Search Results: Titles starting with P from Trinder's Fine Tools

London: Century Hutchinson Ltd, 1988. Book. Illus. by Jones, Mark, Photography. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12 1/2" x 9 1/8". 144 pages, fully illustrated, almost wholly in colour. Extremely innovative techniques, used on walls, wood, tiles, furniture and fabrics, with water-based paints; helpful close-up details..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Harry N. Abrams , Incorporated, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. 11" x 9". 11" x 9", 272 pages, 320 illustrations, 230 in full colour, including 7 double gatefolds. Surveys the wide variety of panoramas created in both the Old and New World from the medium's invention in 1788 to the present day. Superbly illustrated, Genealogy of the panorama, Bibliography..

London: Thames & Hudson, 1994. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12" x 9". 256 pages, 348 illustrations including 195 full colour plates. Traces the history of wallpapers to the current day, explaining technical developments and changing attitudes to decoration through the centuries. Includes a chapter on rescue and care of wallpapers, bibliography, glossary..

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12 1/4" x 9 1/2". 224 pages, 192 colour illustrations. Takes the different aspects of life in the country - work on the land, the village, the cottage, horses, the squire, and so on, and shows how different artists recorded them. Many of the paintings illustrated are reproduced here for the first time. Bibliography..

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Book. See Description. Original Cloth. First Edition in English. 13 5/8" x 9 3/4". 184 pages, 72 superb full colour reproductions of original lithographs from the Josef Voggenauer collection of turn of the (nineteenth) century French posters; illustrations mainly full page, with three folding plates, all tipped-in. Opposite each illustration is a detailed description - artist, title, date, colours, size in centimeters, signature details and printer. Twenty-nine artists are represented, including Alfons Maria Mucha and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Hb, in original cloth, faded at upper and lower edge, rubbed at corners and at upper and lower corners of spine, no dw; small crease to lower corners , not affecting plates. Internally plates are a delight. Uncommon..

New York: St. Martin's / Marek, 1983. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First USA Edition. 9 1/8" x 7 1/4". 143 pages, black and white illustrations. Tells for the first time the story of the fashion house, the clothes, the customers, and Jean Patou himself - in the Paris of the 12920's and 1930's Patou and his fashion house were as famous and successful as Coco Chanel. Bibliography..

London: Thames & Hudson, 1979. Book. Very Good, Bookplate. Original Cloth. First Edition. 9 1/2" x 6". 128 pages, 39 black and white illustrations. Bookplate of Brian Fothergill (biographer) on front endpaper..

London: W.H. & L. Collingbridge Ltd., 1965. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 3/4" x 5 5/8". 103 pages, black and white photographs. Monograph on all aspects of pelargonium cultivation..

1999: Sotheby's Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 10 7/8" x 8 1/4". Sotheby's sale, 8th. December 1999. 135 pages, black and white illustrations. The auction of one of the most extraordinary autograph collections in private hands; largely formed by Mary Ford (1816 - 1910), wife of Richard Ford, the noted traveller and author. Included are two items of international signifance - firstly a highly important unpublished and undocumented proclamation by Abraham Lincoln about Confederate prisoners; secondly an autograph Beethoven manuscript with this inscription signed by Richard Ford 'This quartet was composed for me in my presence by Ludwig v. Beethoven at Vienna Friday 28th. November 1817 Richard Ford'..

Carsa Edizioni Book. Near Fine. Hard Cover in Dw and Slip Case. 13 1/4" x 9 1/8". 248 pages, superbly illustrated mainly in colour , many architectural details. Italian text. Extensive Bibliography. Hb in dw and card slipcase..

Piano Nobile, 2005. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 12" x 8 3/4", 46 pages, illustrated in colour throughout; chronology, a list of public collections containing works by Peter Coker, list of associated publications. Catalogue of a fully representative retrospective exhibition, planned during Coker's lifetime, but held after his death. Soft covers, slight curve to cover at upper right corner, some embossing on upper cover, only visible in certain lights, where a previous owner has used the book as a support whilst writing a missive! Otherwise a near fine copy. .

London: V & A Publications Ltd, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Reprint. 11 1/4" x 8 3/8. 192 pages, over 250 illustrations in black and white and colour. Comprehensive study, based on the extensive collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Bibliography..

Midhurst, West Sussex: Studio Gallery Publications, 2002. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12 1/8" x 10". 120 pages, more than 100 superb colour photographs. A long-overdue monograph on the work of Philip Jackson, one of the foremost figurative sculptors working in Britain today. Includes illustrated appendix of Jackson's work since 1987, with details of where the public sculpture can be seen. Chronology..

Appleton, Wisconsin.: Aviation Pubns, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 11" x 8 1/2", xxvi, 84 pages, copiously illustrated with black and white photographs and diagrams. Soft covers, covers slightly darkened, otherwise a near fine copy. .

Groningen: Bij J.B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij, 1933. Book. Very Good. Clothbacked, illustrated Board. 12 3/4" x 9 3/4". Vierde Druk (Fourth printing?). 152 pages, well illustrated in black and white and colour..

Greenwich, London: National Maritime Museum, 1972. Book. A Very Good Copy. Comb Binding. 11 3/4" x 8 1/4". National Maritime Museum, Maritime Monographs and Reports No. 4. 152 pages, black and white illustrations. Details of Plymouth built ships are arranged both chronologically and alphabetically; useful appendices including a list of master shipwrights of HM Dockyard, Plymouth and Devenport. Comb bound, a very good copy, not common..

Cromer Norfolk: Poppyland Publishing, 1983. Book. Very Good. Illustrated Card Covers. First Edition. 6 3/8" x 8". 101 pages, illustrated throughout with more than 160 black and white annotated illustrations, mainly from the late nineteenth century. Published a century after the area to the east of Cromer in North Norfolk became nationally famous as 'Poppyland' from the writings of Clement Scott. Scott wrote a series of articles initially for the Daily Telegraph, and they were subsequently published as 'Poppyland Papers'. Short Bibliography. Soft covers, a very good copy. Now uncommon..

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Revised Edition. 11" x 8 5/8". 320 pages, 96 colour plates, 514 black and white illustrations. Still the standard work on Pratt ware. Bibliography..

Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Revised Edition. 11" x 8 5/8". 320 pages, 96 colour plates, 514 black and white illustrations. The first edition of the standard work on Pratt ware. Bibliography. Hb in dw, near fine.

Preston, Victoria: City of Preston, 1985. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. By Former Mayor of Preston. First Edition. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4". [viii], 232 pages, extensively illustrated, maps, illustrated endpapers. The history of the City of Preston, one of Melbourne Australia's 14 District Centres, from its first Aboriginal inhabitants, to its first white settlers, through two World Wars, to its current status as a City and District Centre. List of Preston's Presidents and Mayors 1872-1985. Presentation copy, signed on title page 'To Dear Dorithy & Jim - Good Friends / With Best Wishes / Ken Brannan, Mayor of Preston 1976/77.' Hb in dw; small loss to dw at lower rear corner, red lettering on dw faded, otherwise a near fine copy..