|
Fonstad, Karen Wynn & Anne McCaffrey (foreword)
Atlas of Pern
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. 169pp. The perfect companion and guide for Anne McCaffrey's stories of the Dragonriders of the world of Pern. Karen Wynn Fonstad has created an Atlas of Pern to augment these tales with her visual description of Pern in consultation with Anne McCaffrey.
|
|
|
FONTANA AMORETTI, Maria en PLOMP, Michiel; MEIJER, Bert W. ( ed. );
REPERTORY OF DUTCH AND FLEMISH PAINTINGS IN ITALIAN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS. VOL. I LIGURIA,
Florence/ Utrecht, Centro Di/ University, 1998 Bound, blue cloth, illustrated dustjacket in colour, 240 x 310mm., 286pp., profound colour illustration.
Bookseller reference : 24336
|
|
|
Fontana Lucio
Omaggio a Fontana
Testi: Crispolti Enrico, Fontana Lucio. F.to: 21x22; BN; rileg. brossura. Editore: Beniamino Carucci, Roma, 1971.
|
|
|
Fontanella, Federico / Zorzi, Alvise [Intr.] / Dall'Acqua, Luciano [Aqua] [Illustr.]
Ostarie Venexiane [SIGNED BY AUTHOR].
SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH DEDICATION in Italian, dated 14.12.93, on title-page. Contains 5 b&w illustrations. 215x150mm. 33 pages. Softcover with dust jacket. Jacket dirty. Jacket edges rubbed. Else in good condition.
|
|
|
Fontein, J. u. R. Hempel
China, Korea, Japan.
Berlin, Propyläen-Vlg. 1968. 4°. M. 527 (56 farb.) Abb. u. 33 Grundrissen. OLwd in Schuber. (Propyläen-Kunstgesch. 17).
Bookseller reference : 501540
|
|
|
Fontenay Charles cover painting by Ralph Brillhart
THE DAY THE OCEANS OVERFLOWED: A SCIENCE FICITON NOVEL
Derby: Monarch Books Inc 1964. Fair. 1964. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. First edition. "A handful of people fight for survival againast a violent upheaval of nature". Tuck The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy page 172 "Hydrogen power plants explode and cause vast flooding". Reginald 05503. 128 pages. Reading/filler copy externally VG copy but contents have been re-glued/stapled together inside the cover. . Monarch Books Inc [1964] paperback
Bookseller reference : 34451
|
|
|
Fonteyn Alex; Collection Preschool; Activities Creative; Painting Drawing and; Workbook Educational
Little Learners - Colors and Numbers: Coloring and Activity Book with Puzzles Brain Games Problems Mazes Dot-to-Dot & More for 4-7 Years Old Kids Volume 4 Preschool Collection
Tommye-music Corporation DBA Tom eMusic 2013-01-30. Paperback. Used:Good. Tommye-music Corporation DBA Tom eMusic paperback
Bookseller reference : DADAX1623210593 ISBN : 1623210593 9781623210595
|
|
|
Fonteyn Alex; Activities Creative; Painting Drawing and; Workbook Educational
Winter : Preschool Collection. Colouring Activity Book
Tommye-music Corporation DBA Tom eMusic 2012. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Tommye-music Corporation DBA Tom eMusic paperback
Bookseller reference : G1623210569I5N00 ISBN : 1623210569 9781623210564
|
|
|
FONTIER, Jaak ( inl. ).
ASPECTEN LUC PEIRE.
Knokke-Heist, Stedelijk Cultureel Centrum, 1976 originele ge llustreerde uitgeversomslag,20x25 cm. oblongformaat, zonder paginanummering, reproducties in kleur en in z/w, drietalige inleiding Nederlands/Frans/Engels.
Bookseller reference : 14827
|
|
|
Foran Max And Nonie Houlton
Roland Gissing. the People's Painter
Calgary: The University of Calgary Press 1988. First edition hardcover in dust jacket. Signed by both authors on the title page. 74 pp. Colour plates notes appendix index. Fine/Fine. As New in As New jacket. Book. Calgary: The University of Calgary Press 1988. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 32169 ISBN : 0919813801 9780919813809
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting FIRTH William 1767/8 1838?; BATHURST Henry 1744 1837.
A Letter to the Right Rev. Henry Bathurst D.D. Lord Bishop of Norwich: on the tendency of some of his public opinions and the benefits likely to accrue to the establishment in Church and State by the Repeal of all the Disabling Statutes Against Roman.
London:: Printed by Law and Gilbert for F.C. and J. Rivington 1813. 1813. 8vo. vii 1 113 1 pp. INTERLEAVED COPY with manuscript 8 pages long of two copied letters from Henry Bathurst the Lord Bishop of Norwich to William Firth 1813 followed by a reply from Firth also copied in a very neat and easy hand to read. Later full calf gilt-stamped border raised bands dual spine labels one black the other faded all edges gilt; rubbed. Bookplate of Edward Thomas King. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of Arno River Florence. Nicely painted. For Henry Bathurst see DNB 1885-1900 Volume 3. PROVENANCE: Pacific Book Auction Galleries Sale 255 2003 Lot 142. Printed by Law and Gilbert, for F.C. and J. Rivington, 1813. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF2459
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING. MAYHEW Brothers Augustus & Henry.
Acting charades or deeds not words: a Christmas game to make a long evening short. Illustrated by H.G. Hine. . . Fore-edge painting of Caerphilly Castle in South Wales.
London: D.avid Bogue 36 Fleet St. 1850. Small 4to. x 2 158 2 pp. Hand-coloured engraved title page hand-coloured engraved vignette illustrated throughout with woodcut engraved silhouettes. Three-quarter red levant morocco over pink-coloured cloth gilt fillets raised bands gilt decoration & lettering on spine marbled endpapers a.e.g. occasional light foxing slight weakening to the gutter hinge of frontisp. slight rubbing and very slight bumping to couple corners still a VG bright copy w/ the original red pebbled cloth binding bound-in to rear and the fore-edge painting still quite bright. First edition of this humorous and entertaining work by the Brothers Mayhew together with a nicely executed Fore-edge painting in a fine binding. Caerphilly Castle was built by the Norman Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to conquer Glamorgan which resulted in extensive fighting for generations and the most elaborate water defenses in all of Britain. D.[avid] Bogue, 36 Fleet St., hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51609
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting FORDYCE James 1720 1796.
