Fore edge (192 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Dust Jacket. Copyright Date: 1994 Square Quarto, 1994, PP.128, APractical Guide To Cultivating, Drying, And Cooking With More Than 50 Herbs. Color Illustrations And Photos On Each Page, A Charming Fore Edge Illustration Border At Each Page (illustrateur).…

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 36 pages. Agatha Christie (cont'd from issue 32) (3 pages) / Victorian Fiction sold at Sotheby's 12-13 October 1970 (6 pages) / Tauchnitz Of Leipzig numbers 1403 to 1499-1500 / Ronald Pearsall "The Curious History Of Hardyknute" / David Layton "Where have they gone? Dcience text-books of the 19th century" / !From 'The Bookman' New York, Vol.5, 1897" / Fore-Edge Painting. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. Copyright Date: 1951 Sm Octavo, Light Foxing At Fore Edge Of Text Block, PP.101, One Of The Few Books On These Flowers. Light Foxing At Fore Edge Of Text Block (illustrateur).

Etat : Very Good. 27 pages, 15 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. 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. Category: Book Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Etat : Very Good. 15 pages, 2 plates. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. 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. Category: Book Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, ON 'EXCLUSIVE SIGNED EDITON' PAGE, IN BLUE PEN, WITHOUT DEDICATION. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, slight lean, page fore edges dyed blue with 'wave' illustration stencils, continuation of handsome jacket illustration, not price clipped (£14.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean and tight, overall a vg+ copy. 423pp, illustrated endpapers. 836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne finds little comfort in the local girls and friendship doesn't come easily, until she meets Thea and she finds in her a kindred spirit and finally acceptance. Hanne's family are Old Lutherans, and in her small village hushed worship is done secretly, this is a community under threat. But when they are granted safe passage to Australia, the community rejoices: at last a place they can pray without fear, a permanent home. Freedom. It'' a promise of freedom that will have devastating consequences for Hanne and Thea, but, on that long and brutal journey, their bond proves too strong for even nature to break . Scarce signed. Jacket, endpapers and wave fore edge illustrations by Sam Scales (illustrateur). Signed by Author(s). …

leather_bound. Etat : Good. Smaoo pocket edition on red cloth NOT leather MDCCL with split to spine cover seam.

Etat : Fine. Number of books: 1.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Vii, 388 Pp. Full Calf, Five Bands, Black Spine Label, Gilt All Compartments, Gilt Seal Of George Agar Ellis, 2St Baron Dover. Pages With Marbled Edges And A Fore-Edge Painting Of What Was Apparently A Very Large Church In A Low Country Village Or Town, With A Man Looking On In Foreground, Almost Certainly Rev. Blackader Looking At His Parish. George James Welbore Agar-Ellis, 1St Baron Dover Pc Frs Fsa (1797 - 1833) Was A British Politician And Man Of Letters. Agar-Ellis Was The Only Son Of Henry Agar-Ellis, 2Nd Viscount Clifden, And Lady Caroline, Daughter Of George Spencer, 4Th Duke Of Marlborough. He Was Educated At Westminster School And Christ Church, Oxford. He Was Elected A Fellow Of Both The Society Of Antiquaries And Royal Society In 1816. Agar-Ellis Was Returned To Parliament For Heytesbury In 1818, A Seat He Held Until 1820. He Afterwards Represented Seaford Between 1820 And 1826, Ludgershall Between 1826 And 1830 And Okehampton Between 1830 And 1831. He Supported George Canning's Motion In 1822 For A Bill To Relieve The Disabilities Of Roman Catholic Peers, And Consistently Supported Liberal Principles. He Took Little Interest In Party Politics But Was A Strong Advocate Of State Support For The Causes Of Literature And The Fine Arts. In 1824 Agar-Ellis Was The Leading Promoter Of The Grant Of £57,000 For The Purchase Of John Julius Angerstein's Collection Of Pictures, Which Formed The Foundation Of The National Gallery. On The Formation Of Lord Grey's Whig Administration In November 1830, He Was Sworn Of The Privy Council And Appointed First Commissioner Of Woods And Forests. However, He Was Forced To Resign After Two Months Due To Bad Health. In June 1831, During His Father's Lifetime, Agar-Ellis Was Raised To The Peerage As Baron Dover, Of Dover In The County Of Kent. He Was President Of The Royal Society Of Literature In 1832, A Trustee Of The British Museum And Of The National Gallery, And A Commissioner Of Public Records. Lord Dover Married Lady Georgiana Howard, Daughter Of George Howard, 6Th Earl Of Carlisle, In 1822. They Had Two Sons, Who Became Respectively The 3Rd Viscount And 5Th Viscount, And Two Daughters. He Died On The 10 July 1833, Aged Only 36, Predeceasing His Father By Three Years. Lord Dover'S Works Were Chiefly Historical, And Include: The True History Of The Iron Mask, Extracted From Documents In The French Archives (1826), Inquiries Respecting The Character Of Clarendon (1827), And A Life Of Frederick Ii. (1831). He Also Edited The Ellis Correspondence (1829) And Walpole'S Letters To Sir Horace Mann (1833). Frontispiece, Fore-Edge Painting (illustrateur).…

