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1846Best.-Nr. 17383Washington: Blair and Rives 1846. 13 3 blank pp double columns disbound Scattered foxing. Good. Sabin 16046. Blair and Rives unknown books
1876Best.-Nr. 13117New York: Scribner Armstrong & co. 1876. 12mo. xxx 336 p. illus. Publisher's "Bric-a-brac series" no. 10. Selections from "Archibald Constable and his literary correspondence" by his son T. Constable 1873 and from Gillies' "Memoirs of a literary veteran " 1851. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard & compiled Thomas Constable. Publisher's white cloth stamped and decorated in black and gold. Ex-library with bookplate call number on spine in white charge pocket and date due slip at rear. Private owner's stamps including on title-page. Scribner, Armstrong, & co. hardcover books
1895Best.-Nr. 74897Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1895. Octavo pp. 1-4 1-3 4-177 178: printer's imprint 179-180: ads original yellow cloth front and spine panels stamped in black t.e.g. other edges untrimmed. First edition. "Biological science fantasy of a large monkey which is taught to think and to participate in human society; part two of three comprises the beasts written autobiography." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 13. "Written alternately by human narrator and intelligent monkey with estranged point of view. Intrigues and murders plus long essay on loss of happiness because of reason. Monkey commits suicide. Influenced THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU." - Suvin Victorian Science Fiction in the UK p. 60. Bleiler 1978 p. 48. Reginald 03714. Early private owner's tiny monogram blind stamp on title leaf and last leaf of text and date "7.5.95" neatly inked on recto of title leaf. Yellow cloth a trifle soiled a near fine attractive copy. Publisher's slip regarding trade terms for the book laid in. #74897 William Blackwood and Sons unknown books
2003Best.-Nr. 109438Aldershot England: Lund Humphries 2003. Softcover. VG. Blue illus. wraps; 34 pp. plus 32 pp. of plates; 64 plates color and bw; 5 bw figures. Includes an essay about Ravilious's life and work; Contains watercolors of countryside gardens farmhouses and other aspects of English life. Lund Humphries paperback books
1968Best.-Nr. 701502NY: Harcourt Brace & World. 1968. Very Good in Very Good DJ. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Harcourt, Brace & World hardcover books
1990Best.-Nr. 53760Alexandria VA: Time-Life 1990. 4to pp. 288. Index. With 262 recipes illustrated with color photographs. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Cover very slightly bumped at bottom corners leaves very slightly rippled at upper corners o/w a nice copy in chipped dj. Time-Life unknown books
2006Best.-Nr. 048771Cambrdige: Cambridge Univerisity Press 2006. xix 423p. b/w illus. original stiff printed wrappers. Cambridge Univerisity Press unknown books
1859Best.-Nr. 3571London: Basil Montagu Pickering 1859. Attractive Arts & Crafts binding in dark blue-green morocco on slightly flexibly boards. Spine with five raised bands each decorated with two rows of gilt stippling the gilt-stippled dots repeated on the perimeter of both covers and dentelles. Printed at the Chiswick Press. 8vo. 79 pages. Page edges stained blue. A bit of rubbing to edges near fine. Basil Montagu Pickering hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 29836hardcover. xxi 79pp. Thin 8vo smooth calf neatly rebacked dentelles a.e.g London 1859 The first collection of the works of the 16th century poet. CBEL I p. 431.; DNB IV: 960. unknown books
1738Best.-Nr. 800281738. CONSTABLE John. REFLECTIONS UPON ACCURACY OF STYLE. IN FIVE DIALOGUES. London: Printed for John Hawkins 1738. 2nd edition. Octavo. xvi80113-246 pp. lacking two signatures G & H or p. 81-112. Modern half calf and marble paper covered boards with a red leather label and raised bands on spine; new endpapers. Light wear to spine but the label remains bright. Text clean. One leaf L4 has a diagonal closed-tear which has an old repair at the fore-edge. Constable on writing: metaphor style antitheses; commentary on Aristotle Tasso Milton and others. A clean copy attractively bound but missing some text leaves the end of the third essay 'Reflections upon Accuracy of Style'; it is offered with all faults. unknown books
2018Best.-Nr. 171663London: Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd 2018. First edition. Softcover. 48 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 10-18 2018 at TEFAF Maastricht March 21-26 2918 at Salon Du Dessin and April 4-11 2018 at Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd. Essay by Jonny Yarker. Includes numerous illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers. A nicely printed catalog. Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 1080325 vols. Paris and San Francisco: The Trianon Press and Genesis Publications 1981. 5 vols. sm. 8vo 34; 44; 64; 32; 49 pp. 4 reproducing Constable’s sketches and 1 with Introduction and commentary by Graham. Quarter morocco and hand-marbled paper with paper label on front each in a brownish-red cloth covered slip case. Each volume’s individual slip case has gilt stamped numbers on the lower spine. Signed by Graham on the colophon page. This copy is missing the larger slip case that encloses the set. Very fine. § Number 16 of 540 copies. 35 copies numbered I to XXXV were bound in full morocco and another 26 copies numbered A to Z were reserved for the publishers. The Trianon Press and Genesis Publications hardcover books
