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195210133London: The Architectural Press 1952. Octavo 22 x 14.5 cm. 154 pages. Illustrated. Bibliography. FIRST EDITION. A handsomely designed and illustrated guide to indoor plants with instructions for planting and care. The core of the book is a botanical listing of indoor plants from Aechmae and Aloe to Zebrina and Tradescantia. The final photographically illustrated section suggests design ideas for integrating the plants into a modern space. Edited by Patience Gray and Primrose Boyd the team that would five years later offer the bestselling cookbook Plats du Jour 1957. Decades later Gray would give us her masterpiece Honey from a Weed. Internally clean and sound; publisher's yellow cloth titled in green at the spine. Some faint darkening to top edge otherwise fine. In an unclipped dust jacket worn at the top edge chipped near the top of the spine and with some darkening to the spine; otherwise very good. Very scarce especially in the first printing. The Architectural Press hardcover
19900907325459-01London: Prospect Books 1990. Second-hand hardcover. <p>Gray Patience & Boyd Primrose. Plats du Jour: or Foreign Food. facsimile of 1957 ed Prospect Books: London 1990. 8vo 225x140mm HC 2xiv22997pp introduction by Alan Davidson; prefatory note by Patience Gray Near Fine/- owner name to ffep</p> Prospect Books unknown
1988042643London: Macmillan London Limited 1988. Clean black cloth on boards with silver titles. Edges: very light foxings. Clean contents. Binding is As New. 181p Dj: moderate rubbings and a slight markings from the jackets clear adhesive cover. . First Edition. Hb. VG/VG. Illus. by Norman Mommens Maps and Monotypes. Macmillan London Limited Hardcover
1989039246London: Macmillan 1989. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book has only very very minor shelf wear. The jacket has only some light striations to the front panel which appear to be prevalent. A very nice copy of this scarce and unusual book. Very scarce in first printing. A fascinating account by legendary British food writer & forager Patience Gray of her and sculptor Norman Mommens eleven months on the island of Naxos in the mid-1960s. Jacket illustration maps and seven monotypes by Mommens. Ring Doves <br/> <br/> Macmillan hardcover
29546Hardback. Very Good. Macmillan London. 1989. Black and White illustrations by Norman Mommens. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. DJ protected by high-grade removable clear cover. Not price-clipped; no markings. hardcover
200928240Prospect Books 2009 HARDCOVER PROSPECT BOOKS. AS NEW with DJ. 137pp. Lovely Illustrations throughout by Miranda Gray. Med Sea Old cruise line ship recipes. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New. Prospect Books hardcover
2009Q-1903018404Prospect Books 2009-11-15. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Prospect Books paperback
2009Q-1903018730Prospect Books 2009-01-09. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Prospect Books paperback
1903018404.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
2009SONG1903018404Prospect Books 2009-11-15. paperback. Used: Good. 5.50x0.25x7.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Prospect Books paperback
2009DADAX1903018404Prospect Books 2009-11-15. paperback. New. 5.50x0.25x7.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Prospect Books paperback
61317Prospect Books London 1986 In-8 26 cm 375pp. illustr. dessins reliure pleine toile de l'editeur avec jaquette Nb-0353 unknown
2006__0444527397Elsevier Science Ltd 2006. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 557 pages. 11.75x8.50x1.25 inches. Elsevier Science Ltd hardcover
2012x-0822351870Duke Univ Pr 2012. Paperback. New. 398 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. Duke Univ Pr paperback
2015x-0198744307Oxford Univ Pr 2015. Hardcover. New. 427 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.25 inches. Oxford Univ Pr hardcover
2005Q-0516251147Children's Press 2005-03-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Children's Press paperback
1959239368Chicago: Quadrangle Books 1959. First edition first printing. Publisher's full black cloth stamped in gilt in publisher's acetate jacket stamped in red top edge stained green. Sunned top edge gently browned endpapers still near fine in near fine acetate jacket with pressed tips and corners. Numerous black-and-white and color wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. THE COMPREHENSIVE GIBBINGS<br /> <br /> Robert Gibbings led the wood engraving revival in Britain in the early twentieth century increasing renown for the art form through his own strongly lined work as well as serving as a founding member of the Society of Wood Engravers and owner of The Golden Cockerel Press. Published the year after Robert Gibbing's death Empson's collection offers the most definitive gathering of Gibbing's wood engravings featuring over 1000 prints with numerous engravings published for the first time. Quadrangle Books unknown
19599033430Chicago: Quadrangle 1959. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First US edition. Edited by Empson introduction by Balston. Bound in black cloth with spine and cover stamped in illustrated gilt. Beautifully illustrated throughout in black and white with color frontispiece. Book is in fine condtion. Clear illustrated dust jacket has light wear. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. 353 pages. <br/><br/> Quadrangle hardcover
195949699London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. pp. xliv 355 illustrated. Edited by Patience Empson with an introduction by Thomas Balston. Frontispiece on Japanese paper. Contains 1000 illustrations of Gibbings' wood engravings. The autobiographical fragment "Some Recollections" was left incomplete at the time of Gibbings' death. Bound in black buckram with gilt lettering and a decorated spine in the original plastic dust jacket silk-screened in red. Book prospectus loosely inserted. Massey College bookplate to pastedown; no internal markings clean and bright throughout. An exceptionally fine copy. Kirkus 20. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover
1959019438London: J.M. Dent & Co 1959. Extremely well illustrated with many hundreds of examples quarto pp xliv 355 exceptionally clean internally black cloth very slightly dusty otherwise in excellent condition in the original printed Mylar dustwrapper and in the original packing box. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Robert Gibbings. J.M. Dent & Co, Hardcover
1959004523London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Full black cloth gilt lettering to spine gilt device to front. In custom plastic cover with title printed on front in red lettering. Top edge green. xliv 355 pp. Fully illustrated in B&W plus coloured woodcut frontis. Some yellowing to plastic cover worse at spine and some chips to spine ends and corners. Bookseller sticker to foot of front pastedown former ownership stamp to head of ffep. Otherwise a near fine copy of the engravings of Irish wood engraver and sculptor Robert Gibbings. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd hardcover
1959stela1417London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1959. 1959. 4to. pp. 355. frontis & numerous illus. throughout some full-page. original cloth back cover bit rubbed. First Edition. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1959]. Hardcover
036506291X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
GOR006897369Paperback. Good. paperback
1991Q-0713633891A & C Black Publishers Ltd 1991-06-27. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! A & C Black (Publishers) Ltd paperback
