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Features: Paying to see the nation's art treasures; Fenton House, Hampstead, London - containing the Lady Binning Porcelain, and the Benton Fletcher Musical Instruments; Royal Portraits and Mementos - historic Occasions recorded in Delftward, Enamels and Porcelain; Fine Furniture Sans Pedigree; 100 Years of Red Cross Service - early illustrations of B.R.C.S. Aid for War Victims; Are Oriental Rugs Undervalued?; Some Later Chinese Bronzes; The East India Trade (Victoria and Albert Exhibition); and more. Average wear. Many pages loose but present. Book
30 pages. Features: British Hall-Marks, J.S. Forbes; Arts of India and Nepal; From Greenland's Icy Mountains; London Letter - V.& A. Museum Shows Hungarian Art Treasures; An Outline of French Period Furniture; Art of Furniture Design - Contemporary Craftsmen; Little Boxes, by Mary Carol Wilson; Sam Slick's House; An Ancient Egyptian Wall Painting; For Those Who Eat Cheese - Cheese Collectibles. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: The interest in antiquities; The Jockey Club, Newmarket, Suffolk; A London Chinaman - Messrs Goodes; Late 17th Century Clocks in an English Collection; Some Payments by an 18th Century Collector; The English Champagne and Ale Flute Glasses, 1685-1832; The Treasures of Tutenkhaamun; The Handley-Read Collection - Victorian Art, Style and Syntax; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
Features: Unit Trust Art Buying; Audley End, Essex - the Historic Seat of the Earls of Suffolk and the Lords Braybrooke; Cameo Cutting - an age-old craft; York Silver - after the re-opening of the Assay Office (Part II); Famous Swiss Art Collection; Clues to the age of long-case Clocks; Restored and unrestored pieces of Early Oak furniture; The 4th Annual Gleneagles Hotel Sale; A Grinling Gibbons Front Cover (City of London Treasures Exhibition); The Achievement of Plymouth-Bristol Wares; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
Features: The Royal Academy celebrates 200 years; Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, near Barnsley, Yorks - the home of the Spencer and Stanhope families and now a country museum; Japanese Art in England - some early collectors who admired the swordguards of Jo-i; The Swiss Art and Antiques Fair; London City Company Arms on English Delftware, Part IV; The development of the 17th century X-Chair; A Monumental Clock of Charles V.; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine
Features: Collecting myths and misnomers; First Exhibition of Irish Portraits; Dyrham Park - the Gloucestershire Home of the Blathwayt Family; Some Early Furniture of the 16th and 17th centuries - previously unrecorded examples; Picture Collecting in 1969; A Galaxy of Teapots - the Shand Kydd Collection, Part 1; The Golden Age of Claude Lorrain - first exhibition of his art comes to London from Newcastle; The London Sale-room in December; the Crowned Ladies of Innsbruck - 16th century masterpieces in Bronze that guard an Emperor's Memorial; Capodimonte Porcelain in demand; and more. Moderate external wear. Minimal markings. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Insuring the Uninsurable; The Oriental Club, Stratford House, Stratford Place; The Shrine of the Magi by Nicholas de Verdun in Cologne Cathedral; The Trial of the Pyx - The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths of the City of London - checking gold and silver content since 1238; Ancient Furniture in Modern Homes; Some Basic Notes on Ancient Glass; The London Sale-Room in December; That is 'T Clock'? - a notable Timekeeping Exhibition at Garrards; and more. Moderate external wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci - drawings at The Queen's Gallery; Glynde Place - The Sussex Home of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; A Remarkable Group of English Cabinets - Mid-18th Century Pieces with distinctive Writing Fitments and Fretwork; Georgian Women Silversmiths; Illustrated supplement to the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House, 1968; Treasures of Flanders in the 15th century - Part II; With Quill, Ink and Sand box - some refinements found in early writing-desks; London City Company Arms on English Delftware - Part V; The "Crosby and Oliver 1771" Punch-bowl; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
