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16-2559Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN 1896. Folio. Original wraps spine split with original graphics by OLDE HANS; ILLIES ARTUR; ROTHENSTEIN SIR WILLIAM ; PENNELL JOSEPH; STRANG WILLIAM. Söhn HDO: 52704- 1 2 3 4 5.Edited by Richard Graul and Caesar Flaischlen et al.PAN the important German 21 volume art nouveau periodical 1895-1900 is a deluxe fin de siècle periodical with plates illustrations color initials vignettes and tail-pieces representing a multitude of processes of modern picture reproduction including original lithographs etchings and woodcuts. Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN, 1896 paperback
70558New York NY: The Century Co. 1894; 1895. Children's Illustrated FIRST US EDITIONS first volume 18th thousand second volume first impression. Two volumes. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.xiv; 303; 3. Pp.10; 324; 2. With 35 illustrations by Drake to volume I including a frontispiece and frequent in-text illustrations by the author's father John to volume II. Publisher's green and red cloth respectively with gilt titles and decoration to spines and boards. Top edges gilt. Bookplate of the Colonial Club to front pastedown of volume I with light spotting throughout. Light general wear to cloth. Second volume has a blue ink ownership stamp to fly-leaf otherwise internally clean. Moderate wear to cloth including some loss to headcap. Very good overall. The Jungle Book and its sequel comprise a selection of short stories-the best-known being the three tales centring on the adventures of the abandoned 'man cub' Mowgli. Other popular tales include 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi' the story of a heroic mongoose and 'Toomai of the Elephants' the tale of a young elephant-handler. New York, NY: The Century Co., 1894; 1895 unknown
19143708London: Hodder and Stoughton 1914. First edition. Finely bound ca. 1914 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp-signed on rear turn-in in full dark blue morocco covers decoratively paneled in gilt with inlaid red morocco floral corner-pieces and in the center in gilt the Royal stamp of Princess Mary. Spine with five raised bands paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments all edges gilt cream watered silk liners and endleaves.Quarto 9 7/8 x 7 5/16 inches; 251 x 186 mm. vi 140 pp. Fourteen color plates tipped-in to captioned tan stock with brown line frame many black and white text drawings. Four figure ink number upside down on verso of rear blank leaf. An exceptional copy.<br /> <br /> A relatively common book but scarce in fine condition. This may well be a special presentation binding that was done at the time of publication. "This was the first of a group of wartime books sponsored by prominent people and sold to raise money for worthy causes. The most popular it sold 604884 copies during the two years 1914-1916 that is was in print. The Times in an article November 21 1914 sought to promote the cause "The Queen's Fund" by directing the public to the display of the original drawings at the Leicester Galleries" Hughey.<br /> <br /> The fourteen tipped-in color plates include:<br /> <br /> "So nobody can quite explain Exactly where the rainbows end" Arthur Rackham "True Spartan Hearts" Edmund Dulac<br /> "The Ant Lion" E.J. Detmold<br /> "A Holiday in Bed" W. Russell Flint<br /> <br /> There are also many black & white drawings by C.E. Brock; E.J. Detmold; Arthur Rackham; Byam Shaw; H. M. Brock; Lewis Baumer and Edmund J. Sullivan.<br /> <br /> Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 is perhaps the most acclaimed and influential illustrators of the Golden Age of Illustration. A prolific artist even from his youth Rackham got his start as an illustrator working for the Westminster Budget Newspaper 1892. Over the next few years he took on more and more commissions for children's books hitting his career high in the first three decades of the twentieth century. Rackham turned his imaginative pen to every classic-from Shakespeare to Dickens to Poe.<br /> <br /> Latimore and Haskell 93. Riall 120. Hughey 34. Hodder and Stoughton unknown
19053802New York: McLoughlin Brothers 1905. First edition. New Chimney Corner series No. 37 1/2. Full color glazed pictorial wrappers. Black and white illustrations throughout including ten full-page by Louis Wain of which two are signed and a title-page vignette by Palmer Cox. Transparent tape repairs to spine and the fore-edge to a few leaves. Pale gift inscription to upper wrapper. A scarce and attractive survivor to children's enthusiastic hands. Unrecorded by Dale.<br/><br/>At the end of the last century Louis Wain 1860-1939 the Edwardian cat artist who went mad became a household name as an illustrator of cats whom he depicted in all sorts of activities from skating and playing cricket to driving motor cars attending dances and playing musical instruments. "He invented a cat style a cat society a whole cat world. English cats that do not look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" H.G. Wells. Here alongside illustrations from Palmer Cox who also specialized in Scottish fairytales and rhymes. McLoughlin Brothers unknown books
