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2023réf. 28Athens 2023. In English. Soft cover 22x22 cm 96 pp. ill. ISBN: 978-960-476-321-4. Immured ceramics also known by their Italian name as bacini are an attractive feature on the facades of Greek churches of the early modern period. It is mostly about Ottoman plates from Iznik Italian from Montelupo Venice and Liguria as well as local ceramics such as a rare case of an Athenian "blue and white". The book starts with a short overview of the case of Rhodes where many Iznik plates were kept by the captains and seafarers of Lindos and proceeds with the cases of six monastery churches in Euboia Thessaly and Peloponnese. The ensuing remarks bring out the role of patrons and sponsors the importance of commercial networks the symbolic/social character of imported ceramics as well as the growth of monasteries in relation to local and ecclesiastical history. Benaki Museum paperback
1828réf. 3598Philadelphia: Carey Lea & Carey. 1828. Hardcover. Fair binding copy the front hinge is broken as is the binding at pages 182-83 there is a tape repair at pages 174-75 a piece of paper that may be paper vellum covers the spine the pages are foxed. The boards appear to be covered with vellum. Volume one only. This is the original edition not a recent reprint. Scarce. ; 322 pages . Carey, Lea & Carey hardcover
réf. 17-0745New York NY: Roanne Adams Design LLC 2017. Folio. 96 pp. Softcover oversized art magazine. Very Good. Color plates throughout. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz 1919-2019. New York, NY: Roanne Adams Design LLC, 2017. paperback
1968réf. 3810Rand McNally & Company. 1968. Hardcover. Very good except a little bottom edge rubbing a small rear corner bump. A solid binding unmarked. No dust jacket issued. Pages not numbered about 24 pages. Edition or printing not stated. A small book Size about 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Scarce. ; Color illustrations. . Rand McNally & Company hardcover
1930réf. 00007569New York: Farrar & Rinehart 1930 316 pages The love of two women for a man whose outward appearance ois polished but whose real character is primitive. Penelope was loyal to the fetish of family. Mirza knew only one loyalty. Reuben loved them both. Colorful Dust jacket has small tears but is mostly whole. Seems that a price tag was on cover pulling off some of the print on the title. It states third large printing on the back of the dust jacket. scarce with dust jacket in any condition. Farrar & Rinehart hardcover
1881réf. 0007946Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo 200 pages green decorated cloth half in margnal tear to one leaf. Bjornson was the first Norwegian to win in 1903 the Nobel Prize for Literature. This was translated by the notable Norwegian-American Rasmus B. Anderson who was designated by Bjornson to be his American translator. Bjornson "revises each work before it is translated thus giving his personal attention to this edition - Publisher's Note. Bjornson visited America in 1881. ARNE is a sketch of Norwegian country life. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
réf. 00005712Philadelphia: Porter & Coates Two volumes Twentieth edition very decorative gilt on red cloth light wear to bottom of spine shelf wear- previous owner's bookplate on front endpage of both volumes. Really a beautiful set with illustrations. Porter & Coates hardcover
1947réf. 2RM0448Collins 1947. A very good blue hardcover. Slight spine slant. Light wear around the edges cover and spine. Library stamp on the ffep otherwise no other library markings. Nice and clean. Small puncture on the back cover. Copyright 1947.A Collins Romance. 1st Ediiton. Hard Cover. Very Good. Collins Hardcover
réf. DEMO015465IPhiladelphia: Gebbie and Barrie no date. Flameng edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Leopold Flameng's 11 plates. 12mo xviii 493 pages 11 leaves of plates red pebbled cloth paper label on spine. Revised translation by Walter K. Kelly. With portrait and ten illustrations drawn and engraved by Leopold Flameng. "Every page almost every line has undergone considerable modifications: large omissions have been supplied; and brief critical and historical notices have been appended to most of the novels - Preface." Gebbie and Barrie hardcover
2005réf. 002268Gordonsville Virginia U.S.A.: St Martins Pr 2005. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. AN OUTSTANDING COPY - SIGNED by the Author on the Title page. Author's Signature only. A First edition First printing with the corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. St Martins Pr Hardcover
1933réf. 000972N.Y.: Grosset and Dunlap 1933 Ex-Library. Illus. by Unidentified. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original orange cloth decorated in black and green on boards no DJ. Ex - Jones Electric Supply Co.Library ! Quite a rare book it has survived very well with only minor soiling and is lightly cocked. Attractive art deco cover SEE SCAN. 250 pp. Grosset and Dunlap hardcover
