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Features: Sweetly Scented Flowers; Autumn flowers from Bulbs; Butter Roses; in your garden; base thoughts; protection in the garden; flower festival at Westminster Cathedral; Flowers and button-holes; roses in flora containers; Castle Howard; flowers in praise; treasures from the sea; Derbyshire well-dressing; a flower arranger in Jamaica; watering your garden; flowers through the ages; Maruee Decoration; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
A well-preserved copy of this most charming vintage Canadian cook book, first published in 1913. 142 pages. Several colour photos. All coupons present. "A manual of good recipes carefully chosen from the contributions of over two thousand successful users of Five Roses Flour throughout Canada. Also contains useful notes on the various classes of good things to eat, all of which have been carefully checked and re-checked by competent authority" - from title page. Moderate wear and soiling for a cookbook of this era. Hand-written recipes on last two pages. Last leaf (pages 143-144) missing, presumably to remove additional handwritten recipes. Binding intact. A wonderful piece of Canadiana which will surely serve as a heart-warming gift. (For additional publishing history see page 137 of Driver, Q79.2.) Book
12mo [20 x 12 cm]; 2 volumes in one, viii, [9] -119; 96 pp, engraved illustrations including full-page & including one of a Victorian terrarium, index for first work. original brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine title lettering and gilt vignette of flower, rubbed, lightly foxed, spine ends and edges worn, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Besides describing laying out gardens, bulbs, perennials, annuals, roses, jasmines, evergreens, shrubs, window gardening, domestic greenhouses, the author provides good lists of varieties to grow under various conditions. Massachusetts Horticultural Society 161. The full title of the second work is The American Rose Culturist; Being and Practical Treatise on the Propagation, Cultivation, and Management of the Rose in all Seasons, with a list of Choice & Approved Varieties, Adapted to the Climate of the United States, to which are added full Directions for the Treatment of the Dahlia., and edited by C. M. Saxton. Stock 2614. A popular work which was reprinted many times until 1885. Hedrick mentions only the 1856 printing, this copy being published in 1855. The author describes rose cultivation, pruning, budding, etc, and describes and lists hundreds of varieties.
12mo [19 x 12.5 cm]; 2 volumes in one, viii, [9] -119; 96 pp, engraved illustrations including full-page, index for first work. original brown blind-stamped cloth with gilt spine title lettering and gilt vignette of flower, small mark on front cover, corners rubbed, outer corner of blank endpaper cut off, but a clean very good or better copy. A picture of this book is available up Besides describing laying out gardens, bulbs, perennials, annuals, roses, jasmines, evergreens, shrubs, window gardening, domestic greenhouses, the author provides good lists of varieties to grow under various conditions. Masachusetts Horticultural Society 161. The full title of the second work is The American Rose Culturist; Being and Practical Treatise on the Propagation, Cultivation, and Management of the Rose in all Seasons, with a list of Choice & Approved Varieties, Adapted to the Climate of the United States, to which are added full Directions for the Treatment of the Dahlia., and edited by C. M. Saxton. Stock 2614. A popular work which was reprinted many times until 1885. Hedrick mentions only the 1856 printing. The author describes rose cultivation, pruning, budding, etc and describes and lists hundreds of varieties.
4 livraisons reliées en 1 volumes In-8, 83-226p. Collection complète des 4 livraisons parues entre 1824 et 1830 de cet essai fondamental du célèbre rosièriste français. Traces d'usage à la reliure, mors fendus. De la plus grande rareté.
Features: War Babies - Trauma haunts the lives of children growing up on the Gaza Strip... Can a caring science heal their souls?; Roses from Rock - Against all common sense, a Flin Flon mine has become Canada's top greehnouse, producing a bounty of valuable plants in a place where the sun never shines; The Haunting Powers of God's Dog - the coyote... why does this mythical marauder trigger the beast in us?; The Body Electric - scars, tattoos, and piercings are actually as old a practice as the human race; Lessons from the Loneliest Lab - Scientists grinding their way to the North Pole do ice-breaking work on the Arctic's withering wonderland. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
Illustrated catalogue of the many beautiful varieties of plants available from the David Austin Rose Nursery. Useful information for rose growers in America.20th US edition.177p. map,index and fold-out colour charts. [NO locations found in WorldCat] Book
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 223 pp, frontis, numerous illus, including many full-page, from photos and drwgs, one folding plate, index. original cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, edges rubbed, one margin creased, very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The first edition was in 1911 with only 159 pages. Stock 1303.
