Roy Schaffer (17 results)

Condition: Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Navy cloth boards, gilt titling on cover and spine. Solid binding, minimal wear. Clean unmarked pages. Minimal wear to DJ. ; 11.10 X 9.10 X 1.20 inches; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1984). First Edition. 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ in. 192pp. Over 350 illustrations including 80 color plates. Deep purple cloth, letters gilt. Fine condition in dj. From dj: "A complete catalogue (as of publication time) of the growing FORBES Magazine Collection, a chronology, and a list of Fabergé workmasters and their marks make this a useful reference book for the collector as well as a glittering presentation of some of the most dazzling examples of the jeweler's art created in the past century." ISBN 0810909332; Over 350 illustrations; 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. First Edition. 1st printing (no later printings indicated). Lavishly illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Clean and tight. No markings. Fast shipping from NYC!

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Hardcover. 11 1/4" X 9 1/4". 192pp. Very mild shelf wear to corners, and edges of dust jacket. Light rubbing to covers of dust jacket. Blue cloth over boards with spine and cover lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Black and white and color photographs throughout. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Peter Carl Faberge, court jeweler to the czars, is a name synonymous with beauty, craftsmanship, and sumptuous excess. This exciting book features some of the best photographs ever made of Faberge objects. Over 350 illustrations, 80 in full color.(Publisher).

Cloth. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). First edition. 4to, 192 pp., illustrated throughout inclulding 80 color plates. Top edges of boards and endpapers a bit faded, top corners of boards lighlty bumped, previous owner blind stamp. Jacket lightly sunned and edgeworn. Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. New York: Harry N. Abrams / Abradale Press, 1988. 192 pages; more than 350 illustrations, including 80 color plates. Most illustrated works are from the Forbes Magazine Collection. More than just eggs. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Language: ENG.

Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). 192 S., Leinen, Quart, Schutzumschlag, more than 350 illustrations, including 80 plates in full color, wohlerhaltenes Exemplar,

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A very nice copy without flaw 9.5 X 11" 192 pages Weight Over 1 Kg. Edited by Christopher Forbes. More than 350 illustrations, including 80 plates in full colour. Formerly with Christie's London, author Alexander von Solodkoff is an expert on Russian objects. He tells the fascinating story of the rise of the House of Faberge and in particular of Carl Faberge, son of the founder, whose flair for the imaginative and inventive was given full rein. Von Sclodkoff also describes the royal and fashionable international clientele. Nearly all of the known Imperial Easter Eggs can be found in brilliant color photographs in the pages of this book. Most of the pieces are from the Forbes Magazine Collection, the largest in the US and one of the finest in the world. A complete catalog of the growing Forbes collection, a chronology, and a list of Faberge workmasters and their marks make this a useful reference book as well as a glittering presentation of some of the most dazzling examples of the jeweler's art created in the past century.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Don Manning [Photographs] (illustrator). First Edition. Near fine large format book in light card covers; title also hand written along spine area; small corner crease. Internally fine and free of inscriptions; profusely illustrated; 40 pp,

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. As new condition textured black cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition color photographic non price-clipped dust jacket. Includes On Collecting Faberge by Malcolm S. Forbes; A Select Bibliography; Catalogue of the Forbes Magazine Collection; Acknowledgments; and Photo Credits. With more than 350 illustrations, including 80 plates in full color. The lower page edges contain a remainder mark. "An aura of magic surrounds the name of Faberge today, when his exquisitely crafted fantasies are even more avidly sought after than they were in imperial Russia, when Faberge was court jeweler to the czars. Alexander von Solodkoff, author of this book and an expert on Russian objects, formerly with Christie's, London, has seen many of the treasured Faberge pieces come up for auction. Here he tells the fascinating story of the rise of the House of Faberge and in particular of Carl Faberge, son of the founder, whom the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna once called "an incomparable genius." Indeed, it was young Carl's stroke of genius to deflect the firm's business from conventional jewelry to the elegant and amusing baubles that were the conversation pieces of their day. His flair for the imaginative and inventive was given full rein in the series of gloriously decorated Imperial Easter Eggs, each containing a miniature jeweled "surprise" - a train, a palace, a golden coronation coach. Always, this sublime playfulness was coupled with the strictest standards of superb craftsmanship. Von Solodkoff describes the royal and fashionable international clientele who bought their gifts and household trinkets at Faberge. Picture frames, boxes, parasol handles, fans, clocks, pens, bowls, and cups carved from semiprecious stones, portfolios, opera glasses, even a pair of jewelheaded knitting needles, could be found at Faberge's shops in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kiev, and London at the turn of the century. Now collectors' items, many of these objects and nearly all of the known Imperial Easter Eggs can be found in brilliant color photographs in the pages of this book. Most of the pieces are from the Forbes Magazine Collection, the largest in the United States and one of the finest in the world. Christopher Forbes, who has himself written and edited several books on the subject, presided over this one, securing enlightening chapters by Paul Schaffer of A La Vieille Russie in New York and A. Kenneth Snowman of Wartski, London, the eminent dealers whose firms helped to form many of the outstanding Faberge collections of the world. A chapter on the reign of Russia's last czar, Nicholas II, by historian Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey illuminates not only the subject matter of the Fifteenth Anniversary Egg but also the period and world of Faberge. A complete catalogue (as of publication time) of the growing Forbes Magazine Collection, a chronology, and a list of Faberge workmasters and their marks make this a useful reference book for the collector as well as a glittering presentation of some of the most dazzling examples of the jeweler's art created in the past century." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.

Original publisher's blue cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine & frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, large 4to: frontispiece, 192pp., over 350 plates & illustrations [80 coloured], marks on Fabergé objects, general bibliography, catalogue for Forbes Magazine collection, acknowledgements, index. Very fine copy - as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition ( 'First published 1989' ). Signed and inscribed by John C. Greene. Once listed, this will be the Only signed copy for sale anywhere on the Internet. The inscription reads 'For Jim McKelvey with high regard-- John Greene.' From the jacket: 'This book contains a fascinating introductory conversation with John C. Greene (page 1-38) and an afterword by him that responds to the contributors' essays. The book will have a strong appeal to a wide audience concerned with the religious, moral, and political aspects of evolution.' Happily, both the book and the dust jacket are in excellent condition. You can see the front cover of the book in the 5th photo. It's exceptionally clean. That's also the case with the spine and rear cover. The black lettering on the spine is very bright. There's only a little bit of crinkling at the spine ends. The corners and edges are free of rubbing. There is a light crease off both the front and rear top corners. There is also some light spotting on both the middle and bottom page edges. While you can see the middle page spotting on the edges when the book is open, it has had minimal effect on the actual pages, with only a few early instances of a tan speck or two just off the edge, and only a few more over the remainder of the pages. The book is square and the spine is straight. The binding is very solid from cover to cover with nicely tight pages and nicely tight covers as well. There are some black-and-white photographs and drawings. All of them are in excellent condition. The pages look terrific. There is a sliver of a tan spot off the bottom edge of the signed page (see second photo). Otherwise, the pages are exceptionally clean. I'm not finding any other soiling. There are no turned-down corners or placeholder creases. A number of the latter pages have a tiny, very light, very vague top corner semi-crease, not much of anything. Other than that, I found on the two or three very light creases. There are no markings No attachments of any kind. And John C. Greene's signed inscription is the only writing to be found anywhere. You can see the dust jacket in the first few photos. I've always had it in a fitted protective cover. The jacket is very clean. I don't see any tears. The spine edges and the edge corners look very good. The flaps are in very nice condition with only a sliver of a spot on the rear flap's outer edge. The jacket is not priced or clipped. From the jacket: History, Humanity and Evolution brings together thirteen original essays by prominent scholars in the history of evolutionary thought. The volume is intended both represent the best of today's research in the field and also to celebrate the work of the distinguished historian, John C. Greene, whose historical writings have had a unique influence on this volume's contributors as well as the field as a whole. The chapters explore the history of evolutionary thought in all of its cultural richness over the last two hundred years. Using contemporary sources as diverse as medicine, literature, and natural history tableaux, and drawing on the resources of publishing history, feminist scholarship, and the histories of politics, sociology, and philosophy, the contributors offer new perspectives not only on unfamiliar figures such as Erasmus and Charles Darwin, Lamarck, Chambers, Huxley, and Haeckel, but also on many lesser-known participants in the evolutionary debates.' 'No scholar did more to humanize our understanding of evolution and to set evolutionary theorizing within the broad sweep of Western intellectual history than John C. Greene. His writings on Charles Darwin, his dialogues with leading evolutionists, his publications on race, social theory, early American science, and the historiography of ideas, and his generous personal encouragement of younger scholars for over half a century made him one of the few most influential historians of the life sciences of his generation.'--- The History of Science Society. Inscribed by Author(s).

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. bilingual edition. 272 pages. German language. 9.25x6.10x0.63 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Revised Edition; No Printing Stated. 562 pages; personal plate from previous owner on front pastedown endpaper. Minor speckles on the top exterior edge of textblock. Wear on DJ edges, small tears. Moderate rubbing and light fading on DJ. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Condition: New.