Frost, A.B.

THE BULL CALF and other Tales

London, John C.Nimmo [1892] Cartoons usually two per page most with short captons under the illustrations . folio Brown cloth spine with gilt title to spine + pictorial boards [edges rubbed/ a few marks /tips of corners worn] 59 pages. Name R.F.Blackwell to front pastedown & facing free endpaper with tanning else crisp and clean inside.

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Buchzahl: A76157

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Sonstige Stichworte: humorous illustrations

Frostic, Gwen

TO THOSE WHO SEE

Benzonia Michigan, presscraft Papers 1965 coloured illustrations some on various coloured papers printed in from 1 to 3 colours. . 8vo cloth spine continued around to the rear board. Front board with yellow paper and green and brown illustrations. Green endpapers with picture and a poem, next page on green paper & yellow leaf both with a small animal. Transparent page with trees & bird showing though the transparency with titlepage & further trees. The next opening has winter scene & oposite a bird & 3 lines of text. Similar openings with birds,trees and text in various colours including full page plates. There are two further transparent leaves with show-through to next page giving a three dimentional effect. The illustrations are beautifully done on different coloured paper,some with text, some with illustrations only, some with both text & pictures. 16 pages are deckle-edged others are spread across doublepages. The book is very good, bright, clean and crisp.

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Buchzahl: A76242

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Sonstige Stichworte: Poetry handsomely illustrated

Furness,Robert Allason

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY by Robert Allason Furness

London, Jonathan Cape 1931 1st edition Doublepage Map to front endpapers . 8vo black cloth with gilt titled spine [corners slightly bumped/a few scratch marks to rear cover] 239pp including halftitle & titlepage and Contents + Chronological list of authors & reference index of poems translated into English.

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Buchzahl: A76205

Katalog: General Non-Fiction

Sonstige Stichworte: Authors of poems 7th B.C. to10th A.D.

Trustees of the National Gallery

HANDS FROM PICTURES IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY

London, Trustees of the National Gallery 1946 Details from paintings (24) by Leonardo, Boticelli, Holbein & Raphael and others. . Duodecimo grey pictorila boards (tips rubbed bit marked & bumped to lower cover) iv +[48]pp tight and clean. *Interesting study of hands in painting published at the end of World War II.

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Buchzahl: A73071

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Sonstige Stichworte: art painting hands

Gatting,Mike with Angela Patmore

LEADING FROM THE FRONT the autobiography of Mike Gatting

London, MacDonald 1st edition 1988 Plates of cricket in England, Australia etc. . Octavo boards in dust jacket 216pp slight paper toning else near fine in near fine jacket.

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Buchzahl: A57460

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Sonstige Stichworte: cricket sport

Gaunt,William

OBSERVER'S BOOK OF PAINTING AND GRAPHIC ART

London, Warne Observer series Revised edition 1959 Color plates (16) + 57 illustrations in monochrome from original paintings. . 142x89mm boards in laminated dust jacket (tips rubbed) 160pgs V.G+ in slightly darkened jacket. Endpapers have artistic timelines.

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Buchzahl: A69904

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Gay, John

THE BEGGAR'S OPERA as it is Performed at the Lyric Theatre,Hammersmith

London, Boosey & Co.Ltd. 1926 cover design in colour by C.Lovat Fraser dated 1920 . 8vo paper covers [lacks small corners /edge creases/spine with 1" tears to head and foot] Revised Edition Titlepage "with new settings of airs and additional music by Frederic Austin Arranged for the Voice and Pianoforte" + Cast list as revived by Mr.Nigel Playfair … June 1930 +Note by Frederic Austin + 2nd note "additional music written for the second Hammersmith version..is incoproated in the present ..alternative and additional numbers will be found in the Appendix." + Song list + 125 pages including the Appendix.

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Buchzahl: A76169

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Sonstige Stichworte: Opera

Gay, John

THE BEGGAR'S OPERA Jan James 1728 Robertson 1921 as it is Performed at the Lyric Theatre,Hammersmith

London New York & Toronto, Boosey & Co. 1920 cover design in colour by C.Lovat Fraser dated 1920 . 8vo paper covers [some edge creases/spine lacks most of the titling paper] Titlepage "with new settings of airs and additional music by Frederic Austin Arranged for the Voice and Pianoforte" + Cast list as revived by Mr.Nigel Playfair … June 1920 +Note by Frederic Austin + Song list + 96 pages

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Buchzahl: A76170

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Sonstige Stichworte: Opera

Gay,Bernard

BOTTICELLI with an introduction & notes by Bernard Gay MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR

London, Batchworth Press 1961 Fine large color plates (12) of works by Sandro Botticelli. . Folio card covers with color onlay (onlay creased /wrinkled and small tears/covers tanned/marked and wavy) [32]pp. Description faces each illustration except the first illustration is mounted on the cover and is in poor shape - all other plates in very good shape. The mounts are on stiff cartridge paper which is a bit tanned but supple and without tears, the text is on the back of each mounted plate + the intoductory 8 pages.

