Plate Notes (6 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: vg-. Dust Jacket Condition: good. 12-3/8" tall; a complete pub. of the collection; 358 color plates including 44 details; some plated fold out; light brown cloth over boards with gilt lettering; foxing on half title page; book is in light card slipcase, which has wear to extrems. Hardcover.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 4 pages + 1 plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume of Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 25 x 30 cms. Category: Archaeologia; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Numbered, Limited Second Edition. NUMBERED, LIMITED SECOND EDITION, 1932. This copy is 135/200. Hardcover. The first edition was published 20 years earlier in 1912. Quarter burgundy leather and tan cloth binding. Cover bears gilt lining at the leather/cloth seam. Gilt lettering on the spine. Gilt top edge. Deckled foredge and foot. Handmade, cream paper. Heavily illustrated with black and white engravings, many with a loose tissue leaf protector laid in. Explanatory Notes, Prefatory Essay, and Introductory Essay of 1912 at the front go into great detail about the plates, the process, and the artist. xlvii, 333 pp. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945) was a Scottish painter and etcher. His subjects included architectural studies, of which he produced a number of popular 'sets' and landscapes. He received various medals and awards for his etchings. In general his prints feature areas of great darkness, offset by highlights. Cameron would later become known for his church interiors and barren landscapes of Scotland done in drypoint. CONDITION: Overall VG+, shows overall shelf wear and light age toning. Lacks loose leaf signed etching "Castle Moyle" which was originally issued with the first 200 copies of this limited edition. Completely unmarked, leaves are bright and etchings are bold and dark. A nice copy. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Twelve volumes, 1927-1930, complete. Quarter salmon morocco gilt with black buckram sides with gilt device, 8vo., variously paginated, approximately 48 tissue-guarded copper-plate engravings by Hester Sainsbury hand coloured by A. Alexander and Sons. One of 1,000 sets printed on all rag paper by Molyneux for the first two volumes and Richard Clay and Sons for the rest. Attractive engraved bookplate of A. P. Kenrick Edward in each volume, else partially unopened, clean and bright within showing none of the usual foxing or toning, with unusually well preserved bindings that show only mild fading to the spines, old faint stains to two volumes, a minute scuff to one other, and light wear to some spine extremities; the buckram boards are fine and unworn. Addressed reply postcard from Rodker laid in. Near fine; in archival mylar. This is about as nice a set as one is likely to find. Additional shipping cost may be requested.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large quarto bound in red, brick-colored cloth and paper-covered boards. Illustrated with B&W and collotype plates and map. Condition: heavy bump to upper corner of covers and book block; minor wear & rubbing to binding; spine label chipped, although an extra spine label is tipped-in at the back of the book; minor toning to endpapers; else very good. Pages: xx, 28 plates and map.

HC. B&W text ill. color plate (illustrator). 462pp, index Volume II only of THE BOOK OF THE FARM which was published as part of THE FARMERS' LIBRARY - "DETAILING THE LABORS OF THE FARMER, STEWARD, PLOWMAN, HEDGER, CATTLE-MAN, SHEPHERD, FIELD-WORKER, AND DAIRYMAID." Contents of this volume partially contain: Fattening; Driving and Slaughtering Swine; Corn Markets; Dunghills and Liquid-Manure Tanks; Cows, Calving, and Calves; Repairing the Fences of Grass-Fields; Making Butter and Cheese; Hay-Making; Lifting and Pitting Potatoes; Sowing Autumn Wheat; and, much, much more. Color plate of a "Five Year Old Ayrshire Cow", and technical plates follow text of: Threshing Machine; Crank Steam Engine; Steam Engine Boiler; Water Wheel; Norge Wheel; Broadcast Sowing Machine; Drill Sowing machine; and a few more. The plates are followed by a few more pages with articles entitles: MANURES, AMELIORATORS AND STIMULANTS; THE NUTRITION OF PLANTS; and THE ACTION OF SALT UPON VEGETATION. good+, 3/4 leather, marbled boards (hardcover) light edgewear.