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pp. 15 unnumbered leaves of vivid illuminated chromo-lithographs with colors and gilt. 12mo. 150mm. Original publisher's pictorial paper covered boards lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and color illustration. Spine blank. Cover colors are bright. Spine worn. Some wear to head of spine. Corners sharp. Contents clean but coming away from the binding. Hardbound. Very Good. The Beatitudes are eight blessings recounted by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. Each is a proverb-like proclamation, without narrative. Four of the blessings also appear in the Sermon on the Plain in the Gospel of Luke, followed by four woes which mirror the blessings. NW63
pp. 337, (4) [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis and text drawings by J. Allen St. John. Endpapers and fore edges foxed. 12mo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered in white. Extremities worn. Hardbound. Good. LIT BOX 3
388,+Plus 20 photographs. 8vo. 210mm. Publisher's maroon full cloth binding with cover design brightly stamped in white. Spine lettered in white. Front cover clean and bright. Manuscript ownership of A.H. McGonagil on inside flyleaf. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
pp. 127 +frontis portrait and 8 portraits of various noble women (This copy lacking 4 of 8 plates). 16mo. 250mm. Original publisher's full light blue cloth binding decorated in gilt. Spine similarly lettered in gilt. Rear board resembles front. All edges gilt. Boards mildly damp stained and soiled around the edges. Spine browned, rubbed and worn at head and base. Corners bumped. Contents heavily stained and lightly foxed in places. Hardbound. Good. NW51
pp. xx, 436. +Plus numerous illustrations throughout. 12mo. 190mm. Original publisher's full red cloth binding. Cover stamped and lettered in gold gilt. Spine gilt. Corners sharp and covers clean. Spine slightly rubbed. Small abrasion on bottom of front cover. Manuscript ownership of 'Mary G. Slorman.' Bookseller's label from 'The Whaler Book Shop 106 School Street New Bedford.' Tight binding. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
pp. vi, 365. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full red colored cloth boards decorated in white and blind. Cover color bright. Spine lettered in white. Spine slighty faded and color rubbed. Contents clean and bindings tight. Hardbound. Good. NW58
289 pages including index. Offers a range of practical methods for teaching and facilitating learning geared to the day-to-day realities encountered by professionals in the human services. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
pp. xxxv, 588. +Plus 17 plates of prints including color frontis. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full red colored cloth boards ornately decorated in gilt and green. Cover designed by George Wharton Edwards with monogram. Spine lettered and decorated similarly. Spine slighty faded. Cover clean and some rubbing to gilt. Spine color sharp. Contents clean and bindings tight. Hardbound. Good. NW58
[vii], 239, +Plus frontis. 8vo. 190mm. Publisher's light blue full cloth binding with cover stamped in white. Spine lettered in white. Spine slightly soiled. Hardbound. Good. NW69
pp.[iii] 518. +Plus 8 leaves of plates including frontis. 8vo. 200mm. Rusty brown full cloth binding with cover design stamped in gilt. Designed by Bertha Stuart with her Monogram. Spine in gilt and very lightly faded. Printed with some marginal illustrations throughout. Corners bumped. Small tear at bottom corner of spine. Hardbound. Very Good. NW68
Hardback 400 pages ., 180 x 265 mm, Languages: English, ISBN 9781905375868. In 1622, Rubens designed his second tapestry series, The Story of Constantine, for which he executed twelve oil sketches, all of which are currently preserved in public and private collections in America and Europe. Tapestries produced after the lost cartoons, which were in turn painted after the oil sketches, were woven in the tapestry factories in the faubourgs of Saint Marcel and Saint Germain in Paris. Based on new archival research and a critical examination of the literature on the Constantine series, this book firmly embeds the genesis, and iconographical and stylistic features of the set in its specific artistic, manufactural, and commercial matrix, and thus develops the first truly inclusive approach to Rubens's Story of Constantine. Analysis of the entrepreneurial strategy of Marc Comans and Francois de la Planche, directors of the factory in the faubourg of Saint Marcel, the correspondence between Rubens and Peiresc, the provenance of the twelve oil sketches, and the iconographical programme reveals that the series was not commissioned by the French king Louis XIII, as has long been believed, but by Comans and de la Planche. A close reading of Rubens?s primary literary source, Caesar Baronius?s Annales Ecclesiastici, shows that the artist must have intended the twelve scenes to hang in a sequence different from the generally accepted one, though seventeenth-century buyers and viewers could have seen and interpreted the Constantine series quite differently, as their view was distorted by the jumble of Constantinian legends and motifs that had lodged in the cultural memory of Latin Christianity. Finally, the book explores the area of tension between the set?s austere monumentality and highly sophisticated aesthetic, which was rooted in Rubens?s profound knowledge of classical and Renaissance art and in his earlier forays into the free and creative application of these sources, contemporary French and Brussels tapestry sets, and the pictorial and decorative qualities, possibilities and challenges inherent in the medium itself