16-2689Möchengladbach Germany: 1984. 82 plates some folding in original box with the title on the box. "Katalog-Auflage: 1050 Exemplare"--Colophon. "Approx. 100 actually 82 loose sheets stiff cardstock printed in color- and bw assembled in a white cardboard box 31 x 22 cm. in the tradition of the Moenchengladbach Museum's boxes. Added is a 10 page facsimile of a handwritten text German by Bazon Brock and a sheet w. a text in English by S. Bojko"- Artists: Bill Beckley Bernhard Johannes Blume Werner Buettner James Lee Byars Braco Dimitrijevic Lili Fischer Georg Herold Allen Jones Martin Kippenberger Ewa Kwiatkowska Wolfgang Laib Heinz Mack Cork Marcheschi Nicola de Maria Bruce McLean Christiane Moebus Francois Morellet Teresa Murak Max Neumann Albert Oehlen Marcus Oehlen Dennis Oppenheim Eduardo Paolozzi Juergen Partenheimer Italo Scanga Ritz Schwegler Zdzislaw Sosnowski Teresa Tyszkiewicz Guenther Uecker Jan Voss Andy Warhol Stefan Wewerka Dorothee von Windheim et al.--Summary "A collective Artists' Book published on occasion of the 50th birthday of Rolf Hoffmann than sic director of the Van-Laack-Shirt-Company . Varied ideas concerning the topic of clothing are presented > panties maks hats shirts ties scarfs showy dresses disguises sleeves collars jackets etc."--Note Issued in box; title from box. "Katalog-Auflage: 1050 Exemplare"--Colophon. "Approx. 100 loose sheets stiff cardstock printed in color- and bw assembled in a white cardboard box 31 x 22 cm. in the tradition of the Moenchengladbach Museum's boxes. Added is a 10 page facsimile of a handwritten text German by Bazon Brock and a sheet w. a text in English by S. Bojko"--Cf. Art Base books & research Artists: "Bill Beckley Bernhard Johannes Blume Werner Buettner James Lee Byars Braco Dimitrijevic Lili Fischer Georg Herold Allen Jones Martin Kippenberger Ewa Kwiatkowska Wolfgang Laib Heinz Mack Cork Marcheschi Nicola de Maria Bruce McLean Christiane Moebus Francois Morellet Teresa Murak Max Neumann Albert Oehlen Marcus Oehlen Dennis Oppenheim Eduardo Paolozzi Juergen Partenheimer Italo Scanga Ritz Schwegler Zdzislaw Sosnowski Teresa Tyszkiewicz Guenther Uecker Jan Voss Andy Warhol Stefan Wewerka Dorothee von Windheim et al."--Summary "A collective Artists' Book published on occasion of the 50th birthday of Rolf Hoffmann than sic director of the Van-Laack-Shirt-Company . Varied ideas concerning the topic of clothing are presented > panties maks hats shirts ties scarfs showy dresses disguises sleeves collars jackets etc."--Cf. Art Base books & researchWorldCat no. 66927354 Möchengladbach, Germany: 1984 hardcover
185717417<p>London H. Hering n.d. 1857 First edition. Undated but the December 12 1857 issue of Bent's Literary Advertiser lists the book as recently published. The identity of the poet is unclear though a children's phonic reading book published in 1876 reprints the poem and attributes it to a Frances S. Hodgson not to be confused of course with Secret Garden author Frances E. Hodgson Burnett. Publisher's color-printed white pictorial boards with blue cloth spine. Pale yellow endpapers. . Oblong quarto. . Richly color printed on every leaf. Illumination inspired by the work of Owen Jones and Noel Humphreys. The designs incorporate medieval illumination-inspired initial letters and decorative bands. Text in Gothic script. Foxing to boards and some edgewear. Contemporary ink ownership signature Eliza Maude Widdas to front flyleaf and twentieth century bookplate Edward J. Law to front pastedown. Very clean and bright throughout. A very good copy of a scarce book. We could not locate much information on Elizabeth Howard-Vyse née Seymour 1815 – 1892 and Fanny Lucy Cecilia Greville 1831 – 1912 in the sources available to us. Howard-Vyse also published a travel account A Winter in Tangier and Home Through Spain 1882. This appears to be Greville's only published book. Howard-Vyse was married to Lt. Col. George Howard-Vyse at the time the present work was published; the couple lived in Windsor which was likely also the home of Greville who was the daughter of a Vice-Admiral in the British Navy. Henry Hering 1814 – 1893 was a publisher society photographer and the last in a family line of bookbinders. Though his primary business venture was not printing he did dabble in printing religious texts and gift books often with his partner Remington and was a promoter of Achille Colas' relief printing process.</p> H. Hering, hardcover
197450895New York et al: Limited Editions Club 1974. First editions thus. 34 volumes of the Limited Editions Club each housed in the publisher's original slipcase. They are all in very good to fine condition unless otherwise described. Many are from the private collection of Abraham and Edita Spiegel All 34 of which marked below with have "donated by" rubber stamps that includes their names within.<br /> <br /> 1. The Alhambra /<br /> Author: Irving Washington 1783-1859.; Freitas Lima de<br /> Publication: Mount Vernon N.Y. : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Press of A. Colish 1969 <br /> <br /> 2. Barchester Towers /<br /> Author: Trollope Anthony 1815-1882.; Kredel Fritz<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1958 <br /> <br /> 3. Bel-Ami /<br /> Author: Maupassant Guy de 1850-1893.; Lamotte Bernard<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1968 <br /> <br /> 4. The Birds /<br /> Author: Aristophanes author.; Fitts Dudley; Parry Marian and others<br /> Publication: New York : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1959. slipcase joint with partial split <br /> <br /> 5. The Book of Ballads /<br /> Author: Leach MacEdward; 1896-1967 ; editor.<br /> Kredel Fritz; 1900-1973 ; illustrator. Salter George; 1897-1967 ; book designer.<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club Mt. Vernon New York : A. Colish 1967. <br /> <br /> 6. The Chronicle of the Cid /<br /> Author: Southey Robert 1774-1843.; Ben Sussan René; Pritchett V. S.