London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates Engraved by Alken Himself ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Second edition (plates dated 1820), complete; preceded by the oblong quarto edition of 1823, but of equal rarity. Tall... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929. "Thumbed to Loving Death in Nurseries, Generation after Generation". [ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie, illustrator]. BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan and Wendy. London: Hodder and Stoughton [1929]. Later edition. Royal octavo (9 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches; 233 x 160 mm.). 320 pp. Twelve mounted color plates and numerous... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. A Finely Bound Set of J. M. Barrie - the Creator of Peter Pan BARRIE, J.M. The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works of J.M. Barrie. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Limited to One Thousand Sets, numbered and signed by the publishers. Ten large octavo volumes (9... More
London: Constable, 1912. He Doesn't Mind This Outstanding Binding Wonderfully Finished by Christopher Lewis of By Bayntun-Rivière ROBINSON, W. Heath. [LEWIS, Christopher, finisher]. [BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binder]. Bill the Minder. London: Constable, 1912. Limited to 380 copies signed by the artist, this being copy no. 228. Quarto (10 5/8 x 8 1/2 in; 270... More
London: E. & C. M'Lean, 1823. Scarce First British Appearance of Boilly's Grimaces BOILLY, Louis-Léopold. Boilly's Humorous Designs. Seven Plates, Coloured After the Original Drawings. Price One Guinea. London: E. & C. M'Lean, 1823. First UK publication of a selection of Boilly's initial plates from his Recueil de Grimaces (1823). Folio... More
London: ublished for T.L. Busby, by Messrs. Baldwin, raddock, and Joy, 1820. The London Working Class [BUSBY, Thomas Lord]. Costume of the Lower Orders of London. Painted and Engraved from Nature, by T.L. Busby. London: Published for T.L. Busby, by Messrs. Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy… [1820]. Quarto (11 1/4 x 9 1/16... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First Edition of 'Pickwick Papers' In a Handsome Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. DICKENS, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. With Forty-Three Illustrations, by R. Seymour and Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition in book form. Octavo (7 15/16 x 4 7/8 in; 201 x.... More
London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co., 1819. With the Very Rare First Issue of Volume I [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. The Humourist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdoes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d’esprits, &c. Carefully selected. London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co.... More
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821. Uncut in the Original Printed Boards [CRUIKSHANK, George and Robert, illustrators]. EGAN, Pierce. Life in London or, the Day and Night scenes of Jerry Hawthorne Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees... More
London: Charles Tilt, 1839. Exceptionally scarce First Issue with All Eleven Plates in Two States Hand-Colored and Plain CRUIKSHANK, George, [illustrator]. [DICKENS, Charles]. [THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman. Illustrated by George Cruikshank. London: Charles Tilt, 1839. First edition, first issue (with the reading of ‘wine’ for 'vine' in... More
London: Read & Co… Ackermann & Co.,, [1853]. Saturday Night Fever In 1853 Or, The Hindostanee Shawl Dance, Etc. Burn Up The Floor [DANCE]. [CONCANEN, Edward, et al]. Read's Characteristic National Dances; Including a Series of Tales by Popular Authors. London: Read & Co… Ackermann & Co., n.d. [1853]. First edition. Quarto... More
London: David Butt, 1887. A Fine Arts and Crafts Style Inlaid Binding by Alfred De Sauty [DE SAUTY, Alfred, binder]. ADLINGTON, William, translator. The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale Of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche. Done into English by William Adlington Of University College in Oxford. With a Discourse on... More
![[In Japanese]. Setsu Kushi Hinagata [Patterns of Miniature Combs]. DECORATIVE ARTS.](/pictures/thumb/01948.jpg?v=1478034312)
