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A Selection of the Most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Views in EGYPT, ASIA MINOR, etc, etc.

By: Ainslie Sir Robert

Price: £1,255.00

Publisher: London, R. Bowyer: 1812

Seller ID: 113312

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

A Folio of " A Selection of the Most Interesting of Sir Robert Ainslie's Celebrated Collection of Views in EGYPT, ASIA MINOR, etc, etc." . This is a Selection taken from Ainslie's 2 collection of Views, each containing 48 views, originally published separately in 1801 and 1803. The Front and Rear (grey/green paper covered) Original boards are Detached and Scuffed/Scruffy, The title label on the front cover is torn away and only retains the word 'Views', and there is No spine - but all content is present. The quality paper pages are sewn in sections and the sections are loose in the non...
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Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times . Second Edition, Revised.

By: Allen, J. Romilly

Price: £30.00

Publisher: London, Methuen & Co. Ltd.: 1912

Seller ID: 110981

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and front cover. There is slight edge wear to the corners of the boards and the page fore-edges are uiniformly tanned with foxing (brown) spots. The endpapers are also browned. The paper/plates is/are generally Very Clean and the paper uniformly cream. There are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (xxii) + 315pp. Illustrated with b/w prints. (Plates Collated). Index. Overall, apart from the 'faults' as detailed above, this is a Tight and Bright, Near 'Very Good' copy. "This work is an attempt to give a concise summary as to the origin and develo...
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GRAPHIS MAGAZINE International Journal of Graphic Art and Applied Art. No 18 1947 (Vol 3) . In 3 Languages - French English and German

By: Amstutz, Walter and Walter Herdeg. ( Editors ).

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Zurich,, Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press,: 1947

Seller ID: 119725

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

In the original publisher's decorated card covers. Covers a little dusty with age, and spine re-glued in parts but complete. Mainly b/w illustrations and advertisments throughout and a few colour plates. Articles in 3 Languages - French, English and German. Contents include Articles on SALVADOR DALI 1946 (4 pp) with 2 full page colour plates; Paul Rand; Orneore Metelli; Villemont; State and Industrial Design in Great Britain; Frankiszka Thermerson; In Praise of Fresco; New Swiss Posters; 3 Centuries of French Bookbinding; & Advertising Art in Post War Italy, etc. Pagination runs from previous ...
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GRAPHIS MAGAZINE - PICASSO Cover - International Journal of Graphic Art and Applied Art. No 19 1947 (Vol 3) . In 3 Languages - French English and German

By: Amstutz, Walter and Walter Herdeg. ( Editors ).

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Zurich,, Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press,: 1947

Seller ID: 119726

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

In the original publisher's decorated card covers. Covers a little dusty with age, and spine re-glued in parts but near complete. Corners rubbed and lightly curled but overall pretty good. Mainly b/w illustrations and advertisments throughout and a few colour plates. Articles in 3 Languages - French, English and German. Contents include Articles on PICASSO - and his Latest LITHOGRAPHS; contemporary Italian Engravers; The first UNO Poster competition; Danish Poster Artists; JIRI TRNKA; Medieval French Tapestry; Joseph Binder; Leoncillo Leonardi; Alex Steinweiss; The Life and Death of Wax Works;...
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GRAPHIS MAGAZINE International Journal of Graphic Art and Applied Art. No 20 1947 (Vol 3) . Piero Fornasetti 'Sun' Cover. In 3 Languages - French English and German

By: Amstutz, Walter and Walter Herdeg. ( Editors ).

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Zurich,, Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press,: 1947

Seller ID: 119728

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

In the original publisher's decorated card covers. Covers a little dusty with age, corner creases, and spine re-glued in parts but near complete. Mainly b/w illustrations and advertisments throughout and a few colour plates. Articles in 3 Languages - French, English and German. Contents include Articles on Kitagawa Utamaro; PIERO FORNASETTI; Notes on a Pottery Exhibition; Ballet Designs in the USA; Paolo Garretto; Mogens Zieler; English Bookplates Today; Balzac, seen by 12 modern artists; American Primitive Painting; Painting Behind Glass; CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S CARDS; Paris Packs it's Preci...
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GRAPHIS MAGAZINE International Journal of Graphic Art and Applied Art. No 21 1948 (Vol 4) . Cover Art by Jean-Denis Malcles In 3 Languages - French English and German

By: Amstutz, Walter and Walter Herdeg. ( Editors ).

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Zurich,, Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press,: 1948

Seller ID: 119729

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

In the original publisher's decorated card covers. Covers a little dusty with age, corner creases, and spine re-glued in parts but near complete. Mainly b/w illustrations and advertisments throughout and a few colour plates. Articles in 3 Languages - French, English and German. Contents include Articles on William Blake. The visionary in book-Craft; The Book of the Marvels of the World. An Iranian Illuminated Manuscript of the XIII Century; The Art Directors Club of New York; Le Theatre de la Mode; Ballet; JEAN-DENIS MALCLES - and his enchanted world; Popular Graphic Art in Old Brittany; Frank...
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GRAPHIS MAGAZINE International Journal of Graphic Art and Applied Art. No 22 1948 (Vol 4) . In 3 Languages - French English and German

By: Amstutz, Walter and Walter Herdeg. ( Editors ).

