London: Saunders and Otley, 1840. A Superb Cosway Binding With an Exquisite Watercolor on Ivory by the Renowned Artist Miss C.B. Currie COSWAY BINDING. WAAGEN, Dr. [Gustave Friedrich]. NOEL. Peter Paul Rubens, His Life and Genius. Translated from the German of Dr. Waagen… by Robert R. Noel, Esq. Edited by Mrs..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., [1916]. An Exceptionally Fine Riviére Rubáiyát Illustrated by Willy Pogany [RIVIÉRE & Son, binders]. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Presented by Willy Pogany. [The illustrations and decorations in this edition of Fitzgerald's translation of the "Rubáiyát" are by Willy Pogany]. London: George G. Harrap & Co..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph Cruikshank, 1771. Scarce First Edition of this Important Anti-Slavery Work. BENEZET, Anthony. SHARP, Granville. Some Historical Account of Guinea, Its Situation, Produce and the general Disposition of its Inhabitants. With an inquiry into the Rise and Progress of the Slave-Trade, its Nature and lamentable Effects. Also a Re-publication..... More
London: John Murray, 1909. An Amazing Sangorski & Sutcliffe Cosway-Style Jeweled Binding [COSWAY-STYLE JEWELED BINDING]. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. YOUNG, Colonel G.F. The Medici. With Portraits and Illustrations. In two volumes. London: John Murray, 1909. First edition. Two large octavo volumes. (8 5/8 x 5 9/16 inches; 220 x 141 mm)..... More
Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London: Blackie and Son, 1845. With Two Exquisite Watercolors on Ivory by the Renowned Artist Miss C.B. Currie [COSWAY BINDING]. WHITELAW, Alex. The Book of Scottish Ballads; Collected and Illustrated with Historical and Critical Notices, by Alex Whitelaw. Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London: Blackie and Son, 1845. First edition..... More
![Item #04902 First of the Bourbons 1589-1595 [&] 1595-1610. COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, binder BAYNTUN,...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/04902_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1593564127)
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1890. A Fine Jansenist-Style Binding by Bayntun of Bath with Two Fine Portrait Miniatures [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN, binder. JACKSON, Lady Catherine Charlotte. First of the Bourbons 1589-1595 [&] 1595-1610. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1890. First edition. Two octavo volumes (7 11/16 x 5 3/16..... More
![Item #04822 [Galerie de Grotesques]. GONDELIER, publisher MARTINET](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/04822_0001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1593563894)
Paris: Martinet, 1821. Galerie des Grotesques [GONDELIER, Jean-Baptiste]. [Galerie des Grotesques]. [Paris]: [Chez] Martinet, [1821]. Oblong folio (16 x 10 1/2 inches; 406 x 267 mm.). Seven leaves, titled and numbered in manuscript, each with three hand colored etched plates making a total of twenty-one images. Contemporary quarter green calf over floral..... More
![Item #04896 Mickey Mouse and Pluto [the Pup]. Walt DISNEY](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/04896_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1593028378)
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. "Public Enemy No. 1" Pluto Goes on Trial… DISNEY, Walt. Mickey Mouse and Pluto [the Pup] by Walt Disney. Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Co., 1936. First edition. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches; 248 x 184 MM.). [68] pp. Illustrated throughout in red and black..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1934. An Early Disney 'Flip-Book' DISNEY, Walt, Studios. Mickey Mouse Stories Book No. 2. Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio. Philadephia: David McKay Company, 1934. First edition. Octavo ( 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches; 217 x 156 mm.). [2], 62 pp. Over sixty black..... More
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1933. With Three Wonderful Color "Pop-up" Pictures. DISNEY, Walt, Studios. [POP-UP BOOK]. The "Pop-up" Mickey Mouse. Story and Illustrations by the Staff of the Walt Disney Studios. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., [1933]. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches; 217 x...... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1932. The 'Follow-Up' to The Adventures of Mickey Mouse Book 1 DISNEY, Walt, Studios. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Book Number 2. Story & Illustrations by the Staff of the Walt Disney Studios. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1932]. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 190..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1931. The First Mention of Donald Duck Dedicated to Mickey's Millions of Friends Thruout the World - Walt Disney (Dedication) DISNEY, Walt, Studios. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Book I. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, [1931]. First edition - Trial Copy? Octavo (8 3/16 x 6 inches; 208 x 152 mm.)..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1931. The First British Edition of any Disney Book Containing the First Mention of Donald Duck DISNEY, Walt, Studios. The Adventures of Mickey Mouse. Story and Illustrations by Staff of Walt Disney Studio. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1931]. First London edition, and..... More
