prince george thomas (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Later edition. 12mo; x, 473 pages, half leather, marbled boards, head of spine chipped "In the Introduction, [Youmans] has attempted to show that a course of study, mainly scientific, not only meets the full requirements of mental training, but also affords the kind of culture or mental discipline which is especially needed in this country at the present time. . The organization of a scheme of study adapted to American wants is the educational problem, immediately before us, and the present volume, it is hoped, will contribute valuable suggestions toward its solution." - Preface.

164 pp.; 24 x 18.8 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Padiglione d'arte contemporanea, Milan, June 7 - July 8, 1988. Curated by Gregorio Magnani, Daniela Salvioni, and Giorgio Verzotti. Artists include Dennis Adams, John Baldessari, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Alan Belcher, Jennifer Bolande, Victor Burgin, Clegg and Guttmann, Günther Förg, Gilbert and George, IFP, Alfredo Jaar, Imi Knoebel, Karen Knorr, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Bertrand Lavier, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Ken Lum, Leonel Moura, Peter Nagy, Giulio Paolini, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Richard Prince, Olivier Richon, Christiane Richter, Gerhard Richter, David Robbins, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall, and Andy Warhol. Includes biographies of the artists. All text in Italian. Good / Very Good. Rubbing of cover edges and scratching and yellowing of covers. Light yellowing of page edges. Contents clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good - Cash. No Jacket. Little Women, Peter Pan, The Wizard of Oz, Jane Eyre, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden, Alice in Wonderland, Pinocchio, Robinson Crusoe, Great Expectations, Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, White Fang, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Moby Dick, Anne of Green Gables, Adventures of Robin Hood, Black Beauty, Pygmalion, Frankenstein, Heidi, Treasure Island, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, 200,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Swiss Family Robinson. All books have only minor rubbing and edge wear to cover, with light reader wear to pages. Still great condition. Peter Pan slightly more worn with a tear along the spine that has been taped. The paste-downs inside front cover have been reglued down, causing some rippling. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

First edition hard back binding in publishers original dark green leather, the spine divided into six panels, red morocco lettered label in the second, tools to the others, blind stamped and gilt tools to the board perimeters, all page edges gilt, gilt turn-ins, grey | green end papers, front board gilt stamped 'Margaret Ward | Clifford A.D. 1820'. 8vo. 8¼'' x 5¼''. Contains frontispiece portrait, additional pictorial title (viii), 576 pp with 5 portrait plates and 5 other plates. Modern floral bookplate to the front paste down, rubbing to the front leather joint but holding. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).

On one side of a 29 x 39 cm piece of vellum. In fair condition, with the usual discoloration found in vellum. A printed document, completed in manuscript, with a good example of George IV's signature as Prince Regent ('George P R') at top left. The royal seal has been removed from the space beneath the Prince Regent's signature. The signature of the Home Secretary ('Sidmouth') is at bottom right, somewhat faded. The document is a warrant appointing 'George Philips Esqr. Captain in the York Chasseurs', 'Commanded by Our Trusty and Welbeloved Major General Hugh Mackay Gordon'. Printed at the head of the document: 'In the Name and on the Behalf of His Majesty.' Tax stamp on blue paper in left-hand margin, with corresponding label on the reverse. Beneath the text, towards bottom left is the signature of William Blake's patron, Thomas Butts, as Assistant Commissary of Musters: 'Entered with the Comsry General of Musters. | Tho: Butts'. In the margin beneath the tax stamp: 'Entered with the Secretary at War | Robt Lukin' (i.e. Robert Lukin (1772-1835). From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.