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1838réf. 617199Robert Tyas 1838. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Corners bumped and boards exposed - base of spine a little chipped/split - top of spine chipped and joints split to approx top third - spine a little faded/toned - endpapers rubbed and marked and with previous owners name and details in ink to front free endpaper - hinges breached but not open - some scattered foxing - book ow/ solid clean and content unmarked - plates clean and with guards - edges of text block gilt - blind stamped borders to boards and gilt oak illustration to front decorative gilt titles to spine - dark green fine ribbed cloth boards - 188 pages No Jacket Robert Tyas hardcover
1952réf. 546690New York: Random House Inc. 1952. Hard cover with plastic coated DJ both in good condition for their age. Author's personal copy penned to FEP and bookplate to front pastedown. General shelf and handling including creasing and wear to DJ edges corners and folds tanned inside and out. Watermarks present on boards and DJ. Dog-eared corner noted at rear endpaper. Tanning to endpapers and pageblock leading into edges. Within leaves are tightly bound and content unmarked. CN. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Good/Good. Used. Random House Inc. Hardcover
1961réf. 035780Nairobi: Buchanan's Kenya Estates Limited in Association with Hatchards of London 1961. Book. Illus. by Joy Adamson. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp.xxvii 654 frontispiece with overlay large fold map and 31 colour plates and 80 black and white plates with 110 diagrams throughout. Dust jacket near fine and now protected in a removable archival sleeve. Original hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions no marking. A fine copy in a scarce near fine jacket. Buchanan's Kenya Estates Limited in Association with Hatchards of London Hardcover
2024réf. 009424UK: Bloodaxe Books. A fine UK First Edition - First Printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket fitted with a removable clear mylar sleeve - All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched within 2-3 days - SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Pictures available upon request. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 2024. Bloodaxe Books hardcover
1937réf. DBZ1009London: Heath Cranton Ltd 1st edition 1937. Illustrated throughout by Raine Inglis. Hardback – publisher's orange cloth with lettering in black to spine in dustwrapper. 149pp including b/w illustrations. 8.75 x 5.75 inches approx. 225mm x 146mm. Dustwrapper showing some wear tatty and torn to edges with some loss; dusty and marked; price label to spine. Cloth generally clean with just a touch of dustiness; boards a touch rubbed to corners upper front corner slightly bruised; some toning to endpapers gift inscription in ink to front; several pages with some staining but mostly generally clean. Overall showing wear but otherwise a reasonably nice copy. Scarce. International shipping rates are estimated and will likely incur an extra charge prior to order fulfilment. Books are despatched via Royal Mail International Tracked/Signed; please enquire for an accurate shipping quote to your country. Heath Cranton Ltd hardcover
1912réf. 014663Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons 1912. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp. xxiii 108 b/w plates full-page illustrations. Original dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine; binding very good and bright with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight no inscriptions. A very good to fine copy. W. Heffer & Sons Hardcover
200082 pages. Features: Embodying Cosmic Patterns - Foundations of an Art of Calligraphy in China; Silencing the Cry of Cold Insects - Meaning and Design in the Exile Calligraphy of Huang Tingjian and Su Shi; The Early Aesthetic Values of Writing and Calligraphy; Tradition and Authorial Identity in Chinese Calligraphy - Three Works from the Elliott Collection; Private Lives - Public Faces - Relics of Calligraphy by Zhao Mengfu, Guan Daosheng and Their Children; Severed Heads - Demarcating Conceptual Space in Mughal Painting; The Symbolism of Flowers and Birds in Chinese Painting; An Repositioning of a Medieval Painting Monument - the Ten Kings at the Seikado Library; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy of this beautiful issue. Book
