Tudor Craig Algernon (54 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. Copy in illustrated cloth on boards. Boards have damp discolouration. Cracks in front and rear hinges. Some light internal cracks. Light tanning to front and rear end papers. Coloured frontis. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with colour and b/w plates.

Condition: Very Good. 1910. Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers. Cover is lightly worn. Lightly foxed, remains very good. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Condition: Very Good. 1910. Hardcover. Very good copy in original cloth covers. Cover is lightly worn. Lightly foxed, remains very good. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Firmly bound, decorated blue cloth boards. Base corner of back cover is creased and torn, it was supported by small tapes. Scuffing mainly on the outer edges, marks on back cover. Front inner hinge cracked. Few marks on back end papers. Base of illustration after page 74 is detached.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. nd (1st 1910) Blind stamp to e/p. Pictorial to front board, some spotting, where extremities rubbed previous owner has coloured to match. spine faded, corners and head/tail of spine bumped. E/p's browning. NO INSCRIPTIONS. Colour frontispiece. Rough cut pages. 153 pp. Illustrated in colour and black/white. CLEAN TIGHT AND BRIGHT.; 002221; 8vo (large).

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. 1st edition. Dark blue cloth with gilt; pictorial on-lay on front board; colour & monochrome illustrations. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown; pages yellowed with some foxing. Cloth darkened & shelf-worn on spine, with near-illegible title; title on front board very dull; boards a little marked. Note re death of King Edward VII loosely inserted.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. The boards are quite shelf rubbed, edge worn and marked. Internally, there is a dark scribble under the front board and heavy tanning and foxing throughout, but the pages remain complete and legible despite this. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

154pp. 4to. Original cloth with pictorial inlay, extremities and corners bumped. Colour frontispiece and plates, black and white illustrations. Edges yellowed, some offsetting to preliminary leaves. A very good copy.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Front board starting. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 153, [1] p., [9] leaves : ill ; 29 cm. Notes; Imprint from verso of title page. Includes bibliographical references and index of names. Subjects; Great Britain. Army Uniforms. Great Britain. Army History. Military uniforms. Pageants Great Britain. Pageants. Genres; History. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Front board starting. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 153, [1] p., [9] leaves : ill ; 29 cm. Notes; Imprint from verso of title page. Includes bibliographical references and index of names. Subjects; Great Britain. Army Uniforms. Great Britain. Army History. Military uniforms. Pageants Great Britain. Pageants. Genres; History. Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Condition: Good. 1938. 119 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Rough cut pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

1st edition worn orig. cloth Very Good tall octavo. 153pp., col. frontis., col. & b/w pls., text ills., appends., index, Nice colour plate mounted on front board. Neat ownership signature, boards & end papers rather worn o/w VG reading copy.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a fascinating chronicle of British military history from its earliest stages with Iron Age warriors to the glory days of the Roman Legions and the late 19th-century battles of the British Empire. The author traces the evolution of weapons and armor, tactics, strategy, and the role of discipline and morale in warfare, vividly conveying the excitement and drama of combat throughout the ages.The book explores the impact of military innovations, such as the introduction of cavalry and gunpowder, on the course of battles, and it also examines the broader social and political context in which wars were fought. Readers will gain insights into the lives of soldiers, the strategies of generals and the impact of warfare on the development of civilization. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Special Edition. VG "Edition de luxe" The Army Pageant was held as a display of British military might down the centuries and to rais efunds for a military charity. The book carries the scripts of the series of episodes used to illustrate scenes from historical battles and also includes notes on the armour and weaponry of each period. The trade edition was bound in blue cloth but this edition, limited to 500 copies (this is no. 201) was signed by one of the editors (AT Craig) and bound black morocco leather with gold lettering. The front carries a colour vignette of a horseman and the Union Flag. There are patterned gold endpapers with gold tooling around the inside edges of the boards and the top edge is gilt. There are 13 plates, 5 of them in colour. The covers are lightly scuffed in places and have rubbed corners but the binding is solid and the gilt remains bright. The pages are lightly browned around the margins but otherwise the book is very good throughout. Very rare in this edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Numbered, limited edition. The illustrated study of 18th Century Armorial porcelain. Internally very good in marked black cloth with faded spine (see photos). Number 721 of an edition of 1,000 copies.

Condition: Very Good. 1910. Hardback. 4to. 153pp. 1st edition. Rebound in 1/4 calf over modern marbled boards, bright hand tooled gilt title on the spine, raised bands, gilt cross bands and tooling & new end papers for tight binding. Pages are slightly browned but clean. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dustjacket. 4to. pp vi, 136. Frontis and 2 colour plates, 104 black and white illustrations. Original publisher's black buckram, lettered gilt on spine and on front cover with top edge gilt. No. 831 of 1000 copies. Foreword by Sir Henry Farnham Burke. Heraldry, Worcester armorial porcelain, Chinese porcelain, etc. Sound, very good ex-library copy; slightly faded on spine with occasional label and stamps.

