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Fabric of the Hills: The Interwoven Story of Textiles and the Landscape of the South Pennines
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Unpaginated, about 80 pages, each with a b&w photo and text. Contents include In the beginning: geological origins and rural traditions of the Pennines; Domestic calm before industrial storm: the domestic textile industry; Early mills and improveed machines; from weavers cottage to powered mill; The great industrial revolution : muck and brass; Twenteith century changes: one more chapter in teh Pennine saga. Map at back is intact and unused.
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Bond, Michael
More About Paddington
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards show a bit of edge wear. Previous owner's bookplate on front endpaper. 128 pages. 5 3/8"w x 8 1/4"h.
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Morris, Sarah
Sarah Morris, Capital
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Text in German and English. This book was published on the occasionof the exhibition "Correspondence" at the Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum f?r Gegenwart - Berlin, May 31 - July 15, 2001. Full blue cloth boards. 9 1/4"w x 10 3/8"h.
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Gibbon-Williams, Andrew
William Roberts: An English Cubist
Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect. 152 pages in large format, filled with large full color prints with text covering the career of Mr. Roberts.
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Pepys, Samuel
Samuel Pepys Diary
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full brown cloth boards. Edge wear and small tears to dust jacket. Attractive small format: 4 3/4"w x 7 1/2"h. Rockwell Kent torch bearer design on endpapers and embossed on cover. No date shown; circa 1930.
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Lawrence, D.H.
Sons and Lovers
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 492 pages. Creases to side page edges. Previous owner's name inside. Full green cloth boards. Attractive small format: 4 3/4"w x 7 1/2"h. Rockwell Kent torch bearer design on endpapers and embossed on cover.
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Irving, Edward Burroughs
Rereading Beowulf (Middle Ages Series)
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full gray cloth boards. 186 pages.
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Brockett, Oscar T.
History of the Theatre
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 741 pages with b&w illustraitons. Chapters include Origins of the theatre: Ritual drama in Egypt and the Near East; Theatre and drama in ancient Greece; Roman Theatre and drama; Theatre and drama in the middle ages,; The Italian renaissance.... continuing through English theatre, Spanish from 1500 to 1700, French, English, Italian through same period, of the Orient, Modern theatre 1875 - 1915 up to chapter 19: Theatre since the second world war. Big tome. Top corners are bumped, but otherwise looks new in red cloth, gilt letting and border.
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Hall, Radclyffe
The Unlit Lamp
A clean, unmarked book wtih a tight binding. 320 pages.
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Scragg, D. G.
A History of English Spelling
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 130 pages.
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Kaufman, Carol
Reading, Writing, and Spelling With Picture Stamps in Full Color
Little Golden Book #A24. 6 1/2"w x 8"h. This book has been used by a child - all picture stamps neatly placed and the spelling words written down in neat cursive pencil. Wonderful color illustations.
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Deanna Valente Bernar
Sisley
Book is in excellent condition in black cloth covers, gilt print on spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 44 full color, full page prints of the artist's work with accompanying descriptions in a separate section. Unpaginated, about 70 pages.
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Oz, Amos; Fania Oz-Salzberger
Jews and Words
Brand new book is in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is Fine. 232 pages.
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Loeffler, Peter
Five Sketches on Gordon Craig
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark gray cloth boards. Dust jacket folds are a bit askew. 5 3/4"w x 7 3/8"h. 80 pages. Five sketches on English actor and stage designer Gordon Craig accompanying five unpublished works (drawings) by Craig. No date shown; circa 1980's.
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Abiakam, J.
49 Wise Sayings, 72 Idioms, 33 Riddles and Jokes, 44 Questions and Answers [African Market Literature]
Staple-bound pamphlet. 56 pages. No publication date shown; circa 1970. A how-to pamphlet from Nigeria originally sold in West African market stalls, including the Onitsha Market (largest open-air market in Africa) in the sixties and seventies. Yellowing paper. "Do not trust a liar so that he may not disappoint you and you become like a man who cut his new coat to patch his old knicker."
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Clare, John; Anne Tibble; J.W. Tibble
The Letters of John Clare
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full plum colored cloth boards. Price-clipped dust jacket.
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Wells, H.G.
The Desert Diary
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Full black cloth boards. Facsimile of H.G. Wells's earliest surviving narrative of any length when Wells was 12 years old.
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Lear, Edward
Teapots and Quails: And Other New Nonsenses
Full brown cloth boards show edge wear, an ink mark, and some spots. 64 pages. 6 1/2"w x 9 3/4"h.
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Corporate Flashcards
A boxed set of 60 cards with vocabulary for the unemployed or over-employed.
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Tunis, Edwin
Shaw's Fortune: The Picture Story of a Colonial Plantation
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's inscription inside. Full red cloth boarrds. Edge wear and stains to price-clipped dust jacket. 11 1/8"w x 8 1/2"h. 64 pages. Black and white illustrations.
