philip chadwick foster smith (127 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.15.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.

Etat : Good. First Edition. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Like New. [Signed by author on half title page] Hardcover and dust jacket. Minimal wear to jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 175 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. Signed.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good-. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Ex-library. "A memorial volume published by their children." ; 11.10 X 8.60 X 1.20 inches.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, card covers, xviii + 331pp., map endpapers, ills. Signed by Mr. Smith at the half-title. VG: light soiling to the fore-edge and covers, solid, clean, and attractive otherwise. Extra shipping may be asked. Signed by Author(s).

Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster. The Empress of China. Philadelphia: Maritime Museum, 1984, xviii, 331pp., PAPERBACK with stiff thin card covers, good lightly used copy slightly bowed from being shelved at an angle, BUT previous owner's name written in ink on bottom foredge. 9780913346099 ISBN 0913346098.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good+. First Edition. Spine has some light sunning - does not affect the legibility of the printing. ; Book is written and illustrated by a noted marine historian. One of best books we have ever seen on Maine humor. ; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 63 pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. (1975), stated Second Printing, Near Fine/no dj, oblong octavo, unpaginated (c.60pp), yellow pictorial stapled booklet, b&w illustration nearly every-other-page with accompanying text, binding tight, text unmarked, with biographical sketch of its architect Thomas Waldron Sumner by Christopher Monkhouse.

231pp. + colophon 4to Profusely illustrated in color and black and white Wrappers (Paperback, broche, rustica) Published on the occasion of two exhibits: Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844 and The Canton Connection: Ships, Captains and Cargoes Covers lightly rubbed else clean tight copy: VG 0-87633-060-x.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Blue wraps soiled and foxed, lightly edge worn. Personal blind stamp on title and within. Clean, tight and unmarked interior. Good enough reading/study/reference copy.; 73 pages.

Softcover. Etat : Very Good+. Illustrated covers, sharp and clean, faint water outline to spine edge, not affecting interior. Book is firm in binding, b&w and color photographs. Articles on Guthrie, Oklahoma, the metamorphosis of East India Marine Hall in Salem, Mass. , Piedmont pottery, a 19th-century Christmas at Oatlands, "The Story Wallpapers Tell, " by Catherine Lynn Frangiamore, and Public Hearing Pointers and Pitfalls. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 47 pages.

Etat : Very Good. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by author on half title page. (China, Ships, United States, History).

Etat : VG+/VG+. 1st. 4to. 166pp. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY. Slight bow to covers. Nice copy, but NOT. one of the 150 numbered, slipcased copies.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Red 1/4 cloth, patterned gray paper covered boards, spine panel lettered in gold foil. As issued. ix,115 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. Lacks original glassine wrapper, seldom found. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Softbound. Black wraps with color illustration and yellow lettering. 232 pp. with 270 color and bw illustrations. Catalogue from the silmultaneous exhibitions of July to September 1984 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Philadelphians and the China Trade, 1784-1844 and The Canton Connection: Ships, Captains and Cargoes. Preface by Anne d'Harnoncourt. With an introductory title essay by Jean Gordon Lee, an essay by Philip Chadwick Foster Smith (Philadelphia Displays "The Flowery Flag"), the extensive catalogue with each of the 270 items annotated, a section of abbreviations and bibliography, and an index of the families represented in the catalogue. The catalogue itself is organized by the family names: Biddle, Chew & Wilcocks, Cope, Eckfeldt, Mifflin, Morris, Rush, Sansom, Volans, Girard, Jenkins, and more. Included are items of silver, toys and games, porcelain, costumes and textiles, paintings of the sailing ships and portraiture, furniture, and more, much of it brought back by the family members from China to the US. Also includes. Several portraits of the family members; beautiful fans; ivory, tea caddies, lacquerware, etc. A very informative catalogue about an intriguing part of history. "Local merchants looked to China as an inexpensive producer of well-made, Western-style goods." The exhibition highlighed works of porcelain, silks, furniture, carvings and more, all commissioned by Philadelphians, beginning in the late 1700s. "Decorative arts made for Philadelphians are among the finest Chinese objects produced for export to America." VG- contents, clean and tight; light general shelf wear to covers and bookplate of well-known collector.

hardcover. Etat : very good. Etat de la jaquette : good. First. Illus. 4to, green cloth, d.w. dampstained and lightly soiled. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1984. From the library of Wendell Garrett with his ownership signature.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large 8vo, i-xviii, 331 pp, 71 black and white illustrations, facsimiles of letters, an excellent copy in dust wrapper.

Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. An illustrated history of Philadelphia's waterfront from the Revolutionary War to the 1980's Many black & white plates, 4 black & white photos of ships, boats laid-in. 176 pages. Light wear and soiling to dust jacket. Nice, tight copy. Record # 66320.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. For over three hundred years, Philadelphia has been a major port city. During those three centuries, steam replaced sail, bridges replaced ferries, railroads and cars replaced excursion steamers. This is a profusely illustrated history of the city's approaches and waterfront from the Revolutionary War to the present.

Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. pbk 4to 73pp color and b/w plates cover very slightly shelfworn otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked text.

Booklet. Etat : Very Good+. First Edition. A crisp, clean, tightly bound softcover copy appearing unread, presenting light shelf wear only. Read descriptions carefully. Avoid GLASSFROGBOOKS, ERGODOBOOKS, MORE BOOKS, IRISH BOOKSELLERS, PRO QUO/BAYSIDE BOOKS, BOOKSPLEASE, RIA CHRISTIE, DISCOVER BOOKS, BOOKS2ANYWHERE, BOOKS EXPRESS, CHIRON MEDIA! These "Booksellers" have no books of their own. they buy honest booksellers' books, upcharge you and have no idea what the book is really like. Support your local and small bookstore owners! ; 8.3 X 4.8 X 0.3 inches; 12 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Red cloth with gilt stamped spine. A spot of rubbing to the rear panel and corners. Printed in an edition of 3000 copies. ; 166 pages.

Salem MA: Peabody Museum of Salem, 1977. 1st edition, signed by author. Account of a 'Naval fiasco of the American Revolution'. Handsomely decorated boards. V G. 25.5 cm. IX pp. Color and b/w plates drawings and map. 1st edition, signed by author. Account of a 'Naval fiasco of the American Revolution'. Handsomely decorated boards. V G.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Maritime Museum, 1984. 1st edition. Inscribed by author. This account of the first American trade vessel to voyage to China 'details the financial tribulations, the human arrogance and the outright deceit which attended the voyage'. V G in dj (slight chipping). 25.5 cm. XVIII pp. 331 pp. b/w plates, maps, ills., photographic facsimile plates. Maps inside boards. 1st edition. Inscribed by author. This account of the first American trade vessel to voyage to China 'details the financial trib.

Salem MA : Peabody Museum, 1979. Handsome volume in dj and robust slipcase. V G. 28 cm. IX pp. 166 pp. Color frontispiece. Color and b/w plates and ills. Handsome volume in dj and robust slipcase. V G.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. A history of the famous French family of maritime painters. Including a catalog of the Roux Family Paintings at the Peabody Museum of Salem. Profusely illustrated.

Wrappers. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. 232 pages. Paperback exhibition catalogue. Texts in English. Mild wear to the edges, with some vertical creasing to the spine. Else, the binding is tight, the interior clean and free of markings. Well illustrated, mostly in black and white, bound in stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition. Book.

Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : None. 44 pages. Exhibition catalog. Mostly black-and-white illustrations, with a couple color illustrations. Some sun-fading to covers. Minor spotting to front cover. A little creasing and tearing to rear, with a few of last pages also lightly creased. Good, tight copy. Record # 856467.

Hardcover. Etat : Like New. Condition: book looks unused, book like new, dust jacket like new, SIGNED BY AUTHOR PHILIP CHADWICK FOSTER SMITH.