Case studies of historic farms in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, Staffordshire and Scotland.  Illustrated.  Hardback.  142 pages.  In very good clean condition in a good dustjacket.  Cat No 4980

The Director of the University Museum Oxford asks: “Why are so many museums seriously short of funds and some failing. Who are museums for? Who will pay? Who will choose?” Paperback.  114 pages.  In new condition.  Cat No 4962

A definitive work by the Keeper of Ceramics at the Victoria & Albert Museum.  52 pages of text precede 96 b&w and four colour plates.  In very good condition in a slightly worn dustjacket.  Cat No 4943

A scholarly introduction to a Chinese art form of the C12th featuring paintings of flowers, birds and animals in a stylised but highly naturalistic manner.  Ten of the finest examples are reproduced as full colour large tipped-in plates.  Large format paperback.  24 pages.

Comprehensive introduction to the origins, historical setting, techniques, decoration and Renaissance factories of Italian maiolica ware.  Four colour platea and ninety-six in black-and-white.  Hardback in very good clean condition in a good original dustjacket.  Cat No 3484

An early extensive examination of the famous Silk Road caves adorned with Buddhist statues and frescoes.  A lengthy essay on Central Asian Buddhist painting analysing style, technique, symbolism and meaning is followed by 70 colour and b&w plates.  There is also a Preface from noted

Describes the C13th manuscript of the Book of Revelation now held by the Bodelian Library in Oxford and reproduces many of the most remarkable leaves on excellent full colour tipped in plates. 28 pages and fourteen plates. The book is in near new condition but in a rather badly worn dustjacket.