Addresses to the Deity. The third edition.
London:: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies by G.R. Clarke 1801. 1801. Small 8vo. xx ii 232 pp. Original full dark navy blue straight-grained morocco gilt Greek-key tooling surround five raised bands elaborate gilt compartments all edges gilt. Very good . With a fine fore-edge painting under the gilt showing "Christchurch in Hampshire here James Fordyce lived." With an early typed note relating to the painting. The artist possibly copied the engraving "Christchurch Hampshire" from the print by E. Finden after a picture by W. Westall published in Great Britain Illustrated 1830. This view shows the single row boat in the foreground similar to the image with this fore-edge painting. Artist unknown; painted ca. 1900-1955. This scene is delicately and skillfully painted. "Fordyce's delivery and gestures were studied and he drew crowds to Monkwell Street. His topics were didactic but he also satisfied cultured tastes and dealt with the ethics of actual life. David Garrick was impressed; Fordyce associated with Samuel Johnson and introduced him to Blair. He gave sympathetic account in Addresses to the Deity 1785 of Johnson's religious character speaking as an evangelical moderate." DNB. Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, by G.R. Clarke, 1801. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF178
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting CLINTON Henry Fynes 1781 1852.
An Epitome of the Civil and Literary Chronology of Rome and Constantinople from the death of Augustus to the death of Heraclius. Edited by Rev. C.J. Fynes Clinton.
Oxford:: University Press 1853. 1853. 8vo. vi 524 2 pp. Index. Original full dark green morocco stamped "Fortem Posce Animum" "Pray for a strong will" - Juvenal and on the lower cover: Honi soit qui Mal y Pense" = "Evil to him who evil thinks"; joints rubbed. Student's prize for George Rodney Scott d. March 3 1929 at Winchester College July 8 1866. later a Fellow of Merton College; bookplate of Bernardine Murphy. Very good. With a fore-edge painting by the "Dover" artist "Ponte Rotti Rome." With the title hand-written by the artist. Painted ca.1920-30s. Fore-edge painting of "Rotti Bridge Rome." The "Ponte Rotto" was drawn by J.D. Harding and engraved by Edward Francis Finden ca.1834 and the fore-edge artist has used this view to apply to the edge of Clinton's Chronology of Rome. The provenance suggests that Scott was the owner through 1929 and on his death it may have found its way to Marks & Co. perhaps by scouting or by auction. From that date it is consistent with other pieces also painted by the 'Dover' painter though this tends to support the point that the earliest date this book could have received a fore-edge painting would have been in 1929. <br /><br /> PROVENANCE: Bookplate of Bernadine Murphy Donahue 1904-1968 a prominent California Catholic philanthropist who married Daniel Donahue in 1954 and established the Daniel Murphy Foundation in 1957 in memory of her father to promote Roman Catholic causes. "So helpful to the Church was the foundation that Pope John XXIII conferred on Bernardine the title of 'Papal Countess' the only title given to an American during his pontificate. Several years later Pope Paul VI conferred on Daniel the title 'Gentleman of His Holiness' the highest award bestowed on a layman in the Church and the first such Award ever given to an American. The Countess died unexpectedly in 1968" Burks. Burks Lisa. "Bernadine Murphy Donahue." Find A Grave Memorial #16920718 2006. <br /><br /> George Rodney Scott authored Brief Summary of a Course of Lectures on Greek History 1877. JWRB University Press, 1853. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2400
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting HEATH Charles 1785 1848.
Annual HEATH'S BOOK OF BEAUTY. M.DCCC.XXXIII. With nineteen beautifully finished engravings from drawings by the first artists. By L.E.L.
London:: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green and Longman 1833. 1833. Small 8vo. 264 pp. Engraved half-title 19 engraved plates. Original full dark green blind- and gilt-stamped morocco a.e.g.; neatly rebacked preserving original endleaves; rubbed. Early ownership signature on title of - Baldwin; bookseller's label of G.A. Poynder Reading. From the collection of Phoebe Jane Easton. Very good. WITH A FORE_EDGE PAINTING of an English countryside scene showing two monuments including a cathedral by "Stevens" a painter who worked after WWII and was very prolific. Edited by Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802-1838. Fore-edge painting PROVENANCE: Yale & Brown Booksellers Pasadena CA with their dated invoice of September 15 1962 – W.R. Moran La Cañada purchased 16 July 1962 with fore-edge painting named on the receipt – gifted to William "Bill" & Phoebe Jane Easton in 1962. The important aspect of this provenance is that within it is a proof that this book was painted on before July 1962. Bill Easton ca.1916-1996 paleontologist was a professor of geological sciences at USC specializing in fossil corals. "Dr. Easton was an outstanding gentleman in the truest sense of the word" said paleobiologist David J. Bottjer. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2440
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING; BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
Book of Common Prayer The
Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood 1820. With A Fore-Edge Scene of Oxford FORE-EDGE PAINTING. CHURCH OF ENGLAND. The Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments. And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland; Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David Pointed as They are to be Sung or Said in Churches; and the Form and Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops Priests and Deacons. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood 1820. Bound with BRADY Nicholas and Nahum Tate. A New Version of the Psalms of David Fitted to Tunes Used in Churches. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Samuel Collinwood 1822. Octavo 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in; 210 x 130 mm. Unpaginated A-Rr8 Ss4; A-F8. Calendar and tables. Contemporary full crimson straight-grain morocco with triple fillet border in blind and panel with large gilt corner-pieces of volutes curls and roundels enclosing a central masonic sunburst emblem in gilt with dove and Tetragrammaton to both covers. Heavily gilt tooled compartments and spine head and tail. Gilt rolls to edge corners. Gilt fillets to turn-ins. All edges gilt. With the crimson morocco bookplate of Christ's Church - Middlesex dated 1825. Housed in an early twentieth century red cloth slipcase. With a splendid early twentieth century fore-edge painting by an unknown hand depicting Folly Bridge and Bacon's Tower at Oxford. Folly Bridge is a stone bridge over the River Thames carrying the Abingdon Road south from the center of Oxford England. It was erected 1825-27 to designs of a little-known architect Ebenezer Perry died 1850 who practiced in London. The bridge is in two parts separated by an island. The origin of the name is uncertain although it has been suggested that it originated about 1650 after a tenant of Bacon's study. <br/><br/> Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by J. Cooke and S. Collingwood, 1820 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 02226
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting HORACE Quintus Horatius Flaccus.
