1798. 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..... More
1801. 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
1802. 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
1858. [Ashby de la Zouch: 1858] 4to, viii, 11pp. With a frontispiece and 54 lithographic plates. Original illustrated boards, red cloth backstrip, a bit worn and dusty but very good. § The object of the Anastatic Society was to delineate remains of antiquities, such as ancient buildings, sepulchral monuments, fonts..... More
1873. Vienna: R. v. Waldheim, n.d. [circa 1873]. Folio, one pictorial title-page, one plate list, and 80 color lithograph plates, heightened in foils, printed to recto only. Disbound leaves housed in a half- brown cloth portfolio with marbled paper boards and green cloth ties. Portfolio splitting at joints and frayed..... More
2014. California, U.S.A., 2014. 20 x 19.5 inches. Colored pencil and graphite on paper. Loosely mounted to illustration board. Verso has a label with the artists contact information. Fine condition. § Yukimi Sasago Annand is a calligrapher and text artist living and working in Southern California. Annand studied communication design..... More
1905. New York: John Lane, 1905. Large 4to, 367, xcvipp. With hundreds of illustrations in the text including several in color and on separate leaves. Original olive green cloth lettered in green, backstrip faded to brown. § A scarce and massive compilation of art of the period including crafts. Baldry..... More
1920. [London]: R.A. Walker, 34 Oakley Crescent S.W., 1920. 4to, 7 pp., frontispiece. Original printed wrappers as issued. Unopened. Bookplate of Nina Ranger Herzog. § Limited to 200 copies numbered and signed in purple ink by the author. Derry describes, page by page, the contents of a scrapbook containing sketches..... More
1900. Berlin and New York: Bruno Hessling, n.d. [circa 1900]. Folio, title-page, 36 b&w heliotypes tinted with yellow. Disbound plates housed in a quarter blue cloth portfolio with beige paper boards printed in raw umber with floral illustrations, and cloth ties. Portfolio is a bit rubbed around the edges, some..... More
1969. Lawrence, KS, University of Kansas, 1969. Large 8vo, 197 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Original cloth, a fine copy signed by Benton to the t-p, with a later gift inscription on front free endpaper. Very good dust jacket a little faded with a few closed in mylar protected..... More
1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp. 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in sheets and portfolio as issued. § Limited to 40 copies for sale in sheets; this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show the grapes in..... More
1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp. 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in sheets and portfolio as issued. § Limited to 40 copies for sale in sheets (this is copy #131); this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to..... More
1865. (circa 1865-81). Wood engraving, on single half-sheet of handmade Arches paper 19”, engraved area 4 x 2 1/4”, fine archival frame; a fine impression. § Edition unknown; a lovely original wood engraving, designed by Edward Burne-Jones and engraved probably by William Morris. Burne-Jones prepared some seventy drawings largely intended..... More
1418. Vanity Fair: March 14, 1874, and February 1, 1879. Four leaves 10 1/4 x 15”, two color lithograph portraits, and three pages of text. Plates are bright with some creases and minor chips to edges, pages with text are chipped and stained with old pieces of tape still affixed;..... More
1928. New York: The Architectural Book Company, Paul Wenzel & Maurice Krakow, 1928. Folio, vii, 55 plates printed to recto only with captions, with one additional signed etching, and decorative title page. Quarter rust red cloth portfolio with pink paper boards repeating the design of the title-page printed in black..... More
1890. Richmond: c.1890. Oblong 8vo. 3 chromolithographic albums in 1, with a total of 18 bright, colorful pages of cigarette cards but without four full-page prints mentioned in other sets. § A wonderful collection of colorful cigarette cards produced for the Duke Co. The images are too good to be..... More
1870. 1870-1892. Nine letters, described individually below. All in highly legible ink, some with expected mailing folds, all in fine condition. § An interesting group of nine letters by three men from Palmer's circle: Palmer's father-in-law, John Linnell, one of "The Ancients," George Richmond, and Palmer's son and executer, Alfred..... More
1804. Birmingham: by the Author, 1804. 12mo, xi, [i] 184 pp. Engraved portrait, with the half-title. Occasional spotting; expertly rebacked; still an attractive, untrimmed copy in the original drab boards. § First edition of this collection of provincial verse by John Collins (1742-1808), the actor, poet and sometime bookseller who..... More
1830. London: John Murray, 1830-33. 6 vols., sm. 8vo, quarter vellum and marbled boards of the period, vellum darkened, board edges worn, occasional chips to marbled paper, light toning and occasional foxing; very good. § Second editions of vols. 1 and 2, and first editions of the rest. Vol. 2..... More
1856. New York: Redfield [1856]. Oblong folio, 8pp. plus 30 plates. Black buckram with illustration tipped onto top and bottom boards; illustrated throughout with plates from engravings by Felix Darley. Significant foxing to some plates, covers worn, some bumping to corners, chipping to edges. Very good. § First edition thus..... More
1923. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1923. Small 4to, original blue-green boards, backstrip & front cover lettered in black, with image of a beetle on front cover, after Nicholson; in printed pictorial dust-jacket. [v], 53 pp. Four plates printed in green & black, one plate printed in black, &..... More
1935. London and Toronto: William Heinemann, 1935. 8vo, [10], 253 pp. Photographic frontispiece and 13 other photographic plates. Publisher's red cloth, backstrip slightly darkened, rear hinge a little soft, very good. § First edition of De Wolfe's vivacious autobiography, inscribed to Gertrude Stein, with a fascinating later chain of ownership..... More
1890. [No imprint, but presumed to be made by Fandel, Phillips & Sons, Newgate St., London, circa 1890]. 10 examples of colored transparent crystographs of varying sizes, printed in lithograph? on translucent paper; some displaying signs of wear and having previously been mounted; offered together with five extracted advertisements, neatly..... More
1615. Paris: Jean Millot, 1615. Sm. 8vo, vi, 325, (3) pp. Engraved title page followed by typographic title-page with woodcut vignette; headpieces and initials. Full polished calf gilt c.1900 with ribbon marker and earlier marbled endpapers. Calf a little rubbed, some scattered foxing but generally very good. Ownership inscription of..... More