pp. vi. 281. 12mo. 210mm. Publisher's full cloth binding in beige. Corners sharp and covers are clean. Hardbound. Very Good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW70
pp. viii, 476 +Plus frontis portrait. 12mo. 200mm. Original publisher's full green pebbled cloth binding. Cover blank. Spine lettered in gilt. Covers clean and corners sharp. Spine gilt bright. Dust jacket intact but torn at base of spine and slighty soiled. Front hinge cracked but contents clean and tight otherwise. Hardbound. Very Good. Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) was a Boston born attorney, abolitionist, orator, and advocate for Native Americans. NW59
Cartolina lettera postale non viaggiata, senza data - Con sei vedute in tonalit? seppia. Unused and undated letter card with 6 photo in sepia color. In good condition, 143 x 94 mm - Worldwide delivery.
pp. 83 +Plus 8 pages of plates and other marginal decorations. 8vo. 150mm. Original publisher's vellum colored illustrated boards lettered in gilt. Color illustration on cover depicts a pious looking woman. Spine blank. Cover and spine rubbed and slightly soiled. Corners sharp. Frontis detached but present. Booksellers label on inside pastedown from L.B. Herr Bookseller, Lancaster, PA. Contents clean. Hardbound. Good. NW61
pp. [12]. +Plus color illustrations and ornamentation throughout. 12mo. 160mm. Publisher's beige binding with cover decorated and stamped in pink, black, white, blue and gilt title insignia. Corners are sharp and cover illustration is bright and crisp. A very clean book. Designer boxed edition with slight chipping on box cover. An early edition. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
Hardcover, XIV 631 p., 300 b/w ill. 900 colour ill., 230 x 315 mm, English. ISBN 9781905375318. This checklist is the second in a series of volumes describing the silver-stained glass roundels and unipartite panels from the Middle Ages to the 18th century found in public buildings, museums and private collections in the present five provinces of Flanders (Belgium). It also includes documented roundels and unipartite panels whose whereabouts are presently unknown and those which have been removed to other locations or collections in the past. The checklist also mentions all known related material. Where possible, photographs of this material have been added. As far as the related material is concerned, the relevant publications are also mentioned. This material includes models, drawings, engravings, and roundels which belong either to the same series or to those which are copies of these series. The present volume covers the Provinces of East and West Flanders (more or less the former County of Flanders). The first checklist, concerning the Province of Antwerp, was published in 2007. Additional volumes for the Provinces of Flemish Brabant and Limburg (Vol. 3), and the one with Addenda (Vol. 4) are in the planning stage. The former County of Flanders, with the cities of Bruges and Ghent, must once have displayed huge quantities of stained glass, which for the most part have been lost or relocated. The causes and reasons for this loss include natural calamities, fires, deliberate destruction and neglect. Most of the surviving roundels are now in foreign collections: on the continent; in Great Britain; or in the United States of America. It is worthy of note that great efforts have been made in the USA and Great Britain to compile and publish checklists of silver-stained roundels and other small panels, originating from the Low Countries, whilst here, where they were produced, this series is the first genuine overview that has ever been published. During the 15th and 16th centuries roundels and small panels played an important role as 'public relations' gifts among the upper classes, the church and its associated religious orders. As these gifts played a very significant role in social life, demand for these items was very high. It is clear that the manufacture of roundels and small panels was a substantial part of the earnings of these glass workshops, which also produced monumental windows. The most popular themes were predominantly religious, but also included heraldic, secular, mythological and allegorical subjects. The seasons and months and labours of the year were also commonly found. In the late 16th and the 17th centuries the range of iconographical subjects became more secular with, among other themes, representations of professions. Heraldry also remained very important, and in the second half of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries nearly all roundels and panels depicted armorials and included the name of their donors.