187216 pages. Contents: How Shall We Furnish the Parlor?; Barbaric Behavior; Manners upon the Road - of little poems; New York Fashions - black costumes, white suits, simple buff linens, elaborate batiste suits, dolly varden suits, summer silks, sicilienne mantles, French polonaises, mantles; Personal; Irish guipure crochet collar; Embroidered tablets; case for sewing silk, thread, etc.; case for visiting cards, postage stamps, etc.; The Young Professor; Paris Fashions; Sayings and Doings; Collar and sleeve of linen with raised squares; embroidered card press; ribbon and cane knitting-work case; gray linen scrap-bag; English Gossip; London's Heart - continued; Evening Toilette; Tatted Rosette for Lingerie; crochet rosette for tidies, etc.; borders for table-covers, curtains, etc.; Keeping Flowers Fresh; humor. Average wear. Book
188620 pages. Contents: Winter Toilettes; Princesses at a Watering-Place; The Household Herald; Women and Men - every one that thirsteth; New York Fashions; Tapestry band for reclining chairs, etc.; background stitches for tapestry cushions ; fans and flowers for evening dress; Mrs. Burkes Pudding; The Woodlanders - continued; Family Living on $500 a Year - par XLVII; Some Christmas Suggestions; Sketches in Constantinople - text with illustrations; The Cocaine Habit - The Worst Slavery Known - New Revelations of Power; Nice centerfold illustration "Going to the Market in the Tropics" whows black man and woman on horseback; full-page illustration of "The Young Scion of the House of Alvarado on a Fiery Half-Broken Mustang; A Millionaire of Rough and Ready - continued; Knitted Chenille cape; Seal-skin wrap with beaver trimming; fur-trimmed mantle; Plain and plaid wool dress; India cashmere dress; A New Phase of Darwinism; humor. Above-average wear. Pattern included. Book
188616 pages. Contents: Spring Tailor Gowns - cover illustration; A Case of Survival; Women and Men - women as household decorations; Family living on $500 a year - VIL; New York Fashions - spring millinery, shapes of bonnets and hats, beads, gauze and crapes, ribbons, spring colors, flowers, laces, lace and silk jackets; Personal; Full-page illustration "Retaliation" shows cupid and his firing squad; Article and Illustration of King Theebaw and his wife; Illustration of Rangoon Burmese ladies; The Heir of the Ages - continued; Great centerfold illustration "The Nurses' Seat at the Orphanage of St. Valery" - from the picture by Paul Delance in the Paris Salon of 1885; The Orphanage of Saint Valery; Paston Carew, Millionaire and the Miser, by E. Lynn Linton - continued; Paris Fashions; Sketches at Monte Carlo; Muffs;;; Figaro Jacket; Bordered Wool Costume; House Toilettes; The Grand Old Palm-tree of Cos; humor. Average wear. Some yellow staining. Cover fold mostly open. Fore-edge tears to last two pages. A worthy copy. Book
187216 pages. Contents: Girls' and Boys' skating suits; Novelties in wax-work; Unhappy Wives; Manners Upon the road - of new-year's calls; New York Fashions - evening dresses, faille and silk, embroidered tulle over-skirts, white tulle dresses; Personal; Crochet purse; embroidered work-box; embroidered work-box; embroidered canvas work-bag; collar in Genoese embroidery; Knitted veil; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Sayings and Doings; Beautiful huge centerfold illustration of "Ball and Evening Dresses"; Euphemia's music-box; The Lady Correspondents at Washington; Playing-Cards; ball and eveniing head-dress of blue flowers and ribbon; bow of embroidered tulle and velvet ribbon; embroidered cloth rug; embroidered glove-box; laundry book; port-folio with application embroidery; tapestry border for key-bags, napkin-rings, etc.; Novel Names; humor. Average wear. Book
187116 pages. Content: Lady's watteau wrapper - front and back; Fish-Scale Flowers; Every Body to Blame; New York Fashions - the watteau wrapper, costumes, basques, over-skirts, lower skirts, polonaises, carriage costumes; evening and dinner dresses; Personal; Chair with embroidered cover; brown linen clothes-pin bag; intant's protector; gros grain apron; fault-finding; Otto of Roses; Ladies' and children's house dresses; lady's dinner dress; large illustration "Japanese Ladies at Their Toilette"; Paris Modes; My Big Blunder; Extremities - the head and hands; A Chinese Funeral in San Francisco; Useful Recipes; Will it Pay; Princess Johanna Von Bismarck; Mushroom Culture; Breton Women at a Pardon; and humor. Some staining. Average wear. Magazine
188616 pages. Contents: Ascot Toilettes - cover illustrations; Between Husband and Wife; Women and Men - who shall fix the value?; Family Living on $500 a Year - XXXIV; New York Fashions - autumn dress goods, pin-striped woollens, braid stripes, pomponettes, beaded corded and velvet stripes, plain wools and black stuffs, silk velvets, plaids and cross-bars, cloakings, dress trimmings; Personal; British Water Birds - illustration; British Land Birds - illustration; Open-air preaching by the sea-side - article and super centerfold illustration; The Woodlanders - continued; Paston Carew, Millionaire and Miserj - continued; Summer Beverages; A Lover of Flowers, by Mary Wilkins; Decorative hints from Mount Desert and the Adirondacks; Unwritten Laws; Quiet Obsequies; Watering-place Toilettes; Table Mat - canvas embroidery and plush; a bit of ancient court gossip; chair back with embroidered band; summer toilettes; corsages; some German sweetmeats; humor. Average wear and soiling Book
