History from Karen Jakobsen Art & Design Books

Bournemouth: Horace G.Commin Ltd., 1968. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Scarlet buckram with title in silver on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, except that the title page and facing frontispiece have light cockling to edges and are quite heavily foxed. The errata sheet tipped onto the reverse of the title page is quite browned… Read more about this item

London: Paul Elek Publishers, 1947. Book. Illus. by Barbara Jones. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paper-covered boards. Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear to covers. Two previous owners bookplates on front pastedown (both Dorset archaeologists and historians). Light browning to endpapers. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. Price-clipped. 48pp. 60 b/w photographs. B/w frontispiece… Read more about this item

Berlin: Hansa Luftbild GMBH, 1938. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. NB: Text is in German throughout. Brown paper covers with title black on front cover. A pair of card stereoscopic glasses are enclosed, attached with a cord (as issued). Condition: Fair, covers have general light shelfwear with the paper spine being quite rubbed… Read more about this item

London: Stacey International, 1984. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Blue hardcover with title in silver on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear.160pp. Many colour illustrations. In this book, the author charts the progress of Royal Copenhagen from its official… Read more about this item

London: Left Review, 1937. Book. Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paper-covered stapled booklet. Condition: Good, with general shelfwear, some sunning and light soiling to covers. Staples are beginning to rust in centre, affecting the immediate surrounding area. The paper covers have a vertical one inch split to top of spine. Previous owners bookplate on reverse… Read more about this item

Chichester, West Sussex: Phillimore & Co., Ld., 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Red hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with the faintest hint of shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. Signed and inscribed to the previous owner by one of the authors, Richard Coleman-Smith on title page.… Read more about this item

Belfast, Northern Ireland: McCaw, Stevenson & Orr - The Linenhall Press, 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Presentation copy. Dark green hardcover with title in gilt on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound. The previous owner has attached an old receipt from Northern Bank dated 1821 confirming… Read more about this item

London: National Folk Council, 1939. Book. Fair. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paper-covered stapled booklet. Condition: Fair to good, the covers are generally lightly sunned, with light shelfwear. Staples are lightly rusted in the centre. 16pp. This booklet outlines the Folk Law of The Woodcraft Folk - a democratic, co-operative and "working class" movement in Britain,… Read more about this item

Colchester, London and Eton: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co., 1944. Book. Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cream cloth with title in brown on front cover and spine. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light soiling to covers. Light foxing to front endpapers. The front endpaper bears the previous owners name and the date Christmas 1945 with… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez l'auteur, Quai de l'Ecole, 1787. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter-leather binding with marbled paper-covered boards. Condition: Internally good to very good. The covers are in fair condition, being worn and scuffed, particularly the cover corners, the spine is also worn and scuffed, particularly the head and tail. Binding sound. p.263 has… Read more about this item

Pall Mall: Hugh Rees Ltd., 1908. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Green cloth with title in gilt on front cover. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear and light scuffing to covers. Binding sound. Browning to front endpaper with previous owners name at top of the page dated "13) presumably 1913. Browning to rear endpaper also.… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1980. Book. Fine. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Condition: Fine, with just the faintest hint of shelfwear. Signed and inscribed by author to previous owner at top of half-title. 71pp. Many b/w illustrations. A programme of excavation and survey directed by Roger Mercer between 1974 and 1986 demonstrated… Read more about this item

Marnhull, Dorset: Marnhull Women's Institute, 1940. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Dark green paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Title in black on front cover and handwritten in faded white on spine. Condition: Very good. Front pastedown bears the bookplate of the previous owner and also the bookplate of the library of the… Read more about this item

Shropshire: Tanat Books, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Price-clipped. 234pp. 38 b/w illustrations. As well as listing over 600 notable makers of clocks in Dorset, such… Read more about this item

Bournemouth: Horace G.Commin Ltd., 1966. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Grey hardcover with title in gilt within red border on front cover and in silver on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Light sunning to edges of front cover and top quarter of rear cover. Previous owners bookplate on front pastedown together with… Read more about this item

London : C.Hurst & Co., 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, inscribed by the author and dated August 1981 on reverse of half-title. Dustjacket condition: Fair to good, generally a little shelfworn and lightly soiled, with some sunning to spine.… Read more about this item

London: Thames and Hudson Ltd., 2006. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Softcover. (first published in hardcover in 2002). Condition: Very good, with light shelfwear and light foxing to front endpaper and inside front cover. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 432pp. 265 illustrations, 29 in colour. In this wide-ranging and detailed study, the author creates… Read more about this item

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. Book. Poor. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Maroon hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Poor, described as such becuase although the covers are in good condition, with light shelfwear, the front inner hinge has cracked so that webbing is showing through. It is holding however. The front endpaper and half-title… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson, 2017. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Softcover with dustjacket. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear.352pp. Many colour illustrations. "This is a gentrified East London seen through the lens of a smartphone, but one that retains exquisite traces of each incarnation… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1939. Book. Fair. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. NB: No dustjacket. Ochre yellow cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fair, covers are generally shelfworn, with sunning to spine. Some bumping to lower outer cover corners. Foxing throughout, particularly to the first and last few pages. Binding sound. The name Huxley is… Read more about this item