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188918524<p>Very Good HC no DJ. Red cloth over bevel-edged boards; black and gilt stamped hunting vignette and motif on front cover and spine; blind stamped double rule frame on rear cover. Bright clean covers; some fading of spine and spine titles and decorations but all remain legible; small splits at spine head with light rubbing wear; tightly bound; age darkened end papers; gift inscription on front free end paper; some foxing of few prelim and terminal leaves with occasional light foxing interior; otherwise very clean interior; leaves unopened at head edge throughout - never been read; bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown at lower inner corner. 8vo 405 pp; illustrated with 50 woodcut engravings 4 full page; 25 hand colored steel plate engravings including title page. No statement indicating this is a subscriber's edition.</p> London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co; ND (Ca. 1889) hardcover
114998Moscow Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo 1972. . First edition presentation copy signed by A. Sokolov on the verso of the upper portfolio board folio 38 x 28.5 cm; complete with 34 plates of which 16 are double page each with descriptive text on the verso 36pp. of text by Denisov and Alimov in a separate booklet also with an introduction by Yuriy Gagarin; housed together in the original blue leatherette portfolio enamel and metal USSR medallion to upper cover and title in silver a very good copy.<br /> Presentation copy of the first edition inscribed by the space fantasy artist Andrei Sokolov to Fuad Borisovich Yakubovskiy Soviet minister for 'special construction projects'.<br /><br />A striking portfolio of Soviet space art with thirty four plates depicting imaginary spacewalks satellite constructions curious spacecraft dreamy constellations and unexplored planets and moons. One of the artists A. Leonov was the pioneering cosmonaut who made the first spacewalk exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission. Art however was his first love and he was the first person to sketch earth from space. He often collaborated with his close friend Andrei Sokolov who unlike Leonov did not have first hand experience of space and instead chose to paint a more fantastical picture. <br /><br />The album was published to mark the 15th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik and is a glorious example of ambitious propaganda. It was clearly designed to make an impact with the elaborate portfolio case and wonderful illustrations which are often highlighted with silver. The inclusion of real life space missions alongside imagined realities of the future is an assertion of the potential for Soviet cosmonauts.<br /> Moscow, Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo, 1972. hardcover
18601086London: Ward & Lock. c.1860. First edition thus. Publisher's original colour-printed pictorial yellow card wrappers. Octavo 25 x 16.5cm. 8pp. printed on one side only and mounted on linen. Each page illustrated with a hand-coloured wood engraving by the Dalziel Brothers. Publisher's adverts to the rear cover verso. A very good copy the binding secure with a little separation to the covers at the foot of the spine a small chip to the head of the rear cover and minor wear to the extremities. The contents with scattered foxing are otherwise in very good order. A scarce mid-nineteenth-century edition of Sleeping Beauty the pages linen-backed and the illustrations hand-coloured. The title forms No. 11 in Ward and Lock's 'The National Nursey Tales' series which according to the publisher's advertisement are "handsomely printed with Coloured Illustrations price 6d. each or on Cloth indestructible 1s. as in the present copy. The attention of the Public is particularly called to this beautiful Series of Children's Books which are in every respect of a superior character. The drawings are by eminent Artists and the Engravings by Dalziel Brothers".</p><p>Only one institutional copy recorded in Britain according to Library Hub V&A. London: Ward & Lock. hardcover
1907CAR100MParis, Juven, 1907, In-8° avec reliure en demi chagrin aux coins. Non paginé, autour de 150pp. largement illustrées avec des gravures d'époque.
