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1860006445Paris and London respectively : Clément; E. Gambart 1860. First edition. Quarter Morocco. Marbled boards. Near Fine. A gorgeous sweeping collection of historic French military costume plates as comprehensive as imaginable spanning 1439 to 1815 or from the Renaissance to Waterloo. Folio 45 by 33.5 cm. 450 hand-colored plates in all. Vol. 1: 100 pp hand-colored plates numbered 1 to115. Vol. 2: 48 pp. Plates numbered 116 to 300. Vol. 3: 58 pp. Plates numbered 1 to 150. The illustrations are generally not static dull costume plates but rather the artist usually shows the soldiers in engaged in some activity and so the illustrations also document the military lifestyle of the day depicted. Many of these plates thus can be viewed as genre or action pictures and their large size contributes to their visual excitement as well. Condition: some light foxing on the text pages. Plate leaves have light age toning along edges but are otherwise very clean fresh bright. Morocco spines with a few minor scuffs and rubbing. Bindings are overall solid and attractive. Note that the set is extremely heavy -- about 37 or 38 lbs. -- and so shipping is bound to cost extra more than the number produced by the standard shipping template on Internet sites. <br /><br /> Clément; E. Gambart hardcover books
189756093Cuba IL; Chicago IL Topeka KS & St. Louis MO: Raymond Whitnah Display Products Co. Kaye Whitnah Industrial Designs 1897-1970. Fifteen vols. sized 4to. 9.5 x 12 in. up to Folio. 14 x 17 in. Approx. 1414 pp nearly all unpaginated or unnumbered. including 295 silver gelatin & silver print photographs Polaroid and albumen images sized from 2 x 2 in. up to 13 x 15 in. hand-coloured silver prints the majority of the photographs are tipped-in 8 x 10 in. images into albums with thick black paper stock some linen-backed some are hand-coloured many of the silver print designs have been hand-painted or hand-coloured most on glossy photo stock 1 albumen photo mounted on studio card sized 6 x 12 in. many w/ annotations on versos some w/ captions in lettering below or dittoed and/or mimeographed explanatory texts on versos or mounted below the images; the majority of the silver print designs are mounted on beige or black linen hinges; with four of the photo albums still preserving all or at least have of the original binding covers 2 renewed 1 w/ hand-lettered title page and table of contents; many TLS ALS promotional inserts printed catalogues printed mimeographed and dittoed text several telegrams and all preserved in archival mylar sleeves together with the remainder of the archive. With 229 original designs paintings pen & ink pencil and water-coloured drawings artist’s renderings blueprints cyanotype blue-prints ranging in size from 6 x 8 in. up to 17 x 38 in. some framed by studio board others mounted on glossy paper stock and a significant portion on tinted paper stocks of gray brown taupe and tan some loose and others mounted with linen hinges most having either the Display Products Co. printed at lower fore-edges or printed in the explanatory texts below or on versos with some signed by artist at lower edge of the image occasional soiling creasing lifting & chipping to fore-edges of some renderings others with minor creasing or curling still nearly all bright and all preserved in post-binders or portfolio cases with stamping on covers. This incomparable archive of photographs and original advertising art was created by Ray Whitnah his company Display Products Co. and later his son Kaye Whitnah who were innovative commercial artists and industrial designers through the Jazz Age Great Depression World War II and the post-War era. Ray Whitnah’s displays incorporated life-like scenes wax models and often inventive display apparatus and mechanical elements incorporating stunning Art Deco graphics and story telling all heavily influenced by the displays of L. Frank Baum Ernst Goldsman and Gordon Selfridge pioneering window display artists at Marshall Field in Chicago at the beginning of the 20th century. The first volume includes prize-winning letters for displays across the Midwest for the Pugh Store Co. department stores and later for Crosby Bros. Co. department stores in Topeka KS incorporating photos documents announcements and trade journals. Photographs in the second volume reveal how Whitnah created striking sales tableaux for women’s furs hosiery girdles bathing suits Hoover Vacuums Motorola heaters and kitchen ware. Of special interest are the surrealist bathing suit windows superimposed behind a reverse painted clock face featuring undersea flower & shell arrangements and large sea