Mosaic : G. B. Stern : Jewish family in London, Paris, and Vienna : 1st 1930

Mosaic : G. B. Stern : Jewish family in London, Paris, and Vienna : 1st 1930Mosaic By G. B. Stern London; Chapman and Hall, 1930. First Edition. Hardback book in original dust jacket. 8vo. 383 pages plus a fold out at the rear. The "Ex Libris" bookplate to the front pastedown features a centaur carrying a torch, surrounded by zodiac symbols, and belongs to The Book Society. "Ex libris" is a Latin term meaning "from the library of," and bookplates like this were used to indicate ownership of books. The artist's initials "E D"

The jacket to book 3 is in good condition but has been price-clipped and there are a couple of repairs to the inside to closed tears

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The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects

Limited Edition to 530 copies published by William Heinemann

Douglas introduced the Douglas-fir into cultivation in 1827 as well as several other trees including the Sugar Pine and the Noble Fir

maps and diagrams

Slight mark on front end cover

the examination of the ethical vocabulary and its usage among the late eighteenth-century Scottish literati does serve two particularly useful functions

he wrote 20 operas

buck-passing and escapism

Name to front endpaper of volume II

Her work was released by the world-famous Calder Publications