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1843140947309London: Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans 1843. First Edition. Near Fine. 1843 1845 1846 1846 1848. First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books Smith II.4-6 II.8-9. A Christmas Carol is the first issue with title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 in Roman numerals; half title and verso of title page printed in blue; "Stave I" on page 1. The Chimes first edition second issue with the publisher's name below the plate on the vignette title page. The Cricket on the Hearth first edition second issue with 2pp. ads. The Battle of Life first edition Todd's fifth state of the engraved title page with "A Love Story" in a scroll held by a cupid; terminal ads announce the publication in parts of Dombey and Son and the bound volume of Oliver Twist. The Haunted Man first edition first and only issue.<p>All five volumes bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt seasonal stamping unique to each book. Morocco title labels to ribbed spines gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp in gilt to front turn-in of each volume. Original cloth covers and spines bound in rear of all volumes but the last. Housed in an open-ended slipcase moderately rubbed and toned covered in the same floral gilt-embellished paper used for endpapers. Near Fine with slightly rubbed spines. Light edge toning to interiors occasional thumbing and staining and spots of foxing. <p>No writer is more closely associated with Christmas than Charles Dickens who began with the immortal A Christmas Carol in November 1843. It was published on December 19 and sold so well there were seven editions by the following May. The Chimes followed in December 1844 and three more books appeared in 1845 1846 and 1848 two of the title page dates follow the then-common practice of dating a book published in November or December with the coming year.<br /> <p>The enduring appeal of Dickens’ Christmas stories lies in his unmatched ability to combine sentimentality with melancholy or righteous fury a balancing act of light and dark. A Christmas Carol composed as Dickens walked weeping through the dark London streets was intended to draw attention to the plight of the working poor in London. The Chimes attacks the cruelty and hypocrisy of the rich and the protagonist of The Cricket on the Hearth contemplates murder. The Haunted Man the last novella emphasizes the need to remember past sorrows and hardships.<br /> <br /> <p>Dickens wanted his Christmas books to be pretty – his specifications for the first cut severely into his profits – and it is appropriate that these copies have been given jewel-like bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe one of the most famous fine binderies in the English-speaking world. A beautiful set of beautiful stories illustrated by the leading artists of the day. Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans unknown
186935984Boston: Bradlee Whidden 1869. Folio. 15 chromolithographic plates after Frederic Remington A.B. Frost Fred Cozzens R.F. Zogbaum Henry Sandham and others. 32 ff. letterpress. Expertly bound to style in full dark purple straight grained morocco.<br/> <br/>A rare large-format work on sport in late 19th-century America including Frederic Remington's first two published prints in color a rare A.B.Frost image of deer-hunting and images from Fred. S.Cozzens and other top illustrators of the day.<br/> <br/>The present work includes six angling plates three of fly-fishing four plates of game-bird hunting and five of hunting larger game. Each of the fifteen subjects is first described in general terms on a single leaf of text followed by a second leaf giving a first-hand account of catching or shooting the subject followed by a chromolithograph illustrating the first-hand account. According to Gould's preface the plates are all from water-colours especially commissioned for the work which were subjected to the critical scrutiny of a group of anglers/sportsmen who judged them for technical accuracy. The plates are as follows: 1. Killing the Salmon. Henry Sandham. 2. A Moose hunt. Henry Sandham. 3. Trout fishing. Henry Sandham. 4. Fly-fishing for Black Bass. S.F. Denton. 5. Hunting Antelope i.e. Prong-horn. Frederic Remington. 6. Catching a Tarpon. Fred. S. Cozzens. 