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THE COLOUR OF ROME, Historic, Personal and Local. An Introduction by Douglas Sladen, and an Essay by the Artist. by POTTER, Olave Muriel and Yoshio MARKINO.: - 1909
by POTTER, Olave Muriel and Yoshio MARKINO.:
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THE COLOUR OF ROME, Historic, Personal and Local. An Introduction by Douglas Sladen, and an Essay by the Artist.
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London, Chatto & Windus, 1909.. FIRST EDITION 1909, LIMITED DE LUXE EDITION of 100 COPIES FOR SALE, THIS COPY IS NUMBER 9. Small 4to, approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7 ¾ inches, 48 colour plates, including frontispiece plus 12 sepia plates, all mounted with tissue guards and captioned in red, pages: xxx, 1-262 including index, publisher's full pictorial cream vellum, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, gilt picture to upper cover, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, marbled endapers. Spine slightly bumped at tail, corners a little worn at tips, spine slightly dusty, lower cover has a pale mark to outer edge, 10 colour plates have pale foxing to margins, 8 very light and 2 a little heavy, 2 sepia plates also affected by pale foxing to the margins, 1 heavy and the other light, occasional pale foxing to margins of text, some tissue guards a little creased and foxed, pale age browning to endpapers, tiny spot of addesion affecting last endpaper and pastedown, otherwise a very good copy. Yoshio Markino (1869 1956) was a Japanese artist and author who spent much of his life in London. In 1893 he enrolled at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art in San Francisco and stayed in the city for the next four years. In 1897 he went to London via New York, and settled in Chelsea where he spent most of his subsequent life and career (1897-1942). The Colour of London got critical acclaim and was followed in 1908 by The Colour of Paris and The Colour of Rome, and in 1912 by The Charm of London. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING.
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The Colour of Rome: Historic,, Personal, & Local
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Chatto & Windus, London, 1914. Hardcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Markino, Yoshio . 262 pages + illustrations. Rubbing to the edges of the decorated covers. Pages have some discoloring from age; a good book overall. Illustrator: Markino, Yoshio . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Inventory No: 198182. .
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The Colour of Rome: Historic, Personal, & Local
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Chatto & Windus, London, 1923. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Yoshio Markino. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". xxx + 262pp. Binding firm, with minor wear to spine. Endpapers browned, text has scattered foxing, but mostly clean. Edges foxed and browned. Corners slightly bumped. Illustrator: Yoshio Markino. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Italy; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43973. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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THE COLOUR OF ROME: HISTORIC, PERSONAL & LOCAL.
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THE COLOUR OF ROME / Historic, Personal & Local
by Potter, Olave Muriel (Douglas Sladen, Intro)
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London, UK: Chatto & Windus, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Markino, Yoshio. 262pp, numerous colour illustrative plates. Brown cloth-covered boards; brown design and titles on front. 8vo. A large and heavy volume requiring an additional charge for overseas delivery. Sun-faded spine, rubbed spine ends. Bumped bottom edges and corners; cloth wearing through at corners. Single bump to front board at top; cloth cracked. Top text block edge dusty, remaining edges starting to tan and fox. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Foxing to pages; does not affect plates. Internally neat and tight. Examines every quarter of the city in finding intimate touches of her ancient greatness. Introduction by Douglas Sladen and an essay by the artist.
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THE COLOUR OF ROME / Historic, Personal & Local
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The Colour of Rome : Historic, Personal, & Local
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Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs & Co. Book. Illus. by Yoshio Markino. VG+. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth with gilt tiles and rules to front and gilt tiles to spine. Top page edges gilt. 262 pp. No date given but circa 1920. An introduction by Douglas Sladen, and an essay by the Artist. 48 Illustrations and 12 sepia plates. Errata slip tipped in at the title page (SCARCE thus) .Frontispiece. This copy is VG+. Exterior is rich and clean. Gilt is bright.Minimal rubbing. Tips have minimal wear and top/bottom of spine with with modest crimping. Inside is unmarked, clear, and firmly bound. Only a hint of even toning. Very nice. Unusual to find this publisher's version and in this condition..
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The Colour of Rome - Historic, Personal and Local
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Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1909, 1st edition. Light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illustration by Yoshio Markino to front board, no dustwrapper.Teg. 9.5ins x 6.75ins, xxx, 262pp, 4pp book adverts plus 48pp colour plates and 12 sepia plates. Illustrations by Yoshio Markino, who also contributes an essay. Introduction by Douglas Sladen. Some light foxing to text pages. Spine somewhat darker than boards. Top of spine worn with small amount of loss. G+.