96 pages. Features: Reports from Washington, London and on Science and Industry; The Crisis in Teaching, by Oscar Handlin; Italian Communism, 1956 - by Paolo Pavolini; The Communist Approach to Burma, by David L. Cohn; Bella! Bella! - by Constance Tomkinson; The Word of Willow (poem), by Leah Bodine Drake; The Meanest Man in Washington County, by Dillon Anderson; How the Brain Works, by George R. Harrison; A Pair of Hands (poem) by May Sartun; The Dollmaker - story by Niccolo Tucci; The Musician - poem by R.P. Lister; The Illusion of Owning a Business, by Frederick W. Copeland; A Word for Farewell (poem), by Richard Church; Apley, Wickford Point, and Pulham - My Early Struggles, by John P. Marquand; Max Beerbohm, by Evelyn Waugh; Mitchell Goodman on Mexico (part II). Nice colour ad for the Tennessee Gass Transmission Company inside front cover. Attractive colour ad for Martell Cognac inside back cover features a Versailles theme. Nice colour ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
This listing consists of pages 1-8 and 13-20 of this issue which measures 23.5"x17". Contents include: Photo of Japanese, British and U.S. diplomates in England attemtping to replace the old London Naval Treaty; Chuckwalla wrecked on west coast of Vancouver Island; Mayor Leeming will run again; Manchukuo disregarding protests against proposed oil monopoly in state; America wants to lead in removal of barriers against international trade - warns against extreme nationalism; Government passes first market plan under B.C. Statute to protect tree fruit growers; Burnett's Gin ad; Piggly Wiggly ad; Editorial page; nice illustrated ad for Rogers and Majestic "Mystery-Tube" radios; City and District News bits; Social pages; Travel page; Sports page with head photo of Aurel Joliat in story about the 1934-35 Les Canadiens hockey team; Business page; Cartoon page. two pages of classified ads; large fashion ad for David Spencer Limited; Assorted additional vintage ads. Average wear. Above-average soiling. A great heirloom from earlier days in Victoria, B.C. Newspaper
Approx. 40 pages. Features: The Metadyne system of electric motor control; Engineers' Experiences; Electrical Pyrometers; Marine Control Gear; Power Factor Meters; 25-line Private Automatic Telephone Exchange; Electrical Equipment in a Modern Store; Making Agreements for Power Supply; Reading Switchboard Instruments from a distance; Development of X-rays in Dental Practice; Selection of Factory Substation Switchgear; Mercury switches and their applications; Ballast Resistances; Electrical Progress Overseas; Opportunities in the Cinema Industry. Well-worn. Bottom staple has torn through cover else no major defects. Unmarked. Blue and Orange front cover features advertisement for Callender Cables showing the vessel "Stirling Castle" equipped with 112 miles of their cable. Book
The truth about Tannenberg, article by Lovat Fraser; 'Billets' in Belgium - Barely better than none; Fighting the mud on the Flanders front; Heroes of Hill 70 who are closing in on Lens; Victors and Victims of the war in the air; Italy's road to victory through the mountains; Sea Men and Sea Dogs of the Swift and Broke; Wanted - a Naval Offensive! - by H.W. Wilson; Fact and fiction from Flanders and France; German super-works won by Allied Super-Men; British Strategy at Sea - a defense of present naval strategy by Percival A. Hislam; Indian Prince's Red Cross Gift for the Tigris - a floating hospital; Glimpses of life behind the French front line; Proud Moments in the progress of the French Army; The Buring of Albert - last terrible hours in a Bombarded Town; Woman War Workers in France and England; Who's Who in the Great War; Centres of Social Life in Salonika and London. Sailors and Soldiers Decorated for Heroism; The Dorset Yeomanry - one page article with photo. Somewhat above-average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
xx, 97-192 pages. Contents include: Poetry; Lord Mount Prospect; Proud-For-Nothing Giles; Via Condotti; The Poetry of Robert Bridges; Cezanne, Cubism and Modern Art; Mr. Rhodes's Sheridan; and more. Above-average external wear. Binding intact. Vendor's inkstamp upon front cover. A worthy vintage copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Buying Silver Candlesticks; Ornately decorated furniture from the mide-to-late 19th century in Britain and on the Continent; Neglected Pottery - the 19th century Staffordshire firm of Samuel Alcock & Company; Seeing the Light - personal story of a "Liverpool" coffee cup and the fun, excitement and knowledge that its impulsive acquisition resulted in; Edward Frederick Brewtnall (1846-1902) - a London painter, in oil and watercolour, of genre, landscape and figure subjects; Market Report - Lighting and Mirrors; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
