ANON

Tri Color Pottery of the T'ang Dynasty

Republic of China, National Museum of History. 1977, First Edition. Large 8vo. Large format. Bound in original publishers grey cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, no loose pages, some light fox staining to a few pages, pages and illustrations in very good clean condition. 8758.A6. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008758

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: pottery

ANON

Vulcan a Monthly Journal for Owners and Users of Power [ Rare 7 Volumes ]

Manchester, The Official Organ of the Vulcan Boiler and General Insurance Company Ltd. 1904, First Edition. Half Calf, Quarto. 7 volumes. Books measure 32.5x24.cm. A run from July 1904 to June 1908, then from July 1909, to June 1912, first issue no 1, last issue no 96, each issue circa 20 pages, 84 issues in all, illustrated. Bound in original publishers half calf, cloth boards, gilt lettering on spines and top board. Calf rubbed, mainly on spines, some abrasion wear, some wear on hinge joints, but all boards holding firm. Generally bindings in good clean condition. Internally, one section of text has light browning. Pages in very good clean condition. Overall the volumes are in very good clean condition. Rare journal. Very Good.

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Book number: 012644

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: gauge test. boilers. water heaters

ARCHITECTURE

The Architect & Contract Reporter a Business Supplement the Contract Reporter to the Architect [ 1899 to 1901. 24 Volumes ]

London, 1899. Hard Cover, Large Quarto. Complete run from 1899 to 1910. 24 volumes, each volume with 26 weekly issues. illusttrated throughout, with adverts, text illustrations. Bound in modern black cloth, with gilt lettering. All bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, lightly printed library stamps throughout, mainly to corner of each issue. Pages in very good clean condition. A ver nice well bound clean run. Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 010602

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: architecture

BARRETT TIMOTHY

Japanese Papermaking Traditions, Tools, and Techniques

New York, Weatherhill Inc. 1983. Cloth, Large 8 Vo. Book measures 27x19.cm. x,317pp, illustrated. Bound in original publishers brown cloth, with gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Dust jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 099500

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: papermaking

BAYLISS JONES, BAYLISS

Iron Fencing & Gates [ Catlogue No 8. ]

Wolverhampton, Bayliss Jones & Bayliss. 1901. Soft Cover, Quarto. No date, circa 1910. Book measures 26.5. x 21.cm. Collation, 373 pages, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers cloth softcover, with title lettering on both covers. Covers lightly rubbed. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 098874

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: iron fencing. gates.

BELA RERRICH

Rerrich Bela with Preface By the Artist

Geneva, Masters of Architecture. 1930, First Edition. Square 8 Vo. Collation, xx[1]pp, 52 plates.Bound in publishers red cloth, title lettering and design on top board. Cloth light rubbed, some dust or dirt marking, small library number on spine. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, library stamps throughout, plates stamped on top corner margin. Pages and illustrations in good clean condition. A69.

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Book number: 009163

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: architecture

BELIDOR BERNARD FOREST DE

La Scienza Degli Ingegneri Nella Direzione Delle Opere Di Fortificazione Ed Architettura Civile

Milano, A. Spese Degli Editori. 1832. Quarto. Original edition published in the year 1832. Complete in 2 volumes. Collation, 400pp+43pp, 52 folding engraved plates. Bound in contemporary half calf, calf corners, marble boards, flat gilt bands, stamp tooling in compartments, red leather title labels. Calf and boards lightly rubbed/scuffed with minor abrasion wear on edges/corners, hinge joints strong. Both bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally, no loose pages, no writing, some occasional light spotting/browning. Pages and illustrations in very good clean firm condition. In the rare Italian edition of 1832 edited and translated by Louis Masiero. It is a book full of charm, like all treaties that have blossomed in the late eighteenth and mid nineteenth century, which translated to the people of the technical rules of statics that were beginning to be systematized. No longer just a book of "orders of architecture," based on the proportions of aesthetics, but a treaty in which the proportions of the building resulting from the reasoning of Applied Physics. The Science of Engineers offers a range of knowledge about the age most disparate fields of building technology, but also constitutes one of the first major items of construction technology. Reading the text and browsing the numerous pictorial you try the taste of the rediscovery of the roots of the profession of engineer and "it is stimulated - says Ing. Paul Spinelli, professor of construction technology in Florence - to continue the effort (but in jewels) techniques every day. Very Good.

