Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, 1810. 4 b/w plates on one sheet, folded, 2 copies in a green cloth folder. § AAS records 2 vols., (i.e. 2 parts?). We have two copies of one part. Extremely rare -- only two copies of this one part recorded as sold by RBH which..... More
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
London: Chapman and Hall, 1852. 8vo, (4), 290pp. With 11 full-page color plates by J. Andrews, and numerous black and white prints by Edmund Evans. Custom bound in full red hardgrain morocco lettered in gilt on the backstrip and upper cover for William and Frances Thompson (so stated). § The..... 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 record..... 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 linen..... 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 which..... More
1987. Thomasson-Grant, 1987. Large 4to, oblong, 126 pp. Illustrated in full color throughout. Near fine with a touch of age toning. § Contemporary photographer Sam Abell traced the steps of self-taught cowboy artist Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926). This volumes presents their images of the West side by side. 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
1942. [New York]: The Limited Editions Club, Printed by The Merrymount Press, Boston, 1942. 4to, xvii, 485 pp. 12 etched plates by Chamberlain. Publisher's red cloth, backstrip lettered in gilt, original slipcase. Slightest hit of fading to backstrip else a fine copy inside and out, slipcase sunned, paper label to..... 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
1903. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1903. 12mo, xxviii, 377 pp. Full red calf with gilt supralibros and backstrip,marbled edges and endpapers. Hinges rubbed, upper board and backstrip sunned, internally a fine copy with prize book plate of the Royal Masonic School on front pastedown..... 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
A Paris, chez Antoine de Sommaville, au Palais, sur le second perron montant à la Sainte Chapelle, à l'Esceu de France. M. DC. LIX. Avec privilege du Roy. [1659]. Squat thick 8vo, 2 parts ([1-1 bl.-1-1 bl.-20]-712 ; [1-1 bl.]-6-112 p.). With 118 engraved plates. Original stiff yapp vellum soiled..... 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
1941. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1941. 8vo, 471 pp. Publisher's black cloth, lettered in silver on backstrip, in dust jacket. Dust jacket chipped at top of spine. Very good. § First edition. Publisher’s complimentary copy, with enclosure slip. One of the most important 20th-century literary and photography books, an extended essay..... More
1968. New York & Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1968. 4to, 242 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Tan cloth boards, gilt lettering to backstrip, gilt illustration to upper cover. Very good, text block edges spotted. Illustrated unclipped dust-jacket, a little scuffed with some short tears and loss to spine..... More
