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2010ref. 71516NY: Knopf 2010. First edition first prnt. Signed by Rice on the title page. Three digital color photographs of Rice at the NY booksigning event laid-in. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The second novel in Rice's Songs and Seraphim series. Signed By Author with Photo. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover books
ref. 35283THE GOTHIC RENAISSANCE. ITS ORIGIN PROGRESS AND PRINCIPLES. London: Saunders Otley & Co. 1860. 8vo. Self wrappers. 32 pages. First edition. Rare pamphlet with only one copy cited on OCLC in the National library of Wales. This is a reprint originally published in the "Constitutional Press Magazine." Unopened copy. Slight soiling to cover with crease else very good. unknown books
1996ref. 31678Westport: Greenwood Press. As New. 1996. Hardcover. 031329612X . Part of the Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers series. Second printing. As new in glossy printed boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Greenwood Press hardcover books
2017ref. BN207227Pyramid 2017. 2017. Alchemy Square Calendar 2018 Alchemy Square Calendar 2018 Alchemy Gothic Pyramid unknown
2017ref. BN206938Llewellyn Pub. 2017. 2017. Alchemy 1977 Gothic 2018 Calendar Alchemy 1977 Gothic 2018 Calendar Alchemy Gothic Llewellyn Pub. unknown
ref. BN611411The only proper style: Gothic architecture in America Hardcover The only proper style: Gothic architecture in America Hardcover The only proper style: Gothic architecture in America Hardcover hardcover
2022ref. ABE-1652448059551Snuggly Books 2022 VERY SCARCE INDEED. Only 100 copies printed; a very scarce classic long out of print is resurrected here after many years of only being available in The Belgravia a magazine edited by Elizabeth Braddon. The young author Ada Buisson was born in 1839. Just as she was experiencing success she died in 1866. This is a brilliant assembly of stories by a Victorian woman writer of huge promise. Issued in this hardback limited edition without a jacket which features a George Cruikshank design on the front cover board. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New. Snuggly Books hardcover
2023ref. 738New York NY: Viking / Penguin Group. A Longmire Mystery; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 351 pages; Signed BY AUTHOR First Edition. Mylar Cover on dust jacket Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen. . Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1558216340 . 2023. Viking / Penguin Group hardcover
2011ref. 9705New York NY: Delacorte Press. 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 406 pages; SIGNED BY AUTHOR Mylar Cover on dustjacket Dust Jacket shows little sign of usage Book Tight Text is clean no markings seen . Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket. first thus; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385736932 . 2011. Delacorte Press hardcover
2010ref. 71516NY: Knopf 2010. First edition first prnt. Signed by Rice on the title page. Three digital color photographs of Rice at the NY booksigning event laid-in. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. The second novel in Rice's Songs and Seraphim series. Signed By Author with Photo. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Knopf Hardcover
1986ref. 230538New York Munich : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Prestel Verlag 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 499 p. : ill. ; 31 cm. Notes: Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York April 8-June 22 1986 and at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg July 24-September 28 1986. Includes bibliography. Subject: Art German - Art Gothic - Art Renaissance - Art Medieval - Germany - Nuremberg - Exhibitions. Germany West. Nuremberg. Other names: Kahsnitz Rainer. Wixom William D. Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg. Metropolitan Museum of Art New York N.Y. Genre: Illustrated text. New York Munich : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Prestel Verlag hardcover
ref. 03220553.expGood. Early Gothic Manuscripts 1. No DJ. Boards show only light surface and edge wear. Binding intact. Edges of text block lightly toned. Text appears clean and unmarked otherwise. hardcover
ref. 35283THE GOTHIC RENAISSANCE. ITS ORIGIN PROGRESS AND PRINCIPLES. London: Saunders Otley & Co. 1860. 8vo. Self wrappers. 32 pages. First edition. Rare pamphlet with only one copy cited on OCLC in the National library of Wales. This is a reprint originally published in the "Constitutional Press Magazine." Unopened copy. Slight soiling to cover with crease else very good. unknown
1874ref. 506927John Russell Smith 1874. Second Edition. Leather. VERY GOOD. xxxvi 584pp. 8vo full vellum prize binding gilt stamped spine burgundy morocco label lovely blue marbled endpapers all edges red color foldout frontis. Front hinge shaken and starting to split but still sound rear hinge starting at head. John Russell Smith unknown
ref. 0666671761.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1332789455.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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ref. 2620228 July 1874; on letterhead of Fox Hill Reading. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. Sneyd-Kinnersley is the headmaster who is alleged to have subjected a naked seven-year-old Winston Churchill to repeated beatings. 3pp 12mo. With mourning border. Letterhead no doubt designed by Waterhouse himself in characteristic style. On grey paper. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once for postage. Good expansive signature ‘A Waterhouse’ and the letter written in a stylish hand. Addressed to ‘The Rev: H. W Sneyd Kinnersley’. He begins by stating that he ‘called at Aldin House this afternoon in the hope of seeing you’. Had he done so he would have ‘troubled you with a question about my little boy’s work. / I fancy that having risen in his place in the School he has missed somehow some of the Steps which he might have taken on his way to his present position.’ He asks SK to ‘point out to me in what you Consider him most deficient’ so that he can ‘get him to do a little work during the holidays to make him acquainted with what he has missed.’ 28 July 1874; on letterhead of Fox Hill, Reading. unknown
