Search Results: Authors starting with F from Mina Harrington

Livorno, Italy, 1941. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover book, no dust wrapper, 1 of 250 copies, 194 plates, 19 color plates tipped-in; 88 pages of text in ITALIAN AND GERMAN; text is near fine with light age-toning to margins; hinges have been re-inforced with archival tape and the covers are near fine ;

London: Bernard Quaritch, 1883. Hardcover book, 7.75" x 10", all edges are gilt, light blue gilt decorated covers are good+ (corners lightly bumped, soiled, wear and sunning to spine); book is very good (personal bookplate inside front cover and same name on preliminary title page; spotting to preliminaries and back pages - else variable spotting throughout - none, light, very occasionally moderate, light water mark to top page margin of some pages); xxvi, 292 pp; 18 woodcut illustrations after drawings by Leo Littrow and numerous engravings on stone. Text includes Fauna (topography, tides, currents, temperature, saltness, haunts of fishes, etc); Historical (trawlers, inland markets, Chioggiotti, etc); Fishing Districts (seasons, Dalmatian Archipelago, produce); Fishing Craft; Nets; Line Fishing; Various Modes of Fishing; Methods of Curing and Cooking; Statistics; Mammalia, Reptilia, Fishes, Invertebrata; Index to Systematic List of Fishes; Alphabetical Index to Scientific Names, English… Read More

City of Washington: National Portrait Gallery, 1983. Softcover catalog with laminated covers, 8" x 11", covers are good+ to very good with wear to spine and margins, an area of abrasion 1" x 1" near top corner- colored in with matched color ; text is near fine, 127 pp, index of sitters, signatures and monograms, 16 color + black-and-white illustrations, 81 works discussed and pictured in black-and-white (f)

New York Graphic Society, 1970. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover book - fine; dust wrapper is unclipped and fine also. 103 pages, end paper maps, 102 black-and-white and color illustrations, bibliography.

London: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1970. Soft cover. Fine. Softcover, sewn, 60 pgs, 30 black-and-white and 5 color plates, bibliography; contents are fine; covers are very good+ because a 2.5" area of abrasion on front outer edge - otherwise, near fine

Studio Vista/Dutton Pictureback, 1968. Softcover book, 4.75" x 7.25", text is sewn; covers show signs of wear and stain to upper and side of back which extends through to inside and back 25 pages - text and images are not affected; text and covers both good to good+; 160 pp with keyed map and black-and-white illustrations throughout (f)

Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack, 1860. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, two volumes, 10" x 13", Vol. I: VII, 612 pages, A-Z; Vol. II: 144 pages of engraved plates and 44 pages of key to plates, all covers have been bumped at the corners and are worn; the spines were re-inforced sometime ago as were the sunned magenta covers - the archival tape has been matched in color. The text is very good+ or better, the covers good.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1982. Soft cover. Fine. Three volume exhibition catalog, 8 1/2" x 11", covers are near fine - 1 cover has light small sized coffee stain; books are fine; XXXI color illustrations and 504 objects discussed in detail and illustrated in black-and-white; Vol. l: Introduction, Migration and Settlement; Vol. ll: Mentality and Environment; and Vol.III: Style; extensive bibliography 4lbs 10 oz

London: Oxford University, 1931. Hardcover book, no dust wrapper, 8" x 10.5", covers are very good (light water spotting); text is near fine (light spotting to first few pages back and front); deckle-edged paper - light spotting to closed text side; ; xxi, 194 pp., 2 color and 46 black-and-white illustrations as photographs, drawings and historic images; map; from the library of Prince and Princess Michael Cantacuze (Pamela Jeppe) with their bookplate. 2lbs 4 oz f

London: Oxford University Press, 1930. Hardcover book, 9" x 11.5", gilt decorated covers - panels bright, gilt is bright, spine conserved and corner tips worn - overall good to good+; text is near fine (endpapers are age-toned - very light signs of use and wear); 191 pp. XVII plates + 33 figures in text; black-and-white and color, drawings and photographs; preface by General J. C. Smuts; some buildings by Herbert Baker; from the library of Princess Michel Cantacuze (Pamela Jeppe) with book plate; with notes and annotations by the Princess; 3lbs 7 oz dnf

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1986. Hardcover exhibition catalog, 8.5" x 11", dust wrapper and text are both fine; 248 pp., 115 duotones and 53 color illustrations

Macmillan, 1985. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover book, 6" x 9", dustwrapper and text are near fine (paper is age-toned at margins, name and date front endpaper), 269 pp with black-and-white illustrations

Tehran/London: Her Majesty's Private Secretariat/Sothebys, 1973. Hardcover book, 8.5" x 12", dustwrapper is near fine, text is near fine- to fine; 12 pp of text followed by 63 works described and illustrated in color; plate captions in English and French (1 lbs 8 oz)

Realites/Hachette, 1970. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover book, dust wrapper is very good (chipping at spine top and 1 corner), book covers are gilt lettered bright mustard yellow, gilt is bright are fine, book is near fine (ink check mark on free front end paper) 232 pages, profusely in color and black-and-white; all text and images fine and clear; from the library of Prince and Princess Michael Cantacuze with their bookplates

Longmans, 1957. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover book with color illustrated black laminated covers, covers are very good (ight to moderate wear), text is near fine to fine; 232 pages, well-illustrated in color (some tipped-in) and black-and-white; glossary

London: Penguin, 1955. Softcover book, a Pelican original, covers are very good (slight skew to top cover and light spotting to back cover); text is very good to very good+ (light uniform age-toning to pages); XXIII, 321pgs. with 64 pgs. of plates; 8 oz f

N.Y.: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. Hardcover book, 8" x 10", dust wrapper is very good+, text is fine, 125 pgs., 91 works discussed with 96+ black-and-white illustrations, few color

Andover, Ma: Addison Gallery of Phillips Academy, 1990. Fine. Softcover exhibition catalog, text is fine, covers are near fine; 97 pp with color and black-and-white illustrations; paintings, watercolors, drawings, graphics and objects

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1875. Hardcover. Ex-Library. Hardcover book, ex-library, no jacket issued; 5 1/8" x 7 3/4", gilt lettered green covers with incised borders are very good+ to near fine (light wear to top and bottom of spine), no dust wrapper issued); bookplate inside cover, offset to endpapers, first and last page re-inforced with archival tape, library indications (pocket and due date slip) library stamps (title page and top margin 1 page, 2 stamps to map); 99 pp with frontis of tiger , map and 4 other illustrations (fore-footprint, dentition of tiger, etc). book is very good+ to near fine

London: Hutchinson & Co., 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. Black hardcovers, 6 1/4" x 9 1/2", ex-library - 4 oval blind stamps only library indications; cloth spine strip replaced, corner tips worn to boards and 3" long very thin pucker line at bottom right (publisher's fault) hinges strong - overall good+ to very good; text is near fine; faint hint of toning to margins; map is lightly and uniformly toned, otherwise fine; 295 pgs., black-and-white photographs by the author, glossary. fp