Prof Henry Day (2 results)
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Published by J.E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1860
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- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Good
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A first edition copy of this copiously detailed guide to differing art styles. The first edition of the work.In the publisher's original blue cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece and in text throughout.A work by Madame L.B. Urbino, Prof. Henry Day, and others.A comprehensive guide…to thirty art styles, including moss work, antique paintings, shell work, theorem painting, coloring photographs, the aquarium, wax work, and more.With valuable receipts for preparing materials. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, with marks to rear board. Spotting to boards. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Front hinge cracked and fragile. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning and the odd faint damp stain. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
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Arts and Crafts
B.C. Saward; Madame L.B. Urbino; Prof. Henry Day; Winifred M. Clarke; Mavis Fitzrandolph; Eugenie Alexander
Published by L. Upcott Gill; J.E. Tilton and Company; B.T. Batsford, Ltd.; The National Federation of Women's Institutes; Mills & Boon 1864-1959, London, 1864
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. An abundantly illustrated six volume set of handbooks and guides on artistry, crafting, and history of art. A lovely six volume set of works on art and crafts.In the original cloth bindings.Comprising of:1864 Art Recreations: Being a Complete Guide to Pencil Drawing, Moss Work, Wax work, et al.A work… by Madame L.B. Urbino, Prof. Henry Day, and others. Illustrated with a frontispiece and in text illustrations throughout. A comprehensive guide to multiple art mediums, with sections on glass, oil, colours, chess, moss, enamel, leather, and many more.c1900 Decorative Painting; A Practical Handbook on Painting and Etching Upon Various Objects and Materials for the Decoration of Our HomesA work by B.C. Saward. With in text illustrations throughout. With sections on painting on textiles, on pottery & porcelain, on paper, vellum and leather, on glass and wood, and on stone and metal.1927 The Industrial Arts; Their History, Development, and Practice as Educational FactorsA work by Frederick J. Glass. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in text illustrations throughout. With chapters on shelters, English architecture, furnishings, fabrics, leather, metalwork and jewellery, tools, records, lettering, paper craft, clay, pottery, glass, baskets, transport, boats, design and trees.1937 Practical Craftwork DesignA work by Winifred M. Clarke. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, one coloured plate, and nine monochrome plates. With in text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. With sections on leather work, raffia work, felt work, and glove making.1950 30 CraftsA collection of writings form various authors, edited by Mavis Fitzrandolph. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, one coloured plate, and sixteen monochrome plates. Collated, complete. The volume provides a historical account of the culture and background of thirty crafts, from banners to upholstery.1959 Fabric PicturesA work by Eugenie Alexander. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece, three coloured plates, and 24 monochrome plates. Collated, complete. With sections on the history of the use of fabric for pictorial purposes, how to make fabric pictures, ideas for pictures, artists and their work, and additional ideas. In cloth bindings. Externally, smart. Fading to spines, with light bumping to the heads and tails. Hinges of 'Art Recreations cracking, and fragile. Bookseller's sticker to front paste down of 'The Industrial Arts', with very light spotting to endpapers. Offsetting to endpapers of '30 Crafts'. Ink inscription and booksellers sticker to front paste down of 'Fabric Pictures', with offsetting to free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Sticker over publishing information of 'Fabric Pictures'. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
