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2006Herbolaire Estense o Grant Herbier. Dictionar Gallicum Herrbarum.(Erbolario Estense). Modena, Biblioteca Estense Universitaria (Est.28=α.M.5.9). Imago, 2006. Riproduzione del manoscritto (XV secolo) con all’interno la traduzione di uno dei più importanti libri di medicina dell’epoca medioevale, attribuito a Plateario, medico della Scuola Salernitana. Sono circa 500 le piante e i rimedi trattati. Legatura in pelle con riquadri a secco sui piatti, sul dorso fregio della Biblioteca Estense in oro a caldo. Formato 20x28 cm. Pagine 340. Commentario, in italiano, a cura di Ernesto Milano. Cofanetto di custodia, per i due libri, in tela editoriale. Tiratura limitata e numerata di 299 esemplari. Condizioni ottime.
2002Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis (Libro d'ore del Maestro di Modena). Biblioteca Estense Universitaria di Modena, Lat. 842=Alfa.R.7.3. Tre cartelle (28,5x39,5 cm.) contenenti 18 riproduzioni di miniature a piena pagina della vita della Vergine, di Cristo e l’iconografia dei Santi (legatura in mezza pelle, impressioni a secco sul piatto anteriore e decori in oro sul dorso e prima di copertina). Contenitore (32,5x43,5cm.) in pelle con decori in oro sul dorso e sul piatto anteriore. Apertura sul dorso. Commentario (8 pagine) a cura di Ernesto Milano, Paola Di Pietro Lombardi e Anna Rosa Venturi. Il contenitore, le cartelle tematiche e le cartelle singole sono tutte numerate. Tiratura mondiale di 360 copie.
2006Ms Pluteo 40.52 - Biblioteca Mediceo Laurenziana, Firenze. Scritto da Francesco Stabili di Simeone, noto come Cecco d’Ascoli, nel 1476 in un volgare umbro-marchigiano arcaico, in forma allegorica vengono trattate questioni naturali, come la proprietà degli animali e delle pietre, concetti filosofici, psicologici, etici e teologici. Commentario (83 pagine ; 20,5x29 cm.)in italiano, a cura di Ida Giovanna Rao, funzionario della Biblioteca Medicea, e di Giordana Mariani Canova, docente di Storia dell’Arte Medievale e Storia della Miniatura all’Università degli Studi di Padova. Il Codice e il Commentario sono custoditi in un contenitore a forma di libro. Tiratura limitata a 500 copie.
2016Canzoniere, Trionfi (Petrarca Queriniano). Brescia, Biblioteca Queriniana, Inc. G V 15. Salerno Editrice, Roma, 2016. Riproduzione in facsimile dell’ incunabolo veneziano di Vindelino da Spira del 1470, con figure dipinte da Antonio Grifo. Suntuoso manoscritto cartaceo corredato di un grandioso apparato di chiose manoscritte e di rappresentazioni figurative che occupano ogni spazio bianco della pagina, in una ricchissima decorazione pressoché continua dalla prima all’ultima pagina. Legatura in piena pelle con capitelli e tagli in colore, fregi e incisioni in oro e a secco sui piatti e sul dorso. Commentario a cura di Ennio Sandal, Giordana Mariani Canova, Giuseppe Frasso. Cofanetto in plexiglass. Tiratura di 499 esemplari numerati. Condizione di nuovo.
