Illustration: 13 full pp. b/w stipple engravings incl. Frontis and title pp., water stains to pp. margins with little/no harm to pl., tissue guards.
Illustration Condition: Good
Binding: 8.2×5.8”, pp. viii, 392 ; full black morocco with heavy dec. gilt border and motif to cover, 5 raised bands to dec. sp. with gilt title, aeg, inner dentelles, border to all pp., edges thumbed, inscription to inside front pp., sp. worn at joints, pp. sl. yellowed.
Ajanta, The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes based on Photography
Volumes: 1,2 and 4 of the “Plates” available.
Explanatory Text by G. Yazdani, M.A., Intro by Laurence Binyon Colour pl. by Henry Stone & Son, Banbury & F. Bruckmann, Munich. Text and Collotypes by John Johnson, Oxford.
Part 1: 16 Colour and 24 monochrome Plates of Cave 1 Part 2 : 18 Colour and 31 Monochrome Plates of Cave 2 Part 4 : 17 Colour and 65 Monochrome Plates of Caves 17-27
Full pp. plates , several clrd., collotypes, loose portfolio containing loose sheets.
Plates Condition: Near mint
Binding: Large, full cloth binding, portfolio style with tie-up ribbon on one side, gilt title in silver/gold on cover, marbled epps., loose sheets, sl. foxing, watermark on the cover of Vol. 4.
Binding Condition: Good+
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KINDLY NOTE – EACH VOLUME IS SOLD INDIVIDUALLY, AND THE PRICE MENTIONED IS PER VOLUME.
Translated into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With an introduction by. A.C. Benson. Reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski and G. Sutcliffe.
Illustration: Colored photographic prints throughout, full pp. and vignettes, gilt and ornate clrd. Border to all illus., highly colorful and dec. frontis and title pp.
Condition: Good.
Binding: 32×23.5cm, pp.16, notes, list of illus.; full creme cl. with heavy gilt peacock made to cover, gilt dec. sp. with title, cover dirty and worn in parts, teg, dec. epps, highly gilt dec. calligraphic text throughout in red and black, light foxing throughout.
Illustration: 18 full pp. clrd. reproductions of orig. paintings with tissue guards.
Condition: Good+
Binding: 8.9×6.5”, pp.xii, 216, adverts [4]; full red cl. with elaborate dec. to cover and sp. with gilt peacock and tree in blue and pink, cover and sp. faded in parts, pp. sl. yellowed, edges sl. thumbed, teg.
Illustration: Signed on front inside pp. Several b/w full pp. and vignettes prints throughout, 1 folded map with clrd. Outlines but brittle.
Illustration Condition: Average
Binding: 25×16.5cm., Pp. xxviii, 709, 1pp. of adverts.; full brown cl. with image of mountain-climbers in black and white to cover with black title, gilt title to sp. with image, minor wormholes, cover frayed and binding loose, title pp. missing, sl. underlining in color pencil by previous owner.
Illustration: B/w frontis print of orig. painting.
Condition: Good+
Binding: 9×6”, pp. xii, 542; orig. green cl. with gilt bison head to cover with title, gilt title to sp. with reindeer head, sl. foxing, pp. sl. yellowed, inscription of ‘Mary O.A. Boreham’ to inside pp., ex libris of Mary O.A. Boreham.
Illustration: 59 sepia toned reprints from photos, several multi-folding clrd. maps, tables in text, water staing to margins of few pl. in beginning, else fine. Condition: Good+ Binding: 10.5×7”, pp. xv, 390; orig. blue buckram with gilt title to sp., sp. sl. sunned, binding sl. loose, edges thumbed, marginal foxing. Condition: Good
The Lusiad; or, the Discovery of India. An Epic Poem
Illustration: 1 outlined folded map.
Condition: Average
Binding: 22×13.8cm., subscr. list, xxxvi, xxxiii-cccvlxii, 83, 507; full brown marbled boards with spine chipped off, covers loose, front cover of Vol.2 separate from spine but intact, text clean, stamp of ‘Eliza Peavey’ bookseller to inside cover, edges thumbed.
Illustration: 13 full pp. b/w prints from photos, sl. foxing. Illustration Condition: Average Binding: 8.6×5.5”, pp. iv, 618; orig. green cl. with gilt title to sp., light foxing throughout, pp. yellowed.
Illustration: B/w prints of photographic images, both full pp and vignettes Condition: Average+ Binding: 9x 6”, Pp. 640; orig. green cloth with gilt title to sp., label of previous owner to spine, self embossing to cover, deco. Epps., pp. brittle, top edges blue
Illustration: Copy 5, over 100 tinted illustrations, all pages in photogravure Condition: Good Binding:
– Copy 5 dimensions: 12.5×8 inches, pp. xii, 273, [2]
– Floral printed cloth cover with gilt title to spine
– Beveled edges
– Top edge gilt (teg)
– Untrimmed pages
Features:
– A large number of woodcut vignettes throughout
– Chromo lithographed title page
Condition:
– Average+
– Edges thumbed
– Binding loose and cover slightly disjointed from spine in parts
– Discoloration to cover and spine
– Light foxing
Binding:
– Copy 4 dimensions: 21×14.5 cm, pp. xxiv, 336
– Original red cloth with decoration to cover and spine in silver and black
– Silver title to cover and spine
– All edges gilt (aeg)
Binding: 9×5.6”, orig. purple cl. with gilt title to sp., cover sunned, sp. and cover chipped, sl. foxing throughout, binding loose, text clean. , Vol 2 bound in new leather.
A grand photographic history of The land of Antiquity, the vast Empire of the East. With 500 superbly reproduced Camera Views of her cities, Temples, Towers… Natural Wonders, and pictures of the various types of people, also, supplementary Photographic Views of Burmah, Ceylon, Cashmere and Aden PUNDOLES Made by: Historical Publishing Company, Philadelphia Published by: C.B. Burrows, Bombay, c.1895.
Illustration: 500 photo prints duotone in purple and brown, vignettes and full pp., yellowed pp.
Condition: Good.
Binding: 26.7×32.5cm., pp. xv, 542; oblong, new binding, sl. foxing throughout.
Memoirs of Madame Junot, Duchesse D’abrantes. Illustration: Several full pp. colored, b/w as well as sepia toned prints from etchings with tissue guards, frontis.
Condition: Good
Binding: 9×5.9”, orig. half morocco over marbled boards, 4 raised bands to sp. with gilt title, marbled epps, untrimmed, pp. brittle pages in some volumes have come unstuck due to ageing very very BRITTLE, Breaks on handling
The Garden Of Kama And Other Love Lyrics Form India
Arranged In Verses By Laurence Hope. Illustrated by Byam Shaw
Illustration: 24 full pp. colored prints with printed tissue guards incl. Frontis and title pp.
Condition: Very Good.
Binding: 31x23cm, pp.158; orig. red cl. with black title to cover and a gilt image of Kamadeva to cover, black title to sp. with gilt dec., sp. ends thumbed and sl. torn, teg.