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A Hand-Book for Travellers in Southern Germany With an index map, and plans of the principal cities. Fifth edition, corrected and enlarged. Bookseller reference : 020266 |
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A Hand-Book for Travellers in Southern Germany London, John Murray. 1850. Cloth , 12mo. With an index map, and plans of the principal cities. Fifth edition, corrected and enlarged. Good and Sound. Bookseller reference : 020266 |
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After the War Was Over: 168 Masterpieces By Magnum Photographers With 168 duotone photographs. Bookseller reference : 014377 |
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Ausstellungsorte / Exhibition Venues with numerous colour plates; text in German and English. Bookseller reference : 012630 |
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Ausstellungsorte / Exhibition Venues Kassell, Hatje Cantz. 2002. Cloth with dust jacket, 4to. with numerous colour plates; text in German and English. Very Good/Good D/w. Bookseller reference : 012630 |
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Book of Hours - Single Leaf from a Book of Hours . Manuscript on vellum, 18 lines, written in black ink in lettre batarde, 14 1-line initials in gold, blue or white on gold, blue or red backgrounds, line-fillers in gold or colours, outer margins with panel borders, of foliage and flowers, each with a fine butterfly in the centre, partly of gold background. 175 X 115 mm. [France, late fifteenth century]. Bookseller reference : 006750 |
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British Design and Art Direction 1995 London, The Designers and Art Directors Association of London. 1995. Pictorial Hardback , 4to. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. With original box. Fine. Bookseller reference : 011470 |
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Bookham, Surrey, Elfande Art Publishing. 1992. Pictorial Hardback , 4to. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. Fine. Bookseller reference : 011486 |
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Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. Bookseller reference : 011486 |
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Gems from the Poets. The Designs By F. A. Lydon, Printed in Colours from Woodblocks London, Groombridge & Sons. Tall 8vo. Blue, blind and gilt stamped cloth binding in fine condition. 26 fine coloured plates. Very Good. Bookseller reference : 002105 |
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Historical Relics Unearthed in New China Peking (Beijing), Foreign Language Press. 1972. Cloth with dust jacket, Large 4to. with d/w, lots of colour & b/w plates, text in Chinese, but with English translation in 2 pbk pamphlets loosely inserted; some staining to boards; jacket a little creased at edges & spine; owner's bookplate affixed to f.e.p. Good/Fair. Bookseller reference : 006008 |
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Historical Relics Unearthed in New China with d/w, lots of colour & b/w plates, text in Chinese, but with English translation in 2 pbk pamphlets loosely inserted; some staining to boards; jacket a little creased at edges & spine; owner's bookplate affixed to f.e.p. Bookseller reference : 006008 |
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Anvers, VTK. 1958. Catalogue of the Section du Congo Belge et du Ruanda Urundi at the Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, 1958. 40 pages French text followed by 89 plates in colour and b&w. Card covers with flaps, browned at extremities, in original glassine wraps with some edgewear. Bookseller reference : 022267 |
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Manuscrits Enlumines et Livres Precieux Bruxelles, Bibliotheque Royale. 1979. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo. With many illustrations. Good & Sound/Very Good. Bookseller reference : 020896 |
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Manuscrits Enlumines et Livres Precieux With many illustrations. Bookseller reference : 020896 |
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Five volume catalogue for the May 1977 sale of the contents of Mentmore, the Jacobethan stately home built by Joseph Paxton for Baron Mayer de Rothschild. The substantial collections assembled by Baron Mayer were considerably augmented by his son-in-law, Lord Rosebery. Volume I: French and Continental Furniture, Tapestry and Clocks, 340 pages; Volume II: Works of Art and Silver, 350 pages; Volume III: Vincennes and Sevres and other Continental Porcelain and Italian Maiolica, 110 pages; Volume IV: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, 120 pages; Volume IV: General Contents of the House, 135 pages. Volumes I-IV, green boards, near fine, in dustjackets with some edgewear; Volume V, thin card covers, light rubbing to spine. Booklet of estimates prices laid in each volume. Bookseller reference : 020673 |
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London, Sotheby Parke Bernet. 1977. Five volume catalogue for the May 1977 sale of the contents of Mentmore, the Jacobethan stately home built by Joseph Paxton for Baron Mayer de Rothschild. The substantial collections assembled by Baron Mayer were considerably augmented by his son-in-law, Lord Rosebery. Volume I: French and Continental Furniture, Tapestry and Clocks, 340 pages; Volume II: Works of Art and Silver, 350 pages; Volume III: Vincennes and Sevres and other Continental Porcelain and Italian Maiolica, 110 pages; Volume IV: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, 120 pages; Volume IV: General Contents of the House, 135 pages. Volumes I-IV, green boards, near fine, in dustjackets with some edgewear; Volume V, thin card covers, light rubbing to spine. Booklet of estimates prices laid in each volume. Bookseller reference : 020673 |
