London: G.S. Tregear, 1834. The Incredibly Rare Tregear's Black Jokes "A Series of Laughable Caricatures on the March of Manners Amongst the Blacks" SUMMERS, W., illustrator. Tregear's Black Jokes, being a series of laughable caricatures on the march of manners amongst the blacks. Twenty plates. London: Published by G.S. Tregear, at his.....
Paris: Mon. Martinet, 1860. The Trial of Jean Bidoux in his Military Career CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. Les Tâtonnements de Jean Bidoux dans la Carrière Militaire. (The trials of Jean Bidoux in his Military Career). Par Cham. Paris: Mon. Martinet, [1860]. Large quarto (13 1/4 x 9 7/8.....
Paris [&] Leipzig : G. De Gonet, Éditeur [&] Chez Charles Twietmeyer, 1849. Grandville’s “Last Fairy-Tale” In a Superb Inlaid Binding by Charles Meunier GRANDVILLE, J.J., illustrator] MÉRY, Joseph. MEUNIER, Charles, binder. Les Étoiles. Dernière féerie par J.-J. Grandville. Texte par Méry. Astronomie des dames par le C[om]te Foelix. Paris: G......
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...
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...
Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1909. One of Only Thirty Signed Copies Printed on Papier Imperial Du Japon [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, William. Le Songe D'Une Nuit D'Ete. Paris: Hachette et Cie, 1909. First edition in French of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Limited to thirty numbered copies on Papier.....
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...
New York: Brentano's, 1916. Scarce First American Trade Edition [CLARKE, Harry, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated by Harry Clarke. New York: Brentano's, [n.d., 1916]. First American trade edition. Quarto (11 x 7 5/8 inches; 280 x 194 mm.). 319, [1] pp. Sixteen mounted color plates...
London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. A Superb First Edition Set of The Charles Dickens Christmas Books Beautifully Bound by Root & Son ca. 1920. DICKENS, Charles. ROOT & SON, Binders. The Christmas Books. London: [Various], 1843-1848. [Comprising:] A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas… With illustrations by John Leech. London.....
London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. A Superb Early Example of a Bayntun 'Inlaid' Binding BAYNTUN, Binder. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. With prefatory memoir by George Saintsbury. And One Hundred and Fourteen Coloured Illustrations. London: John C. Nimmo, 1886. Large octavo (9 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 247 x 162 mm.)...
London: Printed for T. Payne, 1810. A Fine Early Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Painting of the Acropolis by the "Dover Painter" From the Celebrated Library of Estelle Doheny FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [The "DOVER PAINTER"]. EURIPIDES. Cornelia and Alcestis; Two Operas; Founded on the Medea and Alcestis of Euripides. With prefatory remarks on that ancient.....
London [&] New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1878. W.S. Gilbert's 'Fifty "Bab Ballads' A Fine Inlaid Binding - Possibly by W.T. Morrell GILBERT, W.S. Fifty "Bab" Ballads. Much Sound and Little Sense by W.S. Gilbert. With illustrations by the author. London [&] New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1878. Third? edition.....
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First N.C. Wyeth llustrated Edition of Treasure Island Finely Bound by MacDonald of New York WYETH, N.C., illustrator. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. First Wyeth Illustrated Edition, first issue. [i-vi], vii-xiv, [1, blank], [1, map], 273, [1, blank] pp. Color pictorial...
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924-28. A Fine First Edition Set of the Pooh Books Bound ca. 1960 by Bayntun of Bath MILNE, A.A. SHEPARD, Ernest H. illustrator. [A Complete Set of the Pooh Books]. Winnie the Pooh. Now We Are Six. When We Were Very Young. The House at Pooh Corner.....
Paris: Au Bureau de la Société des Journaux de Modes Réunis, 1863. 327 Superb Hand Colored Fashion Plates by Héloïse Leloir LE BON TON. Journal de Modes. Littérature, Beaux-Arts, Théatres… Paris: Au Bureau de la Société des Journaux de Modes Réunis, 1863-1867. A fine run of sixty numbers (January 1863 -.....
London: George Newnes, 1905. “‘Holmes!’ I cried. ‘Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?’”— the Third Collection of Sherlock Holmes Stories DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Illustrated by Sidney Paget. London: George.....
London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897. Transparently, a Masterpiece An Exceptional First Edition of “The Invisible Man” WELLS, H.G. The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897. First edition. Octavo (7 3/16 x 4 13/16 inches; 183 x 122 mm.). viii, 245, [1, printer’s imprint], [2, publisher’s advertisements] pp. Page [1]...
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. The Scarcest of All Verne First Editions VERNE, Jules. The Green Ray. Translated From the French by Mary de Hautville. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. First British edition and First edition in English, the five shillings issue with plain edges...
New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925. The Writings of Oscar Wilde Handsomely Bound by Stikeman & Co. WILDE, Oscar. The Writings of Oscar Wilde [Large Paper Edition]. New York: Gabriel Wells, 1925. Limited to 575 numbered copies , this set being number 179. Twelve octavo volumes (8 11/16 x 5 5/8 inches; 221...
London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign of the Bodley Head, 1893. "I can resist anything except temptation" "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about" WILDE, Oscar. Lady Windermere's Fan. A Play About a Good Woman. London: Elkin Mathews and John Lane at the Sign.....
London: Ernest Nister, 1904. Birds and Children [PICTURE BOOK]. NISTER, Ernest, publisher. Feathered Friends. London: Ernest Nister, N.d. [c. 1904]. Square quarto (9 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches; 232 x 206 mm.) [36], pages printed on thick paper. Twelve full-page color chromolithograph illustrations in the text including frontispiece, one three-quarter page color...
Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, 1828. An Exceptionally Rare and Amusing Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. Les Compensations Composées et Dessinées par Ch. Philipon, Lithographies par Wattier. Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, [1828]. First edition. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 276.....
London: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1927. Beardsley’s Supplemental Drawings for Le Morte Darthur: The Morte Darthur Portfolio [BEARDSLEY, Aubrey, illustrator]. [MALORY, Sir Thomas]. Reproductions of Eleven Designs Omitted from the First Edition of Le Morte Darthur, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley and published in MDCCCXCIII, also those made for the.....
London: James Cochrane and Co.,, 1831. “One of the Three Most Perfect Plots ever Penned” (Coleridge) Illustrated by George Cruikshank A Fine Exhibition Binding by Zaehnsdorf CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. With a Memoir of the Author by Thomas Roscoe, Esq. and illustrations by George Cruikshank.....
London: Edward Moxon, 1847. First Edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson's "The Princess" In an Elaborately Gilt Decorated Binding by The Scroll Club of New York SCROLL CLUB BINDERY. TENNYSON, Alfred Lord. The Princess; A Medley. London: Edward Moxon, 1847. First edition. Small octavo (6 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 168 x 105...
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