<br /> Publication: New York : Printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1958. <br /> <br /> <br /> 7. The Eclogues /<br /> Author: Virgil author.; Calverley Charles Stuart; Hadas Moses and others<br /> Publication: New York : Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Press of A. Colish 1960. <br /> <br /> 8. The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan : containing the librettos of the fourteen operas exactly as presented at their première performances / Author: Sullivan Arthur 1842-1900.; Gilbert W. S.; Allen Reginald.<br /> Publication: New York : for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1958. slipcase lightly rubbed.<br /> <br /> 9. The History of Pendennis : his fortunes and misfortunes his friends and his greatest enemy / 2 vols.<br /> Author: Thackeray William Makepeace 1811-1863.; Stewart Charles W.<br /> Publication: Ipswich England : Printed by W.S. Cowell Ltd. for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1961<br /> <br /> 10. History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella /<br /> Author: Prescott William Hickling 1796-1859 author.; Freitas Lima de; Gardiner C. Harvey<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club Baltimore : Garamond Press. 1967. <br /> <br /> 11. Man and Superman : a comedy and a philosophy /<br /> Author: Shaw Bernard 1856-1950.; Casson Lewis.<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1962. <br /> <br /> 12. The Man of Property /<br /> Author: John Galsworthy; Evelyn Waugh; Charles Mozley; John Dreyfus<br /> Publication: New York : Printed by A. Colish for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1964. <br /> <br /> 13. Memoirs of Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon covering the years 1691-1723 / 2 vols.<br /> Author: Saint-Simon Louis de Rouvroy duc de 1675-1755.; Flower Desmond; Brissaud Pierre<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1959 <br /> <br /> 14. The Mill on the Floss /<br /> Author: Eliot George 1819-1880.; Daiches David; Manning Wray and others<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1963. <br /> <br /> 15. Nostromo : a Tale of the Seaboard /<br /> Author: Conrad Joseph 1857-1924.; Freitas Lima de; Croft-Cooke Rupert<br /> Publication: Sam Francisco : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by Taylor & Taylor 1961. 2 splits at slipcase joints<br /> <br /> 16. Omoo /<br /> Author: Herman Melville; Reynolds Stone; John Dreyfus; Vivian Ridler<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1961. slipcase lightly soiled<br /> <br /> 17. Peter Ibbetson /<br /> Author: Du Maurier George 1834-1896.; Du Maurier Daphne; Salter George<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1963. slipcase with minor split<br /> <br /> 18. The Pilot /<br /> Author: Cooper James Fenimore 1789-1851.; Winterich John T.; Quackenbush Robert<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1968.<br /> <br /> 19. Quo Vadis /<br /> Author: Sienkiewicz Henryk 1846-1916.; Curtin Jeremiah; Fiume Salvatore and others<br /> Publication: Verona : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Officina Bodoni 1959 <br /> <br /> 20. The Rise of Silas Lapham /<br /> William Dean Howells; Henry Steele Commager; Mimi Korach; Richard W Ellis<br /> Publication: New York : The Limited Editions Club 1961. <br /> <br /> 21. The Romance of Tristan & Iseult /<br /> Author: Bédier Joseph 1864-1938.; Belloc Hilaire; Rosenfeld Paul and others Publication: New York : Printed at the Thistle Press for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1960. 1/4" chip at foot of spine<br /> <br /> 22. Saint Thomas Aquinas /<br /> Author: Thomas Aquinas Saint 1225-1274.; Shuster George N.; Stone Reynolds and others<br /> Publication: Chatham England : Printed by W. & J. Mackay for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1969. <br /> <br /> 23. The Spectator : Essays /<br /> Author: Addison Joseph; Steele Richard and others<br /> Publication: London : Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club at the Curwen Press 1970. <br /> <br /> 24. The Spy : a Tale of the Neutral Ground /<br /> Author: Cooper James Fenimore 1789-1851.; Pitz Henry C.; Winterich John T.<br /> Publication: New York : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Press of A. Colish 1963. <br /> <br /> 25. Tartuffe ; & the Would-Be Gentleman /<br /> Author: Molière 1622-1673.; Baker Henry; Miller James and others<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1963. <br /> <br /> 26. The Three-Cornered Hat /<br /> Author: Alarcón Pedro Antonio de 1833-1891.<br /> Publication: Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Plantin Pr. 1959. <br /> <br /> 27. Tono-Bungay /<br /> Author: Wells H. G. 1866-1946 author.; Lamb Lynton; Clarke Bert and others<br /> Publication: New York : Printed for members of the Limited Editions Club 1960. <br /> <br /> 28. Two Plays for Puritans /<br /> Author: Bernard Shaw; George Him<br /> New York : Limited Editions Club 1966. <br /> <br /> 29. Twenty Years After /<br /> Author: Dumas Alexandre 1802-1870.; Legrand Edy; Redman Ben Ray and others<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1958. slipcase lightly rubbed<br /> <br /> 30. The Wall /<br /> Author: John Hersey; William Sharp; George N Shuster Publication: New York : Printed at the Marchbanks Press for the members of the Limited Editions Club 1957. slipcase soiled & rubbed<br /> <br /> 31. The Wanderer : Le Grand Meaulnes /<br /> Author: Alain-Fournier 1886-1914.; Dignimont André<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1958. <br /> <br /> 32. The Way of the World : omedy in five acts /<br /> Author: William Congreve; T M Cleland<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1959. <br /> <br /> 33. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship /<br /> Author: Goethe Johann Wolfgang von 1749-1832.; Schoenberner Franz; Carlyle Thomas and others<br /> Publication: New York : Limited Editions Club 1959. <br /> <br /> 34. Zuleika Dobson or An Oxford love story /<br /> Author: Max Beerbohm Sir; Douglas Cleverdon; George Him<br /> Publication: Baltimore : Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Garamond Press 1960. . Limited Editions Club unknown
