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184922424London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1849. First edition. Hardcover. Black leather spine papier mache boards decorated in blind inner dentelles marbled endpapers. Aeg. Very good. Unpaginated. 19 x 14 cm. Title page printed in red and black. Illustrated with six chromolithographed vignettes four chromolithographed borders two wood engraved borders with numerous wood engraved initials. The author a British illustrator naturalist entomologist and numismatist took advantage of the Victorian craze for for gift books as well as aquariums providing practical instruction for creating them at home. This work exemplifies the former as GORDON N. RAY 233 notes in his Chromolithography section: "'Not content merely to imitate his medieval predecessors he created fresh designs in their spirit thus producing the most attractive of chromolithographic books." Chips to back cover lower corner and front cover upper corner. ABBEY LIFE 228. McLEAN. Victorian Book Design p.104. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans hardcover books
190923384NY: Scribner's 1909. 8vo pp. 478. Illustrated. VG. A biography of the Duchesse that goes into some detail about the political events of the time. Scribner's unknown books
1922204224London: Christophers 1922. First. hardcover. near fine. Compiled by Coward with Reproductions from Old Masters by Lorn Manaughtan. Small 8vo cloth. London: Christophers 1922. First Edition.<br/><br/> Christophers unknown books
192232330London: Christophers 1922. First edition. Lorn MacNaughtan. Black cloth fine in dust jacket half-inch chips from the jacket spine ends. <br/><br/> Christophers hardcover books
1987036614New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers 1987. xi 266 1p. b/w illus. stiff wrappers. Carroll & Graf Publishers unknown books
2015UMALAGE00DGOxford University Press 2015. Fine. Malcolm Noel. Agents of Empire: Knights Corsairs Jesuits and Spies in the Sixteenth-Century Mediterranean World. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2015. 604pp. Indexed. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Oxford University Press hardcover books
197435454New York: Harper & Row 1974. Hardcover. VG/G book in very good condition DJ worn and chipped at edges. Brown cloth orange ill. DJ. xiv 320 pp. 129 bw plates. From the DJ: Hume traces the history of collecting from the beginning to England's fabled Tradescant Collection recounts many diverting incidents and describes the fascinating detective work involved in establishing probable facts about owners periods use etc. Harper & Row hardcover books
197268589Hanover:: University Press of New England. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0874510619 . First printing. Near fine in a near fine some light age toning dust jacket. . University Press of New England, hardcover books
197286082Hanover:: University Press of New England. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0874510619 . First printing. Near fine in a very good age toning dust jacket. . University Press of New England, hardcover books
199846617SF: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts 1998. Hardcover. Very good. 422pp index. Very good hardback in a very good dustjacket. <br/><br/> Alan Wofsy Fine Arts hardcover books
1973123158Cranbury New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co. Inc 1973. Second printing. Hardcover. VG- Light wear to dj.; DJ. clipped. Black cloth over boards; BW illus. dj.; 473 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. A wonderful guide to American silver flatware from between the years of 1837 and 1910 including information on patterns plating platers production and much more; Well illustrated. A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc hardcover books
1972291626South Brunswick.: Barnes. 1972. Maroon cloth gilt spine title. Very good in a good dust jacket with tattered edges. 28.5x22 cm. Heavy book may require extra shipping. weight: 3.5 lb. Numerous illustrations. Barnes. hardcover books
199512797Oakland: Regent Press 1995. First edition. 215 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. A trade paperback original. Oakland: Regent Press, paperback books
1966WRCLIT73308New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1966. Decorated wrappers. Illustrations by Ursula Suess. Introductory note by Oakley. Short internally mended snag at toe of wrapper spine otherwise very good or better. First edition 360 copies were set aside s as Monograph 83 for distribution by the Typophiles; this copy retains an OUP "Season's Greetings ." card signed by Ella Oelrich. Oxford Univ. Press unknown books
6471iv 51 1 pp. 8vo attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: B. White and Son et al. 1788. First edition. Land enclosure in 18th-century Britain was highly controversial: it consolidated small landholdings into larger farms ceasing to be common land for communal use. Oftentimes landowners including the Church were not adequately compensated upon suffering enclosure on their properties. Turner 1739-1826 took his degree at Emmanuel College Cambridge and was rector of Wing. This work was written on the occasion of the enclosure of one of his livings given to him by the Crown in 1788 and in it Turner endeavored to call to the attention of the heads of the Church and the public various instances of injustice done to Church revenues by the manner in which enclosures were managed. Fine copy. Scarce. hardcover books
