Introduction James Laver (42 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1947. 100 illustrations, all b&w. The catalogue reproduces costume illustration (men's and women's), not actual clothing, from the collection of costume prints and books at the Victoria & Allbert Museum. Pictorial Wrapper (softcover). Very Good. Small 4to.…

Cloth(Hrdcvr). Condition: G/VG. Totowa, N. J.: Rowman and Littlefield. G/VG. (1973). . Cloth(Hrdcvr). First published in Great Britain in 1906. Reprint of that edition. Traces the development of all the processes of printing in colour.Appendix: coloured books with plates by Baxter, Rowlandson adn Alken; coloured books published…

Soft cover. Condition: Book Good +/Near VG. First Edition - Softcover. 24 pages. large softback with beige/cream printed covers, blue titles to front, text on light grey paper. Covers have light/very light wear to corners with crease to bottom rear corner, heavy wear to spine-ends with 2cm split to top & 1cm split to bottom, hea…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. Sandglass Sheet (X I: 36) Laid In. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Marbled Paper Over One Quarter Burgundy Cloth. Gilt Lettering And Rules Within A Black Title Block On The Spine. The Top Edges Are Dyed Burgundy. The Spine Of The Book Has Minor Fading. The…

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Ex library copy with the usual…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition 1959. Published by Hastings House/ Hardcover in two-tone cloth with DJ. Condition very good, square and tight book, very slight edgewear, corners not bumped, covers slightly sunned at edges, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Gray cloth with red spine lettering. Dust jacket with edge wear, chips and old tape repairs. Some period undecipherable notations on front blank page. Same page has the number 000003 stamped in upper right corner. Internally a very clean and tight copy. F…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Number 463 of an unspecified number (probably 1500) if copies. Small quarto in brick red colored cloth binding. B&W illustrations. There are two bookplates in this copy - the one inside the front cover is that of Joan & Walter Wanger, she was the actress Joan Bennett, and h…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Small quarto hardback. 18 pp. plus 40 plates in colour and black and white Near Very Good condition in Good, unclipped dust jacket which has colour illustration of the Temptation of St. Anthony on front and back (small loss of material…

Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good Plus. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Large format, 10" x 12". Some spotting to top and bottom edges of boards, former owner notes back of frontispiece; dust jacket missing some pieces along edges and has a few tears and creases (yet displays reasonably well). 128 pages…

large 8vo [25 x 19 cm]; xxiv, 340 pp, frontis, 28 plates, index. original green cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped), fine and clean, unmarked. There are two detailed chapters on the origins of coloured printing and of the methods of book illustration from 1500 to 1800. These are followed by 22 detailed chapters…