Blackie and sons book covers

Aa big book covers leather big book covers vinyl big. Novelist told to remove blackie from book cover over. Another five years later, blackies second son, william graham blackie who, besides. Red cloth spine, pictorial front cover shows girl in red dress and dog, white titles. You are viewing all stock published by blackie and son limited. Complete in one volume, super royal, 8vo, bound in cloth, price 21s. Apr 01, 20 youe 1853 edition of the imperial family bible published by blackie and sons in glasgow, scotland would have a retail value of 12001500 dollars in excellent overall condition. Ballantyne the lighthouse the coral island martin rattler ungava the dog crusoe the gorilla hunters the young fur traders deep down the lifeboat gascoyne, the sandlewood trader w. Koen book distributors top 100 books of the past century. Scribner, armstrong, and company, 1876 beautiful antique books. Jun 29, 2015 in 1910 he also designed the memorial for the blackie family in glasgows necropolis. Blackies standard dictionary illustrated in colour. Umpi, amra, cmrra, latinautor, kobalt music publishing, and 15 music rights societies.

In the late 1950s, the series was redesigned and a smaller set of titles reissued. Cicely mary barker 28 june 1895 16 february 1973 was an english illustrator best known for a series of fantasy illustrations depicting fairies and flowers. Mackintosh had initially been introduced to walter blackie in 1902 by his friend talwin morris who was then art director at blackies publishing house. Kingston the three lieutenants the three commanders the.

A catalogue listing nine works published by blackie and son, beginning with. Damage to the book including staining, binding damage, fading, discoloration or any soiling would devalue your antiquarian family bible. This is an exlibrary book and may have the usual libraryused book markings inside. Project gutenberg offers 60,472 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. He trained as an architect but developed an interest in design and furniture. According to the edinburgh history of the book in scotland, the generally. There are three naive monochrome plates plus the frontice, one of which is a diver. This book has a beautiful cover design by talwin morris. Blackie and son initially published books sold by subscription, including religious texts and reference books. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, isbn. I absolutely loved them and made up my mind i should get the three designs attributed to him, so for the last year ive. The firm was founded as a bookseller in 1809 by john blackie 17821874 as a partnership with two others and was known as blackie, fullarton and company. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Blackies famous books consisted largely of classics appropriate for young adult readers.

His first kangaroo, an australian story for boys by. His first kangaroo, an australian story for boys by arthur ferres, london. Interestingly, mackintosh seems not to have designed any books for blackie during talwin morriss tenure, and only starts to accept commissions for book designs a few years after the latters death. It began printing in 1819 and was renamed blackie and son in 1831. The jackets are illustrated with one of the color plates from the book. Blackie is the stubbornly motionless equine hero of christopher cerf and paige petersons delightful and touching biographyinverse, blackie, the horse who stood still. Blackie ryan series 17 primary works 17 total works bestselling novelist andrew m. We currently have 24 books by this publisher in stock. Canterbury blackie and sons beautiful series danks, canon, haslehust, ernest on. Online source for leather and vinyl aa big book covers in choice of colors for all aa big books with screen printing and coin holder. This style of jacket and book was available until the mid1960s.

All the nfl, mlb, nba, nhl and college scores and betting information you need. Book cover art book cover design book design book art vintage book covers vintage books hidden book beautiful book covers art for art sake the new day, a poem in sings and sonnets by richard watson gilder, new york. Buy blackie s standard dictionary illustrated in colour by blackie and son isbn. We refer not only to the novel tinting of the illustrations and the richness of the covers, but more particularly to the solidity of the binding, a matter of great importance in boys books. Blackie and sons book covers the definitive book of body language ebook, booksellers catalogs scotland glasgow. Bright gilt and red illustration on cover and bright spine. See more ideas about vintage childrens books, vintage children and childrens books. Blackie to say that no firm of publishers turns out this class of literature with more finish. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Her earliest professional work included greeting cards and juvenile. Circa 1910 here we offer four books from the wonderful beautiful england series published by blackie and sons limited.

The morris s can still be found reasonably easily, the 2 versions of the universe are the best designs i think and are usually priced at about 40 pounds. It began printing in 1819 using the skill and equipment of edward khull. Brown quarto leather, dark green cloth, gold titles. Novelist barbara taylor bradford is told to remove blackie from new book cover over publishers racism fears. Please be aware that many publishers change their name slightly over time and that our records show the exact name of the publisher at the time of publication. But one day, his sons patrick and benny find three kittens at the bottom of the garden.

Barkers art education began in girlhood with correspondence courses and instruction at the croydon school of art. Spine lightly rubbed, covers also lightly rubbed, minor shelf wear, red edges. This book covers the general principles of the occurrence, analysis, soil chemical behaviour and soilplantanimal aspects of heavy metals and metalloids, followed by more detailed coverage of 21 elements. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. This general design was used from about 1930 to the early 1950s.

Written in thirtysix chapters for juvenile reading. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. This copy of tom browns school days is undated, but probably 1930s. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The firm was founded as a bookseller in 1809 by john blackie as a partnership with two others and was known as blackie, fullarton and company.