Carmina. Editio Stereotypa Herhan.
Paris: E Prelis Fratrum Mame 1808. 1808. 12mo. iv xi 1 354 pp. Some light foxing. Original full crimson straight-grain morocco gilt and blind-tooled rules gilt spine extra a.e.g.; rubbed. Bookplate of Bernardine Murphy. Very nice copy. With a fore-edge painting by the "Dover" painter associated with Marks & Co. showing "The Coliseum from the Orto Farnese" perhaps after Frederick Walmisley 1815-1875. <br /><br /> PROVENANCE: The Catholic philanthropist Bernardine Murphy is Sir Daniel J. and Countess Bernardine Murphy Donohue 1904-1968; married in 1954. They resided in Los Angeles at one time buying the mansion of Earle C. Anthony the founder of KABC. That mansion was donated to the Immaculate Heart Sisters in 1971 upon the death of the Countess. The couple established the Daniel Murphy Foundation in 1957 in memory of Bernardine's father to promote important Roman Catholic and other philanthropic causes. Mrs. Donohue is entombed next to Cardinal James Francis McIntyre. The art collection of Sir Daniel Donohue was recently sold at auction. <br /><br /> Antoine Augustin Renouard Catalogue de la Bibliotheque d'un Amateur vol. II 1819 p. 266. JWRB E Prelis Fratrum Mame, 1808. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2369
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting. Byron Lord Byron George Gordon Byron Baron 1788 1824
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt. With Fore-edge Painting of Newstead Abbey
London: Printed for John Murray By Thomas Davison White-Friars 1812. The Second Editon as stated on title page 1812 with lovely fore-edge painting of Newstead Abbey Byron's ancestral home. Well kept copy in full black levant leather raised spine bands lettering and decoration in gilt and in blind all edges gilt gilt tooled inner dentelles 8.5" tall 300 pages plus folding facimile plate in Greek and errata page. Light edgewear good hinges sound text block small bookplate of Frances Rashleigh on front pastedown F. Rashleigh handwritten on blank toward the front endpapers and blanks at beginning and end newer than the book and probably early 20th century pages clean with only some light occasional foxing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Printed for John Murray, By Thomas Davison, White-Friars Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 033287
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting MACAULAY Thomas Babington Lord 1800 1859.
Critical and Historical Essays; contributed to the Edinburgh Review. A new edition.
London:: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1883. 1883. Small 8vo. vi 2 855 1 pp. Original full blind- and gilt-stamped maroon morocco all edges gilt. Student's prize from King's College London to C. F. Felix Sladz inscribed by C. W. Browne M.A. 1891 as recognition for being "Headmaster's Monitor". Additionally signed Felix Sladz. With a handsomely painted fore-edge painting "after Rowlandson" of a landscape a somewhat rural scene showing a fishing at a river with 2 or 3 domiciles in the background. Well-painted for Harrington's late 1990s. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1883. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2463
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting KNOX Vicesimus 1752a1821.
Elegant Epistles: being a copious selection of instructive moral and entertaining letters from the most eminent epistolary writers. Volume VI. Book XI. XII. Recent.
London:: John Sharpe no date. Volume 6 - only - of a 6-volume set. Small 8vo. 132 mm. 2 vi 143 1; 2 145-287 1 pp. Two engraved half-titles with vignettes. Original red gilt-stamped morocco raised bands all edges gilt. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of a British fox-hunting scene with a horse & rider and 2 hounds within a gentle landscape; signed by Vera Dutter 1904-1991. See: Weber Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artists & Binders pp. 105-106. John Sharpe, [no date]. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF2460
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING. CAMPBELL Thomas 1777 1844.
Gertrude of Wyoming and other Poems.
London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1819. 12mo. 6 4/8 x 4 inches. Additional engraved vignette title-page engraved frontispiece. Contemporary fine purple calf gilt extra all edges marbled concealing a magnificent double fore-edge painting of scenes of Providence and Newport Rhode Island front hinge weak spine a bit faded extremities lightly rubbed. DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING Seventh edition first published in 1809 of a very popular poem based on the 1778 massacre of several hundreds of American Revolutionaries by loyalists and their Iroquois allies in the Wyoming Valley of what is now north-eastern Pennsylvania. The fine double fore-edge painting depicts detailed harbour scenes of Providence and Newport in Rhode Island. Catalogued by Kate Hunter. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819. unknown
Bookseller reference : 72lib238
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting PORTA Petro Dominico Rosio de Peter Dominic Rosi da Porta.
Historia Reformationis Ecclesiarum Raeticarum: Ex Genuinis Fontibus et Adhuc Maximam Partem Numquam Impressis Sine Partium Studio Deducta . . .
