London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. “Credit is a System Whereby a Person who can't Pay, gets Another Person who can't Pay, to Guarantee that he can Pay” (Charles Dickens) A Superb Complete Set in the Original Parts with all the Advertisements DICKENS, Charles. Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by..... More
London: D. Bogue [&] George Routledge and Sons, 1854. Cinderella and Jack & The Bean-Stalk Illustrated by George Cruikshank Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf CRUIKSHANK, George. George Cruikshank's Fairy Library. Cinderella and the Glass Slipper. Edited and illustrated with ten subjects, designed and etched on steel, by George Cruikshank. London..... More
London: Day and Son, 1855. The First Quarto Edition in the Deluxe Binding The Most Ambitious Work Ever Published In England With 250 Lithographed Plates ROBERTS, David. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia after Lithographs by Louis Haghe from Drawings made on the spot by David Roberts..... More
London: Cecil Palmer, 1929. "The Largest Format of Any of Jessie M. King’s Illustrated Books" KING, Jessie M., illustrator. [GEMMELL, Mrs. Alexander]. Mummy's Bedtime Story Book. By "Marion". Illustrated by Jessie M. King. London: Cecil Palmer, [1929]. First edition. Large quarto (11 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches; 286 x 225..... More
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London: John White, 1808. A Rare Series of Plates depicting the Characters of Seventeenth Century England and France [HAMILTON, Anthony]. [Memoirs of Count Grammont.] A series of thirty-nine stipple plates printed in colors. [London: John White, 1808]. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 299 x 216 mm.). A rare..... More
Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge et Elizium Weyerstraet, 1667. The True First Edition of Kircher's China Monumentis KIRCHER, Athanasius. China Monumentis, qua Sacris quà Profanis, Nec non variis Naturae & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque rerum memorabilium Argumentis Illustrata. Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonium á Waesberge & Elizium Weyerstraet, 1667. First edition. Large folio..... More
London: Raphael Tuck, 1903. "Would you like to hear a secret which you must'nt breathe again… Well the Cats and Dogs for miles around have bothered Mr.Wain" WAIN, Louis, illustrator. Big Dogs, Little Dogs, Cats and Kittens. London: Raphael Tuck, [1903]. First edition. Folio (13 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches;..... More
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1920. Harry Clarke Illustrates from Hilaire Belloc to William Butler Yeats Twelve superb color plates, Twelve tinted plates and twenty-two black and white Vignettes [CLARKE, Harry, illustrator]. [WALTERS, Lettice d’Oyly, compiler]. The Year’s at the Spring. An Anthology of Recent Poetry Compiled by..... More
Jerusalem [and] Tel-Aviv:: Published by “Massadah” and “Alumoth” , 1957. "Worthy to be Placed Among the Most Beautiful of Books that the Hand of Man has Produced" One of a very few copies of the trade edition bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [SZYK, Arthur, illustrator]. The Haggadah. Executed by Arthur..... More
Paris: F.L. Schmied aux dépens de M.M. Gonin et Cie., 1928. Francois-Louis Schmied's La Création - The First Three Chapters of Genesis With Two Original Watercolors and an Original Unpublished Pochoir Plate In a Superb Art Deco Binding by Gonin from a Design by Schmied SCHMIED, François-Louis, illustrator. MARDRUS, Joseph..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., 1934. "The more serious the business undertaking, the funnier his drawings became" ROBINSON, W. Heath. Absurdities. A Book of Collected Drawings. London: Hutchinson & Co., Ltd., [1934]. First Edition. Folio (12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 311 x 251 mm.). [i]-vi, 7-95, [96] pp. Ninety..... More
[London]: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. "So Exquisite as to Make One Hold One’s Breath" [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. [ARABIAN NIGHTS]. Princess Badoura. A Tale from the Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition De Luxe. Limited to seven hundred and fifty..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. A Collection of the World's Best Fairy Tales Illustrated by Violet Brunton BRUNTON, Violet, illustrator. Silver Magic. A Collection of the World's Best Fairy Fairy Tales from all Countries. Edited and Arranged by Romer Wilson. With Illustrations in Colour & Line by Violet Brunton. London: Jonathan..... More
New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. Maxfield Parrish Illustrates "The Knave of Hearts” PARRISH, Maxfield, illustrator. SAUNDERS, Louise. The Knave of Hearts. With Pictures by Maxfield Parrish. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925. First edition. Large quarto (13 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches; 350 x 292 mm.). [6], 46, [1]..... More
Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co,, 1901. Inscribed by L. Frank Baum to Fellow Author Harold McGrath With a Page of the Original Manuscript BAUM, L. Frank. Dot and Tot of Merryland… Pictures by W.W. Denslow. Chicago: Geo. M. Hill Co., 1901. First Edition. Small quarto (8 5/16 x 6 3/8..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1913. Arthur Rackham's favorite Nursery Rhymes from his own Nursery Days RACKHAM, Arthur. Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, n.d. [1913]. First trade edition, first issue? with pictorial endpapers BUT no date on verso of title-page. Octavo (7 15/16 x...... More
Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1942. A Finely Bound Rubaiyat Illustrated by Willy Pogany POGANY, Willy, illustrator. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. Illustrations by Willy Pogany. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., [1942]. Small folio (9 7/8 x 7 1/16 inches; 250 x 180 mm.). [127], [1, printers..... More
London: Robt. Riviére & Son., Ltd., 1928. An Exceptionally Fine Rivière Rubaiyat With Twelve Hand-Colored Illustrations by Gilbert James [RIVIÈRE & Son, binders]. The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. [Illustrated by Gilbert James]. London: Robt. Riviére & Son., Ltd., 1928. "This special edition of the Rubáiyát of..... More
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London: Methuen & Co.,, 1924-28. "People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day… Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.” A Fine First Edition Set of the Four “Pooh” Books in their..... 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..... 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..... 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..... 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..... More
London: John Murray, 1789. "The Jealous are Possessed by a Mad Devil and a Dull Spirit at the Same Time" (John Caspar Lavater) LAVATER, John Caspar. Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind… Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some..... More
Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press…, 1933. The Shakespeare Head Press “Morte D’Arthur” With Twenty-Two Magnificent Half-Page Woodcuts Reproduced From Wynkyn de Worde’s Folio Edition of 1498. [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Noble & Joyous Boke Entytled Le Morte Darthur. Notwythstondyng it treateth of the byrth lyf..... More
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