7. Mallard shooting. S.F. Denton. 8. Catching a Mascalonge. Frank H. Taylor. 9. A Wild Turkey hunt. R.J. Zogbaum. 10. Sailing for Bluefish. Fred S.Cozzens. 11. Hunting the Virginia Deer. A.B. Frost. 12. A day with the Prairie Chickens. R.F. Zogbaum. 13. A hunt above the timber-line Big-horn. Edward Knobel. 14. Canada Goose shooting. Frederic Remington. 15. Stalking the Wapiti. Henry Sandham. The two plates by Frederic Remington Hunting Antelope Hassrick & Webster 434 and Goose Shooting Hassrick & Webster 435 are also listed by Peggy and Harold Samuels Remington The Complete Prints New York 1990 pp.152-3 with the comment that they are the first and second Remington prints to appear in color. They were preceded only by a series of four monochrome photogravures for John Muir's Picturesque California 1888 and two other individual prints both black and white. Arthur Burdett Frost is now perhaps best known for his sporting pictures and prints but an aversion to deer-hunting meant that he rarely pictured shooting scenes that featured anything other than small game. His image Hunting the Deer is recorded and illustrated in Henry M.Reed's The A.B.Frost Book Charleston 1993 pp.101 104-5 but the author was apparently unaware that it was issued as part of the present work which is not included in the extensive appendix of books illustrated by Frost.<br/> <br/>Phillips p. 141; Wetzel p. 146; Sherwin sale 1946 lot 238; Bruns G120; Heller 1:502; Bennett p.48; Tyler Prints of the West pp.127 & 174; not in Reese Stamped with a National Character. Bradlee Whidden unknown books
186935984Boston: Bradlee Whidden 1869. Folio. 15 chromolithographic plates after Frederic Remington A.B. Frost Fred Cozzens R.F. Zogbaum Henry Sandham and others. 32 ff. letterpress. Expertly bound to style in full dark purple straight grained morocco.<br/> <br/> A rare large-format work on sport in late 19th-century America including Frederic Remington's first two published prints in color a rare A.B.Frost image of deer-hunting and images from Fred. S.Cozzens and other top illustrators of the day.<br/> <br/> The present work includes six angling plates three of fly-fishing four plates of game-bird hunting and five of hunting larger game. Each of the fifteen subjects is first described in general terms on a single leaf of text followed by a second leaf giving a first-hand account of catching or shooting the subject followed by a chromolithograph illustrating the first-hand account. According to Gould's preface the plates are all from water-colours especially commissioned for the work which were subjected to the critical scrutiny of a group of anglers/sportsmen who judged them for technical accuracy. The plates are as follows: 1. Killing the Salmon. Henry Sandham. 2. A Moose hunt. Henry Sandham. 3. Trout fishing. Henry Sandham. 4. Fly-fishing for Black Bass. S.F. Denton. 5. Hunting Antelope i.e. Prong-horn. Frederic Remington. 6. Catching a Tarpon. Fred. S. Cozzens. 7. Mallard shooting. S.F. Denton. 8. Catching a Mascalonge. Frank H. Taylor. 9. A Wild Turkey hunt. R.J. Zogbaum. 10. Sailing for Bluefish. Fred S.Cozzens. 11. Hunting the Virginia Deer. A.B. Frost. 12. A day with the Prairie Chickens. R.F. Zogbaum. 13. A hunt above the timber-line Big-horn. Edward Knobel. 14. Canada Goose shooting. Frederic Remington. 15. Stalking the Wapiti. Henry Sandham. The two plates by Frederic Remington Hunting Antelope Hassrick & Webster 434 and Goose Shooting Hassrick & Webster 435 are also listed by Peggy and Harold Samuels Remington The Complete Prints New York 1990 pp.152-3 with the comment that they are the first and second Remington prints to appear in color. They were preceded only by a series of four monochrome photogravures for John Muir's Picturesque California 1888 and two other individual prints both black and white. Arthur Burdett Frost is now perhaps best known for his sporting pictures and prints but an aversion to deer-hunting meant that he rarely pictured shooting scenes that featured anything other than small game. His image Hunting the Deer is recorded and illustrated in Henry M.Reed's The A.B.Frost Book Charleston 1993 pp.101 104-5 but the author was apparently unaware that it was issued as part of the present work which is not included in the extensive appendix of books illustrated by Frost.<br/> <br/> Phillips p. 141; Wetzel p. 146; Sherwin sale 1946 lot 238; Bruns G120; Heller 1:502; Bennett p.48; Tyler Prints of the West pp.127 & 174; not in Reese Stamped with a National Character. Bradlee Whidden unknown