Curiae Raetorum et Lindaviae:: Jacobi Otto 1772-77. 1772. 2 volumes 3 parts. Small 4to. 60 261 1 658 20; x 668 16 pp. Engraved folding copper-plate facing II p. 657 incl. "Representation du Beau Bourg de Plours ou Plrurs en Grissons et de sa Ruine Terrible arrive en 1618" index. Original full mottled-calf raised bands elaborately gilt-stamped compartments red gilt-stamped spine labels THIS COPY BEING SPECIAL FOR ITS EDGES ARE EMBELLISHED IN A DELUXE FORM FOR A WEALTHY PATRON BEING ALL EDGES GILT ORNATELY GAUFFERED WITH EACH SIDE SHOWING A WIDE OVAL NON-GILT PART OF THE EDGE AND IN ITS PLACE IS AN ITALIAN-STYLE PASTE-PAPER MARBLING EMBELLISHING ALL SIX EDGES THE TWO VOLUMES; vol. II joints partly cracked corners showing both vols. Generally a very good set. "The Historia Reformationis Raeticarum Ecclesiarum by R. a Porta has furnished me with a number of important facts respecting Italian refugees." – Thomas M'Crie History of the progress and suppression of the Reformation in Italy in the 16th century Edinburgh 1827. WITH TWO FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS ADDED TO THE VOLUMES PAINTED BY "STEVENS" OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL AND WORCESTER CATHEDRAL. See: Quaritch A General Catalogue of Books: Offered to the Public at the Affixed Prices London 1874 p. 148 item 1280. Mentions that the plates are "scarce". Noting further that volume I was also printed in 1771 Impensis Societatis Typographicae. Jacobi Otto, 1772-77. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF2454
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting HOBHOUSE John.
Historical Illustrations of the fourth canto of Childe Harold: containing dissertations on the ruins of Rome; and an essay on Italian literature. Second edition revised and corrected.
London:: John Murray 1818. 1818. 8vo. viii 576 pp. Original full double gilt-ruled vellum gilt embellished spine olive-brown morocco spine label all edges gilt red endleaves. Fine copy. With a glorious fore-edge painting on the painted edge by the Dover painter of "King's College Chapel Cambridge" and labeled in the artist's ink hand. The artist is known to have worked in the 1920s and 1930s in London thus it is interesting to note that there are two notations with dates: a dated inscription in the back E.H.W. 25/3/31 March 25 1931 $ 85. - with a cost code showing B/-/- over B/H/E. Surely an indication that this was painted by March 1931 and offered for sale by an American bookseller for $ 85. The label shown for the painting also has a code: 116/1/24 which looks like a code/date - if a date then the year would be 1924. This is very much within this artist's time period of activity. JWRB John Murray, 1818. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF2401
|
|
|
Fore edge painting HOBHOUSE John 1786 1869.
Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold: containing dissertations on the ruins of Rome; and an essay on Italian Literature. Second edition revised and corrected.
London:: John Murray 1818. 1818. 8vo. viii 576 pp. "3 plates" Original green straight grain morocco gilt rules gilt-stamped raised bands rouge endleaves. Bookplates of John Bolton and Marjorie & Martin Mitau. Very good. With a fore-edge painting under the gold entitled: "Fore Edge Castle & Bridge of St. Angelo Tomb of Hadrian." The old Castle at St. Angelo is referenced on p.300: "This imitation of Egyptian deformity must not be supposed to apply to the mausoleum of Hadrian but to the monstrous divinities and the fabrics of the Tiburtine villa. The Mole was constructed it is thought on the plan nearly of the Mausoleum of Augustus or Cecilia Metella." Aikin. A classic scene often depicted on fore-edge paintings. <br /><br /> Provenance: Martin Mitau 1900–1973 and Marjorie nee Fleishhacker Mitau 1906–1983 were both San Franciscans and lived in the Bay Area all their lives. He was a member of Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Book Club of California and their collection was strong in California fine printing. - Kelmscott Chaucer census. JWRB John Murray, 1818. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF2367
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING; STANLEY Arthur Penrhyn
Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey
London: John Murray 1868. Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey With a Fore-Edge Painting of the Abbey FORE-EDGE PAINTING. STANLEY Arthur Penrhyn. Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey. Second and revised edition. London: John Murray 1868. Octavo 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 207 x 134 mm. lv i errata 632 pp. Inserted frontispiece and several illustrations and diagrams throughout the text. Bound ca. 1901 in full green morocco covers elaborately bordered in gilt spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt board edges and turn-ins marbled end-papers all edges gilt. Spine very slightly sunned otherwise fine. With a later fore-edge painting beneath the gilt showing Westminster Abbey. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley 1815-1881 was an English churchman Dean of Westminster known as Dean Stanley. His position was that of a Broad Churchman and he was the author of works on Church History. Stanley was a candidate to succeed as Archbishop of Dublin following the death of Richard Whately in October 1863 but was rejected by the Church of Ireland. Richard Chenevix Trench the Dean of Westminster was appointed instead and towards the close of 1863 Stanley was appointed by the Crown to the newly vacated deanery. In December he married Lady Augusta Bruce sister of Lord Elgin then governor-general of India. His tenure of the deanery of Westminster was memorable in many ways. He recognized from the first two important disqualifications - his indifference to music and his slight knowledge of architecture. On both these subjects he availed himself largely of the aid of others and threw himself with characteristic energy and entire success into the task of rescuing from neglect and preserving from decay the treasure of historic monuments in which Westminster Abbey is so rich. In 1865 he published his Memorials of Westminster Abbey a work which despite occasional inaccuracies is a mine of information. <br/><br/> London: John Murray, 1868 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 03830
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting MCKENNEY Thomas L. 1785 1859; HALL James.
History of the Indian Tribes of North America . . .
Kent:: Volair Lmtd. 1978. 1978. 2 vols. Large 8vo. xxviii 470; iii-vii 2 534 6 pp. 68 55 color portraits or scenes on plates 1 portrait of an author 2 maps. With two fore-edge paintings painted by Martin Frost signed with his initials MF. The scenes depict American Indians in five vignettes: teepees set up in front of a western army fort an Indian warrior in a central medallion portrait a bison hunting scene with an Indian on horseback; on the second volume is a two-part scene of an Indian war dance split by a medallion portrait of an Indian woman with a noble face and traditional beads earrings etc. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL APPLY. Volair Lmtd., 1978. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2464
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting HORACE Quintus Horatius Flaccus; William BAXTER; Johann Matthias GESNER; Johann Carl ZEUNE; Richard BENTLEY.
Horatii Flacci Eclogæ cum scholiis veteribus. Castigavit et notis illustravit Guilielmus Baxterus: Varias Lectiones et Observationes Addidit Jo. Matthias Gesnerus; quibus et suas adspersit Jo. Carolus Zeunius editio auctior et emendation cum indice verborum copiosissimo.
