Abner McCall: One Man'a Journey by Castello, Sherry - 1981

Galsworthy. John, ; Soames and the Flag. London, Heinemann, 1930, Limited edition 1002 of 1025. Signed by Author. 8vo. pp51, Windmill Press imprint. Full vellum binding with gold titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Galsworthy's wartime experiences in France during World War 1, working for the Red Cross helping Belgium refugees are reflected through Soames in this work. Galsworthy died 3 years after signing the book. An attractive time piece of this author.

Paris: Limage, 1978. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Signé par l'illustrateur. Ed. originale. In-folio. Paris, Limage, 1978. 35 x 26 cm, in-folio, 71 pp., 111 dessins en noir dont certains à pleine ou double page, broché, couverture illustrée en noir et vert. On joint le papillon de l'exposition de Créteil (7 novembre - 23 décembre 1979), reproduisant le texte de Soupault. Bel ENVOI autographe signé de Jean Gourmelin à Tetsu. Un bon nombre de dessins sont ici reproduits pour la première fois. Bel exemplaire..

Softcover with dust jacket in very good condition.
Signed by Sam Maloof, 'To Deborah, Blessings, Peace, Sam Maloof 1997.'
This is a very clean copy with no marks to internal pages. Cover has signs of shelfwear and minor scuffing, as well as minor edgewear. Spine is very tight.

1988. First edition. Hardback.. SIGNED "Best Wishes Elsie Luxton, PLUS stickker below with what I assume is Fukuyama Signature. (see photo). Book Fine with Very good+ price cut wrapper. A signed copy. This is a new approach to the craft of Honiton lace, presenting 40 new patterns in a visual format - through diagrams, prickings and photographs, explaining how to use the book in 5 languages. Every pattern has also been illustrated with a photograph of the "right" and "wrong" side of the lace, avoiding the usual need to make a mental reversal. There are also diagrams of the working order, the numbering of pairs and pricking. The patterns include both flat and raised work, with every design displayed together on a single spread. The book is aimed at the lace maker with a sound basic knowledge of the craft. Yusai Fukuyama has taught and written on many aspects of lace and is a former student of Elsie Luxton who was awarded MBE in 1984 for her services to lace making. They have also written "Royal… Read More

London: Methuen & Co, 1972. FIRST EDITION, WITH AUTHORIAL DEDICATION. 8vo, pp. xlii, 230 + b/w frontis. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Pushing to spine ends. Top edge spotted. Fox spots to top margins of prelims, else, clean and tidy. Authorial dedication in blue ink to ffep: 'To Storm Jameson/ from/ Agnes Headlam-Morley/ Sept. 1972.' In the original dust jacket: wear to spine ends, a few short closed tears. Very good/ very good. Agnes Headlam-Morley (1902-1986) was a historian of Anglo-German relations and briefly the prospective Conservative candidate for Barnard Castle. She was the first woman to be appointed to a full Professorship at Oxford: from 1948 to 1971 she was Montague Burton Professor of International Relations. She was a celebrated salon hostess and College woman. Her intellectual legacy – alongside those of other women in the discipline – is currently being revisioned through the Women and the History of International Thought project (2018-2022) (see Professor Patricia Owens,… Read More

Galsworthy. John, ; Soames and the Flag. London, Heinemann, 1930, Limited edition 1002 of 1025. Signed by Author. 8vo. pp51, Windmill Press imprint. Full vellum binding with gold titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Galsworthy's wartime experiences in France during World War 1, working for the Red Cross helping Belgium refugees are reflected through Soames in this work. Galsworthy died 3 years after signing the book. An attractive time piece of this author.

Paris: Limage, 1978. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Signé par l'illustrateur. Ed. originale. In-folio. Paris, Limage, 1978. 35 x 26 cm, in-folio, 71 pp., 111 dessins en noir dont certains à pleine ou double page, broché, couverture illustrée en noir et vert. On joint le papillon de l'exposition de Créteil (7 novembre - 23 décembre 1979), reproduisant le texte de Soupault. Bel ENVOI autographe signé de Jean Gourmelin à Tetsu. Un bon nombre de dessins sont ici reproduits pour la première fois. Bel exemplaire..

Softcover with dust jacket in very good condition.
Signed by Sam Maloof, 'To Deborah, Blessings, Peace, Sam Maloof 1997.'
This is a very clean copy with no marks to internal pages. Cover has signs of shelfwear and minor scuffing, as well as minor edgewear. Spine is very tight.

1988. First edition. Hardback.. SIGNED "Best Wishes Elsie Luxton, PLUS stickker below with what I assume is Fukuyama Signature. (see photo). Book Fine with Very good+ price cut wrapper. A signed copy. This is a new approach to the craft of Honiton lace, presenting 40 new patterns in a visual format - through diagrams, prickings and photographs, explaining how to use the book in 5 languages. Every pattern has also been illustrated with a photograph of the "right" and "wrong" side of the lace, avoiding the usual need to make a mental reversal. There are also diagrams of the working order, the numbering of pairs and pricking. The patterns include both flat and raised work, with every design displayed together on a single spread. The book is aimed at the lace maker with a sound basic knowledge of the craft. Yusai Fukuyama has taught and written on many aspects of lace and is a former student of Elsie Luxton who was awarded MBE in 1984 for her services to lace making. They have also written "Royal… Read More

London: Methuen & Co, 1972. FIRST EDITION, WITH AUTHORIAL DEDICATION. 8vo, pp. xlii, 230 + b/w frontis. Green cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Pushing to spine ends. Top edge spotted. Fox spots to top margins of prelims, else, clean and tidy. Authorial dedication in blue ink to ffep: 'To Storm Jameson/ from/ Agnes Headlam-Morley/ Sept. 1972.' In the original dust jacket: wear to spine ends, a few short closed tears. Very good/ very good. Agnes Headlam-Morley (1902-1986) was a historian of Anglo-German relations and briefly the prospective Conservative candidate for Barnard Castle. She was the first woman to be appointed to a full Professorship at Oxford: from 1948 to 1971 she was Montague Burton Professor of International Relations. She was a celebrated salon hostess and College woman. Her intellectual legacy – alongside those of other women in the discipline – is currently being revisioned through the Women and the History of International Thought project (2018-2022) (see Professor Patricia Owens,… Read More