Paris: Chez Aubert, Éditeur…, 1844. Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Daumier, Pruche, Traviés, Grandville & Platier [DAUMIER, Honoré & others]. Paris Comique, Revue Amusante Des Caractères, Moeurs, Modes, Folies, Ridicules, Excentricités, Niaiseries, Bêtises, Sottises, Voleries et Infamies Parisiennes. Text non politique Par MM. Bouchot, Cham (de N..), Daumier, Gavarni..... More
London: Dean & Son, 160A Fleet St., [1870]. Exceptionally Rare and Fully Functional A Remarkable Survivor Showing 'The Battle Royal of the Sexes' [MOVABLE BOOK]. Royal Moveable Punch & Judy. London: Dean & Son, 160A Fleet St., [1873]. First edition. Folio (13 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 352 x 241 mm.). Eight..... More
London: , 1819. A Fine Manuscript Album of over One Hundred Caricatures By The Designer of Lord Nelson's Funeral Car The Rev. Ange Denis Macquin - A Contemporary of Louis Léopold Boilly MACQUIN, Rev. Ange Denis. A Series of Heads by A.D.M. 1819. [London, 1812-June 1819]. Small quarto (9 1/8 x 7 1/2..... More
London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton…, 1755. “The Most Amazing, Enduring and Endearing One-Man Feat in the Field of Lexicography” JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best..... More
London: , 1859. Fifty-Nine Original Pen & Ink Drawings for Punch By Edward Linley Sambourne SAMBOURNE, Edward Linley. Sketches from Punch's Book of British Costumes. An Album of Fifty-Nine Original Pen and Ink Satirical Cartoons from Punch Magazine. [London], ca. 1874. Oblong twelvemo (3 x 5 1/2 inches; 75 x 140 mm.). Hand..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1960. The Most Beautifully Produced of all the Rackham Bibliographies [RACKHAM, Arthur]. HUDSON, Derek. Arthur Rackham. His Life and Work. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1960]. First edition. Large quarto (11 x 8 1/2 inches; 280 x 216 mm.). [1]-181, [3 blank] pp. Seventy illustrations including 41 mounted..... 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 Letter Press by..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1901. Boswells' Life of Johnson Illustrated by Herbert Railton Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of over Six Hundred Portraits and Scenes etc. Extended from Three to Seven Volumes Handsomely Bound by F.J.Pfister of New York BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Edited by Arnold Glover of the..... More
Milan: Fratelli Ubicini, 1835. A Remarkable 1835 Hand-Colored 'Relievo' Binding in its Original Slipcase [RELIEVO BINDING]. Almanacco per l'Anno 1835 Versi d'amore e Prose de romanzi. Milan: Fratelli Ubicini, 1835. Small octavo (5 13/16 x 3 3/4 inches; 147 x 96 mm.). [xii], [1]-250, [2, imprint, verso blank] pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece..... 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 fore-edge..... More
Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. A Fine Early Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Painting of Glentilt, Perthshire, FORE-EDGE PAINTING. SCOTT, Walter. Miscellaneous Poems. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1820. With a fine early twentieth century fore-edge painting of Glentilt, Perthshire, showing a stag with large antlers, standing between two cascading streams. In the background a wooded..... More
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New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. A Fine Extra-Illustrated Set of The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Finely Bound Almost Certainly by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. [The Crown Edition of] The Poets of Great Britain. Extra Illustrated Copy of the Aldine Edition of..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. 'The Old Pretender' A Fine 'Extra-Illustrated' Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN (RIVIÈRE), binders. HAILE, Martin. James Francis Edward - The Old Chevalier. With 11 photogravure illustrations. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. First edition. Octavo (9 5/8 x 6 inches; 218 x 152..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co, [1934]. "Happiness is the one Thing we Queens can never have." (Catherine de' Medici) A Superb Cosway Binding with a Fine Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Catherine de' Medici COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. [MISS C.B. CURRIE], miniaturist. WATSON, Francis. The Life and Times of Catherine..... 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 Prideaux Courtney..... More
Paris: Maison Martinet, 1860. Pinch Me, I'm In the Country!! Now, Get Me Out of Here The Scarcest Cham of All? CHAM (pseud. of Amédée de Noé). Pincez-moi a la campagne!! Paris: Maison Martinet, n.d. [c. 1860]. First (only) edition. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 in; 339 x 254 mm). Hand-colored lithographed title..... More
London/New York: William Heinemann, 1907. "A Really Wonderful Wealth of Uncanny, Dreamlike Mystery to the Story" First Trade Edition of Arthur Rackham's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Rare in the original dust jacket. [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson. London: William..... More
[London]: , [1907]. Witches and Warlocks, Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "The Lay of St. Aloys" or, Witches and Warlocks, Ghosts Goblins and Ghouls. London, [1907]. A fine, pen ink and watercolor (9 x 6 inches; 228 x 15 mm.) depicting Witches and Warlocks, Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls with a...... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy…, 1820. One of Alken's Finest Sets (Schwerdt) Six Remarkable Hand Colored Etched Plates ALKEN, Henry. How to Qualify for a Meltonian; Addressed to all Would-be Meltonians. By Ben Tally-Ho… The Second Edition. London: S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy..... More
London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. First Edition of “The Pie and the Patty-Pan,” in a Superb 'Double' Pictorial Inlaid Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe POTTER, Beatrix. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. The Pie and the Patty-Pan. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1905. First edition, later printing (with “1905” on the verso of the..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1905. "Tales of Knights, Dragons & High Adventure" In a Fine Inlaid Binding very much in the Style of the Hampstead Bindery LANG, Andrew, editor. The Red Romance Book Edited by Andrew Lang. With eight coloured plates and numerous illustrations by H.J. Ford. London: Longmans, Green, and..... More
London: Pub.…by N. Heideloff, 1794. The First Two Volumes of “the Most Splendid of English Costume Books” "A Very Difficult Book to Find in Good Condition" The Copy of Maria Christina, Queen of Spain [HEIDELOFF, Nikolaus Wilhelm von, publisher]. Gallery of Fashion. Vol. I, April 1794-March 1795. [London]: Pub.…by N. Heideloff, 1794-1795. First..... More
London: John Murray, 1841. In a Fine Pictorial Binding by Kelliegram [KELLIEGRAM, binder]. DIBDIN, Charles. Songs, Naval and National, of the Late Charles Dibdin; with a memoir and addenda. Collected and arranged by Thomas Dibdin. With characteristic sketches by George Cruikshank. London: John Murray, 1841. First edition. Small octavo (6 1/2 x...... More
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1912. A Spectacular 'Pointille' Binding from Rivière & Son During their Best Period RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. Chosen & Edited by Arthur Quiller Couch. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1912. Small octavo (6 9/16 x 4 3/16 inches;..... More
[London]: , [1932]. "The Snow Man" RACKHAM, Arthur. “Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales.” Original watercolor drawing for a dust jacket design for Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales (London: 1932). [N.p.: n.d., ca. 1932]. Depicts a group of four children, with a dog, dancing around a snowman, with a green picket fence in the background..... More
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