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Rix, Brenda D.
Pictures for the Parlour: The English Reproductive Print from 1775 to 1900
88 pages. Selected bibliography. Illustrated in black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
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T. Derrick; E.S. Rohde; A. Sampson; D. Estcourt; E. Crankshaw; G. Tillotson; G. Grigson; H. Fausset; C. Brooks; H. Fyfe; H. Hubbard; et al
The Bookman (Magazine), May 1932 - Stella Benson / Jakob Wassermann
Pages 91-136. Features: "Literary Gents" - Galsworthy greeted by Shakespeare; Mediaeval Garden Literature; How Classical Authors Worked; The Bookman Gallery - Stella Benson; Contemporary Foreign Writers, XVII - Jakob Wassermann; The Epithen in English Poetry; Verse of Our Time; Dorothy Wordsworth; The Legend of "Black Michael"; Dictators Under the Microscope; The Harvest of 1932; An Enchanted Year; Love of Nature; An Epic of the Country-side; A Glimpse of the Victorian Scene; Four Novels by Women; The Collector; Broadcasting for Bookmen; Both Sides of the House; For the Writers of To-Morrow; "Bookman" Competitions and Crossword. Average wear. Openings to each end of coverfold with minor loss at bottom. Binding intact. Faint ink stamp to front cover. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Sotheby & Co.
Catalogue (Catalog) of Continental Drawings and Watercolours 1770-1920 , Also European Views By English Artists: Day of Sale, Thursday, 13th June, 1974
43 pages. Index. 21 Black and white plates. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Sunning near coverfold. A quality copy. Book
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Sotheby & Co.
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of Eighteenth (18th), Nineteenth (19th) and Twentieth (20th) Century English and Continental Paintings, 15 January 1975
22 pp. 167 lots. Price list laid-in. Includes works by: B. Barker, T. Barker, A. Bouvard, Sir G.H. Beaumont, A. van den Bergh, N.H. Christiansen, W. Dommersen, W. Hamilton, A. de Leeuw, C. Morris, A. Pratella, J. Rathbone, W. Sadler, F. van Severdonch, Sir M. Archer Shee, J. Simpson, J. Stark, P.G. Vertin, and T. Woodward. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Sotheby & Co.
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of Eighteenth (18th), Nineteenth (19th) and Twentieth (20th) Century Drawings and English and Continental Paintings, 23 October 1974 ("Geranium")
28 pp. 215 lots. Includes the property of The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Morton, The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale, and others. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bennett, H.S. (Signed)
English Books and Readers 1475 to 1557
Signed and glowingly inscribed upon front free endpaper by author to A.W. Reed, the author of 'Early Tudor Drama'. Laid-in is a double-sided handwritten letter from the author to Reed explaining how his significant research and support were partly responsible for this book. 337 pages. Index of Passages. General Index. "A history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of The Stationers' Company" - subtitle. Maroon cloth-covered boards. Slight traces of foxing to endpapers and edges. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound and special copy. Book
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Sotheby & Co.
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century English and Continental Paintings - Various Properties, 9 April 1975
16 pages. 192 items listed. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Sotheby & Co.
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century English and Continental Paintings, Including Property of the Rt. Hon. The Earl of Lonsdale - Auction catalogue, 25 September 1974, London (DAHLIA)
36 pages. 211 items. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Bit of fading to upper left corner of front cover. A quality copy. Book
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Sotheby & Co.
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century English and Continental Paintings Including the property of Sir Oliver Simmonds, et al - Auction Catalogue, 31 July 1974, London (POPPY)
46 pages. 400 items. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Sunning to coverfold.. A quality copy. Book
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Sotheby & Co.
Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of Fine Seventeenth Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century English Paintings, Drawings, Watercolours - Auction Catalogue, 16 July 1975, London (GERANIUM)
124 pages. Index. Printed upon glossy stock. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. 247 items. Writing/doodling on back cover, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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MacLeod, M.; Harrington, R.; LeBourdais, D.; Hewlett, A.; Leechman, D.; Taylor, S.; Patterson, R.; Tillenius, C.; Johnson, A.
The Beaver, Magazine of the North, December 1952, Outfit 283 - James Burr Tyrrell / With Sir William Butler on the Omineca
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: The Christmas Holyday; Hunters on Sea Ice - photo study; Tyrrell of Canada - Great photo-illustrated article on Joseph Burr Tyrrell, distinguished mining engineer, now in his 95th year, knew the West before the railway came, and was the first white man in many parts of the North; England on the Prairies - the people of Cannington Manor tried to bring a bit of their English life to the Saskatchewan prairies - article with photos; The Indian - today and yesterday - interesting photo-illustrated article; With Sir William Butler on the Omineca; Clarence Tillenius provides a study of animal tracks; How a Chipewyan squaw arranged a treaty between warring tribes, which led to the foundation of Churchill, Manitoba; Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper Retires; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Parnell, C.; Sorensen, A.; Nevin, W.; McCowan, D.; Squire, L.; Ellis, F.; Wilson, C.; Charlton, J.; MacLennan, M.; Stephenson, W.; Riggs, T.; Marsh, D.
