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18656502Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1865. Later printing. Fine. Bound in a 20th-century full straight grain red morocco with gilt crest on front panel gilt fluer-de-lis and decorative gilt foliate and blue inlaid borders on front and back boards with raised six-compartment spine with gilt fleur-de-lis and title. Red marble endpapers with decorative gilt inner dentelles with a floral and vine pattern. Binding by J. Ramage & co. with binding stamp on version of free endpaper. All edges of the text block gilt interior bright and clean with in-text illustrations headpieces and tailpieces throughout. A Fine copy overall.<br /> <br /> A delightful collection that mixes prose and poetry inspired by the 19th century interest in revival texts and Scottish history. Aytoun's Lays first published 1849 were modelled on the works of Macaulay and Scott ODNB. The Paton Edition is prized for its expressive illustrations which embrace a medieval-revival style to emphasize historic costume and create a sense of drama. <br /> <br /> The London-based bindery John Ramage and Company helped "restore the fine hand-craft of bookbinding in an era when that process was increasingly mechanized" Morgan Library. John Ramage 1836-1911 apprenticed with both English and French binders before buying his first binder business in Edinburgh 1860. He opened a London bindery three years later Gertz. "Though the range of their designs is broad Ramage bindings are celebrated for their remarkably delicate careful and elaborate gilt work" Gertz. Fine. William Blackwood and Sons unknown
184760420London:: Longman & Co. 1847. First edition. original lettered leather-backed relief boards simulating a gothic carved wooden binding incorporating "Scripture / Parables" on front and rear panels; a.e.g. There is some inoffensive marginal foxing to a few of the leaves some leaves starting as is nearly always the case; tiny losses to two of the corners; but otherwise an extremely attractive example of a landmark binding rarely found intact. 12mo. Chromolithographed title leaf and 32 chromolithographed pages. This copy has 3 additional chromolithographed prayers in similar style affixed to blank leaves at front. See: Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England 231. Longman & Co., hardcover
16-4903Paris: Aumont and London: Ch. Tilt circa 1831. Small folio. 25.5 x 34.6 cm. Contemporary gilt roan. Title page by Victor Adam and 38 plates with 2 lithographs per page on rag paper by Adam and others. Light foxing. Very rare. Nont in OCLC.Inventaire du fonds français après 1800. Tome premier Abbéma-Beaumont Reprod. en fac-sim. / Bibliothèque nationale Département des estampes ; par Jean Laran. 1930.________________________________________Extract 1 : La Variété nouveau recueil de croquis par divers artistes chez Aumont et chez Tilt 1831 : 1e Lon n° 3 Le Bac Le taureau échappé.Album de lithographies comportant de sujets divers. Paysages bateaux animaux sauvages métiers et scènes animés.Superbes tirages en lithographie le tout sur beau papier.Titré et 38 planches superbement imprimées par la Maitre de la lithographie LEMERCIER.Volume in-folio reliure du temps en maroquin vieux rouge Paris: Aumont and London: Ch. Tilt, circa 1831 unknown
1925W1862New York: Unpublished 1925. Original photograph by the Australian-American photographer Anton Bruehl 1900-1982. A vintage circa 1925 gelatin silver print mounted on cardstock. 7 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches. The photograph is unsigned but the composition of the still-life photo includes a roughly torn piece of paper that includes the caption that was handwritten by the photographer and is signed "Greetings Anton Bruehl." In 1919 the Australian born Bruehl along with his brother and parents emigrated to the United States where he worked for Western Electric as an electrical engineer until an exhibition of Clarence H. White's photographs persuaded him to change professions. In 1924 he enrolled in White's photography school and by the next year was hired to teach in the school. In a 1976 article for Image magazine landscape photographer Joe Deal observed that "Anton Bruehl's background in engineering and love of machine forms in combination with his training under Clarence White resulted in still life photographs which give the satisfaction of well-resolved formal problems and portraits choreographed with the rhythm and movement characteristic of the age." Bruehl's early black and white still-life photographs are much more scarce than his later color images and they seldom come on the market. The photograph is clean and bright with just a hint of edgewear and a 1-inch crease line at the bottom edge. . First Edition. Single Sheet. Collectible-Very Good. Illus. by Anton Bruehl. 7 1/2" X 5 1/2". Photo. Unpublished
1965140945815New York & New Orleans: Lyle Stuart Inc. printed by the Loujon Press 1965. First edition. First edition first printing from a limited edition of 3100. Signed by Charles Bukowski in white ink dated 3-21-65. 101 3 pp. Bound in publisher's self-wraps with fine wrap-around belly band. Fine. A beautiful copy of a key early Bukowski poetry collection. Lyle Stuart, Inc., printed by the Loujon Press unknown
