Multipels en andere Multipels by Schraenen, Guy - 1991

London and North Eastern Railway [1930] Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), printed at the Curwen Press. Slim 8vo. 63pp. Stapled card wrappers, a little marked, handled and with some light corner creasing. With a magnificent colour title-page design by Edward Bawden, plus eight colour headpiece drawings, several colour headpiece decorations and numerous black and white decorations (headpieces and tailpieces) also by Bawden. The staples rusted. A short crease impacts the tips of the upper right corners of about half the leaves and with a small area of staining to the base of a single text leaf. A nice bright copy of an extremely uncommon item - a collection of essays on various aspects of the East Coast, published to attract tourists to the area, and beautifully illustrated by Bawden..

The Fleuron Ltd., London [1927]. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 310 numbered copies printed on Zanders' hand-made paper at the Curwen Press (this being #243). 4to. 65pp. Patterned paper-covered buckram featuring a handsome Nash design, and illustrated with five drawings, hand-coloured through stencils by the artist (a process he later called a "triumph of the hand over machine"). Spine ends and corner tips rubbed and with a little wear to the upper and lower gutters, and also to the hinges, yet the binding still perfectly sound. A lovely crisp copy, lacking the unprinted tissue protector but with a fresh sheet of acetate supplied. Three stories..

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The deluxe issue of the first edition, limited to 100 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the author and artist (this being #42). Tall 8vo. 88pp. Green leather, gilt lettered at the spine and with gilt-stamped initials to the upper board. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Leather discoloured at the backstrip, as is invariably the case, and with some further discolouration to several margins of the upper and lower boards. Free endpapers and pastedowns lightly spotted. A very good copy, in excellent crisp state internally. No dust wrapper called-for, but lacking the slipcase. Twelve essays, one for each month of the year, all reproduced from the pages of the 'Daily Herald' and beautifully enhanced with a frontispiece engraving, twelve delightful Gibbings chapter header engravings and twelve further tail pieces. Foss A15..

1818 Practical CHESS Grammar Kenny Instruction Game Strategy Rules Illustrated

William Kenny was an accomplished chess player and teacher, as well as the author, editor, or compiler of numerous instructive books, including this popular manual, 'Practical Chess Grammar.' His 'Practical Chess Grammar' was published in 1817 and gives an overview on instruction and information including:
·
Illustrations and guides to the march of the pieces and pawns
·
The opening of the game
·
General maxims and rules
·
Laws of chess
·
Observations on the conclusions of games
·
Power of pieces and their relative value
·
Examples of various openings, mates and situations
·
Opinions and anecdotes respecting the game of chess
·
And more
This 1818 edition includes 10 illustrated plates throughout.

Item number: #10233
Price: $499
KENNY, William Stopford
Practical chess grammar: or, an introduction to the royal game of chess, in a series of plates:… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing, 2020 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (in slipcase).; 23.5 x 29.7 cm.; 2.432 Kg.; 290 pages with 264 colour illustrations.; Limited-edition of 200 boxed catalogue copies.; Exibition catalogue.; Kinrande wares are a fascinating group of porcelains, embellished with designs in gold leaf on a monochrome ground. These wares were first made in the same Jingdezhen kilns that produced blue and white porcelain during the Jiajing period (1522-1566), although there is evidence that suggests their production continued in China, well into the reign of Wanli (1572-1620), and that they were also produced in Zhangzhou kilns in the Fujian province. This type of porcelain began to appear on international markets between the second half of the 16th and early 17th centuries. With illustrations of over 85 different kinrande pieces, of which 45 were included in our exhibition of the same name, presenting bowls, ewers, plates, saucers, dishes, vases and some… Read More

London and North Eastern Railway [1930] Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing), printed at the Curwen Press. Slim 8vo. 63pp. Stapled card wrappers, a little marked, handled and with some light corner creasing. With a magnificent colour title-page design by Edward Bawden, plus eight colour headpiece drawings, several colour headpiece decorations and numerous black and white decorations (headpieces and tailpieces) also by Bawden. The staples rusted. A short crease impacts the tips of the upper right corners of about half the leaves and with a small area of staining to the base of a single text leaf. A nice bright copy of an extremely uncommon item - a collection of essays on various aspects of the East Coast, published to attract tourists to the area, and beautifully illustrated by Bawden..

The Fleuron Ltd., London [1927]. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 310 numbered copies printed on Zanders' hand-made paper at the Curwen Press (this being #243). 4to. 65pp. Patterned paper-covered buckram featuring a handsome Nash design, and illustrated with five drawings, hand-coloured through stencils by the artist (a process he later called a "triumph of the hand over machine"). Spine ends and corner tips rubbed and with a little wear to the upper and lower gutters, and also to the hinges, yet the binding still perfectly sound. A lovely crisp copy, lacking the unprinted tissue protector but with a fresh sheet of acetate supplied. Three stories..

John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. The deluxe issue of the first edition, limited to 100 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and signed by the author and artist (this being #42). Tall 8vo. 88pp. Green leather, gilt lettered at the spine and with gilt-stamped initials to the upper board. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Leather discoloured at the backstrip, as is invariably the case, and with some further discolouration to several margins of the upper and lower boards. Free endpapers and pastedowns lightly spotted. A very good copy, in excellent crisp state internally. No dust wrapper called-for, but lacking the slipcase. Twelve essays, one for each month of the year, all reproduced from the pages of the 'Daily Herald' and beautifully enhanced with a frontispiece engraving, twelve delightful Gibbings chapter header engravings and twelve further tail pieces. Foss A15..

1818 Practical CHESS Grammar Kenny Instruction Game Strategy Rules Illustrated

William Kenny was an accomplished chess player and teacher, as well as the author, editor, or compiler of numerous instructive books, including this popular manual, 'Practical Chess Grammar.' His 'Practical Chess Grammar' was published in 1817 and gives an overview on instruction and information including:
·
Illustrations and guides to the march of the pieces and pawns
·
The opening of the game
·
General maxims and rules
·
Laws of chess
·
Observations on the conclusions of games
·
Power of pieces and their relative value
·
Examples of various openings, mates and situations
·
Opinions and anecdotes respecting the game of chess
·
And more
This 1818 edition includes 10 illustrated plates throughout.

Item number: #10233
Price: $499
KENNY, William Stopford
Practical chess grammar: or, an introduction to the royal game of chess, in a series of plates:… Read More

Jorge Welsh Research and Publishing, 2020 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (in slipcase).; 23.5 x 29.7 cm.; 2.432 Kg.; 290 pages with 264 colour illustrations.; Limited-edition of 200 boxed catalogue copies.; Exibition catalogue.; Kinrande wares are a fascinating group of porcelains, embellished with designs in gold leaf on a monochrome ground. These wares were first made in the same Jingdezhen kilns that produced blue and white porcelain during the Jiajing period (1522-1566), although there is evidence that suggests their production continued in China, well into the reign of Wanli (1572-1620), and that they were also produced in Zhangzhou kilns in the Fujian province. This type of porcelain began to appear on international markets between the second half of the 16th and early 17th centuries. With illustrations of over 85 different kinrande pieces, of which 45 were included in our exhibition of the same name, presenting bowls, ewers, plates, saucers, dishes, vases and some… Read More