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1917ref. 398817Glasgow Scotland 1917. Fine. Original lithograph printed in black approximately 18" x 14" on wove paper with full margins 24" x 16". Fine. Signed by Muirhead Bone in the bottom margin. A distinguished Scottish artist Bone was nicknamed the "London Piranesi" for his ability to depict vast and complex construction sites cathedrals and shipyards. On the outbreak of the World War the War Propaganda Bureau recruited him in May 1916 as Britain's first official war artist. After completing a series of drawings on the Western Front including the Battle of the Somme Bone returned to London to document the war effort. A fine example from his World War I scenes of shipbuilding yards. unknown
ref. 14963Bone Muirhead Scottish 1896-1953. SOMERSET HOUSE Drypoint 1905. Dodgson 185. Edition was 40 plus 15 trial proofs. Signed in pencil lower right. This is identified as a first state on the Frederick Keppel labek on the frame. 12 × 11 5/16 inches plate 15 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches sheet. In very good condition. In a Frederick Keppel frame with their label. unknown
1917ref. 000022394London: Published by authority of the War Office from the Officers of "Country Life' Ltd. 1917. first edition. hardcover. Good. Drawings by Muirhead Bone. Quartosapprox. 9 1/4" wide by 12" tall tan cloth spine over brown boards cover corners bumped. 100 plates in each volume with captions on opposing pages 200 plates in total. Light scattered foxing. Spine label on volume I damaged. Former owner bookplate on front paste-down endpapers. 092508A World War I. The Great War. This heavy set will cost more to ship internationally or via an expedited service. Published by authority of the War Office from the Officers of "Country Life' Ltd. hardcover
1917ref. 182236London: Country Life Limited 1917. Drawings by Muirhead Bone. With an Introduction by General Sir Douglas Haig. In two volumes. Volume I: Pp. 224 illustrated throughout in colour sepia and black & white index to plates; Volume II: Text by C. E. Montague. Pp. 232 illustrated throughout in colour sepia and black & white index to plates; med. 4to; qr. light brown buckram with gilt lettered leather title labels on spines brown papered boards slightly scuffed edges slightly faded and rubbed bottom fore-corners bruised Volume II; book label of David Levine Sydney above the earlier armorial bookplate of B. Hall Blyth on upper pastedowns the free endpapers offset Volume I with 2 small surface grazes one to page headed The Upper Hand affecting one word of text occasional slight soiling; published by authority of the War Office Country Life Volume I & George Newnes Volume II London 1917. Originally issued in parts. Country Life Limited unknown
1917ref. 057613New York Ny: George H. Doran / Doubleday Page & Co. 1917. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Plates From Drawings By Muirhead Bone. No International Orders. First American Editions Of These Illustrations By Muirhead Bone Britain's Official War Artist. Two Binders 12 1/2" X 9 3/4" Brown Cloth Spines With Printed Labels Card Covers With Front Covers Printed In Black Each Containing Five Bound Softcover Sets Of Text And Illustrations. Contents Near Fine Except Front Cover Of Volume Ii Part 1 Has Wear Along Lower Fore Edge Of Font Cover. Binders Near Fine. Slipcase For Volume 1 Present Clean Frayed At Corners But Quite Solid. No International Orders. George H. Doran / Doubleday, Page & Co. hardcover
1917ref. 174570Authority of the War Office 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Editions First Printings. Published by Authority of the War Office 1917. Folios. 2 Volumes. Books are very good with shelf wear edgewear to boards and spotting to page ends. Book placed in custom acetate protector. A very scarce set of books on the Western Front with early World War I sketches. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor New York. Authority of the War Office hardcover
