Samplers and Stitches by Christie, Mrs. A. H - 1953

London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd, 1951. 1st. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. #119 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR R.W. SYMONDS on the limitation page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1951 true 1st edition. Well-preserved and solidly VG+ in its half-morocco over matching red cloth. Gilt-decorated front panel, bright gilt-lettering to spine. Quarto, 320 pgs., top-edge gilt, crisp black-and-white plates thruout. Light fading along spine, otherwise clean as could be. Elegant monograph on England's pre-eminent clockmaker of the 17th century. Signed by Author.

London: B. T. Batsford, [1912]. Hardcover. Very good. nd. xlv, 234 p. 25 cm. 130 collotype plates from photos chiefly by W. Galsworthy Davie, as well as 200 b&w figures in the text. Green cloth with gold lettering. Respined with original spine attached. Front board a bit warped. Ink stamp for J. C. B. Horwood on front endpaper and Introduction page. Horwood's signature on title page. Thumbing. Topics include: the primitive fireplace; Roman method of heating; Saxon fireplace; smoke louver; reredos; wall fireplace; evolution of the hood and chimney; early foreign influence; Elizabethan Renaissance; overmantels of stucco; fireplace accessories; introduction of coal; Inigo Jones; Christopher Wren; Adam period, etc. Appendix and index. This copy signed by John C. B. Horwood, founding member of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, as well as a member of the Toronto Society of Architects, the Toronto Architectural 18 Club and the Toronto Architectural Sketch Club. He was a proponent of developing a… Read More

London: B.T. Batsford, Ltd, 1951. 1st. Half-Leather. Collectible; Very Good. #119 OF 350 COPIES SIGNED BY AUTHOR R.W. SYMONDS on the limitation page. A handsome copy to boot of the 1951 true 1st edition. Well-preserved and solidly VG+ in its half-morocco over matching red cloth. Gilt-decorated front panel, bright gilt-lettering to spine. Quarto, 320 pgs., top-edge gilt, crisp black-and-white plates thruout. Light fading along spine, otherwise clean as could be. Elegant monograph on England's pre-eminent clockmaker of the 17th century. Signed by Author.

London: B. T. Batsford, [1912]. Hardcover. Very good. nd. xlv, 234 p. 25 cm. 130 collotype plates from photos chiefly by W. Galsworthy Davie, as well as 200 b&w figures in the text. Green cloth with gold lettering. Respined with original spine attached. Front board a bit warped. Ink stamp for J. C. B. Horwood on front endpaper and Introduction page. Horwood's signature on title page. Thumbing. Topics include: the primitive fireplace; Roman method of heating; Saxon fireplace; smoke louver; reredos; wall fireplace; evolution of the hood and chimney; early foreign influence; Elizabethan Renaissance; overmantels of stucco; fireplace accessories; introduction of coal; Inigo Jones; Christopher Wren; Adam period, etc. Appendix and index. This copy signed by John C. B. Horwood, founding member of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, as well as a member of the Toronto Society of Architects, the Toronto Architectural 18 Club and the Toronto Architectural Sketch Club. He was a proponent of developing a… Read More