viii, 415-518 pages. Contents include: Modern Drama - the architectural hold-up; The Storm - a tale of the sea; Sardine Fishers; The Paradigm of Literary Introspection; The Jolly Party; and more. Somewhat above-average external wear. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy. Book
204 pages. Index. Colour frontispiece illustration of the Gillett Building. "In telling how, against the general background of market development, a small family business of the late nineteenth century has grown into the flourishing public company of today, this book provides a substantial contribution to the history of the London money market." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket. A sound copy. Book
64 pages. Features: Buhl in bath and Boulle Abroad; Renowned Porcelains - featured in London exhibition; Calling a Spode a Spole - variety and quality produced by this important factory; The Food and Drink of History - the development of dining highlighted in major new exhibition; Marine Painter T.B. Hardy - buying his work can be fraught with problems; The History of the Royal Watercolour Society (II); Attractive back cover colour-photo ad for Simply Antiques features19th century visiting card cases; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
110 pages. Illustrated with photography in colour and black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
178 pages. Illustrated with photography in colour and black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
148 pages. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Half-inch crease to top corner of back cover. Book
164 pages. The 912 lots in this sale represent "A remarkable collection of diverse material on Middle Eastern and Arabic culture, language, archaeology, history, exploration, texts, art, bibliography, current affairs and economics. It is the rare product of the combined passions of the bibliophile and the academic, representing 40 years of diligent and tenacious collecting. It could hardley be more wide-ranging (the books are dated 1488 to 1998), and the number of books (over 8,000) is in our experience without parallel." - from page 6. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Creasing to front cover. Book
Pages 91-154. Reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The design competitions for Swords of Honour presented by the corporation of the City of London between 168 and 1901; Warner Pin - A Question of Attribution; nice ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
30 pages. Features: The Wonderful Watercolours of James P. Cockburn, by F. St. George Spendlove; Martin Cheney - Elegant Clockmaker; Canadian Silversmiths, by A.S. Thompson; Blending Antiques and Flowers, by Margaret E. Dove; Stop Scalping Our Heritage!, by Donald B. Webster who argues that current fashions are responsible for the destruction of more good, early furniture than fire, rot, neglect and weather combined; London Letter - The Sheffield Plate Show; The Lost Art of Haban Pottery, by Maria Horvath; Tunbridge Ware, by Hugh Manning; The 'Water Lily' Pattern used by Wedgewood; Unique Celtic Collection, by C.I.N. Macleod; Outline of the Development of 18th Century English Furniture. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
47 pages. Oblong 21cm x 30cm. Printed on glossy stock. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Somewhat above-average external wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Book
Large format book is in excellent condition with black cloth covers, gilt print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 100 photographers were selected and flown in for a midnight vigil in over 2,000 locations throughout the city of London. Photographers include Ken Griffiths, Harry Gruyeart, Sunil Gupta, David Hurn , Sunil Janah, Dmitri Kasterine, William Klein, Akira Kobayashi, Andre Kertesz, Peter Martens, Tim Mercer, David Montgomery, Sue Packer, Raissa Page, Tim O'Sullivan, Richard Waite, Horst Wackerbath, Richard Young, Yerry Young Ian Yeomans, Paul Windson, Sally Soames, Pennie Smith, Sarita Sharma, Syd Shelton, Neil Selkirk et al.