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Book number: 008590

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: architecture engineers

BING BROTHERS [ TOYMAKER ]

Special Price List of Instructive Mechanical, Optical and Electrical Toys

1912. Quarto. This is an original edition, published in 1912, [ not a later facsimile ]. Book measures 11 1/2 x 9 inches. 345 pages, xviiipp index, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers blue cloth, with white title lettering. Cloth light rubbed, minor bump marks, some minor wear or abrasion marks. Generally binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, errata pasted to margin of title page, one page of index has a short closed tear. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. A very nice copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 096031

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: toys bing brothers

BOUCHER BRUCE

The Sculpture of Jacopo Sansovino ( Complete in 2 Volumes )

New Haven & London, Yale University Press. 1991. Quarto. Complete in 2 volumes, collation, viii,304, xv+continuation to 382pp, plus 467 images. Bound in original publishers black cloth, with gilt title lettering. Both volumes in very good clean firm condition. Dust jackets light rubbed on edges, both jackets in very good clean condition. Internally, no loose pages, no writing or marking. Pages and illustrations in very good clean condition. 8976.A66. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008976

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: jacopo sansovino

BREWER J. S. [ EDITED BY ]

Registrum Malmesburiense the Register of Malmesbury Abbey [ Complete in 2 Volumes ]

London, Longman & Co. Trubner & Co. 1879. 8vo. Complete in 2 volumes. Books measures 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches. Bound in modern library cloth. Both volumes in very good clean firm condition. Internally, occasional minor library mark of stamp, light tanning to pages. Pages in good clean condition. A nice clean solid set. Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 097622

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: malmesbury abbey. rolls series

BROWN ALFRED

Locks and Lock Furniture, Brass and Bronze Metal Foundry [ Catalogue

Birmingham, Alfred Brown. 1934. Publisher Cloth, Quarter. Book measures 31x 15 cm. [8],140pp, illustrated throughout. Bound in original publishers brown cloth, with gilt title design on top board. Cloth lightly rubbed. Binding in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice clean copy. Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 098624

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: locks. door handles

BROWNE REV G. F.

Echt-Forbes Family Charters 1345-1727 Records of the Forest of Birse Notarial Signs 926-1786

Edinburgh & London, W & R. Chambers. 1923, First Edition. Cloth, Quarto. Book measures 29x23.cm. xi,[1],291pp, 12 plates, plus map. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt lettering, top gilt edge. Cloth faded. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages and plates clean throughout. A nice clean solid copy. Near Very Good.

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Book number: 012268

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: echt-forbes

BURKE SIR BERNARD

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage

Pall Mall. London, The Burke Publishing Company. 1921. Large 8vo. Eightieth edition. Book measures 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Collation, cclxiii, 2990 pages. Rebound in red cloth, gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, very occasional library stamp or mark, [ about 10 in all ]. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. A very good clean solid copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 097105

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: peerage. baronetage

BURKE SIR BERNARD

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, The Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage

Pall Mall. London, Harrison & Sons. 1910. Large 8vo. Seventy second edition. Book measures 10 1/4 x 7 inches. Collation, clxxxvii,2596 pages. Rebound in red cloth, gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, very occasional library stamp or mark, [ about 10 in all ]. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. A very good clean solid copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 097106

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: peerage.

BURKE SIR BERNARD

A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage, the privy council, knightage and Companionage

London, Harrison & Sons. 1902. Oblong 8vo. Book measures 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches. Collation, cxciii, 2057 pages. Rebound in red cloth, gilt lettering. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, very occasional library stamp or mark, [ about 10 in all ]. Pages in very good clean condition throughout. A very good clean solid copy. Very Good.

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Book number: 097108

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: peerage