1894. London: Jarrold & Sons, 1894 [c.1898]. Sm. 8vo, vi (ads, including pastedown), x, [9]-346, (ix)-xxvii (ads, including pastedown) pp. With 75 black and white illustrations by Rackham plus illustrations by other artists. Original blue cloth, lettered in red and black, upper board with the image of sunrise behind an..... More
1806. London: J, Johnson, 1806. 2 vols. 4to, xviii, 423, (4, index and plate list); iv, 419 ( 6, index and plate list) pp, with 40 hand-coloured plates in both vol I and vol II as called for plus hand-coloured title page to vol I and coloured vignette to both..... More
1785. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1785. Sm. 8vo, iii-vii (lacks half-title), [1], 524, [1]pp. Modern full diaper calf panelled in gilt, backstrip stamped and lettered in gilt with 4 raised bands, a lovely retrospective binding by Dusel. § First edition, mixed issue; E3, E4 and M4 are cancels..... More
1785. London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1785. 8vo, xx, (ii), [1]-534, (1, advertisement for Life of Johnson)pp. Uncut in original boards; complete with half title and terminal blank. Backstrip sensitively restored, boards soiled and worn at edges, some dampstaining to front endpapers, half title, and title, some loss to..... More
1872. New York: D. Appleton and Co, (1872–74). 2 vols., 4to, 568; 576 pp. With 49 steel engraved plates, and hundreds of steel-engraved text illustrations by leading American artists of the period, the majority after Harry Fenn, and A.C. Warren, but also Thomas Moran, James Smillie, Granville Perkins, William Hart..... More
1839. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. 3 vols. in 4 (vol. 2 having a separate appendix), 8vo, xxviii, [iv], [1]-559, 556-597 pp. with 17 engraved plates and 3 folding maps; xiv, [2] [1]-694, [2] pp. with 25 engraved plates and 2 folding maps; viii, 352 pp. with 6 engraved plates and..... More
1878. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1878. 8vo, xi, 435, (8, ads.)pp. With a frontispiece and 6 plates, guarded by tissue. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt, a very fine copy. § First American edition of this early and interesting study of Egypt, in an attractive decorated cloth binding with..... More
1821. London: Printed For The Author, By W.Bulmer And W.Nicol, Shakespeare Press, And Sold By Payne And Foss, Longman, Hurst And Co..., 1821. 3 vols., royal 8vo. pp. 2 p.l., xxv, [3 leaves], 462, lxxix, [1] errata; 2 p.l., 555; 2 p.l., 622, lxii. without half-titles. 83 plates (incl. portraits;..... More
1838. London: Printed for the Author..., 1838. 2 vols, royal 8vo, (i-v) vi-xv [xvi], (10, subscribers, plates, contents), (1) 2–436, (i) ii-xxx (supplement), (1, errata) +12 plates; (iv), (437–39) 440–1090 pp. With 40 plates and woodcut vignettes on titles and throughout the text. Original pinkish buff boards, printed paper labels..... More
1823. London: Arch, Triphook, and Major, 1823. Roy. 8vo, t/p, list of plates, directions for placing the plates, engraved dedication, advertisement: i.e. (7), (1), [1]-15 pp. 60 illustrations on 52 plates, on India paper, numbered 1-60. Old polished calf rebacked, retaining the original backstrip. Occasional slight spotting, generally very good..... More
1820. London: Taylor, 1820 (but later?). Folio, 16 x 12 1/2 inches (32 x 41 cm.). (2) pp., 16 text leaves, plus 26 colored aquatints. Later green limp wrappers, internally in good condition. Plates without discernible watermarks. Bookplate of William Ingraham Kip. § First edition (reprinted in 1844). Copy owned..... More
1959. Kentfield, CA: Allen Press, 1959. Small 4to, [66] pp. With designs by Mallette Dean. Original cloth-backed decorated paper boards, dust-jacket, very good. Prospectus inserted. § One of 200 copies with hand-colored marginal decorations by Mallette Dean and a frontispiece reproduction of a daguerreotype of John Charles Duchow and his..... More
1833. Genoa: Yves Gravier, 1833. Small 8vo, (2, publisher's ads), vi, 298 pp., folding map of the city, and 14 other plates, one folding. Quarter vellum with marbled boards; vellum darkened, board edges worn, occasional browning, but in general a lovely crisp copy. Signature of V. Mott dated December 19th..... More