19143708London: Hodder and Stoughton 1914. First edition. Finely bound ca. 1914 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp-signed on rear turn-in in full dark blue morocco covers decoratively paneled in gilt with inlaid red morocco floral corner-pieces and in the center in gilt the Royal stamp of Princess Mary. Spine with five raised bands paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments all edges gilt cream watered silk liners and endleaves.Quarto 9 7/8 x 7 5/16 inches; 251 x 186 mm. vi 140 pp. Fourteen color plates tipped-in to captioned tan stock with brown line frame many black and white text drawings. Four figure ink number upside down on verso of rear blank leaf. An exceptional copy.<br/><br/>A relatively common book but scarce in fine condition. This may well be a special presentation binding that was done at the time of publication. "This was the first of a group of wartime books sponsored by prominent people and sold to raise money for worthy causes. The most popular it sold 604884 copies during the two years 1914-1916 that is was in print. The Times in an article November 21 1914 sought to promote the cause "The Queen's Fund" by directing the public to the display of the original drawings at the Leicester Galleries" Hughey.<br/><br/>The fourteen tipped-in color plates include:<br/><br/>"So nobody can quite explain Exactly where the rainbows end" Arthur Rackham "True Spartan Hearts" Edmund Dulac<br/>"The Ant Lion" E.J. Detmold<br/>"A Holiday in Bed" W. Russell Flint<br/><br/>There are also many black & white drawings by C.E. Brock; E.J. Detmold; Arthur Rackham; Byam Shaw; H. M. Brock; Lewis Baumer and Edmund J. Sullivan<br/><br/>Latimore and Haskell 93. Riall 120. Hughey 34. Hodder and Stoughton unknown books
18131233158vo in 4s. London: R. Ackermann 1813. 8vo in 4s 4 xv 1 blank 215 1 blank pp. Twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece. Full crushed red morocco by Riviere covers gilt-ruled backstrip with five raised bands paneled in gilt gilt dentelles green coated endpapers all edges gilt. Joints lightly worn some offsetting from the plates a very good copy. § First edition. "The originals of the plates introduced in this volume were sketches made as souvenirs of the place during a visit to Scarborough 1812. They were not intended for publication but being found to interest many persons of taste several of whom expressed a desire to possess engravings of them and some gentlemen having offered to add metrical illustrations to each the present form of publication has been adopted. The several authors were not personally acquainted with each other" Advertisement. A delightfully silly satire on fashionable life at the seaside in Regency England perhaps better known to us today through the novels of Jane Austen. In later years Scarborough became a favorite place of Anne Brontë who was prescribed the spa waters and sea air for her tuberculosis and who died there in 1849. The versified descriptions of the spa the castle the ball room and sea-bathing among other things were here published anonymously; in the second edition the authors were identified as W. Coombe J. B. Papworth and F. Wrangham. "Plate 8 'The Warm Bath' is said to contain the portrait of Mrs. Robinson George IV's mistress" Tooley. Abbey Scenery 297. Tooley 422. R. Ackermann hardcover books
193868928Chicago Illinois: Industrial Workers of the World IWW / I.W.W. 1938. Magazine. Good. Thirteen issues. All issues: 34 pp.; small quarto 27 cm; saddle-stapled in illustrated wrappers. Profusely illustrated. Rare.<br /> <br /> Condition is mostly Good or slightly worse some Very Good. Some age-toning occasional brittling to paper is consistent throughout. Some wear minor splitting and chipping around edges also consistent. Text is clean and unmarked throughout. Further notable condition remarks listed with each issue below.<br /> <br /> –Volume 1 Number 1. January 1937. Very Good.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 2. February 1937. Wraps at fold splitting. Some soiling.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 3. March 1937. Lightly foxed on front wrap.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 4. April 1937. Wraps are completely split and detached cleanly at the fold but present.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 5. May 1937. Very Good.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 6. June 1937. Corners bumped. Some print offsetting to internal pages.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 7. July 1937. Very Good.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 8. August 1937. Good to Very Good.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 9. September 1937. Fair only. Wraps are completely split and detached cleanly at the fold but present. Some other chipping splitting toning brittling etc.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 11. November 1937. Fair only. Wraps are split detached but present. Age-toning and brittling.<br /> –Volume 1 Number 12. December 1937. Fair only. Wraps are split detached but present. Age-toning and brittling.<br /> –Volume 2 Number 1. January 1938. Rear wrap is missing. Front wrap detached but present. Age-toning brittling.<br /> –Volume 2 Number 2. February 1938. Wraps cleanly split detached but present. A nice run of this official monthly publication "Issued by Industrial Workers of the World to promote the solidarity of labor."