Compiled by ina taylor (9 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good/very good, used, 3rd printing, 2 tone green cloth binding with gilt text on spine and upper, marbled end papers, 207pp. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. Slight rubbing to dj, no chips or tears, dj is not price-clipped.…

olive green & gilt decorative (vines on cover) 1/2 cloth hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~9.5"x7"). large book. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. very nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing ( FPuUSA1980 & #1 in # line). marbled endpapers. sepiatone photo frontis. 207p. genealogical tree. 32 pages of full color full page plates reproduced from Edith Holden's works. sepiatone photos & illustrations throughout. bibliography. index. biography. art books. art history. english literature. gardening. landscaping. horticulture. ~ In 1906 Edith Holden began a series of notes which, when published in 1977 as The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady, captured the imagination of the reading pubic and became a best~seller around the world, Now, in The Edwardian Lady, Ina Taylor brings together a unique collection of photographs, paintings, and mementos of the Holden family, as well as excerpts from Edith's own lively correspondence and highlights from Country Diary that tell the story of her life and the background against which she developed her talents. In the new and exciting industrial center of Birmingham in the fast years of the Victorian age, the remarkable Holden family participated to the fullest in the expanding artistic and cultural life of the city, where William Morris and Walter Crane were contemporaries. From there, Edith journeyed to Scotland to study with the painter Joseph Denovan Adam and to Dartmoor in Devon, where she came closest to the wild life and natural surroundings that played such an important part in her life and work. Finally settling in the Chelsea area of London, she married the sculptor Ernest Smith and continued to paint and illustrate until her tragic death by drowning in 1920. Beautifully illusated and richly detailed, The Edwardian Lady is the perfect companion volume for all devotees of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 207 pages, illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, portraits; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** "In 1905 Edith Holden wrote her 'Nature Notes' which, when published i 1977 as 'The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady', captured the imagination of the reading public the world over. In this book, Ina Taylor has brought together a unique collection of photographs, paintings, and mementoes of the Holden family which tell the story of Edith's life, and the background against which she developed her talents." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible. …

Green / Olive Cloth. Condición: FINE ( AS NEW). Estado de la sobrecubierta: NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW). First Edition. Please Email for further details. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Illustrations from Mrs Lilian Horn,Mrs Hilda Rees,Mrs Celia Stevens & Others (ilustrador). Not Signed or Inscribed.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 3rd Printing. Dust jacket has light shelfwear, text is without flaw. 7 X 9.5" 207 pages. This book brings together a unique collection of photographs, paintings, and mementos of the Holden family, as well as excerpts from Edith's own lively correspondence and highlights from Country Diary that tell the story of her life and the background against which she developed her talents. Beautifully illustrated and richly detailed. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage**. Black & White Photographs and Coloured Paintings (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First UK Edition. Dust jacket has very light shelfwear, text is without flaw. Beautifully illustrated and richly detailed, The Edwardian Lady is the perfect companion volume for all devotees of The Country Dairy of an Edwardian Lady. This book brings together a unique collection of photographs, paintings, and mementos of the Holden family, as well as excerpts from Edith's own lively correspondence and highlights from Country Diary that tell the story of her life and the background against which she developed her talents. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage**. Black & White Photographs and Coloured Paintings (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Dustjacket Very Good ++. 1st Edition. 207 pages. First edition. Beautiful coour, sepia-like and B&W illustrations throughout. Very clean pale green background dustjacket with lightly colour-faded spine. Light wear to dustjacket's edges and corners, price-clipped. Very clean hardback binding. Noticeable foxing (brown spotting) to top edge of pages, light foxing to fore-edges o/w pages very clean.…

Hardback. In 1905 Edith Holden wrote her 'Nature Notes' which, when published i 1977 as 'The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady', captured the imagination of the reading public the world over. In this book, Ina Taylor has brought together a unique collection of photographs, paintings, and mementoes of the Holden family which tell the story of Edith's life, and the background against which she developed her talents. 1980. Third impression. A near fine copy only marked by light spotting on the top edge. The d/w is unclipped and very good  with light edge rubbing.…

Cloth & Boards. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Very slight foxing to edge. In this book, Ina Taylor has brought together a unique collection of photographs, paintings and mementoes of the Holden family which tell the story of Edith's life, and the background against which she developed her talents. This book, beautifully illustrated throughout, is the perfect companion volume for all devotees of The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. Illustrated. 207 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…