1936. New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. Quarto, 148, (4)pp., plus 51 paper specimens. With frontispiece, three woodcut and 65 photogravure illustrations. Quarter leather with paper over boards printed in gilt from 18th century wood blocks acquired by Hunter in Korea, backstrip tooled in red and lettered in gilt, insignificant wear..... More
1955. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1955. Folio, xviii, 68 pp. B/w frontispiece map, 10 color plates. Original natural linen backed in red leather, backstrip lettered in gilt. § Limited to 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press, and one of the "Fifty Books of the Year." The..... More
1785. London: printed for J. Osborne and T. Griffin, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, and J. Mozley, Gainsbrough, M.DCC.LXXXV [1785]. Sm. 8vo, ix, [3], 212 pp. Early or original calf, red morocco label. Early signature of Julia Aglionby and bookplate of Staffield Hall (home of the Aglionby-Fetherstonhaugh families). Free endpapers removed..... More
1970. Stockholm: 1897. Reprinted by Burt Franklin, New York, 1970. Huge folio, 208 pp. followed by 60 plates. Blue cloth lettered in gilt. Very lightly scuffed and bumped, near fine without dust-jacket. § Burt Franklin Research and Source Works Series #52. A well printed facsimile edition of this monumental historical..... More
1781. [London: White, 1781]. Slim 4to, 7pp. text and 10 plates (one folding). Cleaned and recently bound in half speckled calf, red morocco label, green boards, by Dusel. § The extra plates that go with the first edition of Pennant’s Tours of Wales, usually cited as Pennant’s best book. “Pennant's..... More
1947. San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1947. Sm. 4to, 82pp. Seven color wood engravings by Mallette Dean. Cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label printed in blue and brown. A fine copy. § First book appearance of this work, limited to 500 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for the Colt..... More
1789. London: Stockdale and Goulding, 1789. 4to, xii, 384, xl pp., with 6 folding copper-engraved charts, and 13 copper-engraved plates (of 14, lacking the “sketch of the west side of Montague Island) including port. The bird plates are uncolored as issued (though often found colored). Modern calf antique, joints a...... More
1891. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1891. 8vo, (i-vii), viii, (1)-259 pp. With seven full-page engravings and numerous vignettes by A. D. McCormick. Blue cloth with gilt backstrip and green coated endpapers. Corners bumped, page edges a little browned. Small loss to top margin of p. 129 due to the signature..... More
1813. London: J. Johnson, 1813. 4to, 3 uncoloured plates by Blake, from Vol II; Size 26.5 x 20. 5 cm. Rather browned and foxed in places, particularly to the edges. § Third edition. The plates are: "The Quato... Monkeys", "Limes, Capsicum....", "Flagellation of a Female....". Essick, William Blake's Commercial Book..... More
1796. London: J. Johnson, 1796. Vol I only. 4to, xviii, 407 (i.e. 415), (7, index, plates, errata) pp., with 40 hand-coloured plates as called for including hand-coloured frontispiece and title page vignette. Very good in contemporary brown calf with gilt rules, decoration, and titling to spine with five raised bands..... More
1813. London: J. Johnson, 1813. 4to, 8 plates from the 1813 (third) edition. The plates are clean and in good condition hand-coloured with the standard palette, measuring 26.5 x 20.5 cm. § The plates are - "A Free Coromantyn Negro", "A Private Marine...." , "The Mecoo and Kishee Monkeys", "The..... More
1962. London: Mitre Press, 1962. 8vo,xxiv, 437pp. With a portrait frontispiece, 16 plates, and 5 illustrations in the text. Original red cloth, dust-jacket a bit worn and chipped at edges, very good. § First edition of the journal, which was published in 1796 by Johnson as “Narrative, of a Five..... More
