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Price: US$19.24 + shipping
Description: hardback, large 8vo, xiv,542pp, 56 plates, owner's name and label, binding shaken and one page detached, blue cloth gilt, boards heavily rubbed and soiled, torn at top of spine, Fair condition / no dustwrapper. Vol. 2 only
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Vol 1 only (of 2). Edited by her son Montague Guest. Ex library with usual library markings. Illustrated. A little grubby and lightly foxed throughout otherwise good. Original blue pictorial cloth with white library class mark to spine. A little worn and grubby but book still good and sound. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Tombland Bookshop, Norwich, NFLK, United Kingdom
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: SEE CONDITION NOTE AT END -- ".THROUGHOUT BRITAIN, FRANCE, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, TURKEY, AUSTRIA & GERMANY FROM THE YEAR 1869 TO 1885." "Illustrated by Upwards of One Hundred Plates Including Eight in Colour & One in Photogravure." Two Volume Set: Volume I, 503pp; Volume II, 542pp. CONDITION NOTE -- EX-LIB, SPINE WEAR, WEAR TOP/BOTTOM OF SPINE, ESPECIALLY ON VOLUME I. good, decorated blue cloth, teg (hardcover) EX-LIB - WEAR
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.
Guest, Montague J.. Lady Charlotte Schreiber's Journals, 2 vols. Bodley Head, London, 1911.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Blue cloth with white decoration and borders; gilt lettering, and TEG. 8 color and 100+ bw plates. Vol. I: xl, 503 pp. Vol II: xiii, 542 pp. Confidences of a collector of ceramics and antiques throughout Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Austria, Germany, from the years 1869 to 1885. Edited by her son, with a preface and annotations by Egan Mew. The bookplate/Volume II belonged to Helen C. Gunsaulus, honorary keeper of the famed Buckingham collection of Japanese prints in the Art Institute of Chicago and former assistant curator of oriental art at the institute. VG- (Clean and tight but with light wear and bumping to cover/spine edges, light foxing; bookplate inside cover of Vol. II; overall very nice shape!)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Blue cloth with white decorations and borders; gilt lettering and TEG. 8 color and 100+ bw plates. Vol. I: xl, 503 pp.; Vol II: xiii, 542 pp. Confidences of a collector of ceramics and antiques throughout Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Austria, Germany, from the years 1869 to 1885. Edited by her son, with a preface and annotations by Egan Mew. Good. Tight and free of owners' marks. Ex-lib., however, with handwriting on front covers in gilt ink, identifying Connecticut library ownership. With other marks (spine stamp, pocket, etc.) Pages have minor to middling foxing, and bottoms and fore edges are heavily foxed when closed.
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.48 + shipping
Description: 260mm x 160mm (10" x 6"). xiii, 542pp. B/w plates. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom
Price: US$51.31 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 2 Vol Set. A few dirty marks, some scuffs, scratches and wear on covers. Also heavy foxing on first and last few pages in books and on outer edges. Content is fine.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Thick Octavo; VG-; dark blue pictorial spines with gilt text; full title: Lady Charlotte Schreiber's Journals, Confidences of A Collector of Ceramics and Antiques Throughout Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Austria and Germany from the Year 1869 to 1885; no jackets; cloths have fairly slight wear to exteriors; only mild scuffs to exteriors; slight edge wear; white line border to illustrated front boards; light rubbing to borders; good, intact bindings; text blocks have top edges gilt; exterior fore and tail edges have modestly age toned; those edges deckled; minor wear to edges to endpapers; mild offsetting to endpapers, otherwise interiors very good; frontispiece to each volume; volume 1 has tissue guard to frontispiece; profusely illustrated with color plates, drawings and photogravures; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1364914. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$87.91 + shipping
Description: 503 and 542 pp Fine copies, verly light wear to back. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0
Seller: Antiquariat Willi Braunert, München, Germany
Price: US$93.41 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Title page in red and black. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards stained on second volume. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 v : fronts.,113 pl.(part col., incl. ports) ; 26 cm. Subjects: Pottery Private collections; Art objects Private collections; Collectors and collecting; Art Collectors and collecting; Diaries; Pottery Collecting; Biography; Porcelain; Letters. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarto. xi, (1) 502 (1)pp., 62 plates, xiii, 541 (1)pp, 56 plates, incl. frontispieces. Original illustrated blue cloth with gilt lettering and white ruling on cover and spine. Gilt top edges. Frontispieces with tissue guards. Title page printed in red and black. Confidences of a collector of ceramics & antiques throughout Britain France Holland Belgium Spain Portugal Turkey Austria & Germany from the year 1869 to 1885. edited by her son Montague John Guest with annotations by Egan Mew, illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates including eight in colour & one in photogravure. Bindings with light wear along edges. Bookplates on inside front covers. Some unintrusive pencil markings in margins. Bottom edge untrimmed. Bindings and interiors in overall very good condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$99.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Two Volumes. First Printings, 1911, Uk Issue With "The Bodley Head" At Bottom Of Spines. Blue Cloth, Gilt, With White Decorations On Spines And Front Covers. Light Rubbing At Corners And Along Ends Of Spines, Some Rubbing To White Figure On Spine Of Volume Ii. Contents Clean And Bright, No Foxing. Bookplates Designed By Rockwell Kent (Youth Reclining Under A Tree). Charlotte Mount Brock Schreiber Rca (1834 –1922) Was An English-Canadian Painter And Illustrator, Among The First Of Canada's Notable Female Painters.[
