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Photogravure of gondolas on the Grand Canal, Venice
Paris: Ch. Wittmann, 1896. Lovely example of a photogravure showing gondolas on the Grand Canal, and San Giorgio Island in distance, Venice. B/ w image size: 150 x 200 mm (6 x 7¾ inches). Full item, including border: 250 x 330 mm. Very clean and fresh. Perfect for framing. Blank to verso.
. Bel exemple de photogravure montrant des gondoles sur le Grand Canal et l'île de San Giorgio au loin, Venise. Taille de l'image en noir et blanc : 150 x 200 mm (6 x 7¾ inches). Image complète, y compris la bordure : 250 x 330 mm. Très propre et frais. Parfait pour l'encadrement. Le verso est vierge.
Book ID: 4248More details Price: £60.00 -
Physical Principles of Mechanics and Acoustics
London: Blackie & Son, 1932. First Thus (first English translation) of Einführung in die Mechanik, Akustik und Wärmelehre, issued as v. 1 of his Einführung in die Physik. Original dark brown cloth, with gilt titles to spine. A little bumping and rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine, with a very small (2-3mm) closed tear to the head of the spine. No significant marks to the cloth. Foyles bookshop sticker to the inside board. Fractionally darkened to the edges, otherwise in excellent condition. Xii, 338 pages + 13 photographic plates. (complete). A very nice copy. Pohl has been described as the Father of Solid State Physics, 220 by 160mm (8¾ by 6¼ inches).
Book ID: 3677More details Price: £75.00 -
Picture Posters.
A Short History of the Illustrated Placard, with many Reproductions of the most Artistic Examples in all Countries
London: George Bell & Sons, 1895. Original grey and black hardback boards. Gilt titles. A little marking to the top of the front board. A touch of bumping to the boards. Internally clean, with just a touch of darkening to the end papers. Frontis illustration by Toulouse Lautrec. Numerous illustrations both in text and full-page plates on glossy art paper. Xvi, 368 pp. 225 x 150 mm (8¾ x 6 inches).
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Pictures of Common Things for Little Children
Book ID: 4347More details Price: £200.00
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Pictures Of The French : A series of literary & graphic delineations of French character...
London: Thomas Tegg, 1841. First edition. Hardback in original cloth, with gilt illustrated title vignette to front and spine. Moiré endpapers. Complete with all 24 b/w plates (including frontispiece), and many others in text. Pages are darkened at edges, and some foxing to a few pages; otherwise good general condition. xii, 200 pages. 250 x 165 mm (9¾ x 6½ inches).
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Picturesque China.
Architecture and Landscape. A Journey through twelve provinces.
Book ID: 2996More details Price: £300.00
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Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English.
London: John Murray, 1814. First edition. With 50 colour aquatint costume plates, dated 1813. Hardback. Contemporary black long-grained morocco boards, gilt and embossed, corners slightly rubbed. All edges gilt, and gilt inner dentelle. Slight offsetting, and light foxing to some pages. Each plate has a page of text to describe it. All life is here; from Gipsey to Hussar, and Lord Mayor to Dairy Maid. Very attractive copy. Ref: Colas 2537; Lipperheide Gca 21; Tooley 374. [52] pp, plus 50 plates. 240 x 170 mm (9½ x 6¾ inches).
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Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from its source in Gloucestershire to the Nore; with Observations on the Public Buildings and other Works of Art in its Vicinity in Two Volumes
Book ID: 3850More details Price: £350.00
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Pierre à feu. Provence noire
Book ID: 4337More details Price: £125.00
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Pieter Breughel in Brussel : een linomap
Book ID: 4219More details Price: £120.00
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Pitman's Dictionary of Advertising and Printing.
A Complete work of reference to the advertising and printing arts
Edition: First Edition
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons: 1930. First edition. This is the true First, issued by Pitman. Octavo. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles to front board and spine. A beautifully presented book, with many period illustrations and examples, explanations of the various printing processes, with examples of these. Samples of fabric, a collection of different types of paper, with their qualities. Sections on typography and type faces etc: A lovely book for anyone connected to the book industry. A little wear / bumping to the cloth - but nothing major. ix, [1], 447, [1] pp.
Book ID: 1955More details Price: £110.00 -
Pixie Pickles.
