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OLD PEWTER ITS MAKERS AND MARKS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
Written by Howard Herschel Cotterell.
Stock no. 1329828
Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company.
1969.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Silver covers with blue titles. xvii + first list of subscribers + 432 pages. 6 large folding b/w plates. I. Short Historical Introduction; II. The History of Pewter-Marking as Toldin the Records; III. The Old Pewterers and Their Touchplates; Secondary Marks, Collectors' Difficuties, Pewterers' Tokens and Trade-Cards,Etc., Etc.; V. Illustrations of Examples of Pewter-War; VI. Alphabetical List of Pewterers, With Illustrations of Their Marks, Where Known; VII. Alphabetical List of Those Marks Which,with the Device, Bear Only the Initials of Their Owners' Name; VIII. Illustrations of Those Marks Which Must Be Designated as "Obscure," for Want of Any Indication as to Their Ownership; IX. Index to Devices in Marks Illustrated in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII; X. Index to Hall Marks in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII. Spine bumped. Light foxing to prelims. Light brown stain to inner margins of a couple of pages (198 & 199), else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly worn to top and tail of spine.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ANTIQUES
- COLLECTING
- MISCELLANEOUS
HOW BUILDINGS LEARN WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THEY'RE BUILT
Written by Stewart Brand.
Stock no. 1329827
Published by Phoenix Illustrated; Orion Books Ltd..
1st PB
1997.
Almost very good condition.
The author puts forward the radical proposal that buildings adapt best when constantly refined and reshaped by their occupants and that architects can mature from being artists of space to become artists of time. Oblong format. Cardwraps. 243 pages. B/w photos. ISBN: 0753800500. Spine and corners bumped and slightly creased. Fading to spine. Name in ink to half title-page. Light damp stain to lower edges of prelims.
- Categorised in:
- ARCHITECTURE
- HOMES AND HOUSING
THE REDOUTE ALBUM
Written by Martyn Rix; Alison Rix.
Illustrated by Pierre-Josephe Redoute.
Stock no. 1329826
Published by Studio Editions.
1st
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 60 beautiful full-page colour illustrations. 128 pages. ISBN: 1851703985. Spine and corners are rubbed. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and just a little worn at spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- WILD FLOWERS
AFRICAN BIRDS OF PREY
Written by Warwick Tarboton.
Illustrated by Peter Pickford; Beverly Pickford.
Stock no. 1329825
Published by Cornell University Press.
1st USA
1990.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Wonderful colour photos throughout by the Pickfords. Square format. Pale blue boards, gilt title to spine. 227 pages. ISBN: 0801425158. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is lightly creased to spine and corners.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- ORNITHOLOGY
- AFRICA
SCOTTISH PAINTING 1837 TO THE PRESENT
Written by William Hardie.
Stock no. 1329824
Published by Waverley Books.
1st thus
2010.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Third Edition with revisions and a new introduction. Glazed pictorial boards. 223 pages, including index. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 9781849340359. Dustwrapper is just lightly edge creased.
CASSANDRA DARKE
Written by Posy Simmonds.
Illustrated by Posy Simmonds.
Stock no. 1329823
Published by Jonathan Cape.
Circa
2018.
Very good condition.
A graphic novel. Pictorial boards. 94 pages. ISBN: 9780224089098. 3rd printing. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- GRAPHIC NOVEL
THE FRAMPTON FLORA
Written by Richard Mabey.
Stock no. 1329822
Published by Century.
1st
1985.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
300 Victorian flower paintings from Frampton Court in GLoucestershire. Colour illustrations. Pictorial boards. ISBN: 0712608591. SIGNED by the author and Henriette Clifford. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly faded at corners.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- GLOUCESTERSHIRE
- FLOWERS
- ART
- WILD FLOWERS
- FLORA
CHRIS BONINGTON'S EVEREST
Written by Chris Bonington.
Stock no. 1329821
Published by Ted Smart.
Circa
2002.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An overview of the evolution of Himalayan climbing during the last 50 years by one of its most acclaimed exponents. Pictorial boards. Colour photos throughout. 256 pages including index. Lower corner of rear cover is bumped and the paper covering is slightly torn. Contents are fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- MOUNTAINEERING
- CLIMBING
- TIBET
- NEPAL
ALPHONSE MUCHA
Written by Sarah Mucha; Ronald F. Lipp; Victor Arwas; Anna Dvorak; Jan Mlcoch; Petr Wittlich.
Illustrated by Alphonse Mucha.
Stock no. 1329820
Published by Frances Lincoln.
1st
2005.
Fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Alphonse Mucha 1860-1939, is inextricably linked with the evolution of Art Nouveau. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0711225176. A super copy in dustwrapper which is slightly foxed on verso and has a scratch mark to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ART NOUVEAU
HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS 1921-1969
Written by Robert Melville.
Illustrated by Henry Moore.
Stock no. 1329819
Published by Thames and Hudson.
1st
1970.
Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.
A heavy tome! Brown cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Colour and b/w photos throughout. 368 pages. ISBN: 0500090564. Tiny indentations to cover edges. Small mark to front cover. Small booksellers sticker (Foyles) to front pastedown. Name and address in ink to front free-endpaper. Light page browning else contents clean. Musty smell to contents. Dustwrapper is edge worn and torn, mark to front panel.
WINDOW ON THE GREAT WESTERN
Written by M.F. Yarwood.
Stock no. 1329818
Published by Wild Swan Publications.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An album of everday scenes from the 1930s & 40s. Brown boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0906867762. A super copy in dustwrapper which is faded at edges and spine.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- GWR (RAILWAYS)
MORE ADVENTURES AMONG CHURCHES
Written by Donald Maxwell.
Illustrated by Donald Maxwell.
Stock no. 1329817
Published by The Faith Press Ltd..
1st
1929.
Almost very good condition.
Red cloth, gilt titles to spine and front cover. 136 pages. B/w illustrations throughout. Spine bumped and faded. Light mark to front cover. Foxing else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- CHURCHES