2010réf. 005758New York: Dutton 2010. Book. New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. AN OUTSTANDING COPY - SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the Title page. Author's Signature only. A First edition First printing with the corresponding number line. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. Dutton Hardcover
1961réf. 3258Los Angeles Corral. 1961. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. A solid binding unmarked pages. Good dust jacket except encased in a laminate cover which makes it appear dull. Illustrated end papers a fold sheet of a Chinese newspaper from 1856. Limited to 550 copies. A heavy oversized book additional postage may be required. ; Photographs b&w illustrations.; 267 pages . Los Angeles Corral hardcover
1891réf. 2719Charles L. Webster & Co. 1891. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good- spine sun toned rubbing page edges browned a small spot on the back. A solid binding unmarked pages. No dust jacket if issued. This is an original printing not a recent reprint. ; 323 pages . Charles L. Webster & Co. hardcover
1938réf. 65Acceptable condition some scuffing and creasing to covers. Dell Publishing 1938. #255. Paperback. 240 pp. Dell Publishing paperback
1910réf. WA6625New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1910 . Popular edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 8vo 164 pages pictorial cloth; glassine dust jacket some toning to endpapers from the glassine in publisher's pictorial clamshell box soiled stained inked presentation on bottom clamshell. Very Scarce thus. Color illustrations by Will Grefe. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover
réf. 43012Sydney Australia: Currawong Solid with light crease marks on the front cover and otherwise the covers show light wear. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Currawong Paperback
1859réf. 0006722New York: Rudd & Carleton 1859. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Thick 12mo xii. 330 5 brown blind-embossed cloth Isabella Romola de'Medici d. 1576 was the daughter of Cosimo de Medici the first Grand Duke of Tuscany. At age eleven she was betrothed to Paolo Giordano Orsini. She was beautiful free-spirited strong-willed and thus doomed. Rudd & Carleton hardcover
1929réf. 2117Hagerstown MD: Privately Printed. 1929. Hardcover. Very good one small rear spine edge spot tasteful pastedown bookplate with the name A. C. Harbaugh. No dust jacket if issued. The author was a Maryland newspaper publisher. Signed by the author. ; 325 pages . Privately Printed hardcover
1993réf. 2184New York: Simon & Schuster 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Good /fair. Signed and inscribed by the author on the half-title page "For Toni and Kenneth - in memory of a pleasant day. Don. April 3 1993." Lavender boards with gray cloth spine in dustjacket 1st edition. A good copy in a not very good dustjacket. Wear to the board edges crimping at the spine tips and a slight ridge to the spine panel from reading. The interior is clean in a solid binding and hinges. Unclipped jacket is rubbed chipped and the rear panel is heavily soiled. 315 pp. Donald Heiney/ MacDonald Harris' final book signed a few months prior to his death. Simon & Schuster hardcover
1931réf. 0009046New York: Limited Editions Club 1931. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 12mos brown silk cloth; in publisher's matching numbered slipcase rubbed Donatello a Roman descended from a faun commits a crime for the sake of Miriam. Thus it combines the atmosphere of The Eternal City with New England sensibility. The last of Hawthorne's four major works. "MF one of the most perfect works of art in literature whose marvellous spell begins with the opening words -Geo. Wm. Curtis." Introduction by Herbert Gorman. Illustrations by and signed by Carl Strauss. Limited Editions Club hardcover
1880réf. 676USA: Hurst & Co. 1880s. Hardcover. Acceptable. Hardcover fading to cover wear along spine foxing to pages. Webbing visible in front and back covers. Pages tight. Hurst & Co. 542 pp. Arlington Edition. First publisher's series Hurst produced was the Arlington Series in the 1880s. Hurst & Co. hardcover
1959réf. 00003447New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1959 185 pages small rips on dust jacket still attractive not faded. E. P. Dutton & Co. hardcover
1895réf. 00009583London: Tower Publishing Co. 1895 444 pages plus ads from the publisher. The cover shows some wear although the binding is tight. A respectable copy. Tower Publishing Co. hardcover
1990réf. 169Good condition light scuffing to covers minor wear at corners. Alfred A. Knopf 1990. Miniature Soft Cover Book. Approximate size is 4-3/4" x 4". Alfred A. Knopf paperback
