Chefoo, China: Chinese Missionary school for girls. Presbyterian Mission], n.d. (1930's). Small oblong quarto. Decorative title page and seven sheets of illustration in delicate and intricate black paper cutouts (silhouettes) illustrating the tales and folklore printed on facing pages on textured sturdy glassines. The text of each piece in English..... More
Paris: Chez A. Barraud, 1873 (The ornamental title-page is hand-colored, highlighted in gold, and dated 1872). Limited to 99 copies, this no. 8 (text volume numbered 54). Folio. Three volumes in two. Unpaged. Illustrated with 144 magnificent hand-colored plates, many highlighted with gold and silver. Several of these plates are..... More
London: Ernest Benn, 1926. Edition de Luxe limited to 100 copies on Van Gelder paper (this no. 23). Quarto. xiv, 140p. +82 plates, 19 in color. Bound in gilt-titled vellum spine over pattern paper boards, t.e.g. With the extra suite of 82 plates in a separate portfolio with ribbon ties..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1837. xii, 306p. Frontispiece portrait engraved by Finden and 20 proof engravings by Goodall after Turner. Bound by Riviere in full green crushed morocco, a.e.g., the spine densely gilt including central flowers, triple fillets on the covers, fancy dentelles. More
London: Chappell and Simpkin, Marshall, 1840. Two volumes. 4to. v, 118p, vi; [iv], 198p. Decorated title in Vol. I, typographic title in Vol. II. Music engraved throughout. Bound in half green morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spines with fancy panel ornaments including a flower in the center..... More
London: Williams and Norgate, 1887. First edition. Tall 8vo.viii, 298p, (i, errata). Text illustrations and 12 full-page plates drawn by the author, 3 uncolored and 9 "colored from nature" by Miss Florence Woolward in excellent chromolithography by Hanhart. Bound in full green niger morocco with marbled endpapers, t.e.g., spine in..... More
London: How & Parsons, 1842. First edition. Two volumes. xxviii, 318p, [ii, ad]; 368p. Engraved frontispiece portrait. The second volume is entirely printed music. Bound in half green morocco with pattern paper sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and music ornaments in the panels. More
England. 45 paper cards, usually colored lithographs with pointille embossments in gold and silver, decorated with additional cut-out parts from other colored embossments, multicolored materials, gold-foil or silver-foil, many with silk applications. With English texts. Sizes vary (duodecimo to quarto), all mounted on thick modern handmade paper. Housed in a...... More
London: John Murray, 1854. Edited by Peter Cunningham. Four volumes. Engraved and typographic titlepage in each volume. Bound in half vellum over marbled boards with marbled endpapers, text edges stained red. The spine with red and black title labels and gilt floriate decorations. More
London: J. Murray, 1786. "A New Edition" Small 8vo. (ii), xxxix, (40)-178p. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and six engraved plates, one signed Sherwin after Hamilton, one signed Sharp after Hamilton. Bound in the style of Edwards of Halifax in full sprinkled calf, the covers with single gilt fillet, with two..... More
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Tours: Maison A. Mame et Fils, [1909]. 285p. Illustrated by G. Dutriac with 12 black and white plates, Bound in full black crushed morocco with watered silk endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and double ruled panels, the cover with triple fillets and a central gilt device of Napoleon's..... More
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New York: John Lane, The International Studio, 1902, 1901. Large quarto. The many countries covered are individually paginated. Illustrated with many plates, a few in color. Bound by Ringer Hertzberg in half red crushed morocco over beveled boards with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with gilt titles and..... More
Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hagel & Son), 1896. First edition. 245p. Danish text. Publisher's embossed gray cloth with overall elaborate designs on spine and upper cover in gilt and black, with gilt title banner in the center, patterned endpapers, a.e.g. More
Guilford, England: Circle Press, 1979. Limited to 300 copies signed by the artist, this no. 182. Portfolio (16") . Three-page essay by Keith Please 'The Elusive Absolute'. Text printed throughout in black and blue with the silk screen or lithographed illustrations beside and interspersed in the text. The opening act..... More
New York: Longmans, Green, 1933. First American edition. Oblong folio (15 1/4"). Illustrated by Clare Leighton with full-page wood engravings, one for each month. Bound in black cloth with gilt titles on spine and upper cover and with gilt vignette of farmer on cover, pattern paper endpapers by Leighton. Clare..... More
Paris: Librairie H. Launettest Cie, [1900]. Edition de Grand Luxe. No. 10 of 100 copies. (Boston issue of Francis A. Nichols). 4to. xvi, 166p. Illustrated by Raphael Collin with in-text drawings in black and sepia and 12 engraved plates, each in 3 states, the first mounted. In an elegant unsigned..... More
New Britian, CT: REM Miniatures, 1979. No. 1 of 250 copies signed by Massmann. This Massmann's copy with his miniature bookplate. Miniature book (1 1/8 x 1"). 30p. Illustrated. Bound in green cloth boards with triangular paper label on upper cover. Brad bury 55. More
London: Henry Washbourne, 1849. [viii], 373p. Very large 8vo. Illustrated by John Martin with 24 brilliant mezzotints. Rebound in half tan leather with marbled sides and endpapers, the spine with title label gilt and gilt panels. This book was one of the great publishing enterprises of the age. It appeared..... More
London: 2022. No. 51 of 95 copies. Octavo (in size). ix (i), 30p, colophon. Color portrait frontispiece. Small blue ornaments separate the quatrains. Printed on Twinrocker handmade paper. Bound in gilt-titled quarter vellum over linen boards with endpapers of repeating patterns of peacock feathers. Housed in blue cloth slipcase. Small..... More
New York: Fleming H. Revell, (1901). No. 98 of 100 copies on large hand made paper, signed by Margaret Sangster. Tall 8vo. 260 p. Illustrated by Studies from Life, being 12 inserted plates from photos, by William Buckingham Dyer. Text pages printed in brown with fancy decorative borders in light..... More
Boston: Meador Publishing, 1939. First edition. 154p. Red pattern cloth titled in gilt on spine and upper cover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Rare. More
London: Printed at the Shakespeare Press for John Major, 1831. xxvi, 293p (i). Illustrated with wood engravings in the text and the complete set of fine engravings on India paper. Bound by Riviere in full maroon crushed morocco, t.e.g., the spine densely gilt with floral ornamentation, the sides with triple..... More
Paris: Societe Francaise d'Editions d'Art, 1898. 1 of 1000 copies, this an unnumbered copy. Quarto. vi, 275p. Profusely illustrated throughout. Decorative elements on preliminaries by Leon Rudnick. Bound by Durvand in half scarlet morocco with marbled sides and endpapers, t.e.g., the spine with citron morocco label gilt and with inlaid..... More
London: William Pickering, 1836. Large paper copy. The First Nicholas Edition. Extra-Illustrated and expanded to four volumes. There are 318 extra plates, 23 colored. Bound by Riach in full green morocco with marbled endpapers, a.e.g., the spines with gilt titles and simple panel ornaments, the covers with a series of..... More
London: Edward Moxon, 1836-1837. "A New Edition", first thus. Special imprints: London: Bradbury and Evans Printers, Whitefriars. Six volumes. Small 8vo. Portrait frontispiece by Pickersgill, engraved by W. H. Watt. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full tan smooth calf with marbled endpapers, t.e.g, the spines with two scarlet title..... More