snail. Other images show striking windows for Kotex Sanitary products DeFildiss Perfumizer Eline’s candies and apple bars Nemo-Flex Corsettes Phoenix Hosiery and others. Volume III entitled the “Championship Class†album provides a superb overview of Whitnah’s prize-winning displays including an elaborate Chinese rugs window with Chinese mah jong players; Pyrex ware window featuring four & 20 blackbirds flying from the pie; a mechanical bathing display; toy display featuring paraffin falls imitating frozen water; an elaborate Congoleum flooring display; and his tour-de-force mechanical Nemo Corset Display featuring a large turntable revolving with women’s figures representing seven ages appearing in order within four minutes per revolution and a ribbon to pull the layered photos to recreate the effect in the album. The fourth album incorporates inventive millinery and women’s fashions in minimalist vignettes for the Crosby Bros. Department store with some incorporating Moorish or Oriental inspired designs vivid Art Deco backdrops and historiated scenes reflective of the fashions in the opening years of the Roaring 20s. The fifth volume reflects the increasing creativity and daring of Whitnah including window displays showing flying Hoover vacuums increased storytelling and elaborate displays for Christmas Radiola record players an elaborate fairy tale scene for Hickock belts Maytag washers featuring backdrop of children dancing around the Maypole and series of Santa Fe RR windows celebrating travel on the Honeymoon. Of particular interest in this album is the large elaborate Kotex Sanitary Specialties window entitled “Kotex: A “Justice†to the World†featuring a lady justice on top of a globe Kotex packaging balanced in the scales and other products displayed around the window.The sixth & seventh albums mark the 1930 shift by Ray Whitnah to establish not only his own manufacturing company for window display fixtures and apparatus but also an Automotive Displays Inc. intending to target the burgeoning window display market with automobile dealers across the country producing lithograph posters newspaper camera ready ads catalogues along with flood lights backgrounds finished products no chassis and one-lithograph signs. The company was incorporated in Delaware in 1931 with Whitnah holding 51% of the voting stock. The sixth volume shows many different devices for displaying men’s clothes wooden shirt stands adjustable clothes stands and even their introduction into the Cohn-Storthz men’s shop in St. Louis MO. The famed St. Louis Mart and Terminal Warehouse was a massive Art Deco edifice later named the Robert A. Young Federal Building and designed by Preston Bradshaw who began with McKim Mead & White. Acquired by the U.S. Army in 1941. Volumes VIII thru XIII consist primarily of original artwork and renderings by Whitnah and his Display Products Co. team for a variety of companies and encompassing a broad range of stands risers product displays and mechanical devices to create stunning advertising displays. These include ocean liner stacks for swim togs Easter bunny displays stork displays for infant apparel as well as a striking 4 foot tall hat box display store unit which holds hatboxes. Also included are Art Deco streamline inspired Concert Rotors for Christmas merchandise a custom built beach shop toy & gift displays for toy departments and more. Volume IX & X include large vividly coloured Art Deco Christmas Box and North Pole holiday designs; decorations and metal filigree displays for handkerchiefs and windows; a large giraffe and a firework display unit for toys and of special interest a vivid “Bell-Hop Series’ display pieces of caricature Chinese-American and African-American display holders for Christmas wreaths. In addition Whitnah’s company had developed the “Horizons†display system which included Flexible Wood Panels that could be incorporated into window displays become the window display themselves and served as a kit system to attach other Display Products Co. fittings all executed with an Art Deco modernist aesthetic. The Horizon system also incorporated interchangeable forms to create arresting streamline floor and window displays that would enable the company to come into any department store client’s business and create an entire display system for them right down to the glue and lighting. Volume XI presents artwork of caricature cartoon and humor signs drawing from major cartoonist of the period and created exclusively for the Display Products Co. each mounted as enameled triangle and hanging from stanchions next to the Men’s Department or other Departments employing their display fixtures. Many of the original