The Beaver, A Magazine of the North, September 1945, Outfit 276 - Policing the Far North / Daniel "Nigger Dan" Williams at Fort St. John
50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Founding Fort Edmonton; Policing the Far North - photo-illustrated article; One-page photo portrait of Sir George Simpson - the only known photo of him; "Nigger Dan" (Daniel Williams) - troublemaker at Fort St. John; Chevrons in the Sky - waterfowl article with photos; Arctic Airfield Survey - Craig Harbour, where the most northerly airport in the British Empire was surveyed in 1922; Summer at Temagami - photos with text; English River Hermit - An Indian named Mandayoh (stranger) lived 30 miles from the Trans-Canada Air Lines' field at Pagwa River; Through the Fjiords of British Columbia - photo-illustrated article with photo of the Union Steamship liner 'Cardena'; Northern Salvage - Claud K. Jones located sunken Canol machinery at the bottom of Great Slave Lake - fascinating photo-illustrated article describes how huge tracked vehicles were hauled up through the ice; Running the Alaska Boundary - great article with photo of Thomas Riggs and Jack Craig proudly displaying the flags of their countries and universities after setting the final point of the Alaska-Yukon boundary on the shore of the Arctic Ocean. Photos of Eskimo tobacco substitute Atamaoya being harvested and smoked. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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O'Neil, Tom: Editor
Golf World - A Weekly Golf Magazine, 14 September (Sept.), 1956, Vol. 10, No. 15 - Cover Photo of Jules Platte, Pro of Knollwood Club, Lake Forest IL
16 pages. Features: Akron victory for Ed Furgol; North wins at Sheridan, WY; Ruthie Jessen becomes Proette; Sam Snead's game gone?; Photo of Mary Ruth (Ruthie) Jessen; Photos of Jim Bishop, Jim English and Fred Marble; Photo of Patty Berg who was honored at Interlachen CC, Minneapolis; Photo of Henry P. Cowen of MacGregor; Obituaries for Homer S. Cummings, Arthur J. Chapman, Albert Crissy Wheeler, William G. Curtis, Sr., A. Linde Fowler, and Fred Hutchinson; Photo of Marine Don Albert in action - he won the inter-service title at Eglin AFB; Photo of Dick Lundahl; Photo of Lloyd Mangrum in Golfcraft Inc. ad; Large photo of Anne Quast on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
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Sotheby's Belgravia
Sotheby's Belgravia: English Prints 1800-1940 Which Will be Sold By Auction on Tuesday, 24th June, 1975 (WESER)
36 pages. Presents 216 lots. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated in black and white. Estimated price list laid in. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
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Ferree, B.; Kellogg, A.; Brown, A.; Jervis, W.; Sheafer, F.; Thurston, P.; Et al
American Homes and Gardens Magazine, November (Nov.) 1910, Volume VII, No. 2 - "Indian Ridge" - The Summer Home of Dr.l F.B. Harrington, at Ipswich, Massachusetts
Pages 413-452 plus xvi pages of great vintage ads. Many great black and white photos. Features: "Indian Ridge" - The Summer Home of Dr.l F.B. Harrington, at Ipswich, Massachusetts; Decorations and Furnishings for the Home - IV - Furnishing a Young Girl's Room; English Garden Mazes; A Group of New England Homes - nice two-page photo spread of homes belonging to Mr. E.B. Stearns at Brookline, T.P. Hollander on Misery Island, and Mrs. Frances Robeson at Brookline; Handicraftsman - Home-made Pottery; Glue for Model Making; The Steam Radiator in France; Residence of William L. Bailey, Esq., at Ardmore, PA; The Mirror; The Wasp's Year (life cycle); Stucco Houses of Distinction; The City of the Sun; Garden Notes - Tennis Courts; Conservatory and Greenhouse Heating; Glass Espalier Walls; L. Wolff Mfg. Co. ad features Chicago home of Walter H. Miller; Back cover color ad for the Columbia Grafonola includes photos of ten famous vocalists of the day; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Complete and unmarked with average wear. Covers loose but present. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
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John Drury [Rare Books] Ltd.
A Catalogue of Rare English Books on Banking, Economics and Trade in the Library of Amex Bank Limited
192 pages. "This catalogue is of the section of rare books in English of the library of Amex Bank" - from verso of title page. Includes 502 detailed listings arranged by author with summaries, physical descriptions, publishing details and, in some instances, black and white reproductions of title pages. Noteworthy listings are specially identified with headings such as; "The Earliest English Work on Mining"; "The First Great Survey of Poverty"; "A Virulent Attack on Usury"; "The South Sea Bubble"; etc. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. Gilt lettering upon chocolate brown cloth-covered boards. A sound copy of this informative reference. Book
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Glover, Milton H.; Winchester, Alice; Comstock, Helen; Little, Nina Fletcher; McKearin, Helen; Boicourt, Jane; Cummings, A.L.; White, M.E.
Antiques Magazine, October (Oct.) 1952, Vol. LXII, No. 4 - Paintings and Antiques
Pages 249-344. Features: Drawing Room of Mr. Henry P. McIlhenny; Living with Antiques - The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Lammott Copeland; Looking at Still Life; Paintings and Antiques - in the homes of the American Collectors; "Deception Pieces" in Architectural Painting; Glass in Art, II - drinking vessels in the Last Supper; For the casual collector - A Bird's-eye view of English painting; Earliest American Landscapes 1700-1820; In the Derby-Pinxton Style; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Thorpe, Russell W.; Shelley, Roland J.A.; Rutledge, Anna W.; Swan, Mabel M.; Barbeau, Marius; Larsen, Ellouise B.; Flexner, James T.; Howe, Florence T.
