M R Caw (7 results)

magazine. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Nice condition, no tears or markings though pages are discolored from age. Some pages from this 139 year-old journal have smudges but do not affect the text. ; "approximately 6x9, from our extensive vintage paper collection, in mylar with stiff backing"; ; approx. 9-1/2 x 6-1/2; 27 pages; Please note: This is NOT A BOOK nor is it a full copy of the journal, but an original article/ad/photo; the pages have normal age discoloration. …

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. please note this book is accceptable condition with water damage to the boards, otherwise good This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Oversized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket (as issued). 1901. 61 large copper plates, 8 small plates on heavy stock. Ex-Library, Usual Markings. Moderate general wear. Red cloth, gold lettering, top page edges gold gilt. Spine cloth faded. 121 text pages. 8816L.

Hardcover. Condition: g- to vg. Folio (15 1/4 x 12"). ix, [1], 121, [1]pp (Text Vol.); [66] leaves (Plates) (Plates Vol.). Original 3/4 morocco over burgundy cloth, with gold lettering and ruling to spine. Raised bands. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Title in red and black lettering. Decorative initials (Text volume). Original burgundy cloth covered portfolio, with gold lettering to front cover (Plates volume). Deluxe edition of this splendid monograph on Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823), a renown Scottish portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland. Raeburn's notoriety was such that he served as portrait painter to King George IV. The text volume contains several in-text reproductions of the artist's work, as well as a detailed biographical and descriptive catalogue by John L. Caw. Its companion volume is a striking portfolio of 66 plates printed on India paper. The mounts for the plates measure 15 x 11.4" (38cm x 29cm); the printed images themselves vary in size, but are typically about 7.5 x 6" (19cm by 15cm). Each of the 66 plates is tissue-guarded. Binding and portfolio are both partly rubbed along edges. Closed tear at upper back joint of portfolio. Binding and portfolio in overall good- to good, interior in very good condition. [WITH] Portraits by Sir Henry Raeburn, 1756-1823, Loan Exhibition, March 28 to April 16 1938: Published in New York by Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc. Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 1/4"). 12, [3]pp (Text), 14, [1]pp (Plates). Original printed wrappers. Catalogue of a loan exhibition held in New York City in 1938, for the benefit of the Adopt a Family Committee of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor. Contains 14 b/w portraits at rear. Slight age-toning and soiling to wrappers. Wrappers in overall good+, interior in very good condition.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Limited Edition. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with 61 full-page photogravure plates and eight smaller photogravure plates, all tissue-protected. Introduction by R.A.M. Stevenson. Biographical and Descriptive Catalogue by J. L. Caw (Curator of the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland). Printed at the Ballantyne Press, London. The copper plates, in and out of the text, were made by Messrs, T. and R. Annan and Sons from photographs specially taken for this volume. The photogravures were printed by Messrs. Annan, Charles Preston, and Messrs. T. Booker and Co. Sir Walter Armstrong (1850-1918) was a British art historian and author, and Director of the National Gallery, Ireland. Robert Alan Mombray Stevenson was a well-know and popular artist and a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson. Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) was a Scottish portrait painter and Scotland's first significant portrait painter since the Union to remain based in Scotland. He served as Portrait Painter to His Majesty in Scotland. . Minor shelf-wear only, unmarked, tight, square and clean. This is a quite large and heavy book - additional shipping charges may apply. NEAR FINE. Photogravure Plates. Folio 13" - 23" tall. 121, (69-Plates) pp. Illustrated by Sir Henry Raeburn (illustrator).…