12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 223 pp, frontis, numerous illus, including many full-page, from photos and drwgs, one folding plate, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, near fine copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The first edition was in 1911 with only 159 pages, it being greatly expanded here. Many species are described. Stock 1303.
8vo [21 x 15 cm]; 288 pp, frontis, plus 64 colored plates (complete), plus 16 black and white plates, chart, bibliography, index. original red cloth with gilt spine title lettering and vignette, very good sound copy with previous owner's notes on roses on blank endpaper and a few tipped-in illustrations of roses from other sources, dj with wear and short tears. A picture of this boo The colored plates are from photos by the author and from paintings by Pamela Freemand, paul Jones and Margaret Stones and show 130 rose varieties. The black and white plates, each with one or more illustrations, show how to cultivate, plant, prune, etc. The author is a long time rose grower and photographer. Stock 2062. Stock lists a number of later printings, each identical to this first printing.
Features: Listen, Mr. Landon (Governor Landon of Kansas) - Pilgrims to Topeka (Walter Davenport); Little Giant - Short-wave mix-up (Frank Condon); Bread into Roses, Part III - Second romance (Kathleen Norris); Coming and Going - Drama in the jury room (David Hoadley Munroe); Racers in Harness - the running of the Hambletonian (Quentin Reynolds); Perfect Hostess - Explorer afoot in a department store (Edward Shenton); Trouble Shooter, Part IX - Nan gets ready to go (Ernext Haycox); Singing for a Living - personal appearances that babbled Hollywood - Mr. Nelson Eddy (Kyle Crichton); A Change of Face - Beauty's crowning appanage, or what to do about your hair (Ruth Seinfel); Double Play - John Paine; Track and Field Marshal - Bill Bingham of Harvard (Bill Cunningham); Dames are Funny - love rides the China Sea (Jacland Marmur); Keep up with the world - what do you think of this?(Freling Foster); Pirate Patrol - Submarines on the last pirate main, from Hong Kong to Amoy (Jim Marshall). Nice colour ad for RCA Victor Radios inside front cover. Colour Camel cigarette ad. Fantastic colour Lucky Strike cigarette ad on back cover. Average wear. Address label on front cover else unmarked. A sound copy. Book
66 pages. Articles: Designs for Touring - Salt Water, Salubrity and Sin - Attractions of Mississippi's Gulf Coast - The Poor Man's Riviera; Strife Among the Roses - Rose Bowl Preview - with financial details; For Landings' Sake - a study of the causes of airline accidents; The Truth in Russian Eyes - an interview with the editor of Pravda; The People's Life Preservers - the FDA; Veni, Vidi Valli - Little lady Valli is Italy's gift to Hollywood; Facts and Figures - the last word in foundation garments (corsets, bras and girdles); Old Ties for Old - men can now swap unwanted gift neckwear; Here a City Died - a visit to Machu-Picchu - article with great color photos. Fiction: Cocktails at Blindman's Lake; This is the Night; Four Alarm; Oh, Lovely Land; Previous Date; The First Foot. Includes these nostalgic ads: Boris Karloff in a Tums ad; Pontiac cars; Talon Dresses (featuring wedding gown); "Night Song" movie (full-page); Spam; Camel cigarettes (back cover) featuring ballerina Kathryn Lee. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