designs in the last couple volumes reflect an animated whimsey with stylized figurines cartoon-like characters some appearing to draw from Held while others from Pogo or other animators of the 1930s-1950s and many of the drawings with a decided Western inspired cowboy theme. Also appearing in these portfolios are many designs incorporating bamboo and bamboo shapes for stands displays shelving and backdrops. Many of the silver print blueprints and reproduced designs refer to the specific wood finishes on the wood carved and wooden stands created by the company. The final volume is devoted to the seat and interior designs by Kaye Whitnah for the Sabrejet 60 upgrade noted in this design proposal as the Sabre 70 and dated 1970 which would later become the Sabrejet 75 when it went into production at the end of the 1970s. Featuring 5 windows on the fuselage the Sabrejet Series 60A was over 3 feet longer than the original series 40 approved in 1963. The original drawings show window and and window frame assembly units as well as the interior cabin and seats designed by Whitnah along with manufacturing steps and Polaroid photos showing the process. Ray Whitnah 1893-1973 was the son of Arthur Whitnah a general store owner in Cuba IL and later Gardner KS where he worked as a sign painter and letterer until 1909 when he moved to Chicago to take a course in window display at the Chicago School of Window Decorating apprenticed with Jack Cameron -- famed commercial artist and designer at the Harris Emery Co. Department Store in Des Moines IA and later as the display manager for the 35 store Pugh Store Co. chain. After their bankruptcy in 1919 he became the prize-winning display manager for Crosby Bros. and by 1930 had set up his own successful display businesses in St. Louis MO where he would remain for the rest of his life. Kaye Lamoyne Whitnah 1918-1992 worked with father by World War II as an industrial designer and artist with Display Products Co. at 3944 1/2 Olive in St. Louis MO. Also an inventor he patents portable grids for Terrazzo Floor securing plates in displays in 1968 and later became the only manufacturer in the United States for the BMW Isetta parts with a customer list of 350 different Isettas. He was the owner of Whitnah’s Angler’s Isle Resort in Hay Lake MO and by 1989 had accumulated a collection of 13 1/2 Isettas manufacturing gas caps windshields and even hubcaps by creating molds and designs from the original parts. See: Appliances for Pillar Decorations Merchants Record & Show Window 1919 vol. XLV No. 5 p. 28-29. Who’s Who in the Profession R.T. Whitney Crosby Bros. Topeka KS Merchants Record & Show Window 1919 vol. 44 pp. 46-48; Designer Defies “Bubble Car†Parts Blight Pine River Journal Vol. 54 No. 17 July 13 1989. Raymond Whitnah, Display Products Co., Kaye Whitnah, Industrial Designs, hardcover
181946939Tbilisi.: 'Feniks'. December 1918 - 1919 February / March. Stapled as issued in original publisher's printed paper wrappers with titles to front covers in black issue no. 2 in red and black issues 2 and 3 /4 with publisher's vignettes issue 1 with advertisements to rear cover; repair to spine of issue 1 front cover of issue 2 detached. 4 issues in 3. 4to. c.220 x 190 mm. Printed text and verse in Russian throughout no. 1 with 3 mounted monochrome zincograph illustrations by A. N. Geevski no. 2 with monochrome illustrations by Terent'ev and P. Iashvili issue 3 with monochrome illustrations by Goncharova and Kruchenykh. An excellent complete set of the very scarce avant garde periodical 'Kuranty'.The short-lived literary and artistic periodical 'Kuranty' produced in Tbilisi during the Russian Civil War features contributions from many of the most important Russian and Georgian avant garde figures of the time: Alexei Kruchenykh and Igor Terent'ev contributed a large body of material but the contributions of Kyril Zdanevich the editor Boris Korneev Nikolai Sudeikin Tatiana Vechorka Rafalovich and others cannot be overlooked. Natalia Goncharova's 'Portrait of A. Kruchenykh' is reproduced in the final issue together with portraits by Kruchenykh himself.This Tbilisi-produced 'Kuranty' is not to be confused with the review 'Kuranty' published in Kiev in the same year and also of considerable rarity.'Kuranty' is extremely scarce and we can locate no complete sets in libraries although a facsimile is held and Johns Hopkins holds a copy of issue 1; auction records feature one complete copy only that sold at Christie's in 2014 as well asone other incomplete set also Christie's in 2007. 'Feniks'. unknown