Best.-Nr. 117474Rajasthan India circa 1840. . Single illuminated miniature on card ink and gouache heightened in gold depicting the ruler standing proud with his sword and shield in the holster full leaf 298 x 215 mm miniature 235 x 150 mm; leaf double-ruled in black with borders painted red reverse blank a bright and attractive example. Maharana Sangram Singh also known as Maharana 'Sanga' 1482-1528 was an important ruler in sixteenth-century India. He was the ruler of Mewar from 1508 to 1528 and his territories included parts of present-day Rajasthan Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. He is known for being a defiant leader turning Mewar into a formidable state in the eyes of the Indian subcontinent with the Fortress of Chittorgarh standing as a symbol of Rajput resilience and pride. Rajasthan, India, circa 1840. unknown
Best.-Nr. 108953Qajar Persia and later late 19th century. . Single large board composite panel comprising two sections of nasta'liq calligraphy and an illuminated miniature total 330 x 200mm; opaque pigments on paper heightened with gilt bordered with calligraphic panels in nastaliq the Fatiha to the left attributed on reverse to Mir Imad and a couplet by Ahmad al-Husayni to the right laid on gold sprinkled ground bright and attractive condition. An unusual triptych composition formed of two early calligraphic panels to the right placed above one small illustration of a youth horizontally placed one nineteenth-century miniature painting of Layla visiting Majnun in the wilderness and then a printed reproduction of verses in nasta'liq to the left. Qajar Persia and later, late 19th century. unknown
1991A cura di Lapo Binazzi. Introduzione di Andrea Del Guercio. Prefazione di Fabrizio Gori. Tiratura in 200 esemplari con 5 litografie originali contenute in una tasca al secondo piatto e firmate dagli autori. Ogni copia di questa tiratura è eseguita artigianalmente e nella rilegatura e nella veste tipografica ogni esemplare è unico. Esemplare n. 58. Firenze, 1991; cartonato, pp. 137, ill. b/n e col., tavv., cm 51,5x35. italiano
1825Best.-Nr. 1696811825. MINIATURE BOOK. Journee des Enfans ou le Trvail de la Recreation. Illustrated title-page and 9 plates in contemporary hand-colouring. 12mo 86 x 63 mm. contemporary full red morocco. Paris: Pierre Blanchard ca. 1825. An exquisite little book enhanced with delicately handcoloured engravings showing children at work and at play. Of great rarity with no listing on OCLC. unknown
1825Best.-Nr. 1696811825. MINIATURE BOOK. Journee des Enfans ou le Trvail de la Recreation. Illustrated title-page and 9 plates in contemporary hand-colouring. 12mo 86 x 63 mm. contemporary full red morocco. Paris: Pierre Blanchard ca. 1825. An exquisite little book enhanced with delicately handcoloured engravings showing children at work and at play. Of great rarity with no listing on OCLC. unknown books
1748Best.-Nr. 127101748. Historische geographische konst en reis almanach voor den jaare 1748 bevattende het voornaamste dat onder het opzigt van het Koninglyk genootschap der geleerden te Berlyn is uitgegeven. Zeldzame almanak met gebreken aan de band maar van binnen erg mooi. Twee gekleurde kaarten wereldkaart en kaart van Nederland. In de kalender die in rood en zwart inkt is gedrukt zijn 12 paginas met illustraties toegevoegd van J.C. Philips met huwelijksthema. Tekst in het Nederlands en het Frans onder de illustraties. Gedrukt door Arend van Huyssteen. Zie Waller 75 voor de latere edities. Toegevoegd: Ouderdom van de thans in leven zijnde koningen en vorsten van Europa voor den jaare 1748. Tevens Beknopte Geographische beschryving van de X. Nederlandtsche provincien Bekent onder den naam van Oostenryksche Nederlanden. Beknopt dagverhaal van de verkiezing en aanstelling van syn Doorl. Hoogheid Willem Carel Hendrik Friso. Edited and enlarged by Een liefhebber der wiskonst Amsterdam A. v. Huyssteen 1748 4412642 pp. Miniature book in -24. Contemporary gilt calf binding H. 82 x W. 45 cm. / H. 3.5 x W. 175 inch. Engraved title page 12 plates by J.C. Philips on marriage calendar section printed in black and red. With two coloured maps Mappe Mondo Nouvelle carte generale des XVII Provinces des Pays-Bas. The binding hinge on the front is broken. Early year of this almanac with amusing illustrations. Only one copy in STCN. unknown
