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Abbey, J. R. Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, Architecture, Drawing Books, Art Collections, Magazines, Navy and Army, Panoramas, Etc. from the Library of J. R. Abbey. a Bibliographical Catalogue. a Magnificent, Beautifully Preserved Copy. London Curwen Press 1953

Hardcover Edition: First Edition Folio, original gray cloth, red morocco spine label decorated and lettered in gilt. Very Fine. Profusely illustrated. First edition. Number 53 of 400 copies. There were four volumes published altogether, each one stands alone, and deals with different subjects. The books describe the collection of illustrated books collected by Major J. R. Abbey, one of the " original"collectors of British "color-plate" books. That collection, acquired en masse by Paul Mellon in the 1950s, includes over 2,000 volumes describing life in Britain, local customs, scenes of the English countryside, and tours during the period 1770-1860. The often resplendant illustrations in these books are the work of England's finest landscape artists, including Paul Sandby, David Cox, John Constable, J. M. W. Turner, Samuel Prout, and the Daniell family, among others. Concurrently, they form an understandable picture of local topography, architecture, and the views encountered by English travelers on the " MajorTours" in Europe and on more exotic journeys to the South Seas, Africa, and India. A very fine copy, internally fresh and without paper defects and off setting as is common in this book. "Life in England is the second of the proposed series of four volumes cataloguing books published in England between 1770 and 1860 and illustrated with aquatints and coloured or tinted lithographs which have scenic backgrounds The first volume was entitled Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland and dealt with landscape and architecture from a topographical standpoint, while Life in England comprises the range of subjects outlined later in this introduction. The first collations for this book were compiled by Mr. G. Bates; the text was finally edited for printing by Mr. E. Jutro, who has also compiled the indexes. This volume will perhaps have added interest in that the books and panoramas listed are known, in the main, only to booksellers and a few collectors" (Preface, p. Xv). The frontispiece is a magnificent 4 color print of Cruikshank's "Life in London", 1821. The title page is printed in red and black with a decorative border. ; Color Illustrations ; Folio 13" - 23" tall Fine+ in Very Good+ dust jacket; The dustjacket has browned, but is quite presentable and actually quite stunning. Preserved in a mylar dustjacket.

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Maxine Turner: NAVY GRAY (Civil War Georgia) Mercer University Press ISBN: 0865546428

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McBain, Ed. LULLABY. An 87th Precinct Novel. New York, NY: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1989
Tall 8vo - over 9" - 9 3/4" 0-87795-994-3 First edition, so stated. Tall 8vo (6 1/2" x 9 1/2"). 350 pages. Cloth-backed boards. Navy blue cloth-covered spine, silver lettering, gray paper-covered boards (hardcover binding). CONDITION: 1" closed tear at bottom edge of rear panel of dust jacket, else Very Good book in Very Good dust jacket. "Warring gangs prepare to rip the city to pieces--and the detectives of the 87th Precinct unearth secrets that lead them to the very heart of crime. In LULLABY, McBain expertly probes the personal and professional lives of the men and women of the 87th Precinct as New Year's Eve brings an unusual deluge of crime and emotional trauma." "Of all McBain's 60 or so bestsellers, the chillers about the 87th Precinct have been the most popular. This is the 40th, bringing detectives Carella and Meyer to a swank apartment on New Year's Eve. Returning from a party, a couple find their adopted baby and her teenaged sitter murdered. There are so many ramifications, including the later death of the biological mother, that the case seems hopelessly muddled. But Carella and Meyer, outraged by the crime, stick to the wearying routine and finally bring the guilty to book. While readers are absorbed in this horrendous story, they simultaneously fear for Bert Kling, as he investigates competing drug traffickersJamaican, Chinese, blackwho are killing each other and bent on killing him. The lamentably convincing portraits of today's metropolis also create empathy for endangered detective Eileen Burke, tempted to resign despite her commitment to police work and her lover, Kling, as a matter of self-preservation. MWA Grand Master McBain's staccato dialogue and authentic characters, as always, make the new series entry a page turner."- From "Publishers Weekly" review. "May well be the very best of the 87th Precinct novels. It moves like a bullet train."- Joseph Wambaugh..

First Edition, so stated, Hard Cover With Dust Jacket,

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Tony Cragg. Tony Cragg: Winner of the 1988 Turner Prize. Tate Gallery & Patrons of New Art, 1989
1854370138 Navy blue cloth covers with light gray titles. Glassine dustjacket. Clean interior; 64 pages..

Hardcover, Fine

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