183852830New York:: Bufford's Lithography 1838. First edition thus. stitched and enclosed in unprinted blue paper wrappers as issued; enclosed in a custom cloth folding box. . Some scattered inoffensive foxing; beautiful original condition. Rare. Folio. Ten lithographs and five engraved maps. . Deak Picturing America 477. These views and maps illustrate NYS Assembly Document 200 1838 and were also issued separately. Deak: "This early series of ten lithographic views and fine engraved maps constitutes one of the most important keys to the iconography of the Adirondack region." Bufford's Lithography, hardcover
1808288495London: R. Ackermann 1808. First. hardcover. near fine. Thomas Rowlandson & Augustus Charles Pugin. Beautifully illustrated with 104 brilliantly hand-colored aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson and A.C. Pugin Pugin engraved the architectural details & Rowlandson the figures. 3 volumes. Illustrated woodcut titles and engraved dedication page to the Prince of Wales in each volume. 4 iv 2 231; 6 vi 239; 4 iv 280 6 pages. Large 4tos bound in contemporary 3/4 red calf over marbled boards with gilt spines; marbled endpapers; all edges yellow. London: R. Ackermann 1808-1810. <BR><BR>First edition likely bound from the original parts without the half titles as was often the case; the papers are watermarked 1806 & 1807 and containing 11 of Abbey's 12 key plates are in the first "luminescent" state and 12 of the 13 errata points still un-corrected. Offsetting from plates as usual and dedication pages are foxed but otherwise an exceptionally clean and bright copy with very infrequent spotting in margins on a handful of pages.<br/><br/> Rowlandson's first and most famous color-plate book increasingly difficult to obtain in early state as so many copies were broken up to sell the images individually. Ackermann is credited with establishing art lithography in England and this is one of his most interesting and valuable works. "The Microcosm of London is one of the great colour-plate books and a carefully selected copy should form the cornerstone of any collection of books on this subject. The plates present an unrivaled picture of London in the early 19th century of historic value as many of the buildings no longer exist." --Tooley 7. "Original impressions of these splendid plates have a luminous quality entirely absent from later printings". --Abbey Scenery 212.<br/><br/> R. Ackermann unknown books
188028460France Italy Switzerland and Britain circa 1880-1925 1880. Overall condition is very good; sketchbooks with ordinary wear; foxing to just some of the works on watercolor board; a few photographs with edge wear; a large and well-rounded archive fully deserving of proper preservation and study with much to say about the intersections of Victorian landscape art early photography and the working methods and commercial life of husband and wife professional artists. A detailed description of the collection is available via pdf on our website at www.brickrow.com on the catalogues page. The Stevens were successful artists in Europe and Britain between the later stages of the Victorian era and the early 20th century. They held regular exhibitions of their collaborative landscape studies of the French Riviera Swiss Alps Italian lakes and English countryside. They maintained galleries at Cannes and London and were patronized by European royalty and aristocracy including Tsar Nicholas II and the Empress of Russia. The archive includes a portfolio of 20 watercolor studies and 15 pencil sketches; eight sketchbooks with approximately 100 watercolor or pencil studies; two albums of newspaper exhibition reviews; a file of testimonials documents and letters concerning Russian purchases; printed invitation cards gallery and price references; lists of important patrons; approximately 280 photographs taken by the Stevens mostly silver gelatin prints; and three albumen photographs signed and captioned on the verso "Frank Mason Good." A fine archive that documents the artists' working methods with field sketches watercolor studies and the use of photography; as well the archive documents their commercial and financial success through correspondence exhibition announcements and two albums of fastidiously compiled press clippings. <br/><br/> [France, Italy, Switzerland and Britain, circa 1880-1925] unknown books
1868AUB-2284Bâle, Krüsi, London, Williams et Norgate, New York, Westermann et Paris, A. Franck, s.d. (vers 1870) 2 beaux et gds et forts in-4 (31x24) reliés reliures demi cuir ornées, dos ornés avec titres dorés, tranches jaspées, texte sur 2 colonnes, pages encadrées, 898 pages + préface, tables et 154 planches gravées ainsi que 2 frontispices gravés. Très bon état de conservation à l'exception de quelques rousseurs et traces menues d'usage.
