Best.-Nr. BN606857In The Gardens Of Impressionism Hardcover Jan 01 1900 In The Gardens Of Impressionism Hardcover Jan 01 1900 In The Gardens Of Impressionism Hardcover Jan 01 1900 hardcover
Best.-Nr. 61951904-1935. The collection in good condition with all but one of the six items carrying ring-binder punch holes. Item One Articles of Agreement: Foolscap bifolium 3 pp. Dated 16 September 1904. Printed seventeen-point agreement in the form of a manuscript facsimile. Signed by Johnson Sir John Edge and Sir Stewart Colvin Bayley and witnessed by 'W. Watson Royal. Gardens Kew' and 'Frank R. Marten India Office'. Items Two and Three both with mourning border on letterhead of Minto House Hawick. Item Two Mary Countess of Minto 'M Minto' to Johnson. 4to: 1 p. 14 September 1914. She is enclosing 'a testimonial as to the work you did for us in India. I hope very sincerely that you will obtain some good position in Australia or in some Native State'. She is glad he is 'so much stronger in health' and thinks he is 'quite right not to risk remaining in England throughout the winter which we all feel very tiring after living for some years in India'. Item Three Countess of Minto's testimonial 14 September 1914. 'Mr. J. T. Johnson did a good deal of work at the Government House Gardens Calcutta andn Barrackpore while Lord and Lady Minto were in India.' Praises his 'throrough knowledge of his work' 'skill and efficiency'. Item Four Cecil Allanson to Johnson 'Govt. of India Camp Coronation Durbar 27/12/11'. Folio 1 p. Writing 'to say goodbye and to thank you for the very excellent work you put in at Delhi and Calcutta on behalf of the Government of India and Bengal Camps'. He is recommending him 'very strongly indeed for the Durbar medal which you should get without doubt'. Offers to send him 'some small memento of the durbar'. Item Five Allanson's testimonial. Folio 1 p. 'He had very limited funds andn a large area of very difficult ground. He did the whole of this work to my complete satisfaction and in my belief no one in India could have done it better.' Allanson 'formed the very highest opinion of Mr. Johnson's capacity not only as a horticulturalist but as a business man.' Item Six. 4to 1 p. Invitation to a dinner on 22 December 1935 for Johnson and his wife headed 'The Viceroy's House Calcutta' from the Viceroy & The Countess of Willingdon. 1904-1935. unknown
1917Features: Cover portrait of General Sir H.G. Chauvel, K.C.M.G., C.B. - Commanding the Australian Force on the Egyptian Front. Includes final portion of the chapter entitled "Safeguarding the Suez Canal" which includes a full-page black and white map plus many interesting black and white photos. Centerfold displays 8 sketches of military leaders. Includes first portion of chapter CXCVI - "British Agriculture on a War Footing". Many photos. Average wear. Staples disintegrated. A sound reference copy. Book
Best.-Nr. BN622673Conservatoire et Jardins botaniques de Nancy. Softcover. Odyssée du sucre : Livre de l'exposition 19 septembre 2002-19 janvier 2003 Conservatoire et Jardins botaniques de Nancy Odyssée du sucre : Livre de l'exposition 19 septembre 2002-19 janvier 2003 Conservatoire et Jardins botaniques de Nancy Romaric Pierrel et Conservatoire et Jardins botaniques de Nancy Conservatoire et Jardins botaniques de Nancy paperback
2019Best.-Nr. BN402971Mosby 2019. 2019. Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease Des Jardins MEd RRT Terry and G. Burton MD FACP FCCP FAARC George Mosby unknown
Best.-Nr. 8871Sans lieu ni date, (fin du XVIIIème).
Best.-Nr. 8872P., Mondhard, (fin du XVIIIème).
Best.-Nr. 8884P., Chez Mondhare (fin XVIIIème). (Taches, salissures).
1852Best.-Nr. 157491852 demi-reliure en basane havane in-octavo à l'italienne (half binding sheepskin in-octavo oblong), dos long (spine without raised band) - titre frappé or (gilt title) - filets or en place des nerfs et en tête et en pied (gilt lines on the place of raised bands and top and at the foot of spine), coiffe inférieure légèrement épidermée (tail of the spine with light scratch), papier marbré aux plats (cover with marbled paper), coins émoussés (corners blunt), toutes tranches jaspées rouges (all red marbled edges), pages de garde peignées (painting endpapers), page de faux-titre avec des références bibliographiques sur son verso (bibliographical references on the back of half title page), illustrations : 120 planches en noir (illustrations : 120 plates in black), naissances de rousseurs (beginning of the redness marks), quelques maculatures (some mackle), sans date imprimée (undated printed) - circa 1852 - à Paris Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret - 10 bis rue Hautefeuille,
1919Best.-Nr. 159371919 Encre signée en bas à droite, (19), 19.4 x14.2 cm.
