Holiday 2021. A Selection of 100 Spectacular Classics
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London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton…, 1755. “The Most Amazing, Enduring and Endearing One-Man Feat in the Field of Lexicography” JOHNSON, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from..... More
London: , 1859. Fifty-Nine Original Pen & Ink Drawings for Punch By Edward Linley Sambourne SAMBOURNE, Edward Linley. Sketches from Punch's Book of British Costumes. An Album of Fifty-Nine Original Pen and Ink Satirical Cartoons from Punch Magazine. [London], ca. 1874. Oblong twelvemo (3 x 5 1/2 inches; 75 x...... 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
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New York and London: Chiwick Press:- Charles Whittingham and Co,, [1900]. “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” A Fine Extra-Illustrated Set of The Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley Finely Bound Almost Certainly by The Harcourt Bindery of Boston SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. 'The Old Pretender' A Fine 'Extra-Illustrated' Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. BAYNTUN (RIVIÈRE), binders. HAILE, Martin. James Francis Edward - The Old Chevalier. With 11 photogravure illustrations. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. First edition. Octavo (9 5/8 x 6 inches; 218..... 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: 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: 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
Oxford: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1912. A Spectacular 'Pointille' Binding from Rivière & Son During their Best Period RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. Chosen & Edited by Arthur Quiller Couch. Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1912. Small octavo (6 9/16 x 4 3/16..... 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
Paris: Chez l'editeur, 1827. French Feminine Costume of the 12th to 18th century Seventy hand-Colored Plates, Many Heightened with Gold LANTÉ, [Louis Marie]. Galerie Francaise de Femmes Célèbres par leurs talens, leur rang ou leur beautè. Portraits en pied, dessinés par M. Lanté, la plupart d'après des originaux inédits; gravés..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari…et chez Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme (a Stereotypical Bourgeois), and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari…et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong..... More
London: Reeves & Turner, 1886. A Superb Early Sangorski & Sutcliffe Cosway-Style Binding COSWAY-STYLE BINDING. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Given from his own editions and other authentic sources. Collated with many manuscripts and with all editions of authority together with..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co.,, 1898. Winston Churchill's 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force' A Near Fine First Edition in the Original Cloth - Housed in a Superb Cosway-Style Clamshell Case CHURCHILL, Winston L. Spenser. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An episode of frontier war… with maps..... More
Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1897. A Spectacular Alfred de Sauty Inlaid Binding with a Triptych Fore-Edge Painting FORE-EDGE PAINTING. DE SAUTY, Alfred, binder & artist. NAPIER, George G. The Homes and Haunts of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1897. A Superb Alfred De Sauty Arts and Crafts Binding with..... More
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1926. With Two Magnificent Original Watercolor Paintings On Calf Doublures By Helen Haywood Robert Rivière's Granddaughter HAYWOOD, Helen R., artist. WALTON, Izaac and Charles Cotton. The Compleat Angler. Edited by Richard Le Gallienne. Illustrations by Edmund H. New. London: John Lane The Bodley..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. With a Fine Original Watercolor on Calf Doublure By Helen R. Haywood Granddaughter of Master Binder Robert Riviere [DICKENS, Charles]. HAYWOOD, Helen R., artist. Little Dorrit. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. First edition, first issue with all twenty-one internal text..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1933. A Wonderful Example of Miss Currie's Work FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MISS C.B. CURRIE, artist. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. GALSWORTHY, John. The Forsyte Saga. London: William Heinemann Ltd., [1933]. With a very fine fore-edge painting by Miss C.B. Currie of Richmond Hill from The Forsyte Saga. Inserted..... More
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. A Wonderful Example of Miss Currie's Work FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MISS C.B. CURRIE, artist. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. GALSWORTHY, John. A Modern Comedy. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1929. With a very fine fore-edge painting by Miss C.B. Currie of Mapledurham, Oxfordshire (from The Forsyte Saga). Inserted..... More
London: FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MISS C.B. CURRIE, artist. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith. With Biographical Introduction by Professor Masson. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. A Splendid Example of Miss Currie's Work FORE-EDGE PAINTING. MISS C.B. CURRIE, artist. RIVIÈRE &..... More
London: Published by Lewis & Co., 1834. Six of the Incredibly Rare Tregear's Black Jokes "A Series of Laughable Caricatures on the March of Manners Amongst the Blacks" SUMMERS, W., illustrator. Lewis & Co's Selection of their Comic Black Jokes from the Designs of the Most Eminent Artists. Book, No..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. A Most Significant Copy of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Inscribed by J.M. Barrie to "Tootles" RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. BARRIE, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. First edition, first impression. A remarkable presentation copy inscribed in ink on the half-title..... More
A Magnificent Collection of Halcyon Days and Crummles Enamel Boxes Halcyon Days Ltd is a British retailer of English handcrafted and manufactured luxury goods including gifts for the home in the form of enamelware and English fine bone china tea, coffee and dinnerware as well as enamel jewelry and silk..... More
Paris: Librairie Charles Tallandier, 1898. A Fine Pictorial Inlaid Binding by Franz Ostermann Specially Bound for Sir Henry Harben [BINDING]. OSTERMANN, Franz, binder, aka FRANZ. PRÉVOST, L'Abbé. LELOIR, Maurice, illustrator. Histoire de Manon Lescaut et du Chevalier des Grieux. Préface de Guy de Maupassant. Illustrations de Maurice Leloir. Paris: Librairie..... More
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