1983German Text. Landau/Pfalz, 1983; 6 vols., clothbound, pp. 4185, 2519 numbered b/w and col. plates, cm 24x31. I. J.A. Backer. A. van Dijck. II. G. van den Eeckhout. I. de Joudreville. III. B. Keil. J. Ovens. IV. Ch. Paudiss. Anonyme. V. Nachträge. Ortsregister. Ikonographisches Register. Bibliographie. VI. Einleitung und Schlusswort. Corrigenda und Addenda. Nachträge 2. Orstregister. Ikonographisches Register. Bibliographie. Künstlerverzeichnis I-VI. deutsch 3-87629-01 clothbound
1993998 numbered copies. Arranged and introduced by Carlo Pedretti. Catalogue by Patricia Trutty-Coohill. English Text. Firenze, 1993; hardback in a leather case, pp. 118, b/w ill., 80 b/w plates, cm 33,5x49. (Opere). english 88-09-2031 Opere. Leonardo da Vinci
18643 monumentali voll. in-4° (cm.28,3x21,4), di complessive pp. LX, 361, (4), V + le tavole n.n. 1) pp. (4b) + occhiello e front. + 6 TAVOLE + 246 TAVOLE tutte cromolitografiche oro argento e colori, di cui almeno 171 totalmente figurate, 3 su fondo nero con velina; le altre con testo o calendario o indice in ampie ricche cornici e larghe bordure ornate e fondini. 2) pp. (4b) + 267 TAVOLE (di cui almeno 200 totalmente figurate, 8 su fondo nero o verde con velina. 3) Appendice: Les évangiles des dimanches et fêtes de l'année suivis de Prières à la Sainte Vierge et aux Saints. Pp. XXXI. (1) + pp. 166, (2) + pp. 154 + 4 tabelle di classificazione d. scuole di pittura + pp. 258; con 80 FOTOGRAFIE applicate a collage (da antiche raffiguraz.: una dei 7 doni, di cm. 20,1x14,1; le altre di cm. 7x4,6) con scene bibliche, effigi di molti santi. I primi 2 voll. in sontuose LEGATURE FIRMATE "L. Curmer" (dunque curate dall'editore) piena pelle rossa a perla schiacciata, 5 nervi, tit. e ricchi fregi oro al ds., cornici di doppi tripli filetti con fregi ai piatti, elaborate dentelles oro al verso dei piatti incorniciano le lussuose sguardie in seta rossa marezzata. Ottimi es., minime escoriazioni. Il 3° vol. in mz. pelle coeva, 5 nervi, con gli stessi tit. e fregi oro al ds., piatti in lussuosa tela rugosa rossa con filetto oro, sguardie in carta decorata (solo a questo volume diffuse e fastidiose fioriture, ma intatte le fotografie) Minima ondulazione dei fogli a questo solo 3° volume, avvertibile solo guardando il taglio esterno. Tagli oro ai tre voll. Il 3° vol. è una vera dettagliatissima enciclopedia della MINIATURA, con ampi testi storico-bibliogr. e critici sui codici miniati e sui singoli artisti; ed apparati superlativi (indici, bibliografia, fonti), accompagnati a ogni pagina da illustrazioni xilogr. e litogr. b.n. (tra cui molti antichi MESTIERI e le tematiche dei miniatori, stemmi, emblemi ecc. con dovizia di preziose indicazioni su codici (tra cui il Breviario Grimani) e MINIATORI ital. franc. fiamminghi ecc., e commentati. Impareggiabile capolavoro tipografico e cromolitografico di Léon CURMER (1801-1870), non ci sono parole per descrivere l'accuratisisma splendida riprod. CROMOLITOGR. di più di 400 miniature dai mitici "livres d'heures", tutti puntualm. citati nel 3° vol. Vicaire III, 622 / Carteret III, 226. Impareggiabile omogeneo insieme in prima edizione.
1988Best.-Nr. 1163MONACO. EDITIONS ARTS ET COULEURS. 1988-1990. 2 VOLUMES IN-FOLIO (30 X 39,5 X 13 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE 140 + (8) ET 134 + (8) PAGES, RELIURES DE L'EDITEUR PLEIN CHAGRIN NOIR ET PLEIN CHAGRIN ROUGE, DOS A NERFS ORNE D'UN DECOR A FROID ET EN DORE, TITRE DORE, PLATS BISEAUTES ORNES D'UN DECOR A FROID ET EN DORE, LETTRES CHINOISES METALLIQUES LAQUEES EN NOIR ET EN ROUGE AU CENTRE DES PLATS SUPERIEURS, DENTELLE INTERIEURE DOREE, TETE DOREE, NON ROGNES, SOUS ETUI BORDE DE L’EDITEUR RECOUVERT DE SOIE MOIREE. ILLUSTRE DE NOMBREUSES COMPOSITIONS IN ET HORS-TEXTE, DANS LE STYLE DE L'ENLUMINURE, MISES EN COULEURS A LA MAIN. PREMIER TIRAGE LIMITE A 1280 EXEMPLAIRES NUMEROTES, DONT 30 HORS-COMMERCE. UN DES 200 SUR VELIN D'ARCHES COMPORTANT UNE PLANCHE HORS-TEXTE, ENCADREE, ET UNE SUITE DU TRAIT EN LAQUE ROUGE DES ILLUSTRATIONS IN ET HORS-TEXTE, CELUI-CI PORTANT LE NUMERO 274 ET ACCOMPAGNE DE SON CERTIFICAT D'AUTHENTICITE AU MEME NUMERO SIGNE PAR L'ARTISTE ET L'EDITEUR. EXEMPLAIRE ENRICHI D'UN ENVOI AU CRAYON DE L'ILLUSTRATEUR : «HOMMAGE DE L'ARTISTE, J. GRADASSI». TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE.
