r a gilbert (17 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. R. & A. Gilbert, 1983, from an edition of 5000. Hardbound book. Dust jacket is in Good condition. Expected shelfwear to head of spine and top edges of folds of flaps. There is a vertical wrinkling to the lamination of the dust jacket that appears to be a publisher's defect, the paper of the jacket itself is not wrinkled. Book is in Very Good condition. Rust-orange cloth boards are clean and straight, very light shelfwear. Gold gilt lettering to spine and front and rear boards remains bright and even. Binding is tight. Text block is clean. Pages are clean, crisp, and without any markings. Small, dark, dot to rear free endpaper. This book is sold with a slim exhibit catalog from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art featuring this same collection.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 125 pages profusely illustrated in color, 8 1/2" x 11 1/4", hardcover, dustjacket, (book excellent, dustjacket with wear).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Limited. 1 of 5,000 copies.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Large hardback in near fine condition with very good plus dust jacket.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Michael Whealan (Jacket Art); Marty Siegrist (Maps) (illustrator). Copyright © 1990 by Melanie Rawn. 587 + pp. Dragon Star Book I issue only! Solidly and tightly bound copy with minimal overall wear and use. Copy with clean text and crisp pages. Minor rubbing of cover page edges. Mild creases on slightly indented spine. Over-sized and/or over weight book; extra postage required. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request.

Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Good. Michael Whealan (Jacket Art); Marty Siegrist (Maps) (illustrator). Copyright © 1993 by Melanie Rawn. 760 + xiii pp. Dragon Star Book III issue only! Solidly and well bound copy with moderate overall wear and use. Copy with clean text and mild to moderate foxing or browning of pages. Minor rubbing of cover page edges. Mild creases on spine. Over-sized and/or over weight book; extra postage required. Please note that large and/or heavy items may incur an additional shipping charge. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request.

Zustand: As New. Used, hardcover like new with original dustjacket as issued. No highlighting, underlining or marginalia. A sharp, nice copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. One of 5000 copies. 68 examples of beautiful gold and jewel boxes. Printed on thick glossy paper. With red satin ribbon marker. Covers are like new. Jacket has a few creases to the lamination.

one of an edition of 5, 000. 125 pages plus Hall Marks & Index. fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket.

Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,71grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good Condition with Very Good Dust Jacket. First Edition, 5000 Copies Printed. Profusely illustrated, superb examples of the Goldsmith's art. By taking a pinch of snuff from a gold box, wealthy aristocrats could sheamelessly flaunt their taste, status, and wealth in a single gesture. The display of a gold box also showcased the talents of the designers and the various craftsmen who were commissioned to create these magnificent status symbols. These small treasures are masterful examples of the luxury arts that goldsmiths, jewelers, and miniature portrait painters of the era produced. The majority of the boxes were made for the functional purpose of holding snuff, or powdered tobacco. Friar Ramón Pane, who traveled to the New World with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1507, was the first to note the taking of snuff. Initially overshadowed by the practice of smoking tobacco during the 16th and 17th centuries, the taking of snuff developed into an elaborate social custom during the 18th century. Gold snuffboxeswhich have a tight fitting lid to ensure that the snuff within remains freshwere an important part of this ritual that was popular throughout the courts, salons, and elite circles of Europe. In addition to serving a functional and social purpose, gold boxes were also considered a sort of fashion accessory, and were often selected to complement the owner's couture, or to mirror the attributes of the season. Beyond possession as a personal effect, gold boxes with miniature portraits of rulers, religious leaders, and other public figures were given as diplomatic gifts or awarded in official recognition of commendable service. For example, one of the uploaded images from Page 24 of this book, shows a miniature portrait gold box of Napoleon Bonaparte I which is a stunning combination of an exquisitely rendered portrait by French painter Jean-Baptiste Isabey and a tour de force of goldsmithing by the Swiss firm Moulinié, Bautte et Moynierm, which was based in Geneva. A pupil of Jacques-Louis David (17481825), Isabey became one of the best-known French portraitists with a long list of commissions from the successive rulers of France, including Marie Antoinette and the Napoleonic court. Here Isabey has depicted Napoleon as an official icon, shown in the coronation regalia he wore when he crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I. Surrounded with a border of alternating stars and bees, a symbol of Napoleon's reign, the emperor wears a gold diadem, and the five-armed cross of the Order of the Legion of Honor lays against the ermine of his coronation robes. The blue pendant with an "N" that Napoleon wears is replicated with the golden "N" set on a ground of blue enamel on the base of the box, and radiating trophées d'armes composed of three different tones of gold encircle the base. Since France annexed Geneva in 1799, it would not have been unusual for a Napoleonic presentation gold box to have been made in Switzerland.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Some traces of use. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Jacket : traces of use. 125 pp. With index and hallmarks. B/w and coloured illustrations. Corners slightly bumped, jacket wth some scratches.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. The jacket is a bit shelf rubbed.Minor scarring on page ends.well bound.Good copy.[S.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, Internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Small edge tears on jacket and marked.Internally clean.Excellent binding.Due to weight postal adjustments may be required.[RK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Bound, cloth with dj, 125pp., 21.5x28.5cm., illustr. in col., very good copy. ISBN 0961039809. 0 g.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. 125, [5]. many colour illus. & illus. of marks. biblio. index. cloth. dw. (plastic crinkled). First Edition, Limited to 5000 copies.