ref. 26142'Manchester / 2 : Aug : 1856'. See his entry in the Oxford DNB: ‘In 1848 he was articled to the staunchly Quaker P. B. Alley then in partnership with Richard Lane the leading neo-classical architect of Manchester. In 1853 his education was completed with a ten-month tour of France Italy and Germany after which he set up in practice as an architect in Manchester.’ Waterhouse’s first success would come with his winning design for the Manchester assize courts in 1859. 1p 12mo. On the first leaf of a grey-paper bifolium. In good condition. Folded for postage. Addressed to ‘Thomas Haigh Esq:’ and signed ‘A Waterhouse’. Begins: ‘Dear Sir / The enclosed came this morning in an envelope addressed to me but has been evidently misdirected.’ He is sending off three drawings ‘completing the set of general drawings for house at Keston’. He gives details of a date when he proposes to visit the site. ‘Are you likely to be over there soon may I ask’ 'Manchester / 2 : Aug : 1856'. unknown
ref. 261438 August 1878; on letterhead of 20 New Cavendish Street Portland Place W. London. See his entry and that of his fellow Academician Horsley in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. On the first leaf of a bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice for postage. Signed ‘A Waterhouse’. Reads: ‘Dear Horsley. / You are quite right. No “mystery” between us if you please. / I say “yes” to your query to the extent of 2 guineas. / I hope you will soon gain the sum you desire without any great trouble to yourself’. 8 August 1878; on letterhead of 20 New Cavendish Street, Portland Place, W. [London] unknown
1795ref. 21054York: J. Todd & Sons 1795. Hardcover. Good overall. 105 full page stunning engraved plates of the English Gothic architectural details of York Minster which contains the world's largest intact collection of Medieval stained glass. York Minster is the second largest Gothic cathedral in Northern Europe begun in 1227 and taking more than 250 years to complete. The edifice displays the development of Gothic architecture from Early English to the Perpendicular Period. The volume includes engravings of the interior of the Chapter House and the stained glass. Three quarter brown calf with brown & red marbled boards. Gilt title raised bands gilt rules at spine. Boards and spine rubbed. Internally top of inner hinges starting some loss to paper at top of hinges; scattered foxing throughout. Folio 105 engraved plates of details and ornament not paginated. OCLC: 12575100. J. Todd & Sons hardcover
2017ref. G4908158134I4N00MALL OF TV 2017. Unknown. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. MALL OF TV unknown
ref. 1685174a Margaret Street Cavendish Square London. Thursday 1 July c.1881. Printed in black on one side of 13.5 x 18.5 cm card. Plate dimensions 11.5 x 16 cm. Aged and spotted. An attractive and elegant production with both illustration and text engraved. The illustration with engraved signature of 'E Marolda' shows six putti playing with a string of foliage with one in the bottom left-hand corner swathed in ribbon and standing beside an architectural feature. The text reads: 'Les Muses réunies prient 'Mr. George Bodleys' inserted in mansucript de vouloir bien honorer de 'sa' inserted presence le nouvel atelier de Sigr. Emilio Marolda le Jeude sic 1er Juillet de 4 a 7 heures p.m 74A. Margaret Street Cavendish Square Fête d Ouverture'. Names commencing with Sraah Bernhardt are written at top of card for no apparent reason. In a bankruptcy announcement London Gazettte 27 September 1881 Marolda is stated as being at this address and described as 'Artist and Decorator and Dealer in Works of Art'. In previous proceedings LG 4 April 1876 his address had been given as 23 Berners Street and his occupation as 'Artist and Decorator'. He was responsible for the ceiling at Toole's Theatre 1876 and the Turkish baths at the Prince's Club 1889. 74a Margaret Street, Cavendish Square [London]. Thursday 1 July [c.1881?]. unknown
ref. 816326 February 1890; Lancaster. 12mo bifolium: 2 pp. Text clear and complete. On aged spotted and lightly-creased paper. Relates to the Lancaster landmark the Storey Institute designed by Paley and his partner Hubert James Austin 1841-1915 for Sir Thomas Storey built on the site of the old Mechanics' Institute and opened in 1891. It now houses the Storey Art Gallery. Paley states that his firm 'will put the work in hand for the completion of niche of the Storey Institute & when this is finished in say a month we shall be glad to have the marble group down'. The sculpture 'will have to be taken through the corridor floor leading to the large room & this floor being constructed of iron & concrete we shall be anxious to get on with but cannot do it until the marble group has been got into its place'. If the recipient is 'coming Northwards it will be well to see the building & consider how the group may be best got to its resting place in the Niche'. 26 February 1890; Lancaster. unknown
ref. 240073 November 1874; Bridge Place Eccleston Bridge. See both men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. 4pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged with slight spot from previous mount at one corner. Folded twice. Signed ‘H. H. Armstead’. In reply to a letter of Dafforne he reports that ‘the Statues I have made for the “Colonial Office” Niches are not yet in situ - but are now being raised to the niches and they will be in their places within the next few days.’ He gives the names and positions of the statues adding: ‘The eight men are there as Secretaries of State for the Colonies’. He also indicates the work he has done for ‘the central group representing the Queen &c &c’: ‘the two outside figures only they represent “Navigation” and “legislation” as well as ‘the four flattish Reliefs under the central group . they are the Virtues “Truth” “Fortitude” “Temperance” and “Obedience.” He continues: ‘You are of course aware that the alto Relievos of the 5 divisions of the World & “Government” and “Education” are by me’. He concludes with a hint of bitterness: ‘I am glad you like the memorial work it appears to give general pleasure - some satisfaction to the poor artists who were nearly made bankrupt by it.’ 3 November 1874; Bridge Place, Eccleston Bridge. unknown