Red Morocco. Etat : Near Fine. 5th or later Edition. 262 Pp. Full Pebbled Red Morocco, All Compartments Gilt, Five Bands, Covers Elaborately Gilt With Nine Borders In Gilt, Inner Blind-Stamped Rule With Corner Embellishment, Elaborately Gilt Edges And Elaborately Gilt Turns, All Edges Of Page Block Gilt, Yellow Endpapers, With Bound In Black Silk Marker. Title Page In Red And Black. 6 5/8" Tall. Remarkably Well Preserved, Slight Rubbing, No Names Or Marks. This Example With A Well-Preserved Fore Edge Painting Of Washington D. C. From Arlington Heights With Potomac River And Several Ships In Foreground, Painting Apparently Done Apparently Circa 1850-1853 As The Washington Monument Is Depicted As About 1/3 Completed. Fore-Edge Painting (illustrateur).…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. xvi,[1],4-475,[1]p 8°, bound in full red morocco, each board has gilt rule, two narrow parallel rules near the edges, and small ornaments at a four corners,6 spine compartments containing geometric decorations, gilt edges, and decorative turn-ins, marbled end papers, all edges gilt with water color fore edge painting, mmarks to covers, light wear at bottom edge of front board, wear atcorners and spine ends., light age wear and a little fade to spine. Direction line: Vol. I; at foot of p. 475: "The end of the first volume."A reissue of vol. I of the 2 vols. set of 'Essays. On the nature and immutability of truth', 1776, with a cancel titlepage. Fore Edge Painting (illustrateur).…

Kl.-8° (17 x 10 cm.). XII, 215 S. mit gestoch. Frontispiz und 5 Kupfertafeln. Prachtvoller englischer Maroquin-Lederband mit "Fore-edge Painting" einer versteckten Buchschnittdekoration, die an den Kanten von Buchseiten angebracht wird und die beim Durchblättern ebenso wie im geschlossenen Zustand des Buches unsichtbar ist. Die Malerei zeigt sich nur, wenn man die Blätter des Buches zusammenpresst und leicht gegeneinander verschiebt. Dann erscheint ein Bild auf dem Buchschnitt, hier eine Dorfstraße mit Spaziergängern. - Zeitgenössischer Besitzvermerk, die ersten Blätter braunfleckig, sonst sehr gut erhalten. Dark red morocco leather binding with a gold-stamped spine label, lavish gilding on the spine and cover, gilded inner edges, and fore-edge painting beneath a gilt edge. - A magnificent English morocco leather binding featuring "fore-edge painting" a hidden decoration applied to the edges of the pages, which remains invisible both when the book is open and when it is closed. The painting only becomes visible when the pages of the book are pressed together and shifted slightly against one another. An image then appears on the book's fore-edge, in this case a village street with pedestrians. - Contemporary owner's inscription; the first few pages are stained with brown spots, otherwise very well preserved.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 176p. Contemporary brown morocco with richly gilt boards and spine. Bound by Taylor & Hessey with their stamp in blind on the rear endpaper. The firm employed a very talented, but anonymous fore-edge painter. Nicely printed by Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press with six engravings. The volume is stored in a protective slipcase made by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London for Marshall Field & Company with their stamp on the board. A well preserved copy with light scattered foxing.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Contemporary full morocco gilt; CONDITION: Covers rubbed; occasional spotting. BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS. Size: 20.5 X 15 Cms. Illustrated by Turner & Harvey (illustrateur). Signed by Illustrator(s).

