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8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous half-tone plates from photographs in the text; original buckram, backstrip faded else a very good, clean copy of an uncommon work. A standard reference . Read 2699.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Wear to cover. Staple-bound. 58 pages. 12"w x 11 1/8"h. Exhibition catalogue for an event at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 29 November 1980 - 4 January 1981. Essay by Ilaria Bignamini.
In-8 (cm. 25.50), tela editoriale, pp. 30, (2), con 118 illustrazioni in bianco e nero fuori testo e XXV tavole, sempre in bianco e nero, dedicate alle xilografie che Blake incise per il Virgilio di Thornton del 1821 (Robert John Thornton, The Pastorals of Virgil). Ex libris al risguardo anteriore. English text. In buono stato di conservazione (good copy).
554p. + Plus frontis and color folding map. Full page text half-tone engravings from photographs. Title page printed in red and black. Paper beginning to brown but not brittle. 4to. Original full cloth binding with pictorial design of British soldier, Boer soldier and an African tribesman. Binding slightly soiled. Nice copy. AFRICA/2
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Maroon leatherette cover with gilt lettering. Tears on edge worn dust jacket. Map endpapers. 144 pages. 6 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h.
Book is in excellent condition. 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 light shelf wear, tiny edge tears only. Very large book: 14" H x 9/12 " wide, 300 pages not including index with full page b&w illustrations on each page: elevations, floor plans, interior views, composite views, full exteriors, sections, details of capitals, niches, spires, doorways, entrances, in fine line and/or scaled drawings. Book comprises a selection of buildings actually erected in Britain during the years of Queen Victoria's reign and illustrated in comtemporary architectural journals: The Builder, The Building News, The Architect and the British Architect, with designs by the likes of Orlando Jewitt, T. Heaviside, J.C. Laing, H.B. Brewer, in styles such as Gothic Revival, High Victorian , Arts and Crafts, Italianate, Queen Anne, Neo-Grec; (from the intro).
Folio (480 x 310 mm), engraved dedication portrait frontispiece, 44 ENGRAVINGS OF 46 (LACKING PLATES 9 & 10), 22 of which are double-page, the plates and the text pages are paginated continuously from 1 to 52, faint staining to blank upper margins, some light browning, nineteenth-century half calf, covers detached. Berlin Catatalogue, 1864.
45 + [2] pp. tekst + 40 platen buiten tekst, losbladig (zoals uitgegeven), 34cm., in linnen opbergdoos van uitgever (licht verkleurd), beperkte oplage van 555 exemplaren: dit is één der 55 pers- en presentexemplaren, gedrukt op luxe-papier, goede staat, tekst en platen in zeer goede staat, [bevat een overzicht van de Vlaamse graveerkunst van de 16e tot de 20e eeuw], S97506
160 pages. Index. Numerous line drawings. Contains "a comprehensive digest of the knowledge of upholstery, scattered over more than twenty thousand columns of Work - one of the weekly journals it is my fortune to edit - and supplies concise information on the details of the subjects of which it treats." - Editor. Binding intact. Illustrated boards. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Madrid, Gráficas Barragán, 1974, 23,5 x 17 cm., cartulina editorial, 88 págs. + 8 láminas en papel couché con 32 figuras.
Fine English Original bdg. and paperback. 4to. (34 x 23 cm). In English and Turkish. 7 volumes set: (959, [17] p.; 295 p., 288 p.; 300 p., 300 p.), b/w ills. Very comprehensive catalogues of engravings of Turkey. Turkey in gravures.= Gravürlerle Türkiye. 7 volumes full set. Vol. 1-3: Istanbul. Vol. 4-5: Anadolu = Anatolia. Vol. 6-7: Giysiler portreler = Garments, portraits. First Edition.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 6 1/2"w x 9 3/4"h. 96 pages. Age-toned paper. Many b&w illustrations and photographs. Beautiful color map endpapers. National Museum of Canada Bulletin no. 174.
