George frederic lees (22 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No date stated. (Castles, Loire Valley, France).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback. Very good in mustard yellow paper wrappers with red title and black illustration to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright with photographic illustrations throughout. French Travel. TRA11102.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Fair used condition, front inner hinge straining slightly, spine splitting at edges with tear at top of same, light age spotting to end papers. A. B. Smail (illustrator).

First Edition. Poor copy bound in quarter cloth over paper boards. Binding detached from the text. Pages remain well preserved overall; bright and clean. Provenance; from the library of Lionel John Knight with the owner's armorial bookplate. Physical description; 32 p : 104 pl. (part col. mounted; incl. ports.) ; 32 cm. Notes; Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress. Includes brief biographical sketches of the artists by George Frederic Lees. Bibliography: p. 15-16. Subjects; Painting, British. Painting England. Painters England Biography. Painters Great Britain. Painting, British. Painting England. Painters England ; Biography. Painting, English 18th century. Painting, Modern 17th-18th centuries England. Painting, English 18th century. Painting, British 17th-18th centuries. Art, British - 18th century. Painting, British - 18th century. Genres; Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First edition in English (hardback). 4to, 39pp. 96 plates. Rebound in brown cloth, gilt titling to the spine. This copy was formerly in the Guildhall Library, London, with a bookplate to the front pastedown, a shelfmark to the spine, and there is a stamp to the verso of each plate, but the book is nonetheless in very good condition.…

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1350grams, ISBN.

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 8vo. Large format paperback. Written by Guy Servant and was translated into English from French by George Frederic Lees (It was also published in French as 1839-1939 CENT ANS D'IMPRESSION ET D'EDITION). Both the French and English versions were published in 1939 by Marcel Servant of his Imprimerie Lecram-Servant (Vendome Press). Although ULTIMA AND AFTER is not a book that was published by the Obelisk Press it is none-the-less an important book to collectors of the Obelisk Press books. It was published in 1939 by Marcel Servant as part of the celebration and exhibition commemorating the centennial (1839 Ð 1939) of his printing works located at 338 rue St. Honore in Paris. The book traces the history of the printing works from its founder Charles Jouaust to the then present owner and master printer Marcel Servant. Among the publishers who owned and/or used the printing works throughout the years were Charles Jouaust, Damase Jouaust (Charle's son), Herbert Clarke, Sylvia Beach (Shakespeare & Company), Jack Kahane (Obelisk Press), and Marcel Servant (Vendome Press). Only five hundred copies of the book were printed, this being no. 288. This facsimile was created by painstakingly photographing each page of the original 1939 publication. This is the 2nd book in the handsack pressÕs Obelisk Press facsimile series. ISBN: 1461164400 Pages: 74 Fine.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 8vo. Large format paperback. Written by Guy Servant and was translated into English from French by George Frederic Lees (It was also published in French as 1839-1939 CENT ANS D'IMPRESSION ET D'EDITION). Both the French and English versions were published in 1939 by Marcel Servant of his Imprimerie Lecram-Servant (Vendome Press). Although ULTIMA AND AFTER is not a book that was published by the Obelisk Press it is none-the-less an important book to collectors of the Obelisk Press books. It was published in 1939 by Marcel Servant as part of the celebration and exhibition commemorating the centennial (1839 Ð 1939) of his printing works located at 338 rue St. Honore in Paris. The book traces the history of the printing works from its founder Charles Jouaust to the then present owner and master printer Marcel Servant. Among the publishers who owned and/or used the printing works throughout the years were Charles Jouaust, Damase Jouaust (Charle's son), Herbert Clarke, Sylvia Beach (Shakespeare & Company), Jack Kahane (Obelisk Press), and Marcel Servant (Vendome Press). Only five hundred copies of the book were printed, this being no. 288. This facsimile was created by painstakingly photographing each page of the original 1939 publication. This is the 2nd book in the handsack pressÕs Obelisk Press facsimile series. ISBN: 1461164400 Pages: 74 Fine.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Zustand: New.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. RO80124375: Avril 1937. In-12. Broché. Etat passable, Couv. convenable, Dos abîmé, Mouillures. 16 pages + 14 planches de photos en noir et blanc. Semble manquer quelques planches. Manques sur le dos, légèrement débroché. . . . Classification Dewey : 728.8-Château.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R240083731: 1926. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Coiffe en pied abîmée, Intérieur acceptable. 16 pages + environ 15 illustrations en noir et blanc - coiffes abîmées - illustration en noir et blanc sur le 1er plat. . . . Classification Dewey : 908.445-Régionalisme : Centre. …

