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London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 1923. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Lectures on Spiritualism DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan. Our American Adventure [&] Our Second American Adventure. London: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., [1923 & 1924]. First English editions. Two octavo volumes (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 216 x 140 mm.). 205..... More
London: Cassell and Company Ltd., [1932]. A Fine Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) Extra Illustrated with Twelve Plates [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. BUCHAN, John. Sir Walter Scott. London: Cassell and Company Ltd., [1932]. First edition. Octavo (8 5/8 x 6 inches; 219 x 152 mm.). 388 pp. Extra illustrated by..... More
London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Inscribed by Charlie Chaplin to his Friend Sam Joseph CHAPLIN, Charles. My Auto-Biography. London: The Bodley Head, [1964]. First edition. Inscribed in black ink on the front free endpaper "To E. Joseph.-/Your friend/Charles Chaplin/Sept 30th 64". Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 216 x...... More
London: André Deutsch, 1978. "Is Laughing Permitted? Caricature is a Serious Art Form" [SEARLE, Ronald]. BOCK, Henning. Ronald Searle. With an introduction by Henning Bock and an essay by Pierre Dehaye. London: André Deutsch, 1978. First edition. Large quarto (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 295 x 225 mm.). 236..... More
Edinburgh and London: Constable and Co.,and Hurst, Chace and Co., 1828. A Fine Cosway-Style Binding Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of Twenty-One Plates [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN RIVIÈRE, binders. BURNS, Robert. LOCKHART, J.G. Life of Robert Burns. Edinburgh: Constable and Co., and London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1828. First edition. Octavo (8..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917. A Very Fine Cosway-Style Binding Sidney Colvin's Life and Poetry of John Keats [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN RIVIÈRE, binders. KEATS, John. COLVIN, Sidney. John Keats, His Life and Poetry, His Friends Critics and After-Fame. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. The Standard Authority For Over A Century Handsomely Bound by Rivière for Henry Sotheran [CRUIKSHANK, George]. JERROLD, Blanchard. The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs. With Numerous Illustrations. In Two Volumes. London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. First edition. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x...... More
London: Printed for Richard Phillips, 1804. The “Best Edition” of Marshall’s Classic Biography Near Fine in Contemporary Mottled Sheep [WASHINGTON, George]. [MARSHALL, John]. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American forces during the war which established the independence of his country, and first President of the..... More
London: Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, 1791-93. First Edition, First Issue of Boswell's Life Of Johnson Together With The Excessively Rare 'The Principal Corrections and Additions' Bound in at the End of Volume Two BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Comprehending an Account of his Studies..... More
London: Bradbury & Evans / Chapman & Hall, 1848. With Three Watercolor Portrait Miniatures Under Glass Sumptuously Extra-Illustrated [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. FORSTER, John. The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith. A Biography in Four Books. London: Bradbury and Evans/Chapman & Hall, 1848. First edition, sumptuously extra-illustrated. Three..... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. "A Most Valuable and Important Book" Second and Enlarged Edition With Additional Text and Six Extra Hand-Colored Plates [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of C.J. Apperley). Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High sheriff for..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1883. In a Beautiful and Unusual Kelliegram Binding From the Library of Jakob Raskob - Builder of The Empire State Building [KELLIEGRAM Binding]. [CRUIKSHANK, George]. JERROLD, Blanchard. The Life of George Cruikshank. In Two Epochs. A New Edition. With Eighty-Four Illustrations. London: Chatto and Windus, 1883..... More
Paris: Apud Jacob Bessin, 1614. Scarce Life of St. Augustine [AUGUSTINE of HIPPO, Saint]. ANGELIS, Ludovico de. De Vita, et Laudibus S.P.N. AVR. Augustini. Hipponensis Episcopi, et ecclesia Doctoris eximij. Libri Six. Recogniti secunda editione, & in compendium, à suo auctore R.P.F. Ludovico de Angelis, Portuensi, Lusitano, Ordinis Eremit. alumno..... More
London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ld., 1902. A Spectacular Cosway Binding with Two Oval and Eight Circular Miniatures By Miss C.B. Currie COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. CURRIE, Miss C.B., miniaturist. MANSON, James A. Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A. Illustrated with Twenty-one Plates, and a Photogravure Frontispiece. London: The..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Edition De Luxe With an Exceptional Original Pencil Sketch by Kate Greenaway [GREENAWAY, Kate]. SPIELMANN, M.H., and G.S. LAYARD. Kate Greenaway. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 numbered copies (this copy being No. 181), signed by the artist’s..... 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..... More
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