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Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1988. Signed by Robertson Davies. First U.S.edition / First printing. Dark green leather, all edges gilt. Very fine.
CONTRIBUTIONS towards THE HISTORY of EARLY ENGLISH PORCELAIN by J. E. Nightingale, F.S.A - 1881
by J. E. Nightingale, F.S.A
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CONTRIBUTIONS towards THE HISTORY of EARLY ENGLISH PORCELAIN
by J. E. Nightingale, F.S.A
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- Date Published 1881
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The Lyre of Orpheus.
by DAVIES, Robertson
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Music by Philip Glass
by GLASS, Philip. Edited by Robert T. Jones
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New York: Harper and Row, 1987. Signed on the half-title page by composer Philip Glass. First edition / First printing. White cloth. Fine in price-clipped, fine dust jacket.
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The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited by A. Pendennis Esqre. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Richard Doyle.
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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London: Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars., 1855. 1st Edition . Half leather. Very Good. Doyle, Richard. FIRST EDITION; octavo, two volumes complete, viii+380+viii+376pp. In attractive Victorian black half leather over purple cloth boards, five raised spine bands, red and green gilt-lettered leather title labels in second and fourth compartments, other compartments richly gilt, binding with only the lightest of wear and very light fading to cloth boards. With marbled page edges and matching original marbled endpapers. Occasional unobtrusive light stains and browning (especially to outer margins of plates well clear of printed images) but overall a clean copy free from foxing and with full complement of 46 engraved plates (including engraved frontispiece to each volume) and numerous in-text illustrations. Bound up from original parts with small stab holes to inner margins. A very attractive set in first edition.
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Paper Sculpture 2
by Taniuchi, Tsuneo
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Text and instructions in Japanese and English. Dramatic color and black and white photo illustrations and diagrams, followed by pattern pages that can be copied or used as is. 79 pages. Published in Tokyo in 1987. First edition, signed by author.
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The Greatest Thing that Almost Happened
by Robertson, Don
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st printing. 248 pp. Near Fine book (no markings to text, binding square and tight; light water stain to bottom 1-1/2" at heel of cloth spine) / Near Fine dust jacket (price-clipped; light wear to top edge of dust jacket spine and back panel, light water stain to bottom 1-1/2" at heel of dust jacket spine). A clean, solid copy. Looks nicer than it sounds. Signed by Robertson in felt marker on the front free endpaper.
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The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great
by FIELDING, Henry
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London: T Cadell, 1783 pp (11) + 331. The fifth volume of a collected edition of the author's works. Internally very good subject to a little browning, owner's signature ( early hand) on fep, another signature, dated 1793, on following blank. Contemporary boards, binding recently strengthened with new spine.
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English Hours
by James, Henry
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Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905 Half red leather over marbled boards, spine is lavishly decorated in gilt, raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Frontis illustration with tissue guard. Pages are gilt-edged on top, rough cut on sides. Illustrated throughout. Slight edgewear at top spine and corners. Published October 1905 on copyright page. A handsome copy.
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Remarques historiques, philologiques, critiques et litteraires, sur quelques locutions, proverbes et dictons populaires inedits du moyen-age
by G. A. Crapelet (Georges-Adrien)
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Half red morocco over marbled boards; four raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. French text. 2 book plates to front paste down (Rob de Billy and de Guinzbourg). Occasional foxing. [II], 138 pp. 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches
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Market Day: A Story Told With Folk Art
by Ehlert, Lois
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Orlando FL, Harcourt Inc, 2000, hardcover children's picture book (10" x 10"), First Edition stated, First Printing by letter code, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, tiny split to bottom corner, slight wear to spine-ends. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light spine-end and corner nicks, short closed tear to rear panel near spine, looks great in new Brodart sleeve. The popular author/illustrator of the Caldecott Honor winner Color Zoo, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Cuckoo/Cucú: A Mexican Folktale/Un cuento folklórico Mexicano and Leaf Man, presents a rhyming trip to the town square market colorfully illustrated throughout with a feast of folk art from around the world, most of it from her own collection. ISBN 9780152021580
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The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics and Literature for the Year 1775
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London: G. Woodfall, 1801. Sixth. Very Good+. From Wikipedia: The Annual Register (originally subtitled "A View of the History, Politicks and Literature of the Year ") is a long-established reference work, written and published each year, which records and analyses the year's major events, developments and trends throughout the world It was first written in 1758 under the editorship of Edmund Burke, and has been produced continuously since that date In its current form the first half of the book comprises articles on each of the world's countries or regions, while the latter half contains articles on international organizations, economics, the environment, science, law, religion, the arts and sport, together with obituaries, a chronicle of major events and selected documents 1775 was a momentous year for the British colonies in America, so this volume describes all of the political actions on both the British and American sides, and also describes the fighting at Lexington and Concord This copy in…
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Contributions Towards The History of Early English Porcelain
by Nightingale, J. E
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Wakefield, Yorkshire, England: EP Publishing Limited, 1973. Hardbound. VG- (DJ has faded with age along edges and is corner clipped; interior good.). Red cloth, gilt letters on spine, with glossy, bw illustrated off-green dust jacket. xcv, 112 pp. "This important early book is solely concerned with the documentary material relating to the history of early English porcelain. It was inspired by the great early collector Sir A.W. Franks, who felt that 'if the newspapers of the period, both local and metropolitan, were carefully examined, much curious matter might be brought together, which would throw light on many debated points in the history of porcelain.' This task was undertaken by J.E. Nightingale who made a search of the newspapers of the second half of the eighteenth century in the British Museum and elsewhere, extractin sale announcements and other notices relating to the porcelain factories, and the classifying them in his Contributions. As well as newspaper notices Nightingale reprinted in…
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Contributions Towards the History of Early English Porcelain from Contemporary Sources: To Which Are Added Reprints from Messrs. Christie's Sale Catalogues..