1ST EDITION. A VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE DECORATED BOARDS IN A GRUBBY AND WORN DUSTWRAP WITH SMALL AMOUNT OF LOSS AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE. SOME FOXING AT THE FRONT AND REAR. BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER ON INSIDE FRONT BOARD. SERRATED PAGE EDGES.LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 826.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original finely grained navy buckram cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. 4to. 11½'' x 9¼''. Produced on hand made unbleached Arnold paper. Number 485 of 1000 Limited Edition copies. Contains (vi)-2, 136 pp with 3 colour and 100 monochrome plates throughout. Ink message to the front free end paper 'To R. W. Geive, Lisstiford House? from Richard Hannary? December 1935.' Two ring marks to the front board, spine much sun faded, contents in very near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. CERAMICS & POTTERY.

Condition: Very Good. 1910. Hardback. 4to. 153pp. 1st edition. Rebound in 1/4 calf over modern marbled boards, bright hand tooled gilt title on the spine, raised bands, gilt cross bands and tooling & new end papers for tight binding. Pages are slightly browned but clean. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Quarto, 136pp., illustrated. A good copy in the publisher's blue cloth, mostly faded to grey and offset on the rear board. Some light soiling and some sticker residue to the front board. Still an attractive copy, being number 543 of 1000 copies SIGNED by the author on the colophon page. This copy also INSCRIBED (without name, but in what looks like the same blue pen as on the colophon page) on the front free endpaper (which is foxed); "To Lady Burnett-Stuart, with the author's compliments. Xmas 1927." Though not a fine copy, still a nice example.

153p., colored and b/w illus., original blue cloth, deckle edges, quarto format.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth over bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 1 volume, 227 pages : ill (some col.), plates 30 cm. Subjects: United Grand Lodge of England; Catalogues; Freemasons; Libraries; Manuscripts; Philanthropy. 1 Kg.

1st edition. Limited edition to 1000, of which this is no. 903. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Uncommon in the dust-wrapper. Physical description; 136 pp. col. front, illus. (incl. ports.) col. plates. 30 cm. Contents; Its origin -- Its date -- Its heraldry -- Its genealogical interest -- Special services -- List of Chinese services -- Porcelain of the city companies -- Worcester armorial porcelain -- List of Worcester services -- English armorial porcelain, continued -- Collectors, prices and fakes -- Mottoes on Chinese porcelain -- L'envoi -- "Dreams in Porcelain" -- General index. Subjects; Heraldic porcelain. Porcelain England History 18th century. Pottery, Chinese. Coats of arms 18th century Great Britain. 1 Kg.

153 pp. Illustrated in black and white and color. Tall 8vo, publisher's blue cloth with mounted color illustration. First edition. A fragile book, the paper quite brittle. A very good copy with the spine a little hand-soiled, and a few small smudges to pages.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Limited and numbered edition; 73/1000. Physical description; 2 p. l., vi, 136 p. col. front, illus. (incl. ports.) col. plates 30 cm. Notes; "One thousand copies only of 'Armorial porcelain of the eighteenth century' have been issued. This is copy no. 73" Includes index. Contents; Its origin -- Its date -- Its heraldry -- Its genealogical interest -- Special services -- List of Chinese services -- Porcelain of the city companies -- Worcester armorial porcelain -- List of Worcester services -- English armorial porcelain, continued -- Collectors, prices and fakes -- Mottoes on Chinese porcelain -- L'envoi -- "Dreams in Porcelain" -- General index. Subjects; 1700-1799. Heraldic porcelain. Porcelain England History 18th century. Porcelain, Chinese. Heraldry Great Britain History 18th century. Heraldry. Porcelain. 1 Kg.

Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition 991/1000. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Untrimmed. 300mm x 240mm (12" x 9"). vi, 136pp. 100 monochrome plates + 3 colour. Signed Ltd edition 94/1000. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Blue/gilt decorated hardback cloth cover with heraldic devise to front board.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Decorative Arts (illustrator). Limited Edition. 4to. Pp. vi, 136. Frontispiece; thoroughly illustrated with three color and 54 b&w plates; index. Elegantly bound in dark blue linen with gilt lettering. Spine is lightly sun-faded, as is top front edge. TEG; fore-edge untrimmed. Very Good. Number 817 of 1,000 copies. This thorough study assesses ceramics ordered by British houses from China in the 18th C. The high quality of the book, as a survey and as a book-arts production, warrants attention. A lovely book.

1st edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth over bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 1 volume, 227 pages : ill (some col.), plates 30 cm. Subjects: United Grand Lodge of England; Catalogues; Freemasons; Libraries; Manuscripts; Philanthropy. 1 Kg.