1898Best.-Nr. 15478Paris, A. Charles éditeur (Imprimerie A. Barbes), 1898 ; in-16, broché ; (1) f. blanc, (2), 35, (3) pp., (1) f. blanc, couverture ocre illustrée d'une grande composition symboliste "Art Nouveau" de E.M. Mage ; préface de Jules Mazé.
Best.-Nr. 14293Paris Editions Vincent, Fréal et Cie 1955 in 4 (27,5x22) 1 volume relié demi basane havane, dos à nerfs, soulignés de filets dorés, pièce de titre en cuir vert, couverture conservée, 48 pages, 239 figures en noir et blanc hors-texte, tirées en héliogravure. Bel exemplaire
Best.-Nr. 14294Paris Editions Vincent, Fréal et Cie 1949 in 4 (27,5x22) 1 volume reliure demi basane havane, dos à nerfs, soulignés de filets dorés, pièce de titre en cuir vert, couverture conservée, 32 pages, 220 figures en noir et blanc hors-texte, tirées en héliogravure. Bel exemplaire
Best.-Nr. 28968Paris, Guillaumin, 1882. Grand in-8, demi-basane bleu nuit, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, titre doré, tranches mouchetées, couverture conservée, xxxviii, 496 p.
Grand in-8, demi-basane bleu nuit, dos lisse orné de filets dorés, titre doré, tranches mouchetées, couverture conservée, xxxviii, 496 p. Edition originale de cet important ouvrage de référence. Contient, de Lavoisier : "Rapport sur l'organisation des travaux du Comité", Rapport sur le mémoire de P. Péronnin", Lettre écrite par MM. Tillet, Poissonnier, Lavoisier, D'Arcet, et Du Pont, le 15 février 1786", "Mémoire", "Rapport", "Mémoire sur le département de l'agriculture", "Résultat de quelques expériences d'agriculture et réflexions sur leur relation avec l'économie politique". (Duveen & Klickstein, 278). Envoi autographe de Foville sur la couverture. Bon exemplaire.
1944Best.-Nr. 23300Lyon, Marius Audin, 1944 In-4 de 4 ff., 131 pp. et 2 ff., en feuilles sous couv. rempl.
Best.-Nr. ORD-10877Comprenant la description et la culture des fleurs annuelles vivaces et bulbeuses de pleine terre, suivies de classements divers indiquant l'emploi de ces plantes et l'époque de leur floraison DE PLANS DE JARDINS avec des exemples de leur ornementation en divers genres, etc. 3°édition illustrée de près de 1300 gravures. Vilmorin-Andrieux. 1870. Fort in-8 dos chagrin vert, fx-nerfs, VII, 1563pp. Très nombreuses illustrations en noir dans le texte et 4 plans h.-t. dont 2 en couleurs. 2ff. lgt déchirées en coins sans perte de texte mais bel exemplaire.
Paris, Chez Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, 1909 ; fort et grand in-8, (25 cmx18, 6,5 épaisseur), demi-chagrin rouge avec nom d'auteurs et titre en lettres dorées, 4 nerfs au dos (rel. époque), (2) ff., 1374 pp. Cinquième édition illustrée de plus de 1800 gravures, 7 belles planches couleurs représentant des modèles divers de combinaisons florales, 3 plans de jardins et de parcs paysagers, dont un sur double page (grand parc paysager). Exemplaire très bien conservé, intérieur et extérieur.
Best.-Nr. ORD-5679Fayard. s.d. Vers 1890. Gd in-8 dos basane verte, couverture illustrée conservée, 600pp. 820 belles gravures dans le texte et gravures h.-t. en couleur (chromo), données en prime. Notre exemplaire en compte 40 reliées en fin de volume. Des rousseurs, papier un peu jauni ainsi qu'il convient aux éditions populaires, mais bon exemplaire.
Best.-Nr. 2807Paris, chez C.L.F. Pankoucke - in-8 - br., couv. d'attente bleue imp., non rogné, rousseurs et piqûrestome 1: 440 pp., 1845tome 2: 472 pp. (non rogné), 1845tome 3: 447 pp., 1846
Best.-Nr. c5489Parisiis, Barbou , 1780 ; In-12°, plein veau blond moucheté de l' époque, triple filet doré encadrant les plats, dos lisse orné de compartiments de double filet doré, ornés de petits fers à la tulipe et au chardon dorés, nom d'auteur doré sur étiquette de maroquin rouge , tranches dorées; ( 4), XXXVI, 319, (1)pp. et 1 frontispice gravé par Prévost; vignettes en bandeau et culs-de-lampe.Reliure très légèrement frottée, coin supérieur du 1er plat un peu émoussé.