The Magazine Antiques, August (Aug.), 1947, Vol. LII, No. 2 - Charleston's First Artistic Couple
Pages 69-140. Features: Detail from Printed Cotton (c. 1850) cover; Carved Wood Circus Figure; About a Portrait of Benjamin Franklin; Pewter Pieces - In an English Collection; Charleston's First Artistic Couple; Living with Antiques - The Cape Cod Home of Mrs. Charles D. Cook; Two Early Massachusetts Houses; The Origin of the Hooked Rug; History on Staffordshire; New England Painting - A Prophe Enters the Wilderness; Carved Wood Circus-Wagon Figures; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Bailey, Worth; Tanner, D. Barrett; Waterman, Thomas Tileston; Norman-Wilcox, G.; Cowdrey, B.; Blake, C.; Cutten, G.B.; Et al
The Magazine Antiques, February (Feb.) 1946, Vol. XLIX, No. 2 - Seventeenth-Century Window Lights / A Note on Emanuel Leutze
Pages 73-136. Features: Cover illustration of carved panel from 1600's oak chest; Needlework portrait of George Washington; Accent on Washingtoniana - The Yale-de Lancey Kountze Collection at Mount Vernon; Burnap Collection of English Pottery - Part 1; Seventeenth-century Window Lights; Antiques in California - a Record of a Loan Exhibition; A Note on Emanuel Leutze; A Battle Painting; American Silver Tongs - from the collection of Francis M. Rosenfeld; A Cross-Section of Valentineship, 1946, 1846, 1746; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Covers loose but present. Above-average wear. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Magazine
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, May 10, 1947: Funeral of Denmark's Late Majesty King Christian X
Pages 477-504. Features: nice colour ad or Guinness inside front cover; Cover photo of Southampton celebrating two 500th anniversaries with old-time pageantry at the historic Bargate on May Day; Five photos illustrate how the Italians protected Trajan's Column against modern war; Two pages of photos illustrate Denmark mourning the loss of its late King, Christian X; Book review of "John Wildman, Plotter and Postmaster"; Five photos from Crete show British war graves, a German troop memorial, and other scenes; Page of photos and illustrations show how electric power will be generated at new Scottish projects; Five photos of oilfields in an English countryside - Eakkring's 150 ton-per-day wells in Nottinghamshire; Article on the Moscow Conference; Five photos of Viceroy and Lady Mountbatten in Peshawar; Photo of Norwegian scientists setting sail in a balsa raft, to prove a point about ancient Peruvian migration; One page photo of May Morning at Magdalen Tower, Oxford; Six centrefold illustrations of the services club for British officers in Paris run by N. A. A. F. I. in the Rothschild mansion in the Rue Du Faubourg-St.-Honore; Four photos document Beatification of Maria Goretti; Photos of personalities of the week include Gerald Micklem, Squadron-Leader H. B. Martin, Lewis Douglas, Margaret Lockwood, Lady Rothermere, Mrs. N. Bolton, Sir Almroth Wright, Mr. E. W. Sturgess, M. Thorez, and M. Paul Ramadier; Three photos of "Chicago" style scenes in London streets after a motorcyclist was shot for trying to prevent the escape of three men who attempted a daylight raid on a jeweler's shop; One-page photo of Eighth Army badges made into a tapestry - an unusual gift for "Monty"; Nice colour back cover ad for the deHavilland Dove, an aircraft for executive and private travel. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Bryant, Arthur; Squire, Sir John; Falls, Cyril; Kosay, Dr. Hamit Zubeyr; et al
The Illustrated London News, July 21, 1945: WWII Aftermath / Mr. T. V. Soong
Pages 57- 84. Features: Nice colour Dunlop ad inside front cover features Charles Wood painting of naval plane spotter at work; Cover photo of the famous Sphinx gate of the Hittite period at Alaca Huyuk; One-page Karsh photo portrait of China's prime minister, T. V. Soong; Two-page artist's rendition of an aerial view of Japan's homeland; Two large photos of Allied warships struggling in mountainous seas; The City of the Dead - Berlin, the modern Pompeii - two pages of photos present horrific bomb damage; Article entitled "The British soldier in Germany"; Powerful display of Britain's armed might in Berlin - 5 photos; Two pages of fascinating illustrations show how British science and ingenuity contributed to defeat the Germans on sea, on land, and in the air; Dramatic centrefold illustration of "Glowworm" ramming the German cruiser "Hipper"; Seven photos of Potsdam, venue of the latest "big three" conference; Photos of personalities of the week include Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, Signor Parri, Gen. William J. Slim, J. B. Chifley, Lt. Col. Sir Francis Shelmerdine, Lieut. Cmdr. G. B. Roope, the Regent of Iraq with the king and queen, Cpl. E. T. Chapman, the newly formed Council of Berlin, Marshall