London:: J. Johnson T. Payne R. Faulder G. Wilkie & J. Robinson . . . 1809. 1809. 8vo. xlviii 787 1 pp. Original full crimson red straight-grain morocco covers elaborately gilt raised bands a.e.g.; rubbed top spine chipped a bit corner shows wear. Bookplate of Bernardine Murphy; title-page ink signature upper margin of John Parr 1815. Very good. With a fore-edge painting by the "Dover" artist showing the Plain and Bay of "Sorrento" drawn by J. D Harding engraved by E. Goodall ca.1832 or 1844 Italy. With the title hand-written by the artist painted ca.1920-30s. PROVENANCE: Bookplate of Bernadine Murphy Donahue 1904-1968 a prominent California Catholic philanthropist who married Daniel Donahue in 1954 and established the Daniel Murphy Foundation in 1957 in memory of her father to promote Roman Catholic causes. "So helpful to the Church was the foundation that Pope John XXIII conferred on Bernardine the title of 'Papal Countess' the only title given to an American during his pontificate. Several years later Pope Paul VI conferred on Daniel the title 'Gentleman of His Holiness' the highest award bestowed on a layman in the Church and the first such Award ever given to an American. The Countess died unexpectedly in 1968" Burks. Burks Lisa. "Bernadine Murphy Donahue." Find A Grave Memorial #16920718 2006. J. Johnson, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. Wilkie & J. Robinson, . . . 1809. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF2426
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING. TENNYSON Alfred.
Idylls of the King.
Edward Moxon London. 1867. New edition of a book originally published in 1859. 12mo. pp viii 261. Period binding of full brown morocco with raised bands decoration in gilt and blind inner dentelles and all edges gilt.Double fore-edge painting showing views of the harbours of Boston Massachusetts and Providence Rhode Island.Small ownership inscription dated 1882 on first blank. Some rubbing to covers. Very good. The paintings are clear and bright. Edward Moxon, London. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FOREEDGE005673
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting ROGERS Samuel 1863 1855.
Italy a Poem.
London:: Edward Moxon 1842. 1842. Small 8vo. vii 320 pp. Numerous engraved illus.; lacking frontispiece portrait. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco raised bands gilt compartments all edges gilt. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster fore-edge painting collector. With a fore-edge painting of "Sadler's Wells Theater" London ca.1813 after Thomas Hosmer Shepherd 1792-1864; engraved by J. Garner 1830. This is a "modern" painting 20th century. Edward Moxon, 1842. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF2466
|
|
|
Fore Edge Painting ROGERS Samuel.
Italy a poem.
London:: Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon 1830. 1830. 8vo. vii 284 pp. Bound ca. 1890/1905 in full olive brown crushed morocco gilt corner decorations dentelles a.e.g. marbled endleaves; p. 273/4 torn and mended. Alfred Trapnell bookplate. Very good. With a vertical fore-edge painting of a large urn or vase with a plant. The painting is not signed or dated. The view is suggestive of three urns that decorate the text of this volume but it is not a copy of them. Alfred Trapnell bookplate his library sold in NY ca. 1910 "997" label. Was the fore-edge painted before Trapnell bought the book or after Alfred Trapnell was a famous collector of porcelains. From the Phoebe Easton collection of fore-edge paintings. Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon, 1830. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF149
|
|
|
Fore Edge Painting Junius pseud..
Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra.
London:: Printed by T. Bensley 1796-1797. 1796. Two volumes. 8vo. xl iv 325; iv 366 pp. Engraved half-titles 16 engraved plates index. Twentieth century full navy blue straight-grained morocco gilt rules five raised bands with gilt compartments a.e.g. for H. Sotheran & Co. London; a tad rubbed. Near fine. The TWO FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS by CLARE BOOKSBANK signed. The scene on volume I is possibly a view of King George III and the House of Parliament; on volume II Westminster from the Thames River. The identity of Junius is open to question and debate and may never be finally resolved unless documents are found which establish his identity. On the other hand scholars now generally support the identification with Sir Philip Francis. "The case for Philip Francis first proposed by John Taylor in 1816 has established itself as by far the most probable though categorical proof is still not forthcoming" DNB. The Letters of Junius were the official letters that Junius collected refined and published in 1772. The 16 engraved portrait plates depicting famous political figures: 8 Marquis of Granby Duke of Grafton Marquis of Rockingham Judge Blackstone Right Honorable James Grenville Duke of Bedford Sir William Draper King George III; 8 Lord North Lord Bute John Horne Took Earl of Chatham John Wilkes Right Honorable Edmund Burke Earl of Mansfield Earl Camden 8. Printed by T. Bensley, 1796-1797. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF164
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting SCOTT Sir Walter 1771 1832.
Lady of the Lake. With all his introductions and notes various readings and the editors notes.
Edinburgh:: Adams and Charles Black 1861. 1861. Small 8vo. 2 280 pp. Engraved half-title. Original full blind- and gilt-stamped dark green morocco all edges gilt. Former ownership inscription. Near fine. With a fore-edge painting of Abbotsford the sprawling estate home of Sir Walter Scott. Adams and Charles Black, 1861. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2468
|
|
|
Fore Edge Painting PETRARCH Francesco 1304 1374.
Le Rime di Messer F. Petrarca. Le Stanze e l'Orfeo del Poliziano con note di diversi.
Parigi:: Presso Baudry 1836. 1836. 2 volumes in 1. Sm. 8vo. xxx 2 442 2; iv 288 2 pp. Frontispiece portrait 2 half-titles; light foxing. Original full green straight-grain gilt-stamped morocco a.e.g.; rubbed Early ownership inscription 1839. Bookplate with signature of Edward Thomas King. With a beautiful scene painted by Don Noble unsigned of Tivoli Italy. Presso Baudry, 1836. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2429
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING Opie John Esq.
Lectures on Painting delivered at the Royal Academy of Arts: with a letter on the proposal for a public memorial of the naval glory of Great Britain.To which are prefixed a memoir by Mrs. Opie and other accounts of Mr.Opie's Talents and Character.
