stone jem (6 Ergebnisse)

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

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Brand New. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - It's hard to say when our time to leave this earth will be, or to predict how we will go. My Mother's been in the Dementia ward for five years now and with each visit there is less and less of her there, mentally and physically. It brings to mind an hourglass, the sands sifting down slowly. As a grown woman with kids of my own you'd think I'd be tougher but somehow watching her blowing away little by little, day by day, I'm overcome with a deep sense of loss and sadness. The helplessness and devastation chokes me, as if I swallowed a bull frog that won't go down. If I'm this devastated and overwhelmed, I can't even begin to imagine how my father, who's been married to her for sixty two years must feel.My Mom's general health is good and I catch glimpses of her amazing personality when it shines through in sudden bursts that startle you, like fireworks, flooding your mind with precious memories that are long lost to her by the ravages of her disease. I know my true Mom, the smart, tough, talented, driven, chief, cook and bottle washer is still in there, buried under leaves of confusion. When I'm with her I take her by the hand and do a little dance, then ball my eyes out on the way home. To all of you who are in my shoes, it's with firm resolve that I say; May God Bless Us All, so that we can ride out this storm called Alzheimer's each in our own family dingy, hanging on for dear life, all the while praying that one day a cure will come.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Reynolds Stone (illustrator). A limited edition volume of recipes for wines and cordials, all of which had originally been published two hundred years before this work. A scarce limited edition work, limited to two-hundred and fifteen copies, of which this is numbered one-hundred and fifty-one.A charming little work about "making all sorts of English wines and all the choicest cordials for the closet", a series of recipes which had originally been published in 'The Whole Duty of a Woman' in 1737.Illustrated in-text with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone, a leading engraver, designer, and typographer, who was a member of the Society of Wood Engravers.Edited by J. E. M.Bookplate of Martin & Pamela Finch to the recto of the front endpaper. The Finch couple founded Matthew Finch Design Consultants Limited, a graphics group which specialised in design for print and publishing. They opened an antiquarian bookshop, Wadard Books, in 2001. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding with paper to the boards. Externally, generally smart, with light marks to the boards and spine. Fading to the spine, tail of the front board, and to the extremities of the rear board. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Hinges are starting but firm. Bookplate to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with a few scattered spots. Good. book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Limited Edition. First edition. The High House Press, Bristol, 1938. Printed by James E. Masters with decorations designed and engraved by Reynolds Stone. No.57 of an edition limited to 215 copies. Hardback, slim 8vo. buckram backed boards, fore edge untrimmed, very slight wear to cloth and a tiny amount of foxing to endpapers else a fine, clean tight copy. Rules and Receipts for making all sorts of English Wines and all choicest Cordials for the Closet. The recipes, culled from The Whole Duty of a Woman, 1738 use fruits and flowers gathered from the garden or hedgerow.