London / Philadelphia: William Heinemann / J.B. Lippincott Co., 1911. "One of the Most Sumptuous Gift Volumes of the Year" Publisher's 'Deluxe' Binding "The Cover Design is a Thing of Beauty" [ROBINSON, Charles]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Sensitive Plant. Introduction by Edmund Gosse. Illustrations by Charles Robinson. London / Philadelphia: William Heinemann /... More
London / Philadelphia: William Heinemann / J.B. Lippincott Co., 1911. "One of the Most Sumptuous Gift Volumes of the Year The Cover Design is a Thing of Beauty" [ROBINSON, Charles]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Sensitive Plant. Introduction by Edmund Gosse. Illustrations by Charles Robinson. London / Philadelphia: William Heinemann / J.B. Lippincott... More
London: Philip Lee Warner publisher to the Medici Society, 1914. The Book of Genesis Beautifully Illustrated by Frederick Cayley Robinson Limited to 500 Numbered Copies ROBINSON, F. Cayley, illustrator. [RICCARDI PRESS]. The Book of Genesis. Now printed in the authorised version and illustrated after drawings by F. Cayley Robinson. London: Philip Lee... More
London: Published by the Great Western Railway, 1935. Heath Robinson’s Great Western Railway Centenary Book [ROBINSON, W. Heath]. Railway Ribaldry. Being 96 Pages of Railway Humour. [London]: Published by the Great Western Railway…in the Centenary Year of the Company, 1935. First edition. Quarto (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 inches; 246 x 188... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1909]. First trade edition. Large quarto (10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm.). [64] leaves. Thirty color plates... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. One of 500 Copies, Signed by W. Heath Robinson [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1909]. Edition DeLuxe. Limited to 500 copies (this copy being No. 311), numbered and signed by the... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. KIPLING, Rudyard. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson.New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, [n.d., 1909]. First American trade edition. Large quarto (10 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 278 x 219 mm.). [64] leaves. Thirty... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1921. W. Heath Robinson Illustrates Charles Perrault [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. PERRAULT, Charles. Old-Time Stories told by Master Charles Perrault, translated from the French by A.E. Johnson. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1921]. First American edition. Quarto (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 249... More
London: Grant Richards, 1904. “With Visions of Hell That are Truly Horrific” [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. RABELAIS, François. The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais Doctor in Physick Containing Five Books of the Lives, Heroick Deeds & Sayings of Gargantua and His Sonne Pantagruel…Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. In Two Volumes. London... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. "The Most Complete and Beautiful Specimen Before Us of an Illustrated Book as a Single Work of Art" (The Times Literary Supplement) [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914. Edition DeLuxe... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Published by Constable & Co., 1914. First trade edition, first issue. Large quarto (11 3/16 x 8 5/8 inches;... More
London: Constable & Co., 1914. "The Most Complete and Beautiful Specimen Before Us of an Illustrated Book as a Single Work of Art" (The Times Literary Supplement) [ROBINSON, W. Heath, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare’s Comedy of A Midsummer-Night’s Dream. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Constable & Co., 1914. Edition DeLuxe... More
London: Robert Jennings, 1830. Twenty-Five Fine Engraved Plates Showing Italy and Switzerland in the Early Nineteenth Century ROSCOE, Thomas. The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy. Illustrated from drawings by S. Prout, Esq… London: Robert Jennings, 1830. First edition. Octavo (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 236 x 152 mm.). [viii], 278... More
London: Printed for J.J. Stockdale, 1812. A Political Satire Deploring Ireland's Union With England Four Hand Colored Etchings by Thomas Rowlandson Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Five Additional Plates Including a Very Scarce Double-Page Hand Colored Etching by Rowlandson "Comforts of an Irish Fishing Lodge" (Published May, 1812) ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [WOLCOT, John, aka Peter... More
Great Britain: The Limited Editions Club, 1961. One of the First Feminist Novels Illustrated by Paul Hogarth - A Descendant of the Great William Hogarth SCHREINER, Olive. [HOGARTH, Paul, Illustrator]. [DINESEN, Isak, Introduction]. The Story of an African Farm. With an Introduction by Isak Dinesen and Illustrations by Paul Hogarth. Great Britain... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1966. Anna Sewell's Black Beauty Finely Bound by Bayntun-Rivière Beautifully Illustrated by Lucy Kemp-Welch SEWELL, Anna. Black Beauty. Illustrated with 8 colour plates and many line drawings by Lucy Kemp-Welch. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., [1966]. Later edition. Octavo (8 1/16 x 5 1/4 inches;... More
Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1959. With Thirty-Five Tipped-in Monochrome Plates by Salvatore Fiume SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk. Quo Vadis? Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited... More
Verona: Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni, 1959. With Thirty-Five Tipped-in Monochrome Plates by Salvatore Fiume SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk. Quo Vadis? Translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin with an introduction by Harold Lamb and illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Verona: Printed for members of the Limited... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1914. "The Ideal Child is the Legacy Left Us By This Remarkable Artist" First Issue, In the Scarce First Issue Box [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose. A Careful and Full Selection of the Rhymes. With Numerous Illustrations In full color... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. Eight Full-Page Color Plates by Jessie Willcox Smith In the Very Scarce Original Printed Dust Jacket [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. BURNETT, Frances Hodgson. In the Closed Room. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. First edition. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches; 210 x.... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1923. David Copperfield, Tiny Tim, Little Nell, Alice, Heidi, Rebecca, Mowgli and Hans Brinker All Together in One Book [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. SMITH, Nora Archibald. Boys and Girls of Bookland. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1923]. First edition, second issue. Large quarto (11 15/16 x.... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1922. Jessie Willcox Smith's Last Major Children's Story [SMITH, Jessie Willcox, illustrator]. SPYRI, Johanna. Heidi. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1922. First Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated edition, first issue. Quarto (9 1/4 x 7 inches; 236 x 178 mm.). 380 pp. Color pictorial title-page, ten full-page color plates... More
New York: Duffield & Company, 1915. When Kids and Christmas Meet [SMITH, JESSIE WILLCOX, Illustrator]. UNDERWOOD, Priscilla. When Christmas Comes Around. Sketches of Children. Pictures in Color by Jessie Willcox Smith. New York: Duffield & Company, 1915. First edition. Quarto (11 1/4 x 9 7/8 in; 287 x 252 mm). [6]... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1910. Off With Their Heads! (But Keep Scarce Dust Jackets On) One of Only 150 Copies Signed by the Artist [SULLIVAN, Edmund J., illustrator]. CARLYLE, Thomas. The French Revolution. A History. With Illustrations by Edmund J. Sullivan. London: Chapman and Hall, 1910. Large paper copy, limited to 150 sets, signed... More
![Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt [And:] “Ask Mamma;” or, The Richest Commoner in England [And:] “Plain or Ringlets?” [And:] Mr. Facey Romford’s Hounds [And:] Hillingdon Hall or, The [Sporting Novels]. Robert Smith SURTEES, John LEECH, illustrator.](/pictures/thumb/03488.jpg?v=1542160064)
London: Bradbury and Evans [&] John C. Nimmo, 1853-88. A Set of Robert Surtees’s Sporting Novels SURTEES, Robert Smith. LEECH, John, illustrator. Mr. Sponge’s Sporting Tour. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. [And:] Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks’s Hunt. With illustrations by John Leech. London: Bradbury and... More
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