Bowles carrington (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, illustrated, in black cloth with titles stamped in white on spine. Boards a bit dappled with tiny white dots, and rubbed to white in two small spots on front panel. Else near fine, tight. Unclipped dust jacket showing $3.00 on flap has tears at tips and mild age soiling, else very good. Great collection with illustrations by Man Ray, Alexander Calder, Paul Klee, Yves Tanguy, André Masson, Max Ernst and Kurt Seligman.…

First Edition. [Modern Literature] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION, first impression. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[2]; 128; [2]. Publishers black half morocco, blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering and two raised bands to spine, silver illustration to front board. In-text and full page illustrations throughout by various artists, illustrated frontispiece and title-page. Some light scuffing to blue cloth. Near fine. 'A Night with Jupiter and Other Fantasies' is one of the Bleiler-listed strange tales. Bleiler is particularly struck by 'White Rabbits' which he describes as a 'creepy little tale' about a couple who feed rabbits rotten meat and then eat them.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition, Miller notes that the recordings were issued with a 12-page pamphlet, which is not present here (and the publisher's portfolio has no special pocket or 'housing' for the pamphlet). The albums have some slight surface wear, but overall all three albums appear fresh and clean (with no obvious flaws), in very good publisher's pictorial portfolio (the portfolio is nicked at tips of corners, rubbed and nicked at fore-edge of covers, else quite fresh and clean). An uncommon set of recordings; OCLC locates only two holdings [UC-Santa Barbara and Library of Congress]. consisting of three(3) original-release phonograph recordings [lacking printed text] [Miller G4; issued as "Disc 730"; album numbers: 6017, 6019 & 6019; also issued with a 12-page pamphlet which is not present here]. Three(3) ten-inch, 78-rpm phonograph records, housed in publisher's illustrated portfolio (as issued): oblong quarto, red cloth spine, illustrated paper-covered boards. Includes "Night Without Sleep," "Song for my Sister," "When Rain or Love Began," Sailor's Song," "Arias from Denmark Vesey," "You're Right the Day Ain't Mine," "Think of all the Hair Dressing," etc, with music by Paul Bowles and lyrics by Charles Henri Ford.…

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. Sixth Edition. William Gillbee Scott. His copy. Book measures 27x22.cm. Collation, xvi,xvi, 4 plates, 150pp, and a further 150 plates. Bound in full calf. At some time the spine has been rebacked, retaining the period boards, gilt bands, leather title label. Boards rubbed, worn on corners. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, 2 previous owners inscription, dated 1788,1858, plus Scott's bookplate. Pages and plates clean. A very good copy. F Size: Quarto.…

Audio Book (CD). Zustand: Very Good. BOWLES, Carrington. The Art of Painting in Water-Colours; exemplified in landscapes, flowers, &c. together with instructions for painting on glass and in crayons: exemplified in a full and familiar manner. With particular directions for preparing the colours, agreeably to the practice of the most eminent masters. By the author of The Artist's Assistant. The sixteenth edition, corrected and greatly improved, with additions. 42, [2]pp index. A near fine copy in recent marbled paper wrappers, with paper label on the upper cover. Scarce. 8vo. Printed (by Rider and Weed, Little Britain) for Robert Laurie and James Whittle, map, chart, and print, sellers, No. 53, Fleet Street, 1811. ~ FirstSearch records Duquesne University only. Although a popular work, issued by a variety of publishers, most of the later editions are recorded in just one or two copies. …

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. Engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, inset map of Port Royal, 485 x 560 mm, London, Carington Bowles, circa 1770. This handsome and scarce map of Jamaica is a reduced version of Patrick Browne's important large-scale map of the island, which was drawn from the surveys of Mr. Sheffield. It includes a vast amount of information including topographical details, parish boundaries, roads, towns, churches, forts, taverns, crawls (hog pens), settler's names, plantations (with notations on the dominant crops - sugar, ginger, coffee and indigo). Along the coastline there are a few soundings, safe anchorages and navigational hazards noted. A large inset provides a plan of Port Royal that shows the infamous pirate stronghold both before and after the earthquake that destroyed much of the town in 1692.…