1924535933London: Hutchinson & Co 1924. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Edited by Noel Coward. Introduction by Gaspard Pustontin. Small octavo. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards with printed paper label. Small hole in front board and first few leaves presumably shot by an irate critic some edgewear and rubbing a good copy lacking the presumed dust jacket. Coward's second poetry collection a lampoon of Edith Sitwell. Inscribed by Coward: "For Miss M. Robson from the soul of Hernia Whittlebot 1925. Hutchinson & Co hardcover
190831472London: John Hogg The Macmillan Company 1908. Hardcover. Stated "Second Edition Revised." 4.75 x 7.5in. xxxii. 510pp. "8pp. examples in red & black and 24pp. of collotypes." Publisher's quarter buckram over paper-covered boards. Signed and inscribed by the author Edward Johnston at the half-title page: "Given to H.C.D.C. by E.J. 14. June 1908." Directly above the inscription is the former owner's initials in gold leaf designed cut and "worked in" by Johnston himself. The former owner Henry C. D. Chorlton 1887-1929 was an artist and member of the Northern Art Workers Guild who visited Johnson at his home in Hammersmith. His bookplate at the front paste-down briefly details the visit and Johnston's extraordinary gift of a monogram in manuscript. An extraordinary copy of the masterpiece by the father of modern calligraphy which remains the definitive history and manual of the art. VERY GOOD. Shows an additional small bookplate noting this book at one time bequeathed to Chorlton's niece at the back paste-down bookplates for the Athenaeum Graphic Club and Baylis House the book itself with slight handling and shelf wear marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities fore-edge alone is lightly foxed slightly over-opened at the signature otherwise the binding is strong and tight the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. As pictured. John Hogg | The Macmillan Company hardcover
185146518London: Longmans & Green 1851. <p>Humphreys Henry Noel 1810-79. Shakespeare William 1564-1616. Sentiments and similes of William Shakespeare. Edited by Henry Noel Humphreys 1810-79. 6 100pp. Elaborate chromolithographed border by Humphreys on the first page remaining text pages printed in black and gold with 2-color initials. London: Longman Brown Green Longmans and Roberts 1851. 194 x 147 mm. Pierced high-relief papier-mâché covers over gold foil featuring a cameo bust of Shakespeare on the front cover and the initials "WS" on the back gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Skillfully recased and rebacked; boxed. Minor soiling and fore-edge wear on first few leaves but very good. 19th-century gift inscription on the title. Bookplate.</p> <p> First Edition. "According to his preface Shakespeare was the first author Henry Noel Humphreys thought of honoring with a modern printed illuminated book . . . Humphreys's enshrinement of Shakespeare's words is completed by the black papier-mâché binding with a terracotta cameo portrait of Shakespeare on the front cover and Shakespeare's initials in a similar oval on the back cover. In the first edition the pieced strapwork is placed over a striated gold foil while the second edition 1857 has a red background and an indented bevel at the outer edge. This cover the illuminated first page and Humphreys's remarks about selecting ornament that Shakespeare might have requested himself reflects the emergence of an understanding that there was a difference between the style of the Middle Ages and that of the 16th and 17th centuries" Beckwith p. 43. A. Beckwith Victorian Bibliomania: The Illuminated Book in 19th-Century Britain no. 30. </p> . Longmans & Green unknown
184817405London: Longman & Co 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. iv1312pp. Thirty-two pages are chromolithographed by Humphreys in addition there is a leaf of the illuminator' s remarks and one comprising an index of the miracles. Bound in the original black papier-mache covers designed to look like carved ebony. The binding was based on one carved in ivory in the 12th Century and has medallions of the principal miracles intertwined with ornate decorations and the title. The front and rear covers are identical. The book is exuberantly illustrated using chromolithography on 32 pages alternating between hot bright colors and cool pages subtly tinted with various shades the whole combining to make both a magnificent tribute to Medieval illustration and to the then new and novel technique of chromolithography. Marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Nicely rebacked in plain black leather;; a few small cracks in the binding edges and corners neatly mended but a very good copy. The Art of Publishers' Bookbindings 160-162. Housed in a custom slipcase. Longman & Co hardcover