ref. 1015791689.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1017670722.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 1340295350.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1917ref. 009329Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co 1917. Very Good. 10 parts in 2 portfolios: illustrations portraits; 32 cm. Brown cloth spine with printed paper spine label; brown paper over boards printed in black. With original wrapper for each of 10 parts. Each portfolio contains 100 plates with text issued in fascicles of 20 plates each. Each portfolio lists the contents on the back board. Although the portfolios give George H. Doran as the publisher the individual parts give Doubleday Page & Co. except for part 10 Ship Building which bears the London imprint Country Life and George Newnes. Muirhead Bone 1876-1953 was the first official British war artist during World War One. A heavy set; for international shipping the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. In Very Good Condition: portfolio covers are rubbed with loss from edges of paper spine labels and fraying at corners of spines; small stain at upper fore-edge of vol. 1 board; chipping to fore-edges of wrapper of vol. 2 pt. 1; otherwise clean and bright. Doubleday, Page & Co unknown
1917ref. 27469NY: George H. Doran Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1917. First Edition. Binder. Open binder card covers with a cloth spine. Volume one has a piece of tape across the spine label. The first 6 parts 5 in vol. 1 first part in vol. 2 are loose plates contained in their own binders. The last 4 sections vol. 2 parts 2 through 5 are stapled soft covers. All 200 plates are present. Rubbing to the edges of the binders and the edges of the interior binders. The plates themselves are "fine". ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 200 pages . George H. Doran Company unknown
1917ref. 12112Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co. 1917. Book. Good. Hardcover. Two hundred drawings many in color. Introduction by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. Generally G. Each volume contains five parts consisting of twenty full-page plates on recto with facing page of text. The parts are in wrappers loose in portfolios with six parts having dj's. One part is lacking wrps. The portfolios are cloth and printed boards with paper labels and tables of contents on reverse. Imprint on portfolios is George Doran Co. The drawings portray every aspect of the War in France by a noted artist. An impressive set. Will require additional shipping charges. Doubleday Page & Co. Hardcover
1917ref. 22011London: Published by Authority of the War Office 1917. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Foiio. Two volumes. Introduction by General Sir Douglas Haig. Tan buckram spiune leather lettering labels gilt; brown paper over boards. Illustrated throughout withb plates of the war by the author/artist. Corners worn and lettering labels chipped else a very good set. Inscribed on the verso of the front free endpaper by the artist-author: "Signed for Mr. Henry Tozer with the kindest regards of Muirhead Bone." Bookplate of "HT"; i.e. Henry Tozer on the front pastedowns . Laid in are two autograph letters signed by Muirhead Bone and addressed to Mr. Tozer. The first dated December 1949 discusses books by Bone and his family. The second dated February 1950 discussed mostly an exhibit of pictures Bone's son Stephen. The recipient is likely Henry Edward Spernon Tozer 1864-1955 a highly regarded painter of country life. . Published by Authority of the War Office hardcover
1917ref. 1347428London: The War Office 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto 2 vols.; G; quarter tan cloth bindings boards in gray paper; spines with leather labels with gilt lettering; some shelf wear and soiling; corners bumped and exposed; upper right corner of vol. 1 front board missing; mild scuffing to vol. 1 spine; two dark stains to vol. 2 front board; bumps to fore edges of vol. 2 boards; vol. 2 joints starting; small closed tears at crown and tail of vol. 2 spine; scuffing to vol. 2 back board; all edges of both vols. with decorative red speckling; both vols. profusely illustrated with color and black and white drawings and watercolors; pages clean; shelved Front Table. 1347428. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The War Office hardcover
1917ref. 006047New York: George H. Doran 1917. Original cloth-backed printed boards. Paper spine label chipped. In an orginal cardboard slipcase torn at ends. Vol. 1 is a portfolio case containing parts 1-5 each published by Doubleday Page and loose as issues. The five parts are in nice condition. First Book-form Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. George H. Doran Hardcover
1917ref. 50208London: Country Life Ltd 1917. fair to good. 24.5 x 31.5 cm 45 Part IV only wraps profusely illus. covers/spine somewhat worn and discolored small tears/chips at cover and spine edges. Published by authority of the War Office. Contains full-page plates LXI to LXXX. Topics of the drawings include cannons airplanes howitzers no man's land in the Somme hospital ships and troops returning from the Ancre among many others. Country Life, Ltd paperback
