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
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
1826. Boston: Christian Register Office, 1826. 12mo, 48pp. lacking covers. Chipping to front free endpaper with folds at top right corner. Tear along front hinge about 1-inch from bottom. Inscription to front free endpaper, and notes throughout. In a new cloth folding box. § Inscribed by Percy Loring to the..... More
1978. San Francisco: Amaranth Press, 1978. Folio, 10 1/2 x 16 1/2”, color printed calendar, loosely bound at the top-edge with string. § Limited edition. “The material in this calendar has been adapted from original Egyptian antiquities as identified in their captions...”. More
1930. 1930. 7 3/8 x 9 3/4” watercolor on paper, artist initials and date in lower right corner; very good. § Original watercolor painting from the American School, signed in initial. More
1975. San Francisco: Valenti Angelo, 1975. Small booklet (16 x 15 cm), [16] pp., with 7 hand-colored geometric decorations by Angelo. Original wrappers with printed paper label. Fine. § Limited to 100 copies "printed for the friends of Valenti Angelo" and signed by him. The text is a poem by..... More
1975. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1975. Slim 4to, [32]ff. Illustrated throughout entirely with color plates within b/w elaborate borders. Original quarter cloth and illustrated boards, dust-jacket, as new. § First American Edition. Presentation copy inscribed by the author in 1977 in Japanese and English. A fascinating alphabet book in..... More
1890. [ca. 1890]. Oblong label from an apple crate. 4 1/2” tall x 14” wide. Full-color illustrations. Some chipping to corners. Moderate spotting with a crease from top to bottom. § A charming Victorian chromolithographic label depicting two children standing under an apple tree with six more children peering over..... More
1890. London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co. Ltd. n. d. [circa 1890-1900]. Small slim 8vo., [8] pp., in-text illustrations including two chromolithographed illustrations, staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers, cover title. Cover slightly darkened, edges slightly frayed, some stains; good. § Father Tuck’s “Dolly Dear Series,” Artistic Series No..... More
1895. London-Paris-New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, Co. Ltd. n. d. [circa 1895]. Small slim 8vo, [8] pp., text and illustrations printed in brown excepting two chromolithograph illustrations, staple bound linen with chromolithograph wrappers, cover title. Some pages creased, cover slightly discolored, joint has a tear, some stains; good. §..... More
1799. London: Printed for Otridge and Son... 1799. 5 vols., 8vo, (vi), [2, ads.], cxvii, 335; [iv], 407; [iv], 427; [iv], 438; [iv], 322, vi, [56, index and ads.]pp. With an engraved frontispiece in each volume, 2 other engraved plates in volume 1, and Blake’s plate facing p.164 in volume..... More
1959. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. 8vo, (vi), 242, (1) pp. Original quarter cloth with blue boards lettered in gilt, a few light marks to the backstrip. Original unclipped dust-jacket, spine panel faded, some worming, largely to the rear panel. § First US edition. Based on the New Zealand..... More
1856. Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, n.d. [circa 1856-71). Stone color lithograph 5 x 7 1/2”, with printed title information, mounted; very good. § Original lithograph from a later printing of the octavo edition of The Birds of North America , this is No. 29 Pl. 141. The background is tinted..... More
1856. Philadelphia: J. T. Bowen, n.d. [circa 1856-71). Stone color lithograph 5 x 7 1/2”, with printed title information, mounted; very good. § Original lithograph from a later printing of the octavo edition of The Birds of North America , this is No. 13 Pl. 61. The background is tinted..... More
1856. London: Whittaker and Co., (1856). Oblong 8vo, original printed boards. Engraved title-page and twenty-four lithographic plates. Covers somewhat soiled and worn, rubbed at extremities of binding, lacking front free endpaper, short tear to one plate, some stain, a very good copy. § First Edition of this humorous visual short..... More
1894. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1894. Small 8vo., xliii, 411 pp., 9 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed; otherwise very bright clean copy. Ex-library copy with call number written in white on the backstrip, library bookplate..... More
1910. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1910. Small 8vo., xxxviii, 430 pp., 47 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed; otherwise very good. § Fifteenth revised edition. The maps and travel plans are meant to aid the traveler..... More
1911. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1911. Small 8vo., xxxiv, 554 pp., 69 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed; otherwise very good. § Seventeenth revised edition. The German first edition of The Rhine was published in 1828..... More
1907. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Publisher, 1907. Small 8vo., xxx, 335 pp., 30 color maps including many fold-outs. Full red pebbled cloth, stamped in blind, with gilt title, marbled edges. Backstrip slightly rubbed, lacking the front fold-out map; otherwise good. § Tenth revised edition. In earlier editions Southern Germany was combined..... More
1945. London: MacMillan & Co., LTD, 1945. 8vo, x, 146, [2]pp. plus frontispiece and 15 plates in black and white. Original black cloth titled in gilt to backstrip; frontispiece from an engraving, with 15 black-and-white plates. Some staining and rubbing to boards, slight bumping to bottom right corner. Signed by..... More
1518. San Francisco: Schmidt Label & Litho Co., The Wasp, Aug. 15, 1885 Folio 13 3/4 x20 1/4”, pp. 7-10, two-page color lithograph 11 1/2 x 18 1/8”, text to verso. small tear along center fold, chipping and foxing to edges; very good. § From the original edition of this..... More
1807. London: John Joseph Stockdale, 1807. 8vo, xvi,81, (3, ads)pp. Original printed boards, rebacked. The upper cover printed with the title of the above work together with an advert for another Stockdale publication (Elijah’s Mantle), and further titles listed on the lower cover. § Fourth edition, printed in the same..... More