Rokossovsky, Marshall Zhukov, and Field Marshal Montgomery; Photo of Pres. Truman being cheered in Antwerp; Photo of US cruiser "Augusta" with Truman aboard, steaming through the English Channel, escorted by British warships; Photos of French liberated prisoners carrying a large wooden crucifix memorial to victims of brutality; Interior and exterior photos of Goering's private plane, now to be used to the benefit of sick French children; Three photos of the now peaceful beaches of Dunkirk; Three photos of the R. A. F. Jet propelled fighter, the Gloster Meteor, developed from the prototype E.28/39; photos of English silver and Chinese porcelain of great price; Article on "The bronze age in Anatolia"; Two pages of photos of artifacts from pre-Hittite Anatolia - proof of the high level of civilization 3500 years ago; Photo illustrated article on British production of the airman's octane fuel; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover shows farmers loading horse- drawn wagon. Discrete archival tape repairs to Coverfold of outer advertising pages, otherwise unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Chesterton, G. K.; Et al
The Illustrated London News, February (Feb.) 15, 1936: Canadian Winter Olympic Team Offers Nazi Salute to Hitler
Pages 265-304. Features: Cover photo of fire damage at the English Hollywood, Elstree film studios; Photo of the archduke Otto leaving a Paris hotel; Photo of M. Flandon with prince Starhemberg; Photo of smiling Canadian Olympians offering Nazi salute as they march past Hitler during opening ceremonies of the fourth Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria; Four additional photos of the Garmisch winter Olympics; Photos with the Italians in North and South - battles on both fronts, with photo of Gen. Graziani on horse; Capt. Bligh's own account of the mutiny on the "Bounty" - a chapter from his narrative describing the whole voyage, with illustrations; Dancer Anna Pavlova's "Dying Swan" immortalized in rare sequence of 15 images; Two-page illustration of Parisien opera fashions; A new Mycenaen beehive tomb - discoveries at Berbati, near Mycenae, some of the finest painted vases to be found in Greece, in a tomb dating from about 1400 BC - photo illustrated article; Photo of state funeral of general Kondylis in Athens; Two-page centrefold illustration of Hopi Indians dancing with live and venomous snakes in their mouth and hands; Two pages of photos of naval vessels "Renown", "Greyhound", "Repulse", and "Gotland"; Photos of personalities in the news include Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, Sir C. E. Corkran, Sir Charles Ballance, Herr Gustloff (German Nazi leader in Switzerland), Dr. Wilhelm Solf, I. H. D. Rolleston, Lieut. T. Rose (record-breaking aviator), vice admiral E. R. G. Evans with Cmdr. Rudberg, Walter Runciman, commander A. D. Cochrane, members of the new Egyptian government, including Ali Pasha, and British Nurses for Abyssinia; Four amazing photos illustrate construction of the Olympic Bob-run - bricklaying with ice from a lake; One page photo portrait of the highest waterfall in the world, Gersoppa Falls, in southern India; One page illustrated ad for the Austin Sherborne car; One page illustrated ad for Kenistas cigarettes features dame Sybil Thorndike; Handsome halfpage Rolls-Royce ad; Halfpage illustrated ad for Hooper & Co.; Halfpage photo ad for Morris Motors Limited features their Big Sixes; Photo of the British Continental Airways liner "St. George"leaving Croydon as it initiates air service between London and Sweden; Colour-illustrated back cover ad for Black-and-White Scotch whisky features The Scots Guards. Centrefold holding by one staple. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
The (London) Times Weekly (Newspaper) Edition: Bound Original Issues from 18 October, 1918 Through 25 July 1919 (No. 42. Vol. XLII Through No. 30 Vol. XLIII)
Approximately 1,000 pages. Very large volume measures over 18" high by over 12" wide and approximately 1.5" thick. Extensive coverage of the final weeks of World War I, its conclusion, and aftermath, plus other news of the day and contemporary advertisements. Each page very densely packed with small type-faced print and occasional maps. Contents appear to be bound original issues rather than reprints. Includes an 8 page illustrated section devoted to "London's Great Peace Celebration Procession" in July, 1919. Small vintage bookseller's sticker inside front board at bottom. Binding sound. Moderate external wear and soiling. Partially rubbed gilt lettering upon front board and backstrip. Contents yellowing at edges. Please note: the April 11, 1919 issue, and possibly others, are not included. A sound copy of this most enthralling, comprehensive and unique reference. Book
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Sullivan, Garrett A. Jr.
