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
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
![Alaska. [Volume I: Narrative Glaciers, Natives. Volume II: History, Geography, Resources.]. John...](/pictures/thumb/123880.jpg?v=1619472083)
1901. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, volume 1: 183 pp., volume 2: 185-383 pp. With a color frontispiece in each volume. With a total of 37 color plates (some chromolithographs), 85 photogravure plates, 1 large folding color map, numerous text illustrations and maps. Rather..... More
1861. London: James Hogg and Sons, 1861. Two volumes, 8vo, xii, 374 [2(ads)]; viii, 368 pp. Original red cloth pictorially stamped in blind and gilt. Two color frontispieces and eighteen tinted lithographic plates. Covers slightly rubbed and showing some soiling, backstrips faded, hinges beginning to crack, early names in ink..... More
1840. New York: Harper Brothers, 1840. 12mo, (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 ins.), 483 pp. Original beige muslin printed in black, rebacked retaining the original spine and endpapers. Preserved in a half brown morocco slipcase lettered in gilt. Generally a very good and well-preserved copy inside and out. Light very..... 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..... 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
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
1853. Paris: Librairie de Adriene le Clere et Cle, 1853. 2 vols. 4to. 440 pp. and 518 pp. Full brown buckram, gilt on backstrip. Library number in white on covers. § Second edition, an ex-library copy with the usual markings but complete with the folding map. An important account of..... 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
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
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
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
1971. Barre: Imprint Society, 1971 2 vols., 4to, xviii, 220, [223]-480pp. [vol. I] xviii, 407 (i.e. 415), (7, index, plates, errata) pp., frontispiece, engraved title-page, 39 plates and 2 folding maps; [vol. II] iv, 404, (7, index, plates, errata) pages, engraved title-page and 40 plates. Blue cloth backed marbled paper..... More
1793. London: Johnson, 1793. Single plate, in fine condition. § Essick, William Blake’s Commercial Book Illustrations, XXXIII #13. More
1867. New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1867. 8vo, 185pp. Original green cloth with gilt to backstrip. Blind-stamped border to front and rear covers. Some mild wrinkling to cloth and some edgewear, especially to head and heel of spine. Yellow endpapers, lacking yellow front free endpaper. Previous owner’s name..... More
2001. NY: Grolier Club and Smithsonian, 2001-2003. Small 8vo, 63 pp. Blue pictorial wrappers. § Catalogue of exhibition held at the Grolier Club and at the National Museum of American History. More
1897. London: Chatto & Windus, 1897. 8vo, (viii), 486, (2), 32 (ads dated September 1897) pp. Original ribbed maroon cloth with blind-stamped decoration, lettered in gilt on upper board and backstrip, top edge gilt, others uncut, floral printed endpapers. Cloth lightly rubbed, uncut edges foxed, a little musty. A solid..... More
