Robert wemyss symonds (37 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New.

Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. Antique Furniture of the Walnut Period. Book.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

1st Edition. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 79, [1] pages, 72 pages of plates: illustrations; 19 cm. Subjects: Clocks and watches Great Britain. Clock and watch making Great Britain. Clock and watch making. Clocks and watches. Clocks and watches England. Great Britain. Clocks and watches British Isles. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 79, [1] pages, 72 pages of plates: illustrations; 19 cm. Notes: Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.Includes bibliographical references (page 80).Subjects: Clocks and watches Great Britain.Clock and watch making Great Britain. Clock and watch making. Clocks and watches. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Poor copy in illustrated paper-covered boards. Spine bands worn with some loss. Panel edges rubbed and dulled as with age. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Series; The King Penguin books ; 28. Physical description; 79, [1] pages, 72 pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. "Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis." "Set in Monotype Bembo." "Text pages printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh ; . plates made and printed by John Swain & Son [sic] Ltd., Barnet." Cover title : A book of English clocks. Plates are photographic reproductions. Revised edition published in 1950 -- Edwards, R. "So much admired". 1988. Series title also on title page ; not on cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 80). Subjects; Clock and watch making Great Britain History. Clocks and watches Great Britain History. Clocks and watches Great Britain. Clock and watch making Great Britain. Great Britain. Clocks and watches British Isles. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; The King Penguin books ; 28. Physical description; 79, [1] pages, 72 pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. "Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis." "Set in Monotype Bembo." "Text pages printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh ; . plates made and printed by John Swain & Son [sic] Ltd., Barnet." Cover title : A book of English clocks. Plates are photographic reproductions. Revised edition published in 1950 -- Edwards, R. "So much admired". 1988. Series title also on title page ; not on cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 80). Subjects; Clock and watch making Great Britain History. Clocks and watches Great Britain History. Clocks and watches Great Britain. Clock and watch making Great Britain. Great Britain. Clocks and watches British Isles. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

1st Edition. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 79, [1] pages, 72 pages of plates: illustrations; 19 cm. Subjects: Clocks and watches Great Britain. Clock and watch making Great Britain. Clock and watch making. Clocks and watches. Clocks and watches England. Great Britain. Clocks and watches British Isles. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

1st edition. Good copy in the original illustrated, paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat edge-nicked and dust-toned as with age. Some wear around the spine cover edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 79, [1] pages, 72 pages of plates: illustrations; 19 cm. Notes: Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis.Includes bibliographical references (page 80).Subjects: Clocks and watches Great Britain.Clock and watch making Great Britain. Clock and watch making. Clocks and watches. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

Second Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss and detached) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 132 pages : plates ; 29 cm. Notes; Originally published 1921. Subjects; Furniture England History. 1 Kg. …

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st Edition. First published in 1948, this is a second impression of 1950. Edge wear, chipping, creasing, short closed tears and some loss to top and bottom of largely black jacket and spine, folds rubbed, corners slightly bruised and rubbed, not price clipped (10s 6d), small previous owner's name to top ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy for its age. 80pp, illustrated. This book contains a vast array of illustrated designs coupled with descriptions, uses, and any other information of note. Invaluable to all Chippendale collectors. The editor and writer of the Preface Robert Wemyss Symonds (1889-1958), was a British architect, and "the pre-eminent 20th century scholar and authority on English furniture". His complicated love life, before he married respectably, included affairs with two women, the first of which produced children he never acknowledged, and the second with a woman who he discovered was already married and who was subsequently jailed for perjury in her divorce case. Jacket after Chippendale (illustrator).…

First Edition. Poor copy in illustrated paper-covered boards. Spine bands worn with some loss. Panel edges rubbed and dulled as with age. Text remains in fine condition; clear without blemish. Series; The King Penguin books ; 28. Physical description; 79, [1] pages, 72 pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. "Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis." "Set in Monotype Bembo." "Text pages printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh ; . plates made and printed by John Swain & Son [sic] Ltd., Barnet." Cover title : A book of English clocks. Plates are photographic reproductions. Revised edition published in 1950 -- Edwards, R. "So much admired". 1988. Series title also on title page ; not on cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 80). Subjects; Clock and watch making Great Britain History. Clocks and watches Great Britain History. Clocks and watches Great Britain. Clock and watch making Great Britain. Great Britain. Clocks and watches British Isles. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; The King Penguin books ; 28. Physical description; 79, [1] pages, 72 pages of plates : illustrations ; 19 cm. Notes; Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis. "Cover design by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis." "Set in Monotype Bembo." "Text pages printed by R. & R. Clark, Ltd., Edinburgh ; . plates made and printed by John Swain & Son [sic] Ltd., Barnet." Cover title : A book of English clocks. Plates are photographic reproductions. Revised edition published in 1950 -- Edwards, R. "So much admired". 1988. Series title also on title page ; not on cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 80). Subjects; Clock and watch making Great Britain History. Clocks and watches Great Britain History. Clocks and watches Great Britain. Clock and watch making Great Britain. Great Britain. Clocks and watches British Isles. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. 1 Kg.…

Zustand: New.