Best.-Nr. 16715AB1999. Leipzig Miniaturbuchverlag 1999 55 : 4 cm. 351 pages. Original cloth back label top edge gilt Slipcase. One of 250 numbered copies. - MORE MINITURE BOOKS AT MY BOOTH. hardcover
2020Bibbia moralizzata, Vienna 2554 (Bible moralisée, Bible moralisée de Vienne 2554). Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Codex Vindobonensis 2554). Imago, 2020. Riproduzione in facsimile di uno dei più antichi codici miniati pervenuti di Bible moralisée. All’interno delle 131 carte sono rappresentate scene che illustrano l’Antico e il Nuovo Testamento, per un totale di 1032 miniature. Legatura in velluto rosso con cantonali dorati. Tagli dorati. Formato 26x35 cm. Pagine 262 (131 carte). Cofanetto di custodia in tela editoriale con impressioni in oro. Tiratura di 200 esemplari. Condizione ottima (leggera mancanza di doratura sul cantonale inferiore sinistro del primo piatto, vedere foto). Commentario (italiano/inglese) a cura di Louis Godart e Antonia Martinez Ruiperez.
1823Best.-Nr. 103064Amsterdam M. Westerman 1823. 10 volumes each c. 8 x 6 cm. With 31 engraved plates and 5 engraved maps including a folding map of the world. Each volume in the original green printed paper wrappers. Held in the original pink and green cardboard case with glass lid. All in very good condition. Complete set of the first edition of a charming miniature library for children consisting of ten illustrated volumes preserved in their original box. Each volume has a specific subject such as: Geography the Bible birds stories from the Middle East mythology botany etc. A French edition exists as well but there the volume on Dutch history is replaced with French history. The present set is rare on the market and only available in a few libraries. The work was reviewed in 'Vaderlandsche letteroefeningen 1824' page 45: "Een allergelukkigste inval waarvoor menig lezer in miniatuur den vinder danken zal. Ofschoon Kermis St. Nicolaas en Nieuwjaar achter den rug zijn het blijft te allen tijde een fraai geschenk voor de lieve Jeugd. Gewijde en Vaderlandsche Geschiedenis Geographie Mythologie Natuurlijke Historie Kruidkunde Arabische Vertellingen Zedelijke Verhalen - ziet daar de rubrieken waarin een tiental aardige kleine nette boekskens is verdeeld versierd met geëtste prentjes en besloten in een sierlijk werkdoosje met een helder glas van boven waarin zich dit Kinderbibliotheekje als spiegelt en alzoo het bevallige met het nuttige hand aan hand gepaard doet gaan. Ouders die uwe lieve kleinen wilt verblijden koopt deze Bibliotheek in miniatuur en wij spreken bij ondervinding gij zult er een genot voor smaken dat noch Komedie noch Concert noch wat weelde en wereld op een' vlugtigen avond schitterends aanbieden u kunnen verschaffen!" freely translated and summarized as: Ten charming booklets decorated with engraved plates and kept in an elegant box with a glass lid in which this library for children is mirrored thus creating a useful and beautiful object c.f. Welsh A bibliography of miniature books 1247; cf. Bondy p. 75 French ed.
