Search Results: Titles starting with M from CHARLES BOSSOM

Taschen. Very Good. 1992. Soft Cover. 4to 23.2 x 16.7 x 2.8 Cm 3894501537 Paperback: Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 77 pages clean and tight. "Graphic Work"" presents over 80 of Escher's most interesting pictures selected by the artist himself. It includes Escher's commentaries on his work, which make his startling visual effects more easy to interpret. The book also features Escher's own account of his evolution as an artist. An authentic source book of high significance, it offers the best introduction to the fantastic universe of the grand master of illusion. .

New York: Galahad Books. Very Good/Very Good. 1999. Hard Cover. 4to 0883657457 361 Illustrations Inc. 332 Colour Plates. 320 pages clean and tight. Explains how the famous Hummel figurines are made, offers profiles of Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel, the original artist, and looks at the entire collection of figurines, plates, dolls, and bells. THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY ALBUM highlights in pictures and words fifty years of history surrounding the world's most famous figurines. For this celebration in print, an international team of writers, photographers and graphic designers has been assembled to work closely with officials of W. Goebel Porzellanfabrik in West Germany, manufacturers of the M.I. Hummel figurines, in putting together a book that reflects the excitement generated by the figurines for so many years. This volume is unlike any other book ever done on the subject. It is an artistic expression of the entire M.I. Hummel collection, examining through new eyes the true beauty… Read More

London: Macmillan. Very Good/Good +. 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket small tear to top edge, unclipped. Green cloth with red titles on spine.No inscription. Some annotations mostly in pencil. 182 pages. .

London: Longman, Green, and Co.. Good. 1908. First Edition. Original Cloth. 8vo. Gilt titles to spine. Fraying to top and tail of spine.Small split in cloth at top of spine. 379 pages. Indexed. Corners bumped with light rubbing to extremities. .

London: Privately Printed for Subscribers. Good. 1908. Grey paper boards, white parchment spine, sl. chipped spine label. Cover looks slightly grubby. The Tudor Reprinted and Parallel Texts. 12mo. Unpagginated. With reprodution of the original title page. .

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. Good. 1952. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0354042246 Greycloth with bright black lettering on spine illustrations on upper cover. Foxing spots on cover. Slight bump to corners. No inscription. Creasing to a few page corners. Frontis portrait. A few spots to page tips. 198 pages clean and tight. Artist, dandy and wit, the cosmopolitan James McNeill Whistler was born in America, spent part of his childhood in Russia, and for three years was enrolled at West Point (the United States Military Academy). Failure in a chemistry examination ended his chances of becoming a soldier: 'If silicon had been a gas, I would have been a general,' he commented later. 'It is easier,' says Hesketh Pearson in this entertaining biography, 'to think of silicon as a gas than of Whistler as a soldier,' a judgement which his readers must endorse. Having learnt to etch with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, and decorated the margins of his maps… Read More

Londdon: BCA. Good/Good. 1979. Reprint. Hard Cover. 8vo .

London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited. Good +/Fair. 1925. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust wrapper is in a protective sleeve. Chipped and ragged to edge a large pieve missing from back of cover. Popular Edition (24th). Grey cloth with black titles and decoration to cover. Previous owner's inscription on ffep, which has slight browning.Frontispiece. A very few foxing spots. 352 pages. .

The Royal Horticultural Society: Cassell. Very Good/Very Good. 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover. 5.75" By 8.75" Tall' 0304320420 Dust jacket unclipped with very slight rubbing to edges. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Very slight rubbing to edges. No inscriptions. Colour photographs and black and white line drawings. 256 pages, clean bright and tightly bound. .

London: A & C Black. Good. 1944. Hard Cover. 8vo illustrated paper-covered boards. Rubbed corners. No ownership marks. 15 full pages of illustrations.32 pages clean and tight. .

London: Daldy, Isbister & Co,. Good. 1876. Hard Cover. 6" By 9" Tall 2 vols, 362, 432pp, frontispieces - portraits. Browning and staining to early pages in both books. MAIN CONTENTS VERY CLEAN AND TIGHT. THE BINDINGS COVERS LOOK VERY ATTRACTIVE WITH BRIGHT GILT LETTERING ON SPINE. BRIGHT BLACK DESIGN TO UPPER COVER. externally a very bright clean set. These are two heavy volumes but will despatch in the UK for the standard abe carriage charge of £3-35 for the set. .

