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London: Thos. McLean, 1820. A Fine Set of Six Hand Colored Etched Plates on Fox Hunting ALKEN, Henry. A Set of Six Plates on Fox Hunting by Henry Alken 1820 [cover title]. London: Thomas McLean, 1820. Oblong folio (11 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches; 298 x 441 mm.). Specially printed title-page.....
London: Published by Lewis & Co., 1834. Six of the Incredibly Rare Tregear's Black Jokes "A Series of Laughable Caricatures on the March of Manners Amongst the Blacks" SUMMERS, W., illustrator. Lewis & Co's Selection of their Comic Black Jokes from the Designs of the Most Eminent Artists. Book, No. 1 (the.....
London: J. Robins and Co., 1824. Scarce With the Illustrations In Two States Complete with all of the Advertisements CRUIKSHANK, George. [WHITTY, Michael James, text]. Tales of Irish Life. Illustrative of the Manners, Customs,and Condition of the People. With Designs by George Cruikshank. London: J. Robins and Co., 1824. First edition, complete.....
[London]: Longman & Co., 1849. Owen Jones' Illuminated Song of Songs Beautifully Bound by the Harcourt Bindery HARCOURT BINDERY. Owen Jones, Illuminator. The Song of Songs which is Solomons. [London]: Longman & Co., 1849. First printing with the Owen Jones illuminations. Small quarto (7 11/16 x 5 5/8 inches; 196 x 143.....
Stockholm: Gjöthström and Magnusson, [1830]. A Remarkable Suite of Sixteen Lithograph Plates - Including Four with Hand-coloring A Wonderful Caricaturists View of Stockholm MÖRNER, Carl Gustav Hjalmar. Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade. [Caricature Scenes of Stockholm in Lithograph] Stockholm: Gjöthström & Magnusson, [1830]. First Edition in Book Form. Oblong folio (10 1/8.....
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari…et chez Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme (a Stereotypical Bourgeois), and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari…et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong folio (10.....
London: Printed for C.S. Arnold, 1825. "Acting is the Perfect Idiot's Profession" (Katherine Hepburn). "The Art of Acting Consists in Keeping People from Coughing" (Benjamin Franklin). EGAN, Pierce. LANE, Theodore, illustrator. The Life of an Actor… Dedicated to Edmund Kean, Esq. The Poetical Descriptions by T. Greenwood. Embellished with Twenty-Seven Characteristic Scenes.....
London: John Murray, 1830. The First Appearance of Southey's Life of Bunyan A Fine Extra-Illustrated Example in a Wonderful Contemporary Gauffered Edge Binding BUNYAN, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. With a life of John Bunyan by Robert Southey, Esq… Illustrated with engravings. London: John Murray, [&] John Major, 1830. First 'John Major' edition.....
London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. "Wine, Women, and Song" In a Fine, Near Contemporary 'Exhibition' Binding by Zaehnsdorf [ZAEHNSDORF, binder]. SYMONDS, John Addington. Wine, Women, and Song. Mediaeval Latin Students' Songs. Now First Translated into English Verse. With an Essay by John Addington Symonds. London: Chatto and Windus, 1884. First edition. One.....
London: John Warren , 1821. The Humorous Trials of College Life In 26 Hand-Colored Etchings DAGLEY, Richard. Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley. London: John Warren and G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 x 5 5/8.....
Paris: H. Delloye [&] Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, 1838. An Incredible Early Twentieth Century 'Portrait' Binding by René Kieffer Specially Bound for Gérard de Berny in Memory of his Father Gabriel de Berny First Illustrated Edition with an additional set of Proof Illustrations on 'Large Thick Paper' BALZAC, Honoré de. KIEFFER, René, binder. La.....
London: Spencer Blackett, 1890. “This is all an insoluble mystery to me,” said I. “It grows darker instead of clearer.” “On the contrary,” he answered, “it clears every instant.” 'The Sign of Four' The Second Sherlock Holmes Story A Fine Example in the Original Cloth DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Sign of Four. London: Spencer.....
Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848. The Original Stories That Catapulted Andersen to Fame ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Nye Eventyr. Kjøbenhavn: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848. First edition, complete, two volumes (collections) bound together, of Anderson's second series of fairy tales, the first issue of Collection Two, the second issue of Collection One. Small octavo (6.....
New York: R.H. Russell, 1900. One of 100 Deluxe Copies with the Plates in Two States [PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator]. IRVING, Washington. A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. Containing, among Many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter.....
New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. Arthur Rackham's Personal Copy from the Publisher's Both Volumes Signed by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. IRVING, Washington. Tales of a Traveller… New York & London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. Arthur Rackham's personal copy from his publisher. Inscribed in volume I on front free.....
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]. “His love of danger, his intense appreciation of the drama of an adventure…" DOYLE, Arthur Conan. The Lost World. Being an account of the recent amazing adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and Mr. E.D. Malone of the “Daily Gazette.” London.....
London: , 1987. An Unused/Unpublished Original Pen, Ink and Monotone Drawing From "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator. BRICUSSE, Leslie. An unused/unpublished original pen, ink and monotone drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." Image size: 5 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches. Santa on his.....
London: R. Ackermann, 1822. The English Gil Blas Illustrated By Rowlandson [COMBE, William]. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, artist]. The History of Johnny Quae Genus. The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, by the Author of The Three Tours. London: R. Ackermann, 1822. First edition. Octavo (9 11/16 x 6 1/4 inches;.....
London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey, 1820. A Superb Contemporary Fore-Edge Painting by Taylor & Hessey Inscribed by Jane Taylor, the Author of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" to her Sister, Ann Taylor [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [TAYLOR & HESSEY, binder]. TAYLOR, Jane. Essays in Rhyme on Morals and Manners. By Jane Taylor. Fourth Edition......
London: Jones and Co. and J.J. Marks, 1821. High and Low Life in Dublin ALKEN, Henry, illustrator. [EGAN, Pierce, imitation of]. Real Life in Ireland; or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles, and Sprees, Bulls, Blunders, Bodderation and Blarney, of Brian Boru, Esq., and his elegant friend Sir Shawn.....
London: H. Humphrey, 1800. One of the Scarcest of all James Gillray's Works GILLRAY, James. Cockney-Sportsmen. London: H[annah] Humphrey, November 12th, 1800. Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches; 342 x 485 mm. Plate mark 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches; 254 x 358 mm.). Four magnificent hand-colored soft-ground etched.....
Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1919. The First of Arthur Rackham's Two Great Silhouette Books The French Edition de Luxe [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. PERRAULT, Charles. Cendrillon. D'Apres Ch. Perrault avec illustrations par Arthur Rackham. Paris: Librairie Hachette, [1919]. French Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 copies signed by the illustrator, of which this is.....
Paris: F.-L. Schmied, 1928. Livre D'Artiste - Francois Louis Schmied's The Twelve Caesars SCHMIED, Francois-Louis, illustrator. Les Douze Césars. Traduction inédite de Joseph Estève. Préface de Louis Barthou de L'Académie Francaise. Paris: F.-L. Schmied, 1928. Limited to 175 copies printed on vélin d'Arches (this being no. 165) signed by F.L. Schmied.....
London: , 1987. Santa Being Hijacked LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator. BRICUSSE, Leslie. An original watercolor painting from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." (Faber, 1987). [Santa being hijacked]. Image size: 16 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches. [Page 22]. "It was as though, in some strange way,/I saw in one extraordinary.....
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London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition of Edwin Drood and The First 'Conclusion' - John Jasper's Secret Uniformly Bound by Zaehnsdorf DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Twelve Illustrations by S.L. Fildes, and a Portrait. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition in book form of Dickens’s final work, left.....
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