1988Best.-Nr. 3789NICE. EDITIONS D'ART SEFER. LE CHANT DES SPHERES. MONACO. EDITIONS ARTS ET COULEURS. 1988-1990. 2 VOLUMES IN-FOLIO DE 140 + (8) ET 134 + (8) PAGES, RELIURE DE L'EDITEUR PLEIN CHAGRIN NOIR, DIFFERENTE POUR CHACUN DES 2 VOLUMES (SEFER RELIEUR) :TOME I. DOS A NERFS ORNE D'UN DECOR A FROID ET EN DORE, TITRE DORE, PLATS BISEAUTES ORNES D'UN DECOR A FROID ET EN DORE, LETTRES CHINOISES METALLIQUES LAQUEES EN NOIR ET EN ROUGE AU CENTRE DU PLAT SUPERIEUR, DENTELLE INTERIEURE DOREE, TETE DOREE, NON ROGNE, SOUS EMBOITAGE 1/2 CHAGRIN NOIR (34 X 42,5 X 8,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON), DOS IDENTIQUE A CELUI DE L'OUVRAGE, LE RESTE RECOUVERT D'UNE SOIE MOIREE ROUGE. TOME II. DOS ORNE D'UN CAISSON EN CREUX AVEC DECOR FLORAL ET TITRE DORES, PLATS BISEAUTES, PLAT SUPERIEUR RICHEMENT ORNE D'UNE PAGODE EN RELIEF EN ROUGE ET EN DORE, AVEC INCRUSTATIONS DE PLAQUES EMAILLEES A DECOR POLYCHROME D'UNE PAGODE ET DE DRAGONS, TETE DOREE, NON ROGNE, SOUS EMBOITAGE 1/2 CHAGRIN NOIR (33,5 X 40 X 9,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON), DOS IDENTIQUE A CELUI DE L'OUVRAGE, LE RESTE RECOUVERT D'UNE SOIE MOIREE ROUGE.ILLUSTRE DE NOMBREUSES COMPOSITIONS IN ET HORS-TEXTE, DANS LE STYLE DE L'ENLUMINURE, MISES EN COULEURS A LA MAIN. PREMIER TIRAGE LIMITE A 1280 EXEMPLAIRES NUMEROTES, DONT 30 HORS-COMMERCE. UN DES 100 SUR VELIN D'ARCHES RESERVES AU CERCLE DES BIBLIOPHILES ARTS ET COULEURS NUMEROTES AC 1 A AC 100, CELUI-CI PORTANT LE NUMERO AC 10 DANS CHACUN DES VOLUMES, ET COMPORTANT 2 ILLUSTRATIONS ORIGINALES SIGNEES, UNE PLANCHE HORS-TEXTE, ENCADREE ET UNE SUITE EN COULEURS DES ILLUSTRATIONS HORS-TEXTE. ACCOMPAGNE DE SON CERTIFICAT D'AUTHENTICITE AU MEME NUMERO SIGNE PAR L'ARTISTE ET L'EDITEUR. LES ILLUSTRATIONS ORIGINALES ET LA SUITE SONT INSEREES DANS DEUX CHEMISES RECOUVERTES DE SUEDINE NOIRE AVEC LE PLAT SUPERIEUR ORNE D'IDEOGRAMMES CHINOIS DORES. INFIMES PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS SANS GRAVITE, SINON TRES BEL EXEMPLAIRE.