187116 pages. Contents: Cover illustration of an Apron-Polonaise Walking Suit.; The Jewel of Constistency, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions - The Apron Polonaise, Imported Suits, Spring Paletots; Personal; Tapestry Border for Chairs, Sofas, etc.; Neglige basket trimmed with ruches; Brioche with cloth and knitted cover; Netted Guipure Edging; Trimming for blouses, lingerie, etc.; Hannah (continued); Old Ladies' Flowers; Bizarre full-page illustration shows new bride and groom emerging from church... but bride is an elephant!; Illustration on page 201 has been removed; Familiy breakfasts and dinners - recipes; Sayings and Doings; Common Ugliness; Tricks of Countenance; April Showers - with illustration; Humor on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Magazine
187016 pages. Contents: Ball and Evening Coiffures - cover illustrations; Shabby Gentility; Blot-Ting Papers - No. VIII; New York Fashions - style of making, ball dress materials, trimmings; coiffures; Personal; Infant's bib with crochet edging; trimmings for ball and evening dresses; Pelerine with hood; Britta's Christmas Gift; Sayings and Doings; Centerfold illustrations of Ball and Evening Dresses as well as seven gorgeous opera wrappings; Debenham's Vow - continued; Paris Fashions; Lovely full-page image of birds eating grain from "The Christmas Sheaf"; Two coiffures of ribbon and flowers; Low Blouse waist with peplum; blouse waist with sqauare neck; Management of plants in rooms; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
187016 pages. Contents: Trained Evening Dress (on cover); Mouldy Lemons; New York Fashions - millinery, frou frou gauze, lace, flowers, feathers, jet ornaments, round hats, Personal; 4"x4" chunk missing from top corner of page 595; Antimacassar of serpentine braid lace stitch, and crochet; Embroidered honey-comb coverlet; House and street dresses; Tulle Foundation for Blouses, Veils, Fichus; Crochet Rosette; Ladies' and Children's House and Street Dresses; Art of Bouquet Making; Out of the forest - a Story of Hungary - part IV; Pickles; Sayings and Doings; Two large beautiful illustrations by Edouard Dubufe entitled "The Conscript's Departure' and"The Conscript's Return"; For the Ugly Girls - No. IV; Paris Modes; The Cryptogram - continued; Morning in the desert; "Peaches and Milk" - nice illustration of two black children drawn by W.L. Sheppard; What One can Hit Upon; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
187016 pages. Contents: Ladies' and Children's Spring Toilettes - cover illustration; Ill-Regulated Temperament; Female Conversation; New York Fashions - summer bonnets, dinner and evening dresses, about dresses; Personal; Waist with square neck for girl from 14 to 16 years od; Medalions in application and satin stitch; silk and bead wall basket for dusters; Needle and Pin Case; Crochet edging for lingerie; Work-bag in Byzantine embroidery; Corners of borders in Byzantine embroidery; Netted Guipure edging for covers, curtains, etc.; Boy's Suspenders; Tapestry design for slippers, sachels, cushions, etc.; Spring Toilettes for children; Cashmere Shawls; My Private School; Sayings and Doings; Nice full-page illustration entitled "Fifth Avenue After Church" by C.G. Bush; Illustration "A Reception at the White House" by Henry J. Morgan; The Cryptogram - continued; Bridal Toilette - lovely illustration; Illustration - "Spring Flowers"; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
1980Undated. Circa 1980? "You can paint almost any subject or kind of decoration on porcelain. My personal interest has always been the study of flowers and fruit, so I have not attempted to cover other possibilities here. The tools and techniques which are described are those which I find most helpful." - the author. Jean Sadler is internationally recognized by porcelain artists for her paintings of flowers and fruit. She captures their beauty with an unusual combination of subtle shadows, strong contrast and graceful line arrangement. All colour. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
1992réf. 035778Cape Town: Fernwood Press 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. pp. 272 pages colour frontispiece numerous colour plates and maps. Dust jacket near fine with just some fading to the spine now protected in a removable sleeve. Contents clean and tight owners attractive plate to the reverse of the front free endpaper no inscriptions no marks. A near fine clean copy. Fernwood Press Hardcover
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