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, [1801]. 4to, 37 [1]pp. Disbound. Slightly dusty but very good. A few manuscript checkmarks from a visitor at the time. § A fascinating glimpse of the famous and fashionable artists whose works were being shown at the RA. 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
1804. London: B. McMillan printer to the Royal Academy, [1804]. 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
1796. Paris: chez Basset... [circa 1796]. Broadside 13 1/4 x 16 5/8”, hand-colored engraving 11 1/4 x 15 1/2”, blind stamp of a bee to the lower left corner, mounted. Small chip to right edge, otherwise very good. § Likely published close to the date of the Battle of Lodi..... 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
n.p.:n.d. 12 x 15” color paintings and a map on papyrus; like new. § A printed modern reproduction of the “Oldest Map in the World According to Herodotus 450 B.C. After Bunbury, History of Ancient Geography.” A hand painted reproduction of a scene from the Eighteenth Dynasty tomb of Rekhmire..... 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
8518. London: Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street, 1847-8. Two vols, 8vo., xii, [1]-320; xii, [1]-304 pp., title-page printed in black and red, ten hand-colored etchings and 120 woodcuts to each volume, including frontispieces. Contemporary half dark-blue calf ruled in blind, marbled paper boards, backstrip lettered and ruled..... More
1980. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1980. Tall 4to, original aluminum covers stamped in black, contained in an aluminum frame with hinged top with clasp, lettered in black along one edge. 56 accordion-style folded panels, comprising 112 pp. 14 line illustrations and 10 mounted die-cut panels by the printer, Andrew..... More
1907. New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1907. Small 4to, three folded linen sheets [12] pp., color printed cover title and lower wrapper, illustrations printed in black and red on linen. Stapled pictorial linen wrappers. Clean copy with minor foxing and slight fraying at the top edge; very good. § Scarce..... 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
1963. Seattle: University of Washington Press, [1963]. Large 4to, xiv, 337 pages. Illustrations to title-page and fly titles after works by Blake. Original cloth, dust-jacket. Annotated and underlined throughout in ink by Kay Long. § First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 780: “particularly useful”. More
1721. London: Jacob Tonson, 1721. Four vols. 4to., a poor set lacking the portait frontispiece in vol. 1 and with sections of text bound up from different copies for no apparent reason. Crudely rebacked. Bookplates. § A working set for reading or to practice binding on. Textually complete. 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
1669. Bruxelles: François Foppens, 1669. 12mo, engraved general title (trimmed with slight loss at foot), (8), 412, (8, index)pp. With 147 engravings in the text by Pieter Van der Borcht. Recent full calf, marbled edges, gilt backstrip, black label. A good clean copy though trimmed a little close to the..... 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
1699. London: for R. Sare, B. Took, M. Gillyflower, A. & J. Churchil, G. Sawbridge, and J. Hindmarsh, 1699. 2 vols. in one, folio, [10], 28, [8], 476; (16), 238, (2, ads.) pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of L’Estrange by Roger White after Geoffrey Kneller and full page engraving of Aesop..... 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
1667. Amsterdam: Johannem Janssonium & Viduam Elizei Wyerstraet, 1667. 8vo, engraved title (trimmed at foot touching the imprint), (62), 1-462, (blank leaf), index (204)pp. With 103 engraved plates in the text most 1/4 or 1/3 page. 18th-century polished calf, panelled covers, red morocco label and shelf mark on backstrip, subtly..... More
1840. London: Richard Bentley, 1840. 8vo, xvi, 439 pp. With A.L.S. laid in. 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 good copy, backstrip a little worn..... More
1835. London: William Pickering, 1835. 8vo., xciv, 303 pp., engraved frontisportrait, and Aldine device on the title-page. Contemporary half green calf, red marbled boards heightened in gilt, five raised bands with gilt-tooled panel decoration to backstrip, red and black morocco label strips with title information in gilt to backstrip, marbled..... 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
1705. Coloniae Agrippinae: Meucherius, 1705. Thick sm. 8vo, 943, 144 pp. Early blind-stamped vellum over thin wooden boards, clasps. Early ownership inscription and notes at front and back, dated 1713. § An interesting collection of synonyms, epithets, poetical phrases, in Latin and German. According to Backer (Sommervogel) a revision, by..... More