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Beckett, Samuel
Waiting for Godot / En Attendant: A Bilingual Edition: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 358 pages. In French and English.
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Browning, Robert; Donald Smalley (editor)
Poems of Robert Browning (Riverside Editions)
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 544 pages.
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Van Woenzel, Stefan
Oil Traders' Words: A Dictionary of Trading Jargon
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 555 pages.
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Andrew C. Fix
The Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Rise of Nations: Parts 2 & 4 Only
Two sets of CD's and booklets in plastic cases. Each set contains six CD's, 12 lectures, 30 minutes/ lecture, for a total of 12 CD's and 24 lectures.
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Summerson, John
Georgian London
Book show very light wear only in light blue cloth with gilt embossed print at spine and cover, sunned spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 315 pages with glossy page section of b&w photos, maps, architectural drawings, floor plans, elevations and includes sections on: Whig and Tory landowners, Public buildings under George II, Architects of the Golden Age: 1763 - 1793 Building during the French wars, Great estates, John Nash, Theatres, Greater Georgian London, etc.
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Tomlinson, H. M.
London River
Book is in excellent condition with a little shelf wear only, light sunning to spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for former owner's name inside cover and on title page. 251 pages, contents include: The foreshore, Midnight voyage, A shipping parish, The ship-runners, An Old Lloyd's register.
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Galinou, Mireille; Strong, Sir Roy, Vanessa Harding, Hazel Forxyth, Rosemary Weinstein, John Harris, Tessa Murcoch, Brent Elliott, et al.
London's Pride: A History of London's Gardens
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 224 pages with articles by a group of authors with b&w images, photos, maps, drawings throughout, a few in color. Chapters include: The middle ages: the medieval garden, Medicinal and kitchen gardening, London's market gardens in the early modern period, London gardens and the decorative arts, Victorian parks, etc.
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Lambert, Margaret, Enid Marx
English Popular and Traditional Art (Britain in Pictures series)
Book is in excellent condition with very light wear to covers, 48 pages, age-toned paper. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind with 8 plate in clor, 30 B&w illustrations. Dust jacket shows considerable wear at edges, no large tears, now wrapped in clear archival cover. "Book shows the aesthetic qualities of English popular art and also the sort of people for whom it was, and in some cases still is, produced."
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Mole, Rich
Season's Greetings from British Columbia's Past: Christmas as Celebrated in British Columbia from the 1880's to the 1930's (sound Heritage Series #29
Book is in excellent condition with light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 76 pages with b&w photos, ads, illustrations throughout. Chapters include: Genuine English people, Stumps and mud, Christmas is for kids, Christmas in the country, Yuletides in uniform, Candles on the Christmas tree, "Lady, could I put my wood in?" et al.
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St. Charles, Glenn; St. Charles, Glenn A.
Billets to Bow: Sights, Sounds & Smells of Archery
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 195 pages with b&w photos & illustrations. Sections include: Harvesting the yew, Longbows, Making a bowstring, Horn tips, English longbow, Leather accessories, Moving targets, Arrows, , Bow & arrow hunting, etc. Signed under author photo.
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Phonics (Word Sounding) Flash Cards
Boxed set of 50 phonics flash cards from the "Learn with Parent Teacher Aids" series. Name written on one flash card. In a worn cardboard box that has tears and tape. The cards are 3"w x 6" long and are illustrated with black and white line drawings.
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Boyd, A.W.
Country Parish, A: Great Budworth in the County of Chester
Book shows light wear to covers, foxing to page ends only. Binding is solid and square, covers have two lightly bumped corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for inscription from previous owner on front endpaper. Chapters include: Description of the parish, and a note on its weather; Man's influence on the flora and fauna; History; Local government and social conditions in the 18th century, Architecture, Farming, past and present, Salt, The village joiner eighty years ago, Speech, Folk-lore, Customs, Place and field names, Sport and pastimes, Mammals, Water-birds, Birds of field, woodland and garden, Butterflies and moths, Flora, List of birds, etc. 34 color photos, 48 b&w. 278 pages.
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Betjeman, John, Christopher Sykes, Angus Maude, Jenifer Wayne, Gordon Rattray Taylor, John Herbert, Lionel Hale, Elizabeth Bowen et al.
Flower of Cities: a Book of London; Studies and Sketches By Twenty-two Authors
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners except for one bump, exterior shows fading to edges of baby blue covers with gilt print but no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows edge wear, now wrapped in clear protective cover. Color map endpapers, about 30 plates in color and b&w. Contents include: the Law in London, Fleet Street, Mayfair, South Kensington, Bloomsbury, Soho, Chelsea, East End, Galleries, the B.B.C., English Ballet, etc.
