[Rarebooks] FS: 1 Art (signed), 1 Arts & Crafts

[Gerard Gormley]

For your kind consideration ---


Van der Elst, Baron Joseph~.  THE LAST FLOWERING OF THE MIDDLE
AGES~.  Garden City NY, USA: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1944.
Keywords: Signed copies by no means numerous (this copy signed on
first flyleaf) -- people and painters of Flanders 5 centuries ago
-- 107 plates (96 b&w & 16 full-page color reproductions --
Flanders & the Flemish school painters: Van Eyck, Memling, van
der Weyden, Breugel, Bosch, & more -- a handsome, richly
illustrated volume representing an entirely new approach to
Flemish history and art -- Art  - History -- Illustrated -- Non-
Fiction -- English language.  First Edition (stated).  Hardcover.
No dust jacket (one issued).  127 pages: 107 plates (96 b&w & 16
full-page color reproductions).  Binding height: 12-1/4".
Publisher's golden full buckram.  Book Very Good to Near Fine:
light bumping & rubbing to bottom fore-corners, lightest bumping
to spine-top/bottom, spine title fading & lightly rubbed.
Binding strong & tight, insides Fine aside from 1 detached (but
present & pristine) fold comprising pages 19-20 & Plates 8-9.
[Digital JPEG image (3.5) available on request].  2428~.
US$90.-


Young, Jean~.  WOODSTOCK CRAFTSMAN'S MANUAL~.  NYC - Washington,
USA: Praeger Publishers, 1972.  Keywords: Firsts by no means
numerous -- A straight ahead guide to: Weaving, Pottery, Macrame,
Beads, Leather, Tie Dye & Batik, Embroidery, Silkscreen, Home
Recording, Candles, Crochet -- Arts & Crafts -- Illustrated --
Illustrated (photos) -- English language.  First ('Pub'd USA in
1972 by Praeger').  Oversized paperback original.  253 pages: b&w
photos & illustrations throughout.  Binding height: 10-7/8".
Stiff color pictorial wrappers.  Book Near Fine: 1" closed tear
to top front.  Binding strong & tight, insides Fine.  [Digital
JPEG image (2.25) available on request].  2429~.  US$50.-

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                Gerard Gormley Books
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                Manchester-by-the-Sea MA 01944-1528 (USA)
                TEL: 978-526-7351
               E-mail: gerard at shore.net
                http://www.shore.net/~gerard
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