Art & Architecture

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Art & Architecture encompasses a broad sweep of material, from early works concerning architecture and architectural history, and books and manuscripts on the fine arts and aesthetics, antiquities and archaeology, to pattern and design books, and private press books and fine bindings. The department also handles original artwork, artistic archives, posters, and propaganda material.

  1. [PORTUGAL.]

    Centro dei Comunisti. Lotta di classe e...

    Rome, 26 September 1975.


    An historical overview of the Portuguese...

    £100

  2. [NATIONAL SOCIALISM] [OCCUPIED FRANCE]

    Finis les mauvais jours! Papa gagne de...

    [Paris], Office de Répartition de l´Affichage,...

    Rare, encouraging the voluntary relocation...

    £350

  3. VERTOGRADOV.

    За антиимпериалистическую солидарность, мир и прогресс!...

    Moscow, Izdatelstvo Plakat, 1975.

    A dramatic manifestation of the Soviet...

    £250

  4. GANF, Iulii Abramovich, and P. PISKUNOV, editor.

    Да здравствует конституция...

    Moscow, Gosudarstvennoe izdatel’stvo...

    Typically Soviet poster illustrated by...

    £700

  5. OSTROWSKA, Wanda; Viola G. GARVIN.

    London’s Glory.

    London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1945.

    First edition, a poignant collection of...

    £75

  6. [AGRICULTURE.] BEIJING MUNICIPAL BUREAU FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.

    农业机械安全生产挂图 [Nongye...

    [Beijing], China Agriculture Press for...

    Very rare complete set of posters promoting...

    £1750

  7. [FASCISM.]

    Ordinamento Corporativo dello Stato Fascista.

    Padua, Edizione di propaganda corporative,...

    Italian Fascism primarily followed the...

    £2500

  8. [METEOROLOGY.] ZHAO Jingdong 赵静东, illustrator.

    氣象知䛊掛图(供小型展览)...

    Tianjin, Tianjin Municipal Press for the...

    An apparently unrecorded set of posters...

    £2000

  9. [BENDISCIOLI, Faustino.]

    Quadro ossia saggio epilogato del Sistema...

    Milan, Stamperia [dei Patrioti d’Italia]...

    An impassioned tract attacking the claims...

    £200

  10. PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE.

    Which? Have you a reason or only an excuse...

    London, The Abbey Press, 1915.

    A forthright call to the men of London,...

    £250