Leather. Etat : Very Good. Two volumes in one. Full red morocco leather, expertly rebacked spine, gilt titles and ruling, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, (Quarto: 11.25 x 9 x 2.25 inches). DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Tower of London and Greenwich. Containing selected speeches of Demosthenes and Aeschenes in Greek and Latin, translated by Hieronymus Wolf. Amorial bookplate of William Stewart Rose. Pencil notation "James C. Howgate, Bookseller" on front fly. Showing some wear to exterior, bumped corners, internally clean and bright. Hand-painted double fore-edge watercolors are dull, indicative of being older and not modern. Double Fore-Edge Painting (illustrateur).…

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Thus. Inner Hinges Starting only everso slightly Cracked, HBDJ, 1925, 1st Edition THUS,Hard Cover. Book Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. AS-IS. 16mo - . 320 pages, NO ADS in Back, Interior very clean, bright and tight. Small Red embossed boards with black titles on Spine. - no inscription or markings. Dust jacket is unclipped. Minor losses of DJ corners and head/tail of spine Small Chips YET Titles publ INTACT.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. HBDJ, 1962, 200 PGS with word glossary, VG+ / VG DJ Illustrated by GRAY MORROW , 200 pg. Front board has a slight bend. Tips and spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Spine is lightly sunned. Edges of text block are dust stained. Lower edges of boards are rubbed. Spine edges and flap folds of jacket are rubbed. Spine ends are chipping. Fore edge of front flap has a small tear at the lower tip. Front panel has a small tear at the top edge. Top tip of rear flap has old tape residue. Inside of jacket has twelve areas of tape residue and a small rectangular surface tear from where tape was removed. Text is unmarked. Hardcover. Good Plus/Fair Jacket. Illus. by Morrow, Gray. Ex-School Library. ,A well-illustrated stroll down the aisles of the Red Front store.[a] warm tribute to the five-and-dime's golden era.story of how a poor potato farmer named Frank Woolworth created a merchandising empire that touched the lives of Americans in small towns, big cities, and everywhere in between. FIVE & Dime. Illustrated by GRAY MORROW Chapters cover the store's humble beginnings, surviving the Great Depression, the civil rights sit-ins, Woolworth's around the globe, the popularity of Woolworth's collectibles, and much more. A well-illustrated stroll down the aisles of the Red Front store.[a] warm tribute to the five-and-dime's golden er.…

8vo. [vi], 393, [2] pp. Original full rouge calf, simple gilt-rules, raised bands, gilt spine title, all edges gilt, marbled endsheets, by Henry Young & Sons Ltd., Liverpool. Very good. With a recent fore-edge painting showing some women punting a rowboat in a small river. Commissioned or painted by a house artist for Harrington's, ca. 1990s-2007. [c340/101].…

Bound in original wine cloth spine and blue paper-covered boards. Clean and tight throughout with some light dust foxing along the fore-edges. In an attractive dust jacket with colorful circular design. With the price of $8.95. Reflex fold at the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel. Light soiling and toning along the front fold. KOONTZ, Dean R. After the Last Race [Signed Bookplate Laid In] New York: Atheneum, 1974. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); original cloth-backed boards in white pictorial dust jacket; [14],297pp. A few minor soil-spots to textblock fore-edge, else (illustrateur).…

Small 8vo. xxiv, 568 pp. Frontispiece portrait, engraved half-title, illustrations. Original full black blind-ruled morocco, raised bands, simple gilt-rules along the bands, gilt spine title, all edges gilt, gilt-ruled inner dentelles, marbled endsheets. Ownership inscription: A.A. Baines from H.E. Moberly, 18th Dec. 1872. Very good. With a portrait in watercolor of Wordsworth, the ride-side being a British countryside scene. A wide yellowish-border frames the painting. / Clearly this fore-edge painting is from Harrington's, but no markings. A recognizable artist, such that I have seen Harrington's use this artist frequently. Painting assigned to the period ca. 1990's-2007. Painting attributed to Lindsay Brufton (not confirmed). …

8vo. [iv], 413, [1] pp. Original full brown straight-grain morocco, gilt extra, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, red endsheets; rubbed, dust-soiled. Large armorial bookplate. Some foxing. Very good. Authorship was established from checking WorldCat. Wilson's name is not mentioned in this first edition. / With a modern fore-edge painting showing a scene of reaping the hay with mostly women doing the heavy work. / Probably commissioned by or represented by Harrington's, perhaps a house artist, period of execution being approximately 1990s-2007. Painting attributed to Margaret Selmes (not confirmed). [c340/131].…

