Minta, Stephen.
Love Poetry in Sixteenth Century France: A Study in Themes and Traditions
(MUP, 1977).
Hardback. Pages slightly browned, otherwise very good in slightly creased dw. vi + 173pp. Order No. NSBK-A5961
Keywords: 0719006767, Early Modern, France, French, history, poets, poetry, poets, sixteenth century, poetic tradition, Pleiade, Italian lyricism, lyrics, courtly tradition, Clement Marot, Maurice, Sceve, Ronsard, de Bellay, love poetry, Stephen Minta
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Digby, George Wingfield.
French Tapestries from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries:
(B. T. Batsford, 1951).
With an Introduction and Notes on the Plates. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps, otherwise good+ in darkened, soiled, slightly torn dustwrapper. 12pp. Order No. NSBK-A14618
Keywords: B0000CI32U, early modern history, tapestry, tapestries, needlework, history, France, French, sewing
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Magic Poster Greeting Cards, .
An Assorted Selection of 10 Attractive Magic Poster Greetings Cards: Pack 1:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2004).
Ten historical magicians' promotional posters, reproduced for the first time ever as ten attractive, colourful greeting cards. Individually wrapped in cellophane, and each with its own white envelope. Each card measures 6 inches x 4 inches, and has a plain interior, for your own message for any occasion. The selection includes: 4 X Harry Kellar, 2 X Howard Thurston, 1 X Newmann Spirit Mysteries, 1 X Hardeen, 1 X Kar-mi and 1 X Harry Blackstone Sr. Highly collectable. Greeting Cards. Fine, in cellophane wrappers. pp. Order No. NSBK-F7654
Keywords: B001F2XY6Y, magic, poster, posters, magic posters, magician, magician's, magicians, magic poster, magic posters, greetings, greeting card, greeting cards, greeting, historic, history, historical, magics, magically, card, cards, posters, poster, vaudeville, old time, show, shows, Kellar, Harry Kellar, Houdini, Hardeen, Thurston, Howard Thurston, Karmi, Kar mi, Kar-mi, Newmann, spirit, mysteries, master magician, master, spirits, spirit, seances, old time, leisure, entertainment, mystery, maskelyne, devant, david devant, conjuring, conjurors, conjure, conjurings, history of magic, magical history, magic school, stage, drama, entertain, ephemera, collector, collecting, collectors, collected, history, hobbies, hobby, images, art, representations, representation, vintage, 19th century, nineteenth century, Harry Blackstone, Blackstone, senior, junior, victorian, 20th century, twentieth century, modern, imagery, images, pictures, Portrayer, Portrayer Publishers, magic cards, magiccards, art, artwork, Christmas gifts
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Clark, Cumberland.
Shakespeare and the Supernatural:
(Williams and Norgate, 1931).
Hardback. Boards soiled / heavily darkened, with some bumping / wear to corners and edges, otherwise good. 346pp. Order No. NSBK-A15162
Keywords: B000WTRR9G, Shakespeare, supernatural, plays, Shakespearean, history, literature, superstition, popular beliefs, religion, religious, early modern, 16th century, sixteenth century
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Reintjes, Liz.
Influence and Originality: Landscapes, c.1920-c.1950. Winifred Nicholson, Ivon Hitchens, Frances Hodgkins
(Djanogly Art Gallery, 1996).
For the Exhibition "Influence and Originality", Djanogly Art Gallery, 9th Jan to 10th March, 1996. Paperback. Light powdering/scratching to covers. Small piece of cover chipped away at lower front corner, otherwise a very good copy. 74pp. Order No. NSBK-C4924
Keywords: 0853316872, Winifred Nicholson, 1996, art, paintings, exhibition catalogues, catalogue, women artists, arts, Cornwall, nicholson, nicholsons, winifred, catalog, catalogs, exhibition, exhibitions, exhibit, exhibits, st ives, watercolours, modern, contemporary, impressionism, impressionist, impressionists, impressionistic, painting, paintings, painter, painters, paint, art, artist, artists, drawing, drawings, sketches, sketch, sketching, illustrations, illustration, woman, women, female, ben, william, flower tales, unknown colour, rare, scarce, gallery, galleries, Ivon Hitchens, Frances Hodgkins, Djanogly Art Gallery, art catalogs, art catalogue, Liz Reintjes, Reintjes
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Chamberlain, Trevor.
Oils:
(Anaya Publishers Ltd, 1993).
Ron Ranson's Painting School Series. A charming book by a well-established and revered tutor of painting techniques, Trevor Chamberlain. With clear, invaluable step-by-step instructions and over 120 of his artworks in full colour. A highly sought-after title, which is now very scarce indeed. Covers materials and equipment, techniques, tonal values, composition, colour, skies, water, marine, trees, landscapes, buildings and street scenes, interiors, shadows, people and animals. Hardback. Very good in dustwrapper. 120pp. Order No. NSBK-A7542
Keywords: B01K0S3T8G, oil painting, painters, paintings, art, artists, Trevor Chamberlain, Oils, Oil, Oil paintings, Oil Painter, Oil Paints, Anaya, Ron Ranson, modern art, canvas, canvases, painting in oils, painting techniques
Price £28.00.
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Holmes, M.R., London Museum.