<br /> <br /> Illustrated with many cartoons drawings and black and white photographs. Issues contain a variety of IWW reporting editorial organizing efforts and other literary contributions. This "New Series" or "Second Series" of The One Big Union Monthly was the official monthly periodical of The Industrial Workers of the World which ran for eighteen issues from January 1937 to June 1938. This publication was preceded by The Industrial Pioneer which ran February 1921 to September 1926 though publication was suspended for fifteen month from February 1922 through April 1923 and by the "First Series" of The One Big Union Monthly which ran March 1919 to January 1921.<br /> <br /> It is immediately noticeable how many of the contributors and artists signed their work using pseudonyms their IWW card numbers or simply chose to remain uncredited more than likely due to the repression and fear of retribution that unions especially IWW members faced during this time in American history. Furthermore it seems as though the canons and biographies of many of the highly accomplished cartoonists and illustrators featured in this publication artists such as Pashtanika Dust Wallin Fred Jerger among several others uncredited or unidentifiable to us remain surprisingly under-documented and/or inaccessible to our online research attempts while cataloguing. Although we must note here that the website "Cartooning Capitalism" created by Michael Mark Cohen does provide some good coverage on the subject https://www.cartooningcapitalism.com/. Franklin Rosemont's 1987 essay "A Short Treatise on Wobbly Cartoons" sheds good light on the subject as well — Rosemont's essay is reprinted in more recent editions of Joyce L. Kornbluh's classic work "Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology" PM Press 2011.<br /> <br /> Miles 4778. Industrial Workers of the World [IWW / I.W.W.] unknown
16-2552Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN 1895. Folio.Original wraps a little defective with original graphics by Wenban S.L. GEYGER ERNST MORITZ KLINGER MAX THOMA HANS ECKMANN OTTO Söhn HDO: 52602-1 3 4 5 6 lacking the ZornEdited by Otto Julius Bierbaum and Julius Meier-Graefe.PAN the important German 21 volume art nouveau periodical 1895-1900 is the deluxe fin de siècle periodical with plates illustrations color initials vignettes and tail-pieces representing a multitude of processes of modern picture reproduction including original lithographs etchings and woodcuts. Berlin: Genossenschaft PAN, 1895 paperback
2019641294Hornsea: PS Publishing 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. octavo super. Deluxe signed edition and the first edition w/ these illustrations. Lettered Edition. Letter "U" of 26 lettered copies. Signed by author and illustrators. Signed by Ray Bradbury who died in 2012 in red ink to pre-existing bound in limitation page separate from the illustrators own special limitation page. Pictorial boards w/ Illustrated endpapers and illustrated throughout in black and white by Tikulin and Chadbourne. A beautiful item clean and bright in near mint condition. Housed in a special solander box. Near Fine PS Publishing hardcover
1919MONROHAR015345The Poetry Bookshop London. 1919-1925. Twenty-five broadsheets each measuring about 35 x 17.5 cm. Several were printed at the Curwen Press. The last in the series no. 25 is rare and Woolmer was able to locate only the copy in the Bodleian Library.1. BROWN T.E. Vespers. Ninth thousand. 9-line poem with two illustrations by C. Lovat Fraser.2. NOEL Roden. The Old. First edition. 4-stanza poem illustrated by Paul Nash.3. ANONYMOUS. There is a Lady Sweet and Kind. Fifth thousand. 3-stanza poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.4. POPE Alexander. On a Certain Lady at Court. First edition. 3-stanza poem illustrated by John Nash.5. ALLINGHAM William. A Memory. Fifth thousand. 7-line poem illustrated by John Nash.6. CAMPION Thomas. Song. Third thousand. 3-stanza poem illustrated by C. Lovart Fraser.7. DRAYTON Michael. The Parting. First edition. A sonnet illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.8. DRUMMOND William. For the Baptist. First edition. A sonnet illustrated by Charles Winzer.9. FLETCHER John. Melancholy. First edition. 3-stanza poem illustrated by Rupert Lee.10. FLATMAN Thomas. The Sad Day. First edition. 19-line poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.11. LESLIE Shane. Bog Love. First edition. 4-stanza poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.12. DRINKWATER John. For a Guest Room. Eighth thousand. 3-stanza poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.13. BLAKE William. Love's Secret. First edition. 3-stanza poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.14. WORDSWORTH William. To a Butterfly. First edition. A 19-line poem illustrated by John Nash.15. MONRO Harold. The Rebellious Vine. 16-line poem illustrated by James Guthrie.16. COTTON Charles. Epigramme. First edition. 10-line poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.17. FRASER C. Lovat. The Wind. Ninth thousand. 7-line poem illustrated by the poet.18. DAVIES W.H. Leisure. Fifth thousand. Sonnet illustrated by John Nash.19. FRASER C. Lovat. Summer. First edition. 14-line poem illustrated by the poet.20. FARJEON Eleanor. Meeting Mary. First edition. 5-stanza poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.21. HONEYWOORD Richard. The Robin's Song. First edition. 19-line poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.22. DAVIES Oliver. Staffordshire. First edition.16-line poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.23. STEPHENS James. The White Window. Sixth thousand. 2-stanza poem illustrated by Philip Hagreen.24. HODGSON Ralph. A Song. First edition. 8-line poem illustrated by C. Lovat Fraser.25. MONRO Harold. Overheard on a Salt Marsh. First edition. 19-line poem illustrated by Charles Winzer. The Poetry Bookshop, London. unknown
