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191031601Edinburgh and London: Ballantyne Hanson & Co 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Twenty six numbered volumes plus 2 volume set of life and works plus 2 volume set of Our Mutual Friend all in matching publisher's bindings. Bound in full olive green cloth boards with paper title labels to spines. Minor wear to edges of boards and spine ends of all volumes. Wear / chipping / browning to title labels. Minor dampstaining to corners of boards of some volumes; although interior pages seem to be free from staining. Some volumes have minor soiling and/or discoloration to covers. Each volume contains illustrations - most in black and white with a few in color. Occasional smudge marks occasional tear to a page in the margin from opening the pages and sporadic spots of foxing - but overall very clean and bright interiors. Rippling to some of the illustrations which are printed on a different paper stock. Signature of previous owner in pen to front free endpapers of most volumes. All bindings remain strong. This set will require an extra shipping fee. LIT/010318. Ballantyne, Hanson, & Co hardcover
190921142851909. London; Adam and Charles Black 1909. Large 8vo. original white cloth with an armorial design blocked in orange green and gilt to spine and upper board top edges gilt; pp. xix i 320 4 publisher's advert.; with a total of 75 fine coloured plates after watercolours guarded by captioned tissues and a folding pull-out map at the rear; a near fine copy of this scarce and vulnerable book preserved in uncommonly clean condition both externally and internally with just light rubbing and dusting to boards with a previous owner's bookplate to inner upper cover another ownership inscription to front free endpaper and mild foxing to prelims.First edition of one of the scarcest titles in A. & C. Black's Twenty Shilling Series. Inman 37. hardcover
195769215Beijing: People's Fine Arts Publishing House 1957. First edition Chinese issue; folio approx. 14½" x 12 ¾" pp. 4 plus 73 stunning color illustrations on 60 sheets; introductory text in Chinese without the added title page and commentary in English; original publisher's box stamped in orange and yellow with bone closures and the outside shipping carton with the original price sticker from the Nanjing Bookstore still affixed. People's Fine Arts Publishing House unknown
19311412312New York: The Macmillan Company 1931. Limited edition 312/400. Hardcover. Quarto x 326 pages. In Fair plus condition in a Fair slipcase. Slipcase in black paper title label on spine illustrated pastedowns on front and rear panels; tears to corners and edges stain and crease to pastedown on rear panel shelf wear. Spine is blue with gold print. Boards quarter bound with blue cloth to spine and light blue cloth to boards; light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has deckle edges; spotting to edges and endpapers spine cracks at pages 178 and 194. Illustrated: color frontispiece and plates printed music. Signed in ink by the contributors on the limited edition page. <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates.<br /> <br /> NOTE: Shelved in Net Desk work area. 1412312. FP New Rockville Stock. The Macmillan Company hardcover
191030841Paris: Hetzel 1910. Later printing. Hardcover. g. Quarto. 4 434 2pp. Elaborately decorated publisher's binding of red cloth stamped in gilt and printed in black and green on the front and spine. The head of an elephant in the upper left corner of the front panel with pictorial scenes in three ruled inset blocks entwined by a long sprig of green leaves; a fan device at the center has a stylized title motif with "Jules Verne" and "Voyages Extraordinaires" in a scroll below it. The back panel has a central medallion with the publisher's monogram printed within a frame of Greek-style decoration printed in black. All edges gilt. Blue-grey coated endpapers. Engraved frontispiece protected with a tissue guard. Title page vignette. "Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers" English: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. The original edition had no illustrations; this copy is identical to the first illustrated edition which was published in 1871. 111 illustrations by Riou 24 and Alphonse de Neuville 86 engraved by Hildibrand. Includes 6 chromotypographs and 2 full-page b/w maps. Some age wear on binding with upper spine somewhat rippled and moderate rubbing along edges. Book poorly recased with glue remain along gutters. Tissue guard and title page slightly foxed. Minor and sporadic foxing throughout. Slight age toning along paper margin. Text in French. Binding in overall good interior in good to good condition. Hetzel hardcover
191338527Caen / Cherbourg: Imprimerie Charles Valin / Librairie Bissonnier 1913. FIRST EDITION of the complete songs and poems of Alfred Rossel 1841-1926 the main figure of the Norman cultural revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries a second edition was published several years after the author's death. Many of the texts are in Cotentinais the Norman patois he did so much to promote. Many are accompanied by printed music. VIII 263 pp 10 hors-texte plates two photographic portraits four original etchings and four phototypes of drawings. From a total edition of 700 numbered copies this is ONE OF ONLY FIVE 5 COPIES ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER SIGNED BY ROSSEL ON THE JUSTIFICATION PAGE. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut. Tiny traces of wear to wraps internally FINE AND BRIGHT. Not in WorldCat or the Bibliothèque Nationale. Copies on Japon impériale like this one are obviously of the greatest rarity. <br/><br/> Imprimerie Charles Valin / Librairie Bissonnier paperback