1819elala1625Paris: Firmin Didot 1819. 1819. 7 Volumes. 8vo. with half-titles. 7 folding engraved maps & plans some hand-coloured. contemporary mottled calf a few corners worn else a fine set. First Edition. Darus history of the republic of Venice is regarded as one of the best works on the subject. "Il néparna rien pour en fair un monument historique: recherches sur place et dans les registres de cette république comparaison des documents imprimés et manuscrits." Nouvelle Biographie Générale The eminent French statesman was highly regarded by Napoleon who made him a councillor of state a count of the empire and intendant-general of the imperial household and employed him as commissary-general financier and negotiator. In 1811 Daru became chief minister of state and in 1815 he was chosen president of the French Academy. Brunet II 524. Graesse II 336. 1st Edition. Paris: Firmin Didot, 1819. unknown
19501809060026Oxford University Press 1950-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Super limited edition "50 copies are to be offered for sale of a total of 100 printed." Folio 35 cm. Publisher's quarter morocco. Gilt spine; top edges gilt. Corners slightly bumped. lxvi 383 pages. Half-title; title in red and black; 7 facsimile plates 1 double-page. Limited Edition of this collection of Latin letters originally written by Bishop Richard de Bury 1286 - 1345. De Bury was noted as writing the first recorded book on bibliophily in England "the Philobiblon" The love of books. He founded Durham College at Oxford. This is an oversized or heavy book which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. Oxford University Press hardcover
185058074London: Grant and Griffith Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard 1850. Thick 4to. 6.75 x 9.25 x 2 in. 4 iv 208 pp. plus 2 pp. publisher’s ads decorated colophon leaf in red & black inserted errata leaf at rear. Title printed in red & black. With 10 plates featuring 114 embossed relief facsimile coins featuring gold silver copper & bronze leaf applied mimicking the originals all preserving their original printed cover leafs and some text woodcut engraved illustrations. Original embossed padded green publisher’s calf ornamental design borders & lettering in relievo marbled endpapers black linen tape reinforcement at gutter margin sunning & chipping to spine wear offsetting to text leaves minor wear & chipping to fore-edges of covers embossed raised letter spine label present still a VG bright original copy. First edition of this rare and inventive numismatic sample book on ancient Greek & Roman coins by the influential British illustrator and noted numismatist. He proclaims in his introduction how he has invented a new process to recreate actual facsimile coins in their original metals as he had found no other printing or reprographic process properly conveyed either the weight or appearance of the coins quite separate from the chromolithograph colour printing process for his very successful Coins of England. The coin specimens appear as they would have in a Victorian cabinet specimen trayHenry Noel Humphreys 1810-1879 was also fascinated with illuminated Medieval manuscripts and began producing beautiful books with painted ornaments by using the beautiful chromolithography process of Owen Jones 1809-1874. However he also had a keen interest in the natural world writing on aquariums butterflies entomology biology and more. See: Twyman A History of Chromolithography pp. 153-156; Alexander Del Mar A History of Money in Ancient Countries from the Earliest Times to the Present p. xv; Leitzmann Supplement to Lipsius Bibliotheca Numaria 60. Grant and Griffith, Corner of St. Paul’s Churchyard, unknown
1850588Philadelphia: A. Hart 1850. Very Good. <p dir="ltr">First American edition; first printing. 444 2 pp. Original publisher’s brown/black embossed cloth gilt spine lettering decorative blind-stamped boards brown coated endpapers. Heavy shelf-wear and rubbing; edge/corner wear with small losses at spine tips; noticeable surface abrasions to the back board; text block toning appropriate to age.<br /> <br /> Issue dated 1850 explicitly “TWO VOLUMES IN ONE†a classic 19th-century Anglo-American occult / demonology / apparitions compilation in book form. Victorian-era publisher’s cloth with ornate blind stamping and gilt spine titling in an attractive but clearly used example. Very good condition for the book’s age.<br /> <br /> A foundational supernatural reference scarcer in original cloth than later reprints. Display case 3.</p> . A. Hart unknown
1992L3 box80 L1 box72 aThe Anchor Bible Dictionary Complete Six Volume Set. Editor-in-Chief: David Noel Freedman; Associate Editors: Gary A. Herion David F. Graf John David Pleins; Managing Editor: Astrid B. Beck. 1992 by Doubleday. Hardcover. Doubleday hardcover
2014x-1461491932Springer Verlag 2014. Hardcover. New. 1000 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.75 inches. Springer Verlag hardcover
1995__1852786981Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd 1995. Hardcover. New. 1688 pages. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd hardcover
1642ROGNER & BERNHARD. hardcover. Dirk Gently 226230 ROGNER & BERNHARD hardcover