Second Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss and detached) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; xii, 132 pages : plates ; 29 cm. Notes; Originally published 1921. Subjects; Furniture England History. 1 Kg. …

2nd edition. Near fine paper-covered, gilt-blocked copy in a good, torn (with some loss) acetate dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 269 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. Notes; Originally published 1929. Subjects; Furniture England History. Antique Collectors' Club. 1 Kg.…

2nd edition. Near fine paper-covered, gilt-blocked copy in a good, torn (with some loss) acetate dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 269 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. Notes; Originally published 1929. Subjects; Furniture England History. Antique Collectors' Club. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xii, 132 p., tissue-guarded frontispiece and 59 leaves of plates; 31 cm. Maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles; blind-stamped decorative border on front cover. Top page edges red. Title page printed in red and black. Small bookseller's label on back fixed endpaper for Brentano"'s, booksellers & stationers, New York." Former owner's name on front free endpaper, dated 1923: Louise Johnson Pratt. Louise Miller Johnson Pratt (1876-1963) was the wife of Naval War College President and Admiral William Veazie Pratt. In Very Good Condition: cover lightly soiled; light foxing in margins of some pages of text; otherwise, plates and text are clean and bright. A heavy book; for international shipping, it will have to be sent by priority international.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Spine sun-toned. Well preserved overall. Physical description; xiii, 1 leaf, 17-176 pages : illustrations, XL plates ; 29 cm. Subjects; Furniture England History. Walnut furniture England. Lacquer and lacquering England History. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges slightly dulled and rubbed. Spine sun-toned. Well preserved overall. Physical description; xiii, 1 leaf, 17-176 pages : illustrations, XL plates ; 29 cm. Subjects; Furniture England History. Walnut furniture England. Lacquer and lacquering England History. 1 Kg. …

Second Edition Limited. Limited second edition. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Now mylar Sleeved. Physical description : xviii, 322 pages color frontispiece, illustrations (including facsimile), plates (some color) 35 cm. Notes : "English edition limited to one thousand copies ." "English edition limited to one thousand copies. "Includes indexes. Contents : With more than 260 illustrations from examples in the Collection of Percival D. Griffiths. Subjects : Furniture England History. Furniture, English. 1 Kg.…

Second Edition Limited. Limited second edition. Fine copy in the original colour-printed boards. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Now mylar Sleeved. Physical description : xviii, 322 pages color frontispiece, illustrations (including facsimile), plates (some color) 35 cm. Notes : "English edition limited to one thousand copies ." "English edition limited to one thousand copies. "Includes indexes. Contents : With more than 260 illustrations from examples in the Collection of Percival D. Griffiths. Subjects : Furniture England History. Furniture, English. 1 Kg.…

First Hardback Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 320 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : portraits, illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Subjects; Tompion, Thomas 1639-1713 ; Biography. Clock and watch makers ; Biography. Metal work Technology. 1 Kg. …

First Hardback Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 320 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : portraits, illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Subjects; Tompion, Thomas 1639-1713 ; Biography. Clock and watch makers ; Biography. Metal work Technology. 1 Kg. …

1st Edition. Fine copy in gilt-blocked half leather over boards, in cloth covered slipcase. Top edge gilt. Internally bright and clean. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Signed limited edition of only 350 copies of which this is number 165. Physical description: xvi, 320 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded): portraits, illustrations (some color); 30 cm. Subjects: Clock and watch makers; Biography.Clock and watch making Great Britain History. Tompion, Thomas 1639-1713. 2 Kg.…

1st Edition. Fine copy in gilt-blocked half leather over boards, in cloth covered slipcase. Top edge gilt. Internally bright and clean. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Signed limited edition of only 350 copies of which this is number 165. Physical description: xvi, 320 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded): portraits, illustrations (some color); 30 cm. Subjects: Clock and watch makers; Biography.Clock and watch making Great Britain History. Tompion, Thomas 1639-1713. 2 Kg.…

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 266. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1923 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 266.…

LeatherBound. Zustand: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1923 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 266 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 266.…