Hard Cover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. Inner Hinges Starting slightly Cracked, HBDJ, NoDate, 1920 ? Early Reprint, part of 'The Boys' Library' edition. NF+ BOOK / POOR DustJacket, AS-IS, 7" x 5". Foxing to eps and fore edge, else, very bright and tight hardback in pictorial cloth. Dustwrapper badlly torn and defective with small part illustration missing on front & THE in Title Missing, DJ rub, wear Tears tiny Chips Extremities, DJ Spine ends Small chips but title, author Illustration Sailing Vessel almost INTACT, Back DJ light Soil, Wear, Small Corner Chips but Printing all There. Scuff mark Front DJ taking out part of 1 natives Face, Blue, Black, light Salmon Pictorial Cloth of Native with Twisted Sword, Cvr light rub, wear, Tiny Corner Ding, Interior nice tight Clean LIGHT FOX, Wear, 352 pgs, NO ADS in BAck. …

12mo. viii, 423, [1] pp. Engraved frontispiece, half-title. Original full maroon blind- and gilt-stamped morocco, all edges gilt. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of "Saltram Devon South-West, after Philip Hutchins Rogers" painted by Don Noble (who said he painted for more than 30 years and was active from the 1970s and 1980s. Note his handwriting is consistently the same when he does give a label. See: Weber, Jeff, Annotated Dictionary, pp. 214-6 [Noble fl. 1965-2000).…

8vo. ix, [1], 307, [1] pp. Original half red morocco, red cloth sides, raised bands, gilt-tooled spine compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endleaves. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of a British winter coaching scene, painted by Margaret Selmes (not confirmed). In the scene, the coach is completely âsnowed-inâ such that it would seem treacherous to continue, though 6 men are riding outside the carriage. The book explores the history and experiences of coaching in England, reflecting on the evolution of travel by coach vehicles of various types (pre-automobiles). With anecdotal accounts involving travel (including robberies â" see below). CONTENTS (selected): Chapter I â" Ancient Charioteers â" Celebrated Whips â" Introduction of Carriages into England â" The State of the Roads in 1739 â" Traveling in Bygone Days; Chapter II â" Dangers of Travelling â" Anecdotes of Highwaymen â" Innkeepers and Highwaymen â" Coach Robberies; Chapter III â" Slow Coaches â" Public Dinners to the Drivers â" Nimrod on the Shrewsbury and Chester âHighflyer â" Wonderful Feat of Locomotion; Chapter IV â" Journey to Bath in the Palmy Days of Coaching â" The Old Brighton Road â" A Squire of 1638 â" âParson Dennisâ; Chapter V â" Coach vs. Rail â" Description of a Coach Journey from London to Bath â" Snug HÃ telleries â" English vs. Foreign Cooking; Chapter VI â" Moving Accidents by Rail and Coach â" Anecdote of the Late Duke of Wellington â" Reckless Drivers â" Short Time for the Issuing of Railway Tickets; Chapter VII â" Traveling in Ireland â" Irish Wit â" Sir Walter Scott and a Genuine Paddy â" Irish Cab Drivers â" Journey from Cork to Dublin in a Post-Chaise; Chapter; VIII â" Coach Accidents â" Mail Robberies â" A Drunken Driver â" Robbery by Convicts; Chapter IX â" The Mails Stopped by Severe Snowstorms â" Sledges Used for the Mails â" Dreadful Storms â" Floods in Scotland in 1829 â" Coaching in Australia; Chapter X â" Coaching Acquaintances â" Stage Coaching of Bygone and Modern Days â" Amateur Drivers â" Crack Drivers; Chapter XI â" The Turnpike Gate at Hyde Park Corner â" The âOld White Horse Cellarâ Piccadilly; Chapter XII â" Amateur Dragsmen â" The Old Driving Club of 1808 â" The Whip Club â" Description of the Carriages; Chapter XIII â" Oxford and Cambridge Men â" My First Attempt at Driving â" Tandem Driving â" The Ostler Country Inns; Chapter XIV â" Journey to Newmarket â" Lord Grantleyâs Team â" The Royal Mail â" General Remarks on Driving; Chapter XV â" Anecdote of the Late Duke of Wellington â" A Hunting Adventure â" A Lucky â" An Eventful Day; Chapter XVI â" Hairbreadth Escapes â" Robberies in London, etc. [Note the similarity of this artist with the ADDISON & STEELE in this catalogue of Jeff Weber Rare Books catalogue 351].…