1900403850London : The ""Leisure Hour"" Office 1900. First Edition. Softcover. Provenance: Bookplate of David Morris. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; 832 pages 27 cm illustration. Subjects; Children's literature ; Periodicals. Women ; Periodicals. Teenage girls ; Periodicals. Women Social life and customs 20th century ; Periodicals. Girls Great Britain ; Periodicals. London : The ""Leisure Hour"" Office paperback
119876London R. Ackermann 1808-10. . First edition early issue with ALS loosely tipped to first blank; 3 vols large 4to 34 x 28 cm; letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to T. Bury dated 1839 restored and laid on linen wood-engraved titles engraved dedications 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Bluck Stadler and others after Pugin and Rowlandson watermarks 1806-1808 bookplate to pastedown; twentieth-century half crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf gilt ruled cloth boards spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments all edges gilt marbled endpapers a fine set.<br /> This is a splendid work with the preferred pre-publication watermarks exhibiting a depth and richness of colouring. The Microcosm offers an incomparable panorama of Regency London both high and low from sedate drawing rooms to the brawling and boozing street life of the metropolis captured in matchless hand-coloured aquatint by the inspired pairing of Pugin and Rowlandson. Most of the plates are in their first or second state with plate 12 and 39 in the rare first state.<br /><br />With an autograph letter by Augustus Welby Pugin 1812-1852 pioneer of the Gothic Revival architecture movement to probably Thomas Talbot Bury 1809-1877 his long time friend and collaborator dated 1839. The letter describes a drawing Pugin made of Macclesfield Church St Michael and All Angels including directions to Bury for his engraving of the image and is adorned with small sketches of the altar candles and statues. It was Augustus Welby's father Augustus Charles who produced the architectural drawings of this work and was the reason Augustus Welby and Bury were so intimate having apprenticed his son and Bury together.<br /><br />'Ackermann's The Microcosm of London. is a book of major importance. The architectural drawings were by Augustus Charles Pugin a French refugee who came to London in about 1798 "driven from his country either by the horrors of the French Revolution or by private reasons connected with a duel" . His lasting fame rests on his consummate ability as an architectural draughtsman. By a stroke of genius Ackermann engaged Thomas Rowlandson to add human figures to the drawings that Pugin made for The Microcosm so that the stately accurate and dignified qualities of that artist are enlivened by the vitality and charm of Regency life as depicted by one of the most vigorous draughtsmen of all time. To turn the leaves of The Microcosm is to take a walk though London at a singularly fortunate moment observing as we never can in real life the scenes of many celebrated incidents in English literature and history: the India House of Charles Lamb the King's Bench Prison of Dickens the Foundling Hospital of Captain Coram and Hogarth the Guildhall bombed by the Luftwaffe the Newgate of Harrison Ainsworth the Carlton House of the Prince Regent and so forth.' Thomas Great Books and Book Collectors 1975 p. 155<br /> Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7; Prideaux pp121-4. Franklin 49-54. London, R. Ackermann, [1808-10]. hardcover
2011Q-1609800877Seven Stories Press 2011-05-03. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seven Stories Press paperback
194538405Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit 1945. WITH TWO IMPRESSIONS IN FIRST AND SECOND STATES OF ONE OF KIYOSHI HASEGAWA'S MOST IMPORTANT PRINTS. Etched half-title 16 pp. plus 12 loose engravings. A monograph on engraving followed by short biographies of each of the six artists accompanied by a suite of large engravings by Cami Cottet Decaris Jeannisson Hasegawa and Lemagny. From a total edition of 320 copies all printed on fine Marais wove paper this is ONE OF ONLY 60 SETS WITH THE ENGRAVINGS IN TWO STATES: THE FIRST STATE ON RIVES WOVE PAPER SIGNED IN PENCIL AND THE SECOND STATE ON MARAIS WOVE PAPER. Hasegawa's engraving "Anemones et fleurs de champs dans un verre a facettes" Kyoto 368 also known as "Bouquet sur fond de dentelle" is considered one of his masterpieces. Folio 38 x 28 cm. Loose as issued in the original folding case. Folding case lightly worn and spotted. CONTENTS FINE AND BRIGHT. ALL OF THE PRINTS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION. <br/><br/> Editions Jacques-Petit unknown
