william c cave (4 Ergebnisse)

Hard back binding in publisher's original royal blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, all page edges gilt. Quarto. 10'' x 8''. Contains (viii), 163 pp + catalogue dated March 1875. Front end papers missing, having 19 (of 20 - with frontispiece missing) full-page single-sided plates on thick card stock, three of these are loose, old dripping wax candle marks to the front and rear boards. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Hughes (cover); Whitmore, Coby; Conner, Mac; Sewell, Amos; Mayan, Earl; (illustrator). First Edition. 92 pages. Short Stories: The Love Potion; Above & Beyond; Nightmare Beach; Big Joe's Dilemma. Novelette - Bannigan's War. Articles: Brazil's Own Wild West - with photo of Texas-born Alex Henry who planted coffee trees in Parana; The Innocent and the Guilty - Who Killed Susan Hansen? (part 2 of 5); The Face of America - Natural Scoop; TV's Rebellious Cowboy - feature article on Richard Boone of 'Have Gun Will Travel'; Who Needs Jets? - these die-hard aeronauts restore old flying machines; They Tried to Teach Me Charm - the author joined Government secretaries and politicians' wives at charm schools to learn what secrets aid in holding a man, a conversation, or a job; Doctor of the Big U - Dr. John Edward Sheedy is chief surgeon of the S.S. United States, the world's fastest passenger liner; Adventures of the Mind - The Small World. Serial - The Secret of Sidewinder Gulch (part 6 of 7). Ads: General Electric Frost-Free Freezers; DeBeers (featuring painting of lady by Colleen Browning; Dial Soap; Nostalgic color-photo one-page ad for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. features red-haired kid eating huge slab of watermelon; Excellent Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup ad featuires smiling young boy at the lunch table; Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad features Red Owl Stores, Inc. of Hopkins, MN, with photo of President Alf L. Bergerud and employees at work; Nice two-page color-photo ad for US Steel features chef and housewife cooking lobster; Nice color Schlitz Beer ad inside back cover features party food; Color-photo Cheerios ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Illustrated by Sargent, Dick (cover); Bates, Sam; Skor, Walter; Georgi,Edwin (illustrator). First Edition. 84 pages. Short Stories: Alexander Botts, Security Agent; The Day of the Hanging; Beauty and the Beatnik; Prowler in the House. Articles: Civil Defense - a National Disgrace; Hollywood's Late-Blooming Redhead; His Grace Will Do Anything - the Most Noble John Robert Russell, thirteenth Duke of Bedford, resorts to screwball antics to pay taxes on his ancestral estate; The Face of America - Cold, Clear and Deep - fantastic color photo of swimmers with (an intact) Mount St. Helens in background; Are Pipe Smokers People?; The Struggle To Get Jimmy Hoffa - Part 3 - The Labor Boss Leaves a Paper Trail of strange financial dealings; My Baseball Farmhands - John Mullen, boss of the Milwaukee Braves, describes the stars and flops he's uncovered in his job of developing big-league players; Secrets of a Lion Tamer - article on Mel Koontz with great color photos. Serials: Mark of Treachery (part 1 of 8); Death Walk (part 3 of 6). Ads: Colgate toothpaste; Portland Cement Association - featuring photo of Phil (Scooter) Rizzuto; AC Spark Plug ad features color illustrations of Janet Blair and John Raitt; Chrysler (Windsor two-door); Pall Mall cigarettes; Frigidaire pink refrigerator-freezer; Northern Tissue; L&M cigarettes - back cover color-photo ad featuring James Arness. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.; Magazine; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Saturday Evening Post, July 11, 1959 Alexander Botts, Security Agent; The Day of the Hanging; Beauty and the Beatnik; Prowler in the House. Articles: Civil Defense - a National Disgrace; Hollywood's Late-Blooming Redhead; His Grace Will Do Anything.

Material: Ceramic / Total height (Pot with lid): ca. 39 cm; diameter at foot: ca. 15 cm, largest diameter (open top of 'pot'): ca. 24 cm. / Colour: lightbrown-rosé with white partly gilt-lined embossments and partly gilt inscriptions; foot and pineapple-top: white. / Weight: ca. 3 kg. *** [Verlängerter FRÜHSOMMER-VERKAUF / Ongoing EARLY SUMMER-SALE: um über 20% REDUZIERTER PREIS bis Donnerstag, 09.07.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 20% until Thursday, July 09; vorheriger Preis / previously EUR 4.800,-] --- HISTORIC ORIGINAL, #2(?)* OF ONLY 8 COPIES: Inner ring of the stand with gilt inscription 'Island Worcester / Made in Jamaica', *) bottom-underneath with blindstamped number '2'. - Probably inevitable superficial craquelure (no cracks or splits), small black spot from firing-process under glaze at inner bottom of urn; A BEAUTIFUL ITEM ''Commissioned by Sir Alexander Bustamante in 1962, . . . created by Peter Cave and Gary Sharpe . . . in 1962 . . . chronicles the history of Jamaica . . . depicting the early indigenous people to the granting of Independence in 1962.''(website of 'National Museum Jamaica'). According to the NMJ ''Only eight [copies] were cast by Island Worcester of Jamaica and presented during official ceremonies to the island's distinguished guests and eminent nationals. One was given to Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret representing the Queen.''. / ''This celebratory piece chronicles various important events in the history of Jamaica. The design starts with the arrival of Columbus in 1494. It also includes the arrival of the British in 1655, the Port Royal earthquake in 1692, Emancipation in 1838 and the securing of Independence in 1962.''('The Jamaica Gleaner' on the occasion of the celebration of Jamaica's 55th Year-of-Independence, August 4, 2017).