185443816London: David Bogue 1854. <p>Humphreys Henry Noel 1810-79. The origin and progress of the art of writing. viii 176pp. 28 lithographed plates 13 in color. London: David Bogue 1854. 256 x 170 mm. Pierced high-relief papier-mâché binding over crimson paper; boxed. Rebacked preserving original spine a few cracks and chips to the fragile papier-mâché minor foxing first and last leaves browned but very good. Ownership signature on title.</p> <p> Second issue with title-page dated 1854 and the imprint of David Bogue.; first issue is dated 1853 and bears the imprint of Ingram Cooke & Co. "Twenty-eight plates supplement Humphreys's text which is further enriched with woodcut diagrams and initial letters. Twelve of the plates are chromolithographed . . . This book was attractive to general readers for the clarity of its prose the beauty of the chromolithography and the sculptural fascination of the original black papier-mâché cover . . . By introducing the general reader to the study of ancient writing Humphreys contributed to the growing public awareness of manuscript illustration and further stimulated Victorian bibliomania" Beckwith p. 3. A. Beckwith Victorian Bibliomania: The Illuminated Book in 19th-Century Britain no. 17 first issue. King Victorian Decorated Trade Bindings 1830-1880 no. 66 first issue.</p> . David Bogue unknown
1819191925London: Thomas Davison for John Murray 1819. The true first edition First edition of the first two cantos of Byron's epic satire published anonymously. The poem has an unorthodox publishing history. John Murray was nervous about the first two cantos and requested cuts but Byron was uncooperative. Murray only agreed to publish in quarto format with his printer Thomas Davison named and therefore bearing the legal responsibility. Priced at £1 11s. 6d the first volume was as Murray no doubt intended prohibitively expensive. Quarto 280 x 210 mm. Twentieth-century brown morocco spine lettered in gilt double gilt rule to boards gilt inner dentelles marbled endpapers top edge gilt. Armorial bookplate of philanthropists Jean S. Armour 1915-1963 and A. Watson Armour III 1908-1991. A few spots of rubbing to extremities occasional foxing. A bright copy. hardcover
1932190021London: William Heinemann Ltd 1932. A lavish pageant of British history from the Boer War First edition signed by the author on the front free endpaper. This copy also contains an autograph letter signed by the author to Major Montague Isidore Gluckstein dated 19 October 1931 a week after the play's premiere. Gluckstein 18861958 was involved in negotiations about establishing a Jewish state after the Second World War and worked as chairman of the successful chain of tea shops J. Lyons & Co. Involving over 40 cast members and several extravagant sets Cavalcade premiered at the Theatre Royal in October 1931 directed by Coward and presented by the impresario Charles B. Cochran. The 1933 film adaptation won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. Octavo. Half-tone photographic frontispiece 22 half-tone photographic plates title page printed in black and red. With autograph letter loosely inserted. Original yellow cloth spine and front cover lettered and ruled in black red and blue publisher's device to rear cover in blue. Spine gently toned with a few spots minor soiling and rubbing to extremities: a very good copy. hardcover
1931170458London: William Heinemann Ltd 1931. His own copy of his anti-war polemic First edition the playwright's own copy signed by him on the title page and with his bookplate on the front pastedown and first blank. The play was written at the height of Coward's dramatic power but went unperformed in his lifetime. "By the early thirties Coward's increasingly mature work and its critical and popular success had established him as probably the most important dramatist of his day. Virginia Woolf flattered by his attentions professed to have fallen 'in love' with the playwright and his work and encouraged him to write more adventurously. The openly gay Semi-Monde 1926 and the anti-war polemic of Post-Mortem 1930 written after his brief appearance in a Singapore production of Journey's End appeared to be Coward's attempt to write up to these expectations" Philip Hoare in ODNB. Coward's elegant art deco bookplate combining the masks of comedy and tragedy into a single persona was designed by Gladys Calthrop 1894-1980 who worked as a set and costume designer on many of the original productions of his plays including Private Lives 1931 Design for Living 1933 and Present Laughter 1943. This copy later passed into the collection of Coward's close friend and agent Geoffrey Johnson 1930-2021 with his ink and blind stamps to the front endpapers. Octavo. Original purple cloth spine lettered in gilt publisher's device to rear pastedown. With dust jacket. Bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown. Spine sunned lightly worn at head gutter cracked before first gathering but firm contents clean; jacket unclipped rubbed spine toned extremities lightly chipped: a very good copy in very good jacket. hardcover
