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1830FF149London:: Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon 1830. 1830. 8vo. vii 284 pp. Bound ca. 1890/1905 in full olive brown crushed morocco gilt corner decorations dentelles a.e.g. marbled endleaves; p. 273/4 torn and mended. Alfred Trapnell bookplate. Very good. With a vertical fore-edge painting of a large urn or vase with a plant. The painting is not signed or dated. The view is suggestive of three urns that decorate the text of this volume but it is not a copy of them. Alfred Trapnell bookplate his library sold in NY ca. 1910 "997" label. Was the fore-edge painted before Trapnell bought the book or after Alfred Trapnell was a famous collector of porcelains. From the Phoebe Easton collection of fore-edge paintings. Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon, 1830. unknown books
1953251391953. PAINTING Japanese. JAPANESE PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art Washington and at other locations 1953. 4to 207 pp. fully illustrated in b&w. Name on flyleaf else fine in printed wrappers. unknown books
1796FF164London:: Printed by T. Bensley 1796-1797. 1796. Two volumes. 8vo. xl iv 325; iv 366 pp. Engraved half-titles 16 engraved plates index. Twentieth century full navy blue straight-grained morocco gilt rules five raised bands with gilt compartments a.e.g. for H. Sotheran & Co. London; a tad rubbed. Near fine. The TWO FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS by CLARE BOOKSBANK signed. The scene on volume I is possibly a view of King George III and the House of Parliament; on volume II Westminster from the Thames River. The identity of Junius is open to question and debate and may never be finally resolved unless documents are found which establish his identity. On the other hand scholars now generally support the identification with Sir Philip Francis. "The case for Philip Francis first proposed by John Taylor in 1816 has established itself as by far the most probable though categorical proof is still not forthcoming" DNB. The Letters of Junius were the official letters that Junius collected refined and published in 1772. The 16 engraved portrait plates depicting famous political figures: 8 Marquis of Granby Duke of Grafton Marquis of Rockingham Judge Blackstone Right Honorable James Grenville Duke of Bedford Sir William Draper King George III; 8 Lord North Lord Bute John Horne Took Earl of Chatham John Wilkes Right Honorable Edmund Burke Earl of Mansfield Earl Camden 8. Printed by T. Bensley, 1796-1797. hardcover books
12092KANGRA VALLEY PAINTING. Calcutta: Publications Division 1954. Small folio. Cloth dust jacket. Frontispiece viii 17 1 pages 40 plates. First edition. With an introduction by M.S. Randhawa and a foreword by W.G. Archer; includ 40 color illustrations. Dust jacket torn name in ink margins slightly sunn else very good. unknown books
1903FF2486London & New York:: Macmillan 1903. 1903. Small 8vo. xxviii 459 1 pp. Half-title title vignette showing the author indexes glossary. Original olive-green calf raised bands spine with five fleurs-de-lis all edges gilt bound by Bumpus Oxford; rubbed. The inner dentelle shows the initials I.H. owner's initials. With an erotic fore-edge painting set within a styled wooden frame an austere bedroom the bed being about the only element a man and a woman both partly dressed. He is lying on the bed and propped up by two pillows the lady with her back facing him straddling his loins. Painted for Harrington's London by their house artist ca. 1995. PROVENANCE: I.H. unknown. Macmillan, 1903. hardcover books
1836FF2429Parigi:: Presso Baudry 1836. 1836. 2 volumes in 1. Sm. 8vo. xxx 2 442 2; iv 288 2 pp. Frontispiece portrait 2 half-titles; light foxing. Original full green straight-grain gilt-stamped morocco a.e.g.; rubbed Early ownership inscription 1839. Bookplate with signature of Edward Thomas King. With a beautiful scene painted by Don Noble unsigned of Tivoli Italy. Presso Baudry, 1836. unknown books
1884FF2482Manchester:: Privately Printed for Viscount Julian Smithson and friends 1884. 1884. 8vo. ii xiii 248pp. Rebound by Martin Frost in three-quarter dark crimson morocco raised bands gilt-stamped spine marbled boards with edge tooling in blind all edges gilt. Fine. EROTIC MANUAL WITH DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. With a wonderfully erotic and playful double fore-edge painting by the master of the discipline Martin Frost painted ca. 1996. Signed by the artist "MF" in the scene. In classical motifs borders and set within an oval frame: Three nude nymphs running to an erect Satyr. On ethe reverse: Three Satyrs one erect approaching a nude nymph. Signed on the lower right of the scene oval. / The text is arranged in two books containing eight chapters: The Metamorphoses of Venus; I: Of Copulation; II: On Pedication; III: Of Irrumation; IV: Of Masturbation; V: Cunnilingues; VI: Of Tribads; VII: On Intercourse with Animals; VIII: Of Spintrian Postures; concluding with an "Enumeration of the Erotic Postures" 90 of them. / Bound by the artist himself Martin Frost newly gilded edges on