pp. xviii, 262. +Plus 24 leaves of color illustrations including frontis. 12mo. 180mm. Original publisher's full cream cloth binding. Cover ornately decorated and lettered in gold gilt. Cover designed by Rachel Robinson with her monogram. Spine stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt. Corners slightly bumped. Small marking on front cover. Spine gilt dulled. Book Plate belonging to Jacob Bates Abbott on inside flyleaf. Unusual bookplate depicting a naked woman riding on a ear wearing a princess hat and a night in full armor standing at her rear. Jacob Bates Abbott (1895-1950) was a prolific book illustrator who lived in California and Pennsylvania. His son Jackson Miles Abbott (1920-1988) followed in his father's footsteps and was also an accomplished artist, best known for his bird studies. Hardbound. Very Good. NW58
pp. 414. 8vo. 200 mm. Original publisher's full cloth pictorial Binding in red and black and gilt. TITLE CONTINUES: With upwards of six hundred illustrations. From the Library of Natural History Romance. First Edition. Hardbound. Near Fine. NW65
pp. 188. 12mo. 200mm. Publisher's brilliant blue cloth binding with cover stamped in bright white and decorated in blind. Spine also stamped in white. Covers are clean and corners sharp. Spine slightly faded. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good. NW70
Paperback Light to medium wear on cover of trade paperback. Ships directly from publishers. Soon to be release this fall. Pre - orders now tak en. Pls. allow 4 - 6 weeks of delivery and backorder possibilities.
pp. 32. 8vo. 180mm. Original publisher's white textured vellum covered boards lettered in gilt and decorated with a blue fleur de lis pattern. Spine blank. Cover soiled around the edges. Corners bumped. Binding fragile. Contents clean. Hardbound. good. NW61
pp. xiii, 252 +Plus Nine full page plates. 8vo. Nearly 40 illustration in the text. Slight stain in the top corner of a few leaves. Nicely decorated full cloth binding with some wear but still attractive. Manuscript ownership of Carrie E. Meyers, 1897. 230mm. Hardbound. Very Good. NW67
Colour Lucky Strike advertisement upon back cover features large picture of June Collyer. Inside of back cover features full-page advertisement from the National Publishers Association which quotes John H. Patterson, Andrew Carnegie and Thomas Fortune Ryan's words from past depressions and concludes "American has beaten 19 Major Depressions - she will beat this one... as the most nearly self-contained nation, we have within our own boundaries the elemental factors for recovery." Features: Mrs. Sinclair's "Mental Radio" - a record of amazing experiments in mental telepathy made by the wife of a well-known author; Editorials - Rear Admiral Winslow - Out of Adversity - Interstate truck regulation - the country's health; George Washington, Inventor - the versatility of our first President included invention and scientific farming; A miniature solar system and its problems - Jupiter's four major satellites and other small ones make up a system that baffles the astrophysicist; Gem-stone cutting for the amateur - a fascinating hobby with a mechanical and an esthetic appeal; To salvage a sunken liner's treasure - new methods used in recovering the gold from the Egypt; A New Turbine rocket plane for the upper atmosphere - combination drive for a proposed stratosphere plane; Why power companies plant trees - public utility companies now reforesting their water power watersheds; a Horizontal well supplies fresh water to Bermuda - a modern system supplants old rainwater from roofs system; George Washington, the father of the American Navy; From Angora Goat to Mohair Fabric; The telephone spans the Pacific - the first commercial service from California to Hawaii is inaugurated; From the Archeologist's Note book - Sumerian Diorite Head - stand from grave Athenian jug - Persian strong-box; Preservation of Leather Book Bindings - treatment and formulas to protect old or rare library volumes. Average wear. Small openings at top and bottom of spine. Unmarked. Book