Price: £35.00

Publisher: Zurich,, Amstutz & Herdeg, Graphis Press,: 1948

Seller ID: 119730

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

In the original publisher's decorated card covers. Covers a little dusty with age, corner creases, and spine re-glued in parts but near complete. Mainly b/w illustrations and advertisments throughout and a few colour plates. Articles in 3 Languages - French, English and German. Contents include Articles on Ben Shahn; AOA. American Overseas Airlines; Booksellers' Posters in the Romantic Era; WALTER TRIER. Some of his LILLIPUT Covers; The Early Pottery of ISLAM; Graphic Art on Old Mill Sacks; JOAN MIRO. A Surrealist Mural in an American Hotel; CALIXTE. Advertising and Elegance; Reflections on Or...
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Naval Swords. British and American Naval Edged Weapons, 1660-1815

By: Annis, P. G. W.

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Arms & Armour Press: 1970

Seller ID: 114874

ISBN: 0853680469

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

In Near Fine cherry-red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Just a slight 'bumping' to the head/tail of the spine, and a sliver of fading to that top edge, due to storage - NO damage. In the original publisher's pictorial dust-jacket, which is price-clipped and with light discolouration. Page fore-edges lightly 'toned' with age. NO Inscriptions or Marks, but some pale lemon edge discolouration mainly to the first few and last few pages. 80 pp. Illustrated throughout in b/w. Cutlasses, Hunting swords, Small swords, Dirks, etc. Overall, apart from the minor flaws as noted above, this i...
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Postcard Illustrated by Ethel Parkinson

By: Anon

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Faulkner & Co (printed by): 1908

Seller ID: 003914

Binding: SC

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

Colour illustration of mother/girl carrying a small girl, another child standing by her side. Greeting reads 'To greet you heartily with every good wish.' Written on the front by the previous owner/sender, with their name and date-1908. Stamped (Sent from South Shields) , postmarked, written on the reverse with a ? Christmas & New Year Greeting but this is obscured, as there is something all over the back as if it had been stuck in an album (but not sticky). Front illustration = Bright and Clean. Lovely example of Ethel Parkinsons artwork. See Image. ; Postcard; 14 cm x 9 cm
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Jemima Jane (Child's Storybook shaped as little girl)

By: ANON

Price: £18.00

Publisher: UK, Unknown: (1930)

Seller ID: 9993

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

There is no date, no publisher (tho' numbered '993' at the foot of the rear cover). I would date this c. 1920 ? - but could be 1930, or even early 40s? - but the latter date at the latest. Full colour stapled pictorial card covers with the image of a charming little girl in an old fashioned Victorian costume with ringlets and a bonnet, and with her hands in a white muff. The rear cover is her back view. The whole book is shaped around her. Internally the shaped pages have the text and illustrations printed in red/blue/black based on white paper. The story is written in verse "Jemima Jane I...
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The Story of the Willow Pattern Plate

By: Anon

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Alexander Moring Limited ( At the De La More Press ): (1922)

Seller ID: 111293

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

No Date, but Copac (National, Academic, and Specialist Library Catalogue) gives the date as 1922. Light brown paper covered boards with a pictorial paper label/onlay on the front cover with titling and a picture of the Willow Pattern Plate - all in blue/white - as is the Plate of course - and a circular onlay illustration of the plate on the rear cover. No dustjacket. The boards show slight signs of wear (a little tiny chipping to the head of the spine and a bump/indent to the top edge) but overall the boards are clean, unmarked and are VG. The paper label has a little light foxing. Plain Endp...
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Miniature German Calender in Book Form. 1914. Book Shaped like a Vase of Pansies.

By: Anon

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Germany, None Given: 1914

Seller ID: 113955

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine with no dust jacket

A 1914 Calendar in German, printed in black & red. The book is cut out in the shape of a Vase with Pansies, and the front cover is in full vibrant colour with 1914 in gold on the vase. Internally it shows the days of the months with Saint's names for each day. At the end are the names and dates of Jewish Festivals; Genealogies of German 'Rulers' (? Can't read the German? ) , etc; and Postal prices, etc. No publisher shown. Attractive little Miniature shaped book. See Images. ; Miniature Less than 3" tall
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Handsome Original Victorian Cabinet Photograph Album C1860s/70s

By: Anon

Price: £65.00

Publisher: Unknown, Unknown: 1870

Seller ID: 114642

Binding: Leather bound

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Ornate 'stamped' leather binding, Raised diamond/fleur de lys 'stamped' decs to front board. Raised decs/banding to rear board. Plain Banding to spine. Extremities very slightly rubbed. Broad brass clasp of the usual type - but is missing 1 'tack/pin' to the holding edge. All edges bright gilt. Glossy white e/p's. Slight browning/offsetting to pageswhere the light has 'slipped' in. An album of sepia/b & w cabinet portrait photographs back to back (c.50 images - one missing). Yellow decorative notelet stuck to the rear e/p with a poem entitled 'The Wish' printed on it. No publishernoted. A love...
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Books About......A 'Dig for Victory' Exhibition (pamphlet)