Couverture souple. Zustand: Bon. Pas de jaquette. Editions Lecram-Servant, 1939 - Grand in-8° broché, couv. cart. gaufrée, iconographie en noir, 61 pp., couv. ternie sinon bon état, quelques corrections typographiques au crayon.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First English Edition. xii, 196 pages. Text in English, translated from the French. Tissue-protected frontis portrait of author, who was Ex-Deputy at the Reichstag and in the Alsace-Lorraine Chamber. Seven additional black and white plates. "The more I reflect on what I observed and heard, both at Berlin and Strassburg, the more I confess to myself that we were, with a few exceptions, stricken with blindness in not seeing the big thunder clouds (of WWI] gathering on the horizon. That is the reason why I have decided to set down whatever events in my political past seem to me to present retrospective interest." - Foreword. Endpapers heavily toned with a few small markings. Binding intact. Above-average wear to publisher's salmon cloth. Dust jacket not included. Light scent of cigarette smoke. A worthy reading copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Abbe E. Wetterle, Reichstag, Germany - Politics, Baron Von Hertling, Mathias Erzberger, Prince Von Bulow, Herr Von Bethmann-Hollweg.…

Broché. Zustand: Etat moyen. in-8 Description :Couverture salie, manque sur le haut u dos, accroc sur la coiffe inférieure. Langue : Français.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: My Adventures in the World War - Part I - No war correspondent has dared more and met with such stirring adventures and experienced such exciting incidents in his quest for 'copy' as Mr. E. Ashmead-Bartlett; Riding Out a Gale on a Sawlog; The Snake in the Shaft - predicament of a prospector being hauled up from a mine; Caught by the Tide - a mistake made while duck hunting; The Amazons of Russia - Excellent photo-illustrated article on Russia's legion of woman warriors, the "Battalion of Death", which served with daring, pluck and bravery in WWI; My Experiences as a Missionary Prisoner - The Rev. E.W. Doulton and his fellow missionaries in Africa, mostly ladies, suffered at the hands of the Germans who tortured the natives to make them falsely accuse the missionaries; In the Land of the Lapps - Part I - a picturesque account of an extensive journey, illustrated with great photos; Kidnapping a Millionaire - Mr. James Samuel Slater was shut up for seven months by his chauffeur; Pomp's Visitor - amusing tale of a negro cook who meets a bear that likes fried fish; A Canadian Man-Hunt - a failed miner named Fonberg goes on a killing spree near Chipman, Alberta; Five Months in the Snow - how French peasants were isolated through a whole winter on a mountain top; Six Weeks Among the Buddhas - Part II - Juliet Bredon and her husband spent several summer weeks in China - photo-illustrated account; Across Germany to Freedom - Part II - two French soldiers, Tristan du Tartre and Georges Prieur escaped from the Hammelburg camp in Bavaria; The Heroic Band - a graphic photo-illustrated account of the gallant and heroic conduct of a French infantry band which played its regiment into action under heavy bombardment, and continued to play until half the instrumentalists were killed or wounded; Marie Jeanneret - she poisoned nine people to death; America's Great Highwayman - Joseph Hare; and more 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding tight. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Peddie, Tom; Wigfull, W.E.; Holloway, W.; Evison, G.H.; Prater, Erneset; Soper, George (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Big-Game Hunting for the Cinema - John A. Jordan leads a film expedition into the wilds of British East Africa; The "Gordon" of the Pacific - Thos. J. McMahon visit's Germany's former South Sea possessions - German New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and Samoa - and reports on the work of Captain Hunter among the savages of the Solomons - lots of nice photos; Our Chase After A Rogue Elephant - photo-illustrated story from Ceylon; Our Chase After a "Rogue Elephant"; In the Jaws of a Lion - J.S. Cowie was carried about the engine room of his ship in the jaws of a lion!; Kidnapped - a young woman finds herself at the mercy of two desperate men; The Holy City of the Mormons - photo-illustrated article on Salt Lake City; The Strap-Hanger of the Ganges - The crocodile Captain J.G. Bennett thought he had killed comes back to life!; Chased by a Boa Constrictor - a 1902 story from Argentina; My Night With Wolves - hunter is surrounded by wolves in Northern Minnesota; The Lake of Soda - Magadi Lake, in British East Africa; The "Black Hole" of Gottingen - Corporal A. Bramwell of the Royal Welch Fusiliers earned the D.C.M. for his service to fellow POWs suffering from cholera and typhus at the Prisoners' Camp, Gottingen, in WWI; A Woman's Travels in Unknown Asia - Part II - Mary Gaunt set out to explore much of China but, under the influence of bandits, rerouted north to the wilds of Siberia - article with many photos; Humours of the East African Campaign; The Reds of the Maranoa - Two cattle-rustlers in Queensland are killed; A Couple of Pirates - "Dr. Martin" of the U.S. Navy served in Honduras during the Nicaraguan War but encountered difficulties later; My Visit to the Veddas - R.L. Spittel visits primitive natives in the interior of Ceylon - article with photos; Photo of the largest book in the world in Chicago; Photo of monster swordfish caught by Mr. W.C. Boschen off Santa Catalina Island, California; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2], 444-528, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Covers detached as one but present. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Knife-Haft Clue - a tale of murder at Cavadiera Camp in Brazil; The War in the Dolomites - article and photos of extremely challenging terrain in Italy; Stalked! - L. Rogers was stalked on a lonely trail by a big mountain lion; The Return Match - follow-up to October 1915 article "A Prize-Fight in Mexico" by N.E. Guthrie, one of the principals in the fight; Two Girls in Camp in British Columbia - Miss H.W. Paul and her friend Fatima, two English nurses, describe their month-long holiday in the wilds of the B.C. coast; In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - part III - an American businessman was also a member of a Chinese tong; The Mutiny of the Z.___ - part I of a tragic story related by the first mate; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part II - exploring America's newest national reserve, Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Disappearance of Charlie Westcott - WWI story of a lucky escape; From Job to Job Around the World - Part IX - Alfred C.B. Fletcher recounts his voyage to Spitzbergen, his coal-mining experiences in the Arctic, and his final return to the U.S., with fascinating photos; "Mike" - The Story of a Mounted Police Sled Dog that rescued a man who had fallen unconscious in a blizzard; and more. pp. 5 [ads], [2], 96, 6-24 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Wood, Stanley L.; Somerfield, Thomas; Pride, Sid; Evison, G.H.; Gilbert, A.; Wigfull, W.E.; Gillett, F.; Austen, Winifred; Dovaston, Margaret (illustrator). …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Six Skulls - Part I - Sequel to "In the Grip of the Hip Sings" - the twenty-five year persecution of Walter G. Patterson who, while a young man in Butte, Montana, was compelled to join a lawless Chinese tong; An Amazing Voyage - The escape from Spain of a number of interned German officers; A Flying Man in South America - Part VI - The adventures of John G. Barron, who spent 2.5 years giving flying exhibitions in South America, often to people who had never before seen an aircraft; The Child of Terbeeke - How a child saved a British Battalion from annihilation; Humours of the East African Campaign; Panton's Feud - how aviators and artillery co-operate at the Front; On the Borders of Tibet - Part V - Photo-illustrated account of the author's two years wanderings in these wild lands of wilder people; A Bandit's Bride - Part III - The strange story of Pancho Villa's wife, with photos, including photo of Villa and Zapata on horseback in Mexico City in 1915 when they practically controlled Mexico; Railway Building in the Wilderness - Part I - Construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific through the Canadian Rockies, with great photos; The Faithful Lover - The history of William Anderson and Catherine Burthe; Photo of Mashukwlumbwe tribesmen with hair spikes over two feet tall!; Ten-page investment ad for the Sugar Cane By-Products Co., which apparently sought to solve the shortage of wood pulp by using sugar cane; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [3], 388-472, 8-24 [ads]. Unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Evison, G. Henry; Webb, Arch; Soper, George; Gillett, Frank; Reynolds, Warwick (illustrator). …

Paris: 'Privately printed'. 1931. Folio. Loose as issued in publisher's cream wrappers, lettered in red to front wrapper; pp. xv, [3], 61, [1], with half-title; 8 illustrations by Beardsley printed in green and housed in original glassine sleeves; title-page printed in red and black; light creasing and toning to wrappers, short splits to joints, a few minor abrasions to inside of wrappers; internally near fine.Limited edition, no. 490 of 500 copies on mould-made Annonay paper from a total edition of 525 copies, privately printed in Paris.The preface on Beardsley and his visual rendition of Lysistrata is by Frederic William Lees (b. 1872), a painter and writer, author and French-to-English translator of several art and literary history books. 'That Aubrey Beardsley, who was an omnivorous reader of classical literature, was fully able to understand [Aristophanes' aims], and when illustrating Aristophanes, assume still one more new role is undeniable. And it is indeed one of the miracles of art that the Fra Angelico of Satanism could so completely transform himself into a "merry Greek" of the Athenian age' (p. xv).There were also twenty-five copies printed on handmade Van Gelder paper with plates on imperial Japanese vellum.Samuels Lasner 107e.…