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
1801. London: Printed by C. Clarke, Published by T. Egerton, 1801-2. 2 vols. 8vo, xvi, 209; [iv], 258 pp., recent full crimson morocco antique, spines decorated and lettered in gilt, covers gilt-ruled in an ivy pattern. Two engraved maps & two emblematic half-titles, 52 topographic plates, all aquatints printed in..... More
1776. Nuremberg: Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt, 1776. 4to, civ, 152 pp. With an allegorical engraved title page, a folding plate showing the gardens at Wurzbourg, 8 plates of apricots, 8 plates of almonds, and 17 plates of prunes, all beautifully hand-colored as issued. Old diaper calf, backstrip with two red lettering..... More
1837. London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1837. 8vo, xiv, (15)-208 pp. with errata. 15 colored aquatints after T. J. Rawlins. Publisher’s original full green morocco with wide gilt-tooled borders, backstrip titled in gilt, and gilt edges. Binding very lightly worn, pages showing some offsetting from the plates and occasional..... More
1768. London: Printed by H. Woodfall by J. Dodsley, 1768 and 1769. 3 vols. 8vo, 332, (4, index); vii, 343; viii, 360 pp. Engraved frontispieces, title vignettes in "vols. I & II, folding map of the Leasowes, several other vignettes and decorations. Contemporary full speckled calf, double gilt rules, backstrips..... More
