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1936réf. 375755The Studio London Undated c.1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. One of Holme's four classic Studio Publications on Japanese print culture presenting a finely curated suite of kacho-ga plates that helped shape early Western appreciation of ukiyo-e. A handsome volume and still one of the most approachable gateways into the field with a graceful selection of ukiyo-e images centred on the world of the geisha; musicians dancers and performers captured in moments of poise ritual and quiet artistry. Holme's curation highlights the refinement of gesture costume and setting offering Western readers an early respectful window onto the professional culture of women trained in music dance and social accomplishment. It's the most atmospheric of the four volumes rich in mood and stage-like elegance. 8 large colour plates images measuring 15 x 22 cms approx each with tissue guards and 6 pages of explanatory text. Some foxing to the paper throughout but not to the printed images though their surrounds are foxed. Printed boards covered in Japanese style paper. The spine is absent though the binding is still firm. Printed paper label to front board as issued. Size: 25 x 31.5 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; New Arrivals; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. The Studio hardcover
réf. BN316199Editions Opéra. Softcover. L'héraldique & ses arcanes L'héraldique & ses arcanes Claude René d' Estampes Editions Opéra paperback
réf. BN370214Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album Pietro Sarto. Catalogue Raisonné des gravures et lithographiesLes Estampes 1947-1992 Album Album unknown
1936réf. C90252London: Country Life 1936. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo.pp. 226. A gardener's year recording ""the horticultural adventures the discoveries of wild flowers and the little thrills that come to the country dweller."" Original publisherÕs cloth binding in green lettered white. Finely illustrated dust jacket depicting a Crown Imperial Fritillary. Illustrated with 24 woodcuts by John Farleigh. Neat inscription on the front end paper. Very good indeed in minus very good dust jacket. Slight spotting. Dust jacket with chips at spine and top edge. Country Life hardcover
1810réf. A46018Paris: Chez Osterwald L'aine 1810. First Edition. Wraps. Paperback . Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 12mo.14 by 10.5cms pp 36 with 16 portraits by Bosselman and 5 pages text. Tissue guards to portraits with some slight foxing to tissue and plates. Original publisher's printed grey blue covers slightly chipped at spine ends o/w vg pleasing copy. World Cat dates this book as 1810 possibly from the engravings. Portraits of the Royal family Napoleon Bonaparte Lucien Bonaparte Prince Eugene Napoleon Francois Marie Louise D'Autriche Duchesse D'Angolueleme etc. No date c.1810. Chez Osterwald L'aine, paperback
1949réf. C104113London: Oxford University Press 1949. Re-Issue. Hardcover. Dust Jacket. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Re-Issue. Hardcover. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 556. Original publisher's cloth binding in cherry red lettered gilt at spine. Dust jacket in beige lettered beige on a brown country-style illustration. Finally detailed Wood engraving in black-and-white by Julie Neild. Introduction by H.J. Massingham. Very good in very good dust jacket. Oxford University Press, hardcover
1974réf. ZB1354368Easton Press 1974. Gilt-stamped full maroon leather hardcover moire endpapers and pastedowns a.e.g. fine. Includes Notes from the Archives laid in. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Easton Press hardcover
réf. 69703Societe des bibliophiles et iconophiles de Belgique 1939. Losbladige uitgave met 48 facsimile platen van Spirituale Pomerium 1447-1452 en 72 paginas uitleg in het Frans 34 x 26 cm FR. goede staat. Spirituale pomerium Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique. Manuscript 12070 Societe des bibliophiles et iconophiles de Belgique 1939 unknown
1862réf. 88917New York: Currier & Ives N.d. ca 1862. Original hand-colored lithograph. Small folio; sheet size 14-3/4" x 11-1/4"; printed area approximately 13" x 9". Background slightly darkened; more heavily toned at margins with old stains at extremities; image itself remains clean with coloring bright - about Very Good. A three-quarter length portrait of Winfield Scott at the very end of his career. Scott retired from his position as Commanding General of the Army in 1861. PETERS 19972. Currier & Ives unknown
réf. 18402168-6Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