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Modernismo: Architecture and Design in Catalonia New York, The Monacelli Press. 2003. Cloth with dust jacket, 4to. with numerous colour illustrations. As New/As New D/w. Bookseller reference : 013534 |
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Modernismo: Architecture and Design in Catalonia with numerous colour illustrations. Bookseller reference : 013534 |
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Tokyo, Graphic-sha Publishing Company. 1985. Cloth with dust jacket, 4to. with numerous colour photographs. 1 tear (4 cm approx) to head of spine. Very Good/Fair D/w. Bookseller reference : 011908 |
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with numerous colour photographs. 1 tear (4 cm approx) to head of spine. Bookseller reference : 011908 |
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Oxford University/Clarendon Press. 2002. (ISBN: 0198134134) . Winchester Studies 4.iii. Winchester in the Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods was an important royal and religious centre. The thirty-three documents edited and translated here concern both monastic and urban life and reflect royal influences on both. They include detailed descriptions of property inside and around the city and information about individual inhabitants. 253 pages, 5 b&w plates, maps, colour frontispiece. Black cloth in dustjacket, fine. Bookseller reference : 020727 ISBN : 0198134134 |
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Winchester Studies 4.iii. Winchester in the Anglo-Saxon and early Norman periods was an important royal and religious centre. The thirty-three documents edited and translated here concern both monastic and urban life and reflect royal influences on both. They include detailed descriptions of property inside and around the city and information about individual inhabitants. 253 pages, 5 b&w plates, maps, colour frontispiece. Black cloth in dustjacket, fine. Bookseller reference : 020727 ISBN : 0198134134 |
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Revolution! The Explosion of World Cinema in the Sixties. Aided by new interviews with some of the era's most influential filmmakers, Cowie discusses the themes, trends and creative geniuses of the period - including Antonioni, Bergman, Cassavetes, Fellini, Godard, Kurosawa, and Truffaut - while focusing on those whose voices still evoke the struggles and achievements of the time and set the creative and intellectual standards to which today's finest films are still held. 286 pages, illustrated in b&w throughout. Boards in dustjacket, fine. Bookseller reference : 020660 ISBN : 9780571209033 |
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Revolution! The Explosion of World Cinema in the Sixties. New York, Faber & Faber/Farrar, Stauss & Giroux. 2004. (ISBN: 9780571209033) Hardback , 8vo. Aided by new interviews with some of the era's most influential filmmakers, Cowie discusses the themes, trends and creative geniuses of the period - including Antonioni, Bergman, Cassavetes, Fellini, Godard, Kurosawa, and Truffaut - while focusing on those whose voices still evoke the struggles and achievements of the time and set the creative and intellectual standards to which today's finest films are still held. 286 pages, illustrated in b&w throughout. Boards in dustjacket, fine. Bookseller reference : 020660 ISBN : 9780571209 |
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The proceedings of the inaugural Symposium in 2001, with sections on Ornament; Bronze and Iron in China; Metalworking Traditions; Paintings; and Glass, Jade and Ceramics. 207 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w throughout. Pictorial boards, very lightly rubbed, otherwise fine. Bookseller reference : 020607 ISBN : 1873131387 |
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Washington, D.C. Archetype/Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. (ISBN: 1873131387) Pictorial Boards , 4to. The proceedings of the inaugural Symposium in 2001, with sections on Ornament; Bronze and Iron in China; Metalworking Traditions; Paintings; and Glass, Jade and Ceramics. 207 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w throughout. Pictorial boards, very lightly rubbed, otherwise fine. Bookseller reference : 020607 ISBN : 1873131387 |
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with 12 colour & numerous b/w plates. Text in French. Bookseller reference : 008683 |
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Silk and Stone: The Art of Asia Colour plates. Bookseller reference : 001524 |
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Supercook: The Complete Encyclopedia of Cooking (23 vols) London, Marshall Cavendish. 1987. (ISBN: 0856855340) . The complete 23 volume set, from Abaisse to Zyrenia Noodle and Prune Bake, and including the Index. Pictorial boards, near fine. Bookseller reference : 022097 ISBN : 0856855340 |
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The "Kodak" Magazine for Amateur Photographers: Vol. 5, 1927 London, 1927. Large 8vo. Volume 5 of The Kodak Magazine, January to December 1927, bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth with rubbed leather spine and corner pieces, with index. 224 pages + advertisements. Bookseller reference : 020969 |
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The "Kodak" Magazine for Amateur Photographers: Vol. 5, 1927 Volume 5 of The Kodak Magazine, January to December 1927, bound in gilt-stamped brown cloth with rubbed leather spine and corner pieces, with index. 224 pages + advertisements. Bookseller reference : 020969 |
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Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. Bookseller reference : 011472 |
