Menpes Mortimer Illustrator (15 results)

Condition: New. pp. 123.

Condition: New. pp. 123.

Condition: New. pp. 123.

Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Good +. San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press. Very Good/Good +. 2008. . Hardcover w/DJ. Sm 4to., 176 pp., dust jacket light shelf wear to edges and corners, spine tips rubbed and small tears, otherwise quite good; cover light shelf wear to edges and corners, otherwise very good; pages clean and unmarked. . Black & White/Color Illus. & Photos (illustrator). …

hardcover. Condition: Fair. 2nd Printing. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. ix, 254 pages. Shelf wear, fray to spine edge. Foxing, spotting.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Front gutter starting. Moderate foxing. Edges bumped. Pages unmarked. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.

Paperback. Condition: New. Language: English. About The Book: The author's perspective emphasizes that the initial world a child becomes familiar with is the cozy realm of their own home. As their interests expand, it is only natural for them to develop a curiosity about the homes of children from different countries. This series of books aims to provide distinct and vivid depictions of homes in diverse lands, serving as an introduction to the global way of life, presented in a manner that captures the imagination of children more effortlessly. About The Author: John Finnemore (18631915) was a renowned British educator and author who specialized in crafting fictional novels and educational texts in the fields of history and geography, primarily catering to younger readers. While he made significant contributions to popular boys' magazines like The Boy's Own Paper and Boys' Realm with his stories, Finnemore's lasting legacy lies in his captivating books centered around Teddy Lester and his comrades at Slapton, an imaginary English public school. Alongside his youth-oriented works, Finnemore also penned a handful of novels intended for adult audiences. The Title 'Home Life in India written/authored/edited by John Finnemore, Illustrator: Mortimer Menpes', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121293464 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 123 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol: 123.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Language: English. About The Book: The author's perspective emphasizes that the initial world a child becomes familiar with is the cozy realm of their own home. As their interests expand, it is only natural for them to develop a curiosity about the homes of children from different countries. This series of books aims to provide distinct and vivid depictions of homes in diverse lands, serving as an introduction to the global way of life, presented in a manner that captures the imagination of children more effortlessly. About The Author: John Finnemore (18631915) was a renowned British educator and author who specialized in crafting fictional novels and educational texts in the fields of history and geography, primarily catering to younger readers. While he made significant contributions to popular boys' magazines like The Boy's Own Paper and Boys' Realm with his stories, Finnemore's lasting legacy lies in his captivating books centered around Teddy Lester and his comrades at Slapton, an imaginary English public school. Alongside his youth-oriented works, Finnemore also penned a handful of novels intended for adult audiences. The Title 'Home Life in India written/authored/edited by John Finnemore, Illustrator: Mortimer Menpes', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121293471 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 123 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is History. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol: 123.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. VIII, 86, [2] pages, [11] colour prints. ; 20 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Hardcover in light blue illustrated and gilt-stamped cloth. First edition. Book is in very good condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Gilt on front is lightly faded; wear to cloth at spine. An in-depth history of Venice, Italy. Tipped-in illustrations throughout. Considerable shelf wear present. 8vo. 208. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Macmillan Co., Toronto, Canada 1909. First Edition. 1st Printing. 88 pages. Blue cloth, gold decor. Moderate general wear. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. History::Canada 6687.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback tightly bound in decorated grey cloth with gilt titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners and spine ends, endpapers tanned, page edges foxed, interesting bookplate on front pastedown otherwise no inscriptions. 248 pages, illustrations on plates with tissue guards + vignettes at each chapter, foldout map, index, 2 pages of publisher's adverts. …

Original illustrated cloth. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Impression. Staining to covers. Corners, head & tail of spine are bumped & somewhat scuffed. Handwritten inscription.; Original illustrated cream buckram cloth, featuring beveled boaards, gilt lettering & decorative Art Nouveau designs in gilt, black & green, motif repeated on spine. Top fore-edge gilt & other fore-edges left untrimmed. Printed on quality high-rag paper. Mortimer and Dorothy Menpesâ Brittany is an evocative early twentieth-century portrait of the regionâs coast, villages, markets, peasantry, religious customs, and distinctive Breton character. Dorothy Menpes supplies the descriptive travel text, complemented by 75 colour plates by Mortimer Menpes, whose atmospheric impressions were printed at the Menpes Press.; Quarto; 254 pages. …

First edition with 55 colour-plate illustrations, captioned on the tissue guards and 20 colour printed chapter headings, pull-out map of the Thames. 8vo., Original grey-blue cloth with decorative boards printed in green, white and light blue, lettered in gilt with a gilt top edge. Spine slightly darkened, otherwise a very good copy. This volume is unusual in that this was the first time such illustrations had appeared as chapter headings on the same page as the text matter. A laborious process, in that the paper had to first be coated (as the three colour process was only successful on art paper), the experiment was not repeated. A previous text written by Menpes' daughter, Dorothy, was rejected for being of an 'inadequate quality'. 'A &C Black's Twenty Shilling series of colour plate books, published from 1901 onwards, brought the world into the home at a time when travel, especially overseas, was much more difficult than it is today. For the first time books containing large numbers of colour plates - up to 100 per volume - were made available to the public at an affordable price.' (Inman).…

London, Aam & Charles Black, 1905. First edition. - Inman 8.Inman 8.