The Drama of Landscape: Land, Property, and Social Relations on the Early Modern Stage
viii, (3), 292 pages. Index. Footnotes. "A work of genuine importance, this book enters into one of the more active ongoing conversations in early modern scholarship and makes a significant contribution to it. Explores the ways in which a range of early modern plays intervene in the ongoing reconceptualization of land and land ownerhip in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
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Biancalana, Joseph
The Fee Tail and the Common Recovery in Medieval England: 1176-1502
xx, 498 pages. Footnotes, bibliography and index. "Describes the development of the fee tail from the late twelfth to the fifteenth century, and the invention, development, and early use of the common recovery, a reliable legal mechanism for the destruction of entails, from 1440 to 1502." - from preliminary page. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Binding tight. An excellent copy. Book
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Light, Alison
Forever England: Femininity, Literature and Conservatism Between the Wars
281 pages. Index, footnotes and bibliography. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, August (Aug.) 4, 1962 - Barry Brewster Dies Climbing the North Face of Eiger
Pages 161-196 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Cover photo of the Eiger, where Barry Brewster lost his life, plus text and more photos; Russian dock collides with the South Goodwin lightship; Photo of Simon Paterson coming ashore after swimming the English Channel underwater in just under 14 hours; Photo of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the pro--fascist union movement, being knocked to the ground by demonstrators in Manchester on July 29; Four photos of the Queen at Plymouth and Dartmouth; Indian forces attack Chinese post in Ladakh - article with photo; Photo of Egyptian tank and Conquerer rocket; Major Michael Banks, Lieut. Hugh Wiltshire, and John Hinde successfully climb Mount McKinley; Major E. J. E. Mills and Capt. M. R. Jones are killed 5000 feet from the summit of Khingyang Chish in the Himalayas; Photo of new French bathyscaphe, L'Archimede, which successfully plunged to a depth of 31,350 feet on July 15; Photo of First Lady Mrs. Kennedy and Col. John Glenn waterskiing near Hyannis Port Massachusetts, Photo of Russian high jumper Valeriy Brumel setting world record of 7'5" at Stanford on July 22; America's Cup sailing photos, Aerial photo of devastation caused by exploding propane truck at Berlin, New York; Honolulu crash scene photo where 27 people died when a Britannia airliner crashed while landing; Photo of triple-hulled airship under construction at Trenton, New Jersey; Two photos of NASA's "Project Apollo"; Review of "Red Plush and Black Velvet", by Joseph Wechsberg - Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's queen of song; Two pages of illustrations show how the USA proposes to land two men on the moon in a few years; Two pages of photos of the new Chelsea barracks; Fantastic centrefold aerial photo of a packed Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium surrounded by many acres of cars; Four illustrations of the threatened monuments of Nubia; Photos of historic English buildings to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere; Photos of personalities of the week include Richard Aldington, Sir Burke Trend, Sir Laurence Hellsby, W. Armstrong, the Very Rev. M. M. Gibbs, Mr. C. Dearrsley, Aelred Watkin, Lord Freyberg, V. C., Major E. J. E. Mills, Capt. M. R. Jones, Mr. J. Mannings, Mr. J. T. Molony, the Duke of Norfork, The Right Honourable T. Rinfret, P. C.; Page of photos of horses and riders at the Royal International Horse Show; One-page photo of Miss Pat's Smythe riding Flanagan at the White City; Three photos of Bubbles, the 14 foot black pilot whale at Marineland, California, performing her tricks; Beautiful one-page aerial photo of the Colossus of Chiba, Kwannon, the Japanese goddess of mercy, standing 170 feet tall; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Bryant, Arthur; Falls, Cyril; et al
The Illustrated London News, August (Aug.) 10, 1963 - Photos of Early Dubai
Pages 185-220 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Sensational page of six photos, with text, illustrating Dubai, the primary port and one of the most progressive towns in Trucial Oman - includes the Customs Building, the new bridge, Shaikh Rashid Bin Said, a general view of the town, the Al-Gaz Hotel, the old palace, and more; Cover photo of the Queen Mother upon her 63rd birthday; Article on the Moscow Test-Ban Treaty with photo of DeGaulle; Photo of the Vickers Hovertruck in action; Photo of the Corporal missile on parade at Larkhill; Photo of Mr. David Tapp driving his tractor, The Seahorse, across the English Channel; Photo of champion racing driver Graham Hill aboard replica of a Ford Quadricycle, marking the centenary of Henry Ford who is shown separately driving a Quadricycle in 1904; Photo of spectators swarming onto the pitch at Headingley after West Indies triumph in fourth test match; Illustration of the eminent conductor, Mr. Basil Cameron; Page of fascinating text and photos explain war in Yemen between the Royalist and Republican forces; Photo of engine of wrecked WWII British bomber found in Dutch field; Photo of examination of first wreckage recovered from the U.A.R. Comet which crashed in the Indian Ocean on July 28, killing 62 persons including 26 Boy Scouts from the Philippines; Photos of Japanese Emperor Hirohito examining marine life on Hayama Beach, Japan; Dramatic photos of rescue efforts at Skopje, Yugoslavia after earthquake; Photo of Peru's president-elect, Signor Fernando Belaunde Terry; Amazing photo of huge Australian wedge-tailed Eagle named 'Widgie' landing on the arm of young John Ryder who rescued the bird when it fell from its nest in its youth; Photo of the Bishop of Caltagirone blessing and Italian cradle bound for the unborn child of President Kennedy; Photo of disarmament conference at Geneva; Photo of Orville Freeman presenting Indian peace pipe to Khrushchev on July 30; Book review of "Dieppe - The Shame And The Glory", by Terrence Robertson; Page of news and illustrations from 100 years ago includes New York riots, reoccupation of Jackson, Mississippi, by the Confederates, and balloon reconnaissance at Aldershott; One page photo of