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37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of A. Squire, showing a knight on horseback, and with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131
First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book is in both English and Chinese and sets out to aquaint the reader with the art of Chinese garden designing. In the book are 32 plates of ancient Chinese garden designs.
pp. xi, 222 + Photographs. Numerous text drawings. Color decorated title page. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, with slight loss at extremities. Hardbound. First Edition. Very nice copy. An excellent study of Victorian roses. Though not so marked, probably the copy of J. Horace McFarland. PLANTS W135 x2
Oblong portfolio containing 6 leaves, each leaf comprising a coloured cabinet view and postcard; printed wrappers lettered in gilt and black, wire-stitched as issued, wrappers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The postcards are perforated for detachment leaving a complete album of the same views. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
This is a very good hardcover copy in blue cloth boards decorated and titled in gilt. Toned and soiled around the edges. Spine faded. Patterned endpapers darkened around the edges, but clean. Blank endpapers foxed. Otherwise clean throughout. This is the 2nd limited edition of 350 copies. One of the scarcest architectural books about Kentucky traditional architecture and gardens, and rare in any condition. It was produced with the assistance of a group of about 200 subscribers, who quickly brought out another edition after the first limited edition of 250 copies was gone. Illustrated throughout in black & white and printed on a heavy stock glossy paper, it has survived relatively well. All text and illustrations clean. It covers over 250 of the most interesting and historically significant structures in Kentucky. Almost all illustrated with at least one photograph. 12" high X 10" wide, 180 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
pp. (1), 10, (1). Thin 4to. Number 71 of an edition limited to only 100 copies. Printed in Caslon Old Black (Gothic Letter), on deckle edged handmade paper. The type set by L. D'O. Walters. The press work done by H. Gage-Cole. Green paper-covered boards binding. Cream cloth back with printed paper spine label (label worn). 1936 Christmas gift inscription. An attactive copy of a wonderful essay on gardens and gardening. "G0D Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man; without which, buildings and palaces are but gross handiworks." W132
pp. iv, 663. Woodcut text illustrations. Foxed. Thick 12mo. 130 x 200 mm. Contemporary leather backed marbled boards binding. **NOTE: Cuban booksellers' label: Libreria Espanola y Estrangera de J.E. Abraido, Calle del Obispo no. 63, Entre Habana Y Agular, Hanana (CUBA). A significant standard French text, with a good Cuban association. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W130
Paris, Librairie d'Auguste Fontaine, 1855. In-12 broché, 221 pages. Bien complet du plan nouveau de la Promenade "PLAN DU NOUVEAU BOIS DE BOULOGNE" dressé d'après les documents officiels, gravé par DELSOL. Dos fragile, quelques rousseurs sans gravité. En grande partie non coupé. Cet excellent et rare ouvrage méritérait d'étre relié.
Aranjuez, Ediciones Doce Calles, 1990, 28,5 x 20 cm., 120 págs. con retrato y dibujos intercalados en el texto + 1 h.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. No dust jacket, as published. 128pp. Art, Legend and Style - 1920 to 1960. The story of the American Nightclub, from the start of the Prohibition Era which lasted over 12 years to the 1960s. With a wealth of jazz-swing era posters, images and photos.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 31pp. Brief history and illustrated tour of the Hall and gardens near Ripon in Yorkshire.
