New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. The Finest Set Of Goldsmith Handsomely Bound By The Macdonald Bindery of New York With Frontispieces Signed By The Artists GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Peter Cunningham… F.S.A. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1900. The Wakefield Edition, limited to 500 numbered sets, this..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1874-87. "A Faithful Record of the Impressions Made on the Mind of a Competent Observer" Elegantly Bound by Bayntun of Bath in Full Blue Morocco ca. 1920 Extra Illustrated With 379 Portraits and Views and Six Autographs GREVILLE, Charles F. The Greville Memoirs. Edited by Henry Reeve, registrar..... More
London: Printed for J. Hassell…, 1817. Large-Paper Copy With 120 "Charmingly Composed " Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles round the British Metropolis; Illustrated in a Series of Engravings, Coloured after Nature: with an Historical and Topographical Description of the Country... More
London: Printed for J. Hassell…, 1819. Rare Large-Paper Copy In Original Drab Boards Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through Which..... More
London: Printed for J. Jenkins… by L. Harrison, 1817. First Edition, First Issue With Pre Publication Watermarks Fifty-Five Superb Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates JENKINS, James. The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817. London: Printed for J. Jenkins… by L. Harrison, [1817]. First edition, First Issue With Pre-Publication... More
London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison & J.C. Leigh, [1814-15]. An Amazing Large-Paper Copy with the Majority of the Plates in Three States [JENKINS, James]. [HEATH, William, artist]. The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies; From 1799 to 1815. London: Printed for Js. Jenkins… by L. Harrison..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1883. In a Beautiful and Unusual Kelliegram Binding From the Library of Jakob Raskob - Builder of The Empire State Building [KELLIEGRAM Binding]. [CRUIKSHANK, George]. JERROLD, Blanchard. The Life of George Cruikshank. In Two Epochs. A New Edition. With Eighty-Four Illustrations. London: Chatto and Windus, 1883. New edition... More
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: , 1773. Engravings of Dassier’s Medals of the Sovereigns of England [NUMISMATICS]. [DASSIER, Jean]. [An Explanation of Dassier’s Medals of the Sovereigns of England]. [N.p.: n.d., ca. 1797]. Blank book, interleaved and with thirty-three leaves with sixty-six mounted engravings (front and back of each medal), including thirty-one medals by Jean Dassier..... More
London: J.Diggens for R. Ackermann, 1818. Papworth's Rural Residences First Edition in the Original Boards Uncut PAPWORTH, John Buonarotti. Rural Residences, Consisting of A Series of Designs for Cottages, Decorated Cottages, Small Villas, and Other Ornamental Buildings, Accompanied by Hints on Situation, Construction, Arrangement and Decoration, In the Theory & Practice of..... More
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1927. The Diary of Samuel Pepys Handsomely Bound by Rivière & Son PEPYS, Samuel. SHEPARD, Ernest H., illustrator. RIVIÈRE & Son, binders. Everybody's Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669. Abridged from the Complete Copyright Text end Edited by O.F. Morshead. With 60 Illustrations by E.H. Shepard..... More
London: Printed for A. Dry, 1819. Large Paper 'Royal' Copy of Pyne’s Royal Residences PYNE, W[illiam] H[enry]. The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. Illustrated by one hundred highly finished and coloured engravings, fac-similes of..... More
London: "Westminster Gazette", 1895. " We all love great men ; love, venerate, and bow down submissive before great men: Nay, can we honestly bow down to anything else?'' [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. [SHELLEY, Henry C.] The Homes and Haunts of Thomas Carlyle. London: "Westminster Gazette", 1895. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x.... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1798-9. Thomas Rowlandson's Loyal Volunteers of London… The Plates Heightened in Gold and Silver ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms. Representing the whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise in 87 plates Designed & Etch'd by T. Rowlandson. [London]..... More
![Selections of the Ancient Costumes of Great Britain and Ireland from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century [and]Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland. Charles Hamilton SMITH, Samuel Rush MEYRICK.](/pictures/thumb/03289.jpg?v=1478034812)
London: William Bulmer, Shakespeare Press, 1814-15. "One of the Principal Sources from which Illustrators of Ancient Costume have Derived their Material" MEYRICK, Samuel Rush. SMITH, Charles Hamilton. The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of The British Isles, from the Earliest Periods to the Sixteenth Century; to which is added, that of..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1876. Extra-Illustrated with Seventy-Seven Fine Portraits and Views Handsomely Bound by Root & Son TREVELYAN, George Otto. The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay by his nephew George Otto Trevelyan, M.P. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1876. First edition. Extra Illustrated with seventy-seven fine portraits and views..... More
London: Printed for S. Bladon, 1779. One of the Earliest of "The Genre of Pornographic Trial Reports" [TRIALS FOR ADULTERY. uniform title]. Trials for Adultery: or, the History of Divorces. Being Select Trials at Doctors Commons, for Adultery, Cruelty, Fornication, Impotence, &c. From the Year 1760, to the present Time. Including... More
London: Published for the Author, 1823. Written While the Insane Author Was Living in a Gravel Pit [WILLIAMS, Charles, illustrator]. MITFORD, John. The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy. A Poem, In Four Cantos, With Notes. The Third Edition. London: Published for the Author and sold by Sherwood, Neely and... More
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