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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. Light Wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Picture available upon request. AP.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good condition. Light wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request.

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Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. 0 GLN-172. . La librairie Aux Livres Anciens et Contemporains offre aux clients d'AbeBooks 30% de réduction sur l'ensemble de son catalogue. Prix d'origine : 8,3 EUR. Livre.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 2001 Butterworth-Heinemann paperback edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. From the cover: Historic Floors introduces an important and largely neglected subject and considers conservation methods in a European context. It traces the history of some of the great floors of Europe from the fourth century BC and outlines the development of mosaic, tiled, marble and marquetry floors in secular buildings. The early Christian pavements in basilicas, temples and cathedrals, the creation of medieval tiles, ledger stones and monumental brasses, their destruction by iconoclasts and recreation during the Gothic Revival, are also discussed. Leading authorities consider the latest methods of recording and repairing historic floors. Management policies to protect over-visited sites are considered in order to contain the damage caused by the dramatic increase in tourism throughout Europe. Contents Foreword Series editors' preface Editor's introduction Acknowledgements List of contributors 1 Decorated pavements and floor monuments in European cathedrals and churches by Jane Fawcett 2 The archaeology of church and cathedral floors by Warwick Rodwell 3 The two great marble pavements in the sanctuary and shrine areas of Canterbury Cathedral and Westminster Abbey by Tim Tatton-Brown 4 Archaeological research: Canterbury Cathedral nave floor by Kevin Blockley 5 Ledger stones. Documentary sources: York Minster by Bernard Barr 6 York Minster ledger stones: conservation options by Charles Brown 7 The surveyor's approach to recording floors by Ross W.A. Dallas 8 Photographic recording of floor surfaces and components by Robert Skingle 9 The retrieval of damaged inscriptions through remote sensing techniques by Christopher J. Brooke 10 The preservation of the records of historic floors by Mark Dorrington 11 Records and computerization by Diana Hale 12 Winchester Cathedral: conserving the retrochoir pavement by Peter Bird 13 Use and abuse: management and good practice in cathedrals and greater churches by Jane Fawcett 14 Secular buildings: tile, mosaic and marble pavements, marquetry floors and carpets by Jane Fawcett 15 The conservation of the excavated floor by Daryl Fowler 16 Seventeenth-century and later floors at Ham House by Christopher Rowell 17 Historic floors at risk: Uppark, a case study by Iain McLaren 18 Encaustic pavements. Conservation, protection and replacement issues: The Palace of Westminster by A.T. Jardine 19 Historic floors at risk: St George's Hall, Liverpool by Donald Insall 20 The open house - the management of visitors by Christopher Hanson-Smith Appendix: English cathedral floor studies - historic features and areas at risk by Jane Fawcett Glossary Reading list Index.…

Couverture rigide. Condition: Assez bon. In-12 de (4)-323 pp.; basane mouchetée, double filet doré encadrant les plats, dos lisse orné (reliure de l'époque). Rousseurs.

Scarce provincial printing of the famous satire on Robinson Crusoe. A sound un-sophisticated copy in original cloth-backed boards with paper label Sm.8vo.16x10cm 269pps+3pp catalogue for the publisher. No frontispiece. Bookplate of Allston A.Kisby. Cottingham.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. First Thus. first american, from the sixth london. blank, 208, blank. worn boards and one blank detached, light to moderate browning of pages throughout. spine mostly devoid of original leather, no spine label. text block tight. scarce. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Book. …

Quarter-Calf. Condition: Near Fine+. Early Reprint. Fourth Edition of one of the "best of the English imitations of Robinson [Crusoe]." (Gove) 12mo: xii,263,[1]pp (wanting one quire, pp 83-86, provided in excellent facsimile on old paper), with hand-colored frontispiece and map. The final page is signed "Ed Dorrington," an invention of the publisher. Later quarter-calf over marbled paper-covered boards, marbled end papers. Near Fine or better, light finger-soiling and occasional small stain to text, manuscripts ex-libris to end papers and title page, otherwise excellent. Negley 1462. Gove, pp.262-68. Cox II, p.479 (citing Dorrington as author). Sabin 66952. Howgego V, L45. Ullrich, pp. 118-122. Charming hand-colored edition of this popular tale relating a fictitious British hermit's escape from apprenticeship and subsequent life on a deserted island off the Pacific coast of Mexico. First published serially in the Public Intelligencer, a weekly newspaper, then in book form in 1727, and eventually "rivalling Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, of which it is possibly the best imitation." (Howgego). The book's author remained anonymous until Arundell Esdaile discovered a rare edition of 1727 in which the dedication is signed Peter Longueville, to whom the work is now attributed. Gove cites a number of literary allusions, attesting to the tale's popularity. Among these are Dickens's Martin Chuzzlewit, in which John Westlock complains that his chambers are "nothing but . . . the sort of impromptu arrangement that might have suggested themselves to Philip Quarll or Robinson Crusoe." See also Gove, quoting Bonner, that the author "transferred many passages unblushingly from Dampier [A New Voyage Round the World]." N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).…