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HOSKINS W. G.
The Making of the English Landscape. Introduction by Kewith Thomas. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., with frontispiece and photographs in the text; pictorial cloth, gilt back, brown flecked endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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TYRRELL-GREEN E.
Parish Church Architecture. [Second Impression.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece, plates, and illustrations and map in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; green cloth, gilt back, fore-edge lightly spotted else a very good, bright, crisp copy. First published in 1924.
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BURNAP Frank P.
The Frank P. and Harriet C. Burnap Collection of English Pottery in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art. 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED
4to., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous photographs in monochrome and patterned endpapers; black wrappers printed in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WILTON Andrew
British Watercolours 1750-1850. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome reproductions throughout; olive cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DORAN John
'Their Majesties' Servants'. Annals of the English Stage from Thomas Betterton to Edmund Kean. Edited and revised by Robert W. Lowe [from the Author's annotated copy]. [Large Paper Edition with plates in duplicate.] LARGE PAPER EDITION IN ROXBURGHE BINDING; 300 COPIES WERE PRINTED
3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, ON LARGE PAPER, with 3 copper-engraved portrait frontispieces (original tissue guards present), title in red and black, 47 fine copper-engraved portraits (all original tissue guards present), and 80 fine wood-engravings in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original Roxburghe binding of blue cloth boards, maroon cloth backs with new printed paper labels, uncut AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 66) WITH ALL PLATES PRESENT IN TWO STATES: ON JAPANESE PAPER AND PLATE PAPER, AS INDIA PROOFS. With personal pictorial boookplate on front paste-downs, and 24pp publisher's catalogue (dated October 1887) bound in at end of third volume.
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WALSH John Henry
The English Cookery Book, uniting a good Style with Economy. [?Third Edition.] BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN PUBLISHER'S CLOTH
12mo., with engraved frontispiece original tissue guard present), and 7 engraved plates, some light age-soiling (mainly marginal) throughout; publisher's dark green pebble-grain cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, expertly rebacked in red roan lettered in gilt to style, hand-made endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved copy of a scarce work. This popular and influential work purports to contain 'many unpublished receipts in daily use by private families, collected by a Committee of Ladies'. It was first published in 1858 [Cagle 1045] with a second edition in 1859 [Simon 1595]. The plates depict kitchen implements, trussing and carving. From the Preface we learn that Walsh intended this work as a complement to his 'The English Housekeeper's Book' published in the same year as this edition. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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DAVIES Philip
Lost London 1870-1945. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., First Edition, with frontispiece, title in red and black, many hundreds of fine photographs (many full-page), and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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DAVIES Philip
Panoramas of Lost London. Work, Wealth, Poverty and Change 1870-1945. Foreword by Dan Cruickshank. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Oblong 4to., with frontispiece, title-vignette, many hundreds of fine photographs (the majority full-page), and pictorial endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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CULPEPPER Nicholas
The English Physician enlarged. with Three Hundred and Sixty-Nine Medicines made of English Herbs that were not in any Impression until this. BRIGHT COPY IN PERIOD CALF
12mo., neat contemporary signature on front paste-down, some light and intermittent age-staining to text, title and first two leaves of Table open awkwardly; contemporary mottled calf, sometime rebacked in calf to style, backstrip with black leather label lettered and tooled in gilt, boards rubbed at edges and corners else a bright, clean copy. Bright copy of the most famous herbal in English, first published in 1652 and commonly known as 'Culpeper's Herbal'. In the following year the author altered the format of his work, apparently to differentiate it from the two well-known piracies issued by Bentley immediately after first publication. VERY SCARCE. Henrey 102.
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TREVELYAN G. M.
Illustrated English Social History. Illustrations selected by Ruth C. Wright. NEAR FINE SET IN DUSTWRAPPERS
4 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces in colour and numerous plates in monochrome; terracotta cloth, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, a near fine set in price-clipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by R.A. Maynard. The set comprises Vol. I: Chaucer's England and the Early Tudors; Vol. II: The Age of Shakespeare and the Stuart Period; Vol. III: The Eighteenth Century; Vol. IV: The Nineteenth Century. Trevelyan's classic survey was first issued with illustrations 1949-1952. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BATSFORD Harry
The Greater English Church of the Middle Ages. Second Edition, Revised. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second and Best Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates in monochrome and plans (a number full-page) in the text; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly spotted at rear fold-in. Published in Batsford's well-known 'British Heritage' series with splendid wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. First published in 1940. This edition incorporates the authors' final corrections and a revised article on plainsong.
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CROSSLEY Fred H.
English Church Craftsmanship. An Introduction to the Work of the Mediaeval Period and some Account of later Developments. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, 2 coloured plates, 239 monochrome plates on 96 and several illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in red, red top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed and rubbed at extremities. An important volume in Batsford's 'British Heritage' series, with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook.