1847006823Leipzig: Böhme. Plates printed by Halle & Walther Weimar 1847. First Edition. Contemporary Half Green Calf. Marbled paper pastedown on boards. Very Good Minus. Complete three year run of Biedermeier period beautiful plate or illustration-oriented German decorative arts publication. Styles promoted include neo-classical Greek and Gothic Revival -- in other words the full range of styles associated with the Biedermeier period. While this was a German publication and Biedermeier was most tightly associated with the German-speaking world the designs shown here are very much in keeping with the designs coming out of other parts of Europe and America. 4to. 28.5 by 19 cm. 108 plates most of which are color plates depicting ovens urns bowls other porcelain ware mantels friezes cornices other ornament and architectural features. Explanations of the plates are pasted onto the backs of some of the plates several plate explanations running on a single sheet which is cut smaller than the plates. Plates are numbered in three series essentially. The plates were issued four at a time. Original wrappers bound in. The publication is scarce with no institutional copies found outside of Europe and all but two of these in Germany. The magazine was published concurrently or slightly later in Weimar by a different publisher. Condition: foxing throughout sometimes heavier in darkness. Binding worn along edges and marbling surface sometimes rubbed. Spine calf darkened. Böhme. Plates printed by Halle & Walther, Weimar unknown
188217862Le premier livre de l'auteur, comportant un tendre envoi à sa mère Paris, Lemerre, [mai] 1882. 1 vol. (125 x 185 mm) de 2 et [1] f., 153 p. et 1 f. Broché, sous emboîtage (Goy et Vilaine). Édition originale. Frontispice en héliogravure de Gustave Moreau, «La jeune fille Thrace portant la tête d'Orphée». Un des 25 premiers exemplaires imprimés sur papier de Hollande, celui-ci non justifié. Envoi signé : «à toi, ma très douce et patiente mère, à toi à laquelle est échue cette croix lourde entre toutes d'avoir pour fils un être insupportable entre tous, fou pour les uns, idiot pour les autres, fantasque pour tous... puisqu'on veut bien m'appeler poète... ces vers sont encore plus tes enfants que les miens, puisque tu es leur aïeule, à toi donc le premier enfant de ton sang et du mien et puissé-je un jour à venir te faire oublier tous les mauvais mois et les dures années que t'ont fait et ma cervelle fantasque et les cruels instincts de tout être qui écrit. Ton Jean Paul. Juin 82 ».
1819007599London: H. R. Young. Printed by J. McCreery 1819. Second Edition. Full Straight-Grained Morocco. Cloth Slipcase. Very Good Plus. Folio 33 by 24 cm. xiv 2 306 4 239 13 pp. Also two engraved half-titles with illustration of tiger and with 40 hand-colored plates 20 in each volume. Contemporary dark green straight-grained full morocco binding with ornate gilt border decoration -- a repeat of vines and leaves contained within ruled lines and also a blindstamped band within this one. Five raised bands of spine with ruled lines denoting the raised areas and four gilt impressed vignettes of deer. Professionally rebacked both volumes with original spines retained and attached in a manner that the work is as inconspicuous as possible. The gilt decoration -- floral borders ruled edges turn-ins spine illustrations lettering has spots that are dulled but generally the gold remains bright. The leaves within both text and plates are also generally clean almost remarkably so notwithstanding the most occasional of spots of soiling. H. R. Young. Printed by J. McCreery unknown
189930631Exemplaire de tête sur chine Paris, Charavay & Martin, [1899]. 1 vol. (290 x 365 mm) de [80] p. en 10 cahiers ch., en feuilles. Chemise de percaline illustrée de l'éditeur. Édition originale. 42 illustrations en couleurs de Job. Un des [20] premiers exemplaires sur chine (non annoncés), signés et justifiés par Montorgueil et Job, (n° 19).
186837492Paris, Hachette & Cie., 1868, in-4, agréable demi-reliure de l'époque, dos long orné d'un fer "queue de poisson", filets et titre à l'or, plats de papier marbré, pagination continue. Hebdomadaire - publié de janvier 1860 jusqu'en juillet 1914 par Edouard Charton- relatant les grandes explorations ayant marqué la seconde moitié du 19e et le début du 20e siècle. Illustré de nombreuses gravures, puis de reproductions photographiques in- et hors-texte texte. Vendu en fascicules à travers le réseau des gares de chemins de fer, ceux-ci sont réunis et reliés tous les 6 mois pour une diffusion en librairie. Edition originale. Bel état de fraîcheur.
180630088La plus luxueuse édition, en reliure de Simier Paris, De l'Imprimerie P. Didot l'aîné, 1806. 1 vol. (235 x 320 mm) de faux-titre, front., titre, xcii, 194 p. et [3] f. Maroquin bleu à long grain, plats à encadrements ornés de larges roulettes et filets à froid et dorés, dos richement orné, roulette intérieure, tranches dorées (reliure signée de Simier R. du Roi). La plus luxueuse édition illustrée de Paul et Virgnie, en partie originale et qui fixe le texte définitif. Elle est illustrée d'un portrait de l'auteur et de 6 planches hors texte, gravées sur cuivre par Bourgeois de la Richardière, Bovinet, Mecou, Prot, Ribault, Roger et Tillement.