London.: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme. 1809. Mezzotint frontispiece one etching eight two-color plates vi81186 pp 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches gilt decorative embossed full leather binding hardback. Staining to back cover some marks to front cover wear to head and tail of spine repaired split to head long tear to last two pages of index mottling to pages of some sections light dampstaining to edges of last several pages. Fore edge painting in excellent condition. In slipcase. The two-color plates depict famous painters discussed in the text. The mezzotint is a self portrait of John Opie engraved by S.W. Reynolds; the etching is from an oil self portrait by William Hogarth etched by Samuel Ireland. The lovely fore-edge painting is of "The Death of Procris" after Piero di Cosimo. . Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40113
|
|
|
Fore Edge Painting Lampson Frederick Locker
LONDON LYRICS W/ INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY AUSTIN DOBSON
MacMillan. Good with no dust jacket. 1904. Hardcover. Blue cloth covers worn and rubbed. DJ worn rubbed age toned with chips/tears at corners along edges and at spine ends. Front hinge repaired. Inscription on front end page. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. . MacMillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 34840
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting SOUTHGATE Henry.
Many Thoughts of Many Minds; selections from the writings of the most celebrated authors from the earliest to the present time. Compiled and arranged by Henry Southgate. Fifteenth thousand.
London:: Charles Griffin 1867. 1867. 8vo. xxxviii 682 pp. Index to subjects. Original full brown morocco stamped in darker brown gilt corner devices four raised bands a.e.g.; light edge wear corners showing some scuffs to outer edges. Early ownership signature of Gerald Beach. With a fore-edge painting estimated date of painting: 1985 showing two trappers in the woods one holding a captured and killed ferret or similar creature. Painted by/for Harrington's London ca.1990s. Charles Griffin, 1867. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF163
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting DRUMMOND Henry FRSE. FGS. 1851 1897. F. R. S. E. F. G.
Natural Law in the Spiritual World.
London:: Hodder and Stoughton 1885. 1885. Seventeenth edition. Small 8vo. xxv 1 414 pp. Original full polished tan gilt-stamped calf dual spine labels of green and maroon leather all edges gilt. Early ownership inscription of Henry Watson to his wife August 27th 1886. Bookplate of Edward Thomas King. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of Westminster from the Thames ca.1750 after Samuel Scott c.1702–1772. Painted by Don Noble not signed as usual. Note: Edward Thomas King was a collector of fore-edge paintings. Painting: A View of the Thames with the York Buildings Water Tower c.1760-70 - the original painting purchased by the National Gallery out of the Wheeler Fund 1891; transferred to the Tate Gallery 1891. PROVENANCE: Pacific Book Auction Galleries sale 255 lot 141 2003. Hodder and Stoughton, 1885. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF2455
|
|
|
Fore edge painting Sherer Joseph Moyle.
NOTES AND REFLECTIONS DURING A RAMBLE IN GERMANY. By the Author of 'Recollections of the Peninsula' 'Sketches in India' Scenes & Impressions in Egypt and Italy' and 'Story of a Life.' Second Edition.
London: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1827. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red morocco gilt binding rubbed and worn with rear board detached and front board starting. Contains a double fore-edge painting one a view of the Castle on the Rhine and the other of Oxfordshire with fishing scene. The book is inscribed in a contemporary hand to "J. L. Sealy from his affectionate friend T. W. Tindal." <br/><br/> Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green hardcover
Bookseller reference : WB15033
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING. MILTON John.
Paradise Lost.
London: J. Parsons 1796. With fore-edge painting Octavo 240 x 150 mm. Early 19th century dark blue straight-grain morocco smooth spine lettered and tooled in gilt elaborate gilt frame to covers marbled endpapers gilt edges colour fore-edge painting. Engraved title page with vignette of Milton and 12 engravings. Colour retouched light wear around joints and extremities spine ends reinforced with green leather strips faint rubbing to covers some faint foxing to contents. A good copy. A handsome copy of Milton's great epic with a 19th-century colour fore-edge painting of Westminster from the river as it was in Milton's time before the great fire taken from Wenceslaus Hollar engraving of 1647. From the library of Estelle Doheny with her black morocco bookplate to front pastedown. Doheny was one of the most renowned American female book collectors of the twentieth century. Inscribed in pen upside down to the rear endpapers is the message: "For Stephen Massey in appreciation of his dedication and expertise on behalf of the Estelle Doheny Collection & Roger McMahony Archbishop of Los Angeles May 19 1989". London: J. Parsons, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 120602
|
|
|
Fore Edge Painting. Rogers Samuel.
Poems and Jacqueline a Tale. Two works bound in one volume.
London: T. Cadell and W. Davis 1814. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in full green morocco with gilt tooling on front and back cover and on the spine. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. 240 plus 36 pages. 6 1//5 inches tall. Many vignette wood engravings. With a fore edge painting of a manor scene identified on the front free end paper in pencil as Newsparch Isle of Wight. A beautiful scene with remarkably rich color. <br/><br/> T. Cadell and W. Davis hardcover
Bookseller reference : 9026271
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting ROGERS Samuel 1863 1855.
Poems.
London:: Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon 1834. 1834. 8vo. vii 284 pp. Engravings throughout. Bound ca. 1890/1905 in full olive brown crushed morocco gilt corner decorations dentelles a.e.g. marbled endleaves. Bookplates of Alfred Trapnell and Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster both owned fore-edge paintings. Very good. With a vertical fore-edge painting of a large urn or vase with a plant. The painting is not signed or dated. PROVENANCE: Alfred Trapnell bookplate his library sold in NY ca. 1910 "998" label. The fore-edge was painted before Trapnell bought the book as there was another ROGERS in the Phoebe Jane Easton collection that was a clear companion to this volume also with Trapnell's bookplate. Alfred Trapnell was a famous collector of porcelains. Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon, 1834. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2467
|
|
|
Fore edge Painting ABDY Mrs. Maria Smith 1818 1867.
Poetry. Seventh series. These verses have appeared at various times in different magazines and annuals. For Private Circulation.
