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1924ref. 106068.1New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. Hardbound. VG- ex-library art museum with labels on spine ffep and some pencil notation on ffep. Foxing on head of text block. Grey cloth with bevelled edges. xxiv 143 pp. with 12 pages of color plates then followed by 103 pages of glossy bw plates containing 207 images. Approaches the topic of English pottery in chronological fashion from the Middle Ages and Tudor Times to the Neo-Classical Age. Color plates enhance the text while the large section of BW plates at the rear provides many good examples. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1924ref. 106168New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1924. Hardbound. VG. Grey cloth with bevelled edges. xxiv 143 pp. with 12 pages of color plates then followed by 103 pages of glossy bw plates containing 207 images. Approaches the topic of English pottery in chronological fashion from the Middle Ages and Tudor Times to the Neo-Classical Age. Color plates enhance the text while the large section of BW plates at the rear provides many good examples. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1910ref. 2335948New York: The United States Catholic Historical Society 1910. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Former church library copy St. Bernard's Seminary Library - usual marks. Binding tight and square text clean bright and unmarked. 1910 Hard Cover. 235 pp. Charles Russell Baron Russell born November 10 1832 Newry County Down Ireland - died August 10 1900 London England lord chief justice of England from June 1894 until his death. A formidable courtroom advocate he became widely admired as a strong but moderate judge. Russell practiced law in Ireland from 1854 and in England usually at Liverpool from 1859. In 1872 he was appointed a queen's counsel. A Liberal Party member of the House of Commons from 1880 to 1894 he served as attorney general under Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1886 and again in 1892 - 94. Although he was sympathetic to Irish nationalism he urged the establishment of an Irish Parliament subordinate to England's rather than the granting of Home Rule which would have given the Irish wider power. In 1888 - 90 he gained fame as principal defense counsel before the Parnell Commission by discrediting much of the testimony against the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell especially that based on a letter forged by a journalist Richard Pigott. Created a lord of appeal in May 1894 Russell then was appointed lord chief justice of England on the death of John Duke Baron Coleridge June 14 1894. His reputation as a great judge was secured by his conduct of the trial of L.S. Jameson and other British subjects who had abortively invaded the Boer state of the Transvaal December 1895 - January 1896. In 1899 he participated in the successful arbitration of the Venezuela - British Guiana boundary dispute that had threatened to lead to war between Great Britain and the United States. - Britannica The United States Catholic Historical Society hardcover books
ref. acs12Published by G-3 I & E Section & Public Relations Office under the direction of Major Paul L. Bogen Asst. G-3 I & E. Printed in Germany Steinbeck-Druck Aschaffenburg. Octavo original contents rebound in full-leather hardcover gilt lettering viii 288 pp 69 Maps 74 pp fold-out map enclosed in rear envelope. Fine. Photographs gladly provided upon request. hardcover books
1839ref. 012367London: George Rutlledge 1839. New Edition and First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good . A New Edition in Two Volumes" Three quarter black polished calf over marbleized boards all edges marbleized gilt to spine. A handsome set. Solid bindings. George Rutlledge hardcover books
1966ref. 209911Archon Books 1966. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. 1966 edition no dust jacket. Blue cloth boards have several white scuffmarks on front. Binding is good. Pages are clean and unmarked. 69 pages. LO S.U. Archon Books hardcover books
1894ref. 34026London: Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul Trench Trübner & Co 1894. First edition. Hardcover. g. Folio. 10 70 2pp Text XXIII Plates. Half cloth over printed paper covered boards. Color frontispiece. This remarkable work completes the survey of the monuments of the Middle Kingdom at El Bersheh and is exquisitely illustrated with 23 stunning b/w and color plates including 2 folded. Covers age-toned and rubbed along edges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside of front cover. Binding in overall fair interior in good to very good condition. Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co hardcover books
1894ref. 53896London: Kegan Paul; Trench; Trübner & Co. et al. 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Good . Folio 12 1/2 x 10". 10 39 1pp Text xvii leaves Plates Ahnas el Medineh; vi 2 34 2pp Text x leaves Plates The Tomb of Paheri at El Kab. Original half brown cloth lettered in red over age toned printed boards. The rear board lists the previous publications of the Egypt Exploration Fund and the Archaeological Survey of Egypt. Boards are edgeworn and inner hinges are cracked but holding nicely. This 11th memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund contains the following two books: The first one "Ahnas el Medineh Heracleopolis Magna With Chapters on Mendes the Nome of Thoth and Leontopolis" deals with the results of two excavation campaigns undertaken by Swiss archaeologist Edouard Naville at Ahnas el Medineh mostly known as Heracleopolis Magna the Roman name of the capital of the 20th nome of ancient Upper Egypt. The site is located approximately 9.3 miles 13 km west of the modern city of Beni Suef in the Beni Suef Governorate of Egypt. This first part is illustrated with 17 plates 4 with b/w illustrations one map and 12 with striking photogravures The second book "The Tomb of Paheri at El Kab" deals with the excavations undertaken at the tomb of Paheri a local ancient Egyptian prince who lived in El Kab at the beginning of the 18th Dynasty New Kingdom - about 1500 BC. His grave was decorated with reliefs and is one of the best preserved of the early 18th Dynasty. The tomb highlights the important role of this city at the beginning of this era. The tomb consists of an aboveground chapel which consists of a room and has a shaft in front of it leading down to the burial chamber. In the grave the reliefs on the west wall depict mainly agricultural scenes and rituals for the dead in the center; on the east wall is depicted a large banquet. On the back wall is a niche containing three statues representing Paheri his wife Henuterneheh and his mother Kemi. This second part is illustrated with 10 plates b/w illustrations. Kegan Paul; Trench; Trübner & Co. et al. hardcover books
1811ref. 1355404Philadelphia: Edward Parker 1811. First American Edition. Hardcover. Octavo viii 412 pp. Good; contemporary leather on boards with rebound spine in modern leather; some surface marks to boards and wear to edges and corners; binding tight; text block slightly discolored; extensive foxing and age-toning throughout; previous owners' names in ink on inside front cover and title page "Robt M. Sullivan" and "J. Sullivan Thomas"; ex-library copy with usual markings including a bookplate to front pastedown. MF consignment. 1355404. Special Collections. Edward Parker hardcover books