1960224050London Arthur Baker 1960. 1960. First English edition so stated. 8vo. 92 pages. Original stiff printed wrappers. Fine. Signed and inscribed by Noel Langley in brown ink on the half title page to George Cukor: "To George with kindest regards from Noel." From the library of noted Hollywood "Gone With The Wind" director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the back of the front cover. Langley 1911-1980 South African born director producer screenwriter and playwright. His screenplays include "The Wizard of Oz" 1939; "Scrooge" 1951; "Ivanhoe" 1952; "Pickwick Papers" 1952; "Our Girl Friday" 1954; "The Vagabond King" 1956; "Search for Bridey Murphy" 1956; "Snow White and the Three Stooges" 1961. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. London, Arthur Baker [1960]. paperback books
196618470Paris: Hermann 1966. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Small 4to. Gray cloth in graphic printed dust jacket. A very good copy in like DJ. Mild edgewear small chips minimal toning to jacket. Touches of yellowing to cloth and endpapers but text itself clean and bright throughout; free of markings. Binding tight. 362pp. <br/><br/>Text in French. Study of linear numerical anlysis authored by a professor at Grenoble Universite. Part of the "Enseignement des sciences" series. Hermann hardcover books
1947144680Paris: Gaumont 1947. Vintage photograph of director Jacques Becker and actor Claire Maffei on the set of the 1947 film. With holograph annotations and a rubber stamp on the verso. <br/><br/>A working class couple in Paris find their dreams of a life free of financial hardship about to come true when they win the lottery only to have the dream snatched away when they lose the ticket on the Metro.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Paris. <br/><br/>7 x 5 inches. Near Fine. Gaumont unknown books
1964WRCLIT38051Madrid: Ediciones RIALP S.A./ Adonais CCXVIII-CCXIX 1964. Printed wrappers. First edition ordinary issue of this selection in Spanish. One of 1900 copies of 2020. Selected translated from the French with an introduction by Jaime Ferran. Wrappers lightly dust soiled otherwise a very good unopened copy. Ediciones RIALP, S.A./ Adonais CCXVIII-CCXIX unknown books
1997266476New York: Doubleday 1997. First edition. Illustrated. 569 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Cloth and boards. Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated. 569 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Signed on bookplate on ffep "Bon Appétit/ Julia Child." Also inscribed on half-title "To John Ferrone with admiration. Noel Fitch 30 Sept 97." Provenance: John Ferrone Doubleday unknown books
195137642Cape Town ; New York: Published for the University of Natal By Oxford University Press. Very Good. 1951. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped . ; Xi 140 p. : ill. maps part fold. ; 22 cm. . Published for the University of Natal By Oxford University Press hardcover books
1987113410N. pl: Arizona State University Public History Program and the Arizona Historical Society 1987. Hardcover. ix 221p. very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj. Includes a chapter by Oscar J. Martinez on Hispanics in Arizona another by Peter Iverson on the Indians of Arizona and Karen Smith on water issues. Arizona State University Public History Program and the Arizona Historical Society hardcover books
196828024France: Fernand Haza Editeur 1968. Petite Encyclopèdie de l'Art: 88 89 90 91 4 Vols. 24; 24; 26; 24p. b/w plates cats. wrps. French text. Fernand Haza Editeur unknown books
1995192993Llewellyn Publications 1995-10-08. Paperback. Good. Clean has a good binding. Pages 229-264 have heavy underlining and notations. Otherwise light wear. TP HS Llewellyn Publications paperback books
191110176Paris: E. Orlhac 1911-1926. First Edition. Loose Fascicles. Good. Split and edgeworn remains of one fascicle included dampstain at bottom right corner of wrapper and Plate 1 doesn't effect image Plate 3 shows same dampstain and light toning/foxing likely after years in contact with non-pH neutral wrapper textblock shows light even toning else bright and unmarred. Printed brown paper wrappers unbound and as issued in original 10 fascicles there was an additional supplement adding a few pages after issue. 4to. 91pp plus 30 plate pages. Illus. b/w and color plates. Index. <br/><br/>Text in French. Richly illustrated botanical work depicting nearly all then known species of orchids and their hybrids. Text explores variations in orchids the use of orchids e.g. perfume origin cultivation and regional climates. Each fascicle was issued with 3 glossy color plate pages. This is a good working set and perhaps a good set to framing plates. E. Orlhac unknown books