3086Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit 1945. WITH ONE OF KIYOSHI HASEGAWA'S MOST IMPORTANT PRINTS. 12 pp. plus 6 loose engravings. A monograph on engraving followed by short biographies of each of the six artists accompanied by a suite of six large engravings one each by Cami Cottet Decaris Jeannisson Hasegawa and Lemagny. From a total edition of 320 copies all printed on fine Marais wove paper. Hasegawa's engraving "Anemones et fleurs de champs dans un verre a facettes" Kyoto 368 also known as "Bouquet sur fond de dentelle" is considered one of his masterpieces. Folio 38 x 28 cm. Loose as issued. Missing title-page and justification but with complete text and all prints. The Cami and Jeannisson prints have a bit of mat burn on the recto and the Lemagny a bit on the verso. The other three prints including the Hasegawa are FINE AND BRIGHT. <br/><br/> Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit, 1945 unknown
20102091202132802756elementary school 2010. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of pages: 207 15p Size: 25cm Number of books: 1 elementary school paperback
184327567London: Henry Colburn 1843. New Edition. Hardcover. vg. Octavo. x324pp. Bound in red morocco with gold border and spine tooled in gold. Expertly rebacked retaining original spine. Raised bands. Floral Dentelles. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of author. Ornamental title-page border. Superb mid-nineteenth century publication on Windsor Castle. The former medieval castle now royal palace in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire is notable for its long royal history and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror and since the time of Henry I it has been used by a succession of monarchs; it is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. Contents: Anne Boleyn. Herne the Hunter. The History of the Castle. Cardinal Wolsey. Mabel Lyndwood. Jane Seymor. Illustrated with etchings by George Cruikshank & Tony Johannot and wood-engravings by W. Alfred Delamotte. Two-inch split on joint at rear board along head of spine three-inch split along lower joints of front board firmly holding. Offsetting from inside of binding at edges of front- and rear endpaper. Slight age toning to outer edges of interior pages. Tight copy in very good condition. Tipped-in at blank page in front is an original handwritten 2 page signed letter dated May 10th 1880 by the author W. H. Ainsworth complaining to his binder about his work on "Now Monthly" . Letter in very good condition. Henry Colburn hardcover
0267900198.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
190817419London, Nutt, 1908. XVii, 233 (1) pages, heliograph frontispice from a drawing by the author (Marianna and her Vision by the Fire). 8°, blue original cloth with gilt-stamped title and vignette on top, top edge gilt.
06228London: Printed by W. Lewis. for Thomas McLean 1822. First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine" Schwerdt<br /> <br /> ALKEN Henry and BARENGER James illustrators. The Sporting Repository containing Horse-Racing Hunting Coursing Shooting Archery Trotting and Tandem Matches Cocking Pedestrianism and Pugilism. anecdotes on sporting subjects interspersed with essays tales and a great variety of miscellaneous articles. London: Printed by W. Lewis. for Thomas McLean 15 January-15 June 1822. <br /> <br /> First and only edition. Octavo 9 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 233 x 146 mm. viii 1-80; 81-176; 177-268; 269-356; 357-448; 449-540 pp. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and eighteen hand-colored aquatint plates after H. Alken and J. Barenger engraved by G. and T. Hunt. All plates with tissue guards.<br /> <br /> Handsomely bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1920. Full red morocco covers decoratively ruled in gilt spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt gilt board edges & turn-ins dark green silk liners and endleaves all edges gilt. A spectacular example the hand-colored plates bright and fresh. Loosely inserted at end are the original front and rear wrappers for part II "15th of February 1822".<br /> <br /> This publication stands out for its vivid illustrations some of the finest sporting aquatints of the period and for its documentation of early 19th-century British sporting culture. Though it was planned as a continuing series only six monthly parts were published making complete sets rare.<br /> <br /> Published in six monthly parts from January to June this is the "First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine." Schwerdt.<br /> <br /> The Sporting Repository contains anecdotes and illustrations on many sporting subjects including 'Horse Racing Hunting Coursing Shooting Archery Trotting and Tandem Matches Cocking Pedestrianism and Pugilism'. <br /> <br /> This 'rare and valuable magazine' is an unashamed celebration of popular sports and a mine of interesting information. <br /> <br /> Mellon/Podeschi A13. Schwerdt II p. 212. Tooley 467. London: Printed by W. Lewis... for Thomas McLean, 1822 unknown
