Books - "arts"
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Sailing Through Time
the ship in greek art
first edition 271pp ills.[b/w and col.] F in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: kapon athens 1995
KEYWORDS: nautical history arts greece transport elsi spathari
Serious Business
first edition 150pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (pale blue cloth,unevenly sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,tight) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,some minor losses and internal tape repairs,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: country life london 1937
KEYWORDS: arts j.h.dowd b.e.spender
Fantasio
a comedy in two acts
first edition limited/numbered [369/550] 57pp ills.[b/w w.2 hand-coloured plates] VG+ (burgundy cloth,mod.soiled w.spine sunned,minor foxing to fore-edge of contents w.some upper edges unopened,plates clean and bright)
PUBLISHER: the pleiad [np] 1927
KEYWORDS: arts drama alfred de musset literature
Das sind unsere Lieder
first edition 432pp [text in german] ills.[b/w and col.by gertrude degenhardt] NF (gold cloth,v.sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: buchergilde gutenberg frankfurt am main 1977
KEYWORDS: music arts lieder oss kroher gertrude degenhardt
Navy & Army Illustrated, Volume IV May to October 1897
ex-library, this volume only, 376pp, illus.[b/w], burgundy cloth boards w.black half-leather, VG- (boards rubbed and soiled, wear and chipping to extrems.w.some surface losses,top board sl.shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,usual stamps, first section detached but present, prelims and edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections) VERY HEAVY ITEM
PUBLISHER: Hudson & Kearns london 1897
KEYWORDS: military history arts navy army Commandfer charles n robinson
Guide to the Castles and Abbeys of The Land of Scott
first edition 140pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.paper title label to top board,rubbed nd stained w.wear and chipping to extrems.,paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.contents sl.soiled incl.plates)
PUBLISHER: menzies edinburgh 1855
KEYWORDS: architecture history scotland castles abbeys arts
Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America
ex-lib.second printing 232pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.blind botanical stamp to top board,libr.mark to spine,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps w.label removed from rfep,orange eps,horizontal crease to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lower edge sl.trimmed)
PUBLISHER: charles tuttle rutland 1972
KEYWORDS: pottery antiques arts stoneware donald blake webster
Rome
rebind no text ills.[12 plates] VG (12 plates rebound in blue cloth w.gilt Rome title and 1833 date to spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,new eps,12 plates are browned and foxed w.blank leaves between,2 plates are undated/9 are dated 1833/1 is dated 1827)
PUBLISHER: cooke london [nd,1833]
KEYWORDS: arts engravings pinelli rome travel geography
The Ghent Altarpiece and the Art of Jan Van Eyck
first edition 255pp+plates [b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,minor insect holes to ffep gutter,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: princeton university press new jersey 1971
KEYWORDS: arts ghent altarpiece jan van eyck lotte brand philip
Souvenir of London
14 facsimiles of water-colours
first edition ills.[14 col.plates] G+ (in ill.wrappers,rubbed and stained/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.many losses and closed tears,lacks spine,no title page or prelims.but perhaps they were never there anyway,all plates present but most are detached,all plates sl.soiled/foxed but generally towards margins leaving the images relatively clean,some minor unobtrusive creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: nestle london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts london prints carl j.becker travel geography
Euripidis Drama Supplices Mulieres
contemporary full leather 288pp+index [text in greek/latin] VG (contemporary full calf w.gilt stamped dec.borders,raised bands w.gilt stamps and gilt-on-red title label to spine,rubbed and soiled w.black ink stain to lower edge of boards and block,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some minor losses to head/foot of spine,head of both hinges barely starting,marbled eps may be more recent,dealer's label to front pastedown,black ink stain from foot edge barely intrudes on lower margin of contents,some v.minor foxing to contents but generally clean,tight)
PUBLISHER: bowyer londini 1763
KEYWORDS: classical literature euripidis euripides arts drama
English Minstrelsie
a national monument of english song vol.4
vol.4 only 120pp ills.[2 b/w frontis.etchings] VG (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board and black lettering,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,black eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some sl.soiling to contents,owner's sign.to frontis.verso,one page repaired w.tape at head edge,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: jack edinburgh 1896
KEYWORDS: music arts minstrelsie sabine baring-gould
Les Arts au Moyen Age
et a l'epoque de la renaissance
full leather; 548pp; ills (many col.chromolithographiques) VG- (red morocco w. gilt/ blind borders and stamps to spine, raised bands, sl soiled and sunned, bumps and rubbing to extrems with some mionr surface losses, chipping with sl losses to head and foot of spine, boards shaky with rear board detached but present, marbelled eps with dealer's label to front pastedown, sl paper seperation to ep gutters, 2 x owners stamps to verso of ffep prelims and tissue guards sl foxed, otherwise contents clean and bright, aeg.)
PUBLISHER: librairie de firmin didot freres paris , 1869
KEYWORDS: paul lacroix history france arts
The Antiquarian Itinerary
vol.ii only
first edition vol.ii only unpaginated ills.[b/w] VG (full leather w.gilt borders and stamps to spine,lacks 2cm at head and 3cm at foot of spine,rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,top board sl.shaky w.paper separation at prelim.gutter,prelims.sl.foxed o/w contents clean,marbled edges)
PUBLISHER: [np] london 1816
KEYWORDS: arts architecture britain antiquarian itinerary
Six Engravings in Illustration of St.Ronan's Well
first edition unpaginated ills.[6 b/w engravings] VG+ (brown cloth w.blind borders and gilt stamp and titling to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,yellow eps sl.soiled,sl.stain to margins of plates but not affecting the images,some minor soiling but again no damage to the images)
PUBLISHER: royal association for promotion of the fine arts in scotland [np] 1882
KEYWORDS: literature arts walter scott st.ronan's well
Coral Gardens
[first us edition] 223pp ills.[col.photos by leni riefenstahl] VG+ (blue cloth,mod.stain to head of boards,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed,plates are clean but w.minor wrinkling towards upper edge) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.internal stains,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: harper & row new york [1978]
KEYWORDS: arts photography leni riefenstahl
Jewish Art
an illustrated history
first edition 971pp ills.[b/w w.few col.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,ill.eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in G+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses and closed tears,internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: allen london 1961
KEYWORDS: arts jewish art cecil roth
The Painter's Daughter
the story of sandro botticelli and alessandra lippi
first edition signed and dated by author 308pp ills.[col.] NF (blue cloth,author's dated sign.to title [2002]) in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: frederic beil savannah [2001]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts carolyn street lafond
Biografia Del Pintor Sevillano Juan De Valdes Leal
ex-lib.[first edition] 242pp+index [text in spanish] + ills.[63 b/w plates] VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,contents browned w.some sl.foxing,many sheets unopened at upper edge,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections,plates clean)
PUBLISHER: oficina tipografica de juan p girones sevilla 1916
KEYWORDS: biography history juan de valdes leal literature arts
Ruth Stoffregen
ex-lib.[first edition thus; exhibition catalogue] xxix+62 col.plates+index NF (in glossy wrappers w.french flaps,one libr.stamp to title page o/w clean)
PUBLISHER: becker munich [2000]
KEYWORDS: ruth stoffregen arts biography