London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. A Delightful Gallimaufry of Visual Wordplay, Corniness, and Puns in Caricature Forty Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LISLE, Joseph. Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. First edition. Small oblong quarto (6 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 169 x 268 mm.). Letterpress title-page. Forty hand..... More
London: Thomas McLean, 1823. One of the Rarest of all Color Plate 'Angling' Books FRANKLAND, Sir Robert, artist. TURNER, Charles, illustrator. [Delights of Fishing]. London: Thomas McLean, 1823-25. First edition, second issue. Oblong quarto (10 x 12 1/2 inches; 255 x 317 mm.). Six fine hand-colored aquatint plates. All plates..... More
London: Printed for Knight & Lacey...and Pierce Egan, 1827. The 19th Century's Wide World of Sports: The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat Scarce In Original Boards This Copy Can't Be Beat EGAN, Pierce. LANE, Theodore, illustrator. Pierce Egan's Anecdotes (Original and Selected) of The Turf, The Chase, The..... More
Naples: Gatti e Dura, 1835. The Costumes and Street Life of Naples as Depicted by Gaetano Dura Hand Colored Lithograph Title and Thirty-Five Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates DURA, Gaetano. Napoli e Contorni Album da Gaetno. Dura. Lithografia Gatti e Dura. [Naples, ca. 1835]. First edition. Folio (12 7/8 x...... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1829. Scarce Costume Book on The Canary Islands Six Hand Colored Lithographs - In the Original Printed Wrappers [DISTON, Alfred]. Costumes of the Canary Islands. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1829. First edition. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 301 x 241 mm.). [2..... More
London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-26. Nineteenth Century Hush-Hush The Private Lives of Celebrities With Portraits by R. Cruikshank and Rowlandson CRUIKSHANK, Robert, illustrator]. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, Illustrator]. BLACKMANTLE, Bernard (pseud. of Charles Molloy Westmacott). The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every..... More
The Hague: Bij de Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1823. A superb copy of the finest Dutch color plate work on military costume TEUPKEN, J.F. Beschrijving hoedanig de Koninklijke Nederlandsche Troepen en alle in militaire betrekking staande personen gekleed, geëquipeerd en gewapend zijn… Gevolgd van 51 platen met eene titelplaat, voorstellende officieren..... More
Paris [&] London: H. Mandeville, Ackerman & Co., & Read & Co., 1855. The Architectural Beauties of London - Published by Mandeville & Ackerman With Thirty-Six Very Fine Hand Colored Plates [LONDON]. SHEPHERD, Thomas Hosmer, and others, illustrators. Les Beautes Architecturales de Londres. [The Architectural Beauties of London] Edition Poliglotte..... More
London: Wm. Miller, 1807. “The Miseries of Human Life” Depicted in Sixteen Amusing Hand Colored Etched Plates [ATKINSON, John Augustus]. Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of The Wretched. London: Published by Wm. Miller, 1807. First edition. Small oblong quarto (6 3/4 x 8 1/8..... More
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson…, , 1779. First Dublin Edition of Johnson's Lives of the Poets JOHNSON, Samuel. The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; and a Criticism on Their Works. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson…, 1779, 1781, 1781. First separate edition (preceding..... More
London: H. Humphrey, 1809. James Gillray's Life of Cobbett with Eight Superb Hand-Colored Etched Plates GILLRAY, James. The Life of Cobbett, written by himself. London: H[annah] Humphrey, 1809. First edition. Large folio (19 3/8 x 12 inches; 492 x 305 mm.). The complete set of eight etchings, with large margins..... More
London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820. Complete with the Two Additional Plates ASPIN, Jehoshaphat. The Naval and Military Exploits Which Have Distinguished the Reign of George the Third. Accurately described, and methodically arranged. Embellished with numerous color plates. London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820..... More
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London: Charles Tilt & David Bogue, 1835-53. A Handsomely Bound Complete Set of George Cruikshanks's “The Comic Almanacks” [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. The Comic Almanack, for 1835[-1853]: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing “All Things Fitting for Such a Work.” By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. Adorned with a Dozen of “Righte..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. The Author's First Novel SAROYAN, William. The Human Comedy. Illustrated by Don Freeman. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1943. First edition, later printing (with no first edition statement and no price on dust jacket flap) Octavo (8 15/16 x 5 3/8 in;..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. "Certainly the Most Distinguished Book of Short Stories of 1953" DAHL, Roald. Someone Like You. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 191 x 133 mm.). [x], [1]-359, [1, Printers note] pp... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. Reflections on a Life HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees. London: Jonathan Cape, [1950]. First English edition, First Printing. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 191 x 124 mm.). [1]-254 pp. Publisher's green cloth, front cover with decoration in red, spine lettered..... More
London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1820. The Naval Victories of Great Britain Scarce Large-Paper Issue with Forty-Two Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LEWIS, W., publisher. Naval Victories of Great Britain, from the Commencement of the War in the Year 1803 to 1816; Being a series of coloured views of naval engagements..... More
Paris: Delpech, 1826. Grisettes Fifty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -. Recueil de Cinquante Scènes de Grisettes. Paris: Delpech, [1826]. First edition. Folio (13 x 9 1/2 inches; 330 x 241 mm.). Vignette lithograph title-page and fifty hand-colored lithographs. Contemporary quarter black diced paper over marbled boards, spine..... More
London: Published by Henry Bohn, 1837. The Coronation of King George the Fourth Forty-Two Magnificent Hand Colored Plates NAYLER, Sir George. The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth solemnized in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster upon the Nineteenth Day of July MDCCCXXI. Undertaken by..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition of “The Newcomes” in the Original Parts [THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Richard Doyle. Vol. I[-II]. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1855 [i.e., October 1853-August 1855]..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1930. The Best Edition of Shaw’s Works A Near Mint Set in the Original Printed Dust Jackets SHAW, [George] Bernard. The Works of Bernard Shaw. London: Constable & Co., [1930-1938]. First collected edition. One of 1,000 numbered copies (this copy being No. 501), out of a...... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. “Ballads and Lyrics of Love,” Illustrated by Byam Shaw [SHAW, Byam, illustrator]. [SIDGWICK, Frank, editor]. Ballads and Lyrics of Love. Edited with an Introduction by Frank Sidgwick. Illustrated after Byam Shaw. London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. Special Edition. Limited to 260 numbered copies (this copy..... More
Oxford: , 1931. The Shakespeare Head Brontë A Fine Set in the Original Dust Jackets [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. BRONTË, [Charlotte, Emily, and Anne]. The Shakespeare Head Brontë. Oxford: Newly Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1931. Limited to 1,000 copies. Eleven large..... More
London: Lund Humphries and Company, 1949. Bernard Rackham’s “The Ancient Glass of Canterbury Cathedral” RACKHAM, Bernard. The Ancient Glass of Canterbury Cathedral. With a Foreword by the Late Archbishop Lord Lang of Lambeth. London: Published for the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral by Lund Humphries and Company, 1949. First edition. Large..... More
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