Unpaginated; profusely illustrated booklet of one of the three inaugural exhibitions presented by The Rooms gallery in 2005. "Through monumental installations, video, painting, holography and photography, six Canadian artists consider how history and knowledge are created and used. Participating artists: Tom Bendtsen, Lori Clarke, Alexander Graham, Angela Grauerholz, Alex Livingston and David Morrish." Clean and unmarked. View More...
12.3 x 6.25 inches. Seventeen interior views in full color showcasing the versatility of the product. Binding is sound; staining to covers as seen, number 25 at top right of title page and yellowing to foot of title page. Designed and Printed by The Alabastine Co., Paris, ON, 24 December, 1906. A pleasing example of turn-of-the-century design advertising. Original promotional book of 36 pages, plus card covers. A fine work of design in itself, with hand-stitched gold cord binding. View More...
Eighteen engravings bound in green embossed cloth with title in gilt to front. No stated date; presumably 1860s. Each engraving published by H. Besley, Exeter, with respective number and title. In order of appearance in the volume they are: No. 196 : Teignmouth _ Public Rooms, &c : S.R. Ridgway del. April 5 (?) illegible. No. 195 : Teignmouth _ The Den, Pier, &c : S.R. Ridgway del. No. 155 : Teignmouth, from the East Cliffs : G. Townsend del. No. 156 : Teignmouth, from Shaldon : G. Townsend del. No. 109 : Teignmouth Beach : G. Townsend del. No. 108 : East Teignmouth Church : G. Townsend del. A... View More...
Cover title: Catalogue of Fine Graphic & Applied Arts & Salon of Photography Canadian National Exhibition August 23rd. To September 7th. 1929. Unpaginated [c. 200 pp.]. Illustrated, and includes prices. Yapped edges creased and chipped; binding is sound; interior unmarked. View More...
Wooden boards, 20th century accordion style binding with ten hand-coloured paintings on silk mounted on paper. Top and bottom edge gilt. Text in Chinese and English on facing page. Pastedowns bubbled and lightly foxed; contents clean and binding sound. View More...
Card covers, plus 8 leaves (16 pages) and loose inserts. Well presented catalogue, profusely illustrated; ads at rear. "Golekan is another name for the distinctive three-dimensional Indonesian puppets crafted from wood. Unlike traditional wayang golek figures, F. Widayanto's golekan are created using clay with a variety of decorative glazes. And instead of retelling ancient legends, they tend to suggest stories about today or even hint at possibilities for the future. With artist statement and essay by Sindhunata.." {Asia Art Archive}. Excellent condition with no inscriptions; stapled binding ... View More...
32 pages. Chromolithograph cover and 13 illustrations by H.W. Herrick and Cogger. Original sewn binding is secure with foxing to gutter of midsection page 16/17 and a few dots elsewhere. Tiny chip off for-edge of front cover opposite "World" and chip off lower left corner of rear cover, spine rubbed. C. 1870. View More...
Fifteen engravings bound in decorative card covers with cloth spine. Each engraving published by J. (and sometimes E.) Harwood, London, with respective number and title. In order of appearance in the volume they are: No. 508 : Kendal ~ Jan. 1, 1843 (general heavy foxing). No. 355 : Greta Hall and Keswick Bridge ~ W. Westall / E. Francis (margins foxed & hint to plate). No. 597 : Skiddaw & Bassenthwaite Water ~ June 1, 1845 (heavy at edges, plate not bad. Unnumbered : Crummock Water & Buttermere ~ August 17, 1842 (hints to edges and one shadow above date). No. 715 : Borrowdale from Stye Head / ... View More...
411 pages. Mauve cloth with gilt titles to front and spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Text in English. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Excellent condition with no inscriptions; binding is sound. Please consult scans for contents and list of contributors. View More...
Two items simultaneously issued under one cover, each folding out to a large sheet for teaching purposes. 12.75 x 9.5 inches folded; 25.75 x 38.5 inches opened. Opening of Parliament painted for Pictorial Quarterly by A. Egerton Cooper. Raw Materials drawn for Pictorial Quarterly by E. H. Judd and Ellis Silas. Unobtrusive pinholes to margins of the latter. Each in excellent condition. View More...
Wooden boards, 20th century accordion style binding with ten hand-coloured paintings on silk mounted on paper. Top and bottom edge gilt. Text in Chinese and English on facing page. Boards bowed. Pastedowns bubbled and lightly foxed. 4 inch closed tear to first leaf with ghost of adhesive, and same leaf splitting along fold from bottom. Else very good. View More...
iv, 284; ii, 260, ii pages. Green leather over marbled boards; gilt to spine with raised bands. Leather scuffed; all edges marbled. Foxing to verso of marbled free endpapers and to the adjacent blanks. Binding sound and contents clean. Please inquire for accurate shipping rates overseas. 11 x 8.75 inches. View More...
320 pages. Orange cloth with gilt titles to front, in pictorial dust jacket. Text in Indonesian and English. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Very good condition with no inscriptions; wear to jacket extremities and sunning to spine; binding is sound. View More...
Original side sewn cloth spine [somewhat perished] blue paper over card. Engraved title and 50 engraved plates. Oblong, measuring 8.6 x 5.5 inches [22 x 14.5 cm]. No stated date of issue. Signature and date to front and rear covers: Robert Wallace Rome January 8 1839. Covers stained and creased. All leaves with at least light soiling, though mostly marginal [not intruding to the image]. Happy to forward more photos. Despite some loss of cloth spine panel binding is secure. Insured shipping overseas will be more costly than the default: please inquire. View More...
Original proof of what would become the title page "for a privately printed edition of part of E. V. Rieu's translation of the New Testament. It [the book] was distributed by Sir Allen and Richard Lane as a Christmas present. Printed at the Curwen Press, 1951" [Clark]. Signed in pencil lower right: R. Stone. Formerly tipped with two tabs along upper margin (now free) to non-archival board with frame. A few slight differences from the final state (compare Kenneth Clark's Reynolds Stone Engravings: xxx, 72); and note two additions on this lower left in white. Sheet measures 6.5 x 4.4 inches; ima... View More...
Eight leaves, with colour plate on left and black & white facing for the owner to colour... which they did not. Right corners of front cover and lower corner of first leaf chipped. Uncommon; likely early 1870s, with Janentzky & Co. at 1125 Chestnut Street. View More...
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