Over 100 pages. "The prints shown in this book represent some eighteen years of attempting to push back masses of black and cut outward toward the light." - from back cover. Reading copy only. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Beautiful artwork. Book
pp. vii, 303 + Plus Frontis, Half Title and full page engravings by J. D. Cooper. Numerous text engravings. Dampstained and foxed. 12mo. (19 x13 cent) Original publisher's cloth binding. Small loss at head and tail of spine. Extremities worn. Rear board spotted at edges. Hardbound. Though dampstained and foxed, still a tight copy. SCIENCE BOX 1
8vo., Second Edition, with title-vignette and 73 fine wood-engravings by Parker; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Long-awaited reissue of the original edition of 1936. THIS EDITION IS NOW ELUSIVE IN ITS OWN RIGHT.
pp. 432 + 8 [Publisher's Advertisements] + Eight plates; and over 40 charming woodcut text illustrations by Cruikshank. Foxed. 8vo. 215 mm. Original leather backed boards binding, worn. A collection of humorous and satirical short stories with West Country, Irish and legal settings (the 'Three Courses') together with a more miscellaneous selection (the 'Dessert'). The book makes wonderfully entertaining reading, and the illustrations are frequently quite delightful. Though the author is un-named, he was readily identifiable in early 19th century England. William Clarke (1800-1838), was also the author of `The Boys' Own Book' and other various works of light literature, which obtained a considerable measure of popularity. He also brought out a humorous periodical, called `The Cigar' and he was for some time editor of the `Monthly Magazine' For the last three or four years of his life he devoted himself to an elaborate work on natural history. This does not appear to have been published, nor are any of his other writings extant. While working in his garden, near his house near Hampstead, he died of an apoplectic fit. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W140
300 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated with colour photos, black and white photos and images of the petroglyphs discussed. "Describes, among many other things, the solitary spiritual meditations of young people in the mountains, a form of education once essential to all those who wished to succeed in life with their particular talents... Opens a discussion of some of the issues in rock research that relate to 'notating' and 'writing' on the landscape, around the world and through the millennia. This landmark publication presents a well-researched hypothesis to explain the evolution of symbolic or iconic writing from sign language, trail signs and from the geometric and iconic imagery of the dreams and visions of shamans and neophyte hunters." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A beautiful copy of this interesting work. Book
8vo., Second Edition, with engraved and printed titles, endpapers very lightly spotted; tan cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The striking image on dustwrapper and illustrated title is by Agnes Miller Parker. Wide-ranging anthology of verse and prose relating to animals. First published in 1945 without the benefit of an index.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor damp effect to upper edge, traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 60pp. Embroidery magazine with features on Angkor carvings patterns, Indian embroidery, rainbow dyeing, north-west England silks, Brunel Broderers, overcoming 'stitcher's block', Sarah Burgess, hat-maker's nautical inspiration, Elizabethan costume inspiration, collage, Ulster embroidery, Opus Anglicanum and embroidery sales, events, books and exhibitions.
Seven Volumes in Fourteen. Illustrated with mounted proofs on India paper with original tissue guards. Title pages printed in red and black. Text printed on Japanese Vellum. Uncut and unopened. LIMITED EDITION. Number 29 of only 100 copies. Printed and inked ownership of Dr. Wm. M. Findley. Tall 8vo. Original full cloth bindings. Original paper spine labels. Head and tail of some volumes lightly chipped. Hardbound. Very good set of an extremely scarce edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! HAKESPEARE BOX 3
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with many fine reproductions throughout; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at edges.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, fine reproductions throughout and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enlarged version of the original edition of 1959.
4to, xii, 183pp., numerous woodcuts, orig. black publishers cloth, as new.
Folio, First Edition, with an engraved frontispiece in red and black, and very numerous fine engravings (a number full-page and many in red and black) in the text; blind-blocked cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper. Collects over 100 of Farleigh's finest illustrations, including his notable front cover for Shaw's 'Adventures of the Black Girl in her Search for God' (1932). Includes a check-list and blbiography. Horne, p.186.