1882WRCAM36493BWashington: text: Government Printing Office; atlas: Julius Bien & Co. of New York for the Government Printing Office 1882. Quarto text volume with folio atlas. Text: 1p. advertisement series title title as above. Forty-two plates maps and charts including two chromolithographed views by Sinclair after Holmes seventeen wood- engraved views eight after Thomas Moran nine after Holmes four "Heliotype" plates ten double-page. Atlas: Mounted on guards throughout. 1p. letterpress text otherwise lithographed throughout. Title-leaf twelve double-page map-sheets after Dutton eleven printed in colors ten double-page sheets of views after Holmes 9 and Moran 1 five chromolithographed and five printed in tints all printed by Julius Bien & Co. Text: Original cloth neatly rebacked to style. Minor shelf wear. Atlas: Original cloth titled in gilt on front board. A bit of shelf wear corners bumped. Ink stamp on titlepage. Text and atlas both very clean internally. A very good set. "One of the grandest publications of the scientific expeditions in the American West.depicting the Grand Canyon in a series of magnificent panoramas" - CREATING AMERICA. The work includes illustrations by arguably the two greatest American topographical artists to record this era of westward expansion: William Holmes and Thomas Moran. The handsomely illustrated text volume was intended to accompany Dutton's impressive atlas of maps and panoramas of the Grand Canyon. Many of the plates in the text volume are from drawings by W.H. Holmes. <br> <br> The atlas includes eight beautifully executed maps of the region on twelve sheets as well as the ten sheets of views. The views include a number of images that are designed to form larger continuous panoramas. The greatest of these is Holmes' view from Point Sublime in the Kaibab: the three chromolithographed sheets numbered XVI- XVII if joined would form a single panoramic view with an image area measuring approximately 17 x 90 inches. It is interesting to note that the first of these sheets includes what may be a self-portrait and portrait respectively of Holmes and Dutton: two figures are visible at the edge of the canyon one is seated and clearly sketching Holmes while the second figure bends down to examine his companion's work Dutton. William Goetzmann calls W.H. Holmes "the greatest artist-topographer and man of many talents that the West ever produced.his artistic technique was like no other's. He could sketch panoramas of twisted mountain ranges sloping monoclines escarpments plateaus canyons fault blocks and grassy meadows that accurately depicted hundreds of miles of terrain. They were better than maps and better than photographs because he could get details of stratigraphy that light and shadow obscured from the camera.his illustrations for Dutton's TERTIARY HISTORY OF THE GRAND CANON DISTRICT are masterpieces of realism and draftsmanship as well as feats of imaginative observation." <br> <br> The team assembled to carry out this geological survey of the Grand Canyon included some outstanding talents: C.E. Dutton the scientist; Jack Hilliers the photographer; and Holmes and Moran as artist- topographers. The intention of the survey was strictly scientific but as Dutton wrote in his preface "I have in many places departed from the severe ascetic style which has become conventional in scientific monographs." This is also true of Moran and Holmes: both were clearly inspired by their subjects. The overall result is of a quality that would not be possible today. As Wallace Stegner wrote in his introduction to the 1977 reprint: <br> <br> "Later specialization has eliminated from scientific publications most of the elements that make THE TERTIARY HISTORY so charming. No report written as this one is written would now be published by any government bureau. No illustrators like Moran and Holmes would be permitted to illustrate it.A great book.THE TERTIARY HISTORY has kept its value precisely because it does not specialize." FARQUHAR BOOKS OF THE COLORADO RIVER & THE GRAND CANYON 73. Goetzmann EXPLORATION AND EMPIRE pp.512-13. REESE & MILES CREATING AMERICA 40. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 197. [text:] Government Printing Office; [atlas:] Julius Bien & Co. of New York (for the Government Printing Office) hardcover books
