[RUSSELL (William James) & ABNEY (Captain William de Wiveleslie)]

Report to the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education on the Action of Light on Water Colours.

London: H.M.S.O. 1888. First and only edition, large 8vo, [2], 77, [1]pp., 14 lithograph plates, diagrams in the text, orig. blue printed wrappers, some light chipping. This significant and important work which explores how light affects watercolour pigments. The report highlighted the impact of continuous exposure to daylight on watercolours exhibited in museums, at the time The National Gallery in London faced controversy over keeping watercolours on display during the day, with some watercolours were practically ruined by prolonged exposure.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 41032

Keywords: COLOUR THEORY WATERCOLOURS APPLIED ARTS

ABNEY, LOUISE

Choral Speaking Arrangements for the Upper Grades

U.S.A. Expression Co. 1952, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Name inside else a clean tight copy with slight bump to corners of red boards. Good/No Jacket.

Rainy Day BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 38454

Catalogue: Music

ABNEY, LOUISE

Choral Speaking Arrangements for the Junior High

U.S.A. Expression Co. 1939. Hardcover. Book, Name inside else a clean tight copy with slight bump to corners of red boards. Good/No Jacket.

Rainy Day BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 38455

Catalogue: Music

ABNEY, LOUISE; ROWE, GRACE

Choral Speaking Arrangements for the Lower Grades

U.S.A. Expression Co. 1953, Reprint. Hardcover. Book, Faint stain to outer page edges, name inside. Boards have edgewear. Good/No Jacket.

Rainy Day BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 38456

Catalogue: Music

Abney, W.

Colour Vision Being the Tyndall Lectures Delivered in 1894 at the Royal Institution

London, Sampson Low, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Ex-Library, foxed, rough edges, G+.

The Victoria BookshopProfessional seller

Book number: 90020919

Keywords: PSYCHOLOGY A

ABNEY, W. de W.

Colour measurement and mixture: with numerous illustrations

SPCK, 1891. Used - Good. Good hardback in red cloth . 1st edition, 1891. A few light marks to endpapers but internally generally clean. Red cloth with gilt and black lettering and decoration on front board and spine. Spine very darkened with some wear and thin losses around head, foot, and joints. Slight mottling to board edges. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_77952_jpg.jpg.

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS300291I

ABNEY, EDWARD

Letters To My Father 1660 - 1663

Sevenoaks, Simon Randall. 2005. (ISBN: 0955070902) Hardcover , 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ill.: Melinsky, Clare. Half red leather and black cloth boards in clean, bright condition, housed in a matching slipcase, contents unmarked, signed by Clare Melinsky and from a limited edition of 300. Very Good. Signed By The Artist.

Clarendon Books P.B.F.A.Professional seller

Book number: 077583

Keywords: 0955070902 Melinsky, Clare

Abney, Glenn & Lauth, Tghomas P.

The Politics of State & City Administration

Albany, State University of New York, (1986). orig.boards. 23x14cm, xii,261 pp, Some light binding soil.. Textual tables.. Binding corners rubbed. Light binding corner bump. Good
¶ Contents: The Political Environment of State & City Administration; The Politics of State Administration: A Brief Introduction to State Government:The Tasks of State Administrators; The Governor as Chief Administrator; The Limits of Legislative Influence; Exchanges Between Interest Groups & State Administrators; "Speaking Truth to Power" in the State Appropriations Process; The Politics of City Administration: A Brief Introduction to City Government: Reform & Rational Decision Making; Influence of the Chief Executive on City Line Agencies; Council Intervention in Municipal Administration; Interest Group Influence in City Policy Making; A Comparative Analysis of Service Distribution & Rule Enforcement Decisions in Cities; Conclusion.

Expatriate Bookshop of DenmarkProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS010804I

Keywords: Municipal Government, City Administration, Practical Politics, Political, United States, State States, , ,

Abney, W. de Wiveleslie

A treatise on photography. 10th edition, London, Longmans, 1905.

425 pag., full leather decorated binding. Many text-illustrations. The front shows in gold the coat of arms of the Rossall school and on the back the text 'Floreat Rossallia'. It is a photography-school prize, 1907, awarded to P.A. Ellis. Bookbinders ticket: 'James Galt & Co, Manchester'.

Antiquariaat GoltziusProfessional seller

Book number: 42925

Catalogue: Art

JOHN RUTLEDGE ABNEY

The Vestry Book and Accounts of the Churchwardens of St. Mary's Leicester 1652 - 1729

Leicester, Clarke & Satchell. 1912, 1st Edition. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book, hardback 224pp hardback, burgundy cloth gilt, tissue-guarded frontispiece, ex-cathedral library with bookplate and shelf-label, untrimmed edges, edges spotted. Good.