London Heliolaters (swimmers) at the Oasis Pool, Holborn, during the fifth day of the current heatwave; Delacroix Centennial exhibition in the Louvre; Illustrated article on the highways and houses of Salsisbury before redevelopment; Major coverage of biblical Shechem in Jordan - its history and current excavations; Photo of Chesterfield Cup horserace at Goodwood on July 31; Aerial photo of Eastbourne showing the Devonshire Park lawn tennis courts; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. Carl Borgward, Lady Hudson, Sir Horace Clark, Sir Robert Chapman, Miss Claudia Mcpherson of Canada (the youngest Channel swimmer), Miss Jane Allday, six railwaymen who have become mayors in South Wales, Harold Philby (granted asylum in Russia), Jazzman Don Aloysius Gordon (freed on appeal of assault charge), John Grigg, Lord Stansgate with his wife (now Mr. Wedgwood Benn and a commoner), and Mr. St. Clair; Four photos and text of 100 foot first century Roman ship discovered in the Blackfriars mud; Two pages of amazing photos and text describe dystopian life inside a communist Chinese agricultural commune - an exclusive glimpse of life behind the bamboo curtain; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
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Condit, Rev. Ira M.; Soo Hoo Nam Art (Translation)
English and Chinese Second (2nd) Reader
188 pages. Occasional black and white illustrations in text. Copyright 1902. No indication of prior printings. Includes 72 reading lessons with titles such as Confucious and the Wise Boy, A Cunning Fox, and The Camel and the Miller, plus exercises on vowel sounds, consonant sounds, and articulation. "The lessons cover quite a large range of subjects. In this way the Chinese scholar will acquire much valuable knowledge." - from Preface. Includes text in English and Chinese, side-by-side, on each page. Minimal faint markings to contents. Binding intact. Average wear to maroon cloth. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage reader. Book
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Kemp, Hugh; Berton, Pierre; Bannerman, James; Gordon, Arthur;
Maclean's Magazine, May 1, 1948 - A.J. Casson Cover Art
A.J. Casson cover art features robin hunting for worms amongst trilliums. 80 pages. Additional features include: Nostalgic colour ad for new KB International Trucks inside front cover - ad features photo insert of Jule Chartrand and Frank Bell - Champion Canadian truck drivers; Four-photo full-page ad for Ipana toothpaste features Eileen Cochrane of Montreal and her seven-year-old son Michael; Editorial - Are the Communists entitled to Liberty?; 2-colour full-page ad for DeSoto cars; Top Man in Totem Poles - Marius Barbeau is hot on the trail of that strange beast - the Canadian; Wives Have It So Easy, by James Bannerman; Nightmare Pills - Pierre Berton on Sleeping Pills; Fiction by Arthur Gordon - Listen to Your Heart; Can we Prevent Race Suicide?, by Arnold Toynbee; Newsboy - James Joseph Murph (Murph) has been selling papers outside the Canadian National Railways Building on the northwest corner of King and Yonge, Toronto's busiest intersection, for 58 years - with photo; Fiction - Double or Nothing by Henry Norton; Are Fishing Laws Bunk? - what use are limits when we make our rivers unfit homes for fish?; Nice full-page colour ad for Old English Rubbing (Floor) Wax; What's Wrong with Work?, by Gwethalyn Graham; The Old Man - Lionel Barrymore; You, Too, Can fly, by Eva-Lis Wuorio; Fiction by Arthur Mayse - Someday You'll Thank Me; Leper Colony on Bentinck Island in BC; Black and white Fargo truck ad; Nice two-colour Plymouth car ad; Full-page black and white Austin Motor company ad; Half-page colour photos Pepsi ad shows ping pong players; Lovely full-page colour Lifesavers ad; Dawes Black Horse Brewery ad honours weathermen; Great full-page colour ad for Pontiac cars; Very attractive Gene De Nunzio-illustrated ad for Wabasso Cottons inside back cover shows mother and daughter and their print dresses; Carling Breweries ad on back cover illustrates the main flyways of North American waterfowl; plus many more wonderful ads. Pages yellowed with age. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this wonderful A.J. Casson collectible. Magazine
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Valjal, Silvi; Solasko, Fainna (Translator)
Yussike's Seven Friends
24 pages. English translation of the 1976 Russian first edition in which young Yussike journeys to Sunday Land. Each page brightly and charmingly illustrated in color. Unmarked with average wear. Two short openings mended with archival tape. A sound copy of this delightful work. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Leica Fotografie International Magazine (English) 7 / 1989 - Roland Bauer / Willi Kleinfeld / Udo Bernhart
46 pages. Text in English. Features: Museum Park Hohenlohe - photo essay by Roland Bauer; Leica R Portfolio - Willi Kleinfeld in the pottery; Practical tips - nature in your studio; Udo Bernhart - South Tyrolean Monks; Practical tips - flowers in a greenhouse; Flash for the home studio; Werner Kohler in Hungary; Riccardo Campanelli - Cavallieri Di Malta; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Leica Fotografie International Magazine (English) 6 / 1989 - Pierre-Louis Martin / Wolfgang Schiemann
46 pages. Text in English. Features: Wolfgang Jahnke - Still Cameraman; Pierre-Louis Martin - La Baguette; 20 years photo festival in Arles; Wolfgang Schiemann - Leicavision; The audiovisual slideshow; Designing the Leica system, part II (continued from 4/89); Colour balancing made easy; Richard Stobener - The Wasgau; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Leica Fotografie International Magazine (English) 5 / 1989 - Gisele Freund / Thurston Hopkins / Grace Robertson
46 pages. Text in English. Features: Gisele - Freunc - Master of the Leica; Jack Hulme - Master of the Leica; When the Leica came to Britain; Thurston Hopkins - Master of the Leica; Grace Robertson - Master of the Leica; Ferenc Berko - Master of colour; Dr. Paul Wolff - a pioneer in 35mm photography; Cornelius Meffert - On the Mississippi; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Multiple Contributors
Leica Fotografie International Magazine (English) 4 / 1989 -