188228652Washington: text: Government Printing Office atlas: Julius Bien & Co. of New York for the Government Printing Office 1882. 2 volumes quarto text and folio atlas. Text: 2xiv264pp. plus forty-two plates plans and maps including two chromolithographed views by Sinclair after Holmes seventeen wood-engraved views eight after Thomas Moran nine after Holmes four "Heliotype" plates ten double-page. Atlas: 2title leaf1p. letterpress text otherwise lithographed throughout with twelve double-page map-sheets after Dutton eleven printed in colors ten double-page sheets of views after Holmes 9 and Moran 1 five chromolithographed and five printed in tints all printed by Julius Bien & Co. Short horizontal tear to outer margin of one leaf pp.101-02 slightly longer tears to outer margins of pp.165-66 and pp.245-46 just touching a few words. Repaired tear to front blank of atlas volume a few instances of minor marginal thumb-soiling. Publisher's cloth gilt atlas rebacked with original cloth laid down. Spine ends of text volume chipped with a few small nicks to the cloth along the joints spine lightly sunned corners rubbed<br/> <br/>"One of the grandest publications of the scientific expeditions in the American West. depicting the Grand Canyon in a series of magnificent panoramas" Reese & Miles. `Depicting America.' The work includes illustrations by arguably the two greatest American topographical artists to record this era of westward expansion: William Holmes and Thomas Moran.<br/> <br/>The atlas includes eight beautifully executed maps of the region on twelve sheets as well as the ten sheets of views. The views include a number of images that are designed to form larger continuous panoramas. The greatest of these is Holmes' view from Point Sublime in the Kaibab; the three chromolithographed sheets numbered XVI-XVII if joined would form a single panoramic view with an image area measuring approximately 17 x 90 inches. It is interesting to note that the first of these sheets includes what may be a self-portrait and portrait respectively of Holmes and Dutton: two figures are visible at the edge of the canyon one is seated and clearly sketching Holmes whilst the second figure bends down to examine his companion's work Dutton. W.H. Holmes whom William Goetzmann calls "the greatest artist-topographer and man of many talents that the West ever produced.his artistic technique was like no other's. He could sketch panoramas of twisted mountain ranges sloping monoclines escarpments plateaus canyons fault blocks and grassy meadows that accurately depicted hundreds of miles of terrain. They were better than maps and better than photographs because he could get details of stratigraphy that light and shadow obscured from the camera.his illustrations for Dutton's Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District are masterpieces of realism and draftsmanship as well as feats of imaginative observation." The team assembled to carry out this geological survey of the Grand Canyon included some outstanding talents: C.E.Dutton the scientist; Jack Hilliers the photographer and of course Holmes and Moran as artist-topographers. The intention of the survey was strictly scientific but as Dutton writes in his preface "I have in many places departed from the severe ascetic style which has become conventional in scientific monographs." This is also true of Moran and Holmes: both were clearly inspired by their subjects. The overall result is of a quality that would not be possible today. As Wallace Stegner wrote in his introduction to the 1977 reprint "Later specialization has eliminated from scientific publications most of the elements that make The Tertiary History so charming. No report written as this one is written would now be published by any government bureau. No illustrators like Moran and Holmes would be permitted to illustrate it. A great book. The Tertiary History has kept its value precisely because it does not specialize."<br/> <br/>Francis P. Farquhar The Books of the Colorado River & the Grand Canyon Los Angeles: 1953 73; Goetzmann Exploration and Empire pp. 512-513; W.B. Reese & G.A. Miles Creating America New Haven: 1992 40. [text:] Government Printing Office, [atlas: Julius Bien & Co. of New York (for the Government Printing Office)] unknown books