50752Warsaw: Rekontra 1985. Small quarto 27 × 21 cm. Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers with a large drawing printed in green and black; 44 pp. of offset-reproduced drawn comics to rectos and versos. Very good save for minor toning especially to rear wrapper. First edition of this samizdat comic book edition in Polish of George Orwell's Animal Farm published by a small underground publishing house in Warsaw. Maciek Bialy and Karol Blue were the pseudonyms of Robert Śnieciński and Fernando Molina. Orwell's political satire of the Soviet establishment was naturally banned in all Soviet bloc nations but was tremendously popular with the Polish independent semi-clandestine publishing houses which flourished in Poland starting in the mid-1970s. Polish underground publications are scarce outside of Poland. <br /> <br /> As of February 2026 KVK and OCLC show six copies in North America. unknown
71-1327London: George Virtue 1838. 8vo. 216 pp. Hard Cover gilt title on spine and sheet edges in gilt. Black and white engravings with tissue guards throughout. Very Good light rubs and bumps to covers interior sheet edges toned moderate foxing. Heavy book: shipping will cost extra. London: George Virtue, 1838. hardcover
1822V71064London: Printed by W. Lewis for Thomas McLean 26 Haymarket 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. Hand-coloured aquatint plates 16 of 19 after H. Alken and J. Barenger by G. and T. Hunt. Volume I Nos. I-VI Jan-June 15 1822 all published Royal octavo red half roan original boards covered in blue sugar paper spine title gilt rebacked with matching red roan corners original spine laid on original free end-papers with new pastedown armorial bookplate with motto DA VIS and pencilled ownership H. Davis at head of titlepage vi 2pp list of engravings 540pp 16 of 19 hand-colored plates. LACKS 4 text leaves pp 217-24 - the missing 3 plates and 4 text leaves in colour facsimile reproduced from the 1904 reprint bound in to match. One gathering with edges browned some offsetting from plates to text otherwise clean and crisp throughout. Beautiful bright hand-coloured plates of hunting shooting tandem-driving livestock etc. Very rare in original edition Schwerdt II p.212 "the first and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine". This is the original 1822 edition not the more common reprint published in 1904. Printed by W. Lewis for Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket hardcover
3106Madrid: Summa Editorial 2004. A bibliophile edition of selections from Berceo's masterpiece ILLUSTRATED WITH 9 FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE MIXED ETCHINGS BY ASCENSION BIOSCA AFTER SANDRA ESCOHOTADO AND FERNANDO CANO. Each etching is SIGNED AND JUSTIFIED BY BIOSCA IN PENCIL. From a total edition of 89 numbered copies all printed on fine thick wove paper this is ONE OF ONLY 40 COPIES WITH THE ETCHINGS PRINTED IN BLACK. Large folio. Loose as issued in wraps. Housed in publisher's attractive silk folding case. Prospectuses laid in. FINE AND BRIGHT. New. <br/><br/> Madrid: Summa Editorial, 2004 paperback
51-5782London: Macmillan and Co. 1894 1895. 16mo. 12 x 18.4 cm. Original publisher's blue cloth and blue and green endpapers with gilt embossing and edges. Heads of spines reinforced with thin later blue cloth. Ownershiip ink incription on blank white endpaper of one voplume. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894, 1895 hardcover
183918051101London: Chapman and Hall 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Browne Hablot K. 'Phiz"; Meadows Kenney. First printing mixed state octavo size 707 pp. This was writer Charles Dickens' 1812-1870 third novel widely anticipated and loved. He is often considered the greatest of the Victorian era novelists blending drama and comedy into compelling stories. In this novel Dickens explores the social issues that his works are known for such as harsh boarding schools the privilege of royal title and wealth social customs of the day and the plight of the working class. The plot focuses on the hardships courageously navigated by young Nicholas Nickleby after his father passes away. <br/><br/>The extra illustrations provided were drawn by Joseph Kenny Meadows 1790 - 1874 best known for his drawings published in Punch magazine. He was a friend of Charles Dickens and several other writers of the period. These caricatures add a visual element to the characters depicted by Dickens n.b. above information from Wiki. <br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Half red morocco leather over marbled paper boards six compartments on spine five with gilt title and author in gilt to one compartment embossed decorative and gilt borders to front and rear boards all edges marbled frontis of a young Charles Dickens supplied thirty-nine plates by Hablot K. Browne "Phiz" and twenty-four plates of various characters in the novel by Kenny Meadows the extra plates. This is a mixed state in that two of the first four plates have the Chapman and Hall imprint further the correction on p.123 has been made but "latter" for "letter" still appears on p.160 line 43. Octavo size 8 1/2" by 5 1/2 " iii-vii viii-xvi 1 2-624. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Overall very good internally this volume is quite clean the text block is square the hinges are sound and the gilt on the spine is bright. Rubbing to front and rear joints corners rubbed rubbing and slight loss to marbled papers on front and rear board both front and rear hinge have been professionally repaired prior owner bookplate with inscription of "To David from Dad" vintage bookseller stamp and prior owner notes in pencil to the front pastedown offsetting from turn-ins to front and rear endpapers 1/8" tear to margin of frontispiece not affecting the image lacking the half-title hence our pagination begins with romanet iii slight damage to the foredge of plate between pages 174 and 175 not affecting the image the images have slight toning and foxing which is common. Even with these few flaws a better than very good copy with extra illustrations by an artist whose work complements that of Phiz and adds interest to the story.<br/><br/>___CITATION: Podeschi A41 Eckel p. 64.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Chapman and Hall hardcover books
18463650Paris: J. Hetzel 1846. First edition. Two large octavo volumes 10 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 263 x 175 mm. Contemporary half black hard-grain morocco ruled in gilt over black morocco-grain paper over boards. Smooth spines decoratively tooled in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt. Marbled edges and endpapers. Minor rubbing to extremities head of spine of Volume II expertly and almost invisibly repaired front hinge of Volume I cracked but sound. Minimal foxing and soiling. Small area of surface abrasion to upper blank margin of plate Artistes -6 facing page 160 in Volume II where it was once adhered to the facing page. Bookplate Bibliothèque de A. Vautrain on front pastedown of each volume. Collating 4 xxxii 380; 4 lxxx 364. Wood- engraved title vignette in each volume 212 wood-engraved plates 208 after Gavarni and four after Bertall with tissue guards and numerous wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces vignettes and initials. This copy with a duplicate of the plate facing in Volume I. Music. Overall an excellent copy.<br /> <br /> "The book appeared in part-issues at the rate of one or two a week between April of 1843 and December of 1845. The major attraction of Le diable à Paris resides in Gavarni's plates which are of even greater interest than the 320 wood engravings of his Oeuvres choisies 207. The engraving is superior for the most part and they are new conceptions not versions of his lithographs. He limits himself almost entirely to single figures or pairs evoked with his usual concentration and psychological subtlety. He had a free hand with his subjects since his designs are quite unrelated to Hetzel's text. As usual he arranged them as series some of which those devoted to writers and politicians for example are largely unprecedented in his previous repertory. He invaded Daumier's world with success in the fifteen plates of 'Bourgeois' exampled in the self-satisfied worthy reproduced II 328" Ray.<br /> <br /> Hiler 237. J. Hetzel unknown
18463650Paris: J. Hetzel 1846. First edition. Two large octavo volumes 10 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 263 x 175 mm. Contemporary half black hard-grain morocco ruled in gilt over black morocco-grain paper over boards. Smooth spines decoratively tooled in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt. Marbled edges and endpapers. Minor rubbing to extremities head of spine of Volume II expertly and almost invisibly repaired front hinge of Volume I cracked but sound. Minimal foxing and soiling. Small area of surface abrasion to upper blank margin of plate Artistes —6 facing page 160 in Volume II where it was once adhered to the facing page. Bookplate Bibliothèque de A. Vautrain on front pastedown of each volume. Collating 4 xxxii 380; 4 lxxx 364. Wood- engraved title vignette in each volume 212 wood-engraved plates 208 after Gavarni and four after Bertall with tissue guards and numerous wood-engraved head- and tail-pieces vignettes and initials. This copy with a duplicate of the plate facing in Volume I. Music. Overall an excellent copy.<br/><br/>"The book appeared in part-issues at the rate of one or two a week between April of 1843 and December of 1845. The major attraction of Le diable à Paris resides in Gavarni's plates which are of even greater interest than the 320 wood engravings of his Oeuvres choisies 207. The engraving is superior for the most part and they are new conceptions not versions of his lithographs. He limits himself almost entirely to single figures or pairs evoked with his usual concentration and psychological subtlety. He had a free hand with his subjects since his designs are quite unrelated to Hetzel's text. As usual he arranged them as series some of which those devoted to writers and politicians for example are largely unprecedented in his previous repertory. He invaded Daumier's world with success in the fifteen plates of ‘Bourgeois' exampled in the self-satisfied worthy reproduced II 328" Ray.<br/><br/>Hiler 237. J. Hetzel unknown books
19038306New York: Frederick A. Stokes. Very Good. 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards are worn - see image. 2" closed tear at bottom edge of title page. ; Interior of the book is in excellent condition - exception noted. A truly oversize "lap" book that was meant to entertain a child as depicted on front cover. This copy was admired and enjoyed carefully while being read which remains clean and unmarked. Tight binding. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . Frederick A. Stokes hardcover
