ITEM # 6472 HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECHES THE RECORD OF THE SILVER JUBILEE 1935 PUB 1935 BY KING GEORGE JUBLIEE TRUST PHOTOS AND TEXT OF THE EVENT AND SPEECHES TO AND FROM THE KING LAYED IN IS A BUSINESS CARD AND A RECEIPT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BOOK FROM THE CHARING CROSS ROAD BOOKSHOP IN LONDON DATED 1991 BOOK AND COVER VERY GOOD CONDITION [ HIST 3 ] View More...
From its notebook look to its colorful sculptures this is a very different art catalog. Keith Tyson is a British conceptual artist and winner of the Turner Prize in 2002 for his graphic art. The sculpures depicited came to light due to his curiosity about decision-makng during the creative process.The essential question was can the artist dare to take a chance on chance? Yes! And from then he went on to create a series of steps to calculate and detemine the size, sharpe, and colors of each work and then fabricate the outcome which became a "dicey" and very interestig exhibit.Catalog measures ... View More...
ITEM # 5987 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS SILVER JUBILEE QUEEN ELIZABETH II 1952 -1977 CARD COVER 71 PGS EXTENSIVE TEXT AND A WEALTH OF PHOTOS , MANY IN COLOR TELL OF THE QUEENS FIRST 25 YEARS ON THE THRONE A LOOK AT HER FAMILY LIFE , HER ROLL IN NATIONAL AND WORLD POLITICS BOOK IN FINE CONDITION , CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT [ HIST 1 ] View More...
ITEM # 5986 THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS CORONATION RECORD NUMBER 1937 72 PGS 10 1/4 X 14 1/2 CARD COVER A DETAILED LOOK AT THE CORINATION OF ENGLAND'S KING GEORGE THE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH IN 1937 WITH 24 WONDERFULL COLORED PLATES AND MANY IN B&W , MANY ARTICLES ON THE KING AND QUEEN , HISTORY OF THE CORONATIONS OF THE PAST AND THE ROYAL FAMILY BOOK IN FINE CONDITION INSIDE AND OUT . THE ONLY FAULT BEING A 1 INCH CRACK AT LOWER FRONT OF SPINE [ HIST 1 ] View More...
Crisp, clean, as new booklet consisting of grey card covers and eleven pages, including two full page drawings of Leathersellers' Hall. Former owner's name penciled at top front corner of first page. Text tells the story of one of the oldest Livery Guilds of London. Also accompanying this booklet is a trifold brochure produced the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers written in both French and English. This one is illustrated with four black and white photographs and two black and white works of art. View More...
REGENT'S PARK A STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA FROM 1086 TO THE PRESENT DAY BY ANN SAUNDERS 1969 242 PGS 6 X 9 TEXT AND MANY ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, MAPS , PLANS AND PHOTOS TELLS THE STORY OF THIS WONDERFUL LONDON PARK . BOOK AND D.J. VERY GOOD CONDITION CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT ,NO MARKS CHIPS OR TEARS [ENGLAND] View More...
Very nice threatre programme from 1935 issued for the comic musical history play, 1066 And All That, which ran for 387 performances at England's historic Strand. Book and lyrics by Alfred Reynolds. Three acts with orchestra. Great ads, photos of stars, and comic art to cover. Retains original price sticker to side edge. Measures 5-1/2"x8-1/2" . Clean and tightly bound with light foxing to front only. Staples show a bit of rust, but no staining to pages.. Photos include Clarice Hardwicke, Naunton Wayne, Charles Heslop and Hugh E. Wright. View More...
Books by Folio Society are always beautiful, but I think this one is especialoly so. The cover is pictorial witha jigsaw puzzle backdrop and elements of gold and silver. The book is pristine with snow white pages and page edges, no bumps, no creases. and no names or writing. The gold slipcase is sturdy with just a small bit of soil to the back. . The book measures. 6-1/4" x 9-1/4" and has 350 pages filled with 20 sories, each of which begins with a black and white illustration View More...
Crisp, clean book bound in red leather and beautifully, lavishly, decorated with gilt to both boards and to spine which has two raised bands. Pages are gilded on all three sides and there is a bound-in ribbon marker. SIGNED with actuall readability by Auchincloss on first page after front free endpaper. A period novella based on the life of Abigail Hill, Lady Masham, who was cconsidered a climber of the Uriah Heep variety. Book is dedicated to historian Barbara Tuchman. Measures 6-1/4"x9" and has 169 pages plus a British Monarchy chart which spans James I to George II. View More...
Book is very clean and bright with pristine red cloth binding and bright gilt on face and spine. Book is a library cull with very little evidence of its origin. There is one neat, small stamp which reads "Discard:" on the bottom of the text block, a plastic strip with numbers on the copyright page and a very light shadow at the back cover in the upper outer corner with no stickiness and no residue. There is also a nice book plate affixed to the back paste-down from another previous owner Book measures 6-1/2" x 9-1/2" and has 837 pages. View More...