5 Bishopgate Street Without / Darlington : William & Frederick G. Cash / H.Penney. Very Good/No DJ. 1857. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo Original blind-stamped cloth gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's details tippexed out on ffep. vii, 243 pages clean and tight. CHAPTER I. 1812-1833. John Sharp's Early Life and Education-Account of the Friends' School and Workhouse at Clerkenwell-Its removal to Islington, and afterwards to Croydon-John Sharp's Apprenticeship-Extracts from his Journal: CHAPTER II. 1833-1836. Extracts from Journal-Resignation of Superintendent-John Sharp's Appointment as Head Teacher-Illness and Death of F. Green. wood, one of the Scholars-J. J. Gurney's Visit-Decease of another Boy: CHAPTER III. 1836-1837. Prospects of Marriage-Extracts from Journal-Richard Barrett's Visit to Families-Efforts for the Religious Welfare of the Boys - Decease of his Father-Further Extracts: CHAPTER IV. 1837-1838. Tour among the… Read More

South Melbourne: Macmillan. Very Good/Fair. 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0333139895 Dust jacket unclipped, chunks missing to edges. Maroon cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Rubbed to ffep. No ownership inscription. 216pp. clean and tight. Dame Mabel Brookes'.s life has been one which spans the exciting development of the Australian nation. She has seen Australian society shape and reform, the change in the old .order and the emergence of the new breed of politicians. As the only child, of a prominent Melbourne lawyer, Dame Mabel's childhood was spenr.in the select social ,circle of Establishment families. Sir,Isaac Isaacs, Sir John Forrest, Sir John Madden: many notables of the age were familiar visitors- to the Emmerton house. Later, as the wife of the tennis. player, Sir Norman Brookes, Dame Mabel travelled afar and became a well known identity in international circles. Her circle of friends was ever increasing: from the first ranks of royalty to… Read More

London: The Folio Society. Very Good/Cardboard Slip Case - Good. 1965. First Folio Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Cardboard slipcase in good condition with some rubbing to top and bottom edges around slip opening. Green cloth with gold design to front and spine. Titles to spine, also in gold. Sunning to spine. No ownership markings. Black and white illustrated frontispiece of Le Comte Antoine Hamilton. Numerous black and white illustrations. 256 pages clean and tightly bound. .

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Good/No DJ. 1902. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo Green cloth, gilt titling on spine and upper cover. Faded spine and title. Rubbed to edges. viii, 54 pages clean and tight. .

London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. . Very Good/No DJ. 1907. First Edition. Hard Cover. Square 8vo ILLUSTRATED BOARDS. Gilt to all page edges. Previous owner's inscription on ffep, slight browning. Tissue guarded colour frontis and illustrated title page + 28 illustrations by Browne, all in full. colour. 52 pages clean and tight. .

London: Hutchinson. Good/No DJ. 1917. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Original red cloth with embossed gilt titling on spine. Slightly dull spine Bumped. Previous owner's details on ffep.nner hinges cracked and signs of repairs. Light foxing. Frontis plate tissue guarded. 36 illustration. / plates / folding map. 312 pages clean and tight. .

Cobham, Surrey: Brooklands Books Ltd. Very Good +. 1993. Illustrated Card Covers. 4to 180 pages clean and tight. ROAD TESTS - SPECIFICATIONS - TOURING - NEW MODELS - HISTORY - TECHNICAL DATA - RACING - DRIVING IMPRESSIONS - TUNING - RECORD BREAKING - LONG TERM REPORTS. .

London: Haynes. Very Good/Very Good. 1985. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Large 8vo 0854294252 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Red cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's inscription on half title. 250 pages clean and tight .

Firenze: Giusti Di Becocci. Very Good. 1970. Soft Cover. Sm 104 colour plates. Previous owner's inscription. Clean and tight. INDEX OF WORKS: - Madonna della Scala (Casa Buonarroti, Florence) . . . . . . Battle of the Centaurs (Casa Buonarroti, Florence) . . . . . Hercules and Cacus (Casa Buonarroti, Florence) . . . . . . Wooden Crucifix (Casa Buonarroti, Florence) . . . . . . . Angel holding Candelabra (San Domenico, Bologna) . . Bacchus (National Bargello Museum, Florence) . . . . . . Pieta (St. Peter's, Rome ) . . . . . . . . . . . . David (Gallery of the Academy, Florence) . . . . . . . . Madonna of Bruges (Notre Dame, Bruges) . . . . . . . . St. Matthew (Gallery of the Academy, Florence) . . . . . . Tondo Taddei (Madonna and Child - Royal Academy, London) . Tondo Pitti (National Bargello Museum, Florence) . . Tondo Doni (Uffizi Gallery, Florence) . Sistine Chapel (Vatican Museum, Rome) . . . . . . . . Tomb of Julius II (S. Pietro in Vincoli, Rome) . . . . . . Moses (S.… Read More