this privately printed edition of 100 copies: "None of these copies are for sale." / "De figuris Veneris On the figures of Venus is an anthology of ancient Greek and ancient Roman writings on erotic topics discussed objectively and classified and grouped by subject matter. It was first published by the German classicist Friedrich Karl Forberg in 1824 in Latin and Greek as a commentary to Antonio Beccadelli's 1394-1471 Hermaphroditus commonly referred to as Antonii Panormitae Hermaphroditus an erotic poem sequence of 1425 in renaissance Latin though it was later also published as a separate work." / "Forberg's work was later also translated into English in 1899 and published by Charles Carrington as De figuris Veneris Manual of classical erotology and again in 1907 by Charles Hirsch and into French German and Spanish. The French edition by Alcide Bonneau was titled Manuel d’érotologie classique. One French edition of 1906 was illustrated by Édouard-Henri Avril which concludes with a list of 95 sexual positions. Most of the editions were restricted to high society or censored; one of the copies edited in France was immediately deposited on the secret shelves of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The Spanish translation was titled Manual de erótica clásica." Wikipedia. Privately Printed for Viscount Julian Smithson, and friends, 1884. hardcover books
1833FF2443England: 1833. 1833. 8vo. vi 475 iii pp. 9 decorative end pieces or illustrations a few of the illustrations are labelled: ". . . near Vienne" "Mont Blanc" "Roche Don at Avignon.". Original full burgundy morocco single gilt ruled covers raised bands gilt-spine "M.S."; heavily rubbed spine joint torn or weak. Good. With fore edge painting by the "Dover" painter Marks & Co. ca. 1928 entitled "Summer" clearly this artist's handwriting depicting two men and one woman harvesting hay in the countryside two lovers are walking arm and arm in period costume. Delicately painted. "In 1831 William Howitt produced a work resulting naturally from his habits of observation and his genuine love of nature. It was a history of the changes in the face of the outside world in the different months of the year and was entitled The Book of the Seasons or the Calendar of Nature 1831." Of this work William Hone writes ". . . it is a volume of delight to lovers of nature . . . " – see: Hone The Year Book of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men . . . London 1832. The most striking element of this unusual book is that it is written entirely in manuscript from cover to cover with an extremely neat hand. There is no indication who wrote the beautiful calligraphy for this volume which is dedicated by the author to Mrs. J.E. Carr. 1833. hardcover books
1867FF163London:: Charles Griffin 1867. 1867. 8vo. xxxviii 682 pp. Index to subjects. Original full brown morocco stamped in darker brown gilt corner devices four raised bands a.e.g.; light edge wear corners showing some scuffs to outer edges. Early ownership signature of Gerald Beach. With a fore-edge painting estimated date of painting: 1985 showing two trappers in the woods one holding a captured and killed ferret or similar creature. Painted by/for Harrington's London ca.1990s. Charles Griffin, 1867. hardcover books
19929996NY: Cross River Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. Hardcover. 1558594450 . Illustrated. First printing of the second edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Cross River Press hardcover books
3417818. FAN PAINTING Murata KAGEN artist. An unmounted fan painting by Kagen d.1849 an Osaka artist mentioned in both Hillier's UNINHIBITED BRUSH and his 2 vol. work on ehon as a book designer and book illustrator. A lovely simple Shijô-style composition of flowers in light ink and muted colors. Signed and sealed. In near perfect condition. unknown books
1827WB15033London: Longman Rees Orme Brown and Green 1827. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red morocco gilt binding rubbed and worn with rear board detached and front board starting. Contains a double fore-edge painting one a view of the Castle on the Rhine and the other of Oxfordshire with fishing scene. The book is inscribed in a contemporary hand to "J. L. Sealy from his affectionate friend T. W. Tindal." <br/><br/> Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green hardcover books
1798019043London: For T. Cadell Jun. And W. Davis 1798. First Edition. Octavo. With a fore-edge painting depicting a man in a boat fishing with grasses and trees on both sides of the water. Gilpin published a series of these illustrated picturesque volumes basically as guide books for the traveller with marvelous tinted illustrations of those areas and he described all the "must see" items such as buildings statues lakes castles etc. lacking a half-title 18 full page tinted plates handsomely bound in full red straight grained morocco boards decoratively ruled in gilt and blind flat spine lettered and ruled in gilt inner gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt protecting the fore-edge painting underneath. Some light scattered foxing small corner tear to page 39 marginal only A very nice copy from the library of Lt. Col. Clegg who served in the war of 1812 with his bookplate and from the library of esteemed Bishop Garfield Bromley Oxnam. For T. Cadell Jun. And W. Davis unknown books