1811910931811. Watanabe Nangaku 渡辺å—å²³ & Kawamura BumpÅ æ²³æ‘文鳳 artists. Nangaku BumpÅ KaidÅ SÅga å—丘文鳳 è¡—é“åŒç”». å…¨ Kawachiya Kihei and Yoshidaya Shimbei of　Osaka and Kyoto respectively. Bunka 8 1811 26.2 x 17.9 cm. There is a preface by Bunya Shigetaka. Buff covers blindstamped with a geometric pattern of squares and octagons. Printed paper title label. Our copy of this bibliographically complex work appears to resemble most closely the copy at Ryerson 385 one of Mitchell's "B" examples. It would appear that the two volume edition Mitchell's "A" with a poetry volume is of extraordinary rarity. The KSSM only lists three examples and Mitchell lists his own and one other - a variant.<br /> <br /> What is clear in the midst of all the detail is that the impressions of this copy are fresh and beautiful. The juxtaposition of Nangaku and Bumpo designs is instructive and interesting. There is a bit of soiling and staining to the covers a very few internal spots and thumbing and a very mild internal waterstain - but overall still a pleasing copy of this uncommon and important book. unknown
189724061416London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane Vol's I and II John Lane The Bodley Head Vol's III - XIII 1897. Hardcover. Near fine. Thirteen volumes complete octavo size approx. 4150 pp. Called "the gay nineties" in America and "the naughty nineties" in Britain the decade of the 1890s was in many respects one in which the Victorian morals and societal codes were loosening with many who on both sides of the pond "embraced more freedom fun and social permissiveness" n.b. quote from Wiki. <br /> <br /> Within the worlds of literature and art Oscar Wilde 1854-1900 and Aubrey Beardsley 1872-1898 were extremely influential both with a talent for bringing eroticism into their art and making it - almost - socially acceptable. In addition to their joint collaboration on "Salome" first published in 1892 they launched this periodical "The Yellow Book" with its first issue being April 1894. Beardsley was the first art editor and while Wilde was not a contributor his influence can be felt. <br /> <br /> Ultimately it lasted for only thirteen issues its demise coming about for almost the same reasons as its success. The public initially saw "The Yellow Book" as "something queer and rather alarming.and thus it almost immediately regarded it as symbolic of new movements." However after the trial and conviction of Oscar Wilde the publishers who were from the outset less inclined towards these new ideals than the artists combined with a reaction now negative from the public "the publisher's premises were set upon by a mob who vandalised the building" its final issue was April 1897 n.b. quotes from Wiki. <br /> <br /> ___DESCRIPTION: All volumes bound in full bright yellow cloth black illustrations and lettering on the fronts black lettering and decorations on the spines the table of contents reproduced on the back covers except the final issue which duplicated the design of the front replete with reproductions of artwork all in black and white with a single exception; bindings octavo size 8 1/8" by 6 1/2" pagination varies between 256 and 406; note that this set does not have the advertisements bound in at the rear. <br /> <br /> ___CONDITION: Overall near fine the boards mostly clean a few volumes with light spots the corners mostly straight a few slightly bumped most without rubbing and a few with minimal rubbing strong square text blocks with solid hinges we noted a few gutters just beginning to crack the interiors clean and bright and the set entirely free of prior owner markings; some light rubbing to the black ink on the bindings on most volumes light toning to some of the endpapers a few volumes with the boards very slightly bowed and some of the spines lightly sunned note that the spine of Vol. VI is significantly lighter in colour. <br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: Please note that this set will require additional postage please inquire for details. International customers please also note that any taxes duty or tariffs charged by your country will of necessity be your responsibility. <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. Elkin Mathews & John Lane (Vol's I and II), John Lane The Bodley Head (Vol's III - XIII) hardcover