London:: J. Robins 1858. 1858. 8vo. 178 pp. Original full pea-green blind and gilt-stamped calf all edges gilt. Bookplates of William Flitton and Edward Thomas King. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of Wimborne Minster Dorset United Kingdom showing a wide green field two persons taking a walk with their dog. Provenance: Edward Thomas King was a fore-edge painting collector and owned a Don Noble painting thus probably active buying in the 1970s. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 214-6 Noble fl. 1965-2000. JWRB J. Robins, 1858. unknown
Bookseller reference : FF2372
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING
Reference Library
"Reference Library" Containing Familiar French Quotations and Proverbs and Familiar Latin Quotations and Proverbs With a Lovely Fore-Edge Painting of Warwick Castle FORE-EDGE PAINTING. Reference Library. Familiar French Quotations and Proverbs. Familiar Latin Quotations and Proverbs. England: Asprey & Co. Ltd. N.d. ca. 1910. Twelvemo. Two volumes bound in one. viii 116 viii 120 pp. Beautifully bound by Asprey in full brown mottled calf double ruled in gilt on covers and decoratively gilt-stamped on spine with a red morocco label gilt-stamped. All edges gilt. Gilt turn-ins. Extremities rubbed outer rear hinge starting but sound. Overall a very good copy of this charming book. With a lovely fore-edge painting illustrating Warwick Castle in the early 1900's HBS 67693. $450 Asprey & Co., Ltd. unknown
Bookseller reference : 67693
|
|
|
Fore Edge Painting PERCY Thomas.
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry consisting of old heroic ballads song etc. A new edition edited by Edward Walford M.A. with a glossary and life. Portrait and original illustrations.
London:: Frederick Warne and co. 1880. 1880. At head of title: The Lansdowne Poets. Small 8vo. 438 pp. Engraved illus. Original full green blind and gilt-stamped calf spine gilt maroon leather spine label a.e.g. School prize award mounted on front pastedown 1882. With a fine fore-edge painting showing The Tower of London and Mint from Tower Hill 1842 after Thomas Shotter Boys English engraver 1803-1874. Painted circa 1970s by Don Noble unsigned. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 214-6 Noble fl. 1965-2000. Frederick Warne and co., (1880). hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF146
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING. ERSKINE THOMAS
REMARKS ON THE INTERNAL EVIDENCE FOR THE TRUTH OF REVEALED RELIGION
Edinburgh: Printed for Waugh & Innes 1823. Sixth Edition. 182 x 107 mm. 7 1/4 x 4 1/4". 1 p.l. 210 pp. 1 leaf ads. Sixth Edition. EXCELLENT CONTEMPORARY EMERALD GREEN STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO ELABORATELY GILT covers framed by plain and decorative rolls in gilt and blind raised bands spine panels with intricate gilt floral and other tools gilt-rolled turn-ins all edges gilt. WITH AN UNUSUALLY PLEASING FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF ELY CATHEDRAL. Housed in a very fine later fleece-lined black morocco pull-off case by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Recto of front free endpaper with the heavily gilt morocco bookplate of Lucy Smith Battson; verso with neat inked inscription in a 19th century hand: "Ely Cathedral / Cambridge." Rear free endpaper with the ticket of Los Angeles department store J. W. Robinson Co. Inoffensive soiling to covers light offsetting in the bed of the text but the binding lustrous and with only trivial wear and clean and fresh internally--a very pretty book in pleasing condition. This is an attractive binding highlighted by a colorful and animated fore-edge painting depicting Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire. The painting is finely composed richly detailed and skillfully executed. The cathedral is framed by a verdant landscape in the foreground featuring a small herd of stout cows at left two male figures at center trodding a path toward the cathedral and a horse-drawn cart with driver and aide travelling the same path away from Ely. Two well-dressed young women at right gaze at the Medieval church and the tableau is flanked by a copses of trees the whole beneath a late afternoon deep azure sky with billowing clouds. It is unusual to see so many figures and such activity within a fore-edge tableau particularly this well defined--the detail in the architecture and especially the trees is particularly impressive. The artist is clearly the so-called "Dover Painter" the name given by Jeff Weber to the artist who produced very high quality painted fore edges in the 1920s and 1930s. He did work for the famous London bookseller Marks & Company for Dawson's Bookshop in Los Angeles and for J. W. Robinson Company the Los Angeles department store. Estelle Doheny 1875-1958 whose library comprised one of the great collections of the 20th century bought actively from Dawson's and Weber estimates that approximately half of the very considerable number of especially fine fore-edge paintings in the Doheny collection in Camarillo California were done by the Dover Painter. An important book and art collector this book's prior owner Lucy Smith Doheny Battson 1893-1993 was Estelle's daughter-in-law. Written by the lawyer and lay theologian Erskine 1788-1870 at a time of spiritual doubt these "Remarks" argue the truth of Christianity based on the moral and spiritual needs of mankind. Reflecting a moderate Calvinism the book was the first of a half dozen works through which our author exerted considerable influence in the world of 19th century British theology. Printed for Waugh & Innes unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12794
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING. FITTLER JAMES Illustrator. NATTES JOHN CLAUDE
SCOTIA DEPICTA
London: Printed by J. McCreery for H. R. Young 1819. 432 x 286 mm. 17 x 11 1/4". 51 leaves lacking half-title leaf. Contemporary burgundy straight-grain morocco covers with multiple borders intricately rolled in gilt and blind gilt-decorated raised bands spine panels elaborately tooled in gilt gilt-rolled turn-ins all edges gilt. Front joint and hinge and upper corners repaired with some though not consummate skill. WITH AN IMPRESSIVE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF EDINBURGH. With engraved frontispiece one tailpiece vignette and 48 plates etched by James Fittler from drawings by John Claude Nattes. Front pastedown with two bookplates of the important Pittsburgh insurance executive William McGill Duff 1878-1949 and a card inscribed to him from Edward A. Woods dated 22 Dec. 1925. Title signed and dated 1820 on upper margin by original owner Hugh Booth. Avery Library p. 339. Rear joint with five-inch crack at head though the board still firmly attached the binding with significant wear and soiling variable never severe offsetting from images to text leaves a few plates with light foxing to margins other minor defects; obviously with condition issues but the volume redeemed by its very unusual well-preserved and quite pleasing