by Nightingale, J. E
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Salisbury: Bennett Brothers, 1881. printed for private circulation. Hardbound. VG+ (has bookplate from a previous owner; otherwise quite nice.. Green cloth boards with dark green leather spine and corners. Gilt letters on spine; gilt top edges. Mylar dust jacket. Marbled flyleaves. xcv, 112, x, 54, 4 pp. no illustrations. Title on spine: English Porcelain. The first and original edition of this key resource. According to the dust jacket of the 1973 reprint: "This important early book is solely concerned with the documentary material relating to the history of early English porcelain. It was inspired by the great early collector Sir A.W. Franks, who felt that 'if the newspapers of the period, both local and metropolitan, were carefully examined, much curious matter might be brought together, which would throw light on many debated points in the history of porcelain.' This task was undertaken by J.E. Nightingale who made a search of the newspapers of the second half of the eighteenth century in the…
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Contributions towards the History of Early English Porcelain from Contemporary Sources
by Nightingale, J E
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Salisbury: Bennett Brothers: Printed for Private Circulation, 1881. 1st Edition. . Book Book Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author(s). Salisbury: Bennett Brothers: Printed for Private Circulation, 1881. 1st Edition . Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s). pp xcv, 112, Signed by the author and with a letter from the author date June 21 1881 tipped in at rear. Large octavo.Handsome quarter bound in Morocco and green cloth, somewhat rubbed on edges and corners. Neat remarks in pen show that this volume also includes Chelsea ware. Two PO names dated 1881 and 1892 inscribed on FEP. Some pencil marks throughout.
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A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film
by Standish, Isolde
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New York: Continuum, 2006. 8vo size trade paperback with black and white photo illustrated cover; 414 pages From back: "Cinema, which first arrived in Japan in 1896 with the Kinetoscope prototype, came at the very time that Japan was transforming its economic base and society into that of a major international power. The first cinema, the Asakusa Denikikan, was opened in Tokyo in 1903 and within 13 years 300 cinemas had sprung up throughout the country... (The author) focuses on the historical development of Japanese film, illustrated by a series of typical Japanese film posters. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation." Edgewear, creases to bottom and bottom and top corners of front cover, soil on bottom and light soil to outside pages. We note pencilled underlining on at least 29 pages and pencilled marginalia on at least three pages and four creased page corners. Quotes…
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Old Bones
by Elkins, Aaron J
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New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Mysterious Press, 1987. Fine in Near Fine jacket Signed by Author A Gideon Oliver Mystery, SIGNED on title pg. Edgar Award winner best mystery npc 197pp. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition
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Starting With Flags : Forty-Three Drawings
by Parker, Kingsley
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New York: Private Printing. Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Limited Signed Edition. Softcover. The artist's abstract and quite varied series of 43 drawings of flags, all printed monochrome on the recto of pages. Kingsley Parker has been exhibiting and represented by galleries since the mid-1970s and has a work in the collection of the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, NY. The artist is quite active with new works. Signed in ink "K. Parker/1976 ©" in the front matter where Parker explains his motivation for drawing the series of abstract flags. Copy 158 of a limited edition of 600, numbered in the colophon. Approximately 44 pages, unpaginated. Printed on fine, machine-made paper in brown wraps. The title and a flag drawing are framed on the front cover. In absolutely clean, Fine condition. ; Drawings; Square 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 44 pages; Signed by Artist .
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Dead in Dixie
by Charlaine Harris
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003. Z2 - A Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus Edition hardcover book SIGNED by the Charlaine Harris in as new condition in as new dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead. 8.5"x5.75", 612 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book Club (BCE/BOMC).
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Songs From Appledore
by Oscar Laighton
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RARE. Collectible: 1916. Signed by the author. Cambridge MA: University Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Light soil to green cloth covered boards with gilt stamped title, author's name, and design. A bright solid, book - 27 pages; Inside covers are sunned. Pages clean and bright. Frontspiece. "View from Mrs. Thaxter's Garden Gate. 29 illustrations. Small book: 7" x 5"
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Religion In A World At War
by George Hodges
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To be a hundred year old book, it is in very good condition. Minimal wear to the cover. Pages are beginning to tan. Religion In A World At War deals with, very specifically, religions role, place, and cause in war history. it is a justification for all that is good about man, even though, we continue to fight, Another miracle, that this book was published during Word War I.
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Maybe Tomorrow
by Roberta Fleetwood O'Keefe
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Burnet, Texas: Nortex Press, 1978. CL5 - A hardcover book SIGNED by author on the front free endpaper in very good condition that is cocked, some scattered light scratches and rubbing, light tanning and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Brown covered boards with gilt lettering. 8.5"x5.5", 84 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The DOs and DON'Ts of Yesterday: Little Book of Early American Know-How
by Eric Sloane
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Illustrated with pen/ink images Sloane is known for. (2) books,a yellow and an orange (18x12cm) with gilt title on covers and spines. Paper title on dark red slipcase with signature of author. Slipcase has very minor wear to bottom fore edge.
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Artemis.
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London, Hodder & Stoughton, 2002.. 1st edition. The second book in the Thomas Paine Kydd series, in which Kydd is an able seaman aboard the frigate Artemis. Fine condition in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. unclipped dustwrapper.
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Scientific wonders of the atomic age.
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London, Ariel Productions, c 1955.. Foreword by Sir John D. Cockcroft. Includes "High-speed flight" by Neville Duke, and "Rockets and Space flight" by Wernher von Braun. Large hardback in very good condition in a very good unclipped dustwrapper.
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