1917ref. Q023London: The War Office/ Country Life 1917. 1st Edition . paper wrappers. Vg. 4to. 20 drawing by Muirhead Bone with an introduction by General Sir Douglas Haig. Each plate is a full-page with a text page opposite. The War Office/ Country Life unknown
1917ref. 118953New York: George H. Doran Company 1917. Hardbound. Very Good Covers have general wear discoloration. corner/edge damage. Interior pages and plates have age toning some edge/corner damage foxing. Brown Portfolio printed boards. Primarily illustrations. A very nice set of plates and a very nice copy of these 2 volumes. Originally these drawings were issued in 10 parts. Volume 1 contains the original 5 parts in their original covers and crisp clean dustwrappers. Volume 2 contains part 1 in its original case and dustwrapper and the rest of the sheets are loose. Volume 2 appears to be complete Also issued in 2 bound volumes with additional text and indexes. George H. Doran Company hardcover
1917ref. 116151New York: Doran 1917. hardcover. very good. With an Introduction by Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig. 2 vols. in 10 parts. 200 plates many color 4to in cloth-backed board portfolios slipcase; some binding wear. New York: Doran 1917. First American Edition. Very good . Doran unknown
ref. a70667NY 1917 1st Doubleday Introduction by General Sir Douglas Haig. 4to. 100 plates some lightly colored green cloth hardcover with gilt printed mounted leather spine label. Owner bookplate. VG plus corners gently bumped. Volume I of II only. . hardcover
1917ref. 19895London : Published By Authority Of The War Office From The Offices Of ""country Life"" Ltd. 1917. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern half cal over buckram boards. Title directly gilt-blocked. Raised bands with gilt cross-borders. An impeccable copy; highly uncommon in such polished condition. From the print library of Elmer Adler with plate. ; 1 pages; Vol. 2: With text by C. E. Montague. Some of the plates are coloured. London : Published By Authority Of The War Office From The Offices Of ""country Life,"" Ltd. hardcover
1918ref. 147128London: Country Life Ltd. and George Newnes Ltd 1918. Folio. Outer board folio stained chipped at corners and spine edges and with bending at spine. Plates generally very good and clean and without age toning. A few have minor waving at edges and/or the tiniest of chips at corners. Plate I in Part II has much of the plain left edge missing as well as age toning to the paper. The matted plate of Ypres from Part III has a 4-inch tear both plate and mat at the bottom center. Elephant folio. Blue card folio with tan cloth spine and black lettering. Blue protective flaps on 3 edges. Inside are two rag-paper string-bound folios containing 41 of the original loose plates. One folio contains plates from Parts II and III. The other contains plates from Parts IV and VI. Part I is missing in entirety. There also is a full-size greenish paper folio with the full title marked Part VI with the original price 10/6 net containing the plates from Part VI. No other individual titled folios are present for Parts II III IV or V. For plate contents and descriptions please see further comments. NOTE: Although titled as an Edition de Luxe none of the plates has an original signature. These all appear to be from the regular non-deluxe printing. Part I is missing entirely. Part II is complete including the list of plates. Part III is missing 1 plate but one plate Ypres is matted and the number covered so the possible number of the missing plate is either XXIII or XXX as well as the list of plates. Part IV is missing 3 plates XXXIII XXXIV and XXXVIII. Part V is missing 3 plates XLIII XLVII and L. Part VI is missing 1 plate LX. The plates are on a mixture of types of paper. Many plates are in bw look to be charcoal originally while others look to be in pencil pen/ink and several with a color wash. Ideal for framing or set completion. Country Life, Ltd. and George Newnes, Ltd unknown
1917ref. 89-138Doran/Doubleday 1917. 1917. Vol I 100 plates in 5 parts with original folders in Brown portfolio with brown cloth spine. Intro by Gen Douglas Haig. Oversize. Near Fine Set. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book. Doran/Doubleday, 1917. Hardcover
1917ref. 68-259Doran 1917. 1917. Unbound as issued. Vol I 100 plates in 5 parts with original folders Vol II. 100 plates but only Part I in folder. Oversize. Plates Fine or Near Fine Portfolios Near Fine/ Near Fine Set. Paperback. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Doran, 1917. Paperback
ref. 1604694653.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover