Mark swords (4 resultados)

Hardcover. First edition. The catalogue for an exhibition of the work of Paul Doran, held at the Sligo Art Gallery, Hyde Bridge, March 28 - April 29, 2006. Essays by Robbie O'Halloran and Sally O'Reilly; interview with the artist conducted by Mark Swords; edited by John O'Regan. 84 pages; color plates and text illustrations throughout; 9 x 9 inches. List of plates, bio/exhibition history/bibliography. From a series, this being Profile 24. Condition: Fine except for two binding errors: one sheet (4 pages) wasn't bound in--it is present with no damage but is only laid-in at this point; the other is that the edge of one page is torn off--does not affect either text or images--and it appears to be a binding error only because the rest of the book is in such nice condition. Orange cloth-bound hardcover with crisp silver text to front and spine; no dj as presumed issued. Books ship the next business day, wrapped in padding, in a box.…

First Edition. First edition. Oblong softcover. 84 pages. Text by Robbie O'Halloran, Sally O'Reilly and with an interview of Doran by Mark Swords. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in French style wrappers. Includes a laid in signed letter from Doran presenting the catalog to a Chicago gallerist. The letter is folded and somewhat rumpled.…

32 pages on toned medium-glossy paper, with 2 comparative chemical tables of porcelain-ingredients used in 'Eastern Asia, Thuringia, Bavaria, Meissen' resp. in 'Japan, China, Bohemia or Bavaria, Limoges, Meissen'; 10 1/3-page photographs from the factory and artists-rooms, 1 2/3-page plate of bottom-marks (s.b.) and 12 2/3-page photographs of the variety of products (s.b.). - Publisher's brown stapled cardboard cover; sm.-8vo.(ca. 19 x 11 cm). ~~~ [Endgültiger NACHSOMMER-SCHLUSSVERKAUF / Ultimate POST-SUMMERSALE: um 50% reduzierter Preis bis Montag 05.10.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of 50% until Monday, October 05, 2026; ehemaliger Preis / previously EUR 120,-] --- FIRST EDITION, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; CONTAINS THE CHAPTERS I. 'The development of ceramics.', II: 'What is porcelain?', III. 'How is porcelain made?', IV. 'How the genuine porcelain of Meissen is recognized?'(Table of different mainly Sword-marks and the periods the have been used), V. 'What can be made of porcelain? (Vase of Splendour made for the King - Statuettes of Saints - Animals of te 18th century - Statuettes and Groups - Vessels (Table-sets) - Coffee and tea-sets - Vessels of luxury and table-ornaments - Small precious fancy ware - Modern plastics of animals - Modern figures and groups - Modern vessels - Articles for technical and chemical use)'. - Spine with minimal crease, frontpanel bottom-right with slightly chipped label of the Berlin Meissen-shop 'Fabrikverkaufsstelle Berlin W 50, Budapester Straße 9a. . .'; A BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THE RARE AND FRAGILE PUBLICATION.…

ONE: Cabinet Card: 13.5 x 10 cm photographic head-and-shoulders portrait of Blouet, smartly-dressed with glasses and handlebar moustache, mounted on 16.5 x 10.5 cm card, with printed details of the photographers Taber's printed in gold below the image, and an elaborate advertisement for the firm printed in brown on the reverse. In fair condition, lightly aged. Inscribed on the base of the print: 'Yours Sincerely | Max O'Rell'. TWO: Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Appleton', i.e. E. W. Appleton. 1p, 12mo. On bifolium. 14 December 1885; 2 Lime Grove, Uxbridge Road, W. [London] In fair condition, aged and worn, with central spike hole. He is enclosing a cheque for £3 9s 6d, 'which I believe you will find correct to amount of fees received of me.' In a postscript he asks him, on acknowledging receipt of the cheque, to 'please say if I can see you on Wednesday, at Clifford's Inn, at about 2 p.m. | M. O'R.' The Woodson Research Centre, Rice University, Houston, has a collection of Blouet's letters to Appleton, who acted as agent for his lectures (see J. Verhoeven, 'Jovial Bigotry: Max O'Rell and the Transnational Debate over Manners and Morals in 19th Century France, Britain and the United States', 2012).…