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: John Lane (Ballantyne Press); London, 1911. Hardcover. Complete 2 Volume Set. This set is heavy and additional shipping cost may apply. A Very Good, blue binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding intact, some rubbing to white spine illustrations, TEG with some blemishes, some handling/rub marks to boards, deckle fore-edge and bottom text block edge, bit of age toning to pages, spine buckram starting to separate from backing material, bit of waring to buckram on spine Volume 1 only, starting hinges, some fraying to spine edges with small tears to spine edge buckram, previous owner bookplate affirmed to front pastedown of both Volumes, without Dust wrapper. A nice and clean set. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9], (Vol.1) 503pp., (Vol.2) 542pp., indexed, b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily w/delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Price: US$102.61 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardback, large 8vo, complete in 2 vols, xl,503;542pp, numerous illustrations inc. 8 colour plates, moderate scattered foxing, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, blue cloth, gilt titles, slightly rubbed, Very Good / no dustwrappers
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$112.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked, decorated cloth. Title page in red and black. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Boards stained on second volume. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 2 v : fronts.,113 pl.(part col., incl. ports) ; 26 cm. Subjects: Pottery Private collections; Art objects Private collections; Collectors and collecting; Art Collectors and collecting; Diaries; Pottery Collecting; Biography; Porcelain; Letters. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$128.27 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1911. First Edition. Publishers original cloth binding, with gilt titles to spine and to upper board with white and grey pictorial images to both spine and front board. Lady Charlotte Guest, later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an aristocrat, publisher and collector who travelled Europe with her second husband collecting porcelain and ceramics, which were upon her death left to the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was also the first publisher of the Mabinogion, the earliest British stories in prose. Lady Schreiber kept a diary for the majority of her life until blindness prevented her. The first edition of this work, in two volumes. Edited by the author's son, Montague Guest. Volume I is illustrated with sixty plates, including four in colour; Volume II is illustrated with fifty-six illustrations, including four in colour. Collated, complete. Vol I xl, 503pp. Vol II xiii, [iii], 542pp. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 10 ¼ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition gilt titles, white and grey illustration, folded and bruised to the top and base. Joints good condition rubbed and worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition gilt titles to the front board, white and grey decoration, white lined border. Page edges good condition top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition tanned End papers good condition tanned. Title good condition gently tanned. Pages good condition browning to the edges, gently tanned throughout. Binding good condition attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1911 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Price: US$135.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY WELL PRESERVED BOUND IN BLUE WITH PERFECT GOLD LETTERING SOME WEAR AND CHIPPING TO WHITE COVER DESIGN BUT ITS 90 % COMPLETE FIRM BINDING A HISTORY OF A GREAT COLLECTION IN THE MAKING DURING THE VICTORIAN ERA TOP CORNERS BUMPED ON BOTH VOLUMES UNMARKED FOREDGE UNCUT TOP OF TEXTBLOCK IS GILT STATES THE BODLEY HEAD AT BOTTOM OF SPINE PRIVATELY OWNED LIGHT SPOTTING TO VOLUME 1 VERY SPORADIC AND JUST AROUND THE EDGES A REMARKABLE LOOK AT COLLECTING AND THE DAY TO DAY VICTORIAN LIFE OF LADY SCHREIBER
Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$139.28 + shipping
Description: ppxl, 504, xiii, 542, complete with over 100 plates, 8 colour. Large 8vos, cloth lettered in gilt (edges rubbed). foxing, else very good. Lady Charlotte Schreiber [1812-1895], daughter of the 9th Earl of Lindsay, shocked Society twice. First by marrying the Welsh industrialist John Guest, and, after his death, the much younger Charles Schreiber. An avid scholar and linguist, she spoke Welsh, Arabic, Hebrew and Persian, as well as the more conventional European languages. After her marriage to Schreiber, they travelled widely in Europe, collecting ceramics, fans, board games and playing cards, which they donated to London's V&A.
Seller: Louella Kerr Books, Petersham, NSW, Australia
Price: US$140.14 + shipping
Description: I. xl, 503pp plus 5 colour and 58 monochrome plates. II. 541pp plus 5 colour and 46 monochrome plates, and 5 monochrome ilustrations. printed cloth, slightly rubbed.25.5x17cms. Top edge gilt.
