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PLAN, SECTION and ELEVATION of the POO-TA-LA of TEMPLE of the LAMA at ZHE-HOL in TARTARYThis monumental temple which looks more like a fortified tower was drawn by HW Parish in 1793.This antique original copper plate engraving is from Sir George Leonard Staunton's atlas folio of prints to accompany "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China . Taken chiefly from the papers of His Excellency the Earl of Macartney". The work was published in London by G.Nicol in 1797. George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806) was dispatched to Beijing in 1792 travelling via Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, the Cape of Good Hope and Indonesia. He was accompanied by George Staunton, and a retinue of suitably impressive size, including Stauntonâ s 11-year-old son who was nominally the ambassadorâ s page. On the embassy's arrival in China it emerged that the 11-year-old was the only European member of the embassy able to speak Mandarin, and thus the only one able to…
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PLAN, SECTION and ELEVATION of the POO-TA-LA of TEMPLE of the LAMA at ZHE-HOL in TARTARY
by George Staunton
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Participating in the Wrong Way?: four experiments by Rosie Hope
by Sophie Hope
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Hope documents and reflects on the projects she carried out 2006 - 2010Full Colour illustrations
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Pay Dirt: farming and gardening with Composts
by J.I. Rodale
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First edition of the classic championing of composting and organic food growing.Light brown cloth with black lettering on front 'PAY DIRT'Nice copy
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Pay Dirt: Farming and Gardening with Composts
by J.I.Rodale
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First US edition of the organic gardening classic. This copy has a small sticker on inside cover indicating it was stocked by Ringarts Bookshop, Haifa, and (probably) first owned by an 'Edward Fuller' who has signed the inside of the cover.
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Potential: Ongoing Archive,
by Anna Harding ed.
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Eighteen artists consider the archive in their work. 144 gloss pages"How and why do artists customize, sort, organize, and scrutinize archival information? Potential considers the role of the archive in current artistic practice through the work of 11 international artists who engage with archival and documentation processes"
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Power of Will: a Practical Companion Book for the Unfoldment of the Powers of Mind
by Frank Channing Haddock
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Original 1907 This book came out in hundreds of editions! This is the 1919 edition. Green cloth hardback with beautiful green marbled end papers. Some signs of wear consistent with age.
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Prehistoric London: its mounds and circles
by E.O. Gordon
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This is the book that gave me clues as the use of Kennington Common in 'antiquity'. A unique and rare reference work on prehistoric London. Also about England more widely - Stonehenge, Glastonbury Tor etc20 photographic plates tipped in on gloss paper.
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Projective Ornament
by Claude Bragdon
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A frail book in perfect condition apart from a faded cover and browned with age pages. A reprint. Orig published by Mana Press in 1915.Illustrated with many geometric designs.
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