![Item #05428 Les Amis [&] Proverbes et Maximes [&] Vulgarités [&] La Chasse [&] Croquis...](/pictures/thumb/05428_0001.jpg?v=1670358728)
Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840. Five of the Rarest of Honoré Daumier Suites DAUMIER, Honoré. Les Amis; Proverbes et Maximes; Vulgarités; La Chasse [&] Croquis Charivariques. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1840-1849. First collected edition thus. Folio (13 x 9 7/8 inches; 330 x 251 mm.). Forty-four superb lithographs. Les Amis (The Friends)..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach Illustrated in Twelve Highly Amusing Lithographs LEPRINCE, Xavier. Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. [The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach]. Douze Tableaux, Lithographiés par M. Xavier Leprince. Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826..... More
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. Maxfield Parrish Illustrates "The Knave of Hearts” PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator. SAUNDERS, Louise. The Knave of Hearts. With Pictures by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. First edition. Large quarto (13 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 350 x 292 mm.). [6], 46, [1]..... More
Paris: J. Vermot, 1860. The Soldiers of the French Army Thirty-Two Hand Colored Plates MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de. [Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action.] [150 Sujets lithographiés par de Moraine.] Paris: J. Vermot, [1860]. First edition. Small quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 267 x 207 mm.). Sixteen unnumbered..... More
Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co,, 1901. Inscribed by L. Frank Baum to Fellow Author Harold McGrath With a Page of the Original Manuscript BAUM, L. Frank. Dot and Tot of Merryland… Pictures by W.W. Denslow. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1901. First Edition. Small quarto (8 5/16 x 6 3/8..... More
Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oh, What Fun To Travel! (Not) In Twenty Scarce Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, n.d. [ca. 1860]. First edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261 mm.)..... More
Paris: Amédée Bédelet, [1857]. Twenty Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting the Species in the Second Oldest Zoological Gardens in the World PAUQUET, Jean Louis Charles, illustrator. Jardin des Plantes: La Ménagerie et la Vallée Suisse. Dessins d'après Nature par Pauquet, Lithographiés par Bocquin. Texte Illustré de 140 Vignettes sur Bois..... More
Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826. The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach Illustrated in Twelve Highly Amusing Lithographs LEPRINCE, Xavier. Inconvéniens d'un Voyage en Diligence. [The Disadvantages of Traveling by Stagecoach]. Douze Tableaux, Lithographiés par... Paris: Chez Gihaut Freres... et Sazerac et Duval, 1826]. First edition. Oblong..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, 1846. The Pleasures of Youth… Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure, Elégance, Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., n.d. [1846]. First (only) edition, complete. Folio (13..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Fifteen Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Caricaturing the British [CHAM, illustrator]. Mœurs Britanniques. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., ca. 1850]. Large folio (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches; 327 x 244 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen numbered hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1896. A Fine and Early Exhibition Binding by Zaehnsdorf [BINDING]. ZAEHNSDORF, binders. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Rendered into English Verse. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Octavo (8 x 5 1/2 inches; 204 x 140 mm.). [iv], 112 pp. Bound ca. 1896..... More
![Item #05299 [The Four Pooh Books]. When We Were Very Young. [Together with:] Winnie-the-Pooh....](/pictures/thumb/05299_21.jpg?v=1652466367)
London: Methuen & Co.,, 1924-28. "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day… Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.” A Fine First Edition Set of the Four “Pooh” Books in their..... More
Paris: Chez Desnos, 1765. A Remarkably Fine Miniature Atlas with Thirty-Two Hand Colored Maps In its Original French Red Morocco Binding [MINIATURE ATLAS]. Alamanach Geographique ou Petit Atlas Élémentaire Composé de Cartes gènèrales et particulaire des diffèrens Empires, Royaumes at Républiques de l'Europe et des autres Parties de la Terre…..... More
Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1855. "Whisperings in the Ear" "A Little Bit of One's True Self" COMBA, Pierre-Paul. Le Bout de L'Oreille par Comba. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [ca. 1855]. Folio (12 15/16 x 10 inches; 338 x 254 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and eighteen fine and amusing..... More
"Stealing the Lunch" [RACKHAM, ARTHUR], (In the style of). G. Guggenheim. "Stealing the lunch". Original pen, ink and watercolor. Signed on the lower left corner "G. Guggenheim 1921" and on the right lower corner "Arthur Rackham 09". Image size: 10 1/2" x 14 7/8"; 267 x 368 mm. Matted framed..... More
USA: Walt Disney Studios, 1970. Thomas O'Malley and Duchess DISNEY STUDIOS. Original Walt Disney Production celluloid with background featuring Thomas O'Malley and Duchess from The Aristocats. Walt Disney: [USA, 1970]. Image size: 7 7/8 inches x 9 7/8 inches; 202 mm x 250 mm. Framed size: 12 3/4 inches x...... More
London: R. Bowyer, 1795. The 'Killer Bible', Illustrated with Sixty-Two Copper-Engraved Plates from the Old Masters, A Remarkably Fine Copy of the Large-Paper Edition In a Wonderful Georgian Full Morocco Binding [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. The Holy Bible Ornamented with Engravings by James Fittler from Celebrated Pictures by Old Masters. The..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. A Fine Fore-Edge Painting by Chicago Artist Lyman Young FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [YOUNG, Lyman, artist]. The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham …with an account of his life by Robert Southey. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. With a fine..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1925. "The True Art of Memory is the Art of Attention" (Samuel Johnson) A Superb Cosway Binding with a Remarkable Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Dr. Samuel Johnson COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. [MISS C.B. CURRIE], miniaturist. A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson by William..... More
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..... More
London: Published by Thomas McLean… Printed by W. Lewis, 1821. "Considered the Most Comprehensive and Most Famous Work by Henry Alken" (Dixon) With the Hand Colored Frontispiece dated 1820 ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain. By Henry Alken. With Descriptions, in English and French. London: Published by Thomas..... More
Paris: Lami Denozan, 1826. Eugene Lami's Exceptionally Rare First Account of his Visit to England in 1826 Including Two Wonderful Scenes of a 'Cock Fight' and a 'Boxing Match' LAMI, Eugène, illustrator. Souvenirs de Londres. Paris: Lami Denozan, 1826. First edition. Large oblong quarto (10 5/16 x 13 3/8 inches;..... More
Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press…, 1933. The Shakespeare Head Press “Morte D’Arthur” With Twenty-Two Magnificent Half-Page Woodcuts Reproduced From Wynkyn de Worde’s Folio Edition of 1498. [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur. Notwythstondyng it treateth of the byrth lyf..... More
Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1897. A Spectacular Alfred de Sauty Inlaid Binding with a Triptych Fore-Edge Painting FORE-EDGE PAINTING. DE SAUTY, Alfred, binder & artist. NAPIER, George G. The Homes and Haunts of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1897. A Superb Alfred De Sauty Arts and Crafts Binding with..... More
Oxford: Printed by W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, 1790. The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden A Superb Fore-Edge Painting by the 'Double-Line Painter' FORE-EDGE PAINTING. DOUBLE-LINE PAINTER, artist. BIBLE IN ENGLISH. The Book of Common Prayer, And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and..... More
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