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9354184359.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1999S7519Jewels of the Traditional Greek Costume 18th-19th ce. - The Collection of National Historical Museum. In greek. Soft cover 27 cm 110 pp. ill. Presents in detail 85 characteristic traditional jewels excellent samples of popular art from all greek regions. National Historical Museum paperback
1980S8075Nicosia: Self publication 1980. Brand new. Bilingual greek-english edition. Soft cover 30 cm 162 pp. ill. Self publication paperback
1333866941.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
192262327Harper & Brothers New York 1922. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Louis Rhead. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xviii 444pp. Binding firm spine slightly cocked and faded. Slight foxing front/rear pages but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Covers slightly marked. Boards slightly bowed. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrator: Louis Rhead. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 62327. . Harper & Brothers hardcover
191363235Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent and Company London 1913. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Honor C. Appleton. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xvi 107pp. Hinges cracked. Spine slightly cocked with chips to ends. Split to base of rear joint. Endpapers browned text moderately foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription in ink. Edges foxed and browned. Tears to outer margins of a couple of pages. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Frontispiece absent all other illustrations present. Illustrator: Honor C. Appleton. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 63235. . Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Company hardcover
rja664117<p>UKslim Qrto HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Brightcrispclean glossy laminatedcolour pictorial artwork by Errol Le Cain illustrated dw/dj panelswith black lettering to front panel; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Topfore-edges bright and clean; contents brighttightcleansolid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' cornersappears unread - apart from my own collation.Brightcrispcleansharp-corneredcolour pictorial illustrated glazed boards - design repeated from dw/dj and clean plain white endpapers.UKslim Qrto HBdw/dj1st edn32pp unpaginated and excluding front free endpapers includes 13 full-page coloured illustrations which includes the illustrated dedication pageother coloured illustrations and border edge decorations on every pageplus colour illustrated title pageaforementioned dedication page with full-pagefull-colour illustrated frntis to it's reverse. An increasingly and highly collected and prolific children's book illustratorand an unusual item in Le Cain's bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon for discerning collectors and fans alike. Errol John Le Cain b.1941 - d.1989. Worked as Erroll Le Cain. Born in Singaporeson of a member of the police force.During his childhoodhe travelled extensively in the Far East and lived for five years in India.He worked in Pearl & Dean advertising studios 1956-60and on animated films and titles in the Richard Williams Studio 1960-67.Following that he worked freelance as a filmtelevision and exhibition designer.As a book illustratorLe Cain had developed a distinctive graphic style in which outline and pattern are dominant elements.He aimed to create boldsimple designs retaining relevant detail that can be dramatic or humorous and adapts his style to the varying moods of the stories.He uses pen and inkwith gouache for colour work.He won the Kate Greenaway Medal with 'Hiawatha's Childhood' UK FABER1984 in 1985. <br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight and value of this item for correct shipping/ Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.FABER and FABER LIMITED,1988. hardcover
190462759Frederick Warne & Co London 1904. New Edition Revised. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". viii 632pp. Hinges cracked. Spine slightly faded with wear to ends. Scattered foxing. Previous owner's inscription in pencil dated 1904. Edges foxed and browned. Covers marked. Corners slightly bumped. The publication date given above is an estimate only there being no date given in the book. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Middle East; Medieval 10th to 15thc; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 62759. . Frederick Warne & Co hardcover
199357892Icelandic Literary Society Reykjavik 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Size: 4to 9 3/4 - 12". 145 pp. Internally clean. Binding firm spine cocked. Dust jacket chipped with slight loss. Edges slightly browned and marked. Profusely illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Myths Legends & Folklore; Iceland; Early 0-1000 AD & Medieval; History. ISBN: 9979804343. ISBN/EAN: 9789979804345. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 57892. . 9789979804345 Icelandic Literary Society hardcover
