acanthus (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Acanthus (illustrator). Blue cover. 119 pages; full page, color photos; small b/w photos and other illustrations; the appendices have 3 patents, chronology, marks for heads, bodies, and shoes; bib.; index. The pages have light musty odor. The DJ has a 3/8 in. closed tear, and the lamination has several, long raised lines. Scans e-mailed upon request. Priority or international shipping will require extra shipping cost.

Zustand: Good. 1955. First Edition. 96 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Lettering is bright and clear. Visible wear marks to boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Acanthus (illustrator). Condition: Very Good/Good. 1956. No Edition Remarks. 103 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Contains black and white illustrations. Well bound and clean pages, with mild tanning and very light foxing to text block edges. Moderate tanning to free endpapers with inscriptions to front, and occasional notes in the margins. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket (10/6 net)has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Moderate tanning and creasing, with rubbing and marking. The previous owner had the interesting habit of cutting our relevant press articles and "tipping" them in to pastedown, end papers, etc. This book has this in the rear. I've left them in rather than rsik damage by removal, and to leave the additional historical context which may be of interest to the reader. In this case, one of the items is from the "Federation of Malaya", "Extract from the Panters' Chronicle July '52 - Tea in Burma and the Shan States". He also sometimes added his own notes written in pen or pencil - not often, but interesting. Clearly an academic gentleman !

Zustand: Fair. 1955. First Published. 96 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations are lightly tanned throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, rear board slightly loose. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Fraying to cloth to edges.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back over black cloth spine. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains 140 pp with thumb-nail biographies of 21 leading cartoonists together with 100 of their monochrome illustrations throughout. Very Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the corners, not price clipped, 7/6. Dust wrapper protected. Member of the P.B.F.A. HUMOUR (Satire, Cartoon).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Acanthus Press, 1996. Quarto. Hardcover. Book is very good with very light toning to the page ends. Dust jacket is very good with a tear to the top front edge, a nick to the spine and light shelf wear. A fine copy of this look at architecture.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 64p paperback in white illustrated cover, very good condition, light sunning and marks to back cover, minimal wear, binding intact, pages clean and neat, illustrations and cartoons clear and sharp throughout, a very good copy; this is a rare presentation copy signed by the author, noted cartoonist Frank Hoar aka 'Acanthus', with two personal inscriptions and an attached compliments slip Language: English.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Acanthus (illustrator). First edition. A very smart first edition of this illustrated guide to tea drinking, signed and inscribed by the author. First edition. Inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper with an inscription that reads: "For Harold, with the author's warmest regards. Christmas 1956." Illustrated throughout. A guide to the drinking of tea with chapters on the story and history of tea in England, the growth of tea, buying and selling, tea and the doctor, "out to tea", tea things, and much more. Written by Gervas Huxley, a British author and the son of English biologist and anthropologist Thomas Henry Huxley. Illustrated by Acanthus. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. Minor fading with the odd small mark to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Minor age toning to the endpapers with the previous owner's bookplate to the front endpaper. Very Good. signed by author. book.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.