46 pages. Text in English. Features: Dietmar Necke - Salitera Maria Elena; Photo symposium in Bradford; Henning Christoph - versatile lasers; The Leica AF-C1 in the tropics; Designing the Leica system (part I); Variable grade papers; Improved 90 MM F/2.8 Elmarit-M; Manfred Schmitz - southwest Turkey; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Leica Fotografie International Magazine (English) 3 / 1989 - Fritz Kempe
46 pages. Text in English. Features: Roland Birke - Pagan, Burma; Fritz Kempe - Hambourg Portraits; 75 years of Leica photography; Jorg-Thomas Titz - Auwald in Spring; The compact Leica AF-C1; Klaus H. Peters - Great Britain; Fiber-based papers - comparison and processing; Juergen Gregor - Japan; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Leica Fotografie International Magazine (English) 2 / 1989 - Klaus Will / George Kraemer / Kai Greiser
46 pages. Text in English. Features: Georg Schreiber - Whaling; Brigitte Kraemer - In Australia; Photography's 150th Jubilee; Kai Greiser - Gaff-Rigged Ships; Filters - What's worth knowing?; Negative and slide holders for Focomat V35 AF; Klaus Will - Chairs; Richard Kimling - The Azores; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Leica Fotografie International Magazine (English), 4 / 1990 - John Robert Young / Michael Koch / Hajo Rose
50 pages. Text in English. Features: John Robert Young - choirboys; Cristina Garcia Rodero - Espana Oculta; Michael Koch - monuments to the creation; Shift lenses; Leica in pastoral welfare; Bracketing with the Leica; Photography in the Bauhaus; Hajo Rose - I learned photography in the Bauhaus; Auction impressions; Cem Akkan - with the Dalai Lama; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Leica Fotografie International Magazine (English), 2 / 1990 - Jurgen Herschelmann / Stanley Greene / Enrico Ricciardi
50 pages. Text in English. Features: Jurgen Herschelmann - ladies' shoes; Stanley Greene - romance in Paris; Enrico Ricciardi - Noctilux; William Klein - Close Up; Amateur movie cameras made by Leitz (II); Andrew Morang - Vicksburg, Mississippi; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Allan, W.J.D.
The Air Cadet's Handbook on Navigation, Part One (1) (And Signalling) - Air Cadet Handbooks No. 1
80 pages. A concise and diminutive work seemingly intended to aid in the mass-production of young aviators during WWII. Clear tape along spine and inside front joint. Above-average wear and soiling. It is sobering to consider the fate of the young person(s) who studied from this well-handled copy. Book
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Keller, Betty (Signed)
Black Wolf (Blackwolf): The Biography of Ernest Thompson Seton
Signed by author upon title page. 240 pages. Footnotes, selected bibliography and index. Reproductions of black and white photos. "A perceptive and insightful biography of this colourful eccentric who once played so large a part in the lives of North American boys." - from dust jacket. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate fading to endpapers and back panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
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Lownsbrough, John; Woodcock, George; Brady, James; et al
City and Country Home Magazine, September (Sept.) 1986 - An Ottawa Tour / Coco Chanel
152 pages. Features: Producer Peter O'Brian; Tony Aspler on three remarkable cellars; Kildare Dobbs revisits India; An Ottawa Tour - Th ebayne-Morrison House, The English Country Manner, Peach Preserved; Coco Chanel - the ultimate designer; Boris Brott; Claude Monet's gardens; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
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Ingrassia, Catherine
Authorship, Commerce, and Gender in Early Eighteenth-Century England: A Culture of Paper Credit
xi, [1], 230 pages.Extensive footnotes and bibliography. Index. Two black and white illustrations. "Discusses the connection between the cultural resistance to speculative finance and hostility to the similarly 'feminized' professional writers that Alexander Pope depicts in the Dunciad. Shows how new financial and fictional models were important for women's social, sexual, and economic interaction." - from half-title page. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligibl wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
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Edmonton Art Gallery
The Contemporary Arts Society, Montreal, 1939-1948: Exhibition Catalogue (Bilingual French/English)
96 pages. Text in French and English. Illustrated in colour and black and white. Printed on glossy stock. "In the ten years of the Society's existence it both directly and indirectly did more to champion the need and the right for free artistic expression than any other Canadian arts organization before or since. Average wear. Few light pencil markings to contents. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Moon, Barbara; Stein, D.L.; Krantz, Judith; Singer, Bette; Hannon, L.F.; Johnstone, Ken; Katz, Sidney; Katz, Paul; Petrin, Lea; et al
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 21 October (Oct.) 1961 - Musical Prodigy Blair Milton
88 pages. Features: One-page photo-ad for the International Travelall; 1962 Zenith TV ad; The Anxious Years of an Undergraduate - asking students and staff at the University of Toronto; The Harmony and Discord of the campus marriage of John and Charlotte Swan; To Oblivion and Back with a New Record - Ontario housewife Bette Singer swam down 307 feet to set a record - article with colour photos; Neutrals - what are they against? What makes a Prodigy? - Blair Milton astonishes professors at McGill U.; Allergies - the fast-growing threat to public health; A Lifetime in Hiding from the light of day - Morris Gerlovin is acutely allergic to the sun; How to tell the English from the French in Canada; The Turkish Incident that Changed Canada's Destiny - the Chanak Incident of 1922; Four Ways to Make a Million - Rex Heslop, William Wilder, Peter Colwell Bawden and Geoffrey Stirling; Nice colour full-page ad for Labatt's 50 ale; Nice colour-photo centrefold for the 1962 Buick Electra 2-Door Sport Coupe (pale green); 2/3 page cartoon by Roy Peterson shows busy native totem pole carver being confronted by forest conservation officer; Epitaph for Dag Hammarskjold; The case for adding more NHL hockey teams; Colour-photo Coke ad on back cover features young square dancing couple. Please note: missing page 9-10, and 69-72, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Berrill, N.J.; Richler, Mordecai; Katz, Sidney; Stollery, Peter; Moon, B.; Porter, M.; Newman, Peter C.
