Search Results: monumental brasses by james mann

Penguin, 1957-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good.

Penguin Books, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1957. First Edition. 32 pages. Pictorial Dust jacket over identical paper cover boards. 32 colour illustrated plates throughout. Light tanning to pages; more prominent to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has slight crushing to ends. Visible but light chipping to paper covering overall. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate foxing and tanning to inner panels. Scribble top edge of front panel.

Penguin Books Ltd, 1957. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1957. First Edition. 72 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black illustrated paper covered boards with lettering. Contains colour illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

London: Penguin Books, 1957. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st pub 1957. 40pp + 32plates. 12mo. Very good condition w/dj

Penguin, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

Penguin Books (King Penguin) 1st 1955 . 8vo, small tear, chips, wear + sl spotting to d/w o/w VG+/VG 155 gms.

London: Penguin Books, 1957 VG H/b in VG D/j. Illus. paper covered boards repeated on Dust Jacket. This author is specially qualified to correct mistakes of former writers. There is no better introduction to Medieval life & art than the study of English monumental brasses. Text followed by the illus.yellow tone plates.32pp [book-no inscsp clean throughout, fox tan to end papers ] 185x125mm approx. Dust Jacket not price clipped 5/- shelf-edge-wear col/rub/loss. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.

Penguin Books, London and New York, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. foreword by author, works of reference and index. The text is illustrated with the 32 pages of aforementioned illustrations. Illustrated boards with yellow coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as underlying boards, with yellow coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the back strip. "There are no better introduction to English mediaeval life and art than the study of English monumental brasses. They can tell us so much in the clearest possible way. We can know from these beautifully drawn figures what our forebears look like. They make it easy for us to learn something of the symbolism of religious faith, the who's who of heraldry, and the details of Gothic architecture." – from the front fold over panel blurb. King Penguin -- 75.… Read More

Harmonsworth, U.K.: Penguin, 1957. 12mo, pp. 40, 32 plates. Owner's name on flyleaf, cover and dj very slightly worn at edges, o/w a nice copy. A discussion of medieval brasses, with 32 drawings. The author corrects the mistakes other writers have made in describing the armor worn in many of these examples.

London: Penguin Books, 1957. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. 5 x 8 in. Paper boards. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; very clean, a few chips. Art. Stax.

King Penguin No. 75, London., 1901. vg / good. vg 1st 1957 King Penguin in good dw (1 inch by 1.5 inch piece missing) hardcover book In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

GB: Penguin King Penguin, 1957. (2 copies). 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/VG DW.

Harmondsworth, England : Penguin, 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition, first printing. Octavo hardback. King Penguin. 40 pp.+ 32 plates Very Good condition Previous owner's name on front free end paper otherwise no inscriptions.

GB: Penguin King Penguin, 1957. Book is in nearly fine condition with only slightest signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. nrFine/VG+ DW.

London: Penguin, 1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original decorated boards hardcover, illustrated, 40 pages, very good in very good unclipped dustwrapper. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. shelf B6.

Penguin Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. V sl rubbing to corners of bds, with sl bump to tail of spine, dw has sl wear to spine ends and corners, price-clipped. ; King Penguin (K 75) ; 180x120mm; 32 pages .

King Penguin Books, Middlesex, 1957. 40 pp followed by 32 line-drawn plates, top edge of d/j trimmed, 3cm clean tear to rear d/j flap fold, else very good copy in good, illustrated, price-clipped d/j.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd. G: in good condition with rubbed and chipped dust jacket. Wear to board edges. 1957. First Edition. Illustrated hardback board cover. 180mm x 120mm (7" x 5"). 72pp. 32 colour plates. .

Penguin, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The jacket is a bit rubbed and edgeworn but has suffered minimal paper loss. Internally clean (a little offsetting) and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1957. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A King Penguin on this popular subject. A fine clean copy in a clean d/w with wear to top edge. Illustrated throughout with gold coloured reproductions of brasses and with an Introduction by former Master of the Armouries, Sir James Mann. 40pp plus 32 plates..