![Item #00566 Charles Dickens’s Works [Edition des Bibliophiles]. Charles DICKENS, Kyd, Richard...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/00566.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1593027427)
London: Merrill & Baker, 1900. Edition des Bibliophiles One of Only Twenty-Six Copies DICKENS, Charles. Charles Dickens’s Works. Edited by Richard Garnett. Most Unusually and Elaborately Illustrated. London: Merrill & Baker, [1900]. Edition des Bibliophiles. Limited to twenty-six lettered and registered copies (this copy being Letter “H,” Printed for Sadie Belle Lufkin)..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1937. First Edition of Mickey Mouse and his Friends With Forty-Nine Color and Ten Black & White Illustrations DISNEY, Walt. Mickey Mouse and his Friends by Walt Disney and Jean Ayer. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1937. First edition. Octavo (8 x 6 1/8 inches;..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. A 1990 Caldecott Honor Book A Fine Presentation Copy with a Superb Pen and Ink Drawing of 'Dumbo' PEET, Bill. An Autobiography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1989. First edition, first printing. A fine presentation copy. On the verso of the front endleaf is an original pen & ink..... More
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1943. A Near Fine First Edition "Little Prince" in Original Dust Jacket SAINT-EXUPÉRY, Antoine de. The Little Prince. Written and Drawn by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Translated from the French by Katherine Woods. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, [1943]. First edition in English. Small quarto (8 7/8 x...... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966. "Ha! This time I've got you, Red Baron! This time you've met your match!" First Edition of Snoopy and the Red Baron with a Fine Original Drawing SCHULZ, Charles M. Snoopy and the Red Baron. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1966]. First edition. With..... More
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. I'm not Happy! I'm Grumpy! DISNEY, Walt, Studios. [TENGGREN, Gustav, illustrator]. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Illustrated by Walt Disney. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1938. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 1/8 x 9 inches; 182 x 229 mm.). [38], [2, blank] pp. Vignette title and..... More
London: Henry and Co., 1893. The “Pentameron” Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton [BURTON, Sir Richard Francis, translator]. BASILE, Giambattista. Il Pentamerone; or, The Tale of Tales. Being a translation by the Late Sir Richard Burton, K.C.M.G., of Il Pentamerone; Overo Lo Cunto de li Cunte, Trattenemiento de li Peccerille..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1861. Printed During the American Civil War [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of The Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Together with The..... More
London: Methuen and Co., 1908. A Near Fine First Edition of Kenneth Grahame’s Children’s Classic In the Original 'Second Issue' Pictorial Dust Jacket GRAHAME, Kenneth. ROBERTSON, Graham, illustrator. The Wind in the Willows. With a frontispiece by Graham Robertson. London: Methuen and Co., [1908]. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/2..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1928. "Cats here, cats there, Cats and kittens everywhere, Hundreds of cats, Thousands of cats, Millions and billions and trillions of cats" GÁG, Wanda. Millions of Cats. New York: Coward-McCann, 1928. Edition De Luxe limited to two hundred and fifty copies signed by Wanda Gág (of which..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1916. The Rarest of all Harry Clarke's Signed Limited Editions [CLARKE, Harry, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. London: George G. Harrap & Company, [1916]. Edition De Luxe limited to 125 copies signed by Harry Clarke..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., 1910. Four Fine Plates by Jessie M. King KING, Jessie Marion, illustrator. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. With Four Illustrations by Jessie M. King. London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd., [The Broadway Booklets, 1909]. Sixteenmo (5 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches;..... More
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