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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dittoed manuscript. Horizontal folding crease. No date, likely 1960s.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None as issued. Excellent copy, nearly new. Clean, solid copy with unmarked text. Cover has negligible wear. Binding is tight and square; no creases to spine or cover. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 9 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: British Association for the Advancement of Science; Inventory No: 182824. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 13 pages, textual figures. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Quantity Available: 1. Category: British Association for the Advancement of Science; Inventory No: 182779. Cosmo Books : 28 years selling on ABE; 28 years of taking care of customers on ABE; A seller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. THIS IS THE FIRST BOOK TO PROVIDE A FULLY ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IT SHOWS HOW, IN THE PROGRESS OF CIVILIZATION FROM ANCIENT EGYPT TO OUR OWN TIMES, INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES HAVE CREATED FOR THEMSELVES INTERIORS OF AUSTERE SOLEMNITY, EXTREME LUXURY OR EXQUISITE DELICACY. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1981. OFF WHITE CLOTH HARDBOUND FOLIO WITH GILT SILVER STAMPED TITLE ON SPINE COVER, PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT BOOK. 320Pp. DIMENSIONS: 10 1/2" x 13 1/2" x 1 1/4." BOOK CONDITION: VERY GOOD; SMALL BLACK MARK ON EDGE OF FRONT COVER AT LEAF EDGE, INSIDE BOARD EXPOSED AT SPINE HEEL, PRICING NOTES ON FRONT BOARD PAGE, INTERIOR PAGES BRIGHT, STRONG SPINE. DUSTJACKET: GOOD-FAIR; 1" TEAR AT CROWN OF SPINE, 2" CHIP AT HEEL OF SPINE, CORNER TIP AREAS WITH SMALL TEARS.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 320 pages, [15] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm ; ISBN: 0890090637; 9780890090633 LCCN: 76-11648 ; LC: NK2270; Dewey: 749 ; OCLC: 2672426 ; green cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; "Twenty-five scholars and curators examine Eastern and Western furniture styles during major historical periods from ancient Egyptian and Hellenic times through the twentieth century. Illustrated description is supplied of furniture from China , Egypt , England, France , Germany, India , The Low Countries, Italy, Japan , The Middle East , India, and South East Asia, Poland , Rome, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, and The United States of America" ; large heavy volume ; tears to dustjacket ; VG/G. Book.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. de Walton, John; Hiley, F.E.; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Cameron, John; Wood, Stanley L.; Brightwell, L.R.; Soper, G.; Whitaker, W.G.; Woodville, R. Caton (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with wonderful black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Hunting the Opium Smugglers - Author attempts to capture Chinaman who was causing much trouble by smuggling opium into a South Sea Island; Photograph from Hong Kong of a "Punishment Chair" upon which a bound criminal sat upon eleven knives and was then carried through the streets as a lesson to others; With "Lizzie" to the Edge of Beyond - An old Ford car takes four passengers and a heavy load seven hundred miles through Central Africa; The Faithful Burglar - a story involving psychic phenomena from Ray Bell's Tie-Camp at Shabaqua, Ontario - with photo; Through Savage Europe - Part II - Richard Carline continues to describe his painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro; The Devil Panther - Two British hunters pursue a feared killer panther in India; What Happened to Hubbard? - Sequel to "Where the Gold Went" in which Charles A. Siringo described how Schell and Hubbard stole a quantity of gold from the famous Treadwell Mine in Alaska - describes how Hubbard went on to success in Dawson City; Roaming the Wild South Seas - Part IV (conclusion) - Jack McLaren describes the romance and adventure of the South Sea Islands - article with photos; A Run for Money - Author attempts to smuggle a ranch payroll through a Mexican rebel zone; Photo of Filipino "Tom Thumb", Panglima Diki-Diki; The "Human Bomb" - Update on a 1913 story about Carl Warr who walked into the Los Angeles Police Headquarters with enough dynamite to blow it up; Across the Great Sahara - Part III - A journey by camel across the Sahara from bottom to top - article with many excellent photos; The Sheep-Shearer - A sailor's amusing story about a machine invented by his second engineer; At Grips With a Python - Nighmare experience for a South African farmer; The Ghost of Ardtrea - An odd story from County Tyrone, Ireland describing events in an old rectory; A Week End in Bulgaria - Quaint glimpses of Bulgarian manners and customs by traveller Ralph Michaelis. 88 pages. plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip has left the back cover barely holding, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Wood, Stanley L.; waters, D.B.; Nicolson, W.C.; Robinson, T.H.; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.; De Walton, John; Edwards, Lionel; Whitaker, W.G.; Elcock, Howard K. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Frank Lemon (illustrator). First edition, number 427 of only 500 copies of this complete collection of seven prints commemorating milestones in aviation, each signed by the pilot. Very rare thus. All prints fresh and attractive, each in a colored metal frame. A stunning set. Each print approximately 16 x 13.5 inches visible (each print is matted, framed, and glazed in frames of various colors). Each print bears the Currier Press embossed stamp. Prints are bright and fine (very minor marginal creasing and a small closed marginal tear to the Wright print, not affecting image). Previously sold by Baumann Books and coming with their descriptive sheet. Also included is the plain brown portfolio that originally housed the prints. Please note that this set is very heavy in the metal frames.

50 books and pamphlets from the personal library of the furniture designer and high-end London shop-keeper Sir Ambrose Heal which reflect his love for the Arts and Crafts movement and his passion as a pioneer and champion of design. The collection reveals Heal's connections with many of the leading figures of the time with inscribed copies from his fellow furniture designer Hamilton Smith, review copies of works by William Lethaby and his own copies of early publications by the Designs and Industries Committee which he had helped found. There are polemics by Clough Williams Ellis as well as obscure exhibition catalogues and reports (several unrecorded) from organisations that he supported and helped to run. Altogether a fascinating insight into the life of an influential taste-maker and businessman in England in the first half of the century who ran Heal and Son on Tottenham Court Road for 40 years and played an active role in cultural life in London and further afield. The collection includes: BOOKS 1 'The Caliph's Design, Architects ! Where is Your Vortex?' by Wyndham Lewis. First edition. First Impression. Scarce one of only 1000 copies produced. A printed label to the front cover.Original blue marbled wrappers over card worn away to spine panel. Internally in very good condition. Published by The Egoist Ltd. 2019. Laid in is a printed invitation from the Royal Society of British Artists requesting the company of Mr A Heal dated March 29th 1930. 2 GIFT TO HEAL FROM A FURNITURE DESIGNER 'The People's Album of London Statues'. Described by Osbert Sitwell. Drawn by Nina Hammett. Published by Duckworth, London 1928. Ambrose Heal book plate to front paste down. Hand written pencil note to front free end paper reads 'Given to me by Hamilton Smith Christmas 1928' - Hamilton Temple Smith was a fellow furniture designer with whom Heal shared a patent.Brown cloth boards with decorative embossing to front in good condition. Contains black and white illustrations throughout.Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing. 3 'England and the Octopus' by Clough Williams Ellis. 1928. Boards and internally in good condition. All that remains of dust jacket is front cover which has been excised neatly and laid in. An influential polemic against urban sprawl. 'Heal' inscribed in pencil to front paste down. 4 'Britain Must Rebuild A Policy for Regional Planning' by Frank Pick. Published by Kegan Paul. In good condition. 'Ambrose Heal' written in pencil across front board. Front free end paper inscribed 'Ambrose Heal Nov '41'. 5 GIFT TO HEAL 'Henry Irving'. The Vellum Parchment Shilling Series. No III. Published by Field & Tuer. By William Archer. In good condition. Annotated 'HH from C.C.B. '92'. 6 'Guinevere' by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Illustrated by Byam Shaw. Published by TC & EC Jack. Pocket book. Inlaid decorative gift card reads 'From Philip Carr, To Mr Ambrose Heal'. 7 'Cosmic Vision' by TJ Cobden Sanderson. First Edition 1922. Blue cloth covered boards a little worn to edges, end papers and text clean. b/w frontispiece protected by dust sheet, in very good condition overall throughout. 8 'Lettering in Ornament' by Lewis F Day. First Edition 1902. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. 218 pp. 9 'William Richard Lethaby 1857-1931'. Published by Central School of Arts and Crafts 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards a little discoloured. Text block sound, overall in good condition. 86 pp. Laid in is a compliments slip from the Principal of London County Council. 10 REVIEW COPY 'Art and Handicraft' by John D Sedding. First Edition 1893. Green cloth covered boards with gold titles. Edges and spine sunned /darkened but in very sound condition. End papers clean, some foxing, text clean throughout. Inlaid is a printed note from Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. To the reverse is a faint pencil drawn sketch of a building with tree in foreground. 11 'Handicrafts and Reconstruction. Notes by Members of the Arts & Craft.