Crisp, clean, beautiful book which appears gently read, if at all, and still contains two unused postcards depicting enameled boxes and two Siamese cats in porcelain. No defects of note other than a message written on the front endpaper thus, " ------- ------, She gave Tom the Commander's Table (page 46 ) Purchased 1993 at Buckingham Palace." Dustjacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover,.Enamelling was a Georgian craft, but it began in 1750 and lasted lless than 100 years. By 1840 it was over and now has revitalized. Book measures 9" x 10" and has152 pages. Many illustrations in full col... View More...
Very handsome book, pristine inside and out. No names or writing other than the SIGNATURE and inscription of the author on the title page. It reads thus, "To ----'s Daddy with my best wishes, Steve Benson." The book opens with a chapter by Martin Crossley Evans who worte the history of the school's early beginnings. The rest os covered by Benson, relete with numerous black and white photographs. The school pulled back from the classical mode to open a new kind of school which focused on modern languages and sciences. Book measures 8-1/2" x 11-1/2" and has 168 pages. Dustjacket will arrive in ... View More...
Very clean attractive book with no names or writing and no defect of note. Measures 7" tall and 5-1/2" across, Brown cloth boards printed in gilt at spine. Originally published in 1929 by Mitchell Hughes & Clarke of London. Discusses the stuff of everyday life -- farming, marriage, birth customs, children, death and funerals, husbands and wives, furniture, the occult, fairs, markets, festivals, folk rhymes, the poor, and much more. 167 pages. Indexed. View More...
Beautiful books -- clean and tightly bound with no names or writing. Black boards show no bumps and there are no names or writing inside. Pages clean and without foxing. Silver printing is still bright on faceboards and spines. Only fault is a stain to front of volume I which is seen when you hold it "in the right light." I took many pictures, but could not reproduce it. Books are comprised of 70 essays which were first published in the London Magazine from November, 1777 to August, 1783. This represents the first publication in hard cover. Books measure 6-3/4"x9-1/2" and have 696 collective ... View More...
Very handsome book bound in red cloth and covered with a charming dustjacket which shows a photo of the sickly little boy who grew up to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. The book as written by his granddaughter who spent much times listening to his memories and sorting photographs of which there are many. The story begins in 1874 to 1895, but the focus is on childhood. In addition to photos there are young Winston's writing. This is not a children's book, but reather an addendum to his biography that had not been offered. Th boo mea... View More...
Crisp BRAND NEW book still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. An illustrated study of Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill Press, founded in 1757, a highly regarded English private press revered for the qaulity of its offerings. The author was able to access a "remarkable array" of images of the Printing House, many of which are newly discovered and never before studied. Surprisingly, much of Walpole's Printing House remains. View More...
Pristine red boards show no bumps or wear and pages and page edges are very clean. Paper is crisp on dustjacket and there are no tears or chips. Has not been prcie-clipped and looks most handsome in brand new mylar. No names or writing. An intriguring look at the eight men who comprised the Detective Department of a metropolitan British police force which was established in 1842. The author dug up facts and stories about seven of them and their work. 214 pages. Indexed. View More...
This is a high quality volume with a print run of just 250 copies. The book has been gently cared for and shows no names or writing. Includes written sketches of Amos Morris Collins and his wife Mary Lyman, William Lyman Collins, Morris Collins, Erastus Collins, Charles Collins, Maria Elizabeth Collins Strong and Mary Frances Collins. Also contains random notes and an index to same, exhibits, the coat of arms, source material, the genealogical record of the Collins family in England and the genealogical record of the Collins family in America 1638-1958. Allied families include Adams, Bradford... View More...
A scarce volume in good, clean condition. Book is tightly bound with red heavy card boards and a green cloth spine. It is tightly bound with wear at spots to both boards. Inside front an inscription reads "With the compliments of F.E.W. Langdon, Curate of Membury." The first few and last few pages show foxing and there is the start of a Brunson family tree written on one of the blank pages at back, but otherwise book is quite nice. Begins in 1637 and ends in 1686. 56 pages. View More...
This is a spectacular catalogue/guide -- big in ideas and big in the number of pages, 96 of text, plus 31 vibrant color ads at the back and 30 at the front. The story of the festival is told by Ian Cox in a lengthy text. The festival was all about contemporary design and bright color. Millions of people (international) thronged to the south bank of the Thames. In addition to what was at the main site there were other areas of London to offer more wonders. Among the exhibits were the Dome of Discovery, architecture, pleasure gardens, industrial power, science and much more. Catalog measures 7-1... View More...