178039396Berne Bern: Chez la Nouvelle Société Typographique 1780-1781. Freudeberg. Three volumes complete. A PRISTINE LARGE-PAPER SET OF FREUDEBERG'S MASTERPIECE THE FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE GREAT 18TH-CENTURY FRENCH LANGUAGE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FAR AND AWAY THE GREATEST WORK OF ITS KIND PRODUCED IN SWITZERLAND AND ILLUSTRATED BY SWISS ARTISTS. Volume I includes the cancellans engraved title the frontispiece by Eichler after Dunker and 21 finely-engraved hors-texte plates after Freudeberg. Volume II includes the frontispiece and 25 plates after Freudeberg. Volume III includes the frontispiece and 27 plates after Freudeberg. THIS SET IS ABSOLUTELY COMPLETE with the identical frontispiece in each volume as issued and 73 hors-texte plates after Freudeberg. Additionally there are 72 etched vignettes and 72 elaborate tailpieces by or after Dunker. SO 220 ETCHINGS IN ALL. This is furthermore a LARGE-PAPER SET ON FINE DUTCH LAID PAPER "HOLLANDE" AN ISSUE UNKNOWN TO COHEN-DE RICCI. Cohen-De Ricci cols. 681-2 describes numerous outstanding sets of this work owned by leading 18th and 19th-century bibliophiles and concludes that "Le papier du troisième volume est toujours inférieur a celui des deux premiers"--which is certainly not the case with this set: the paper is excellent and consistent throughout. Cohen-De Ricci also mentions that the plates in volume III are numbered so close to the bottom of the sheets that the numbers are present only when the sheets are entirely uncut as is the case here. 8vos. ENTIRELY UNCUT 21 x 15.5 cm with large margins. IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPS WITH PAPER SPINE LABELS. Tiny traces of wear to extremities else FINE AND BRIGHT. THIS SET IS AS IT WAS WHEN IT LEFT THE PRINTER'S OFFICE ALMOST 250 YEARS AGO DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. <br/><br/> Chez la Nouvelle Société Typographique paperback
149584None Stated: None stated nd. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Plates mostly clean but a few have minor-to-mild foxing. Two plates have perforation stamps on lower margins not affecting plate images. Front end pages ffep detached and laid in contain 2 library plates 2 personal book plates and one additional plate. Some wear to spine mostly at head/tail and to leather corners but nothing terribly offensive. Ex-lib. sticker on back cover. Dark green 3/4 leather with complementary medium green cloth. Gilt edging lettering and 3 bands not raised. AEG. No text. 20 pp each with an individual bw etching / engraving. With bookplates by prominent people. The title page is hand-lettered and there is no printed publication information. This is a unique and important item of Cruikshankiana. Ex-library copy with minimally offensive marks given the importance of each one. This volume contains ONLY the 20 engravings used as illustrations for Eccentric Tales. The original sketches were by Alfred Henry Forrester under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill. The actual book illustrations then were done by George Cruikshank. This particular book contains Forrester's personal book plate. Another book plate is of Albert M. Cohn who wrote a catalogue raisonne of Cruikshank's works in 1924 a small label on the fep makes reference to this catalogue #471. And a third book plate is of William Hartman Woodin Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. The final bookplate present is that of the Brooklyn Public Library. Plates No. 8 and 15 have remarques. The Cruikshank illustrations in Eccentric Tales were apparently hand-tinted but these images are in b/w with no tinting and appear to be etching proofs for the final illustrations. Both Crowquill's and Cruikshank's names appear under each etching. Delightful and humorous illustrations done in great detail. Unique and rare. None stated hardcover
149584None Stated: None stated nd. Hardcover. Ex-library copy with usual marks. Plates mostly clean but a few have minor-to-mild foxing. Two plates have perforation stamps on lower margins not affecting plate images. Front end pages ffep detached and laid in contain 2 library plates 2 personal book plates and one additional plate. Some wear to spine mostly at head/tail and to leather corners but nothing terribly offensive. Ex-lib. sticker on back cover. Dark green 3/4 leather with complementary medium green cloth. Gilt edging lettering and 3 bands not raised. AEG. No text. 20 pp each with an individual bw etching / engraving. With bookplates by prominent people. The title page is hand-lettered and there is no printed publication information. This is a unique and important item of Cruikshankiana. Ex-library copy with minimally offensive marks given the importance of each one. This volume contains ONLY the 20 engravings used as illustrations for Eccentric Tales. The original sketches were by Alfred Henry Forrester under the pseudonym of Alfred Crowquill. The actual book illustrations then were done by George Cruikshank. This particular book contains Forrester's personal book plate. Another book plate is of Albert M. Cohn who wrote a catalogue raisonne of Cruikshank's works in 1924 a small label on the fep makes reference to this catalogue #471. And a third book plate is of William Hartman Woodin Secretary of the Treasury under Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. The final bookplate present is that of the Brooklyn Public Library. Plates No. 8 and 15 have remarques. The Cruikshank illustrations in Eccentric Tales were apparently hand-tinted but these images are in b/w with no tinting and appear to be etching proofs for the final illustrations. Both Crowquill's and Cruikshank's names appear under each etching. Delightful and humorous illustrations done in great detail. Unique and rare. None stated hardcover books