pp. xvi, 415 + 80 Halftone plates in monochrome and color. 4to. 26.5 cm. Uncut and mostly unopened. Top edge gold. Thick soiled buckram binding. Worn leather spine label. "Nature is not lavish of her beauties; They are widely scattered and occasionally displayed, to be selected with care, and gathered with difficulty" -- Lord Byron (1821). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W149
1st Edition. . 4to. over 2 kgs. would need extra shipping for international orders
16 pages of nature pictures in rotogravure. Features: The Galapagos Islands One Hundred Years after Darwin; Wings of the Storm - gulls and cormorants in the north Atlantic; Kentucky Blue-Grass; Feathered New Yorkers; Puddlestone Gardens; Conservation - court decisions hep migratory birds; Progress in Roadside Legislation - the signboard debate; Covering Nature's Nakedness - a sacred duty - planting seedlings in Michigan; The Mourning Dove; Planets and Planetoids. Average wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
Features: Cycling among mountains - BC's Golden Triangle is a peak-rimmed challenge; What get's a porcupine's back up?; Growing Wild - Wildflower Gardens revel in the subtle charms of woodland flowers in their own backyards; Manitoba's Mosquito Wars - Winnipeg battles an unbeatable foe.; Murres on the Menu - Marauding gulls and foxes take their share of murres, but ravens are the true robber-barons of Digges Island. Usual library markings. Average wear. Worthy reference copy. Book
Mm 160x240 Brossura editoriale, copertina originale, 431pp. con illustrazioni in nero e a colori nel testo redatto in italiano ed inglese - english-italian text. " A comparative interdisciplinary study of the different conceptions of nature and artifice in the two cultures ( arts and sciences ) and the two primordial halves of the world ( East and West ), starting from the discipline of Architecture ". Weighing over 1,5 Kg. international orders may need extra shipping, Thanks. Opera in perfette condizioni di nuovo, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
64 pages. Features: Nice War Savings Certificates ad inside front cover shows woman placing written pledge in her window; News digest discusses Italy's collapse, America the 'Arsenal of Democracy', and 'Compromises' at Washington; Nice "Canada is Strong" ad by Fleischmann's Yeast shows men with peaveys moving large floating logs; British Women in Man-Size Jobs - wonderfully photo-illustrated article shows Pauline Gower in cockpit of plane she is ferrying from factory to R.A.F. station; Ordeal by Arrow (bear-hunting short story); Blueboy (short story); The Bullet (short story); Inside the Gestapo - article with dramatic photos of POWs; Sixty Days to Live (short story); Meet the Ambassador! - great photo-illustrated article on Reginal "Red" Horner of the Toronto Maple Leafs; Nice one-page Pontiac ad; Canadian National ad promotes Jasper National Park; Colgate ad features illustration of the Dionne Quintuplets; Canada at the Crossroads - Dominion-Provincial Controversy; Movie news and photos; Woodbury Soap ad features photo of Deborah Douglas; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Virginia Bruce; Colorful Perennial Gardens; Spring fashion parade; Canned foods article; Fashion illustrations; World Sayings; Vintage Heinz ad inside back cover shows three of there 15 minute dinners; Nice back cover colour ad for Canadian canned lobster - Canadians are asked to support this domestic industry which has lost access to its international markets; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
40 pages. Features: Colour Canada Dry ad features playing cards; Canada's Cabinet Crisis - and After; Photo of F/L Art 'Birt' Birtwhistle of Ottawa chatting with Dutch girls about wooden shoes; Sugar-Snow Slalom (short story); Knocking the World About - article with photos of massive world infrastructure projects; The Vertical Line (short story); Will Anthony Eden be Britain's Next Prime Minister?; Lovely Laboratory - brief photo-illustrated article on Kew Gardens mentions Winnipeg's Palm House at Assiniboine Park; The Reluctant Tutor; Jergens Lotion ad features photo of Maria Montez; Anaconda Copper and Brass ad features photo of employee Lou Weller of Port Credit, Ontario; Very colourful illustrated centrefold ad for General Motors of Canada entitled "Enterprise - and the Challenge of Tomorrow" includes text mentioning founder Robert McLaughlin; Recipe article; Chase & Sanborn ad with colour Charlie McCarthy comic; The Canadian Mothercraft Society; Newlywed photos of Lynette Emelyn Diedrick of Kingston, Jamaice, and Frank Leonard MacIntosh of the RCAF appear in Woodbury soap ad; Wartime conservation tips; nostalgic ad for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board inside back cover uses traffic lights to explain it will take time for all wartime goods restrictions to be lifted; Great back cover colour ad for Good Year features very futuristic auto/highway scene; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
26 pages. Features: Photo of Nanaimo's "Queen Victoria"; Great assortment of local ads; Getting Wired II - Second of a two-part series on communicating using computers in the Nanaimo area, with photo of Mayor Gary Korpan at the keyboard; Gardens of Earthly Delights - Bringing our backyards to Life, by Alison Watt, with photo of local naturalist Bill Merilees; Short photo-illustrated article on the Hogle House which sits atop Nanaimo's Nob Hill; Is Prostitution a Problem in Nanaimo?, view from the left by Jean Blackburn and view from the right by Larry Hume; Nice full-page colour ad for Cameron Island, Phase II inside back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Few small openings to/chips from front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Cellophane dust jacket not price clipped or marked with tears to and pieces missing from lower edge. 96pp. Prose and poetry about the garden chosen by the author.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright green cloth boards, slight discolouration to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with traces of handling. 192pp. This is a comprehensive book giving advice on a wide-range of garden trees and shrubs and concentrating on those whose attractions are not confined to one feature and to one season.
Julliard Mappemonde 1962, In-8 broché, 251 pages. Préface de Louise de Vilmorin. Dos bruni. Bon état
Oversize. 143 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
143pp. 31 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good