Search Results: Crafts from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

Venice: Arsenale Editrice 1991. 4to. 166 pp. Large format paperback. Flamboyant gold inscription to front endpaper. Internally clean. Full colour illustrations throughout. 9788877430922 . Very Good. Paperback. 1991.

N.p.: The Bookbinders and Machine Rulers' Consolidated Union 1904 - 1909. 8vo. Contains 21 (of 24) issues. Quarter dark blue morocco over blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spine with maroon leather title label. Minor darkening to lower spine. Scattered light foxing. Illustrations. Contains issues 2-16, 18-22 and 24, published between 1904 and 1909. A VG copy. . Very Good. 1/4 Morocco. 1910.

London: British Museum Press 1994. 4to.Illustrated. Uncommon. xviii, 429 pp. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine under colour illustrated jacket. Full catalogue of The British Museum Porcelain Collection - which numbers around 300 pieces - with over 600 black and white illustrations and 42 colour plates throughout. All in near fine condition but for a tear to head of jacket spine and a few inconspicous scratches on the rear panel of jacket. 0714105457 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1994.

London: Thames & Hudson 2014. Oblong 4to. Two volumes in slipcase. 304; 420 pp. Publisher's cloth in dust jackets and in original cloth slipcase with pictorial onlay to front panel. With 430 colour illustrations, including 8 pages gatefold. All in Fine unused condition. Publisher's promo sheet laid in. A landmark publication in the study of Islamic calligraphy. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 9780500517666 . Fine. Cloth. 2014.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1978. 8vo. First Edition. 240 pp. Hardback in illustrated jacket. Wear to jacket spine ends and a few marks and tears to edges. Boards clean, internally clean. Black & white illustrations throughout. A history of lumberjacking in the American Midwest in the late 19th century. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1978.

Paris: Charles Schmid N.d. [1899]. FolioEx-Library. 32 plates, pp. Folio measuring 33cm x 46cm. Contemporary half green morocoo over green cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Spine and corners worn with some loss of leather. Marbled endpapers. With 32 full-page plates. Binding firm. This copy withdrawn from the V & A Library which, along with New York Public Library, appears on OCLC as the only two institutional holdings. Very scarce. . Good. Half Morocco. 1899.

New York: The McCall Company 1928. 8vo. pp. ix, 181 in publisher's binding with green cloth spine a decorative boards. Some minor wear to edges and corners, very minor mark on title label on front board, internally paper darkened otherwise clean tight copy, a very good copy. . Very Good. Publisher's Cloth. 1928.

Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and NAi Publishers 2001. 4to. 256 pp. Large format paperback. Small stain to edge of first few leaves. No ownership names. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. 9789056622329 . Very Good. Paperback. 2001.

Lisboa: Fundacao Ricardo do Espirito Santo Silva 2000. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 159 pp. Colour pictorial boards. No jacket, as issued. Clean copy. No ownership names. Full colour throughout. Text in Portuguese with brief English summary. 9728253125 . Very Good. Pictorial Boards. 2000.

Paris: Librairie d'Architecture / Ducher Fils N.d. [c. 1900]. Folio. In two volumes. First and second series. Original quarter cloth over printed boards with cloth ties at all edges. Lacks two ties. Large format measuring 33cm x 46cm. Boards slightly marked and corners worn. Title-page to each volume followed by 45 full-page captioned photographic plates in the first volume and 40 full-page plates in the second volume. Plates loose in portfolios as issued. All plates complete. Lovely photographs of Art-Nouveau ironwork & architecture. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. . Good. Portfolio. 1900.

Leyden: Casper Polder in cooperation with Primavera Press 1998. 4to. 232 pp. Publisher's blue cloth in pictorial dust jacket. Very clean and unused copy. Colour illustrations throughout. Fine copy in Fine dj. 907431046x . Fine. Cloth. 1998.

Quimper: Association des Amis de Paul Fouillen 1999. 4to. 136 pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Slight crease to jacket. Clean copy. No ownership names. Full colour illustrations throughout. Text in French. 9782951412804 . Near Fine. Hardback. 1999.

London: Frank Romany 1939. Small 4to. 312 pp. Paper covers. Marks and water staining, wear and tear around cover edges with some loss to front cover and spine ends. Internally yellowed but otherwise clean. Illustrated in black & white throughout with images of the products offered: tools, parts, mechanisms, etc. . Fair. Paper Covers. 1939.

Gien: Societe Nouvelle des Faienceries de Gien 1985. 4to. 162 pp. Full cloth in dust jacket. Very clean copy. No ownership marks. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. Text in English. 2858890366 . Near Fine. Cloth. 1985.

London: Academy Editions 1987. 4to. Enlarged edition. 384 pp. Black cloth binding with gilding to front and spine; firm and clean aside from slight fading to tail of front board. Pictorial dust jacket, clean and unchipped. Decorative endpapers. Internally clean. With over 450 illustrations, including 388 in colour. Contains a list of designers and makers. 0856709263 . Very Good. Cloth. Edition. 1987.

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. 1940. 8vo.Illustrated. 388 pp. First edition. Original pictorial boards. Some wear and darkening to the extremities, with minor marks to the boards. Binding firm and internally clean, no ownership marks. Numerous illustrations throughout in black and white. . Good. Decorative Boards. First Edition. 1940.

London: Privately printed 1897. 4to. 44 pp. Original green cloth with black lettering to front board. With sixteen full-page plates. Catalogue formed by and in the possession of the author. Very clean copy. . Very Good. Cloth. 1897.

New Haven & London: Yale University Press 1993. 4to. x, 249 pp. Large format paperback. Minor rubbing to covers. Internally clean. No ownership marks. With over 300 b&w illustrations. The first study of vernacular furniture in Ireland. 0300063962 . Very Good. Paperback. 1993.

London: A. Brown & Sons Ltd. 4to. 56 pp, [unpaginated publisher's catalogue] illustrated with sepia lithographs, original boards have a design showing title labels held with pins. Gilt lettering on the spine. Boards and f.e.ps waterstained. [ This edition not listed on the British Library Catalogue ] . Very Good. Illustrated Boards.

London: New Cavendish Books 1992. Oblong 4to. Two volumes. 376; 48 pp. The first ('A History') is in pictorial boards in a colour illustrated jacket; the second ('Manufacture') is in colour illustrated softcovers; both are in a colour illustrated slipcase. Both copiously illustrated throughout with large colour and black and white images. All in near fine condition, internally and externally clean. 0904568695 . Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 1992.