fore-edge painting. Even with its warts and freckles this is a volume of particular appeal first for its topographical content and especially for its memorably vast painting. The scene on the fore edge is a very skillfully painted view of Edinburgh looking south from Craigleith the composition being especially remarkable because of the sweeping impression of the location that it communicates. This results of course because of the extraordinary width of the fore-edge space allotted to the artist: at 16 1/2 inches 430 mm. from end to end this is the broadest fore-edge painting we've ever seen. The painting also has considerable depth with two herders and their cows in the right foreground outcroppings of rock for which Craigleith is famous in the left foreground and Edinburgh far in the distance its commanding castle seeming to touch the sky many miles away. Given the colors used copper orange in the trees for example the puffy treatment of the clouds and the dabbing style with which the paint has been applied this is almost certainly the work of the so-called "Dover Painter" who is described at length in the previous item. Our view is based upon Thomas H. Shepherd's drawing "Edinburgh from Craigleith" engraved by W. Tombleson which originally appeared in John Britton's 1829 "Modern Athens." Initially published in 1804 Fittler's work is an illustrated celebration of Scotland's most interesting antiquities castles towns and picturesque scenery with scenes being drawn using a wide impressionistic pen. Bryan notes that Fittler 1758-1835 "entered the schools of the Royal Academy in 1778 and was elected an Associate Engraver in 1800. He distinguished himself by numerous works after English and foreign masters of different subjects and character; and book illustrations by him abound." Fore-edge paintings of this size and quality however do not. Printed by J. McCreery for H. R. Young unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12685b
|
|
|
FORE EDGE PAINTING. STEVENS REV. ROBERT
SERMONS ON OUR DUTY TOWARDS GOD OUR NEIGHBOUR AND OURSELVES; AND ON OTHER SUBJECTS
London: Printed for John Booth 1814. FIRST EDITION. 225 x 133 mm. 8 7/8 x 5 1/4". 1 p.l. lviii 416 pp. FIRST EDITION. Pleasing contemporary midnight blue straight-grain morocco covers framed by plain gilt rules outlining Greek key and palmette blind rolls raised bands compartments with central gilt fleuron radiating densely blind-tooled foliage gilt-ruled turn-ins all edges gilt; WITH AN EXCELLENT FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF DOVER CASTLE. A PRESENTATION COPY with slightly foxed signed autograph letter bound in opposite title with letter offsets: "The Author / begs Mr. E. S. Stephenson's / acceptance of this Volume / as a token of his / friendship and esteem. / R. S." Front pastedown with unidentified armorial bookplate. Full list of subscribers including addenda. A bit of wear to corners and joints a very small ink stain to edge of preliminary leaves visible at upper left background of fore-edge painting not affecting primary image otherwise a fine copy clean and fresh internally in a lustrous binding. This is a decorative binding highlighted by an atmospheric fore-edge scene of Dover Castle painted by a skilled artist. The view depicts a cottage along a country road in the foreground with Dover Castle looming in the background against a hazy sky; a small figure presumably the cottage owner stands right of center. The scene is well designed with the eye moving from the cottage and castle towers at left toward the sea at the far right the foreground landscape's more saturated color anchoring the composition. Of particular note is how this foregound contrasted with the background's washed color creates the illusion of perspective. Despite the light browns and greens at the bottom of the scene the painting is essentially gray and particularly tranquil as a result. The skill of the painter here is seen most notably in his delicate and subtle shading a challenge that defeats even very able practitioners of the fore-edge painting. As always the dating of the painting is difficult but we think that it was done much closer to the time of publication than to the present day. Our author the Rev. Robert Stevens was a celebrated speaker who ultimately rose to become the head of the chapter of canons at Rochester Cathedral. Printed for John Booth unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12630
|
|
|
Fore Edge Painting ZIMMERMANN John George 1728 1795.
Solitude considered with respect to its influence upon the Mind and the Heart. Written originally in German . . . Translated from the French of J. B. Mercier. The third edition.
London:: Printed for C. Dilly in the Poultry 1794. 1794. 8vo. x 402 pp. Engraved frontispiece by Singleton. Modern full crushed chocolate brown Oasis morocco raised bands gilt spine title all edges gilt bound by David Weinstein. Two former ownership signatures. With a fine fore-edge painting hand painted by Martin Frost in 2006 depicting an eighteenth century scene of "St. Mary's Abbey York." Signed by the artist and with a presentation label describing the scene. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 151-3 Frost fl. 1973-2018. Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1794. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF159
|
|
|
Fore Edge painting Moore Thomas
Songs ballads and sacred songs.
London Longman Brown Green and Longmans 1852. 8vo 17.0 x 11.6 cm. Engraved title page 284 pp. 19th-century Hayday binding of ruled green morocco. Spine with elaborate gilt patter and title boards with gilt borders. Inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt fore edge with polychrome painting of a 19th century golf scene. A rare little work no copies on the internet with a sweet fore edge painting. Sir Thomas Moore 1779-1852 is the author of "Lalla Rookh" and "Irish melodies" and the song "Last rose of summer". The book itself is worthwhile; with its unique fore edge painting depicting a jolly golf scene it is a real treasure. A very fine unique copy. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 69194
|
|
|
Fore Edge Painting ELLIS George.
Specimens of the Early English Poets.
London:: Printed for Edwards 1790. 1790. Small 8vo. v 323 iv pp Frontispiece portrait of Sir Thomas Wyat and plate of Henry Howard Earl of Surry. Original straight grained dark green morocco stamped in blind fancy raised bands with simple gilt rule on bands gilt title all edges gilt; hinges rubbed. Bookplate of Jarrard Edward Strickland. Very good. With a DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING showing a "View of York" and a "View of Halifax." Although this fine book was printed for Edwards of Halifax with scene was painted by an unknown artist who was very active circa 1948-50. Provenance: Jarrard Edward Strickland of Loughlynn 1782-1844 m. 18.08.1814 to Anne Cholmeley daughter of Francis Cholmeley of Brandsby. Printed for Edwards, 1790. hardcover
Bookseller reference : FF087
|
|
Receive by email
Download as PDF document
RSS feed
Permanent link