Salsus BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 059163

Keywords: topography

ABNEY, ARTHUR E.

Wings over Illinois

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2007. First Edition. First Printing; Hardcover. ISBN: 0809327686. Hard cover is black with gold lettering on spine. Except for first 14 leaves, pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with 8 b/w photographs. Foreword by David NewMyer. "...is a thoughtful look back at a wonderful career in aviation spanning World War II, the postwar period...worked with American Airlines...has accompanied hiw own memoir with colorful hangar stories {end of day flight tales told in the hangar}...." ; B&W Illustrations; 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.3 Inches; xv, 260 pages; Cover has very slight bumping. First 14 pages have crinkling/crumpling in upper half, which decreases from front end paper to last affected leaf. DJ in a mylar cover.. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket .

Pegasus BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 6652

Keywords: 0809327686 Aviation Biography; Aviation History; World War 2: World War Ii; Military History; Military Aviation; Pilots; Pilot Training; Air Liners; Cultural History Education European History History American History Geography World History Business/Econ

Berwick / Abney / Tenny

Principle-Based Parsing : Computation and Psycholinguistics

Kluwer London 1991. kartoniert, 408 Seiten, Format groß 8°, dies ist ein regulär ausgesondertes Bibliotheksexemplar aus einer wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek mit der üblichen Signatur und Stempel, keine Markierungen/Anmerkungen, das Buch befindet sich in einem guten Zustand --- Hardcover, 408 pages, Lib. Ex., no marks, the book is in a good condition

Antiquariat Thomas & ReinhardProfessional seller

Book number: 19783

Catalogue: Literatur- und Sprachwissenschaften

Le capitaine Abney, R.E.F.R.S.

Photography 1877 | Cours de photographie, traduit de l'anglais par Leonce Rommelaere, troisieme edition, Gand, C. Annoot-Braeckman 1877, 205 pp. With photoglyptia of forest in Windsor.

Half leather binding with decorative spine. In good condition, hinges with some wear. The author Le Capitaine Abney was professor in chemistry and photography at the military school in Chatham. Translated from the English into French by Leonce Rommelaere. Complete copy.[NL] Zeldzaam boek met fotografie cursus. Inclusief photoglyptie van het bos te Windsor van de hand van M.M. Goupil et Cie, Paris. Woodburytypie (in Frankrijk bekend als photoglyptie) is een bijzondere vintage-methode om foto's af te drukken met alle subtiele middentonen. Naar negatief van M. de capitaine Abney, R.E. = William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843-1920).

Antiquariaat Arine van der SteurProfessional seller

Book number: BB110338

Keywords: Belgium|Photography

CUNNINGHAM, C.D. & ABNEY, W.:

The pioneers of the Alps. 2nd. ed.

London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivingston, 1888, gr. in-4°, VIII + 180 p. richly illustr. in-text & 1 full page (p. 43: 15 diff. ice-axe) + 23 engraved photographic plates (héliogravures after photogr.) with orig. tissue-guards and many illustrations in text, paper in good condition, original cloth binding, corners bumped.
¶ Contains: Growth and development of mountaineering: 1387-1885 (4 periods) / Alpine accidents / Mountaineering without guides / Mountaineering in winter / Ice-axe and rope / Guidecraft. Most of the 24 high quality photographic plates are portraits of Swiss-guides. The author spent much interest in the 'golden age' of alpinism (1855-1865), which started on the 17th of September 1854, by the first ascent of the Wetterhorn from the Grindelwald and is 'a red-letter day' in the history of modern mountaineering. Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage. Perret - 1173 (first & second edition. / Regards sur les Alpes, page 255. Notice 94.

Harteveld Rare Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 138425

Keywords: montagne Suisse-Générale, Switzerland-general, Schweiz-allgemein alpinisme helvetica

CUNNINGHAM, C D & ABNEY, SIR W

The Pioneers of the Alps

1888. Hardcover. Book, Second edn, 4to, 1888. 180p. Complete with 23 plates & text illus. Inscr. Minor browning to edge of photo pages but not the engravings, else VG in orig pict cloth gilt. Clark 'only 200 copies printed'. A great classic with a history of Alpinism & biographical sketches of the great Alpine guides. Neate C156 'with Abney's superb portraits.'. Very Good.

A G Cram Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 001609

Catalogue: Mountaineering and Mountain Travel