Paris & London: Paulin Libraire-Éditeur, Colnaghi, Son and Co, 1832. The Manners of French Society Executed with Gentle Satire MONNIER, Henry. CRUIKSHANK, George. Distractions, par Henry Monnier to is friend George Cruikshank. Paris & London: Paulin Libraire-Éditeur, Colnaghi, Son and Co., 1832. First edition. Oblong folio (11 x 16 inches; 280..... More
London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by J. Diggens, 1813. With Twenty-One Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. Poetical Sketches of Scarborough: Illustrated by Twenty-One Engravings of Humourous Subjects, Coloured from original Designs, Made Upon the Spot by J. Green, and Etched by T. Rowlandson. London: Printed for R. Ackermann, by J...... More
Paris: L'Édition D'Art / H. Piazza, 1911. French Signed Limited Edition of Edmund Dulac's Hans Andersen [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. La Reine des Neiges et Quelques Autres Contes Illustrés par Edmond Dulac. Paris: L'Édition D'Art / H. Piazza, [1911]. French Signed Limited Edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies on..... More
Paris: Vivantium Gualtherot, 1553. "Cosmographia is About the World, Which Consists of Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire" APIANUS, Petrus. Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per gemmam Frisium apud Lovanienses Medicum & Mathematicum insigne, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis, ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta, figurisque novis illustrata: Additis eiusdem argumenti libellis..... More
London: S. & J. Fuller at their Sporting-Gallery, 1827-1843. Twelve Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates of The St. Leger Winners and The Derby Winners HERRING, John Frederick. Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, [and] Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Derby Stakes at..... More
London: J.W. Jarvis & Son, 1890. The Wits and Beaux of Society A Spectacular Pair of Late-NineteenthCentury Cosway-Style Bindings Extra-Illustrated with Sixty-Eight Fine Engraved Portraits [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. WHARTON, Grace and Philip, pseudonym. The Wits and Beaux of Society… New edition with a Preface by Justin Huntly McCarthy,… And the original illustrations by H.K...... More
London: H. Humphrey, 1798. Gillray Punctures Parliament Complete and Exceedingly Scarce [GILLRAY, James]. Habits of New French Legislators and other Public Functionaries. London: H. Humphrey, 1798. First edition, complete; both series. Folio (platemarks c. 260 x 195 mm). Twelve hand-colored engravings, some stipple and aquatint, lettered with series title and plate number..... More
London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. A Tall Copy and Rare With the Lithographic Title-Page [CHALON, John James, illustrator]. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed and Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon. London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. First edition. A Large Paper..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1826-30. First (Best) Edition, Early Issue The Mishaps of a Maladroit Equestrian On The Hunt And Coaches Out of Control "Have You Any Idea Which Way The Hounds Went? ALKEN, Henry. Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports.; Caught in Leicestershire, &C. London: Thomas M'Lean, n.d. [1826-1830]. First edition..... More
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. Thomas Hardy on Frank Sinatra HARDY, Thomas. A Pair of Blue Eyes. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. First edition in book form (first published in Tinsleys’ Magazine from September 1872 to July 1873). One of presumably 500 copies printed. Three small octavo volumes. [6]..... More
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Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848. The Original Stories That Catapulted Andersen to Fame ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Nye Eventyr. Kjøbenhavn: C.A. Reitzel, 1845-1848. First edition, complete, two volumes (collections) bound together, of Anderson's second series of fairy tales, the first issue of Collection Two, the second issue of Collection One. Small octavo (6..... More
London: [various publishers], 1748. A Fine Collection of Smollett First Editions [SMOLLETT, Tobias]. The Adventures of Roderick Random. In Two Volumes. London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1748. [Together with:] The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane. A New Translation, by the Author of Roderick Random. Adorned with Thirty-Three Cuts, Neatly..... More
Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1840. Parisian and Country Tribulations The Humorous Side of Distress, Trouble, Misery, Anguish, Agony, Grief and Wretchedness… ADAM, Albert, illustrator. Tribulations Parisiennes et Campagnardes. Par Albert Adam. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, [ca. 1840]. First edition. Folio (12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 328 x 251 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and Thirty-two..... More
London: Matthew Iley, 1821. Twenty Humorous Hand Colored Plates by Charles Williams and William Read [WILLIAMS, Charles, illustrator]. [READ, William, illustrator]. The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in Search of the Antique and Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles; Illustrated by Twenty Humourous Plates. London: Matthew Iley, 1821..... More
Florence: Privately Printed [by the Tipografia Giuntina], 1928. A Fine First Edition of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” Complete with the Rare Dust Jacket and the Very Rare Original Glassine Wrapper Laid in is a Signed Postcard from Lawrence to his Sister-in-Law LAWRENCE, D.H. Lady Chatterley’s Lover. [Florence]: Privately Printed [by the Tipografia Giuntina]..... More
London: Effingham Wilson… and Thomas Hurst, 1833. With Fourteen Woodcuts by Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George. [WIGHT, John]. Sunday in London. Illustrated in Fourteen Cuts, by George Cruikshank, and a few words by a friend of his; with a copy of Sir Andrew Agnew's Bill. London: Effingham Wilson… and Thomas Hurst, 1833..... More
London: Printed for Patrick Martin, 1816. Fifteen Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates Drawn and Etched by Thomas Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [ROBERTS, Lt. Col. David, author]. The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome, with an Account of His Campaigns on the Peninsula, and in Pall Mall: With Sketches, by Rowlandson, and Notes. By and..... More
Paris: Chez Tessari et Cie., 1837. Extremely Scarce No Auction Records No Copies in Libraries Worldwide GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Fashionables. Paris: Chez Tessari et Cie., [n.d., 1837]. Large quarto (13 1/8 x 10 1/16 inches; 333 x 255 mm.). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum arabic, depicting couples..... 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 by Numerous Views. London: Printed for the Proprietor by Howlett and Brimmer, 1825. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches; 192 x 267..... More
Paris: Gustave Havard, 1854. Grandville’s Beast-Headed People [GRANDVILLE, J.J., illustrator]. Les Métamorphoses du jour. Accompagnées d’un texte par MM. Albéric Second, Louis Lurine, Clément Caraguel, Taxile Delord, H. de Beaulieu, Louis Huart, Charles Monselet, Julien Lemer. Précédées d’une notice sur Grandville par M. Charles Blanc. Paris: Gustave Havard, 1854. First edition to..... More
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1927. Everybody's Pepys A Fine Inlaid Binding by Rivière & Son Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard RIVIÈRE & SON, binder. PEPYS, Samuel. SHEPARD, Ernest H., illustrator. Everybody's Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669. Abridged from the Complete Copyright Text and Edited by O.F. Morshead. With 60..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1808. 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 (7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 197 x 250 mm.). Hand colored engraved title-page and forty-nine hand colored engraved plates including the..... More
London: Thomas Davison, 1819. The First Edition of Lord Byron's Don Juan Mainly Uncut in the Original Boards BYRON, George Gordon, Lord. Don Juan. London: Printed by Thomas Davison, 1819-1821; Printed for John Hunt, 1823; Printed for John and H.L. Hunt, 1824. First editions, large-paper issues. of Volumes I-VI. Complete in..... More
London: Sold by Reeves & Turner , 1892. With The Scarlet Initials Superbly Bound at the Time of Publication by Rivière for Hatchards [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. BLUNT, Wilfrid Scawen. The Love-Lyrics & Songs of Proteus… With The Love-Sonnets of Proteus… now reprinted in their full text with many sonnets omitted from the earlier editions..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1886. A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days… Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of over Two Hundred Illustrations GREGO, Joseph. A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days. Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in..... More
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