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Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 3 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately. . Volume 3 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as "smiths, cutlers, armourers, mining, charcoal making. house-builders, cabinet-makers, turners, musical instrument makers, potters, glass-workers. druggists, collectors of simples. weavers, glovers, sock-makers, cordwainers, tanners, hatters, dyers of purple. fishermen" 475p. Book
Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 2 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately.Volume 2 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as " Marriage, women, dress, housing, furnishing, food, entertainment and also of rural life including gardens, orchards, vineyards,,agriculture, pastoral life." 433p. Book
Facsimile of the edition first published by Richard Bentley in 1842 NOTE: This is part 1 of a 3 volume set - and will NOT be sold separately.Volume 1 is stuffed with fascinating details on such things as " People and their customs, places Athens, Sparta, children,toys, education,sports, hunting, philosophy, arts, literature, religion" 424p. Book
289 p., illus. A catalogue of objects from the Brick Store Museum. Paperback Very good condition
This delightful little book, designed in the shape of a gravestone by Jane Knights, contains a new assembly of epitaphs by Fritz Spiegl (flautist, humourist and linguist) some probably fictional, but others - possibly factual- displaying inadvertant humour.Unpaginated paper age-toned, else fine. Book
Illustrations of Hellenic National Costumes by Nicolas Sperling (1881-1940) were published by the Benaki Museum in 2 large format portfolios of coloured plates 1948-1954. This is an undated, unattributed large format facsimile of the painting of a woman's costume from PELION [Size17.5 x11.5" ] Printed on card stock suitable for framing. Book
Illustrations of Hellenic National Costumes by Nicolas Sperling (1881-1940) were published by the Benaki Museum in 2 large format portfolios of coloured plates 1948-1954. This is an undated, unattributed large format facsimile of the painting of a KARAGOUNA costume from THESSALY [Size17.5 x11.5" ] Printed on card stock suitable for framing. Book
68pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, very good condition, [auction catalogue containing 254 lots, with some illustrations in colour & in bl/w], S97369
52pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, some handwritten annotations of which some prices in pencil, else in good condition, [auction catalogue containing 308 lots, with illustrations in bl/w and in colour], S97389
68pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, good condition, [auction catalogue containing 481 lots, with some illustrations in bl/w and in colour, with list of auction results], S97372
52pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, good condition, [auction catalogue containing 334 lots, with illustrations in bl/w and in colour], S97391
96pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, good condition, [auction catalogue containing 468 lots, with illustrations in bl/w and in colour, with list of auction results], S97367
66pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, good condition, [auction catalogue containing 441 lots, with bl/w illustrations, with list of auction results], S97366
96pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, good condition, [auction catalogue containing 690 lots, with some illustrations in bl/w and in colour, with list of auction results], S97373
76pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, very good condition, [auction catalogue containing 538 lots, with illustrations in bl/w and in colour], S97392
96pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, good condition, [auction catalogue containing 471 lots, with illustrations in bl/w and few in colour], S97371
128pp., 27cm., illustrated softcover, good condition, [auction catalogue containing 567 lots, with illustrations in bl/w and few in colour], S97370
This is a very good softcover copy with some wear. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on December 14, 1995. Sale code: LN5746 "DIAGHILEV". The sale consisted of property from the late Lord Howard of Henderskelfe, Castle Howard. Generally clean, but hammer prices have been inked in for all lots. Illustrated in color. Short essays on principal designers. 118 lots. 11" high X 8" wide, 133 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
'...an account of a year spent on the Greek island of Paxos." "His wry and beautifully written excursion into a dystopian Arcadia is rooted in his sardonic wit and the pitiless eye that he turns on modern Greece, on modern Greeks, and, not the least, on himself." (this copy marred by underlinings and comments from a previous reader- some of which, however, are quite interesting-) Book
215 pages. Index. Footnotes. Reproductions of archival black and white photos. "This lively account of a dashing young man about town provides a firsthand description of society in early Victorian Toronto. Young Mr. Smith's diaries and letters, from 1839-1858, have been edited by his granddaughter and deftly interwoven with her own background comments." - from dust jacket. Clean, tight and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
pp. x, 347. Illustrated with photographs by Melvin J. Horst. Uncut and unopened. 8vo. Original coarse linen cloth binding. Issued as Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, Volume XXIV. An excellent study, that is still generally reliable when considering the Amish of today (2015). See Also: PGS86.**PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA GER SOC. BOX 4 x4
Plon terre humaines 1969. In-8 plein cartonnage sous jaquette de 354 pages, photos et illustrations. Bon état
The ancient Athenians were "quarrelsome as friends, treacherous as neighbors, brutal as masters, faithless as servants, shallow as lovers--all of which was in part redeemed by their intelligence and creativity." Thus writes Philip Slater in this classic work on narcissism and family relationships in fifth-century Athenian society. Exploring a rich corpus of Greek mythology and drama, he argues that the personalities and social behavior of the gods were neurotic, and that their neurotic conditions must have mirrored the family life of the people who perpetuated their myths. The author traces the issue of narcissism to mother-son relationships, focusing primarily on the literary representation of Hera and the male gods and showing how it related to devalued women raising boys in an ambitious society dominated by men. "The role of homosexuality in society, fatherless families, working mothers, women's status, and violence, male pride, and male bonding--all these find their place in Slater's analysis, so honestly and carefully addressed that we see our own societal dilemmas reflected in archaic mythic narratives all the more clearly." 513p. bibliography. index. Clean,neat tight copy but with pencilled notes and underlinings Book
164p. Wide margins. Mildly foxed. XLib. From the library of the Philadelphia artist, James Cox (1751-1834). Duplicate sold by the Library Company of Philadelphia. 4to. Rebound in library buckram. Leather spine label, gold lettered. First and second Tours are here complete in one volume, and are apparently all that were published. Skrine (1755-1803) inherited a large estate from his father and used his income to travel. He does not seem to have been terribly impressed by the Scottish people. First Edition. Hardbound. OCLC apparently records only three copies in libraries world wide. VERY SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED TRAVEL/4
pp. xii, 361 + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Top edge gold. Uncut. XLib. Original full navy blue cloth binding, gold lettered and decorated. Though XLib, still a nice copy. RUSSIA; HISTORY; RUSSIAN EMPIRE; MOSCOW; KREMLIN; SIBERIA; RACES; RELIGION; CULTURE; CUSTOMS; ART; LITERATURE; STATISTICS; PHOTOGRAPHS; 1904 RUSSIA/1