184229653Paris: Marchant 1842. Two volumes bound in one. Quarto. Full gilt-ruled dark green morocco with raised bands on spine in blindstamped compartments titling gilt inner dentelles gilt dark green endpapers with doublure pattern.<br/><br/>Each volume consists of 3 preliminary leaves plus 40 full-page plates and 162 pp. of text for a total of 80 fine lithographic portraits of dancers singers and actors in role portraits finely-printed on china paper and laid down to mounts.<br/><br/>With biographical essays on each subject including:<br/><br/>Dancers Perrot Elssler Taglioni Thillon Leroux and Grisi<br/><br/>Singers Deburau Duprez Fargueil Aine Levasseur Rubini Persiani Prevost Damoreau Lafont Lablache Grisi Tamburini Klein singer and actor Stolz Thillon Chollet Roger Mario and Dorus-Gras<br/><br/>Actors Rachel M. Melingue Plessy Mme. Melingue Achard Doze Odry Lepeintre Jeune Dupont Boutin Flore Georges Joanny Albert Vertpre Monrose Bocage Firmin Saint-Ernest Mars Menjaud Sauvage Bardou Beauvallet Alcide-Tousez Mme. Volnys Ferville Mr. Volnys Guillemin Gauthier Arnal Clarisse Chilly Moessard Brunet Albert Provost Brohan Anais Vernet Desmousseaux Dorval Regnier Mante Julienne Lepeintre Aine Dejazet Numa Samson Sainville Ligier Colon Leplus Raucourt Bouffe and Lemaitre <br/><br/>The biographical articles are each 4 or 6 pages in length; the lithographs are quite finely-drawn. A third volume was planned and at least 18 plates appeared but the volume was never completed.<br/><br/>Binding slightly worn rubbed and bumped. Minor wear; some foxing to mounts heavier to some leaves; some leaves slightly loose including title to Book I; some signatures loose; some browning to Book II. Most plates to Book I with tissue guards. <br/><br/>The illustrative plates are in very good condition overall. A significant contribution to the iconography of the period offering important evidence of contemporary performers and theatrical costume. Marchant unknown books
189239123Paris France: Librairie D'Art L. Baschet. As New. 1892. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE - 108 pages. Text in French. Contains portraits of 24 artists including F. A. Bridgman Francais W. Gay Guillaume and Raffaelli; also includes more than 70 photogravure illustrations of works by Jules Breton Bartholdi Puvis de Chavannes; A. Stevens Bonnat Lamy & many others. Red coverboards embossed with a gold palette and brushes. -- with a bonus offer--; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall . Librairie D'Art L. Baschet hardcover
187751841Paris France: Imprimerie Jules Claye. As New. 1877. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text pristine clean & unmarked tight to spine - Rare. 179 works catalogued none illustrated. Frontispiece photo portrait of Diaz tipped-in with a facsimile of his signature. -- with a bonus offer-- . Imprimerie Jules Claye hardcover
1882103755Paris France. As New. 1882. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 523 pages. Text in French. Not illustrated; includes "Explication des ouvrages exposes: Peinture Dessins Cartons Aquarelles Pastels Miniatures Emaux Porcelaines Faiences Sculpture Gravure en Medailles et sur Pierres Fines Architecture et Gravure." Among the artists whose works are catalogued: William Merritt Chase Charpentier Jules Breton Carolus Duran Charles Petit Whistler and many others. -- with a bonus offer--; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . hardcover
186831789Paris France: Goupil & Cie. As New. 1868. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Pages unnumbered; text in French. Includes monographs by Charles Blanc Alfred Darcel and others on topics such as the Portrait of D'Andrea Salai after Michelangelo Renaissance-style timepieces and more. -- with a bonus offer-- . Goupil & Cie hardcover
189574516Imprimerie Paul Dupont. As New. 1895. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. Decorated coverboards & endpapers. 4565 works catalogued among them paintings by Cachoud Fantin-Latour and Appian. -- with a bonus offer-- . Imprimerie Paul Dupont hardcover
189874517Imprimerie Paul Dupont. As New. 1898. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. Decorated coverboards & endpapers. 5024 works catalogued among them paintings by Emile Breton Jeanne Ravier & Henri Harpignies. -- with a bonus offer-- . Imprimerie Paul Dupont hardcover
190074520Imprimerie Paul Dupont. As New. 1900. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. Decorated coverboards & endpapers. 2872 works catalogued among them paintings by Guillemet Charles-Paul Gruppe & Flandrin. -- with a bonus offer-- . Imprimerie Paul Dupont hardcover
189974519Imprimerie Paul Dupont. As New. 1899. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. Decorated coverboards & endpapers. 5152 works catalogued among them paintings by Pierre Toussaint Leon Le Royer & Le Poittevin. -- with a bonus offer-- . Imprimerie Paul Dupont hardcover
189539124Paris France: Librairie D'Art L. Baschet. As New. 1895. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE - 96 pages. Text in French. Contains portraits of 10 artists including Harpignies Carolus-Duran and Beyle; also includes 82 photogravure illustrations of works by Jules Breton Paul Quinsac Gerome Gervais Lhermitte Fremiet & many others. Red coverboards embossed with a gold palette and brushes. -- with a bonus offer--; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall . Librairie D'Art L. Baschet hardcover
