Search Results: scenery of great britain and ireland by abbey j r

Folkestone: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. Gently bumped at lower corners. A clean, tight and unmarked copy. xx, 399pp., illustrations, indices. 556 detailed citations. Dust jacket, slightly rubbed at tips, offered in a new mylar cover.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Top edges of covers sunned.

Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. A very good, sound copy. 4to. Cloth; dust jacket.

San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, Red Pebbled Boards With Gilt Color Lettering Under Jacket. 1956 B & W Collotype Plates, Text Figures Quarto, Red Pebbled Boards With Gilt Color Lettering Under Jacket, 1991, PP.xiii,399, A Bibliographical Catalogue G15b18

San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991. First printing of this edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. 4to (320 x 230mm). Pp xx + 399 +34 full page monochrome plates printed recto only. In addition there are 54 monochrome illustrations in the text. Burgundy faux leather boards stamped in gilt on the spine. A clean, unmarked and tightly bound copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

Published by Alan Wofsy Fine Art, San Francisco, 1991, reprint of the 1952 edition with a new frontispiece. Maroon, pebbled cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine under cream dustwrapper with red and black lettering and red and black decorative borders. 12.5ins x 9.5ins, xx, 399pp plus 34pp plates. Also a coloured aquatint frontis and 54 figures with the text. Book Fine, dw Very Good

San Francisco, Alan Wofsy Fine Art, 1991. . 4to., Frontispiece, title, xx, 399, [5] pp., 34 plates. Original cloth, dust wrapper, fine. Reprint of the 1952 first edition. "In this Bibliographical Catalogue, the word 'Scenery' is not strictly confined to landscape but includes architecture, and urban and social scenes. I have found it a fascinating subject and a field in which there seem to have been few serious collectors. Many of the illustrations are of real beauty, and the fact that a large number are from books of the greatest rarity and therefore known to few in their original form gives added significance to those which are reproduced in this catalogue. My original idea of recording all books of the period with illustrations printed in aquatint and lithograph printed in two colours has been extended to include examples in which special copies were coloured by hand after printing and, in the case of lithographs, I have included those coloured and even one or two outstanding books containing… Read More

Folkestone : Dawsons, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Library copy with marks remaining inside. Physical description; xx, 339 pages, [35] leaves : illustrations (including 1 color), facsimiles ; 32 cm. Notes; Includes indexes. Subjects; Abbey, J. R. (John Roland) 1896-1969 Library ; Catalogs. Abbey, J. R. (John Roland) 1896-1969 Library. Abbey (J. R.) Collection. Aquatint ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Lithography ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Aquatint. Lithography. Private libraries England ; Catalogs. Great Britain in art ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Ireland in art ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Travel 18th century. Travel 19th century. Illustrated books Private collections Great Britain ; Catalogs. Prints, British 18th century ; Bibliography ; Catalogs. Great Britain ; Pictorial works ; Bibliography. Ireland ; Pictorial works ; Bibliography. Great… Read More

Folkestone : Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. Reprint of the 1952 edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xx, 399 p. : ill. ; 32 cm. Subjects; Abbey, J. R. Library ; Catalogs. Aquatint Bibliography Catalogs. Lithography Bibliography Catalogs. Illustrated books Private collections Great Britain ; Catalogs.

San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. pp: xx, 399; frontispiece in color, 34 collotype plates and 54 text illustrations in black & white. Bound in red leatherette, gilt-stamped spine, decorated dust wrapper. 12.5" X 9

San Francisco, Calif: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991.. 488 pp., illus., color frontispiece. Reprint of the 1952 edition. As new, cloth in dust jacket.

Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, San Francisco. 1991. Large 4to, frontispiece, plates, illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w.

London : Privately printed at the Curwen Press, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xx, 399 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 32 cm. Notes; ""This edition is limited to five hundred copies""--prelim. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; Aquatint � Ireland � Pictorial works. Lithography � Ireland � Pictorial works. Abbey, John Roland 1896-1969 � Library � Catalogs.

San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1991. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 13" by 9.5". Not Stated. A smart facsimile reprint of Abbey's bibliographical catalogue of artwork capturing British and Irish scenery between 1770 and 1860. The 1991 facsimile reproduction of the 1952 edition, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-four collotype plates reproduced in photolithography, and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. A comprehensive bibliographical catalogue of artwork exploring the scenery of Great Britain and Ireland, from the library of J. R. Abbey. With images of different cities and boroughs, including: Bath, Cornwall, Lake District, Glastonbury, Kent, Oxford, Ramsgate, Birmingham, Dover, London, Liverpool, Isles of Wight, Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Swansea, Milford Haven, Jersey, and more.This is the 1991 reprint with a new frontispiece and with the collotype plates in… Read More

Private Printed at the Curwen Press,, 1952. Roy. 4to., First Edition, with fine coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 34 plates (original tissue guards present) and numerous illustrations in the text; original brown buckram, backstrip with red leather label framed and lettered in gilt, gilt top, a near fine copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 314). With the engraved armorial bookplate of Christopher Freville Huntley on front paste-down.

1952. ABBEY, J. R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860, from the library of J. R. Abbey: A Bibliographical Catalogue. Original cloth, red morocco spine label, T.e.g., non-priceclipped dust jacket. London: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, 1952. 4to. First edition. One of 500 copies. The great reference work on the subject. Jacket slightly worn, tiny stain to foot of front panel, else very good or better.

London: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, 1952. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 12.5" by 9.5". Not Stated. A smart limited edition of this brightly illustrated catalogue of artwork exploring the scenery of Great Britain and Ireland. Limited to five hundred copies of which this is number fifty-one. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, thirty-four collotype plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A vast bibliographical catalogue of artwork exploring the scenery of Great Britain and Ireland. With images of different cities and boroughs, including: Bath, Cornwall, Lake District, Glastonbury, Kent, Oxford, Ramsgate, Birmingham, Dover, London, Liverpool, Isles of Wight, Cork, Dublin, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Swansea, Milford Haven, Jersey, and more. From the library of Major John Roland Abbey, an English book collector and high sheriff. Images for this work were produced with the use of printmaking techniques aquatint, for tonal effects, and lithography. In the original… Read More

London:: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press,, 1952.. First edition.. publisher's cloth, t.e.g., in dust jacket.. Near fine in a dust jacket with some light use, including a few tiny chips.. Folio,. Illustrated..

Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 Volumes, All 4 books are very nice condition with nice dust jackets apart from volume II of travel. Volume II dust jacket ripped

Folkestone & London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Three works, in four volumes, complete. Brown hard covers in dust jackets. Collotype plates and in-text illustrations. Light rubbing to red spine title block of each volume. Slight soiling to top edges. Moderate handling wear to jackets, now protected in removable archival mylar sleeves. Otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Indexes and List of Books referred to in the text. A sound and handsome set, very neat. ISBNs 071290557X, 0712905588, 071290560X, and 0712905596. No additional shipping will be requested is destination within Canada & the United States..