silver metallic paper, with full margins. Approx. 8220 x 535 mm (323 ½ x 21 in). This image (also known as Right Hand Woman) was designed by Jones in 1970. It was made as a roll of wallpaper in 1972 by one of the oldest wallpaper factories in Germany in the series X Art Wall Collection. Other artists participating in this extraordinary project included Jean Tinguely, Otmar Alt and Eric Stanton. A single panel sold at Christies in 2008 for £525 and a complete roll would appear to be a scarce item. On its own, this is a striking image. Multiplied fourteen times, it is the stuff of nightmares or dreams. It is impossible to deny that this print is controversial, politically incorrect and sexist. But, whether we like it or not, that is the point for Jones. "It's collateral damage", he said, "I wanted to offend the canons of accepted worth in art. I found the… Read More

West Smethwick 1933, 1933. A Ruskin single-handed vase with a wide-flared neck decorated with a high fired sang-de-bœuf and mottled green and white glaze with specks of green and black. 200mm high, 115mm wide at opening. Base is marked "Ruskin. 1933. England". A beautiful example of the distinctive Ruskin High Fired Flambé process in one of the most striking colours used by the pottery. As William Howson Taylor explained in his 1912 booklet on Ruskin Pottery (see previous item), the aims of the Pottery were "good potting, beauty of form, and rich or tender colouring". "The colourings range from slightly broken colours, through gradations of two colours to textures and patternings rivalling cloisonné enamels and suggestive of the rich hues seen in rock pools at low tide". He describes the "real Flambé colours, each piece being unique and unrepeatable. The colourings, textures and patternings of this real Flambé are as varied as is the number of individual pieces, and they include sang de bœuf,… Read More