Netta peacock (7 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Original gilt lettered and decorated dark blue cloth, frontispiece portrait with tissue0guard, illustrated with plates in b/w, uncut, 8vo.; Some foxing.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good.

First Edition. Gilt decorated and leather labeled qtr vellum on green boards, very good. Top edge gilt. Spine bands and panel edges dulled and slightly scuffed as with age. Remains particularly well preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 188 pages; Illustrated with a portrait frontis and 35 photos/plates. Subjects: Millet, Jean Francois 1814-1875 . Notes: Includes index and a list of works. Series: [Little Books on Art]. 1 Kg.…

Leather. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of a scarce and very charming biography on the French realist painter, bound in lovely quarter vellum. The first edition of Miller, a scarce and very charming biography of the French painter, written by Netta Peacock. Part of Methuen's Little Books on Art series, published in 1905. In quarter vellum, with a frontispiece of Millet and all thirty-four other illustrated plates, including the artist's paintings. Collated complete. Famous for painting rural landscapes and farmers across France, Millet was a pioneer of the Realism art movement and was a founder of the romantically influenced Barbizon school of art. As well as being a distinguished art writer, Peacock was a photographer who frequently mingled with Russian art circles at the turn of the century. In quarter vellum. Externally, smart, with minimal marks to cloth. Minor fading and a couple of minor marks to vellum, and slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. End papers are bright and clean. Previous owner's small bookplate to bottom of front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Various (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. A first edition analytical almanac of pre-revolutionary Russia in 1913, compiled by Howard P. Kennard with maps and data on agriculture, politics, and society, aimed at scholars and diplomats. In the publisher's original red cloth binding.This volume is a first edition.Compiled by Howard P. Kennard, a diplomat and Russia expert, with assistance from Netta Peacock, a writer and photographer known for her work on Russian culture and society, the book serves as both an almanac and analytical guide to Russia in 1913.This volume was part of a short-lived series intended for scholars, diplomats, journalists, and businessmen seeking reliable English-language information on Russia.With three red and monochrome plates of maps illustrating the distribution and quality of crops (1912), of winter wheat, winter rye and summer wheat. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight fading to extremities. Spine faded. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. One or two slight handling marks to boards. Rear joint cracked, with binding materials partially exposed and fraying, but holding firm. The odd small spot of damp staining to spine. Ink stamp from Libava East-Asian Shipping Company to title page and front endpapers. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained, but firm. Pages bright and clean if slightly age toned with one or two spots to fore edge. Very Good. None Stated (illustrator). book.…

Millet.London, Methuen & Co., 1913, 15'5 x 12 cm., tela original, XII - 188 págs. - 35 láminas en papel co Arte.

Hardback. 407pp, 2 fldg. maps, charts & 4 plates, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1911. *Siberia 731:This directory was intended to assist Anglo-American business interests in their contacts with the Russian market. There is a good deal of information about Siberia and about British firms operating there. Covers very slightly marked, otherwise a very good copy.…