182267110London: Thomas McLean 26 Haymarket 1822. Parts I and II only of VI 8vo 7 hand-colored aquatint plates after Alken and Barenger by G. & T. Hunt; both issues in original pictorial wrappers; some tears creases and minor losses but generally good or better. Contained in a quarter red morocco folding box with red calf label lettered in gilt on the upper cover. This periodical is rare in the printed wrappers. Thomas McLean, 26, Haymarket unknown
1904457260London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner and Co. 1904 one of 500 copies. Good. 1904. Hardcover. hardback large 8vo xii478pp 22 colour plates slight browning otherwise clean and tight no inscriptions green cloth gilt pictorial decorations and titles bumped and rubbed on spine and board edges Good condition . London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1904, one of 500 copies, hardcover
1491842636.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
19032253<p>26 illustrated silk leaves including title sizes from 140 x 170 m to 400 x 180 mm mounted within blind embossed frames on 22 white cardboards. The illustrations woven color images are after various French Fin de Siècle and Art Noveau artists like Alphonse Mucha 6 including a series of 4 leaves illustrating the seasons Ernest Meissonier Lionel Royer Achille Fould P. A. Cot and others. Loosely contained in cont. green half morocco portfolio with gilt title on front cover <em>La section Stéphanoise de la société de géographie commerciale de Paris. A son secrétaire perpétuel M. Charles Gauthiot Décembre 1903. </em>Doublures. Paste-downs with watered silk covering framed by richly gilt green morocco borders. Folio 540 x 335 mm. Ties lacking front cover rubbed extremeties slightly worn.</p><p>Charles Gauthiot 1832-1905 was a French journalist and secretary-general of the Société de Geographie Commerciale de Paris founded in 1873 by M. Meurand E. Levasseur C. Gauthiot M. Tourasse B. Garnier M. Dietz-Mounin E. Berge F. de Lesseps M. Peghoux. No other copy found unique a fine specimen of the French craftsmanship of silk weaving with only minor traces of use. Title-leaf with a yellowish spot in lower right corner probably due to the adhesive used.</p> Société de géographie commerciale de Paris
1566406781.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
191578995Wien:: Munk 1915. publisher's blue cloth with applied color illustration on front panel. Some staining and soiling to the applied color illustration; cloth a little frayed at joints and extremities; but tight and sound; the contents fine. . Folio. Complete with twelve spectacular full-page color illustrations by Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban and elaborate border decorations on every page. . Contents: Die wilden Schwaene. Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse. Das Meerfrauelein. Die Galoschen des Gluecks. Die Reisekamerad. Die roten Schuhe. Des Kaisers neue Kleider. Die Schneekoenigin. Der Fliegende Koffer Das Maerchen vom Paradiesgarten. Der Schweinhirt. Die Nachtigall. Munk, hardcover
1879403845London : ""Boy's Own Paper"" Office 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall. Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; 840 pages 29 cm heavily illustrated illustrated endpapers. Subjects; Children's literature English ; Periodicals. Adventure stories English ; Periodicals. Children's periodicals English. Boys ; Juvenile literature ; Periodicals. Boys ; Periodicals. London : ""Boy's Own Paper"" Office hardcover
1970298276New York: Rough Trade 1970. Magazine. 64p. includes covers 8.5x11 inches erotic stories illustrated with explicit drawings by Esposito Rex and Michael personal ads very good magazine in stapled pictorial wraps. Centerfold spread by Rex of 12 small explicit drawings as if from a film strip. Michael's work appears to be emulating if not ripping of Tom of Finland and Kake. Rough Trade unknown
