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1995ref. 16926Washington DC: National Gallery of Art / Yale University Press 1995. Hardcover. New in shrinkwrap. Blue cloth blue DJ. 372 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. These are the papers presented at the American and Dutch symposia a lovely volume that offers a wealth of information. Symposia was held in Washington DC: National Gallery of Art Dec. 1 1995 one other date and location. Contents as follows: Valuing Vermeer / Ivan Gaskell -- Vermeer : malice and misconception / Ben Broos -- Vermeer and Thoré-Bürger : recoveries of reputation / Frances Suzman Jowell -- "To finde the mindes construction in the face" / J.M. Nash -- Not to be confused with the Sphinx of Delft : the Utrecht painter Johannes van der Meer Schipluiden 1630-1695/1697 Vreeswijk / Martin Jan Bok -- Utrecht and Delft : Vermeer and Caravaggism / Leonard J. Slatkes -- Recent archival research on Vermeer / John Michael Montias -- Camera obscura and painting in the sixtenth and seventeenth centuries / Jean-Luc Delsaute -- Perspective anamorphosis and illusion : seventeenth-century Dutch peep shows / David Bomford -- Where did Vermeer buy his painting materials Theory and practice / Koos Levy-Van Halm -- Study of the materials and techniques of Johannes Vermeer / Nicola Costaras -- Scientific examination of Vermeer's Girl with a pearl earring / Karin M. Groen and others -- Painting light : recent observations on Vermeer's technique / E. Melanie Gifford -- Contours of Vermeer / Jørgen Wadum -- Vermeer and the limits of interpretation / Ivan Gaskell -- Antiek and modern in Vermeer's Lady writing a letter with her maid / Lisa Vergara -- Phenomenon of time in the art of Vermeer / Irene Netta -- Vermeer fame and female beauty : the Art of painting / Eric Jan Sluijter -- Jan Vermeer's Art of painting / Hessel Miedema -- Vermeer's use of the picture-within-a-picture : a new approach / Gregor J.M. Weber -- From sexuality to civility : Vermeer's women / Nanette Salomon -- Interpretation of dress in Vermeer's paintings / Marieke de Winkel -- Vermeer's private allegories / Daniel Arasse -- On balance / Eddy de Jongh. National Gallery of Art / Yale University Press hardcover books
1905ref. 185241Edinburgh: John Grant 1905. Hardcover. VG- ex-library with labels and stamps on spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear to boards and block. Light age toning but pages are otherwise clean. Green cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; top edge gilt bw frontispiece with protective tissue guard; xvi 526 pp; 13 unnumbered leaves of plates; bw illustrations. Introduction and notes by Temple Scott and B.W. Willett. John Grant hardcover books
1964ref. 51424London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1964. First edition 8vo pp. 420 25 text illus. & a 2-page chart; bookplate else a fine copy in the dustjacket; jacket with light wear and a small tear at bottom edge. Volume XIV in the publisher's series The Soho Bibliographies. Rupert Hart-Davis unknown books
1989ref. 9025894Totowa: Barnes & Noble Books 1989. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Princess Grace Irish Library 4. Barnes & Noble Books hardcover books
1895ref. 439359New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Company 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. xxi. 290pp. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece sketches throughout. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Uniquely bound in half blue cloth with handpainted glossy boards edges gilt. Light foxing on title page some fading of the illustration on the front board as well as the text on the spine lightly soiled else a very good copy. Victorian novel set in Cheshire. Thomas Y. Crowell and Company hardcover books
1979ref. 79194NY: Scribner’s 1979. First US edition. 231 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Edited by Michael Ashley with his preface and introduction. Seven stories. NY: Scribner’s unknown books
1892ref. 1625New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. Publisher 1892. Cloth. Very good . WOMAN AUTHOR. 16mo 6 1/8" x 4 1/8"; xxiv 290pp; glazed illustrated cloth over board bark motif with flowers lettering in brown; ownership in neat ink on ffep; b&w fp with tissue guard small b&w illustrations in text; light shelf wear to boards fraying to head of spine and front hinge; very good plus. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1810-1865 was a British novelist and biographer. Cranford was first published in 1853 after appearing in magazines as a serial and chronicles the lives of women in a small town and the return of their brother. Lovely late 19th-century aesthetic binding with a woodland theme. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., Publisher unknown books
2016ref. 1376966Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2016. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Octavo 481 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Green and black spine with light green and white text. Covers have light bending to corners. Textblock has light marks on fore edge. Shelved ND-E. 1376966. FP New Rockville Stock. Cambridge University Press unknown books
1916ref. 1409713Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1916. Hardcover. Small Quarto viii ix x 222 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's brown cloth bearing gilt lettering to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including slight sunning some scuffs/scratches and slight edge wear. Slight cocking to the spine. Ex-library marking to the spine. Text block has slight plus wear including slight age toning to the edges and mild age toning to the interior. Previous owner's name to the front pastedown and to the front end paper. Several instances of ex-library markings to the interior. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Quarto and Folio Case. Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for international/expedited orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire about rates. 1409713. FP New Rockville Stock. Cambridge University Press hardcover books