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THE COLOUR OF ROME, Historic, Personal and Local. An Introduction by Douglas Sladen, and an Essay by the Artist.
by POTTER, Olave Muriel. Illustrated by YOSHIO MARKINO.:
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London, Chatto & Windus, 1909.. FIRST EDITION 1909, LIMITED DE LUXE EDITION of 100 COPIES FOR SALE, THIS BEING NO. 9. Small 4to, approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7 ¾ inches, 48 colour plates, including frontispiece plus 12 sepia plates, all mounted with tissue guards and captioned in red, pages: xxx, 1-262 including index, publisher's full pictorial cream vellum, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, gilt picture to upper cover, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, marbled endapers. Spine slightly bumped at tail, corners a little worn at tips, spine slightly dusty, small pale mark to lower cover, 10 colour plates have pale foxing to margins, 8 very light and 2 a little heavy, pale foxing also to margins of 2 sepia plates, 1 heavy, occasional pale foxing to text margins, some tissue guards a little creased and foxed, pale age-browning to endpapers, tiny spot of adhesion to last endpaper and pastedown, otherwise a very good copy. YOSHIO MARKINO (1869 – 1956) Japanese artist and author who spent…
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West Pub. Co, 1981. 2nd. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. John W. Dalton's near definitive textbook of cosmetology. Professional level instruction covering all significant topics for students of cosmetology. Valuable resource for replicating ca. 1970's hairstyles, makeup, etc. A standard in its field. Expanded and revised second edition. 463 pp. 10" x 7 3/8". Tight copy with light rubbing to cover and scattered yellow highlighting. Small corner loss to front blank endpaper. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
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The Magyars; The Birth of a European Nation
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Budapest: Corvina, 1989. Gray Buckram Binding w/black and red lettering on spine, Crest on cover. Pictorial Endpapers,w/91 pages of full color photo illustrations from Hungarian National Gallery, National Szechenyl Library and private collections. Includes 2 page Genealogy of the House of Arpad. Book is in As New Condition w/Fine wrap around DJ. Also contains (2)Brochures osThe Danube Bend, Hungary, found in book. **Oversized-extra shipping charges may apply Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Karoly Szelenyi (photos).
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London: The Nonesuch Press, 1929. Book. Illus. by Jacquier. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in patterned cloth. Text in English, translated by Ralph Wright, with 30 pochoir illustrations by Jacquier. "This edition consists of 1,600 copies, of which 600 are for sale in the United States of America by Random House Inc. It has been printed on Arches paper by Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd. And the illustrations in colour have been stencilled by The Curwen Press, which has also printed the binding cloth : the whole under the care of Francis Meynell. This is number 1373." Darkening to spine, stain to rear free endpaper, text block near fine..
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Chicago: P. F. Volland & Co, 1912. Hardcover. Twentyfourmo [16 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards with a string binding. Very good. The covers are lightly rubbed and soiled. There are a couple of barely perceptible stains on the rear board. The spine ends are gently bumped, and there are a couple of small indentations in the top edges of the covers. The spine is very subtly rolled. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the front free endsheet. The rear endsheet has several small light stains. "His cunning head bent and his little nose went Right down, while his tongue flashed red- When, O, what a sight! The fish in their fright Splashed water all over his head.
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Philadelphia: DAVID MCKAY, 1921. Probable 1st edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Poor. Philadelphia: DAVID MCKAY, 1921. Probable 1st edition. Poor. N.C. Wyeth. Front cover has a badly bumped corner, spine is faded and soiled as is the rear cover. Front hinge is torn but cover is still attached, binding is loose. FFEP has some child's writing but otherwise contents are clean and the Wyeth illustrations are clean and bright .
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The Man Who Lost His Head
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Goldrush Days With Mark Twain, Illustrated with Woodcuts By Henry J. Glintenkamp
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William R. Gillis. Goldrush Days with Mark Twain (H. Glintenkamp woodcuts). Copyright 1930. Albert & Charles Boni, NY. With an into by Cyril Clemens. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS 6 woodcut illustrations included, Twain frontis (Three old friends), and 5 other historic and realistic woodcut illustrations. MEMOIRS. HISTORY OF NEVADA GOLDRUSH. Summary: Mr. Gillis was a friend of American author/humorist Mark Twain and was with him at Virginia, Nevada in the Goldrush days. In 1859 placer miners in the Great Basin discovered the largest gold and silver strike that had happened in the United States up until that time. RARE H. Glintenkamp WOODCUTS. Used. Good- Condition. 264 pages. Used. Good condition. First few pages are loose. Frontis is still affixed to binding. Green cloth boards gold titling. No titles left on spine. Spine is sunned.
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JEFFREY JONES: THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE
by Hill, Patrick K. Et Al
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Coral Gables, FL: Vanguard Publishing, 2013. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book is in NF condition with trace edge wear else a bright, solid copy. Dust jacket is in NF condition with trace edge wear else bright, intact and whole.
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