Paris: Librairie Charles Tallandier, 1898. A Fine Pictorial Inlaid Binding by Franz Ostermann Specially Bound for Sir Henry Harben [BINDING]. OSTERMANN, Franz, binder, aka FRANZ. PRÉVOST, L'Abbé. LELOIR, Maurice, illustrator. Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux. Préface de Guy de Maupassant. Illustrations de Maurice Leloir. Paris: Librairie Charles Tallandier..... More
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..... More
Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" Thirty Three (of Forty) Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites, avec des vignettes de Devéria et..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable and Co., 1822. Two Fine Early-to-Mid Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Paintings Depicting Two Scottish Castles [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. SCOTT, Sir Walter. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. [The Lady of the Lake [&] The Bridal of Triermain [&] Harold the Dauntless]. Edinburgh: Printed for Arch. Constable and..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1845. “The Academy of Modern Dance" Forty-Four Highly Amusing, Hand Colored Vignettes Depicting Parisian Dances [QUILLENBOIS, pseudonym of Charles-Marie de Sarcus, illustrator]. Le Conservatoire de la Danse Moderne. Charges Parisiennes. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie, [1845]. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches; 337 x 248 mm.)..... More
London: William Holland, 1790. "To hold, as 'twere, the Mirror up to Nature." (William Shakespeare) The Rarest of all 'Mustard' George's Publications… WOODWARD, George Moutard. Gradation from a Greenhorn to a Blood. Altered from an Original Essay, published about the Year 1740; And Adapted to the Taste and Fashion of the Year..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1836. First Edition, First Issue Set of The Library of Fiction, With Two Sketches by “Boz” and Plates by Seymour and Buss [DICKENS, Charles, contributor]. The Library of Fiction, or Family Story-Teller; Consisting of Original Tales, Essays, and Sketches of Character. With Fourteen Illustrations. Vol. I...... More
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London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, 1845. A Very Fine Example of a Mid-Nineteenth Century 'Bagster Velvet' Binding. Complete with the Original Elaborately Decorated 'Bagster' Vellum Case with Original Clasp [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. [VELVET BINDING]. The English Version of the Polyglot Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments; with a copious and original..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1869. Alice in Wonderland in a Cosway Binding with a Fine Miniature Watercolor by Miss C.B. Currie The March Hare and the Mad Hatter dipping the Dormouse into the Teapot… COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. CURRIE, Miss C.B., artist. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two..... More
New York: Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, 1944. A Remarkable Survival "We call upon the free peoples of Europe and Asia temporarily to open their frontiers to all victims of oppression…" (Theodore Roosevelt) SZYK, Arthur, illustrator. Save Human Lives. They must not die. New York: Emergency Committee to..... More
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..... More
London: R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1808. In the Original Boards Complete with the Rare 'Pall Mall' Plate ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Miseries of Human Life: Designed and Etched by T. Rowlandson… London: R. Ackermann, 1808. Oblong quarto (8 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches; 207 x 262 mm.). Hand colored engraved title-page and forty-nine..... More
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..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1907. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson. London: William Heinemann, [n.d., 1907]. First English Edition DeLuxe. Limited to 1,130 numbered copies (this copy being # 853). Large quarto (11..... More
London: MacMillan & Co., Limited, 1925. "Any book is a good book if you get good out of it" 'The Choice of Books' Handsomely Bound by W. Root & Son ROOT & SON, binders. HARRISON, Frederick. The Choice of Books and other Literary Pieces. London: MacMillan & Co., Limited, 1925. Octavo (7 1/4..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1919. "There are Fairies at the bottom of our garden! It's not so very, very far away; You pass the gardener's shed and you just keep straight ahead -- I do so hope they've really come to stay" PATTINSON, Alice binder. FYLEMAN, Rose. Fairies and Chimneys. London: Methuen &..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1901. A Fresh and Dainty Tale, Illustrated by Hugh Thomson In a Fine Pictorial Inlaid Kelliegram Binding KELLIEGRAM BINDING. THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator. ALLEN, James Lane. A Kentucky Cardinal and Aftermath. By James Lane Allen author of 'The Choir Invisible' etc. London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, [November]..... More
London: John Murray, 1835. "The Greatest Biography Written in English" With all Twenty of the Engraved Plates Colored by Hand Extra-Illustrated with an Additional Nineteen Hand-Colored Engraved Plates Superbly Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides… To..... More
London: Edward Lacey, 1835. Three Hundred and Twenty Hand Colored Views of Great Britain MACKENZIE, Charles. BONNER, George Wilmot, illustrator. Three Hundred and Twenty Picturesque Views in Great Britain, Land and Water Scenery ---Castles----Towns---Villages---Seats---Ruins---Vilas---Churches---Bridges---Public Buildings---and all Objects of Note and Interest, The Whole Drawn & Engraved by G.W. Bonner. With Descriptive..... More
London: Edward Orme, 1819. "The Manners, Customs, Scenery, and Costume of a Territory, Now Intimately Blended with the British Empire" (Preface) Forty Magnificent Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates WILLIAMSON, Captain Thomas, [Author, Illustrator], [HOWITT, Samuel, Illustrator]. Oriental Field Sports; Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East;..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. One of 500 Copies Signed by Kay Nielsen Specially Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator]. QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to..... More
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..... More
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London: John Camden Hotten [and] George Routledge and Sons, 1869 / 1872. A Masterful Pair of Inlaid Bindings by Bayntun-Riviere [BAYNTUN-RIVIÉRE, binders]. GILBERT, W.S. The "Bab" Ballads. [together with:] More "Bab" Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense. London: John Camden Hotten [and] George Routledge and Sons, 1869 [and] 1872. First editions. Two..... More
London: Published by the Artist…and sold by James Robins and Co., 1827. Rare in the Original Pink Printed Wrappers "Tempus Edax Rerum" CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. Illustrations of Time, by George Cruikshank. London: Published by the Artist… sold by Js. Robins and Co., 1827. First edition, first issue. Oblong folio (11 1/8 x...... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. In a Fine 1897 'Exhibition' Binding by Zaehnsdorf [ZAEHNSDORF, binders]. THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator. GASKELL, Mrs. [Elizabeth]. Cranford. With a preface by Anne Thackeray Ritchie and illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. Early reprint of the 1891 first Thomson illustrated edition. Octavo (7 1/2..... More
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