London: J. Cooper, printer to the Royal Academy, 1798. 4to, 35, [36-44]pp. Disbound. Slightly dusty but very good. § A fascinating glimpse of the famous and fashionable artists whose works were being shown at the RA. In this issue we find 1054 works, followed by the list of artists locating..... More

London: B. McMillan printer to the Royal Academy, [1802]. 4to, 41, [1]pp. Disbound. Slightly dusty but very good. § A fascinating glimpse of the famous and fashionable artists whose works were being shown at the RA. More

6181. London: H. Humphr[ey]ies, 6 April 1813. Broadside, 8 x 12 3/4” hand-colored etching, title information printed below. Mounted, minor foxing to outer edges; very good. § Probably an early proof. Satirical portrait of a stout gentleman on horseback, unsigned but likely by James Gillray. Hannah Humphrey was the sister..... More

1896. New York: n.d. [1896]. Broadside 12 x 18”, color lithograph, text in black. Upper left corner is chipped, some small tears and foxing to outer margins; good. § Original print, shows an artist painting a life size woman on a large canvas. LOC 2015647299. More

1992. Los Angeles: Zamorano Club, 1992. Small folio. xii, 93 pp. Clothbacked decorative boards, gilt spine. A fine copy. § First edition, one of 200 copies printed for the 21st Joint Meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs. Designed and set by Old Mill Graphics, South Pasadena. An excellent..... More

1913. Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1913. Slim small 4to., [10] pp., four full page color illustrations and illustrated cover title, illustrations also in text. Pictorial wrappers, crudely stab-sewn, perhaps a juvenile repair. Some tears and chipping to edges; good copy. § Number 114. Early printing of an edition..... More

1876. Thomson. London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. 8vo, ix, [i], 110, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout. Original dark green cloth, dark green endpapers, a.e.g., with pictorial decorations in gilt. A fine copy. § Third edition, first thus. The Cranford Series proper consists of twenty-four illustrated volumes issued over a period of..... More

1913. Cream of Wheat Company: 1913. 10” x 13.5”color printed advertisement, with another color ad to the verso. Small damp stain to the lower edge; very good. § Print from a painting by Edward Brewer. Caption: “Oh, I done forgot dat Cream of Wheat.” Depicts a racist caricature of an..... More

1708. London : printed for J. Churchill, at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1708. 8vo, [8], xvi, 326, [2]pp. With the final advertisement leaf. Old speckled calf, upper cover rehinged, a bit worn but internally very good. § First edition, widely held in Institutions but very scarce in commerce -- the..... More

1701. Amsterdam: Typographia Francisci Halmae, 1701. 4to, engraved general title, letterpress red & black title page with allegorical engraved vignette. 18 full-page copper-engraved plates by Jan van Vianen, each featuring six circular images, and 38 in-text reproductions, engraved decorative initials, and head- and tailpieces. With the oversize fold-out engraved portrait..... More

1840. London: Richard Bentley, 1840. 8vo, xvi, 439 pp. With A.L.S. bearing sketches on verso laid in (see below). 40 steel engravings and 58 woodcuts by Cruikshank. Full polished calf by Riviere, covers ruled in gilt, backstrip richly gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, navy blue coated endpapers. A very..... More

2006. NY: Grolier Club, 2006. Oblong 4to, xii, 212 pages. Frontispiece photograph of Neale Albert. Illustrated throughout with color photographs of the miniatures by photographer Tom Grill. Gray cloth, spine gilt, illustrated paste-on of a miniature book on the upper board. A fine copy in publisher's gray cloth slipcase. §..... More

1956. Kentfield, California: The L-D Allen Press, 1956. 4to., viii, 43 pp. Quarter vellum, illustrated designs on front cover. In slipcase. Very faint scattered foxing. § One of 130 copies printed by the Allens in hand-set Romanée on handmade paper. Illustrated with wood-engraved vignettes & side borders by Mallette..... More