1628Best.-Nr. 12589Sedan Ioannis Iannoni 1628. 571 1 p. 32°. Contemporary Leather binding fine gauffred and gilt-edged text block and a silver clasp. Greek miniature Bible H. 85 x L. 5 x W. 23 cm. Sedan, Ioannis Iannoni hardcover
Best.-Nr. 41823c.1820. . Arabic manuscript in black ink on lightweight wove paper approx. 395 leaves 5.2 x 3.5cm naskh script 17 lines to the page polychromatic floral border to opening bifolium decorated throughout with surah-headings in red thuluth on gold ground concentric panels around text in red black and gold and lobed marginal decorations including juz' markings contemporary black shagreen binding decorated in gilt first leaf with marginal loss. [c.1820]. unknown
1993Edizione a tiratura limitata di 998 esemplari. L'opera è costituita da un astuccio rivestito in pelle con impressioni in oro. English Text. Firenze, 1993; folder, pp. 118, 80 b/w and col. plates. english 88-09-0586 Grandi opere in facsimile
1903Best.-Nr. ST20237New York: The Gorham Manufacturing Co 1903. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES. 102 x 64 mm. 4 x 2 1/2". 4 p.l. 9-148 pp. CHARMING PUBLISHER'S LIMP SUEDE illustrated covers with a rotund golfer on front and a long-suffering caddy at rear top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. In a later glassine wrapper. Housed in a very sturdy custom-made buckram folding box with inlaid marbled spine label. Color floral and foliate headpieces tailpieces and title page and 16 DELIGHTFUL MOUNTED COLOR PLATES BY JOHN HASSALL. Front endpaper with the ownership inscription "W. P. Rockwell November 1905." Murdoch 888; Donovan & Murdoch 19030. Trivial smudges to the suede but A NEARLY PRISTINE COPY of this delightful little book an item that is simply never found this well preserved. This is a diminutive golf manual with immense charm and offered in the most immaculate condition possible. In a small-pocket format the book provides the golfer with the game's rules etiquette technical terms names of golf clubs and their various uses a list of American champions since the organization of the United States Golf Association and a roster of the "leading players in the United States." Accompanying the text are a group of quite charming colored plates done by John Hassall 1868-1948 an active and celebrated watercolorist poster designer and illustrator from 1895 onwards. Houfe calls him "an original and versatile designer." As can be seen in the present volume Hassall seems to have been influenced by "the flat colors and two-dimensional decorative quality of Japanese prints which he adapts to his own work with thick outline and careful patterning." Whatever the influence one can't help but smile when looking at his work. Hassall depicts golf costume through the ages here including golfers in kilts trousers cloaks knickers and other attire; he also shows us a pair of disarmingly shabby young caddies two women and a boy incongruously dressed in Napoleonic greatcoat and tricorn hat. The most memorable thing about this item is its condition: as a book intended to be put in one's pocket and as a volume that was never sturdy to begin with there is absolutely no explanation for how our copy has survived to the present day in its remarkable state of preservation. When this copy without its box was sold in 2004 at PBA Galleries the most prominent auction purveyor of golf books and equipment the catalogue called it "the finest copy we have ever offered of this exceedingly scarce and fragile book.". The Gorham Manufacturing Co unknown
1903Best.-Nr. ST20237New York: The Gorham Manufacturing Co 1903. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES. 102 x 64 mm. 4 x 2 1/2". 4 p.l. 9-148 pp. CHARMING PUBLISHER'S LIMP SUEDE illustrated covers with a rotund golfer on front and a long-suffering caddy at rear top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. In a later glassine wrapper. Housed in a very sturdy custom-made buckram folding box with inlaid marbled spine label. Color floral and foliate headpieces tailpieces and title page and 16 DELIGHTFUL MOUNTED COLOR PLATES BY JOHN HASSALL. Front endpaper with the ownership inscription "W. P. Rockwell November 1905." Murdoch 888; Donovan & Murdoch 19030. Trivial smudges to the suede but A NEARLY PRISTINE COPY of this delightful little book an item that is simply never found this well preserved. This is a diminutive golf manual with immense charm and offered in the most immaculate condition possible. In a small-pocket format the book provides the golfer with the game's rules etiquette technical terms names of golf clubs and their various uses a list of American champions since the organization of the United States Golf Association and a roster of the "leading players in the United States." Accompanying the text are a group of quite charming colored plates done by John Hassall 1868-1948 an active and celebrated watercolorist poster designer and illustrator from 1895 onwards. Houfe calls him "an original and versatile designer." As can be seen in the present volume Hassall seems to have been influenced by "the flat colors and two-dimensional decorative quality of Japanese prints which he adapts to his own work with thick outline and careful patterning." Whatever the influence one can't help but smile when looking at his work. Hassall depicts golf costume through the ages here including golfers in kilts trousers cloaks knickers and other attire; he also shows us a pair of disarmingly shabby young caddies two women and a boy incongruously dressed in Napoleonic greatcoat and tricorn hat. The most memorable thing about this item is its condition: as a book intended to be put in one's pocket and as a volume that was never sturdy to begin with there is absolutely no explanation for how our copy has survived to the present day in its remarkable state of preservation. When this copy without its box was sold in 2004 at PBA Galleries the most prominent auction purveyor of golf books and equipment the catalogue called it "the finest copy we have ever offered of this exceedingly scarce and fragile book.". The Gorham Manufacturing Co unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. ST20235London: Harrods Ltd 1930s. FIRST EDITION. 