langdon horace (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Volume 4 only. Undated. 222pp, with several black and white photographic plates (inc. frontispiece) and line drawn diagrams. Brick red cloth-covered boards, embossed decorations on front and spine, gilt titles on front and spine. 4to. . Mottling and soiling to boards. Spine slightly sun-faded, lightly soiled, spine ends rubbed with some minor splits in cloth. Corners rubbed and rounded with cloth worn through. Text block edges tanned. Tanning on free endpapers. Pencil scribbles on front endpapers, half-title and title page. Gutters stretched occasionally throughout volume. Light foxing throughout, heaviest towards prelims. On house and cottage construction with chapters on subjects like setting up in business, the builder and the architect, excavation, drain laying and paving etc.

Hardcover. Zustand: VG for age. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Black cloth binding with yellow cloth printed spine, all corners badly rubbed and spine slightly soiled, boards clean. f/piece+ 246 + (8 adverts), numerous figs. numbered by chapter on 136 plates inc.in pagination, 16 tipped in col. figs to 1st chapter but have not located any more. 9 chapters on various topics related oriental art including ceramics, Indian miniatures and 'A Glass Globe of Arghun', preceded by short obituary of Edward Hamilton Bell (1857-1929), further details on request. 1 cm square red ideogram bottom corner half-title with small faint penciled number. Internally near fine, no tanning and all gutters good.Text-block edges a tad dusty and fore-edge uncut. Scarce in UK. 23.5 cm x 30.5 cm.