1817007975London: Henry Colburn 1817. First edition. Three Quarters Morocco. Marbled pastedown on boards. Near Fine. 4to. 30.5 by 27 cm. xviii 2 368 pp. 28 hand-colored aquatint plates of which one is a half-title page another is a double paged and folding panorama plate of The Battle of Waterloo; plus two folding maps. The plate count given in the book's plate description is 30 and this includes the maps. Tooley 336. Abbey Life 372. Cohn Cruikshank 580. Missing as typical View of Brussels but with "Flight of Bonaparte". Rouse was responsible for almost all of the plates with Cruikshank the artist for the large folding plate depicting the Battle of Waterloo and the frontis plate which contains portraits of the leading generals. Rouse though had a hand in the printing of these as well. Condition: Rubbing along the joints on the cover with a touch of rawness in the very upper reach of the front hinge but overall a highly attractive three quarter red morocco binding with raised bands gilt lettering and ruled and dotted decoration on the spine. Scattered light soiling within and the typical quotient of offsetting but mostly clean. The Cruikshank Waterloo plate has smudgy margins but a good amount of this can be removed with a simple eraser if one wishes to make the effort -- we did test this. The large folding map has fold tears with one irregularly bordered tear. The whole map we would note is present. Henry Colburn unknown
1821003813London: R. Ackermann 1821. First edition. Contemporary Full Morocco. Very Good. 4to. 34 by 29 cm. vi 2 286 pp. Hand-colored title vignette and 48 hand-colored engraved plates. The plates capture the poetic beauty of the legendary lake region exquisitely. TEG. Moderate rubbing to contemporary red morocco along edges faint dampstain markings and a few other scuffs and other indicia of wear but still a very handsome binding. Dampstaining to the edges of the endpapers. Foxing of a few early leaves as well as the final ones. Faint dampstaining affecting the margins of perhaps a dozen plates and also visible in the fore-edge when the pages are fanned. However most leaves are clean and the plates themselves come off generally as quite fresh and vibrant. <br/><br/> R. Ackermann unknown books
1821003813London: R. Ackermann 1821. First edition. Contemporary Full Morocco. Very Good. 4to. 34 by 29 cm. vi 2 286 pp. Hand-colored title vignette and 48 hand-colored engraved plates. The plates capture the poetic beauty of the legendary lake region exquisitely. TEG. Moderate rubbing to contemporary red morocco along edges faint dampstain markings and a few other scuffs and other indicia of wear but still a very handsome binding. Dampstaining to the edges of the endpapers. Foxing of a few early leaves as well as the final ones. Faint dampstaining affecting the margins of perhaps a dozen plates and also visible in the fore-edge when the pages are fanned. However most leaves are clean and the plates themselves come off generally as quite fresh and vibrant. R. Ackermann unknown
1856640978J. B. Lippincott and Co 1856. First Edition. Leather Binding. Very Good. First Edition. 7.25 x 10.5 in. 298pp. with 50 lithographic plates printed and colored by J.T. Bowen some finished by hand after drawings by George G. White and drawings on stone by William E Hitchcock complete and all accounted for Rebound in 3/4 brown calf over brown cloth spine with dark brown leather label gilt ruling and date at foot. A Very Good copy text has some foxing and dampstain to lower margin of text which has the very faintest visibility to lower margins of some plates not affecting images. // One of the cornerstones of American ornithological literature first issued in 10 parts with the preface contents and index appearing in this first full edition of 1856. As set forth in the preface the work was 'to be regarded in some measure as an addition to the works of former authors in American Ornithology but at the same time complete in itself.' Cassin especially sought to describe birds not known to Audubon. Sabin 11369; Sitwell p 85; Wood p 281; Zimmer p 124. J. B. Lippincott and Co unknown
