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58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Caribou Crisis - informative article in the state of the caribou; The Narwhal - Canada's Horn of the Uniforn; The Living Stone - photos of stone carvings of the Eskimos of the Eastern Arctic; Pierre Falcon - Bard of the Prairies; Governor George Simpson - "The Strangest Man I Ever Knew"; Samuel Black on the Finlay; Winston Churchill accepts appointment of Grand Seigneur of the Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay; Ninety Years Later - a tale of hard northern travel in the old style, exploring the wild Upper Finlay, 90 years after Samuel Black - great photo-illustrated article; Retreat of the Sea - photos taken in the neighbourhood of Fort Severn; The Minnesota Route - in the late 1850s the Hudson's Bay Company began to abandon the historic York Factory route to Lake Winnipeg in favour of that via St. Paul and the Red River; Sir George Simpson as Banker; Nice colour ad for Hudson's bay shirts for men on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 138 pages. 6 7/8"w x 9 1/8"h. Many b&w photos and illustrations.
pp. viii, 344, iii + 105 Plates, diagrams, plans, tables, etc. 8vo. 22 cm. Some old age stain and foxing. Attractive later half leather over marbled boards. Billington sets forth the knowledge an architect must have: history, the antique orders, directions for drawing the orders, the principles of composition, etc. With an extensive glossary, plates, and tables of proportions, etc. The greatly expanded Second Edition. Highly desirable and eagerly sought after. A wonderful gift for any architect. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W144
Features: Claydon House - a Buckinghamshire property of the National Trust; The Importance of Patina on Old English Furniture; A Whig Artist in Ivory - David Le Marchand, 1674-1726; Turret Clocks; The heads of Illustrious persons of Great Britain - engravings by Jacobus Houbraken ; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
Facsimile of the original published around 1845. 48 pages.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full white cloth boards. Slight edge wear to cover. 448 pages.
8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved frontispiece, 40 engravings (a number full-page) and large folding map; elegantly bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt edges, gilt doublures, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made marbled slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. navy buckram, gilt back, bevelled boards, gilt top, covers very lightly age-soiled. backstrip sunned (but all gilt wholly legible) else a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES. Printed from the plates of Macmillan's definitive Wessex Edition and so including both the expanded Preface of 1912 and the episode of the dance at the hay-trusser's (pp.76-79) present there for the first time. See Purdy p.77.
8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved frontispiece, 40 engravings (a number full-page) and large folding map, neat contemporary signatures on front paste-down; original navy buckram, bevelled boards, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, boards very lightly age-marked, backstrip mildly faded (but all gilt wholly legible), a bright, clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1500 COPIES. With the trade ticket of Gilbert of Southampton on front paste-down. Printed from the plates of Macmillan's definitive Wessex Edition and so including both the expanded Preface of 1912 and the episode of the dance at the hay-trusser's (pp.76-79) present there for the first time. See Purdy p.77.
1 print : Steel engraving by H. Jordan, printed by Coats & Cosins (8.75 x 6.25 in., image size 5.5 x 4) Art Very good condition William Rickarby Miller
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Text in Chinese and English. 10 1/8"w x 9 7/8"h. Many b&w photos.
8 incisioni su rame finemente colorate a mano a tempera, raffiguranti alcune stazioni della Via Crucis. Elenco delle stazioni disponibili: Stazione III; VII; VIII; IX; XI; XII; XIII; XIV. 8 copper engravings finely colored by hand with tempera, depicting some stations of the Via Crucis. List of available stations: Station III; VII; VIII; IX; XI; XII; XIII; XIV. Misure: mm. 210x305 alla battuta; mm. 335x225 il foglio intero. Titolo al centro del foglio, senza nome dell'incisore e del disegnatore. Size: mm. 210x305 the engraved part; mm. 335x225 the whole sheet. Title in the center of the sheet, without the name of the engraver and the designer. Codice inv.1031165
pp. 203, 8 [Walker, Wise, & Co.'s Children books catalogue with sample illustrations] + Plus wood engraved half title, frontis and full page plates. Wood engraved text illustrations. Inked 1864 ownership of Robert S. Bair (York, PA). Unusual Photo portrait ownership bookplate of Robert C. Bair, (York, PA) 1928. Bair was involved in politics and served as the Director of Historical Society of York County. Age stained. A few signatures loose. 12mo. Original full green buckram embossed in gold and blind. Binding slightly worn and cocked. ** PRICE JUST REDUCED!! RUSSIA/1
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original marbled paper-covered boards with the title-page print reproduced and tipped-on to the front cover. Leather spine tooled in gilt with an elaborate device and title. Covers rubbed, edge wear and wear to top and bottom of spine. The map of Paris and 60 engravings (complete) are generally clean, but some light foxing and soil. Beautifully engraved plates ca.1820, engraved by Couche fils, depict well known monuments in Paris as well as other parts of France. Most plates are of Paris. Now in a mylar wrap in the French style. Oblong 8vo, 5 1/2" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
256p. + Full Page Engraved Portraits with original tissue guards. Slightly foxed. XLib. Manuscript notes on rear fly leaf. 12mo. 190 mm. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Corners worn. Spine faded with loss at head and tail and near title. Hardbound. Very good. Brief sketches of John Summerfield, Archibald Alexander, Nettleton, Beecher, Payson, Chalmers, Dwight, Edwards, Whitefield, Baxter, Bunyan, Massilon, et. al. RELIGION BOX 10
Features: Of Mink and Mallard; Modern Firearm Engravings; and more. Book
No.45 of limited edition of 45. Signed by David Burnett and Kenneth Lindley. Small nameplate of previous owner on front pastedown.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette and very numerous fine engraved illustrations in the text; decorative cloth, brown morocco back lettered in gilt, brown top, brown endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. Published in the series 'Folio Poets'.
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Lower rear corner of cover only bumped, not affecting pages. Signed by author on the endpaper facing the title-page. Text in Chinese and English. This work is about contemporary Chinese seal carvings. Bibliography. Illustrated in black & white and red with drawings. 11" high X 8" wide, 98 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
493 page exhibition catalogue. 405 handsome photographic plates, many in colour. Represents "a full and definitive recognition of the culture of the Inuit - a people who had, down through the centuries, developed techniques of getting food, clothing, shelter, and warmth from the mammals of the arctic wastes and from the birds and animals of the barren lands." - from foreward. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Worthy reference copy. Book
239p. + Frontis, Engraved Half Title with Vignette and Six Full Page Powerful Steel Engravings by John Sartain. Engravings foxed. Text has some foxing. All edges gilt. Tall 8vo. 237 mm. Original red leather binding. Boards elaborately decorated in gold. Spine loose with loss at head and tail. Hardbound. Very good. John Sartain (1808-1897) was born in London. In 1830, he emigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia. For about ten years after his arrival in the U.S. he painted portraits in oil and miniatures on ivory. During the same time, he found employment in making designs for banknote vignettes, and also in drawing on wood for book illustrations. He is most famous as a pioneer, promoter, and master practitioner of mezzotint engraving in the United States. RELIGION BOX 8
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations; original pictorial wrappers, oriental name on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, text in French, with facsimiles in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a fine copy. The catalogue lists no fewer than 938 items. Scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with a title-vignette and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; cloth, a very good, firm copy in unclipped and very lightly browned dustwrapper.
As new. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 15pp. This brochure illustrates six of the incomparable Misericords of Ripon Cathedral, with descriptive captions, giving the reasons for these particular carvings from the later 15th century.