48566Tallinn: "Aktsiooni" Kirjastus 1927-1933. Octavos 16.3 x 12.5 cm. Original pictorial wrappers by Peet Aren Märt Laarman and Jaan Vahtra; 28 4; 60 4; and 63 I pp. Very good or better. Antson 1899-1945 was an Estonian teacher journalist and writer who participated in the "Aktsioon" "Action" literary group and co-published the eponymous series of almanacs 1926 1927 and 1929. In addition to his travel writing Antson was known for his plays which were often leftist and pacifist in orientation. Much of his work was influenced by expressionism and detailed the horrors of war and revolution. This collection of satirical epigrams in three volumes published over six years a final fourth volume appeared in 1946 takes sharp aim at the literary cultural but also political establishment not only in Estonia but in Europe at large witness the "Hitler" epigram in the 1933 collection!. The set also represents a striking cross-section of Estonian modernist design of the late 1920s with one wrapper each designed by Peet Aren 1889-1970 Märt Laarman 1896-1979 and Jaan Vahtra 1882-1947. Laarman was one of the outstanding followers of cubism and constructivism in Estonia. His "numerous book-covers and illustrations present the possibilities of applying such a method in the field of book graphics that is based upon the constructive rhythm of simple and expressive planes. Moreover Laarman was the first to apply the principles of Elementary Typography new at that time in the design of architectonically expressive and homogeneous books" Rein Loodus 21. In addition to his own work Laarman was also instrumental in furthering public awareness of avantgarde art: "Laarman edited and published The Book of New Art 1928 the group's programmatic almanac which helped the public develop a better understanding of the avant-garde" Art of the Baltics 38. Rare; KVK OCLC show a single copy of vol. I at Göttingen of vol. 2 at Helsinki and of vol. 3 at UCLA. unknown books
1934023403Racine: Whitman Publishing Company 1934. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The Kerrs. Later title #37 in the original Tom Swift series which was comprised of 40 volumes featuring the young inventor written by writers in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's stable of authors under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II. In reality this was one of three titles written by Stratemeyer's daughter Harriet Adams who would write many of the Nancy Drew books. 214 pp. Originally published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1934 this is one of the slightly later Whitman reprints #2164 with 10 titles on front flap & back cover of DJ but original DJ cover art by "The Kerrs'. Hardcover 12mo has bright red cloth-covered boards stamped with black lettering to front & spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright binding straight & strong hinges intact pages heavily tanned but unmarked. Mild-moderate rubbing to extremities & bumped corners; tiny spot to upper edge of front board. The unclipped DJ is VG: very bright & colorful with just a few tiny chips & light soil; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! A stunning copy! Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. <br/> <br/> Whitman Publishing Company hardcover
1931023404Racine Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company 1931. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-. The Kerrs. Vol.#34 in the original Tom Swift series which was comprised of 40 volumes featuring the young inventor written by writers in the Stratemeyer Syndicate's stable of authors under the pseudonym Victor Appleton II this one actually by Howard Garis. 218 pp. Originally published by Grosset & Dunlap in 1931 this is one of the slightly later Whitman reprints #2162 with 9 titles on front flap & back cover of DJ & slightly different DJ cover art by "The Kerrs'. Hardcover 12mo has tan cloth-covered boards stamped with darker brown lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: quite clean & bright binding straight & strong front hinge cracked. Pages heavily tanned but unmarked. Remnants of old price sticker to ffep. Mild rubbing to extremities & very slight bumping to corners. The unclipped DJ is VG- minus: very bright & colorful with some significant chipping & heavy rubbing to both ends of spine corners & flap edges; nicely protected in new mylar cover Free! Our photos depict he EXACT book you will receive from us--never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays Pacific time; later orders weekends & holidays ship very next business day. <br/> <br/> Whitman Publishing Company hardcover