réf. 356941J Snow 1837. SIXTH THOUSAND octavo half leatherbound brown heavy boards gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also aeg frontispiece illus title page xviii 590pp illus VG moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork minor fading & rubbing to boards moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps occasional light cracking to gutters prev. owner's name in ink to prelims moderate foxing throughout J Snow 1837 hardcover
1843réf. 88170New York: Burton 1843. First Edition. Original steel engraving on heavy art paper; 13-1/2" x 11-1/4" plate; ca. 20" x 15" sheet. Marked "Proof" in type below title. Margins of sheet once folded for framing now unfolded; some soil mended tears and foxing to extremities much fainter within plate marks; printed area remains clean and unfaded; Very Good. A finely engraved bust portrait of Jackson; a portion of the image was later re-used for the famous "Black Jack" 2-cent postage stamp of 1863. Burton unknown
réf. 88418Paris: Librairie Hachette n.d. Reprint originally published in 1869. Octavo 27cm; red cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover and decoration blind stamped to rear cover; gilt topstain; iv12-180pp; black-and-white illustrations to frontispiece and throughout. Text in French. Lightly spine-faded with light oxidation to spine titling small chips to gilt of front cover titling slight spine lean shelf-wear faint tanning to page margins and hinge starting at half-title page and pp.172-173; Good. Sequel to De la Terre à la Lune 1865 both written during Verne's prime and heavily altered with later translations and cuts. CLUTE & NICHOLLS p. 1277. 88418. Librairie Hachette unknown
1929réf. 88417Paris: Librairie Hachette 1929. Reprint originally published in 1872. Octavo 27cm; red cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover and decoration blind stamped to rear cover; gilt topstain; iv12-2042pp; black-and-white vignettes to frontispiece and throughout. Text in French. La Grande Librairie sticker to lower rear pastedown. Lightly spine-faded with light oxidation to spine titling slight spine lean shelf-wear and faint tanning to page margins; Very Good. "From the 1870s on JV's work tended to repeat itself in gradually darkening hues though he never lost the sense of the fundamental usableness of science and technology a sense vital to 20-century sf science fiction where - as with JV - usableness tends to serve as its own justification" see Clute & Nicholls The Encycopedia of Science Fiction p.1277. CLUTE & NICHOLLS p. 1277. 88417. Librairie Hachette unknown
1952réf. 88790Mexico: Ediciones Amigos del Café París 1952. Softcover. Octavo 24cm; beige paper wrappers; upper and lower edges untrimmed; 317pp; black-and-white illustrations. Some pages of text unopened. Modest shelf-wear with soil to wrappers and edges of textblock and trace peeling to spine titling; Very Good. Fiction work examines social history of the Mezquital Valley region in Mexico. 88790. Ediciones Amigos del Café París unknown
1838réf. 373352George Virtue London 1838. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Scotland: Illustrated in a Series of Views 1838 by William Beattie with artwork by Thomas Allom W.H. Bartlett and Horatio McCulloch is a sumptuous two-volume travelogue NOTE ONLY VOLUME 1 OFFERED HERE that blends picturesque steel engravings with evocative prose. Commissioned expressly for this work the illustrations capture Scotland's dramatic landscapes historic ruins and bustling towns at the height of Romantic fascination with the sublime and the national. Beattie a physician and poet provides historical and descriptive commentary alongside each plate weaving together antiquarian detail folklore and personal observation. The result is a richly textured portrait of Scotland its natural grandeur cultural heritage and storied past intended to stir both patriotic pride and aesthetic delight. This volume includes 41 engraved plates including a folding map and were published by George Virtue a leading figure in illustrated books of the period. Original full leather the spine with raised bands gilt ruled and gilt lettered contrasting lettering piece gilt ruled boards. The joints are cracked though the boards are still firmly attached and the corners of the boards are bumped and rubbed. The head of the spine is chipped. The leather boards are scuffed and a little rubbed. The binding is actually quite firm and sound. Vignette title page large folding map and 41 engraved plates. Occaional damp stain on some plates principally to the blank margins and more severe on the last two plates extending to the images. 200 pages. The contents are browned throughout but the text block is firm with no loose or torn pages. Size: 12 x 18 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Special Interest. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. George Virtue hardcover
