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

London: R. Ackermann, 1812. 2 vols, large 4to, [i-xx], [1]-330 including appendix, [6, index]; [i-iv], [1]-275, [1, blank],[4, index]pp. 83 plates in all, viz: 1 plan and 1 portrait both uncolored, 1 colored line engraving and 80 full-page aquatints. Old half red morocco, rebacked preserving original gilt-pannelled backstrip, marbled sides..... More

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 contributed..... More

London: Richard Phillips, 1806. 8vo, xxiv, 270, ii (publisher’s booklist)pp., with Blake’s engraved frontispiece of Sir Joshua Reynolds design “The Graphic Muse.” Original blue-grey boards, spine slightly darkened and worn at edges. § First edition, a very scarce book, especially in boards. With the bookplates of Gilbert Redgrave and George..... More

[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 #130); this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show..... More

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 became..... More

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. Each..... More

[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 cut..... More

[San Francisco]: Larry Jordan, [c. 1958?]. Oblong 12mo, with a b/w frontispiece drawing by Eisenstein and 31 black and white photographs of scenes from the film. Original buff printed wrappers, browned and with the bottom wrapper trimmed below the imprint (possibly removing an inscription or mark of ownership). § Limited..... More

Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1980. 8vo, xii , 114 pp.Very good in original blue cloth and Illustrated dust-jacket. § Bentley, BBS, p 469. In another study, Fairchild made a connection between George Lucas, Blake, and the films THX and American Graffiti. Bentley seems skeptical. More

Paris: Choudens, [1861]. 4to. [iv], 248 pp., lithographed piano-vocal score. Contemporary rebacked quarter black morocco, black cloth boards paneled in blind, backstrip lettered and ruled in gilt, marbled endpapers. Corners bumped and frayed, some discoloration to boards, otherwise very good. § Third edition, first issue, title page inscribed by Gounod..... More

[New York]: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1881. 8vo., xii, 242 pp., five chromolithographic plates and numerous uncolored engravings in the text. Original green cloth, stamped in burgundy ink, gilt title to upper board, some fraying to the edges of the boards; very good. Contemporary bookseller’s label and later ownership signature on..... More