1998ref. 217776North Miami FL: Museum of Contemporary Art 1998. First edition. Softcover. 26 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran October 18 through December 6 1998 in North Miami and then traveled to two other locations for additional dates. Features text by Bonnie Clearwater. Includes color images by Gaskell brief biographical information and a list of a previous exhibitions. A fine copy stapled wrappers. Museum of Contemporary Art unknown books
2001ref. 213855New York: powerHouse Books 2001. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 155 pages. Gaskell's first monograph. Features text by Thom Jones and an essay by Nancy Spector. Includes numerous color photographs by Gaskell. A clean near fine copy in photo-illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. powerHouse Books unknown books
1958ref. 03950STRANGE EVIL Dutton 1958 first American edition fine in vg dust-wrapper. This Ms. Gaskells first book was written when she was just 14 years old! Dutton unknown books
1965ref. 15761ATLAN Hodder & Staughton 1965 first edition lower corners bumped else near fine in like dust-wrapper with several short closed tears. The sequel to THE SERPENT. ATLANTIS #2. Hodder & Staughton unknown books
1968ref. 14752SPLINTERS Hutchinson 1968 first edition fine in like color pictorial dust-wrapper. An original anthology with contributions by: John Brunner John Burke Jane Gaskell Anthony Burgess William Trevor et.al. Hutchinson unknown books
ref. 623060Kendal Westmorland: Printed by Titus Wilson & Son no date. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Preface by William Force Stead. 12mo. 12pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Foxing on front cover very good. Laid in is an Autographed Noted Signed from Gaskell sending the book along to a friend. Uncommon. Printed by Titus Wilson & Son) unknown books
ref. 2659NY ST MARTIN 1966. REVIEW COPY FIRST EDITION FINE. F. NY, ST MARTIN, 1966 unknown books
1900ref. RGASLIF00fpHarper & Brothers 1900. Very Good. Gaskell Elizabeth. Life of Charlotte Bronte. New York: Harper & Brothers 1900. xxxvi 670pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed. Front hinge cracked but holding. Former owner's name on front free end sheet and top of title page. Nice bright copy. Harper & Brothers unknown books
1978ref. 017160New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1978. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 231pp. Sharp First Edition First Printing with full number sequence. Anthology of one poem and six classic stories. Bound in black cloth with lettering in gilt on spine. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear . Equally attractive unclipped dust jacket $9.95 is fresh and bright with no chipping creases toning or tears. . A gorgeous collectable copy of a somewhat uncommon item particularly in such nice condition and at a great price. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1964ref. 1000709London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1964 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Fine in lightly soiled very good dust jacket. Rupert Hart-Davis, hardcover books
1963ref. 03951THE SERPENT Hodder & Stoughton 1963 first edition vg in like full color full wrap-around pictorial dust-wrapper. ATLANTIS #1. Hodder & Stoughton unknown books
1990ref. 164118London: Sotheby's/Philip Wilson Publishers 1990. Hardcover. VG/VG. Black boards with gilt design in the center and gilt lettering on spine. Black dust jacket with color illustration and white lettering. 552 pp. Color and BW illustrations. A catalogue of 128 paintings produced during this period in which the art of portraiture was transformed religious imagery dynamized and new genres such as flower painting were established. The art of Holland's Golden Age is perennially popular with collectors and gallery visitors alike and this book provides a new insight into this unique private collection. Sotheby's/Philip Wilson Publishers hardcover books
1854ref. JC14259Philadelphia: T. K. Collins Jr. 1854. Paperback. Good. Original printed wraps; 8vo; pp. 32. Covers scuffed and lightly chipped and stained with early ownership signature and library stamps; small inkstain at top margin of first 3 leaves; the occasional faint library stamp. A good working copy. Uncommon -- OCLC locates just 7 copies. T. K. Collins, Jr. paperback books
1923ref. 9030710London: Macmillan and Co 1923. Hardcover. Very good. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Bound in half blue calf with marbled boards and with red leather labels stamped in gilt on the spine. Top edge gilt. Minor wear to extremities. Text block in excellent condition. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 297 pages. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
2008ref. 1825Bisbee Arizona : Pequeno Press 2008. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Very good. 179 pp. 2 x 2 1/2". Limited to 50 copies this 1/50 bound in deep purple leather over boards with lavender paper label on spine dimensional silver plate on front cover. Printed on Neenah recycled paper in Baskerville Old Face and Harrington types hand sewn and signed by the publisher on the colophon. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 1810 - 1865 an English writer whose works explored the detailed life of the Victorian society wrote a biography of Charlotte Bronte shortly after Bronte's death in 1855. Here a distillation of the text. Pequeno Press hardcover books
1927ref. 167732London: Macmillan and Co 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. New edition. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie. Full leather with gilt decoration. All edge gilt. Near fine with owner's name on preliminary pages modest edgewear. Macmillan and Co hardcover books