18653790London: Bradbury & Evans 1865. First edition. Third issue with Part I's title Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds in solid lettering in the original twelve monthly parts May 1864-April 1865. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in; 223 x 144 mm.Collating vi 2 391 1 with twenty-four hand-colored steel-engraved plates two to each volume heightened with gum arabic. The illustrations to Parts VIII-XII are unsigned but by Hablot K. Brown aka "Phiz." The woodcut on the upper wrapper is by Hablot K. Brown. Advertisements collate per Schwerdt save Part VI which lacks the Note of Lever's Martin and Part VII lacking the slip for The Belle of the Village. Publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. Minimal restoration of spines to a few volumes tiny chip to fore- edge of Part I otherwise an excellent and quite lovely set. Chemised and housed in a red cloth clamshell case with black leather spine label lettered in gilt.<br/><br/>"Although Surtees approached his publishers in July 1861 with the idea of bringing out 'Mr. Facey Romford' they preferred not to undertake the matter until Mr. Leech's services were definitely secured and there would be no questoin of such delays as had occurred in the illustrations of 'Handley Cross.' Leech promised however to being in January 1862 and the situation seemed sufficiently secure to set up the type but just at this time the artist held his first exhibition of oil paintings which proved so successful and diverting that the 'Facey Romford' illustrations were again postponed. Surtees in despair at last offered the book in August 1864 to The Field where is was refused. In March of that year Leech finally undertook the drawings but never lived to complete the work which was carried on byPhiz" Field.<br/><br/>Field 225. Tooley 475. Schwerdt II 237. Podeschi 207. Bradbury & Evans unknown books
18653790London: Bradbury & Evans 1865. First edition. Third issue with Part I's title Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds in solid lettering in the original twelve monthly parts May 1864-April 1865. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in; 223 x 144 mm.Collating vi 2 391 1 with twenty-four hand-colored steel-engraved plates two to each volume heightened with gum arabic. The illustrations to Parts VIII-XII are unsigned but by Hablot K. Brown aka "Phiz." The woodcut on the upper wrapper is by Hablot K. Brown. Advertisements collate per Schwerdt save Part VI which lacks the Note of Lever's Martin and Part VII lacking the slip for The Belle of the Village. Publisher's original red-brown pictorial wrappers. Minimal restoration of spines to a few volumes tiny chip to fore- edge of Part I otherwise an excellent and quite lovely set. Chemised and housed in a red cloth clamshell case with black leather spine label lettered in gilt.<br /> <br /> "Although Surtees approached his publishers in July 1861 with the idea of bringing out 'Mr. Facey Romford' they preferred not to undertake the matter until Mr. Leech's services were definitely secured and there would be no questoin of such delays as had occurred in the illustrations of 'Handley Cross.' Leech promised however to being in January 1862 and the situation seemed sufficiently secure to set up the type but just at this time the artist held his first exhibition of oil paintings which proved so successful and diverting that the 'Facey Romford' illustrations were again postponed. Surtees in despair at last offered the book in August 1864 to The Field where is was refused. In March of that year Leech finally undertook the drawings but never lived to complete the work which was carried on byPhiz" Field.<br /> <br /> Field 225. Tooley 475. Schwerdt II 237. Podeschi 207. Bradbury & Evans unknown
185019081Nantes Charpentier 1850 -in-folio demi-chagrin deux volumes, reliure d'époque demi-chagrin vert sombre in-folio Editeur à coins (binding half shagreen in-folio with corners Editor)(49 x 33,5 cm), dos à nerfs (spine with raised bands) décoré or (gilt decoration) et à froid (blind-stamping decoration), entre-nerfs à fleurons "Rocaille" "or" au fer évidé avec filets or et filets courbe dans un encadrement d'un filet large or + blason de bretagne or et cuivre rouge au centre du dos dans un encadrement de filets or et à froid courbes, titres et tomaisons frappés or (gilt title and volume numbering) avec double filets or, filet large à froid de part et d'autre des nerfs, Charpentier editeurs "or" en pied, Plats décorés or, mors et coins décorés or à double filets or (joints and corners with gilt decoration), papier "imitation percale" noir aux plats avec titre or dans encadrement "or" portant les armes de la ville de Nantes (différents entre à première et la 4ème de couverture), toutes tranches lisses (all edges smooth), gardes de papier moiré blanc, Première partie: III + 66 pages (pagination individuelle pour chaque article)+ [1p. table]+ 30 lithographies et 1 carte en couleurs. Deuxième partie: III + 90 pages + [2pp. table]+ 43 lithographies. Soit un total de 74 lithographies, certaines à deux tons, quelques-unes rehaussées; vignettes en-tête, lettrines et culs-de-lampe, fines et trés légères rousseurs, 1850 Nantes: Imprimerie de Charpentier père, Fils et Cie Editeur,
