Los Angeles: Sutton House, 1935. Snickerty Nick with the Music Near Fine in original Printed Dust Jacket [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. Snickerty Nick & the Giant. By Julia Ellsworth Ford… Rhymes by Witter Bynner. Music by Charles Arthur Ridgway. Los Angeles San Franciso: Sutton House, [1935]. [Third edition, the first with the music included]..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1919. One of the Rarest of all the Books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. Snickerty Nick. By Julia Ellsworth Ford. Rhymes by Witter Bynner. New York: Moffat, Yard & Co., 1919. First edition. Quarto (9 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches; 243 x 184 mm.)..... More
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Stockholm: Gjöthström and Magnusson, [1830]. A Remarkable Suite of Sixteen Lithograph Plates - Including Four with Hand-coloring A Wonderful Caricaturists View of Stockholm MÖRNER, Carl Gustav Hjalmar. Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade. [Caricature Scenes of Stockholm in Lithograph] Stockholm: Gjöthström & Magnusson, [1830]. First Edition in Book Form. Folio (14 x 10..... More
La Flèche: George Griveau, 1645. A Fine Presentation Copy of Jacques Grandami's Nova demonstratio immobilitatis terrae petita ex virtut magnetica Athanasius Kircher's Correspondent on his Works on Magnetism GRANDAMI, Jacques. Nova demonstratio immobilitatis terrae petita ex virtut magnetica. La Flèche: George Griveau, 1645. First edition. A fine presentation copy presented by the author..... More
London: G.G. Harrap, 1913. A Superb Early Bayntun Inlaid Binding On One of Willy Pogany's Masterpieces BAYNTUN, binder. POGANY, Willy (illustrator). WAGNER, Richard. ROLLESTON, T.W. The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T.W. Rolleston. Presented by Willy Pogany. London: G.G. Harrap, n .d. [1913]..... 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
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Stockholm: Gjöthström and Magnusson, [1830]. A Remarkable Suite of Sixteen Lithograph Plates - Including Four with Hand-coloring A Wonderful Caricaturists View of Stockholm MÖRNER, Carl Gustav Hjalmar. Stockholmska Scener Tecknade och lithografierade. [Caricature Scenes of Stockholm in Lithograph] Stockholm: Gjöthström & Magnusson, [1830]. First Edition in Book Form. Oblong folio (10 1/8..... More
London: , 1987. "T'was not the best of Christmas Eves" LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator. BRICUSSE, Leslie. An original black and white silhouette drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." Image size: 5 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches; 133 x 412 mm. [Page 24]. "My trip across the USA/Did not exactly..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1960. Inscribed by Terence Rattigan RATTIGAN, Terence. Ross. A Dramatic Portrait. London: Hamish Hamilton, [1960]. First edition, inscribed by the author "To David Brass/With every good wish,/Terence Rattigan." Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 13/16 inches; 180 x 123 mm.). [1]-122 pp. Publisher's red paper cloth over boards, spine lettered..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Inscribed by Charlie Chaplin to his Friend Sam Joseph CHAPLIN, Charles. My Auto-Biography. London: The Bodley Head, [1964]. First edition. Inscribed in black ink on the front free endpaper "To E. Joseph.-/Your friend/Charles Chaplin/Sept 30th 64". Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 216 x 140 mm.)..... 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
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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
Paris: Louis Janet, 1828. A Color-Plate Tour Down the River Seine [MALO, Charles]. Voyage Pittorèsque de Paris au Havre sur les Rives de la Seine. Paris: Louis Janet, [1828]. First edition. Sixteenmo (5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 146 x 89 mm.). [viii], [1]-207, [1, blank] pp. Hand colored copper-plate vignette..... More
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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
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
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
Roma: Georgius Plachi, 1709. The Rare Catalogue of the Great Kircher Museum [KIRCHER, Athanasius]. BONANNI, Filippo. Musaeum Kircherianum, sive Musaeum a P. Athanasio Kirchero In Collegio Romano Societatis Jesu jam pridem incoeptum Nuper restitutum, auctum, descriptum, & Iconibus illustratum… Roma: Typis Georgii Plachi Caelaturam Prositentis, & Characterum Fusoriam propè S. Marcum..... 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: 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
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
Cambridge: Cornelium Crownfield, 1711. A Fine First edition of Joshua Barnes's Homer in Greek and Latin In Contemporary Full Olive Green Morocco [HOMER]. Homeri Ilias & Odyssea, Et in easdem Scholia, sive Interpretatio, Veterum. Item Notae perpetuae, in Textum & Scholia, Variae Lectiones, &c. cum Versione Latina emendatissima. Accedunt Batrachomyomachia, Hymni &..... 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: Chapman and Hall, 1840. A Scarce Little Sucker One of the Rarest of All Leeches Victorian Unisex Costumes - Lady-Like Gentlemen [LEECH, John, illustrator]. [LEIGH, Percival]. [The Fiddle Faddle Fashion Book. And Beau Monde à La Française enriched with Numerous Highly Colored Figures of Lady-Like Gentlemen. Edited by The Author of The..... More
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