Sharf Frederick A (5 results)

Hardcover. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full quarter-bound pictorial cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 79. Illustrated with colour plates and so fourth. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . One reviewer remarked: "A book of 1940s through 1960's automotive concept art done by mostly-GM designers whose job it was to think ahead. Fun to look at the different media used, as well as to try to identify what then-far-out styling features actually made it onto actual cars. These days, when all an automotive designer has to do is draw a boiled sweet potato and add windows, headlights, taillights and tires, it's great to relive an era of tailfins, chrome, baby moon hubcaps, whitewalls and two-tone paint jobs". In exceptionally good condition.…

2004, 95pp. Paperback. In good condition.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Boston:MFA Publications. (2001). 1st edition. 153pp. Illustrated in color. Hardcover with dust jacket.  Blue boards with gilt on cover and spine still bright, in very good condition. Both top and bottom page edges soiled. Internally clean, free of previous owners marks or signatures. The binding is tight and hinges intact. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with a bit of edge-wear, not price clipped, and still in very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. Large 8vo.pp. 133. Original publisher's smart cloth binding in beige, lettered glossy black at spine and upper board. Dust jacket in glossy terracotta, lettered brown and white with an illustration on the back cover of Lord Kitchener at Southampton by Henry Marriott Padet; Front cover CPR photograph of Major Bright. Black and white photographs,drawings and maps illustrate the text. Autobiographical account of Bright's participation in African expeditions, June 1897 to September 1908. He was a candid observer and meticulous record-keeper, with a keen eye for details of places which were at the time largely unknown to the outside world. His diaries thus offer an unusual insider's look at the evolution of British colonial policy, as well as providing a factual account of daily life on these expeditions. "In presenting one section of the first diary, it is the editor's hope that an obscure but important aspect of the history of East Africa in the late 19th century will be illuminated. The introductory material is designed to make its significance more apparent to those who are not familiar with the times and places involved. " Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Softcover. Condition: Good. No dust jacket. none. 77p. Ex-Library.