Maclean's - Canada's National Magazine, 6 May, 1961: Mordecai Richler in Paris
64 pages. Features: Cover illustration of old Montreal stairways by Ghitta Caiserman; (Scared) Scientist N.J. Berrill makes fearless forecast of the 21st century; A Fond Last Look at Montreal - text with photos of historic architectural features; It Was Fun To Be Poor in Paris - Mordecai Richler remembers; Canada - a nation of dental cripples due to major shortage of dentists; Peter Stollery Hitch-Hikes to the Gulf of Guinea - article with photos; Two Million Illiterates - Canada's Obsolete Tenth; How Robert Morse III Wages Corporate War; Maverick Politician Douglas Fisher; Colour-photo Ford of Canada centrefold; Why One English Family is Coming Back to Canada - Dennis, Billie and Craig Davill; Seagram's ad inside back cover illustrated with nice colour painting by Franklin Arbuckle of bush aircraft the "Norseman" about to land on a lake; Marjorie Pigott teaches Japanese art to the Japanese! (short article); Coke ad on back cover features colour photo of university grads; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A nice vintage copy. Book
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Cox, Ian; Boyd, Peter D.A.; Rennie, Paul; Aylen, Sarah; Espley, John; Eckstein, Eve; Firkins, June; et al
Antique Collecting Magazine, The Journal of the Antique Collectors' Club, Volume 28, Number 6, November (Nov.) 1993 - Paul Nash
56 pages. Features: Charles Horner Jewellery and Accessories; Pteridomania - The Victorian Passion for Ferns; Paul Nash - Artist, Designer and Teacher; Identifying English Porcelain by Pattern Numbers; A Collection of Cigar Cutters; Auction Feature; High Security in Fashion; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this informative issue. Book
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Mitchell, Ewan; Davis, Frank; Moss, David; Pearce, Barbara; Gilliard, Charles; Ratcliffe, Rosemary; Porter, Benjamin
Art & (and) Antiques Weekly, July 3, 1971: The Dodge Collection Auction
38 pages. Features: Foreign buyers dominate bidding for Dodge furniture; Records crash as old masters are sold; 10,000 GBP clock stolen - 8 day English Fusee bracket clock, signed 'Thomas Hughes, London'; Fine porcelain pieces stolen from home in Regents Park, London; Police seek information about miniatures - in possession of Scotland Yard; 'Finders keepers' - a saying that could lead to jail; Reappraising Satsuma; Theophile Alexandre Steinlen - the artist who loved cats, Paris - and life; Roman Glass - take a clear look at the past for future profit; Regency Furniture; Book review of "Refurbishing Antiques" by Rosemary Ratcliffe; Antique market opens at Bromley; Auction news; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Davis, Frank; Jennings, J.R.W.; Savage, Gordon; Sheppard, Christine; Hardy, Sophia
Art & (and) Antiques Weekly, August (Aug.) 7, 1971 - Focus on Bath / Ernest Biddle / Francoise Boucher
38 pages. Features: News; Theft reports; Ernest Biddle; Francoise Boucher (1703-1770); Silver Spoons - silver regains prestige; Painting exhibition "Michael D'Aguilar and Artists of Today and Tomorrow"; Bell strikers on public clocks; English buyers in Italy - about 150 years too late; Bath - the perfect place for antiques; Nice colour-photo back cover ad for Allen's Antiques of Gunmakers Lane, London; Auction news; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Pulver, Martin; Shipway, Ann; Lester, Anthony J.; et al
Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide Magazine, January / February (Jan. / Feb.) 2000 - Richard Hilliard (1519-1594), Part II
72 pages. Features: Ceramics for Investment - a guide to 'brokering' antique Spode for another collector; The Best of the Web (internet); Market Survey; Artscene; Index of Contents 1999; Decoration by Design - Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair at the Marquee, Battersea Park; The King's Head - royal figures were popular subjects for decoration on early English Delft; Ranby Hall - perfect setting for English and Continental furniture, decorations and garden statuary; Essay in Gilding; Goldsmith Richard Hilliard Investigated - part II; Nice colour photo ad for Roger Lamb on back cover; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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