1917333<p>n.p. England 1917. Very good internally but vellum heavily soiled and toned boards bowed contents clean with some light finger-soiling. Attractive manuscript children's book filled with watercolor illustrations.<br /><br />A whimsical story in verse about a carefree itinerant fellow and his dog set in the early twentieth century wandering the towns of southern England before finding and then losing untold riches in Canterbury - and learning that time and leisure are more valuable than money.<br /><br />This book appears to be unpublished as we trace no printed version of any variation of this title by this author or illustrators.<br /><br />Oblong 4to. 7 leaves. Clearly a work of love as it is bound in full vellum with gilt lettering and marbled endpapers.</p>
19103818London: S.W. Partridge & Co. Lrd 1910. First edition. Original red cloth over color pictorial front board and advertisement on rear board advertisements on endpapers. Corners and board edges a little worn. Large quarto 10 3/16 x 7 11/16 inches; 259 x 195 mm. Pictorial title-page printed in blue 92 unnumbered pages and six full page color plates. Numerous other mono-color and black & white illustrations throughout the text including six by Louis Wain. Ink inscription on verso of color frontispiece dated Xmas 1910. A good copy of a very scarce book in fact the first time that we have ever seen this title. <br /> <br /> The Louis Wain illustrations in this delicate book include the following:<br /> How Pride Betrays. three 0ne-third page printed in brown When the Cook's Away. full-page printed in blue<br /> Tubbing the Kitties. one-third page printed in green "You Naughty Kitties!" full-page printed in green. S.W. Partridge & Co., Lrd unknown
192765131[Leipzig, Bibiliophilen-Abend, 1927]. 145 S., 1 Bl. Mit grün-schwarz gedrucktem Titel u. 5 Original-Lithographien von Alfred Kubin. 4to. OHPgt mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- u. Deckeltitel.
192859105London: Cresset Press 1928. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes. viii 175; viii 163pp. Folio 37 cm Full black parchment vellum with gold spine lettering and raised bands. Top edges gilt. Light wear to covers; corners lightly worn; spines spotted; spines a bit chipped at the foot. No slipcase. Printed in an edition limited to 195 numbered copies printed by Bernard Newdigate at the Shakespeare Head Press on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper. This copy is numbered 66. The text for volume I from the 11th edition published 1688 which represents Bunyan's final revision; Vol. II taken from the 2nd edition published 1687. Beautiful wood engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton and Gertrude Hermes. The text for Vol. I from the 11th edition published 1688 which represents Bunyan's final revision; Vol. II taken from the 2nd edition published 1687. Cresset Press hardcover
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
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
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
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
19043810London: John F. Shaw 1904. First edition. Publisher's quarter decorated cloth over full-color glazed pictorial boards corners a little worn.Small quarto 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in; 245 x 180 mm. A few illustrations hand-colored by a child. Closed tear to bottom edge of page. 17. Early ink presentation dated "Christmas 1905" on front paste-down. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color with fifteen drawings by Louis Wain and an unrecorded text drawing by Arthur Rackham so initialed on page 40. Unrecorded and scarce with no copies noted in the Wain or Rackham bibliographies.<br /> <br /> Anytime an unrecorded book illustration by Arthur Rackham comes to light it's an item for collectors to note. Buried within this book unheralded on page forty is a black and white text illustration of four chickens in various states of distress as they observe in high dudgeon and with no little annoyance a cat within their food bucket chowing down the chicken feed. And at the lower left of the bucket as small as can be are Rackham's initials as typically drawn. Latimore and Haskell and Riall make no mention of this illustration in their Rackham bibliographies and the Arthur Rackham Society expressed no knowledge of it when we inquired. A true scarcity -- a previously unknown Rackham during his transitional period when his fairies and goblins were emerging but had not yet fully vanquished the simple pay-the-bills work of his early years.<br /> <br /> Arthur Rackham 1867-1939 is perhaps the most acclaimed and influential illustrator 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 /> Cf. Dale 34 and 35. John F. Shaw unknown