1773Two volumes in one. pp. xxxvi, 224; 203, [2](Errata). Five wonderful engraved plates by a remarkable group of graphic artists; with title vignette; head-pieces, etc. Plates: Frontis by Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (1734-1781), engraved by Augustin de Saint-Aubin (1736-1807); "Spring" by Le Prince, without name of engraver; "Autumn" by Benoit Louis Prevost (1747-1804), engraved by Jean Francois Rousseau; "Winter" by Gravelot [Hubert Francois Bourguignon danville](1699-1773), engraved by Nicolas de Launay (1739-1792). Vignettes and headpieces by Pierre Philippe Choffard (1731-1809). The plates are dated mainly 1767-1769. 8vo. 210 mm. Plates slightly foxed. Text very clean. Marbled edges and endpapers. Original French full leather binding with marbled decoration. Spine tooled in gold gilt. Binding somewhat worn at extremities, but still attractive. Large printed French bookplate with the text: De la Douce Lumiere / De L'Ombre / De La Flamme / Et des Livres Amis [Soft light / the shadow / flame / and friends books] . Saint-Lambert (1716-1803) began writing poetry in his adolescence and belonged to the circle around Francoise de Graffigny in Luneville. In 1733 he had already begun work on The Seasons, his major poetical work, but it did not appear completed in print until 1769. Cohen 926; Reynaud 481. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SAFE ADD 1
19513 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with 3 frontispieces, decorative titles, numerous illustrations in the text and coloured pictorial endpapers, original cloth (red/green/blue respectively), yellow cloth backs lettered in gilt, coloured tops (lightly faded as usual), a very good, bright, clean set in dustwrapper, the wrapper of first volume moderately rubbed at backstrip. Beverley Nichols' second and best-known trilogy forms a delightful chronicle of the enhancement of his Georgian manor house and gardens at Ashtead in Surrey. It comprises 'Merry Hall' (1951), 'Laughter on the Stairs (1953) and 'Sunlight on the Lawn' (1956). An abridged version of the trilogy was issued in a single volume as 'The Gift of a Home' in 1972. SCARCE AS A SET IN THIS CONDITION.
Best.-Nr. 35006101Hong Kong n.d. ca. 1920-30's Tiger Balm Garden. A hand- colored photographic guide 20 scenes 8.5 x 6.2 cm.English & Chinese captions mounted on thick black accordion-folded card very clean bright & solid photos. R A R E ! This is a lovely and charming work. It contains 20 hand-colored miniature photographs mounted on a very long accordion folded black card extending to 80.7 cm. Each photo is 8.5 x 6.2 cm. . The black folding card is contained in a buff colored folding case with one additional printed view of the Tiger Balm Balm pagoda. The title is in both English & Chinese. This is a typical tourist item serving as a memento of a visit to the historic gardens. It is small enough go to in a shirt pocket. The views are: 1. Ah Boon Haw Mansion Pagoda 2. Twin Pagodas in Tiger Balm Garden 3. A View in Ah Boon Haw Mansion 4. Luk Tso Priest 5. A View in Ah Boon Haw Mansion 6. A Picture of Eight Beautiful Girls shows several nude . women Asian and European 7. Side View 8. A View of Bower in Tiger Balm Garden 9. A Tiger 10. Pano Ramio View of the Tiger Balm Garden 11. No title 12. A View in Ah Bon Hwa Mansion 13. Whole view of the swimming pool 14. A Mermaid H.K. 15. Boxers Eighting sic for Skating on the Stakes 16. A piety woman 17. A Fat Buddha 18. Paulion H.K. 19. Long Pavilion in Ah Boon Hwa Mansion 20. Whole View of Haw Par Mansion. HISTORY OF AW BOON HAW TIGER BALM GARDENS" The most famous visitor's site in Hong Kong from 1935 was the celebrated "TIGER BALM GARDEN" also known as the "AW BOON HAW MANSION." It was a three-dimensional sculpture garden showing various Buddhist aspects of life death happiness sadness joy evil and justice. Typical concepts in Chinese Buddhism and Confucianism. THE HISTORY: In 1935 the landscaped garden was built at a cost of HK$16 million. It was one of the most favorite and popular sites in Hong Kong for seventy years. The Garden was demolished for redevelopment in 2004 thus for ever TIGER BALM GARDEN vanished for ever. CONDITION: This item is in excellent condition. Each photo is bright clear focus and exceptionally clean with hand coloring. All of the hinges are very solid no wear or weakness. Exceptionally good example. REFERENCES: . unknown
Best.-Nr. 85708J. Kemp Government Printer Melbourne. 1908. First Edition. Tall 8vo 84pp with fold-out panaoramic view in black and white and two fold-out plans 1873 and undated both in colour and another fold-out 'route plan'. And with black and white photographic plates to text. A good stapled copy with general wear and fraying. Covers are complete but spine is frayed with front cover partially detached. Minor foxing to front endpaper and heavily toned rear endpaper. The three staples show minor rusting. First and second fold-outs are clean. Third fold-out is foxed and torn mishandling and has been previously repaired using archival tape. The Preface has a line through the name of the 'late Director' W.R. Guilfoyle and is signed by 'J. Cronin. Director' beneath. J. Kemp, Government Printer, Melbourne. 1908. First Edition unknown