The Adventures of Pixene and Pixette in their Woodland Haunts.
London: Frederick Warne & Co. An attractive copy of this scarce first edition. Undated but 1904. The text is by Farrow, but beauty of the book lies in the beautiful red and black illustrations by Harry B. Nielson (1861-1941).
Red spine, and illustrated front board. The illustration is bright, but there is a little staining to the front and rear board. Illustrations throughout. The text and illustrations are clean and bright, but the binding has split to the title page. Although still holding, the binding is a little shaken throughout as a result and the text block is threatening to break free. Very small closed tear to the edge of the title page and illustrations leaf. 19 full page illustrations. 325 x 260 mm.Book ID: 2913More details Price: £300.00 -
Plan de Goa
Hand-coloured copper engraving of the Indian State of Goa.
1754. Hand-coloured map, of the Indian state Goa, by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Appeared in "Le Petit Atlas Maritime" by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, 1754. Condition: good. Sufficient margins. Four vertical folds as published. Firm paper. Bright colours. A title cartouche with description on top right. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 11 x 17.8 cm (16.8 x 21.4 cm entire sheet) Carte coloriée à la main, de l'état indien de Goa, par Jacques-Nicolas Bellin. Paru dans "Le Petit Atlas Maritime" de Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, 1754. Etat : bon. Des marges suffisantes. Quatre plis verticaux tel que publié. Papier ferme. Couleurs vives. Un cartouche de titre avec description en haut à droite. Verso: vierge. Dimensions : 110 x 178 mm (1,8 x 214 mm feuille entière).
Book ID: 1800More details Price: £85.00 -
Plan des Differens Camps du Vicomte de Turenne & du Comte Montecuculli,
dans l'Ortnaw; en l'Aneé 1675.
Book ID: 2755More details Price: £40.00
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Plant and Animal Studies
Book ID: 3690More details Price: £240.00
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Playboy
Book ID: 4259More details Price: £50.00
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Poémes Légendaires de Flandre et de Brabant
Ornés de Bois Graves par Raoul Dufy
Book ID: 4265More details Price: £35.00
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Poèmes pour une ville.
Illustrations de Jean-Claude Brichart.
Tournai: Unimuse, 1976. Scarce. Limited first edition. Softback as issued. Dedication signed by both author and illustrator to half title page. Each of the 12 loose gathers is an illustration to the left of the page, and a poem to the right. Limited to 500 copies, on Holland van Gelder paper. In very good condition. Table and colophon. 200 x 150 mm (7¾ x 6 inches). Rare. Première édition limitée. Couverture souple telle que publiée. Dédicace signée par l'auteur et l'illustrateur sur la page de faux-titre. Chacun des 12 rassemblements libres est une illustration à gauche de la page et un poème à droite. Limité à 500 exemplaires, sur papier Holland van Gelder. Dans de très bonnes conditions. Tableau et colophon. 200 x 150 mm
Book ID: 3584More details Price: £25.00 -
Poems.
With upwards of one hundred engravings on wood from designs by Jane E. Benham, Birket Foster, etc.
London: David Bogue, 1852. Scarce true First Edition. In an attractive blue Leighton, Son & Hodge blocked cloth gilt case-binding of the period. Design by John Leighton; signed JL in gilt at the base of the spine. All edges gilt. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Frontis portrait of Longfellow. Beautiful condition. Binder's ticket on lower pastedown. 334 pages. 210 x 145 mm (8¼ x 5¾ inches).
Book ID: 3851More details Price: £650.00 -
Poems,
With illustrations by G.J. Pinwell, J.W. North, J. Wolf, E.J. Poynter, E. Dalziel, T. Dalziel, A.B. Houghtoun & W. Small, Engraved by the Brothers Dalziel
London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1867. First edition thus, in a Riviere binding, full blue leather, with gilt to the spine and decoration to the edge. All edges gilt. A little rubbing to the spine edges. Slight staining to leather. Bookplate of Michael Ernest Sadler (Master of University College Oxford and father of Michael Sadler). Light to moderate foxing, particularly to the initial pages. Pencil annotations to the verso of the front end paper. 240 by 170mm (9½ by 6¾ inches).
Book ID: 2444More details Price: £75.00