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QUILLER-COUCH, ed. [Sir] Arthur
The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. Chosen and edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch. BRIGHT, CLEAN, CRISP COPY
8vo., navy cloth, upper board and backstrip framed and lettered in gilt and blind, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Swinburne's 'Atalanta in Calydon' is written in a neat, scholarly hand on rear free endpaper.
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HOWARD F. E.
English Church Woodwork. A Study in Craftsmanship during the Mediaeval Period. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY OF THE STANDARD REFERENCE
4to., Second Edition, with frontispiece and very numerous half-tone plates and illustrations in the text; blue textured cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, a near fine copy. With personal armorial bookplate on front paste-down. First published in 1917, this work remains the standard survey and includes indexes by location and county.
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COX J. Charles
Pulpits, Lecterns & Organs in English Churches. UNUSUALLY BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and 154 half-tone plates from photographs in the text, free endpapers lightly spotted; original powder-blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in blue, an unusually bright, clean copy. With the trade ticket of Davenant Bookshop of Oxford on front paste-down, and 16pp publisher's catalogue at end. This classic work includes indexes by subject and locality. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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COOK G. H.
The English Medieval Parish Church. [Third Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Third Edition, with frontispiece, half-tone plates from photographs and plans in the text, neat signature on front paste-down and free endpaper; red buckram, gilt back, red top, mild tape-marks on fold-ins and free endpapers else a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. This standard work (first published in 1954) includes a glossary and bibliography.
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BRYANT Arthur
The Medieval Foundation [with] Protestant Island. ['English Social History' complete]. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS WITH BOOKMARK
2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions; tweed cloth (green/brown respectively), gilt backs, coloured tops (green/brown respectively), a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Dustwrapper artwork by Dell'Orco. WITH PUBLISHER'S 'ARTHUR BRYANT' BOOKMARK. The 'English Social History' set comprises: 'The Medieval Foundation' (secomd impression, 1967) and 'Protestant Island' (first impression, 1967).
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ARBER, ed. Edward
More. Utopia [with] Ascham. Toxophilus [with] Ascham. Scholemaster [with] Earle. Micro-Cosmographie [with] Selden. Table Talk [with] Buckingham. Rehearsal. Edited by Edward Arber. SIX ARBER ENGLISH REPRINTS IN ONE VOLUME
6 works in 1 vol., 8vo., with titles in red and black; strongly and attractively bound in contemporary brown crushed half morocco, rose cloth boards, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, green-blue endpapers, a near fine copy. The works comprise: Thomas More. Utopia (Robinson translation 1556), 1869; Roger Ascham. Toxophilus (1545), 1868; Roger Ascham. The Scholemaster (1570 & 1572), 1870; John Earle. Micro-Cosmographie (1628, 1629, 1633), 1868; John Selden. Table Talk (1689), 1868; George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. The Rehearsal (1672), 1868. Arber English Reprints Nos. 14, 7, 23, 12, 6, 10 respectively. VERY SCARCE.
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HILL Christopher
God's Englishman. Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution. Introduced by Tristram Hunt. FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, 24 pages of coloured and monochrome plates, and endpaper plans; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in yellow, a fine copy in publisher's board slip-case.
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WILSON Derek
The King and the Gentleman. Charles Stuart and Oliver Cromwell 1599-1649. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black cloth, gilt back, black endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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ENGLISH John
Afridi to Nizam. British Fleet Destroyers 1937-43. FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Detailed biographies of the 'Tribals' and 'J' to 'N' classes. SCARCE.
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PERCY Thomas
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry. [Introduction by Ernest Rhys.] NEAR FINE SET OF THE FIRST APPEARANCE IN EVERYMAN
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of green ribbed cloth, upper boards blocked in blind, backs gilt extra, dark tops, pictorial endpapers, a near fine set. With uniform bookplates on front paste-downs. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. EL 148, 149; Seymour 775.0, 776.0.
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WILLIAMS Iolo Aneurin
Early English Watercolours and some Cognate Drawings by Artists born not later than 1785. [Second Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
Roy. 4to., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and 200 monochrome plates depicting 412 images; navy cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1952.
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ASHLEY Maurice
John Wildman. Plotter and Postmaster. A Study of the English Republican Movement in the Seventeenth Century. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates; navy cloth, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
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BONNEY, ed.] [Prof. T. G.
The Cathedrals of England and Wales. Their History, Architecture and Associations. With a Series of Rembrandt Plates. FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with fine frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in red and black, fine plates (all original tissue guards present), and many hundreds of photographs and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; original blue coarse-grain cloth, upper boards with multiple frame border in blind enclosing title and crozier in gilt, gilt backs, ivory endpapers, red sprinkled edges, a near fine copy. Splendid survey, profusely illustrated and with many eminent contributors. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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WEDGWOOD C. V.