rja731717<p>UK8vo HBminus dw/djillustrated1st edn. VG. Neat blue inked seasonal familial gift presentation inscrptndate to top corner verso of front free endpaper. Publisher's original pale beige cloth boards with bright crisp blocked gilt title letters within a dark green ink printed vertical box/panel and bright crisp blocked gilt letters publisher to foot of spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - and immaculate monochrome 'Fairy-Tale Land' map illustrated endpapers. Three corners with minor creases from minor bumping - front lower corner with a light faint thumbprint-sized indeterminate stain/mark; a similar coloured but miniscule thin strip stain along board's front top edge too; otherwise rest of boards bright and clean. Topfore-edges bright and clean with little or no marks; contents bright tight clean solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners but previous owner has placed a blue ink tick alongside all but 8 of the tales on the Contents list/table pages - the only annotation noted. Else appears unread apart from my collation. UK8vo HB minus dw/djillustrated1st edn1- 146pp paginated includes translators' Foreword 39 fairy tales - 4 with b/w illustrated headpieces and 2 with tail-pieces 4 b/w illustrations within tales' text and a full colour illustrated frntis 4 full-page 3-colour block b/wochre/yellow artwork illustrations - all called for present and all illustrations by Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone; plus unpaginated colour frntis title page ContentsIllustrations lists/tables - Acknowledgements to verso of Illustration list/table. Highly collected and prolific children's book illustratorsan uncommon scarce and unusual item in Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone's genre in bold style and will be an important and welcome addition to the Grahame Johnstones' canon. Want more Janet & Anne Grahame JOHNSTONE titles For similar and other titles please seach my CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED catalogue. Twins born 1st June1928. Janet died in a tragic accident on 20th January1979 her sister surviving her until 25th May1998. Children's book illustrators specialising in large brightly coloured gift books mainly published by Dean & SonLtd. in which the full-page illustrations surround the passages of text. Janet specialized in animals and birds Anne focused on the period costumes that so dominated their work. Their work represents a recent manifestation of the nursery tradition mass-marketed by Mabel Lucie Attwell and updated by Hilda Boswell characterised by unfailing sentimentality and a palpable determination to please. Between them they published over 200 titles; with over 5000 illustrations in total: 1000 in b/w and 4000 in colourand 10 technical equestrian books. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the lighter weight and value of this item for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note stocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded AFTER order's receipt and before the order's despatch especially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now in some cases cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.</p> UK.EDINBURGH & LONDON.W. R. CHAMBERS LTD.,1960. hardcover
rja592416<p>UK8vo HB minus issued dw/djillustrated1st edn thus.Originaltrue UK 8vo HBillustrated 1st edn published in 1910 by SmithElder & Co.London.Also issued simultaneously in the US.This UK8vo HBb/w illus is the then new and revised edn by Chapman & Dodd of 1922so a 1st edn thus. VG. No owner inscrptnminus issued dw/dj.Generally bright and clean - apart from an incomplete partial cup-ring to upper boardand basically the major detracting fault - publisher's original brick-red cloth boards with black ink printed caricature illustration reproduced from an internal b/w illustration plate and black ink lettering to front boardblack ink printed lettering to spine/backstrip alsorear board plain: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and sharp corners.Plain grey endpapers with some off-set page edge browning/toning.Top edges slightly aged/tonedfore-edges cleaner and brighter but are lightly and sporadically foxed/spotted; contents generally brighttight cleansolid and sound with very little foxing throughout the text's body - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners appears unread.UK8vo HB1st edn thus newrevised9-256pp paginated includes 25 chapters16 frntis unpaginated b/w illustrations by Charles Folkard - all attachedall called for and present throughout the text and the book; plus unpaginated foxed/spotted half-title pageb/w illustrated frntisa lightly and faintly foxed/spotted title page and separate Contents Illustrations lists/tables. Charles James Folkard 1878-1963.Worked as Charles Folkard. Born LewishamLondonson of a printer.Became an expert conjurerandwhile designing his own programmesdiscovered his preference for drawing.Studied at various schools of art including the St John's Wood School of Art.He illustrated nursery literature and children's classics in black and white and full colour with professionalismoften combining naturalistic detail with a strong element of caricature.He was the creator of the Daily Mail's children's strip cartoon Teddy Tail 1915 which continued until 1960and the author of a number of children's plays and pantomimes.He lived in LondonKent and Sussex. <br />Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. </p> LONDON.CHAPMAN & DODD,1922. hardcover
1279433388.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
96189Academy of Athens 2003. Brand new. Soft cover two volumes 616673 pp. Academy of Athens 2003 paperback
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1989002615New York: Harper and Row 1989. Approx 250 pages with numerous color illustrations photos and maps. Book is in very clean condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Harper and Row hardcover
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