18545203London: David Bogue. 1854 1854. First edition. pp. viii 176. 28 plates many of which thirteen are beautiful examples of Victorian chromolithography mostly Day & Son. Black embossed pierced and moulded papier maché over" red paper show-through" covered boards rebacked with part of the spine laid down. Spine lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Some small cracks to the papier maché and there is some foxing but overall an excellent copy. McLean notes that it is surprising that The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing should have been given such an elaborate papier mache binding when the book was clearly meant to be read rather than just admired. The two are not mutually exclusive of course but this wonderful book does tread a careful line between the strictly utilitarian and the very beautiful. But then of course writing and books more generally can be both beautiful and useful. As McLean says "there is an integrity and originality in Noel Humphrey's work" and "the width of his learning was obviously great". London: David Bogue. 1854 hardcover
11913London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1937. First edition. First edition. Publisher's original green cloth with black titles to the spine in dustwrapper. With 20 illustrations in colour by the author throughout. An attractive very good copy the binding clean and square the cloth with light fading at the tips of the spine. The contents are entirely complete. There is a small ink name and date in red pen to the front free endpaper and light spotting to the prelims. Complete with the original pictorial dustwrapper which is worn and darkened to the extremities with several closed tears marks and nicks but little in the way of loss. Not price-clipped. A decent example in entirely original condition. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Arthur Barker Ltd. 1937 hardcover
1937126138<p>First UK Printing published by Arthur Barker Limited London in 1937. 8vo. sage-green publisher s cloth lined and lettered in black to spine; together in the original unclipped pictorial wrapper 5/- net ruled and lettered in green with an on-laid plate to upper panel replicating part of the image from p.125; full-page frontis and a further 19 illustrations in full colour; The BOOK is in Very Good condition with light fading to the lower edge and spine tips with a hint of fraying to the cloth at the spine tips; slight shelf-lean; early cracking at a central gutter with some webbing starting to show through; the binding remains tight ; endpapers faintly spotted and offset with a neat previous owner s inscription in ink to the upper front free endpaper; one or two light spots within text but otherwise a lovely and clean example; The WRAPPER also in Very Good condition light edge-wear and a little toned with some creases and rubbing along folds some nicks and chipping more-so affecting the spine ends; with some closed tears; one crease and a longer closed tear to the lower panel 6cm long now expertly tape repaired to the verso. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The scarcer First Small Paper edition also issued in large paper format. Langley s scarce work of children s fiction and a fairy tale concerning the son of Aladdin. 20 striking illustrations in colour by the author throughout. Noel Langley was born on Christmas Day in Durban South Africa and showed a talent for creative writing from a young age. Unperturbed by the less-than-enthusiastic response from his father who valued physical activity over artistic pursuits Langley began writing plays while at University the first of which was performed in Durban in 1932. He went on to write for West End Theatres published a successful novel Cage me a Peacock in 1935 and eventually accepted a full-time contract for the film production company MGM. The Land of Green Ginger tells the story of Abu Ali the son of Aladdin who is now the emperor of China. Ali s first words Button-nosed tortoise lead him on a fated quest which he embarks upon when he reaches maturity. Along the way he meets Wicked Princes Rubdub Ben Thud and Tintac Ping Foo as well as magic phoenix birds and the classic magic carpet and he must foil a series of evil schemes in order to complete his mission. The plot is very much set around the classic concept of The Hero s Journey in which the protagonist travels out on an adventure overcomes perils and returns home much changed by his or her experiences. The book was noted as being one of the first to continue a story after a happily ever after ending and was particularly popular at the time for its use of humorous wordplay. Langley s book was so successful that the following year he was approached to write the screenplay for the now famous film adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. In fact it was Langley who suggested that Dorothy s shoes should be changed from silver to ruby giving us the iconic image so associated with the story today. In 1964 Langley recorded The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger in its entirety for LP. 1966 the book was re-issued with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Scarce indeed in the wrapper. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> Arthur Barker Limited, London hardcover
1843c3202London: Longman Brown Green & Longmans. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed and faded. Splitting tp cloth along external joint. Rebacked with original title. Inner hinge cracking. Some foxing. 1843. First UK Edition. Red hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 130mm 8" x 5". xix 216pp ads. B/w frontis folding. English translation of the 'Traité de Photographie'. . Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans hardcover