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
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
1837GITk114Paris J-J Dubochet et Cie 1837. Petit in-4 4 feuillets non chiffrés (faux-titre, titre-frontispice, titre, sous-titre) 719pp. Basane blonde entièrement et très richement ornée d'une succession de grandes pastilles dorées au petit fer formant une délicate dentelle dans le goût des reliures du XVIe siècle. Dos lisse, pièce de titre grenat, dentelle dorée sur bordure intérieure, contreplats et pages de garde de papier brun flammé de rouge, doré et argent, tranches dorées. Elégant fermoir en bronze doré décoré d'une Croix et d'un Agneau, reliure de l'époque. Luxueusement orné à chaque page dans un style différent pour chaque Evangile. 1 Croix typographique avec 1 cartouche au verso; fleuron sur le titre, titre-frontispice en couleurs et doré. 5 portraits en frontispice (Jésus et les 4 Evangélistes); scènes extraites des Evangiles pour chaque chapitre, encadrements et culs de lampe, le tout par Théophile Fragonard, TRES FINEMENT IMPRIME EN COULEURS ET REHAUSSE DE DORE. 2 feuillets légèrement déboîtés, quelques très rares et pâles rousseurs, collationné complet. Très bel exemplaire dans une précieuse reliure entièrement dorée dans le goût du XVIe siècle, servant d'écrin aux élégants ornements et vignettes de Théophile Fragonard (1806-1876), petit-fils du grand peintre du XVIIIe siècle. Couleurs fraîches et vives rehaussées de doré. CARTERET III 225 ET VICAIRE III 617 NE SIGNALENT AUCUN EXEMPLAIRE EN COULEURS.
1893210871893 Paris, Calmann Lévy, A. Le Vasseur et Cie, 1894, 5 tomes en 5 volumes, in-8 de (4)-523-(3) pp. ; (4)-549-(3) pp. ; (4)-550-(2) pp. ; (4)-666-(2) pp. ; (4)-674-(2) pp., reliure de l'époque signée V. CHAMPS, demi-maroquin bleu nuit à coins, dos à nerfs, minerves dorées et dates en pieds, , couvertures imprimées et dos conservées, rousseurs au 1er tome, le portrait de l'auteur en trois états (papier d'édition, Chine et Japon) placé en frontispice du 1er volume comprend des rousseurs (tirages sur Chine et Japon), très beau dessin original "portrait de Loti" de 3/4 à l'encre de chine sur bristol placé à la suite, bon exemplaire.
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
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
1900144021900 1 Encre de Chine et lavis, signé du monogramme de l'artiste en bas à droite (1900), 26.5 x 18 cm.
182246London: Sherwood Neely and Jones 1822. Second Edition. Near fine. Isaac Robert Cruikshank & George Cruikshank. Tall 8vo 9 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches 234 x 148 mm; half-title hand-colored frontispiece title with vignette of St. Paul's xvi 376 pp 8 pp. advertisements. 3 foldout pages of music with Corinthian Tom's Song. 36 aquatint plates with hand-coloring each with protective blank sheet with offset from facing illustration; copious small in-text woodcuts. Later full red pebbled morocco with original spine panel single gilt fillet framing on boards gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers double raised bands with gilt and decorative motifs in compartments all edges gilt; spine very lightly rubbed. <br /> Second edition as stated at the foot of page 9.