Arms and Armour in Tudor and Stuart London:
(HMSO, 1957).
Booklet. Ex library. Soiled paper covers present but completely detached, a good working copy of this booklet. 39 + platespp. Order No. NSBK-A15743
Keywords: B0000CJQTQ, arms, armaments, London, Tudors, Stuarts, history, early modern, stored with antiquarian
Price £11.00.
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Nicholson, Winifred. (Compiled by Andrew Nicholson).
Unknown Colour: Paintings, Letters, Writings by Winifred Nicholson
(Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1987).
An extremely scarce title, for the collector. Very good, clean, tight copy. "Unknown Colour" by Andrew Nicholson, brings together all Winifred Nicholson's works for the first time and reproduces in colour the wide range of her paintings, conveying in words and images the essence of her art which is light, colour and radiance. Compiled by Andrew Nicholson. Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981), wife of Ben Nicholson, is particularly remembered for her exquisite flower studies - many of which were painted before a window. She often incorporated landscape elements from Cumberland, Cornwall and the South of France into her work. Also characteristic of her style was the abstract using an ellipse shape. Hardback. Top corner slightly bumped, otherwise very good+, clean bright copy. Dustwrapper also very good, though with light creasing at corners, & minor, almost imperceptible, scratches. 271pp. Order No. NSBK-C4620
Keywords: 0571149502, winifred nicholson, nicholson, nicholsons, winifred, flower tales, unknown, colour, watercolour, watercolours, art, artist, artists, painting, paintings, painter, painter, English, England, Britain, British, great, twentieth century, 20th century, female, woman, women, females, letters, design correspondence, history, women writers, women writer, cornwall, st ives, modern, modernist, modernists, modernism, modernistic, ben nicholson, impressionist, impressionists, impressionism, impressionistic, impressions, impression, writings, color, unknown color, unknown colours, unknown colors, colors, GB, British Modern, Modern British Art
Price £350.00.
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Spink, Henry Hawkes.
The Gunpowder Plot And Lord Mounteagle's Letter: Being a Proof, With Moral Certitude, of the Authorship of the Document Together With Some Account of the Whole Thirteen Gunpowder Conspirators, Including Guy Fawkes
(Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1902).
Being a Proof, With Moral Certitude, of the Authorship of the Document Together With Some Account of the Whole Thirteen Gunpowder Conspirators, Including Guy Fawkes. Hardback. Ex library with usual library stamps and stickers. A little cracking internally at spine. Cloth dark, with wear to edges & fraying /a little splitting externally at spine. Else good. xxxvi + 412pp. Order No. NSBK-A14860
Keywords: B000ZGAJIW, Guy Fawkes, Gunplowder Plot, conspiracy, history, 17th century, seventeenth century, government, politics, Yorkshire, treason, early modern
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Pack of 6 Suffragette Greetings Cards, .
Assorted Designs, Suffragette Themes:
(Portrayer Publishers, 2003).
Pack of 6 greetings cards (6 different designs) which reproduce attractive images on suffragette themes. The images are printed in vibrant lithographic colours. (Please note that the sample electronic image, unlike the cards themselves, is watermarked with a Naomi Symes Books insignia and reduced in quality, to prevent image theft). Card measurements are 6 inches high by 4 inches wide and each card is complete with envelope. Blank interiors for your own message or for any occasion. Card 1: 'The Cat and Mouse Act', from a WSPU postcard, 1914. Card 2: Emmeline Pankhurst portrait from a modern, hand-painted oil painting, based on a photograph of her c.1909. Card 3: From a poster of 1908: Factory Acts - Regulations for Women. Card 4: 'The Modern Inquisition'. From A WSPU poster, depicting the forcible feeding of suffragettes in prison, from the time of the January 1910 General Election. Card 5: From a Women Writers' Suffrage League poster, 1909, in which justice, personified as a woman, defends the female sex from male prejudice. Card 6: 'The Suffragette 1d Weekly'. From a poster advertising 'The Suffragette' newspaper, c.1912. 6 Greetings Cards. Fine, new. pp. Order No. NSBK-C6628
Keywords: suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, women's rights, Votes for Women, women and politics, women's politics, politics, Britain, British, England, English, history, greeting card, greeting cards, cards, suffragette images, suffragettes, envelopes, suffrage imagery, postcard, postcards, card, picture, pictures, cartoons, art, artist, artists, suffragette art, art, arts, artistry, illustration, illustrations, twentieth century, 20th century, portrayer, portrayer publishers, suffragette greetings cards, greetings card, cat and mouse act, liberals, liberal government, liberal party, pankhursts, pankhurst portraits, Emmeline Pankhurst, The Pankhursts, factory act, factory acts, women workers, woman worker, woman workers, modern inquisition, force feeding, forcible feeding, hunger strike, hunger strikes, prisons, imprisonment, imprisoned, suffragists, women's history, history, women, woman, acts of parliament, parliament, campaign, campaigners, women's rights, votes for women, voter, votes, women voter, woman voter, enfranchisement, enfranchise, The Franchise, colour images, Alfred Pearce, Mary Lowndes, The Suffragette Newspaper, propaganda, propagandists, drawing, drawings, painting, paintings, pankhurst, Christmas gifts, suffragette ephemera
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