London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1870. An Exquisite Cosway Binding with Two Fine Miniatures [COSWAY BINDING]. [BLUMER, Edith Walford]. The Table Talk and Opinions of Napoleon Buonaparte. Third edition. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1870. Sixteenmo (5 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches; 146 x 99 mm.). [iv], [i]-iv..... More
Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1921. Jessie M. King illustrates Rudyard Kipling's 'An Habitation Enforced' A Superb Example of One of the Few Copies Specially Bound by René Kieffer KING, Jessie M., illustrator. KIPLING, Rudyard. KIEFFER, René, publisher & binder. L'Habitation Forceé. Traduction de de Louis Fabulet et Robert D'Humieres. Illustrations en..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1954. First Edition of Live and Let Die Specially Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe Inscribed to Two-Time Oscar Winner Leslie Bricusse by Roger Moore (James Bond) and the Director, Guy Hamilton FLEMING, Ian. Live and Let Die. London: Jonathan Cape, [1954]. First edition. Inscribed to two-time Oscar..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. Inscribed to Two-Time Oscar Winner Leslie Bricusse by Sean Connery (James Bond), Shirley Bassey (Singer of the Title-Song) and John Barry (Composer) FLEMING, Ian. Diamonds are Forever. London: Jonathan Cape, [1956]. First edition. Inscribed to two-time Oscar winner Leslie Bricusse by Sean Connery, Shirley Bassey &..... More
London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. A Charming Hand-Painted Binding in the Pre-Raphaelite Style [PAINTED BINDING]. PHILLIPS, Stephen. Poems. London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1898. Second edition. Small octavo (7 9/16 x 4 5/8 inches; 192 x 118 mm.). viii, 108, [2, Some Press Notices]. A few leaves..... More
London: Reproduced by Henri Piazza et Cie. for the Fine Art Society, 1905, 1905. One of Three Hundred Copies, With Thirty-Eight Stunning Color Plates BURNE-JONES, [Sir] Edward. The Flower Book. Reproductions of thirty eight water-colour designs by Edward Burne Jones. London: Reproduced by Henri Piazza et Cie. for the Fine..... More
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 : MacMillan & Co Limited, 1903. One of the Finest S & S Pictorial Inlaid Bindings that we have ever seen SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. BURNEY, Frances. THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator. Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney. With an introduction by..... More
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London: Ainsworth Magazine, [1842-45]. Two First Editions from the Original Ainsworth Magazine Parts Windsor Castle & Saint James's, or the Court of Queen Anne Superbly bound by Tout of London including many of the Original Wrappers and Advertisements etc. CRUIKSHANK, George. AINSWORTH, William Harrison. Windsor Castle, An Historical Romance. Illustrated..... More
London: David Bogue, 1848. 'Warnings about Men to Avoid when Searching for a Husband' Illustrated by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. MAYHEW, Henry & Augustus. Whom to Marry and How to get Married! or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Husband. Edited by the brothers Mayhew..... More
London: Hurst, Chance & Co., 1830. The Adventures of the Blunderhead Family in Bath One of a Few Copies with the Cruikshank Etchings on India Paper With a Signed George Cruikshank Letter asking for Money… CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. ANSTEY, Christopher. The New Bath Guide; or Memoirs of the B-N-R-D family..... More
London: Henry Colburn, 1817. The Fall of Emperor Napoleon I and the Victory of the English Armies Illustrated with Twenty-Eight Superb Hand Colored Aquatint Plates MUDFORD, William. CRUIKSHANK, George. An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, Under His Grace the Duke of Wellington, and Marshall Prince..... More
London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1839. Sergeant Bell's 'Peep-Show' CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. [MOGRIDGE (George)]. Sergeant Bell, and his Raree-Show. Embellished with wood cuts by Cruikshanks [sic], Thompson, Williams, etc. London, Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1839. First edition. Small square octavo (5 3/16 x 4 inches; 132 x 101 mm.). [viii]..... 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: David..... More
London: Published by I. B. Brooks, 1835. My Lord Mayor's Album by Henry Heath Twenty-Four Highly Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [HEATH, Henry, illustrator]. My Lord Mayor's Album or Cockney Sports. London: Published by I. B. Brooks, 1st January 1835. First edition. Small folio (10 x 7 1/8 inches; 255..... More
Philadelphia: Manufactured by Altemus & Co., 1864. A Fine Altemus Photographic Album [PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM] The Photographic Album. Hinged-Back Patented July 21st 1863. Philadelphia: Manufactured by Altemus & Co., ca. 1864. Small square quarto (5 3/4 x 5 inches; 146 x 127 mm.). Calligraphic title-page printed in gold and purple, Index..... 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
Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1814. With Two Superb Fore-Edge Paintings by the "Dover Painter" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. [The "DOVER PAINTER"], artist. PALEY, William. The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy. The Twenty-First Edition. Edinburgh: Printed for Adam Black, 1814. With two superb fore-edge paintings executed ca. 1930 by the "Dover..... More
Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. A Fine Eighteenth Century Italian Book of Hours in its Original Red Morocco Binding With Hand-Painted Gauffered Edges [VENETIAN BINDING]. [BOOK OF HOURS]. Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi. Venetiis [Venice]: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches;..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. "Vedder's ‘Rubáiyát’ set the standard for the artist-designed book in America and England.” In a Superb Early Twentieth Century Inlaid Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [BINDING]. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. FITZGERALD, Edward, Translator and Editor. VEDDER, Elihu, Illustrator. KHAYYAM, Omar. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co, [1934]. "Happiness is the one Thing we Queens can never have." (Catherine de' Medici) A Superb Cosway Binding with a Fine Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Catherine de' Medici COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. [MISS C.B. CURRIE], miniaturist. WATSON, Francis. The Life and Times..... More
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1925. "The True Art of Memory is the Art of Attention" (Samuel Johnson) A Superb Cosway Binding with a Remarkable Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Dr. Samuel Johnson COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. [MISS C.B. CURRIE], miniaturist. A Bibliography of Samuel Johnson by William..... More
London: Pub.…by N. Heideloff, 1794. The First Two Volumes of “the Most Splendid of English Costume Books” "A Very Difficult Book to Find in Good Condition" The Copy of Maria Christina, Queen of Spain [HEIDELOFF, Nikolaus Wilhelm von, publisher]. Gallery of Fashion. Vol. I, April 1794-March 1796. [London]: Pub.…by N...... 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
London: Printed for J. Sharpe, 1824. 'The Entrance to Hyde Park' An Early-to-Mid Twentieth Century Fore-Edge Painting FORE-EDGE PAINTING. GAY, John. Fables. London: Printed for J. Sharpe, 1812 [i.e., 1824]. With an early to mid twentieth century fore-edge painting of the "Entrance to Hyde Park" by an unidentified artist. Volumes..... More
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