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56729c.1890. Original black & white albumen print 20 x 26 cm of Camposanto in Pisa laid onto blue card and with MS title "Pisa" beneath. Mounted. [c.1890]. unknown
56731c.1890. Original black & white albumen print 26 x 20 cm laid onto blue card with MS title "Pisa" beneath. Mounted. [c.1890]. unknown
117061Tunis Uzan Père & Fils c. 1920. . 16mo 14.2 x 9.7 cm; publisher barbled cloth-backed boards corners rubbed hinges cracked but holding leaves browned; text in Hebrew with some Judeo-Arabic; 15 ll.<br /> Extremely Scarce Miniature Tunisian Simchat Torah hymns book.<br /><br />The Zion Uzan Hebrew print house in Tunis was established in the 1891 and became the biggest and most important of the Jewish print houses of North Africa. Uzan Père & Fils operated until 1958.<br /> Tunis, Uzan Père & Fils, [c. 1920]. hardcover
97711Constantinople Ashkenazi brothers 1754. . Folio modern blind-tooled burgundy-brown calf; occasional slight warming to leaves text in Hebrew; 1 66 71 ll.<br /> Tractates of Moed starting at Pesachim and Nezikin. With a commentary written by Rabbi Yehoshua Benbenashti called 'Sdei Yehoshua' the field of Joshua.<br /> Constantinople, Ashkenazi brothers, 1754. unknown
66185Benj. Smith. Liverpool. No date c.1839-1840. pp. viii 138 x Ads. Multi-folding engraved map. Original printed boards some wear and loss to the top of the spine else a very good copy. Benj. Smith. Liverpool. No date c.1839-1840. hardcover
19001627Original manuscript. c.1900. Quarto red cloth album with bevelled edges 25.5 x 19.5cm containing 28 fine black chalk drawings on thin tracing paper depicting various ancient Persian and other Middle Eastern rulers mounted at the corners to the leaves. Each sheet approximately 18 x 15cm. Seven images with red manuscript titles in Cyrillic beneath. Armorial crest in red ink and small old bookseller's printed description affixed to the front pastedown. Old pencil note to the front free endpaper stating "Tracings from the tombs". The album itself is significantly worn and lacking the spine the upper board held by the cords only and with the first five leaves loose and other leaves becoming so. The leaves with light foxing and marking and occasional nicks to the extremities. Possibly lacking one drawing at the beginning. The first drawing is detached and has creasing to the corners affecting the image at one corner several other drawings are detached at one or two corners but still remaining mounted to the leaves with minor loss to the blank corners and with a little wrinkling to the extremities otherwise the images are in good order. An intriguing album of finely-executed black chalk drawings depicting twenty-eight rulers from Persia the Middle East and Mediterranean with named individuals including: "Rut-n-nu"of Egypt; "Dikran II" Tigranes the Great 140-55 BC King of Armenia; Amastris c.340-39-284 BC Persian princess and ruler of Heraclea the first woman in the Mediterranean publicly identified as the political economic and administrative royal authority; Nicocles King of Paphos d. 306 BC; "Turan Khan"; Mithridates; and "Sheikh al Arab".</p><p>According to the early twentieth-century bookseller's note affixed to the front pastedown the drawings are "tomb tracings" of Persian and Egyptian portraits. The first image titled "Rut-n-nu" depicting a portrait from an Egyptian temple which was also reproduced by the French Egyptologist Jean-François Champollion in his "Monuments de l'Egypte de la Nubie" 1835-45 certainly appears to indicate this. However the remaining drawings all very much in the Persian manner and uniform in their style and execution and of which we can find no other examples/copies puts a question mark over this apparent origin.</p><p>Provenance: from the library of Dr. Hugh J. Schonfield 1901-1988; acquired from Hodgson & Co. London A Catalogue of Books from Various Sources 24th June 1965 lot 404. [Original manuscript]. hardcover
19151668London: Published at the Offices of the "The Chemist and Druggist". 1915. First edition. Octavo. Publisher's original embossed black cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Illustrated with 194 black and white photographs and drawings. pp. vi 2 208. A very good copy the binding secure with a little cracking to the hinges and two small nicks towards the head of the upper joint. The contents with toning to the endpapers are otherwise in good order. An unusual work predominately concerning the art of window-dressing for chemists' shops with many photographs of elaborately decorated early twentieth-century window displays. London: Published at the Offices of the "The Chemist and Druggist". hardcover