1911Best.-Nr. 107404Berlin 1911. hardcover. very good. Hrsg. von Arthur Roessler. Illustrated Square 8vo printed boards. Berlin 1911. Very good. unknown books
Best.-Nr. 605960"Thomas Constable" in black ink on bifold leaf 4 1/2" x 7 1/4" 4 pages. 11 Thistle Street November 19 1875. Very good. To Professor Daniel Wilson In part: "You have probably received proofs of titles. . .and by this post we dispatch corrected sheets though not yet printed off to enable you to proceed with the index. . .I do not wonder that the Canadian brethren grudge you to us. . ." Sir Daniel Wilson 1816-1892 Scottish author was professor of English literature in Toronto; in 1881 he became president of Toronto University. Thomas Constable 1812-1881 born June 29 1812 Craigcrook Scotland; died May 26 1881; English printer publisher author See DNB Vol. XII p. 45. Signed by Authors. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
1958Best.-Nr. 140940162Los Angeles: New Age Publishing Company 1958. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. 270 8 pp. with 32 pages of black and white photos. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with slightly cocked spine bumped corners in a price-clipped dust jacket with a small tear at head tiny chip at foot. An unusual explanation of the 1950s "flying saucer" wave with one foot firmly planted in the New Age movement from which so many early figures in the UFO contactee movement came. While the author a New Zealand native postulates that UFOs are in fact biological entities-- so-called macrobacteria invisible floating "critters" in the sky-- in this his first work he also employs occult techniques like channeling and clairvoyance. The author includes blurry photos of the entities that he took as well as some classic photos from famous UFO contactee and fellow occult devotee George Adamski. New Age Publishing Company unknown books
1964Best.-Nr. 115828Toronto: Art Gallery of Toronto 1964. Softcover. Good Wraps worn; Two pages have small stain. Gold illus. wraps; 176 pp.; 145 bw plates 4 color plates. Accompanied a travelling exhibition of the artist's work which appeared at the Art Gallery of Toronto The National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Fine Arts Montreal; Most of the text is in English though plate annotations appear in both English and French. Art Gallery of Toronto unknown books
1944Best.-Nr. 159180London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford / The Courtauld Institute of Art 1944. Hardcover. Good Ex-library w/ ID to lower spine internal stamps usual markings etc. lower spine torn & flapped; upper spine rubbed. boards scuffed smudged & some spotted staining. shelf-wear/scuffing to lower textblock edge. slight split to textblock at plate section w/ evidence of previous repair. back hinge split; binding still intact though hinge is rattled. Brown cloth gilt letters on spine 164 text pp. plus 105 BW and color plates. Interior does appear clean though may have instances of marginalia handwriting etc. A rough but uncommon copy. Photo is of a previous copy from our collection. Approaches the topic geographically by English counties. Includes discussion of ornament technique and iconography; and offers views of more than 100 examples of these wall paintings. Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford / The Courtauld Institute of Art hardcover books
1976Best.-Nr. 137732Oxford / New York: Clarendon Press 1976. Second Edition. Hardcover. VG-/VG- ex-library with labels and stamps on spine block inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Light shelfwear but binding is tight and pages are otherwise clean. 2 volume set bound in slate-gray cloth with gilt spine lettering bw illustrated dust jackets 723 pp. 232 BW plates. A revised edition of this artist biography and catalog raisonne with more than 100 drawings and paintings added. Volume 1 contains chapters on Canaletto's life and work and also the illustrations. Volume 2 contains the textual catalogue raisonne. A very nice set. Clarendon Press hardcover books
1954Best.-Nr. 107480London: Oxford University Press 1954. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 24 plates. Small 4to cloth d.w. London: Oxford University Press 1954. Very good Oxford University Press unknown books
19622 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 184 plates and a pedigree in the text, neat inscription on front paste-downs, some light and inoffensive spotting; cloth, gilt backs, boards very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the wrappers lightly frayed and creased at edges. Vol. I: The Plates; Vol. II: Catalogue Raisonne. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
2018Best.-Nr. SBBI-mon0000118658CreateSpace Independent Publishi 2018. paperback. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. CreateSpace Independent Publishi paperback
1988Best.-Nr. 032349Exeter Ontario: Self Published 1988. Book. As New. Soft cover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated. Self Published Paperback
1991Best.-Nr. Q-0393030113W W Norton & Co Inc 1991-09-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
1993Best.-Nr. Q-0393309851W. W. Norton & Company 1993-05-17. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! W. W. Norton & Company paperback
2026Best.-Nr. LRB55347Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 504 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1881. This modern reproduction of A selection from the illustrations which have appeared in the Oudh Punch from 1877 to 1881 by Constable Archibald makes an old or rare text available for consultation bibliographic research and specialized collections. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback