london weidenfeld and nicolson 1975 (99 results)

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Very Good. Good in Mylar Jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Illustrations of the best pieces from the original Getty Museum in Malibu. Flawed only by inked date on front endpaper. Lightly chipped DJ with 2 closed tear s and creases in front flap.

Kitchen, Martin, 1936-. A military history of Germany. From the eighteenth century to the present day. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1975, viii, 384pp., very good dust-jacket with some light wear, very good brown cloth, previous owner's name inside front cover. 9780297768548 ISBN 0297768549.

Original cloth, with dust jacket (corners a bit bumped), slight traces of use, else in good condition. Please see description or ask for photos.

First English Edition; Lge 8vo; pp. 232; illustrated endpapers, colour frontispiece, numerous b/w illustrations, index; original cloth, dustjacket, spine bumped, light browning to endpapers, otherwise a very good copy. See O'Brien E356.

Condition: Fine. - Quarto, brown cloth titled in gilt, in a price-clipped dw. The covers are warped, lightly bumped & very lightly rubbed. The dw is chipped with 2 tears to the rear panel & a piece out. 280 pp. Profusely illustrated in color & B&W. The contents are near fine. First edition.

First edition. Hardcover. Endpapers slightly foxed, o/w fine in like price-clipped dustjacket slightly worn at the extremities. A study of sexual and other fantasies.

Cloth, gilt cover-title on red panel, large 4to, 32 cm, 280 pp, 40 colour ills and 250 black-and-white ills, A highly readable and profusely illustrated account of great books through the ages, telling the stories of how they were produced, how they survived, the people who produced them and the great collectors who rediscovered and preserved them. Should appeal to every book collector, whatever his or her particular enthusiasms. Chapters on Manuscripts; Early Printing; Bookbinding; The Bible; Early Books in Hebrew; Herbals and Colour-Plate Flower Books; English Books with Colour Plates; Books on Architecture; The New World; Private Press Books; First Editions, Fakes & Forgeries; and Great Book Collectors. "Alan G. Thomas, the eminent bookseller, here tells the story of some of the world's greatest books, their creation and survival, and the men who were responsible for them. Unlike many writers on the subject, he never loses sight of their importance as landmarks in the history of mankind. Beginning with manuscripts from their emergence in the Dark Ages down to the Renaissance, he discusses many fascinating aspects of the subject: the invention of printing - Gutenberg, Aldus and Caxton, and the beautiful early woodcut books; bookbinding, from the Gospel found in the coffin of St Cuthbert to the superb work of French craftsmen still alive today; the heroic story of early editions of the Bible, and the Bible in Hebrew, both of which were often produced under conditions of persecution; the fifteenth- century herbals, the beautiful colour- plate flower books such as Redouté and Thornton's Temple of Flora, and a charming example of the art of book production, English books with coloured aquatint plates; the great books produced by Palladio, Gibbs and Robert Adam which did so much to influence architecture in Europe and America. Alan Thomas also considers the achievements of the New World, from the letter in which Columbus announced his discovery of America to one of the finest ornithological works ever produced - Audubon's The Birds of America. In more recent times he discusses the revival of printing through the Private Press movement, why first editions are collected, and recounts an astonishing series of fakes and forgeries. Finally, he follows the history of great book collectors, from men like Sir Robert Cotton who salvaged the manuscripts scattered by the sack of the monasteries to the great American collectors - Pierpont Morgan and Henry Huntington - who established libraries fully comparable to those of the Old World. The lively text and many beautiful illustrations, chosen from the finest books ever produced, do justice to the subject as one of the most glorious achievements of Western civilization." - from the blurb. Near Very Good in a dustwrapper which is torn with some loss.

Octavo, x+434 pages, original boards in dustwrapper, name on flyleaf, a very good copy. First edition.

xii+334pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper, worn at extremities. Black and white plates. Foxing to top edge. A very good copy. First UK edition.

Octavo, xii+124pp, illustrated, original boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy. First UK edition.

hardback, large 8vo, 406pp, illustrated, stamped 'Weidenfeld LLibrary' on endpaper and title page, edges browned, text clean and sound, Good condition, dustwrapper frayed at top of spine, , not price-clipped. ISBN: 0297769030.

Cloth, gilt cover-title on red panel, large 4to, 32 cm, 280 pp, 40 colour ills and 250 black-and-white ills, A highly readable and profusely illustrated account of great books through the ages, telling the stories of how they were produced, how they survived, the people who produced them and the great collectors who rediscovered and preserved them. Should appeal to every book collector, whatever his or her particular enthusiasms. Chapters on Manuscripts; Early Printing; Bookbinding; The Bible; Early Books in Hebrew; Herbals and Colour-Plate Flower Books; English Books with Colour Plates; Books on Architecture; The New World; Private Press Books; First Editions, Fakes & Forgeries; and Great Book Collectors. "Alan G. Thomas, the eminent bookseller, here tells the story of some of the world's greatest books, their creation and survival, and the men who were responsible for them. Unlike many writers on the subject, he never loses sight of their importance as landmarks in the history of mankind. Beginning with manuscripts from their emergence in the Dark Ages down to the Renaissance, he discusses many fascinating aspects of the subject: the invention of printing - Gutenberg, Aldus and Caxton, and the beautiful early woodcut books; bookbinding, from the Gospel found in the coffin of St Cuthbert to the superb work of French craftsmen still alive today; the heroic story of early editions of the Bible, and the Bible in Hebrew, both of which were often produced under conditions of persecution; the fifteenth- century herbals, the beautiful colour- plate flower books such as Redouté and Thornton's Temple of Flora, and a charming example of the art of book production, English books with coloured aquatint plates; the great books produced by Palladio, Gibbs and Robert Adam which did so much to influence architecture in Europe and America. Alan Thomas also considers the achievements of the New World, from the letter in which Columbus announced his discovery of America to one of the finest ornithological works ever produced - Audubon's The Birds of America. In more recent times he discusses the revival of printing through the Private Press movement, why first editions are collected, and recounts an astonishing series of fakes and forgeries. Finally, he follows the history of great book collectors, from men like Sir Robert Cotton who salvaged the manuscripts scattered by the sack of the monasteries to the great American collectors - Pierpont Morgan and Henry Huntington - who established libraries fully comparable to those of the Old World. The lively text and many beautiful illustrations, chosen from the finest books ever produced, do justice to the subject as one of the most glorious achievements of Western civilization." - from the blurb. Very Good in slightly chipped dustwrapper.

Hardback, small 4to, 244pp. Good condition (light wear; flecked at edges; bookseller's label on front endpaper; pages a little yellowed and foxed) in good dustwrapper (general light wear and discolouration; a little chipped at edges; bumped at head of spine, with one small tear). ISBN: 0297769901.

xiv+320pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. A very good copy.

1st edition, hardback, 4to, 255pp, numerous illustrations, slight browning, clean and sound, no inscriptions, Very Good / Good dustwrapper . wrapper edges rubbed and slightly frayed. ISBN: 0297768840.

Cloth, gilt cover-title on red panel, large 4to, 32 cm, 280 pp, 40 colour ills and 250 black-and-white ills, A highly readable and profusely illustrated account of great books through the ages, telling the stories of how they were produced, how they survived, the people who produced them and the great collectors who rediscovered and preserved them. Should appeal to every book collector, whatever his or her particular enthusiasms. Chapters on Manuscripts; Early Printing; Bookbinding; The Bible; Early Books in Hebrew; Herbals and Colour-Plate Flower Books; English Books with Colour Plates; Books on Architecture; The New World; Private Press Books; First Editions, Fakes & Forgeries; and Great Book Collectors. "Alan G. Thomas, the eminent bookseller, here tells the story of some of the world's greatest books, their creation and survival, and the men who were responsible for them. Unlike many writers on the subject, he never loses sight of their importance as landmarks in the history of mankind. Beginning with manuscripts from their emergence in the Dark Ages down to the Renaissance, he discusses many fascinating aspects of the subject: the invention of printing - Gutenberg, Aldus and Caxton, and the beautiful early woodcut books; bookbinding, from the Gospel found in the coffin of St Cuthbert to the superb work of French craftsmen still alive today; the heroic story of early editions of the Bible, and the Bible in Hebrew, both of which were often produced under conditions of persecution; the fifteenth- century herbals, the beautiful colour- plate flower books such as Redouté and Thornton's Temple of Flora, and a charming example of the art of book production, English books with coloured aquatint plates; the great books produced by Palladio, Gibbs and Robert Adam which did so much to influence architecture in Europe and America. Alan Thomas also considers the achievements of the New World, from the letter in which Columbus announced his discovery of America to one of the finest ornithological works ever produced - Audubon's The Birds of America. In more recent times he discusses the revival of printing through the Private Press movement, why first editions are collected, and recounts an astonishing series of fakes and forgeries. Finally, he follows the history of great book collectors, from men like Sir Robert Cotton who salvaged the manuscripts scattered by the sack of the monasteries to the great American collectors - Pierpont Morgan and Henry Huntington - who established libraries fully comparable to those of the Old World. The lively text and many beautiful illustrations, chosen from the finest books ever produced, do justice to the subject as one of the most glorious achievements of Western civilization." - from the blurb. Very Good in edgeworn dustwrapper.

Cloth, gilt cover-title on red panel, large 4to, 32 cm, 280 pp, 40 colour ills and 250 black-and-white ills, A highly readable and profusely illustrated account of great books through the ages, telling the stories of how they were produced, how they survived, the people who produced them and the great collectors who rediscovered and preserved them. Should appeal to every book collector, whatever his or her particular enthusiasms. Chapters on Manuscripts; Early Printing; Bookbinding; The Bible; Early Books in Hebrew; Herbals and Colour-Plate Flower Books; English Books with Colour Plates; Books on Architecture; The New World; Private Press Books; First Editions, Fakes & Forgeries; and Great Book Collectors. "Alan G. Thomas, the eminent bookseller, here tells the story of some of the world's greatest books, their creation and survival, and the men who were responsible for them. Unlike many writers on the subject, he never loses sight of their importance as landmarks in the history of mankind. Beginning with manuscripts from their emergence in the Dark Ages down to the Renaissance, he discusses many fascinating aspects of the subject: the invention of printing - Gutenberg, Aldus and Caxton, and the beautiful early woodcut books; bookbinding, from the Gospel found in the coffin of St Cuthbert to the superb work of French craftsmen still alive today; the heroic story of early editions of the Bible, and the Bible in Hebrew, both of which were often produced under conditions of persecution; the fifteenth- century herbals, the beautiful colour- plate flower books such as Redouté and Thornton's Temple of Flora, and a charming example of the art of book production, English books with coloured aquatint plates; the great books produced by Palladio, Gibbs and Robert Adam which did so much to influence architecture in Europe and America. Alan Thomas also considers the achievements of the New World, from the letter in which Columbus announced his discovery of America to one of the finest ornithological works ever produced - Audubon's The Birds of America. In more recent times he discusses the revival of printing through the Private Press movement, why first editions are collected, and recounts an astonishing series of fakes and forgeries. Finally, he follows the history of great book collectors, from men like Sir Robert Cotton who salvaged the manuscripts scattered by the sack of the monasteries to the great American collectors - Pierpont Morgan and Henry Huntington - who established libraries fully comparable to those of the Old World. The lively text and many beautiful illustrations, chosen from the finest books ever produced, do justice to the subject as one of the most glorious achievements of Western civilization." - from the blurb. Very Good in a price-clipped dustwrapper wiith small edgetears.

First Edition; 4to; pp. 399; illustrated endpapers, profusely illustrated with b/w and colour images throughout, index of authors, index of titles; original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt illustration to front, dustjacket, spine faded, price clipped, otherwise a very good copy.

Second Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xxxiv, 365; 16 pages of b/w. photographic illustrations, 14 maps, notes, bibliography, list of roman emperors genealogical tables, index, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket a little chipped and worn, good copy.

Cloth, gilt cover-title on red panel, large 4to, 32 cm, 280 pp, 40 colour ills and 250 black-and-white ills, A highly readable and profusely illustrated account of great books through the ages, telling the stories of how they were produced, how they survived, the people who produced them and the great collectors who rediscovered and preserved them. Should appeal to every book collector, whatever his or her particular enthusiasms. Chapters on Manuscripts; Early Printing; Bookbinding; The Bible; Early Books in Hebrew; Herbals and Colour-Plate Flower Books; English Books with Colour Plates; Books on Architecture; The New World; Private Press Books; First Editions, Fakes & Forgeries; and Great Book Collectors. "Alan G. Thomas, the eminent bookseller, here tells the story of some of the world's greatest books, their creation and survival, and the men who were responsible for them. Unlike many writers on the subject, he never loses sight of their importance as landmarks in the history of mankind. Beginning with manuscripts from their emergence in the Dark Ages down to the Renaissance, he discusses many fascinating aspects of the subject: the invention of printing - Gutenberg, Aldus and Caxton, and the beautiful early woodcut books; bookbinding, from the Gospel found in the coffin of St Cuthbert to the superb work of French craftsmen still alive today; the heroic story of early editions of the Bible, and the Bible in Hebrew, both of which were often produced under conditions of persecution; the fifteenth- century herbals, the beautiful colour- plate flower books such as Redouté and Thornton's Temple of Flora, and a charming example of the art of book production, English books with coloured aquatint plates; the great books produced by Palladio, Gibbs and Robert Adam which did so much to influence architecture in Europe and America. Alan Thomas also considers the achievements of the New World, from the letter in which Columbus announced his discovery of America to one of the finest ornithological works ever produced - Audubon's The Birds of America. In more recent times he discusses the revival of printing through the Private Press movement, why first editions are collected, and recounts an astonishing series of fakes and forgeries. Finally, he follows the history of great book collectors, from men like Sir Robert Cotton who salvaged the manuscripts scattered by the sack of the monasteries to the great American collectors - Pierpont Morgan and Henry Huntington - who established libraries fully comparable to those of the Old World. The lively text and many beautiful illustrations, chosen from the finest books ever produced, do justice to the subject as one of the most glorious achievements of Western civilization." - from the blurb. Slightly rubbed at head of boards, otherwise Near Very Good in creased and torn dustwrapper.

4to; 340pp; illustrated endpapers, profusely illustrated with b/w and colour images throughout, index of authors, index of titles; original red cloth, dustwrapper, a very good copy. . First Edition.

261 p. Bound in the publisher's red cloth with dustjacket (Exteriors of the dustjacket worn and with repairs, the book itself is still in good condition.).

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original orange paper covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover. 4to. 10½'' x 8''. ISBN 029776988X. Contains iv, 238 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome photographs throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Very Good condition price clipped dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. RAILWAYS & LOCOMOTIVES.

first edition 165pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,owner's sign.and bookplate to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses).

[First edition]. Gilt lettered and decorated (G & S caricatures) dark blue cloth, with contents superbly illustrated in colour and black and white. Elaborate pictorial dust jacket curled at top edge; spine a little spotted. A fine copy of this double biography.

280 S., mit 290 (davon 40 farbig) teilweise ganzseitigen Abbildungen. Erste Ausgabe, aufwendig Veröffentlichung des englischen Antiquars und Bibliophilen. Inhalt: Manuscripts. - Early Printing. - Bookbinding. - The Bible. - Early Books in Hebrew. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2200 4°. Orig.-Leinen mit illustriertem Orig.-Umschlag (Umschlag etwas angerändert).

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance: From the library of Denis Thomas with his bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages; Physical desc. : 352 p. : ill. (some col. ) ; 30 cm. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 337-341. Subject: Painting, British - History. Painting - Great Britain - History. British paintings, ca 600-1974. Paintings - British - ca 600-1974. 1 Kg.

399 p. Bound in the publisher's red cloth with yellow-coloured pictorial dustjacket (Edges of the text-block have some light foxing, otherwise in good condition.).