[Tokyo]: [Japan Art Society], [1905]. The Art of Japanese Hair Combs A Singular Scrapbook [DECORATIVE ARTS]. [In Japanese]. Setsu Kushi Hinagata [Patterns of Miniature Combs]. [Tokyo: Japan Art Society, 37th Year of the Meiji (1905)]. Octavo (9 1/2 x 5 3/4 in; 242 x 140 mm). 154 pp. A unique scrapbook of... More
London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. The Profoundly Rare Misadventures of a Free-Loader Told in Six Beautifully Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [EGERTON, Michael]. A Day’s Journal of a Sponge. By Peter Pasquin. London: Published for the Proprietor, by Rowney and Forster, 51, Rathbone Place. 1824. First edition. Oblong folio (10... More
[n.p.]: , 1870. "Frogs and Snakes" GREENAWAY, Kate (1846 – 1901). "Frogs and Snakes". Original pen, ink and watercolor drawing illustrating "Diamonds and Toads" from Aunt Louisas London Toy Book, London: 1870. Image size: 9 x 8 inches; 229 x 203 mm. Matted, framed and glazed. This fantastically vivid and full... More
London: W. Sams, 1823. The Rare First Edition HEATH, William. Studies From the Stage, or the Vicissitudes of Life. London: W. Sams, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 14 in; 250 x 354 mm). Engraved title (plain) and over 100 hand-colored illustrations on twenty etched plates, watermarked 1822, with... More
Berlin: R. Wagner,, 1871-4. A Wonderful Visual Account of the Prussian Court Painter's 'Progress Around the World' In the Publisher's Deluxe 'Cosway-Style' Portfolio Box HILDEBRANDT, Eduard. Aquarelle. Auf seiner Reise um die Erde. [Watercolors. From Nature, taken on his trip around the world in Egypt, India, China, Japan, Manilla, America, etc.]. Chromo-Facsimiles... More
London & Cambridge: Macmillan & Co., 1863. "Just Another Destitute Little Chimney-Sweep" or "The Oddest Fairy Tale That There Has Ever Been… A Near Fine Copy Of The First Edition of The Water-Babies KINGSLEY, Charles. The Water-Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby. With two illustrations by J. Noel Paton, R.S.A. London &... More
![Works [Bombay Edition]. Rudyard KIPLING.](/pictures/thumb/01076.jpg?v=1478034246)
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913. 1 of 500 Sets Signed by Kipling KIPLING, Rudyard. Works... London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1913-1938. The Bombay Edition, limited to 500 complete sets signed by Kipling on the half-title to volume one. Thirty-one large octavo volumes (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in; 235 x.... More
New York: Random House, 1958. Signed By The Artist Eloise Takes Christmas By Storm THOMPSON, Kay. Eloise at Christmastime. Drawings by Hilary Knight. New York: Random House, 1958. First printing, signed by Hilary Knight on the preliminary leaf. Quarto (10 7/8 x 7 7/8 in; 278 x 200 mm). Unpaginated (24 ff)... More
London: N.p., 1920. Forty-Eight Original Kyd Watercolors "The Law is an Ass" But the Artwork is Sublime KYD, (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clarke) artist. [DICKENS, Charles]. Representatives of the Law. (Ranging from the Bench to the Broker’s man), extracted from the Works of Dickens, and portrayed by “Kyd” in a series of 48... More
London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1862. Early Edition of Edward Lear’s “Book of Nonsense” LEAR, Edward. A Book of Nonsense. Sixth Edition. With Many New Pictures and Verses. London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. [ca. 1862]. Sixth edition (first published in 1846). Small oblong quarto (5 1/8 x 8 3/16 inches; 130 x.... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. Scarce Leech His Most Popular Character LEECH, John. Mr. Briggs & His Doings. Fishing. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition. Oblong folio (12 1/2 x 18 in; 318 x 457 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic, mounted on artist board. Descriptive text with... More
: , n.d. "And It's Magic If The Music Is Groovy" The Lovin' Spoonful LOVIN' SPOONFUL. Do You Believe In Magic? Souvenir handwritten lyrics to the hit song, signed by each member of the band. [with] Color photograph signed by each member at time of lyric sheet. Off-white card stock, 8 1/2 x.... More
Paris: Aegidius Gorbinus, 1578. A Remarkable Survival of Three Books by Ramón Lull - 'Doctor Illuminatus' One of Athanasius Kircher's Greatest Influences LULL, Ramón. Opusculum Raymundinum de auditu Kabbalistico sive ad omnes Scientias introductorium. Incipit libellus de Kabbalistico auditu in via Raymundi Lullii. Paris: Apud Aegidium Gorbinum… 1578. Twelvemo (4 3/8 x.... More
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