21235London: Herbert Jenkins. 1929. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Publisher's original orange cloth with black titles to the spine and upper board in the Helen McKie illustrated dustwrapper. A better than very good copy paper slightly cracked in places on the front inner hinge but the binding remains firm the spine with a slight lean and with a few tiny bumps to the board edges. The contents with a previous owner's bookplate and small shelf stamp to the front pastedown and his name and date inscribed at the top of the title page are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed and creased dustwrapper that has several tiny closed tears at the spine tips and fold cornerswhich is a touch darkened to the spine and has several short closed tears to the spine tips and fold corners. With the publisher's printed price of 7/6 to the spine that has been covered with a 2/6 price label. Scarce in the dustwrapper. A humorous tale told through the diary of Evelyn May a little girl who the anonymous writer describes as "the seed of a flapper" complete with a child's naive spelling and vocabulary. Evelyn May travels to America with her English mother and American Father and so ensues much UK vs US bickering and cultural satire with a distinctly 1920s slant. Following an earlier book titled 'Sh - Not Before Evelyn May'. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Herbert Jenkins. 1929 hardcover
18501588Original scrap album. c.1850. Folio 36 x 27cm. Contemporary full red straight-grained morocco with elaborate gilt borders to the boards the spine ruled in gilt and with decorative devices in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. The contents comprising 24 leaves with 68 mounted engravings with ink-ruled borders and tissue guards. The remainder of the album blank just over half full plus a handful of excised leaves to the rear. The binding remains firm with a little cracking to the hinges rubbing and a few scuffs to the boards and bumping and wear to the corners. The contents with some light scattered foxing occasional finger-marking and creasing to the tissue guards are otherwise in good order. An attractive mid nineteenth-century scrap album containing a collection of fine French engravings depicting mythological literary religious and genre scenes including some engravings after Old Masters. The engravers include Janet Lignon Bein Larcher and Leroux. [Original scrap album]. hardcover
16801606c.1680-1720. Original woodcut printing block depicting The Last Judgement with the Heavenly City at the top with shining light above two gateways with gardens leading towards it Jesus Christ and four angels in front and with human figures in the foreground including a horse-drawn cart taking away the damned. 78 x 83mm. Old manuscript label to the side: "Last Judgement / White collection". The block remains in very good condition indeed with only a touch of minor old loss to the foot of the lower border. Accompanied by an impression taken from the block printed on high-quality modern paper. A splendid late seventeenth- / early eighteenth-century woodcut printing block depicting The Last Judgement with a resplendent Heavenly City at the head.</p><p>The present block originates from the workshop of the pioneering Newcastle printer John White 1689-1769 who inherited a large collection of blocks most likely including the present one from his father also John White the York-based printer. White's collection of blocks subsequently descended through a series of Newcastle printers: Thomas Saint Thomas Angus George Angus Emerson Charnley and William Dodd. The present wood-cut is reproduced in Charnley's 'Specimens of Early Wood Engraving: being impressions of woodcuts from the collection of Mr. Charnley' Newcastle: 1858 and Dodd's subsequent 1862 edition. A large portion of White's original collection of blocks now resides at McGill University. unknown
21081Original photograph album. 1923-1928. Oblong album 19.5 cm x 14.5 cm original textured cloth containing 147 black and white gelatin prints across 75 pages captioned beneath in white although with many captions now worn away. Condition is very good with a little rubbing and wear to the extremities of the binding. The contents with a little creasing to the edges of six photographs are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. An interesting album documenting a five year period spent by an English missionary family in South Sudan and Uganda during the mid-1920s. Beginning with an image of the SS Madura the ship on which they set sail for the African continent the album goes on to capture the family's experiences as they live and work in the region. The bulk of the photographs depict the native population including the Azande people with many images of men women and children engaged in all manner of everyday occupations as well as activities organised by the missionaries such as schooling sports including the "Christmas Sports Obstacle Race Arua" and religious ceremonies there are eight images of open-air baptisms for example as well as photographs of Sudanese and Ugandan villages towns marketplaces and agriculture plus a handful of scenes along the Nile including one of a herd of wild elephants and a number of images of the family themselves husband wife and children and their servants with the final photograph being of the ship on which they would ultimately depart from Mombasa the Postdampfer Usambara. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. [Original photograph album]. 1923-1928 hardcover