réf. 347998The Folio Society 2006. IN SLIPCASE imperial octavo illus cloth boards gilt lettering to red leather spine top page edges stained red xxxviii 438pp illus Near FINE in slipcase Near FINE sl chafing/soiling The Folio Society 2006 hardcover
réf. 53137130-6Scholastic Paperbacks. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Scholastic Paperbacks paperback
réf. 338518Septimus Prowett 1824. THIS VOL ONLY ex-library folio half green leather bound green buckram boards gilt lettering & decoration to spine aeg marbled eps frontispiece xx xl unnumbered plates VG moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork on spine & board corners sl loosening/wrinkling of buckram/material to boards minimal library markings light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims moderate foxing to plates Septimus Prowett 1824 hardcover
2001réf. 058641The Folio Society 2001. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Slipcase. Xix 472 Pp. Hardcover In Slipcase. First Printing Thus 2001. Text Following The Third Penguin Edition 1988 With Removal Of Otho The Great King Stephen And Poems Of Doubtful Attribution. Quarter Leather Gilt Illustrated Boards Green Endpapers. Fine In Fine Slipcase. The Folio Society hardcover
1926réf. 84817New York: The John Day Company 1926. First Edition. One of 3000 copies. Publisher's typed note regarding 25 copies with signed engravings laid in. Quarto 28cm; black cloth-covered boards with paper title label on spine; lower edge untrimmed; 54pp; eight wood engravings at frontispiece and throughout text. Previous owner's name inked to front endpaper. Shelf-soil to covers and interior with small nick to title label rubbing and peeling to spine ends and board edges with 3" crack to rear lower spine hinge; Good. In supplied slipcase with light shelf-wear and soil; Very Good. Cabell's collection is organized into four parts including Madoc in modern time on the moon and in the old time with Underwood's illustrations throughout. 84817. The John Day Company unknown
2008réf. 165518New York: Sebastian Izzard LLC 2008. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. Sebastian Izzard LLC unknown
réf. 372111The Whittington Press 2008. Hardcover. Fine Condition. From a total edition of 350 this is one of the specially numbered deluxe copies Number 78”signed by both author Robin Llewelyn and artist Leslie Gerry. Published by Whittington Press the volume features a distinctive binding exclusive to the deluxe issue and includes eight vivid A3 giclee prints by Leslie Gerry each capturing the spirit and architecture of Portmeirion the iconic North Wales village designed by Clough Williams-Ellis from 1925. The text written by Williams-Ellis's grandson complements the imagery with personal insight and historical reflection. Measuring 43.5 x 31.5 cm the book is bound in vibrant pictorial boards and presented in an elegant concertina format. This edition also includes a separate portfolio containing the seven prints from the book plus an eighth plate not included in the volume all signed by the artist alongside a dramatic A1 size print of Portmeirion. Both book and box are bound by The Fine Book Bindery and housed in a beautifully printed paper-covered solander box. Condition is as new. A remarkable production that honours the vision of Clough Williams-Ellis blending evocative prose and striking artwork to celebrate one of Britain's most imaginative architectural achievements. Size: 31.5 x 43.5 cms. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. The Whittington Press hardcover
1950réf. C45548London: The Dropmore Press 1950. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. Number 46 of 300 copies. Slight wear and lean otherwise very good indeed. The Dropmore Press, hardcover
1870réf. 364596London Printing & Publ. Co London 1870. Unframed Print. Very Good Condition. Hogarth's drawings and satirical scenes blend bold narrative invention with sharp social commentary capturing 18th century life through lively characters moral drama and brilliantly observed comic detail. Original steel engravings. Note; These are true Victorian impressions now 156 years old showing the fine incisive line characteristic of steel engraving. A photocopy of the explanatory text by Trussler & Roberts is included with the print. THERE IS MORE THAN ONE PICTURE OF THIS ITEM TO SHOW YOU MORE DETAILS. Size: 22 x 30 cms. Category: Prints by William Hogarth; PRINTS : Antiquarian Interest; William Hogarth; PRINTS : Historic Interest; This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. London Printing & Publ. Co unknown