The King's Peace 1637-1641 [with] The King's War 1641-1647 [with] The Trial of Charles I. [The English Civil War complete.]. Introduction by Richard Ollard. [Maps drawn by Reginald Piggott. Index compiled by Meg Davies.] NEAR FINE SET IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, coloured and monochrome plates, and maps in the text; pictorial cloth, gilt backs, burgundy tops and endpapers, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-case blocked and lettered in gilt. The volumes of Wedgwood's classic trilogy were first published in 1955, 1958 and 1964 respectively. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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BATSFORD Harry
The English Cottage. Second Edition, revised. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, numerous plates toned in sepia and illustrations in the text; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered ingreen, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's well-known 'Face of Britain' series with striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Cook. First issued in 1938. EARLY PRINTINGS ARE INCREASINGLY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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JEFFREY John V.
Cromwell's Deputy. The Life and Times of General Charles Fleetwood. Foreword by Dame Joan Fleetwood Varley. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers, green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unc;lipped dustwrapper. Surprisingly, the first dedicated biography of the man most likely to have been Cromwell's true successor.
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COOK G. H.
English Monasteries in the Middle Ages. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 45 plates and 41 plans; original blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference. The fourth, final and by far the scarcest of Cook's comprehensive survey of English church buildings and their contents. Covering the period from the seventh to the sixteenth centuries, it includes much detail on structure, duties and privileges in addition to plan and architecture. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
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COOK G. H.
Medieval Chantries and Chantry Chapels. {Revised Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with frontispiece, plates and plans in the text; navy cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First issued in 1947, Cook's standard reference was substantially revised and enlarged for this best edition.
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ENGLISH John
Grand Fleet Destroyers. Part 1: Flotilla Leaders and 'V/W' Class Destroyers. FINE COPY
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a fine copy. Detailed biographies of flotilla leaders and the indomitable 'V' and 'W' classes. VERY SCARCE.
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LENNOX Charlotte
The Female Quixote. Or, The Adventures of Arabella. Edited with an Introduction by Margaret Dalziel. Chronology and Appendix by Duncan Isles. FIRST APPEARANCE IN OEN
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 3 full-page illustrations in the text; original series binding of terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes select bibliography.
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RADCLIFFE Ann
The Italian. Or, The Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romance. Edited with an Introduction by Frederick Garber. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., with full-page illustration in the text; original series binding of red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in OEN in 1968. Includes select bibliography.
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INCHBALD Elizabeth
A Simple Story. Edited with an Introduction by J. M. S. Tompkins. FIRST APPEARANCE IN OEN
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece; original series binding of green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes select bibliography.
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HOGG James
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. Written by Himself. With a Detail of Curious Traditionary Facts and other Evidence by the Editor. Edited with an Introduction by John Carey. FIRST APPEARANCE IN OEN
8vo., First Edition thus, with facsimile as frontispiece; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes select bibliography.
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Ramsey, Stanley C.and J.D.M.Harvey
Small Houses of the Late Georgian Period 1750 - 1820
This is a very good hardcover set of the two volumes bound in gray blue cloth ruled and titled in gilt. They are both very clean inside and out. One volume belonged to the R.H. Macy Company and has a number of marks including blindstamps to a number of plates, a sign-out card on the rear endpaper, and a small paper label at the base of the spine. The other volume has a ghost of a circle on the front cover. Volume 1 is devoted to exteriors and volume 2 covers interiors and details. 200 black & white plates (100 per volume), both photographs and some measured drawings in volume 2. Volume 1 published in 1923. Volume 2 in 1924. 13" high X 8 1/2" wide, 16 & 19 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Hargrave, Catherine Perry
A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition in red cloth with title printed in gilt on the spine. Very clean inside and out. Back hinge repaired, bump to top corner of text block, small moisture stain to top edge of text block. The standard work on the subject with extensive bibliographical listings, and hundreds of color plates (with captions printed on tissue guards) and black & white illustrations of playing cards. Illustrates the history of playing cards beginning with the earliest cards ever found, which come from Provence, France, and date to around 1440. Folio, 12" high X 9" wide, 468 pages. Foreign postage will be extra for this large heavy book. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Cotgrave, Randle
A Dictionary of the French and English Tongues
This is a very good hardcover copy with light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine label a bit faded. This is a reprint of the original Cotgrave Dictionary, London: Printed by A. Islip,1611. This is volume 77 in the publisher's series 'Anglistica & Americana'. This is a facsimile reprint which reproduces the original typography and elaborately decorated title-page. One fold-out 'Table of Conjugating Verbes'. Unpaginated, but about 1000 pages. 11" high X 7" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Hackenbroch, Yvonne
English Silver and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermeyer Collection
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. This is the revised edition of 1969 (1st edition 1963). Text and catalog entries by Hackenbroch. Bibliography. Over 200 silver objects in this part of the Untermyer Collection. This is the sixth and final volume documenting the complete collection of decorative arts of Irwin Untermyer. 12" high X 9" wide, 115 pages + 213 black & white plates + color frontispiece. 96 page section "Notes and Comments". A beautiful copy. A large heavy book, requires extra postage for international shipping.
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Macquoid,Percy
A History of English Furniture (v. 1-4)
This is a very good hardcover 2 volume set (complete) in a very good dust jackets with just light edge-wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is the two volume reprint of Macquoid's classic reference, 'A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak and the Age of Walnut. The Age of Mahogany and the Age of Satinwood', first published in 1904-05. Volume 1 contains the first two of Macquoid's original four volumes, and volume 2 contains the last 2 of Macquoid's original 4 volumes. Illustrated throughout in black & white with approximately 1000 photographs in these volumes + 8 color plates (4 per volume). 11" high X 9" wide, about 243 & 255 pages. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Harris, John
The Artist and the Country House
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Very clean inside and out. This is a survey and history of the English country house, from 1540 through 1870. With particular attention to the English landscape painters of the period. Select bibliography. 26 color plates + 420 black & white illustrations. 12" high X 11" wide, 376 pages. Heavy item, foreign shipping extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gadd, David
Georgian Summer: Bath in the Eighteenth Century
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Light bump to bottom right corner. 61 black & white illustrations. Select bibliography. 8" high X 6" wide, 195 pages.
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Archer, John H.G.
Art and Architecture in Victorian Manchester
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This collection of essays by on Victorian architecture in Manchester is edited by John Archer. Illustrated in black & white throughout. 10" high X 7" wide, 290 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ayrton, Michael
Wrought Iron and Its Decorative Use
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original gray and dark brown cloth, ruled and titled in gilt. Top of spine chipped. Completely clean inside and out. 239 black & white photographs and drawings. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 196 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Lenygon, Francis
Decoration in England from 1640 to 1760
This is a very good hardcover copy in dark red cloth covers with gilt title on the spine. Front cover embossed with an elaborate device. Spine lightly sunned. Slight foxing to the endpapers. Previous owner initials on front endpaper. Otherwise very clean throughout. 322 superb black & white plates. 14" high X 11" wide, 276 pages.
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Ison, Walter
The Georgian Buildings of Bristol
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket is virtually complete, but a few small chips out of the bottom edge and an abraded area at the bottom of the jacket spine. (The previous owner had taped an number to the spine. Not ex-library.) Very clean inside, no marks anywhere. 64 black & white photographic plates + 31 line drawings in the text. Bibliography. 10" high X 6 1/2" wide, 248 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Umney, John C.and Archibald C. Merrin
Perfumery and Essential Oil Record. Volume XX. 13 Issues
This is a very good hardcover copy, a bound volume, containing 13 issues of this rare journal. The 12 monthly issues plus a Special Number brought out in August. All covers bound in. The pea-green cloth covers have titles and the journal masthead device in gilt to the front cover. Generally clean outside, but spine tips frayed, top and bottom front corners worn and the spine rear outside hinge worn. Binding firm and tight. All 12 monthly issues plus the special number with articles and advertisements from the trade. Occasional illustrations, but mostly articles, notes on firms and producers, new products, soaps, confectionery, mineral water and tobacco trades, etc. A wealth of information on the trade in 1929. The journal was founded by John C.Umney in 1910, with Volume 1, and continued through Volume 60 in 1969. This volume edited by Archibald C.Merrin. Contains the index for the year. Bound volumes quite rare. 11" high X 8" wide, each issue about 36 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Burton, Margaret
Craftsmanship in Porcelain Margaret Burton
This is a very good hardcover copy in printed paper-covered boards with light soil and wear to the covers. Very clean inside. Margaret Burton was long associated with different porcelain studios in Chelsea, England. Illustrated with 6 black & white tipped-in plates. 7.5" high X 5.5" wide, about 15 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Aslin, Elizabeth
Nineteenth Century English Furniture
This is a very good copy in red cloth, endpapers soiled, otherwise generally clean inside and out. Superb survey by one of the best writers on this subject, well illustrated with 135 black and white plates + 4 color plates, also 7 drawings in the text. Bibliography. 10" high X 7" wide, 93 page text + plate section. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Myer, Reginald
Chats on Old English Tobacco Jars with reprint of The Westminster Tobacco Box
This is a very good hardcover copy in red cloth, the spine is lightly faded. Completely clean inside, no foxing or marks of any kind. Text with 95 black & white photos of tobacco jars + the section on "The Westminster Tobacco Box" has 34 black & white plates. 4to, 10" high X 8" wide, 111 pages + the section on the tobacco box. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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