18801320Germany. c.1880. Set of twenty-five wooden cubes with six dissected chromolithographed scenes depicting the story of Snow White and Seven Dwarves to each side 21 x 21cm when assembled. Contained within its original wooden box with hinged lid and decorated paper sides 24 x 24cm. The set with with five chromolithographed guide sheets the sixth mounted to the lid of the box. The cubes with a little wear to the edges and occasional minor loss to the paper image. The guide sheets with chips tears and old paper repairs verso. The box with a horizontal crack to the lid and a little wear and chipping to the paper covering. Overall however the set remains in a good state preservation. A nice example. An attractive and uncommon late nineteenth-century block puzzle depicting the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Printed in vibrant chromolithography the puzzle would have been manufactured in Germany to supply the burgeoning middle-class toy market of Europe and North America. [Germany]. unknown
20716London: Published by E. Churton. 1840. First edition. First edition. 32mo. 90 x 110mm. Attractively bound in contemporary half tan calf over marbled boards. The spine with four raised bands compartments decorated in gilt and black morocco title label lettered in gilt. Red silk page marker bound in. Illustrated with an engraved folding frontispiece map of the Rhine extending to 450 mm. A very good copy the binding square and firm with a little wear and some old glue residue to some areas of the board edges. The contents with some light scattered foxing are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. The folding map remains in excellent condition free from any marking tears or damage. A handsome copy of this pocket-sized traveller's guide to the Rhine river offering both detailed practical advice and providing a narrative account of the sights encountered. A scarce little travel book; we can trace no institutional copies of this first edition globally and only one copy of the expanded octavo edition of 1844 Bodleian. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Published by E. Churton. 1840 hardcover
20328London: Printed and sold by J. Evans and Son. c.1815-20. Later edition. Later edition. Original printed wrappers with a woodcut depicting the nativity to the upper cover signed 'Lee' in the cut. 8pp. A very good copy the binding a little delicate but secure and with traces of having previously been bound within a larger volume to the spine. The contents with a touch of toning are otherwise clean throughout and remain free from any previous owners' inscriptions or stamps. A poetic celebration of the nativity by an unnamed eighteenth-century author embellished with a charming naive woodcut. The work first appeared under a slightly different title c.1750 ESTC N65956 although only early nineteenth-century copies such as the present example are recorded in British institutions. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Printed and sold by J. Evans and Son. [c.1815-20] unknown
1651mon0000023725London: for Michael Sparke 1651. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 1 vol 8vo i18pp. Extracted. London: for Michael Sparke unknown
19169705San Francisco Paul Elder 1916. 1916. First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 12 photographs. Original gilt stamped gray cloth t.e.g. Fine fresh copy. No bookplates. Signed and inscribed in blue ink on the half title page: "Compliments of John A. Hooper." Hooper was the ship's owner. Printed at Tomoye Press. Designed by Herman A. Funke. Signed by Authors. F. Hardcover. San Francisco, Paul Elder [1916]. hardcover
500989of A.H. Perry to W.P. Burrall Esq. on Hartford and New Haven Railroad Office letterhead Springfield MA February 22 1864. Small 4to 1 page. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback
500990text of a telegram on printed form of the American Telegraph Company from Captain William M. McKim to agent George P. Greer of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Boston ca. 1864. 8vo 1 page with additional Autograph Letter Signed of S.R. Conner on verso for certification. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback
500997holograph "Official Copy" in the hand of 1st Lieutenant William Stone of "General Order No. 1" on "Office Act. Ass't. Pro. Mar. Gen'l" letterhead Philadelphia April 9 1864. Order routing information in red ink at bottom in another hand. 4to 1 page. Signed by Authors. F. Soft cover. paperback
501001holograph copies of text for 4 telegrams Boston February 15-18 1864. Small 4to sheet 2pp. recto and verso. F. Soft cover. paperback
306877New York The Butterick Publishing Company Ltd. 1889. Third edition. 8vo. Frontispiece vignette of a couple in 18th century dress. Original gilt stamped dark green cloth floral patterned endpapers slight rubbing to spine ends and corners. Very good. 392 pages. No dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Metropolitan Culture Series. Contains chapters on household civilities letters of introduction invitations dining funeral customs debuts chaperons weddings visiting Washington and traveling abroad visiting cards Christenings children's parties balls and dancing. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, The Butterick Publishing Company, Ltd., 1889. hardcover
18516598London: J. and D. A. Darling 1851. First Edition. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Very Good/None Clear archival polyester sleeve added. Small 8vo 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" original publisher's green decorative gilt-and-blind-stamped cloth with cover displaying the title & subtitle with a bright gilt-title and -engraving of a friar catching a cat ! not a catfish ".by hook and by crook" illustrated with frontispiece repeating humorous gilded cover art of friar fishing opposite extra-illustrated title page with eight engraved oval vignettes bordering that has been printed on heavy stock plus an undecorated title page further illustrated with seven 7 full-page engraved plates unsigned with style resembling Doyle rather than Cruikshank 166 pages. Engaging brief presentation on front free endpaper "To a learned angler" by another who to his friend quotes supposedly "'These are not Anglers but Angels' Pope Gregory."<br/><br/>VERY SCARCE Illustrated and amusing poetic send-up of fishers of fish men & accidentally cats. The gilt impress on the front cover of the fishing friar is wonderfully bright; likewise the frontispiece and facing decorative engraved title page on heavier stock. Light and uniform age-toning to pages and plates slightly more apparent around their margins but without or very little foxing or noticeably affecting the full-page still crisp engravings. Wear to spine cloth with upper cap gone and fraying to the foot of the spine. Covers are quite clean and bright with slight fading and some wear showing at edges and corners. <br/><br/>References: Westwood & Satchell The Chronicle of the "Compleat Angler".1883: with anonymous author not identified page 15. Heckscher Sale Catalogues 83. J. and D. A. Darling hardcover
200083050San Francisco: S.i. n.d. but 2000s. Original illustrated poster with text and pictorial elements silkscreened in black and red on white posterboard measuring 66.5cm x 51cm 26 1/8" x 20 1/8". Faint foxing around upper right corner some trivial dustiness on verso; Near Fine. Bay Area poster designed by an anonymous artist featuring a simple message above the corpse of the Monopoly Man who is clutching a bag of money in one hand and a fist full of cash in the other with a knife protruding from his back. A response to the increasing gentrification of Bay Area communities in the wake of the Dot Com boom. 83050. S.i. unknown
191483910London: W.H. Smith & Son N.d. ca 1914. Lithograph in colors 77cm x 50cm ca. 30" x 20". Mild toning in margins with subtle repair to closed tears; Near Fine. Professionally mounted on archival linen. <br /> <br /> An anti-Progressive satirical image using a crash-landed bi-plane to symbolize the recklessness of Asquith's Liberal government; the unfortunate banged-up chap at center appears to be a caricature of David Lloyd George Asquith's Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Prime Minister. The artist is unidentified but possibly Edward Huskinson long-time editor of The Tattler and a popular Conservative cartoonist of the period. W.H. Smith & Son unknown
131141820 Watermark 1818 reference in text to a report in The "Morning Chronicle" of 6 May 1820. Six pages 4to bifoliums tied with ribbon. An anonymous supporter of Sir Home Popham outlines Popham's heroic career from Lieutenant on and his surveying feats defending him against the renewal of charges that Popham was rewarded by the Admiralty for effectively smuggling goods from India first made apparently in 1808. [1820] Watermark 1818, reference in text to a report in The "Morning Chronicle" of 6 May 1820. unknown
