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Doubleday Anchor, 1966. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Wild Flowers of Newfoundland artist's album by BROWN, Blanche (illus.) - 1882
by BROWN, Blanche (illus.)
Wild Flowers of Newfoundland artist's album
by BROWN, Blanche (illus.)
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1882. Hardcover. Good. Unpaginated album with 32 leaves. 30 cm. Brown cloth with decorative cover, bevelled edges. Corners worn, tears in front hinge, white stains and dampstains to exterior. Cover is separating from block. First leaf has ink inscription "Wild Flowers of Newfoundland 1882" with the quote "How green you are, and fresh, is this old world." 25 watercolour illustrations of flowers, 2 loose, 9 drawn directly into the book, 14 inserted. One is signed "B. Brown April 1878."
The "B. Brown" who signed the Apple Blossoms illustration is Blanche Brown (1850-1918) who married Charles Speare Pinsent (1838-1914) in 1883. Only one of these illustrations is signed by her but the pencil captions on the other drawings are in similar handwriting. The artist is talented and the flowers recognizable. The quotation on the first page is from Shakespeare's King John, Act III, Scene 4. The paintings are captioned: Apple blossoms, Iris, Flower of Tree Cranberry, Tree Cranberry found at Topsail, Orchid, Common violet and fern, Ground Ivy, Wax Flower, Kalmia, Wild Cherry Blossom, Indian Tea, Crackerberry Blossom, Berries [of the crackerberry], Harebell, Rose, [Unnamed], Snake Root ? Lily, [Unnamed], [Unnamed], [Unnamed], [Unnamed], Water Lily, Berry of plant [of the Water Lily], [Unnamed], Wild Snap Dragon.
The "B. Brown" who signed the Apple Blossoms illustration is Blanche Brown (1850-1918) who married Charles Speare Pinsent (1838-1914) in 1883. Only one of these illustrations is signed by her but the pencil captions on the other drawings are in similar handwriting. The artist is talented and the flowers recognizable. The quotation on the first page is from Shakespeare's King John, Act III, Scene 4. The paintings are captioned: Apple blossoms, Iris, Flower of Tree Cranberry, Tree Cranberry found at Topsail, Orchid, Common violet and fern, Ground Ivy, Wax Flower, Kalmia, Wild Cherry Blossom, Indian Tea, Crackerberry Blossom, Berries [of the crackerberry], Harebell, Rose, [Unnamed], Snake Root ? Lily, [Unnamed], [Unnamed], [Unnamed], [Unnamed], Water Lily, Berry of plant [of the Water Lily], [Unnamed], Wild Snap Dragon.
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Five Cities An Art Guide to Florence
by Brown, Blanche R
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Five Cities: An Art Guide to Athens
by Brown, Blanche R
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Doubleday Anchor Books, 1966. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Slight wear on edges. Name on half title page, otherwise clean throughout.
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FIVE CITIES AN ART GUIDE TO PARIS (5)
by BROWN, BLANCHE R
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Garden City: Doubleday Anchor Book A490d. Very Good. 1966. PAPERBACK; FIRST THUS. Paperback. 4x7" thin. VERY GOOD Condition..2" coffee ring stain to cover; Red & BLUE cover art shows design by JOHN ROMBOLA.....WHITE SPINE STRIP....TEXT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE! ..; 144pg pages; FRENCH city described. . .
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FIVE CITIES AN ART GUIDE TO FLORENCE (5)
by BROWN, BLANCHE R
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Garden City: Doubleday Anchor Book A490c. Very Good. 1964. PAPERBACK; FIRST THUS. Paperback. 4x7" thin. VERY GOOD Condition..clean, solid; Red & yellow cover art shows design by JOHN ROMBOLA.....WHITE SPINE STRIP....TEXT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE! ..; 144pg pages; Italy city described. . .
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Anticlassicism in Greek Sculpture of the Fourth Century B.C. (Monographs on archaeology and the fine arts, 26)
by Brown, Blanche R
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New York University Press, 1973-06-01. Hardcover. Good. 0.7087 10.9449 8.6614. Cover and edges shows minor wear. Former owner's name on front page. Few pages shows underlining.
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Cellar Door (Fall 2013)
by Brown, Blanche (editor)
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Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013. "Official undergraduate literary magazine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." 45 pages.. Soft Cover. As New.
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Cellar Door (Spring 2013)
by Brown, Blanche (editor)
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Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013. "Official undergraduate literary magazine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." 43 pages.. Soft Cover. As New.
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Anticlassicism in Greek Sculpture of the Fourth Century B.C.
by Brown, Blanche R
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New York: New York University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good+. 104pp with 102 B&W plates at rear of book. 8 1/2 x 11 1/4" Priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire. Boards show some wear with slight fading to the blue cloth and gilt lettering on front board; lettering is faded on spine; call number inked in white on spine; boards are bumped; 1 3/4" split in front endpapers at spine from bottom edge up; library stamp inked on front pastedown and copyright page; barcode sticker on last page; sticker removed from rear pastedown with remnants remaining; marginalia in pencil on a couple of pages; foxing on various pages.
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Anticlassicism in Greek Sculpture of the Fourth Century B.C.
by Brown, Blanche R
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New York University Press, 1973. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Very good; slightly sunned cover. 104 pages, plus 103 black and white plates.
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Five Cities: An Art Guide to Rome
by Brown, Blanche R
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Doubleday Anchor Books. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Owner's name on inside.
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