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Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. Bookseller reference : 011473 |
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Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. Bookseller reference : 011474 |
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London, The Bradford Exchange Ltd. 1993. Cloth with dust jacket, Small 4to. d/w, colour + b/w ills. Jacket a little clipped + faded. Good/Fair. Bookseller reference : 006972 |
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d/w, colour + b/w ills. Jacket a little clipped + faded. Bookseller reference : 006972 |
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The Compact Edition of the Dictionary of National Biography Complete text, reproduced micrographically. With magnifying glass. 2 volumes in slipcase. Bookseller reference : 020244 |
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Containing plain rules for the prevention and cure of every disease incident to the human frame: thus forming a modern domestic medicine, with all the improvements in medicine and surgery up to the present time. This third volume collects issues from January 1, 1834 to August 26, 1835. 472 pages, woodcut llustrations throughout. Period half leather, chips to spine and edges. Bookseller reference : 021563 |
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The Genesis of Flight : The Aeronautical History Collection of Colonel Richard Gimbel Numerous colour + b/w plates. Bookseller reference : 009100 |
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The Genesis of Flight : The Aeronautical History Collection of Colonel Richard Gimbel Washinghton, Academy Library/University of Washinghton Press. 2000. Cloth with dust jacket, 4to. Numerous colour + b/w plates. As New/Jacket As New. Bookseller reference : 009100 |
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New York, Guggenheim Museum. 2006. (ISBN: 3775718230) . Profusely-illustrated essays on each nominee: Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla; John Bock; Tacita Dean; Damian Ortega; Aida Ruilova; Tino Sehgal. 108 pages, large format, card covers with flock design, fine. Bookseller reference : 022260 ISBN : 3775718230 |
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3 vols. Colour frontispiece in each volume, b/w plates. Sotheby's sale catalogue with the bookplate of Arpad Plesch in each volume & with loose inserts detailing auction results (prices & buyers' names) and also estimates for Part 2 of the sale. Corners and tops of spines v. sl. bumped Bookseller reference : 003666 |
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156 pages, fold-out map showing the cholera epidemic in Asia and Europe; large hand-coloured fold-out map of Poland. Grazed marbled boards, half calf. Some light foxing, but overall clean and bright internally. Bookseller reference : 021230 |
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London, James Cochrane & Co.. 1831. 8vo. 156 pages, fold-out map showing the cholera epidemic in Asia and Europe; large hand-coloured fold-out map of Poland. Grazed marbled boards, half calf. Some light foxing, but overall clean and bright internally. Bookseller reference : 021230 |
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The Omega Workshops 1913-19: Decorative Arts of Bloomsbury London, Crafts Council. 1983. (ISBN: 0903798727) Paperback , 4to. The catalogue from the Crafts Council exhibition of 1984, with an essay on Roger Fry and the Omega Idea; biographies of Omega artists; sections on screens and panels; furniture; small wood items; textiles; ceramics; graphics; designs on paper; paintings and sculpture; and letters and ephemera. Card covers, lightly sunned at extremities, otherwise near fine. Bookseller reference : 009010 ISBN : 0903798727 |
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The Omega Workshops 1913-19: Decorative Arts of Bloomsbury The catalogue from the Crafts Council exhibition of 1984, with an essay on Roger Fry and the Omega Idea; biographies of Omega artists; sections on screens and panels; furniture; small wood items; textiles; ceramics; graphics; designs on paper; paintings and sculpture; and letters and ephemera. Card covers, lightly sunned at extremities, otherwise near fine. Bookseller reference : 009010 ISBN : 0903798727 |
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Cloth-bound with numerous colour + b/w tipped in plates, text in Japanese, with introduction in English. Presented in blue linen-covered portfolio case, with title in white Japanese characters on front, with small 4to booklet in soft linen wraps, with b/w plates and text in Japenese. The Catalogue of the Tokugawa Art Museum Collection. No publication details given in English, but probably published by the Museum. Probably in 1962 (the Introduction is dated 1962). The Entire package is attractively presentated and is in good condition. Bookseller reference : 006782 |
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. Cloth , 4to. Cloth-bound with numerous colour + b/w tipped in plates, text in Japanese, with introduction in English. Presented in blue linen-covered portfolio case, with title in white Japanese characters on front, with small 4to booklet in soft linen wraps, with b/w plates and text in Japenese. The Catalogue of the Tokugawa Art Museum Collection. No publication details given in English, but probably published by the Museum. Probably in 1962 (the Introduction is dated 1962). The Entire package is attractively presentated and is in good condition. Good. Bookseller reference : 006782 |
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Travellers Discovering Norway in the Last Century: An Anthology Oslo, Dreyers Forlag. 1968. Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo. B/w illustrations. Good/Good. Bookseller reference : 001121 |