Seller: Thomas Heneage Art Books, London, United Kingdom
Schreiber, Lady Charlotte. Lady Charlotte Schreiber's Journals. John Lane (Bodley Head), 1911.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 2 volume set, 4to, blue cloth covers with gold gilt titles and blind-stamped illustrations and borders, gold gilt page tops, includes one hundred plates, eight of which are in color, some light wear to the edges and corners of the cover and some light scuffing to the covers, page edges are foxed, both books are clean and tightly bound, and in otherwise excellent condition.
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$205.23 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: These two volumes give a fascinating account of the journeys of Lady Charlotte Schreiber in her indefatigable search for ceramics and fans over 16 years in the late 19th Century. Both the collections she formed are now in the British Museum. Lady Charlotte was a remarkable woman. She was at first married to Sir John Guest, who owned the steel works at Dowlais, and when he died she continued to run the business. She also taught herself sufficient Welsh to make the first translation of the Mabinogion into English. She then married her son's young tutor, Charles Schreiber, and it was with him that she travelled the continent collecting. Each volume runs to over 500 pages, and the complete work is illustrated by over 100 plates, including eight in colour and one in photogravure. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown of Volume 1. This set is in very good condition: firm, and with very little bumping. Images on front covers very clean; figures on spine slightly worn, as usual. The books are heavy, and postage will be charged at cost.
Seller: Pricewisebooks, MARLBOROUGH, United Kingdom
Price: US$214.29 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 v (xl,503,542p,[118] leaves of plates) : ill(some col.), ports ; 25cm. Notes; Index in vol.2. Subjects; Guest, Charlotte Lady 1812-1895. Antiques. Art objects. Collectibles. Ceramics. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$214.29 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked, gilt-titled cloth, with white-tooled borders to the front panel and spine. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor, scattered marginal foxing, mainly around prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Physical description: 2 v. (xl, 502 p. ; 541 p.) : illus., plates (some col.) ; 26 cm. Subjects: Schreiber, Charlotte, Lady -- Journals -- Antiques -- Pottery -- Art objects -- Private collections -- Collectors and collecting. Notes: ". illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates, including eight in colour & one in photogravure" --title page. 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$224.47 + shipping
Description: An excellent first edition of Lady Charlotte Schreiber's diaries lavishly illustrated, which detail her years spent as a collector. Lady Charlotte Guest, later Lady Charlotte Schreiber, was an aristocrat, publisher and collector who travelled Europe with her second husband collecting porcelain and ceramics, which were upon her death left to the Victoria and Albert Museum. She was also the first publisher of the Mabinogion, the earliest British stories in prose. Lady Schreiber kept a diary for the majority of her life until blindness prevented her.The first edition of this work, in two volumes.Edited by the author's son, Montague Guest.With the ownership inscription of Jean Tsushima to the front endpaper.Volume I is illustrated with sixty plates, including four in colour; volume II is illustrated with fifty-six illustrations, including four in colour. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally very smart; a touch bumped to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have the odd spot. Very Good Indeed
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Price: US$244.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked, gilt-titled cloth, with white-tooled borders to the front panel and spine. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Minor, scattered marginal foxing, mainly around prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Physical description: 2 v. (xl, 502 p. ; 541 p.) : illus., plates (some col.) ; 26 cm. Subjects: Schreiber, Charlotte, Lady -- Journals -- Antiques -- Pottery -- Art objects -- Private collections -- Collectors and collecting. Notes: ". illustrated by upwards of one hundred plates, including eight in colour & one in photogravure" --title page. 3 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$244.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 v (xl,503,542p,[118] leaves of plates) : ill(some col.), ports ; 25cm. Notes; Index in vol.2. Subjects; Guest, Charlotte Lady 1812-1895. Antiques. Art objects. Collectibles. Ceramics. 2 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: 2 volumes. First edition. Edited by Her Son, Montague J. Guest. Annotations by Egan Mew. Thick royal octavo. Pp. xl, [2], 503 + xiii, [3], 542 plus upwards of 100 plates showing hundreds of items, including 8 plates in color and one in photogravure. Index. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on spines and front covers, pictorial elements in white, top edges gilt. Light extremity rubbing, two corners jammed, short half inch tear to upper front hinge of volume II. A very good set. These two volumes give a fascinating account of the journeys of Lady Charlotte Schreiber in her indefatigable search for ceramics and other objects for over 15 years in the late 19th Century. The English portion of her collection, consisting of 2,000 pieces, was presented to the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert) where it is known as the "Schreiber Collection." Lady Charlotte was a remarkable woman. She was first married to Sir John Guest, who owned the steel works at Dowlais in S. Wales, and when he died she continued to run the business. She then married her son's young tutor, Charles Schreiber, and it was with him that she traveled the continent collecting.
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.