Small 8vo. lxvii, [1], 465, [1] pp. Frontispiece, 37 wood-cuts from designs by Harvey; endleaves foxed. Original full dark green gilt-stamped morocco, gilt-stamped compartments, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, cream endsheets; rubbed. Ownership inscription to Henry Hamilton from his friend J.H. Herbert,19th of June [18]/71. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of âA Wyoming Chieftainâ â" harkening figures showing within this volume (pp. 169, 174, 205) â" actually loosely inspired by â" where a vertical painting showing the native American figure within a natural setting. The fictional character of Outalissi is an Oneida chief in âGertrude of Wyomingâ, a famous 1809 Romantic epic poem written by the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell. Commissioned by Harringtonâs, with their cost-codes present, the fore-edge painting likely dating from about 1994-2007. The painting is attributed to Margaret Selmes.…

2 volumes in 1. Small 8vo. vii, [1], 212; [vi], 178 pp. Endsheets foxed. Original full dark red blind- and gilt-stamped morocco, raised bands, gilt-spine title, both covers with large heraldic shield showing 3 stags, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endsheets; rubbed. Ink signature of Joan M. Tate. Very good. With a not-so-serious tennis scene depicted in a garden setting, on grass, a low net, the 2 players (a man serving to a woman, looking quite stationary), in 19th century clothing, and an older man collecting the balls into a basket. / I am quite sure the firm commissioning this painting, and the artist, both understand the joke of a "tennis scene" painted on a volume of "Tennyson". In other words, the scene is deliberately painted on this volume, meant as a joke. / Sold by Harrington's, probably commissioned by or represented by that firm just after it was painted, suggesting a house artist, the period of execution being the mid-1990s. Painting attributed to Lindsay Brufton (not confirmed).…

Small 8vo. xv, [3], 479, [1] pp. Original full red gilt-stamped morocco, raised bands, gilt-framed compartments, all edges gilt, simple gilt inner dentelles, marbled endsheets; joints cracked and mended, yet still tender and showing wear. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR THOMAS HUGHES: This copy with the following inked inscription: âCarrie Wynne Ffoulkes on her marriage with all good wishes from the author, Sept 1892, Thos. Hughesâ. Good. With a fore-edge painting showing the same scene as on the frontispiece, but different! The title of the frontispiece reads: âTomâs âwinâ in honour of his father. The squire, who has been carefully planted by Tom with his back to the death warrant, enjoys himself very muchâ. (p. 407). Note the dog on the right chair and the absence of the barmaid, nor the definition of the columns which are titled on the frontispiece. Commissioned by or for Harringtonâs (with their cost-codes) probably in the mid-to-late 1990s. Fore-edge painting attributed to Lindsay Brufton.…

8vo. xiv, [2], 413, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout. Original full dark red morocco, 4-ruled border, gilt spine compartments and title, all edges gilt, gilt inner dentelles, cream textured endsheets, Ownership inscription (on title) of Winifred E.E. [?] Chilton, 1930. With a field game and several players, presumedly rugby, wearing uniforms (possibly a college level match). / From Harrington's, with their cost-code. Painting assigned to the period ca. 1990's-2000. Previously owned by EOS Buchantiquariat, yet with Harrington's cost-code. The artist is also one frequently used by Harrington's. Painting attributed to Lindsay Brufton (not confirmed).…

Third impression. Small 8vo. [238] pp. Small title-vignette/device. Original red morocco by Riviere, all edges gilt, dark marine-green endsheets; expertly REBACKED recently with raised bands, gilt-spine tooling â" a tremendous job by the binder. Bookplate (pre-fore-edge) of Antoinette Brett. Near fine. With a sweet delicately painted scene within an elaborate border with flowers and plants in the sides or corners, a framed oval contains a charming scene in watercolors, which, once fanned, shows a scene of two women beside a door, opening up to a gated and tranquil-like setting in the country. / This is the same artist as the "Greek erotic" scene, Stanley, Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church. 1877, 1870. 2 vols. / Sold by Harrington's with their cost-marks, probably a product of either their commission or some direct involvement involving a house-artist. Ascribed to the period ca. 1990s-2007. Painting attributed to Margaret Selmes (not confirmed).…

8vo. xii, 778 pp. Contemporary full brown morocco, gilt spine title, blind-tooled covers, raised bands, a.e.g., gilt inner dentelles, marbled endsheets. Early ownership signature of Cora Lee Clark, 1872; bookplate of John Hamilton Rice. Very good. This volume contains a split-double with two cricketing fore-edge paintings of a BOWLER and BATSMAN. Each painting is labelled on the scene itself. This fore-edge painting was commissioned by Harringtonâs, with their cost-codes present. Painting attributed to Lindsay Brufton (not confirmed).…