<br /> Tooley 198; Prideaux 335. A beautifully illustrated and hand-colored volume. Pierce Egan 1772-1849 was a British journalist sportswriter and writer on popular culture best-knows work is Life in London first published in 1821. The book was adapted into the stage play Tom and Jerry or Life in London later that year and it became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances in London while at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End. Egan turned to the Cruikshank brothers Robert and George for the illustrations. They produced 21 woodcuts and 36 lively and colorful plates to represent the range of characters and situations described in the book. The success of Life in London was so great that the artists could not color the engravings quickly enough for the demand. The book was adapted for the stage later that year and the play Tom and Jerry or Life in London became the first play to have a continuous run of 100 performances in London while at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End. The book was reprinted in 1822 1823 1830 1841 1870 and 1904. Numerous imitations soon appeared namely Carey's Life in Paris Real Life in London Real Life in Ireland et al. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones unknown
187539211Milano: Enrico Pestalozzi 1875. A gorgeous album devoted to Ferrara. 175 6 pp. plus 32 full-page steel engravings and lithographs two of the latter are delicately colored by hand. On fine wove paper. Large folio 38.5 x 28.5 cm. In the original embossed polished cloth binding title in gilt. A bit of light wear to binding and a bit of faint internal spotting but still a very good undoctored copy. Extremely rare. One copy in WorldCat. <br/><br/> Enrico Pestalozzi hardcover
1868GITk279Paris chez René Pincebourde Bruxelles Librairie Européenne de C Muquardt 1868. In-8 1 feuillet blanc avec la marque de Poulet-Malassis imprimée en rouge au verso, 3 feuillets non chiffrés (justificatif de tirage, faux-titre, titre), II-XXVIII (introduction), 1 feuillet non chiffré, 4-276pp, 2 feuillets non chiffrés (erratum, prospectus de la Collection Curiosités Romantiques, Gaspard de la nuit étant le premier de la collection et seul paru). Demi maroquin bleu nuit à coins signés, dos à nerfs rehaussés d'un filet perlé, élégants compartiments dorés dans les entrenerfs, tête dorée, non rogné, plats et dos de la couverture conservés, relié vers 1904 par Jean Stroobants. Orné d'un frontispice par Félicien Rops tiré sur Chine. 2e édition, en partie originale (la première, très rare, avait paru en 1842); tirée à 402 exemplaires, celui-ci 1 des 350 numérotés sur papier de Hollande "dit Ruche" portant le numéro "86 R.P". Bel exemplaire décoratif, fort bien relié par Stroobants, complet du texte et du frontispice, l'un des rares à avoir conservé, avant la page de faux-titre, le feuillet portant la marque de Poulet-Malassis, ainsi que le feuillet de justificatif de tirage (ces deux feuillets étant souvent manquants). Talvart et Place I, page 421. Vicaire I, colonne 447.
1878GITh886Paris Librairie Centrale de Philippe Reichel 1878. In-4 3 feuillets non chiffrés (faux-titre, titre, titre-frontispice) II-XII 1 feuillet non chiffré 4-389pp. Reliure de l'éditeur en demi chagrin acajou, dos à nerfs richement orné de fleurons et motifs dorés d'inspiration médiévale, plats de percaline acajou entièrement et élégamment décorés d'une large frise à fleurs de lys, d'une résille à semis de fleurettes et d'un beau médaillon central quadrilobé portant la devise de Jeanne d'Arc et son blason, tranches dorées (Legros et Pelletier relieurs). Orné d'un portrait inédit de Jeanne d'Arc en chromolithographie, tiré d'un manuscrit du XVe siècle, 14 encadrements sur teinte, de frises, ornements et culs de lampe, 14 compositions hors texte imprimées en camaïeu de Claudius Ciappori-Puche. Petite tache sombre angulaire sur le 2e plat. Bel exemplaire sans rousseurs, complet. Reliure de l'éditeur décorative, en très bon état (à l'exception du petit défaut signalé).
1888469689Boston Mass: L. Prang & Co 1888. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Harriet D. Andrews and Mary K. Talcott. Quarto. 9 leaves printed on rectos only: title page and 8 color lithographic plates designed by Andrews and Talcott six of which are printed in multiple colors including gold and silver. Publisher’s brown padded silk over boards with color pictorial design on front cover floral gold-illuminated endpapers. The silk boards have a few patches of modest staining on the outer margins of the front cover and fore-edge of back cover rubbing and some fraying at the edges of the boards spine ends and corners else a very good copy with the interior plates fine and bright. A beautiful edition of Cooke’s poem with six plates of floral and botanical themes printed in vibrant color by L. Prang. L. Prang & Co hardcover
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