199420537NY: Watson-Guptill. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0823032736 . 335 color illustrations. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Watson-Guptill hardcover books
34620Original bust oil portrait 11-1/2" x 14". The canvas is mounted to a 1/2" thick piece of wood held with small nails along the fore-edges. Framed in a later dark brown recessed molded wood frame behind a burnt orange velvet mat with oval opening measuring approximately 9-1/2" x 12". The painting's surface has some usual age cracks and crackling patterns some very small spots where paint has rubbed off along the line of the oval beneath the matting. Very Good. <br/><br/> We can identify neither the subject nor artist. Her dress is of high quality possibly of European design with an empire waist sleeves with large puffs at the top which sit off the shoulders the top line of the dress being a bit demure and cut above the cleavage and nearly straight across with lace trimmed netting leading up to the neckline and ending in a collar. A brooch is placed at the center where the dress material and netting meet. This type of apparel was popular during the early to mid-1800s. unknown books
10145PAINTING IN PARIS FROM AMERICAN COLLECTIONS. New York: Museum of Modern Art 1930. 4to. Cloth spine boards. 92 pages. Second edition. An exhibition catalogue featuring the paintings of Braque Chagall Dugy Picasso Utrillo and others. Ex-library copy with appropriate markings li cover wear. unknown books
200221468Cincinnati: North Light Books. Near Fine. 2002. Paperback. 1581801602 . Color photographs throughout. First printing paperback. Near fine in oversized pictorial wraps. . North Light Books paperback books
199231457Rochester: Park Street Press. Near Fine. 1992. Paperback. 0892814403 . 31 color plates. First printing paperback. About fine in oversized illustrated wraps. . Park Street Press paperback books
199320902Cincinnati: North Light Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0891344616 . Color illustrations throughout. First printing. Fine in a very near fine short closed edge tear in the lower corner of the front panel dust jacket. . North Light Books hardcover books
199324792Cincinnati: North Light Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0891344624 . Color illustrations throughout. First printing. Small patch of abrasion on front free endpaper else fine in an about fine dust jacket. . North Light Books hardcover books
15664Black and white snapshot of men and women on ladders in paint-spattered garb having fun painting the side of a house; no date but circa 1940s; approx. 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" size; light wear; very good condition. Very Good. unknown books
18149026271London: T. Cadell and W. Davis 1814. Hardcover. Fine condition. Bound in full green morocco with gilt tooling on front and back cover and on the spine. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. 240 plus 36 pages. 6 1//5 inches tall. Many vignette wood engravings. With a fore edge painting of a manor scene identified on the front free end paper in pencil as Newsparch Isle of Wight. A beautiful scene with remarkably rich color. <br/><br/> T. Cadell and W. Davis hardcover books
1834FF2467London:: Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon 1834. 1834. 8vo. vii 284 pp. Engravings throughout. Bound ca. 1890/1905 in full olive brown crushed morocco gilt corner decorations dentelles a.e.g. marbled endleaves. Bookplates of Alfred Trapnell and Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster both owned fore-edge paintings. Very good. With a vertical fore-edge painting of a large urn or vase with a plant. The painting is not signed or dated. PROVENANCE: Alfred Trapnell bookplate his library sold in NY ca. 1910 "998" label. The fore-edge was painted before Trapnell bought the book as there was another ROGERS in the Phoebe Jane Easton collection that was a clear companion to this volume also with Trapnell's bookplate. Alfred Trapnell was a famous collector of porcelains. kmw Printed for T. Cadell; and E. Moxon, 1834. unknown books
1858FF2372London:: J. Robins 1858. 1858. 8vo. 178 pp. Original full pea-green blind and gilt-stamped calf all edges gilt. Bookplates of William Flitton and Edward Thomas King. Very good. With a fore-edge painting of Wimborne Minster Dorset United Kingdom showing a wide green field two persons taking a walk with their dog. Provenance: Edward Thomas King was a fore-edge painting collector and owned a Don Noble painting thus probably active buying in the 1970s. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 214-6 Noble fl. 1965-2000. JWRB J. Robins, 1858. unknown books
199531078Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0299138704 . Illustrated. First printing. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . University of Wisconsin Press hardcover books