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Byrne, Andrew
London's Georgian houses
Book has a pretty good bump to lower front corner, but it does not unduly affect the pages or cover. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 208 pages heavily illustrated with b&w photos throughout, line drawings, architectural detail, elevations, floorplans, etc. Sections include: Berkieley square, Artillery lane, St. James's square, Bedford square, Guilford St. Kennington Rd. Wapping pier head, Grove lane, Georgian roofs, floors, doors, etc. architectural detail, elevations, floorplans, etc. 11 1/2 inches, 208 pages, 217 photos and illus.,bibliography, index,
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Young, Elizabeth, Wayland Young
London's Churches
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 214 pages with map, b&w photos throughout of exteriors, interiors, a garden or two. Contents include St. George's, St. Giles, St James, St. John's St. Annes, Holy Trinity, Brompton, All Saints, St. Dunstans, and more than 90 individual churches.
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Mansell, George, (ed.) J.M. Hirsh
Living Heritage of Westminster, the: European Architectural Heritage Year 1975
Book is in excellent condition with lightly bumped corners and spine, some minor shelf wear. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 108 pages with large b&w photos throughout of buildings in the 16th, 17th, 18th & 19th centuries, in residential, shopping, fine architecture, examples of the region with preservation, restoration and replica section at back. Large, detailed map at front.
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Scott, W.S.
Bygone Pleasures of London
Book is in excellent condition with very light edge wear only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind and is in impressively fine condition with tipped-in color plates and b&w prints, map endpapers showing the locations of the text. Dust jacket is price clipped and is extensively repaired at edges with scotch tape. Contents include The pleasure gardens, White conduit house, Marylebone gardens, Jenny's whim, Bagnigge wells, Islington spa, Sadler's wells, Highbury barn, Bermondsey spa, The English grotto, Finch's grotto gardens, Florida gardens, The Yorkshire stingo, etc.
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Ventura, Piero
Houses: Structures, Methods, and Ways of Living
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears.
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Newton, Douglas
Catholic London
Book shows light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is tattered with numerous small tears. 348 pages with b&w illustrations throughout. Contents include: Cornhill churches, Manson House, London stone, Dick Whittington's parish, Waterside, Old St. Paul's, Newgate, Greyfriars, Cheapside, Bishopsgate, Holborn gallows, Southwark, etc.
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Uncle Albert
Uncle Albert's Manual of Practical Photography and Guide to the Reproductive Processes
Book shows light wear to covers. Binding is loose but still intact, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is tattered with large open tears. Decorated endpapers, heavily illustrated with b&w and color photos and illustrations throughout. This is a book of humor using the format of a photographic guide as a means to make visual and verbal jokes around the subject. 100 pages in large format, contents include Rude postcards, Miscellaneous trickery, Exposure, Indoor photography, etc. No pub. date, looks like 50's English.
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Fillmer, H. Thomson; Ann Lefcourt; Nell C. Thompson; Geore E. Coon; Barbara B. Cramer
Patterns of Language Level E
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 3/8"w x 9 1/2"h. 320 pages. Elementary school English textbook with super seventies brightly-colored graphics.
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Lawrence, D.H.
Women in Love
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small format: 4 7/8"w x 7 1/4"h. Attractive Modern Library edition with red cloth cover. Small faded spots on cover. Ink mark on spine. Endpapers designed by Rockwell Kent.
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Dorment, Richard
Alfred Gilbert
Book shows light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 350 pages with a great many b&w photos, many full-page. Contents include: Perseus arming, Icarus, Behind the rider sits dark care, Tomb of the Duke of Clarence, etc.
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Michael Pilkington
Gurney, Ireland, Quilter and Warlock: English Solo Song Guides to the Repertoire
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Book is a guide to the four above composers of English solo songs that can be used by a singer in building a repertoire. Each song discription includes its tonality, range, meter, and duration as well as the difficulty of both the voice and the accompaniment, as well as much other information.
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Norton, Mary
The Borrowers Afield
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full green cloth boards show some faded spots/discoloration. Stated First Edition. 215 pages.
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Norton, Mary
The Borrowers Aloft
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full light red cloth boards with a bit of discoloration. Stated First American Edition. 215 pages.
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Greene, Graham
The Human Factor
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Wear and small tears to dust jacket. 244 pages. Book Club Edition.
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Dorment, Richard
Alfred Gilbert
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 350 pages. Many b&w photographs.
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Norton, Mary
The Borrowers
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full light blue boards with a bit of discoloration and small spots. 180 pages.
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William Hogarth: Nationalism, Mass Media and the Artist
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Wear to cover. Staple-bound. 58 pages. 12"w x 11 1/8"h. Exhibition catalogue for an event at the Vancouver Art Gallery, 29 November 1980 - 4 January 1981. Essay by Ilaria Bignamini.
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