76 x 51 mm. 3 x 2". 100 pp. Original green or orange paper wrappers side stitched titling on front cover and imprint on spine. In a custom-made folding buckram box with book wells for the three books and gilt-stamped marbled paper label inset on spine of the box. Consisting of three bound sets of 50 sequential photographs that when flipped either from back to front or front to back generate a stop motion animation of Bobby Jones demonstrating the proper form for executing a shot with various golf clubs see below. Advertisements on inside wrappers. Donovan & Murdoch 22610. One volume with portions of spine gone at either end with partial loss of imprint wrappers inevitably somewhat soiled corners a bit rounded as expected but still remarkably well preserved especially considering its inevitable hard use being entirely sound and with the photographs in excellent condition. This is a scarce grouping of some of the most charming sports as well as miniature books we've ever offered for sale. In the 1930s the famous London department store Harrods published a series of so-called sports "flicker" books of which these three are perhaps the most famous other sports books involved cricket tennis lacrosse soccer badminton swimming and greyhound racing. Our three "flicker" books when the pages are riffled with one's thumb or fingers show the famous smooth-swinging American golfer Bobby Jones executing shots with various clubs. The first book #11a in the Harrods series features the driver and the mashie. The modern equivalent for this latter piece of equipment is slightly elusive but the "mashie" is an iron club with considerable loft meant to hit a golf ball a relatively short distance with a high trajectory Jones' "driver" has the same meaning today as it did 90 years ago. The second book features shots with a "brassie" roughly equivalent to today's 3- or 4-wood and an "iron" also called a "driving iron" which is like today's 1- or 2-iron. The third book shows Jones putting and escaping from heavy rough with a high-lofted club like today's sand wedge. It is great fun--not to mention still instructive--to riffle through these photographs watching one of the world's most celebrated golf swings come to life complete with Jones' knickers white shirt and flapping tie. It is also a fact of some interest that this English series would feature an American player at a time when British dominance in golf was beginning to erode. Given the physical use to which these items have been subjected it is difficult to believe that they are still intact let alone that they are solid enough to be handled without worry. Harrods Ltd unknown
1930Best.-Nr. ST20235London: Harrods Ltd 1930s. FIRST EDITION. 76 x 51 mm. 3 x 2". 100 pp. Original green or orange paper wrappers side stitched titling on front cover and imprint on spine. In a custom-made folding buckram box with book wells for the three books and gilt-stamped marbled paper label inset on spine of the box. Consisting of three bound sets of 50 sequential photographs that when flipped either from back to front or front to back generate a stop motion animation of Bobby Jones demonstrating the proper form for executing a shot with various golf clubs see below. Advertisements on inside wrappers. Donovan & Murdoch 22610. One volume with portions of spine gone at either end with partial loss of imprint wrappers inevitably somewhat soiled corners a bit rounded as expected but still remarkably well preserved especially considering its inevitable hard use being entirely sound and with the photographs in excellent condition. This is a scarce grouping of some of the most charming sports as well as miniature books we've ever offered for sale. In the 1930s the famous London department store Harrods published a series of so-called sports "flicker" books of which these three are perhaps the most famous other sports books involved cricket tennis lacrosse soccer badminton swimming and greyhound racing. Our three "flicker" books when the pages are riffled with one's thumb or fingers show the famous smooth-swinging American golfer Bobby Jones executing shots with various clubs. The first book #11a in the Harrods series features the driver and the mashie. The modern equivalent for this latter piece of equipment is slightly elusive but the "mashie" is an iron club with considerable loft meant to hit a golf ball a relatively short distance with a high trajectory Jones' "driver" has the same meaning today as it did 90 years ago. The second book features shots with a "brassie" roughly equivalent to today's 3- or 4-wood and an "iron" also called a "driving iron" which is like today's 1- or 2-iron. The third book shows Jones putting and escaping from heavy rough with a high-lofted club like today's sand wedge. It is great fun--not to mention still instructive--to riffle through these photographs watching one of the world's most celebrated golf swings come to life complete with Jones' knickers white shirt and flapping tie. It is also a fact of some interest that this English series would feature an American player at a time when British dominance in golf was beginning to erode. Given the physical use to which these items have been subjected it is difficult to believe that they are still intact let alone that they are solid enough to be handled without worry. Harrods Ltd unknown books
