London: Messrs Ackermann & Co., 1845. The Exceptionally Rare First Issue with Twenty Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Mounted on Card HERING, G[eorge].E[dwards]. The Mountains and the Lakes. Sketches in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy. London: Messrs. Ackermann & Co., [1845]. The true first edition (reissued by M.A. Nattali in 1847 with letterpress title... More
Berlin: R. Wagner,, 1871-4. A Wonderful Visual Account of the Prussian Court Painter's 'Progress Around the World' In the Publisher's Deluxe 'Cosway-Style' Portfolio Box HILDEBRANDT, Eduard. Aquarelle. Auf seiner Reise um die Erde. [Watercolors. From Nature, taken on his trip around the world in Egypt, India, China, Japan, Manilla, America, etc.]. Chromo-Facsimiles... More
London: T. and J. Egerton, 1793. Scarce With Hand-Colored Aquatints IRELAND, Samuel. Picturesque Views on the River Medway, from the Nore to the Vicinity of its Source in Sussex: With observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood. London: T. and J. Egerton, 1793. First edition... 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: Published by L.B. Seeley and R. Ackermann, 1818. First Edition of Latrobe’s “Visit to South Africa,” with Twelve Fine Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates, LATROBE, C[harles] I[gnatius]. Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1815, and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of... More
Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1927. "Without a Doubt the Greatest Book on Sail Ever Published" LUBBOCK, Basil. The Last of the Windjammers. With illustrations and plans. Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Company, 1927-1929. First American edition, first impression. Two octavo volumes in four (9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches; 245 x.... More
Venice: Appresso Tomaso Baglioni, 1609. The First Practical Treatise on Navigation Second Italian Edition MEDINA, Pietro da. Arte Del Navigare dell'eccel Dottor Pietro Da Medina. Nella quale copiosamente si tratta tutto quello, che appartiene alla Navigatione, e sua cognitione. Venice: Appresso Tomaso Baglioni, 1609. Second edition in Italian (first published in 1554) of... More
London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1895. Into Africa With "the Winged and Furred Creatures of the Wild" Beautifully Bound MILLAIS, John Guille. A Breath from the Veldt. With Illustrations by the Author, and Frontispiece by Sir J.E. Millais, R.A.London: Henry Sotheran, 1895. First trade edition. Folio (15 1/8 x 11 5/8 in; 384... More
London: John Murray, 1934. RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. STARKIE, Walter. Spanish Raggle-Taggle. Adventures with a Fiddle in North Spain. London: John Murray, [1934]. First edition. Octavo (8 7/16 x 5 1/2 inches; 214 x 140 mm.). [xvi], 488 pp. Frontispiece and title-page vignette by Arthur Rackham. Folding map inserted at p.... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co.,, 1909. A Very Fine Copy of the Signed Limited Rackham Gulliver [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. SWIFT, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909. Large Paper Edition. Limited to [a total of] 750 numbered copies... More
London: Printed for the Proprietor by Howlett and Brimmer, 1825. The Great Wight Way RAYE, Charles. A Picturesque Tour Through the Isle of Wight. Illustrated With Numerous Views. London: Printed for the Proprietor by Howlett and Brimmer, 1825. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 7/8 x 10 1/8 in; 200 x 256... More
London: Robert Jennings, 1830. Twenty-Five Fine Engraved Plates Showing Italy and Switzerland in the Early Nineteenth Century ROSCOE, Thomas. The Tourist in Switzerland and Italy. Illustrated from drawings by S. Prout, Esq… London: Robert Jennings, 1830. First edition. Octavo (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 236 x 152 mm.). [viii], 278... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1815. Hand Colored Plates by Thomas Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [ENGELBACH, Lewis, author]. Naples and the Campagna Felice In a Series of Letters addressed to a Friend in England in 1802.. London: R. Ackermann, 1815. First edition in book form. Octavo (9 1/4 x 5 5/8 in; 236... More
London: Published by William Sams, 1824. In the Original Boards SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris. London: William Sams, 1824. First edition. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 13 in; 250 x 333 mm). Hand-colored engraved title-page and twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates with accompanying unpaginated text to each. Plates watermarked 1824. Original printed... More
London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio (14 1/4 x.... More
London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy The Plates Superbly Hand-Colored SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio... More
Neuchatel: Chex Samuel Fauche, 1779-86. The First Accurate Understanding of the Structure of the Alps SAUSSURE, Horace Benedict de. Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Geneve. Neuchatel: Chez Samuel Fauche, 1779 [and] Geneva: Chez Barde, Manget & Compagnie, 1786. First edition. Volumes I-II (of 4)... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. One of Fifty Large-Paper Copies With Remarkably Brilliant Impressions of the Plates That are Greatly Superior to those in the Regular Copies SAUVAN, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea. With particulars historical and descriptive… Illustrated with twenty-four highly finished and coloured engravings, from drawings... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. One of the Greatest Nineteenth-Century English Color Plate Books Illustrating the Scenery Along the River Seine Part One Only (of Six) With Remarkably Brilliant Impressions of the Plates SAUVAN, Jean-Baptiste-Balthazar. Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea. With particulars historical and descriptive… Illustrated with twenty-four highly... More
London: First Edition Club, 1926. A Finely Printed Gulliver's Travels in a Very Attractive Full Morocco Binding by Gray of Cambridge SWIFT, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels… The Text of the First Edition Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by Harold Williams. London: First Edition Club, 1926. [Bicentennial Edition]. Octavo (8 3/8 x.... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. TWAIN, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens). A Tramp Abroad. Illustrated by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day And Other Artists - With Also Three or Four Pictures Made By The Author Of This Book Without Outside Help; In All Three Hundred And Fourteen Illustrations. London... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1820. Don't Cry For Me Argentina & Uruguay You Were One of Only Fifty Large Paper Copies VIDAL, E[meric] E[ssex]. Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, Consisting of Twenty-Four Views: accompanied with descriptions of the scenery, and of the costumes, manners, &c. of the inhabitants of... More
London: Allen & Co., 1807. "A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England… WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed... More
London: Country Life, 1938. Publisher's Special Binding The Silent Traveller (Chiang Yee) in London YEE, Chiang. The Silent Traveller in London. By Chiang Yee Author of the Silent Traveller in Lakeland, of The Chinese Eye and of Chinese Calligraphy. London: Country Life, [1938]. First edition. Specially bound by Leighton-Straker. Octavo (8 7/8 x.... More
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