90 pages. Wonderful colour and black and white photography. Features: One-page colour photo of Lin Ching Hsia; Two pages of colour photos of Lin Fung Chew; Two pages of colour photos of The Other Side of Devotion; Two pages of photos of We Feel the Wind Again; Colour photos of That Girl From Wanchai; Colour photos of And the Love Lingers; Fold-out colour photos of Hsia Ling Ling and Dana; Lovely Calendar colour photo of Lin Ching Hsia; Patrick Hsieh; King Hu never be a virgin; Wong Chuen Yu; Kwai Au Lui; Lin Fung Chu; Tien Niu; Lau Wai Bun; PoChih Leung; Wong Yung; Li Hsing; A Deep and Tender Love; The Thrilling Sword; Time for Wine and Roses; The Yellow Panther; One-Arm Chivalry Eight Against One-Arm Chivalry; The Secret Rivals, Part II; The Dull Body; Bed For Day, Bed for Night; Colour photo ad for Golden Nun inside back cover; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pianta topografica della fortezza sul Golfo di Roses. In alto riquadro con veduta generale della città. Imbarcazioni in primo piano. Piega centrale editoriale
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 317pp. The Battle of Bosworth, fought on 22 August 1485 brought to an end the Wars of the Roses that had raged between the noble houses of York and Lancaster for nearly one hundred years. The author brilliantly recreates the dynastic conflict, the battles and sudden death and the transition from Medieval to Tudor England.
1st edition, hardback in a protected dust jacket. Fine/Fine. ISBN 0214201309. 22809. eng
4 vols., sm. folio, First Edition, with many hundreds of fine coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout; black cloth, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, patterned endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. 1: Metalwork (2014); Vol. 2: Furniture (2014); Vol. 3: Tile (2016); Vol. 4: Lighting (2017).
Portolano inciso in rame, mm.215x161 relativi alla sola parte incisa, rifilata poco oltre i margini. Veduta della costa, con scandagli espressi in braccia francesi. Da opera stampata in Pisa, 1861. Aloni e ombreggiature di inchiostro. Non comune.
228p. illus. Ed. by Harold S. Goldstein et al. Hardcover Very good condition
248p. illus. Ed. by Harold S. Goldstein et al. Hardcover Very good condition
253p. illus. Ed. by Harold S. Goldstein et al. Hardcover Very good condition
261p. illus. Ed. by Fred J. Nisbet Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
Pages 41-80 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: Notable American Homes - "Gellian Court," The Country Seat of Emil Berolzheimer, Esq., Tarrytown, New York; Roses for Winter; Homes of American Artists - The Rose Valley Artist's Home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Stephens, built and arranged by Price and McLanahan, architects, of Philadelphia; The Roadway and the Grounds; Giant Leaves - article with photos of massive cabbage, Gunnera, Monstera deliciosa, Elephant's Ear, and Anthurium leaves; The Compost Heap; The Residence of Friend A. Russ, Esq., "Rock Ridge," Greenwich, CT; New Developments in Stenciling; Residence of Prof. L.W. Reid, at Merion, PA; A "Triple-Gable" House at Oak Lane, PA, built for Charles E. Frick, Esq.; A French Model Dairy - wonderfully photo-illustrated article on this leading-edge operation on an island of the Seine, near Bougival, ten miles from Paris; The Colonial Residence of J. Randall Williams, Esq., Haverford, PA; One-page ad for Knabe pianos; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Andrews Systems of the Andrews Heating Co.; Coldwell Lawn Mower ad; Two-color ad for the Royal Chair Co. on back cover illustrates chair with push-button sliding footrest; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers and some pages loose but all present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
64 pages. Colour and black and white photos of the band. Songs include: A Horse With No Name; Children; Clarice; Donkey Jaw; Everyone I Meet Is From California; Here; I Need You; Never Found The Time; Pigeon Son; Rainy Day; Riverside; Sandman; Three Roses. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A wothy copy of this classic collection. Book
Mm 285x310 Volume in copertina rigida con sovraccoperta, 140 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori nel testo redatto in lingua italiana ed inglese - english-itallian texts. Fotografie di Luca Bracali. Libro in condizioni pari al nuovo. Spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
