Search Results: Titles starting with D from Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA

London: William Strange 1844. 8vo. iv., 174 pp. and portrait and engraved title. Half brown calf with gilt decoration to the spine and a red title label, also with gilt lettering. Marbled boards. Book is generally in very good condition, with a small amount of wear to the boards and the top of the spine. Foxing on the engravings and title page. A satire of Victorian society - and the Court d'Orsay in particular. By John Mills, written as 'A Man of Fashion'. Portrait of 'the man of fashion' in the front and ten additional engravings. . Good. Half Calf. 1844.

Venice: Neri Pozza 1958. 8vo.Exhibition Catalogue. xxii, 128 pp. ITALIAN TEXT. With illustrations in Black and white. English translation of title: "From Altichiero to Pisanello". Catalogue of the exhbition held at the Castelvecchio Museum from August-October 1958. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1958.

London: T. Fisher Unwin (Ernest Benn Ltd.) 1890. Small 4to. First English edition. Large 8vo., [x.], 146 pp. Original publisher's grey illustrated cloth over bevelled boards, lettered in black and gilt. All edges gilt. A few marks to the cloth but a very good copy. . Very Good. Decorative Cloth. First English Edition. 1890.

Swinford, Eynsham: The Fantasy Press 1955. 8vo. 6 pp. Printed paper wrappers. Clean copy. Contains six poems. . Very Good. Wraps. 1955.

London: Associated Newspapers 1922. Oblong 4to. lxii, 67pp. Marks to boards, light sunning to spine and minor rubbing to spine ends. Slight tanning to pages but neat and clean internally. A book made to reproduce the winning designs of the Daily Mail Architects Competition for Labour-Saving Bungalows in 1922. Includes detailed sketches of the bungalows from different angles, measurements, floorplans along with notes. Also a fantastic, charming volume simply for the ads for interior fixtures and fittings, from British Petroleum Co. selling a three-in-one stove to The Carbic's 'self-contained lighting system' that is the modern switch. Plenty of entertainment on every page. . Very Good. Decorative Boards. 1922.

London & Manchester: E. Hulton & Co., Ltd. N.d. [1913]. Tall Narrow 8vo. 182 pp. Tall narrow format. Publisher's original colour pictorial boards. Wear to spine and board edges. Internally clean. Adverts. Illustrations, including some colour. Numerous recipes. Published by The Daily Sketch, a national tabloid newspaper founded in Manchester in 1909 by Sir Edward Hulton. The sole copy on OCLC is in the British Library. . Good. Pictorial Boards. 1913.

Berlin: DaimlerChrysler Contemporary 2003. 4to.Exhibition Catalogue. 51 pp. Large paperback with opaque wrappers. Colour reproductions. . Near Fine. Paperback. 2003.

London: Christian Age 1879. 4to. 370 pp, illustrated in b/w, some marks to cover and small tears to some pages. . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. 1879.

Amsterdam: Wilhelmus Goeree, op't Rokin in Cicero 1681. 8vo. [frontis], xiii, 213 pp., Copper engraved frontis. Copper engraving on full title and prelim. Original marbled boards, very small modern bookplate on pastedown, contents very good and clean throughout, slight transference to prelims and final blank leaf. Binding loosening at rear, but generally this is a good tight copy, binding chipped and worn, with loss to the marbling to spine. . Good. Boards. 1681.

London: Ward, Lock & Tyler (circa 1860s). 4to.Illustrated. xvi, 822, (10) pp. Eloborately gilt decorated, green cloth binding, with bevelled boards and all edges gilt. Slight wear to the spine ends, gity bright with minor marks. Minor spotting to the extremities but generally clean. Repairs to the joints and binding firm. Small mark to base of pages 260-272, perhaps some old tin foil? Illustrated throughout in black & white"With upwards of 200 illustrations by eminent artists, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel." This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. J. E. Millais, John Tenniel, T. & E. Dalziel and A. B. Houghton . Very Good. Gilt Decorated Cloth. 1860.

Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited 1988. 4to. 128 pp. Hardback in colour pictorial dust jacket. Jacket bright with some slight loss to the rear corner. Boards clean and internally fresh and bright, with owner's sticker to the front endpaper. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. 9780714824475 . Near Fine. Hardback. 1988.

London: Bloomsbury 1996. 8vo. First Edition. xxiv, 872. Hardback with silver lettering on spine in jacket. Minor curling to jacket edge, otherwise clean, tight and bright. Biography of Samuel Beckett. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0747527199 . Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 1996.

Paris: Editions du Trident N.d. [1930's]. 4to. Unpaginated. Bound in quarter black cloth over yellow cloth. Minor marks to boards. Original wrappers bound in. With three plates. Numerous illustrations. Articles include : Martha Graham. A Dynasty of Dancers: The Taglionis. African Negro Dancing. Tribute to Fokine. Manuel de Falla and Dances in Spain, etc. Colour and b&w full-page adverts. Text in English. . Very Good. Cloth. 1930.

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books 1999. Small 8vo.Illustrated. 60 pp., Hardcover with jacket. Clean and bright copy. Focusing primarily on dancers who have performed with the Paris Opera Ballet, this portfolio of images taken between 1953 and 1994 pays homage to the art of ballet as revealed in dancers' bodies. Subjects include Rudolf Nureyev, Suzanne Farrell, Sylvie Guillem and Carolyn Carlson. 1560988622 . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1999.

London: Faber & Faber 1938. Large 8vo.Illustrated. xx, 343 pp., Cream cloth with a red title label and dustjacket. A first edition, though the jacket is from the later 1952 reprint as it notes a map not present in the first edition. Jacket is slightly edgeworn with some loss to the head. Former Owner's name to the front endpaper, other wise clean and bright internally. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic plates. Binding 28.5 cms tall. . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1938.

London: Frederick Pitman N.d. [1877]. 16mo. 110 pp. Original printed stiff wrappers. Chipped at spine ends. Damage to page edges of 3 leaves. Internally clean. Adverts at rear. Copac lists only BL; Ox.; Camb. & UCL. . Good. Wraps. First Edition. 1877.

Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons circa 1900. 8vo. (vi), 612 pp., Bound by Hatchards in green, half morocco with gilt lettered spine and top edge gilt. Some discolouration to the leather and minor marks. Binding firm. Minor scattered spotting. . Very Good. Half Morocco. New Edition. 1900.

N.p.: Arkitektens Forlag 1960. 4to. 93 pp. Publisher's cloth spine over pictorial boards. Fading to spine lettering and corners bumped. B&w photographs and architectural drawings throughout. Text in Danish and English. Summary text in German at rear. . Good. Boards. 1960.

London: Jonathan Cape 1975. 8vo.Illustrated. 208 pp. Salmon-coloured boards in pictorial dust jacket. Sunning to the jacket spine and minor creasing to the edges, not price clipped. Minor spotting to the internal flaps, and short split at base of front edge. Board clean with slight wear to the edge of the front board. Binding firm and internally fresh and bright. Jacket design and text illustrations by Jill Bennett. 0224012010 . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1975.

London & Endinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltf ca. 1925. 8vo. xiv, 294 pp. Full dark green leather with gilt lettering and stamps to spine and front cover. With an introduction by John Buchan. Rubbing and some creasing at the spine. Red ink incritpion dated Christmas 1925 to prelims, otherwise internally clean. Includes a newspaper clipping from he Daily Telegraph January 1973 titled 'Rediscovering Rossetti'. . Very Good. Full Leather. 1925.