Publicado por London: Pleiades Books, 1944., 1944
Librería: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. 1944. 48 pages. No dust jacket. Red pictorial boards with a cloth spine. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.
Publicado por London: Pleiades Books, 1946
Librería: James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts, London, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 4to. Cloth-backed boards. Lower board very slightly scuffed, but a particularly fresh copy, Tisdall's colour illustrations lush and vivid.
Publicado por London: Pleiades Books, 1944., 1944
Librería: Cornell Books Limited, Tewkesbury, Reino Unido
Miembro de asociación: PBFA
Original o primera edición
First edition (hardback). 4to (26cm by 21cm), 48pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original grey cloth spine, colour-printed boards. There is some rubbing of the binding, some bumping to the corners of the boards, some foxing of the preliminary pages and a gift inscription; overall, this book is in good condition.
Publicado por Pleiades Books, Ltd., London, 1944
Librería: Springhead Books, Rochester, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Well-illustrated colourful children's book on the theme of architecture. Contents: The snail -- Tents, wigwams and huts -- Caravans and barges -- Babylonian, Assyrian and Persian -- Ancient Egyptian -- Ancient Greek -- Ancient Roman -- Romanesque and Byzantine -- Norman -- Gothic -- The castles -- The great wall of China -- Angkor Vat -- Old Mexican building -- The Russian churches -- Arabian cities -- The Renaissance -- Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren -- Baroque -- Queen Anne and Georgian -- Shipbuilding -- Victorian -- Skyscrapers -- Modern Scandinavian. First edition, first impression. Grey cloth back, illustrated boards, slight shelf wear to cover, dusty edges, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.
Publicado por Pleiades Books., 1944
Librería: Roe and Moore, London, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to (26cm by 21cm), 48pp. Illustrated throughout in colour. Original grey cloth spine, colour-printed boards. Covers a little rubbed and marked.
Publicado por Pleiades Books LTD, 1944
Librería: Librairie Laumiere, Paris, Francia
in4, cartonne, dos toile, 1944, 48p, etat correct, couverture salie aux contours un peu frottes, coins un peu abimes, dos legerement insole avec longue cassure sans manque sur sa jointure avec la premiere de couverture, interieur un peu jauni mais propre, coin haut de certaines pages un peu corne, texte en anglais, illustrations en couleurs, Pleiades Books LTD.
Publicado por PLEIADES BOOKS LTD. LONDON, 1946
Librería: Boodle Books, Millmerran, QLD, Australia
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. ANOTHER CHILDRENS BOOK TRACING THE HISTORY OF THE WHEEL FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO OUR OWN.
Publicado por Pleiades Books,, London,, 1944
Librería: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, Canada
Original o primera edición
HC. First Edition 49 pp., Illustrations Various types of Home or House through history and cultures, from the snail to Wigwam, to the Skyscraper. Fine watercolours in offset print. Exlibris on front paste down, name on ffly, o/w fine, cover with light superficial rubbing.
Publicado por London: Pleiades Books Ltd., 1944, 1944
Librería: Trevian Books, Piermont, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: ESA
Hill, that rarest of birds, an English Modernist architect, teamed up with Tisdall to "write and devize" for children this introduction to the history of world architecture. From the snail ".who carries his house on his back and that solves his problem," through earliest civilizations, classic eras, English styles up to the Victorian, to skyscrapers and finally the modern Scandinavian. First edition. 25 cm; 49 pp.; illustrated from drawings by Tisdall. Wear to tips of covers; slight soiling and rubbed spot to front cover; contents clean and bright. A good copy in cloth-backed laminated boards.
Publicado por London: Pleiades Books, 1944., 1944
Librería: Buckle's Books, Cambridge, Reino Unido
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardback with pictorial boards and grey cloth to spine. Light rubbing to boards otherwise no damage, internally clean. Very good condition.
Librería: BOOKPRESS LTD., Williamsburg, VA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
HILL, Oliver, and Hans Tisdall. BALBUS, A PICTURE BOOK OF BUILDING. London: Pleiades Books, 1944. 4to. Cloth spine, pictorial boards. (i), 49 pages. First edition. Printed during World War II, this handsome color illustrated book has become classic example of early autolithography. Some rubbing at the edges but a go copy of a very scarce book.
Publicado por Pleiades Books Ltd, London, 1944
Original o primera edición
Cloth. Condición: Very Good. Oliver Hill; Hans Tisdall Ilustrador. First edition. The first edition of this scarce children's non fiction book about building with colour illustrations. First edition of Balbus A Picture Book of Building by Oliver Hill and Hans Tisdall in the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and paper covered boards.A scarce work with only twelve copies held in libraries.A beautifully illustrated children's non-fiction book published during the Second World War.With twenty three bright full pages of colour illustrations depicting different buildings throughout history and around the world. In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and paper covered boards. Externally, smart. there is some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There are a few light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good. book.
Publicado por Pleiades 1944, 1944
Librería: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
VG bright tight copy in publishers decorated boards. 1st edition of attractive and scarce colour picture book, early example of Autolithography. ISBN B000XDYHUS.