george sisson (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Magazine. Octavo. [21]pp. Tied wrappers. Fine. Contributors include John Fuller, Lawrence Sail, Andrew Waterman, Michael Schmidt, C.H. Sisson, George Szirtes, Christopher Pilling, Peter Scupham, Joan Downar, John Mole, Anthony Thwaite, Katherine Middleton, Freda Downie, David Day, and Jenny Joseph.

Hardcover. Zustand: g. 8vo. Unpaginated. Half cloth over illustrated paper-covered boards. Head and tail of spine bumped and rubbed. Wear to edges and corners. Discoloration and staining to boards. Signed by previous owner. Los Angeles High School Yearbook of 1901. Delightfully illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and drawings. Binding in good-, interior in very good condition.

From the collection of English architect Marshall Sisson. 69 engravings, in brown 4to quarter-binding, with 'BIBLIO- | THEQUES' in gilt at head of spine, and 'PARIS | 1855' at foot. In fair condition, on aged paper, in binding worn at hinges. All engravings in 4to, with 12 double-page and 57 single-page. Two are in colour, the rest in black and white. Binder's stamp on front pastedown: 'BOUND BY G. PYMM'. (According to BBTI, the London binder George Pymm was active at 14 Upper Crown St, Westminster, at least as late as 1846.) Bookplate of 'MARSHALL SISSON | FARM HALL | GODMANCHESTER' also on front pastedown, with ownership inscription on facing free endpaper: 'Marshall Sisson | 1. 9. 43. | Farm Hall, | Godmanchester, | Hants.' Sisson specialised in the restoration of old buildings. Peter Foster (1919-2010), later Surveyor of the Fabric of Westminster Abbey, studied under Sisson, before becoming a partner in the firm, of which he became sole principal in 1971.