1937. [French], 1937-38. Oblong folio, unpaginated, [1 price list], [14 glossy printed pages], over 500 hand stenciled wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list affixed to front pastedown. Original bolted cloth, company logo printed in gilt on blue and red striped diamond shaped paper affixed to upper..... More
1934. [French], 1934-35. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, with a notice from the distributors affixed to the front pastedown. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, snakeskin-patterned paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip. Edges slightly worn; very good..... More
1937. [French], 1937-38. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list affixed to front pastedown. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, blue paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip, leather handle. Edges slightly worn; very good. § A...... More
1936. [French], 1936-37. Oblong folio, unpaginated, screen-printed wallpaper samples with numbers stamped to verso. Original bolted quarter blue cloth, blue paper boards with title and date stamped in white to upper board and backstrip, leather handle. Edges slightly worn, upper board detached; very good. § A thick wallpaper sample book..... More
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list printed as front pastedown. Original bolted blue cloth, beige paper boards with company logo and simple line-design printed in blue to upper board. Edges slightly worn and chipped..... More
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list printed as front pastedown. Original bolted blue cloth, beige paper boards with company logo and simple line-design printed in blue to upper board. Edges slightly worn and chipped..... 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
1930. [German], 1930. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list inlaid to front pastedown. Original bolted black cloth with title and company monogram printed in gray, and marbled paper boards. Edges slightly frayed and chipped, faint scattered stains..... More
1930. Copenhagen: [circa 1930]. Oblong folio, unpaginated, over 100 full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s price list inlaid to front pastedown. Original bolted boards, black paper wrappers with embossed snakeskin texture and distributor information printed in green. Edges slightly frayed and chipped, faint scattered..... 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
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1930. [Switzerland], [circa 1930s]. 2 vols., oblong 4to, unpaginated, hundred of full-page screen printed wallpaper samples, with sample numbers stamped to verso, distributor’s description inlaid to first pastedown. Original bolted green cloth, with company logo and catalogue number stamped to upper board in black. Edges slightly frayed and chipped; internally..... More
1880. New York: Charles E. Graham & Co., n.d. [1880]. Thin 4to., [12] pp., black and orange printed illustrations. Color lithograph wrappers, staple bound. Significant chipping to edges, pages coming loose from staples, wrappers somewhat discolored; fragile but still good. § Puss in Boots Series No. 018. OCLC: 37875585... 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
1900. Wurzen bei Leipzig, n.d. [circa 1900s]. Oblong folio, 16 pp., inlaid chromolithographic rug samples, with five textile samples inlaid on lower pastedown (lacking one), all with tissue guards, text in gilt. Brown and silver cloth boards, with original cord in block-stitching; very good. § Trade catalogue of the Wurzner..... 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
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, stab-sewn. Some tears and chipping to edges; good copy. § Number 114. Early printing of the same edition which would have been..... More
1955. San Francisco: 1955. Single black and white photograph, 13 1/4 x 10 3/8”, mounted on 1/8” thick board. Signed by Ansel Adams to lower right-hand corner, with his studio stamp, "131 - 24th Avenue San Francisco," and "Neg. No. AA-COM-1-83" to the back. Very good on a slightly toned..... 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
1950. Ithica, New York: Elfriede Abbe, 1950. 4to, [vi], 70, [2 index] pp., woodcut title-page, five full-page woodcuts and numerous smaller woodcuts of animals, scenes and figures from the text. Quarter black cloth and marbled paper boards, printed paper label inlaid to backstrip. Board edges slightly rubbed, occasional faint finger..... 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
