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JONES, Owen [illuminator]: BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER]Biblio.com

The Book of Common Prayer

184513060ILLUMINATED THROUGHOUT BY OWEN JONES - IN A HANDSOME RED MOROCCO BINDING ALSO PROBABLY DESIGNED BY JONES first edition thus large 8vo. 24.8 x 17 cms. xl 504 2 451-484 notespp. with the text on every page enclosed inside a very great variety changing every few pages of decorative borders which are printed in colours very often two and including red blue green mauve yellow and black numerous large decorative initial letters printed in colours ornaments some printed in colours all these decorations designed by Owen Jones 12 plates of which 8 are divisional title-pages chromolithographed in gold and colours by Owen Jones 3 engravings by J. C. Horsley 1 by Henry Warren 37 line engravings drawn from old master paintings by George Scharf jnr. under ther superintendence of Lewis Gruner final section of notes which has aberrant pagination with a simple parallel red and black line border elaborate publisher's binding of full rich morocco over very thick bevelled boards sides blocked with an elaborate border probably designed by Owen Jones and a central device composed of the interlaced letters I.H.S. smooth spine elaborately gilt decorated and lettered inner fold-ins and board edges gilt decorated all edges gilt neatly recased retaining the original pale blue glazed endpapers some trivial local foxing but a fine and most handsome copy. Preserved in a new marbled slipcase. R. McLean Victorian Book Design 1972 pp.88-90. Owen Jones 1809-1874 architect and designer was interested in historical ornament as an inspiration for modern design and striving to determine universal principles of design studied both oriental and western arts. In this work Jones clearly echoed the hand-illuminated work of medieval breviaries psalters and books of hours. "The book was well printed by Vizetelly Brothers and must have been a considerable undertaking since it consisted of over 500 pages all printed in two or three colours" McLean. The complex wood-engraved borders were in widely varying styles and were printed in black blue and red combined or in such single colours as yellow green lilac blue red or brown. Additionally there were eight strikingly printed illuminated divisional 'title pages' chromolithographed in gold red blue and green. Additionally there are full-page woodcut plates by John C. Horsley and Henry Warren with engraved borders and a tint over the print. and 37 wood engravings after Raphael and others throughout the text. The result was "one of the most important examples of Owen's commercial decoration" McLean.The book was initially issued in eight parts and was later republished in 1850 and in 1863 in fewer colours and without the chromolithographed 'title pages'. The work is also "of great interest in tracing the work done by Baxter's apprentices" Lewis. Jones had his own press and with his co-worker H. N. Humphreys "developed several totally new binding styles using materials such as papier mâché terracotta and embossed leather which were more fitted to the sumptuous contents" O.D.N.B. It is likely that the binding of this copy was designed by Jones even if not created in his workshop. C. T. Courtney Lewis The Story of Picture Printing in England during the XIXth Century 1928 p.63. John Murray [printed by Vizetelly Brothers and Co.] hardcover

P & B Rowan · Royaume-Uni750,00 £GB≈ 856,35 €

John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury (1745-1831), Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas between 1800 and 1827, known as 'the HanginBiblio.com

‘The Hanging Judge’: the Earl of Norbury Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas. Autograph Signed endorsement with that of Nathaniel Alexander Bishop of Meath to manuscript recommendation of ‘Alexander Hawthorne of Sackville Street Glover’.

247867 February 1829. Dublin. Within a couple of years of his death Norbury’s nickname was given as ‘the hanging judge’ see ‘The Georgian Era’ vol.2 1833 and yet no mention is made of the fact in his entry in the Oxford DNB. The present document is 1p 4to. On the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged. The declaration in a secretarial hand reads: ‘We the undersigned have pleasure in recommending Alexander Hawthorne of Sackville Street Glover as a person worthy of being honored with the commands of their Excellencies the Most Noble The Duke & Duchess of Northumberland having known him for many years to be an honest industrious respectable tradesman & one of the best Glove Manufacturers in Dublin’. Beneath this the Bishop of Meath writes: ‘45 Great Georges Street North / Feby 7th 1829 As far as I have knowledge I believe Alexander Hawthorne of Sackville Street to be an honest Man and a good Tradesman - Nathl: Meath’. And beneath that: ‘I know the bearer & know him a respectable Glover - 9 Gardiners row Norbury’. Norbury’s signature is largely written and heavily-inked. See Image. 7 February 1829. Dublin. unknown

Richard M. Ford Ltd · Royaume-Uni280,00 £GB≈ 319,70 €

Japanese common sense study group editionBiblio.com

A Japanese masterpiece read on 3 pages that you can't ask other people now

20042081002108802771KK Bestsellers 1st printing 2004. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 KK Bestsellers 1st printing paperback

Potato Head Bookshop · Singapour100,00 $US≈ 84,61 €

Japan-China-Korea Common History Teaching Materials CommitteeBiblio.com

A New Modern History of East Asia

20122090202120414421Nihonhyoronsha 2012. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Nihonhyoronsha paperback

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Jack CommonBiblio.com

The Freedom of the Streets

19381760955382ABSSecker & Warburg 1938. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1938. First Edition. 263 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with lettering. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Moderate water mark to back pastedown and free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is darkened. Visible wear marks to boards. Secker & Warburg hardcover