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Buchzahl: A73063

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Sonstige Stichworte: art paintings Italian

Gaze,John

FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE A History of the National Trust

London, Bsrrie & Jenkins, National Trust 1st first edition 1988 Plates of properties saved by the National Trust. . Octavo boards in dust jacket (tips rubbed) 336pp ownership to fly leaf else V.G in V.G jacket. *History from the first efforts to preserve the beauties of the Lake District to gardens, historic houses, archaeological sites, moorland,coast and mountains.

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Buchzahl: A71695

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Sonstige Stichworte: history preservation National Trust properties

Aristophanes edited F.W.Hall & W.M.Geldart

ARISTOPHANIS COMOEDIAE Recognoverunt Brevique Adnotatione Critica Instruxerunt F.W.Hall ..[&] W.M.Geldart TOMUS I

Oxonii (Oxford), E Typographeo Clarendoniano 1957 ACHARNENSES, EQUITES ,NUBES, VESPAS, PACEM, AVES . 8VO dark blue cloth gilt spine title & Oxford shield [v.sl.rubbing to cloth] Titlepage + 12pp =Preface in latin +352pp of text & Appendix +[3pp= "Oxford Classical Texts". Only Nubes has some very neat underlinig and marginal word translations. Text in Greek, notes in Latin. Name to front free endpaper else very clean neat and tight.

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Buchzahl: A76181

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Sonstige Stichworte: Greek plays comedies Latin annotations

WORLD WAR II {King] GEORGE R.I.

CELEBRATE VICTORY 8th June 1946 + Important War Dates

London, n.p. 1946 8th June colored coat of Arms . Broadsheet -one leaf 272 x 170mm Message from King George to boys and girls at school. Verso list of "Important War Dates" from German invasion of Poland 1939 to British forces re-enter Singapore Sep. 1945 and space below for "My family's War record" not filled in. Two punched holes at top of sheet with red ribbon for hanging?

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Buchzahl: A75752

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Sonstige Stichworte: Victory celebration

Gibbon,Edward

THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Volume I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII [complete set]

London, Grant Richards +Frowde 1903-1906 Doublepage Map of the Roman Empire in 180 A.D.to the endpapers of each volume. In Series THE WORLD'S CLASSICS vols.XXXV . 16mo grey cloth spine gilt in stylised vine pattern [edges a bit worn mainly to vol.I [endpapers a bit foxed] xxxiv + 495pp.Vol.2 Xvii +[1p=blank} +597pp Vol.3 Xvi + 572pp Vol.4 xvi + 602pp Vol.5 xvi + 582pp vol.6 xviii +568pp +[8pp=book list for sale] vol.7 xv +[1p=blank] +505pp includes index +[3pp=blanks] +8pp=book list. Inner hinge to vol.3 repaired with cloth else clean and tight copies. A complete set.

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Buchzahl: A75926

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Sonstige Stichworte: History Rome

Gibbs, Philip

FACTS AND IDEAS Short Studies of Life and Literature

London, Edward Arnold 1st edition 1905 . Octavo tan cloth with oil lamp emblem to front board (spine and edges darkened or marked/head and foot of spine rubbed) viii +324pp +16pp booklist. Lacks free end paper and a few other signs of use else neat and tight.

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Buchzahl: A73723

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Sonstige Stichworte: literature psychology history art

Gilbert,Henry (retells from Prescott's Conqest of Mexico)

CONQUERORS OF MEXICO

London, Harrap 1914 Plates (16)by H. Thomas Maybank. . Octavo blindstamped brown cloth gilt title to spine and cover Titlepage printed in brown & black +285pp+advert leaf for publisher. Inscription on endpaper, half title foxed else only fore-edge foxing - pages clean. Nice bright copy.

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Buchzahl: A66727

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Sonstige Stichworte: history Mexico conquistadors