By: Anon (Newport Library)

Price: £7.50

Publisher: Newport, Wales, R. H. J. Ltd. , (Newport Library): 1943

Seller ID: 114681

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

In the original lettered paper wraps. Near Fine - apart from very Rusty staples - but holding tight. First Edition. 8vo. 8 pp pamphlet.. Not Illustrated. Part of the 'Dig for Victory' campaign during 2nd World War. The 'Dig for Victory Exhibition' was held in the Great Central Hall on 24-27 February 1943. " The object of the exhibition was to encourage increased production of vegetables, etc... And to show how best old methods could be applied".." This Pamphlet Advises people on the best 'self-help' books, etc. The Leaflet is entitled - 'Books About..Vegetables, Wild Foods, Fruit, ...
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A Companion to the British Army . 1660-1983

By: Ascoli, David

Price: £8.00

Publisher: London, Harrap: 1984

Seller ID: 111237

ISBN: 0245539603

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

Red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket which is not price-clipped. There is some very light smudging to the covers which can only be seen if held up to the light, otherwise there are NO Inscriptions or other Marks. 319 pp. Illustrated with b/w plates and insignia. Select Bibliography; Index. Overall, this is an Excellent, Clean, Tight and Bright 'Fine' copy. "This is a book for both military buffs and the general reader, at once entertaining and instructive; the British Army is its own best historian." ; Small 4to 9" - 11...
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Miller's Twentieth Century Ceramics . A Collector's Guide to British and North American Factory-Produced Ceramics

By: Atterbury, Paul & Ellen Paul Denker & Maureen Batkin

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, Miller's Publications: 1999

Seller ID: 111970

ISBN: 1840000341

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New in Near Fine dust jacket

Black boards with bright silver gilt titling to the spine. In the original publishers pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There are some very slight creases and chipping to the dustjacket edges, otherwise there are NO inscriptions or other marks. 256pp. Illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Bibliography/Key to Prices; Index; Acknowledgments. Overall, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, 'Fine' copy. "This guide covers a range of 20th-century British and North American ceramic factories. Over 200 are explored and for each there is information on its history, i...
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Advertising Art of Steiff . Teddy Bears and Playthings

By: Ayers, Dottie & Donna Harrison

Price: £14.00

Publisher: Maryland, Hobby House Press: 1991

Seller ID: 111966

ISBN: 087588363X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Dark blue boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and front cover. In the original publishers pictorial dustjacket, which is not price-clipped. There is some very light edge-wear and a couple of closed tears to the dustjacket covers which are neatly repaired to the inside with clear archive tape, otherwise there are NO inscriptions or other marks. 127 pp. Illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Overall, apart from the minor 'faults', as detailed above, this is an Excellent, Very Clean, Tight and Bright, 'Very Good Plus/Near Fine' copy. "A nostalgic look back at the playthings of yeste...
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Percussion Guns & Rifles. An Illustrated Reference Guide to the Muzzle-Loading Percussion Guns and Rifles of the Nineteenth Century

By: Bailey, D. W. (De Witt)

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Arms & Armour Press: 1972

Seller ID: 114873

ISBN: 0853680825

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Fine dust jacket

In Near Fine cherry-red boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Just a slight 'bumping' to the head/tail of the spine due to storage - NO damage. In the original publisher's FINE pictorial dust-jacket. Page fore-edges lightly 'toned' with age. NO Inscriptions or Marks. 79 pp. Illustrated throughout in b/w. Overall, apart from the minor flaws as noted above, this is an Excellent copy. See Images. ; Arms And Armour Press Illustrated Monographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 80 pages
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Farewell to London's Trolleybuses

By: Baker, Michael

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Shepperton, Surrey, Ian Allan Ltd: 1994

Seller ID: 112315

ISBN: 071102281X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

The book is actually in a b/w photocopied dustjacket of the original, tho I have put 'no d/j' as it is NOT the original. This copied d/j is sellotaped onto the books front and rear pastedown endpapers, but there is no detail on thehose inner flaps.. This book is a rather 'odd' edition - in that I think it is an edition which has been bound up from a set of 'offcuts' - the binding is green cloth boards with black (Non professional) 'hand-written' lettering to the spine. Internally the book looks New and unread/unopened. 112 pp. Illustrated throughout with numerous b/w archive photos/illustratio...
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The Price Guide to Baxter Prints

By: Ball, A. And Martin, M.

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Suffolk, Baron Publishing (printers): 1974

Seller ID: 001576

ISBN: 0902028235

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Gilt titling to front board and to spine. D/w slight chipped, one small tear on top right corner otherwise nice and bright. Baxter was a faithful chronicler of early victorian life as well as an artist craftsman of extraordinarily high ability. Includes small booklet dated August 1976, The price guide to Baxter prints, price revision list. 275 pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black/white. Clean tight and bright.; 001576; 4to
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