Intro osbert sitwell (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Lightly faded gilt titles to spine on bright red boards with nominal shelf wear, still sharp corners and firm hinges. DJ has large chip to crown, wear to heel and nominal wear to corners. BP/Fiction/Smollett.

Decorative Boards. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xi., 312 pp., colour frontis., and 10 charming colour designs by Messel prior to chapters. The front board also has a marvellous design in black, of a boar's head on a platter. Each section has some blank pages for the reader to write their own recipes. Some darkening and rubbing to the binding 8vo. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).…

Decorative Boards. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. New edition, with Oliver Messel illustrations. xi, 264 pp. Yellow decorative boards in colour illustrated jacket, not priceclipped but with a pencil inscription to price. Small loss to jacket's front panel, chipping, a few tears and marks. Internally very fresh and bright with no markings. Sir Osbert Sitwell writes: "Lady Sysonby's selection is beyond criticism. Varied, historic, traditional, and not intended for the rich man's table alone". Practical recipes for soups, fish, meat and birds, vegetables, puddings, cakes, savouries, sauces, sandwiches, drinks. The front board has a marvellous design in black, of a boar's head on a platter. With 10 charming colour illustrations and in the original colour jacket designed by Oliver Messel, one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century. Small 8vo. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).…

Buckram. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited Edition, no. 251 of 1000 copies; signed by John Piper to ffep. [vi], xvi, 115 pp. Green buckram with gilt illustration to boards and lettering to spine in dust jacket. Scratching to front panel and a small open tear to top of rear panel; some foxing to sunned spine and top edge of rear panel of jacket. Leaves uncut and a firm binding. Inscription from John and Myfanway Piper dated to 1949. Colour lithographic illustrations and decorations by John Piper. A foreword by the author's son Osbert Sitwell; the author was an expert in gardens, especially those in Italy, and this book represents his analysis of the principles of their design. 8vo. Limited Edition. Piper, John (illustrator).…