199838037Barcelona 1998. FIRST EDITION of these poems and prose poems by Gimferrer in Catalan with Japanese translation laid in illustrated with EIGHT ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS four by Fusako Yasuda and four by Lluís Pessa. EDITION LIMITED TO ONLY TWELVE 12 NUMBERED COPIES. Signed by the author and the artists. 4to. Loose as issued in original wraps and very attractive board slipcase covered with Japanese paper. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. Like new. A LIVRE D'ARTISTE OF THE GREATEST RARITY. <br/><br/> paperback
193539424Paris: Arts & Métiers Graphiques 1935. Edouard Vuillard. A BEAUTIFULLY-BOUND COPY OF AN OUTSTANDING LIVRE D'ARTISTE ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND LUXURIOUS COOKBOOKS EVER PUBLISHED with 18 full-page hors-texte original prints. Complete with SIX ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE LITHOGRAPHS BY VUILLARD Roger-Marx 54-59 SIX FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC Cailler 780-785 AND SIX FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS BY VILLEBOEUF. One of 150 numbered copies printed on several different colors of fine Arches laid paper. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY THREE-QUARTERS CALF AND DECORATED PAPER with red and white checkerboard mosaic meant to recall typical French kitchen linens. All edges gilt. FINE AND BRIGHT WITH NO DEFECTS. Housed in a custom chemise which has kept the binding entirely unfaded and calf-lined board slipcase. <br /> <br/><br/> Arts & Métiers Graphiques unknown
1944131286<p>A complete 7 volume set of 'New Excursions into English Poetry' published between 1944 and 1947 by Frederick Muller Ltd London during war time economy standards. All 7 BOOKS are the First UK printings. All wrappers are protected in removable Brodart archival covers. 'This series is something of an experiment and demands original work both from the anthologer and the artist who have worked in collaboration though there has been no attempt to give literal and pictorial illustrations of the actual poems.' A superb collection of important poetry anthologies in original wrappers and illustrated with original lithographs by some of the leading Neo-Romantic artists of the period. Vol.1 : 'English Scottish & Welsh Landscape Verse' chosen by John Betjeman and Geoffrey Taylor with lithographs by John Piper. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. The WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped and is in Very Good condition with small losses to the spine ends. Vol.2 : 'The Poets Eye' anthology chosen by Geoffrey Grigson with 16 lithographs by John Craxton. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. The WRAPPER is complete and also is in like near Fine condition with some light age related markings to the rear panel. This title is the scarcest of the set to find with its wrapper in such collectible condition. Many copies have been broken up with the striking lithographs having been sold separately some for very high prices. Vol.3 :'Sea Poems' chosen by Myfanwy Piper with original lithographs by Mona Moore. The BOOK is in Very Good or better condition. Neat dated previous owner's name to the upper front paste-down. Some spotting to the upper text-block which has just lightly encroached on the page edges in a few places. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with very slight edge-wear and toning to the spine and folds. Vol. 4: 'A Soldiers' Verse' with lithographs by William Scott. Both the BOOK and WRAPPER are in Very Good or better condition. Internally clean. The wrapper has slithers of loss to the spine ends and lower corners. Vol. 5: 'Poems of Death' verses chosen by Phoebe Pool with lithographs by Michael Ayrton. The BOOK is in near fine condition.The WRAPPER is complete and is also in near Fine condition with very slight loss to the lower spine end. Vol.6 : 'Travellers' Verse' chosen by M.G. Lloyd Thomas with lithographs by Edward Bawden. The BOOK is in near fine condition. Neat dated penned previous owners name to the front blank end-paper. The WRAPPER is complete and is also in near Fine condition with only the very slightest of edge-wear. Vol.7 : 'Poems of Sleep and Dream' chosen by Carol Stewart with lithographs by Robert Colquhoun. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Internally clean. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near Fine condition with slight slither of loss at the spine ends and a little toning to the spine. This title has become increasingly scarce to find with its wrapper in collectible condition. A handsome complete set and rarely found in such condition with their wrappers. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.</p> Frederick Muller Ltd, London hardcover
1935277439Budapest: George Vajna 1935. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Translated by Frances Shires. Ten original colored etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Thin 8vo unpaged bound in linen with an embroidered decoration. Budapest: Dr. George Vajna & Co. n.d. ca.1935. Limited Edition.<br/> <br/> Number 103 of 250 copies signed by both artists. The etchings are printed by hand-press and are hand-colored. Small damp-stain on the upper corner of the binding otherwise a fine copy of this exquisite and quite rare book printed in Hungary.<br/> <br/> George Vajna unknown
