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194630305<p>HBDJ 1ST EDITION STATED FIRST PRINTING APRIL 1946 ON COPYRIGHT PG VG/VG- AS-IS WITH TINY TEARS CHIPS WEAR & BACK OF DJ TINY STAINLISTS ROBIN HOOD THRU ALICE'S ADVENTURES SPINE DJ TINY END CHIPS WEAR FRONT DJ HAS TINY CHIP ON FRONT Illustrated pink green & Beige cover of horses & Birds with gold gilt HAS LITE EDGE WEAR & BLACK CLOTH AT SPINE CVR WITH TITLES BUT GOLD GILT IS GONE BACK OF DJ LITE CREASES TINY ROUND HOLE ON SPINE DJ</p><p> INNER DJ FLAP $2.50 INTACT Much Loved Classic WAS THOROUGHBRED Horse who Began His Career in Gentleman's Stable. He was Ruined when His Knees were Broken By a Drunken Groom. & After That His Life was Succession OF MISFORTUNES Until 1 Day When a Wonderful Stroke of Luck Brought Him the Happiness & Contentment for which He had Always Longed.</p> RAINBOW CLASSICS # R-2 WORLD PUBLISHING CLEVELAND hardcover
1912009775London: Macmillan 1912 222 pgs. All edges stained red. Red cloth pictorially stamped in gilt slight darkening to edges and spine light wear to extremities binding slightly shaken occasional finger soil but clean and free of foxing. 16 beautiful color plates by Cecil Aldin with captioned tissue guards. Very scarce Aldin title. First Edition. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. 8vo. Macmillan hardcover
193910247New York: Charles Scribners Sons 1939. Green hardcover cloth binding clean square and tight. Bit of shelfwear top and bottom of spine very slightly bumped corners. Bookplate fep. Yellowing pages some foxing but overall clean interior. 261 pages. Many b/w sketches throughout by noted artist Paul Brown. Scarce book about a dog part Irish Terrier in the text but all Irish Terrier in Brown's drawings who worked his way into the affection of an army company during World War I. No dogs are supposed to be on the transport but Mike manages to be on it when it reaches France. Both author and illustrator were with the AEF. This is a moving and humorous story of a dog at war who becomes the soldiers' friend and comrade. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Brown Paul. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Charles Scribners Sons Hardcover
1952012247New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1952. Blue cloth binding clean square and tight. Color frontispiece and double color center spread illustration plus many b/w throughout. DJ shows shelfwear chips tears along edges rubbed spots - protected from further damage in clean Brodart jacket. DJ flap is price-clipped. This is a wonderful story about a riding academy horse who longs to be privately-owned. When she is purchased for an insecure boy because of her kindness and wisdom - not her looks! - she ends up helping to turn the young boy's life around. 120 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illus. by Mellin Jeanne. 1st. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good. E.P. Dutton & Company Hardcover
17437009London:: The College of Physicians 1743-51. First edition. Fine . Pl 124. The Greatest Bulfinch-hen. Original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Quarto 9 x 12 inches. Includes text. George Edwards London 1694-1773 was a Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in London who rejected his early formal training and potential career in business to pursue his passion in natural history. His dedication and talent as a draftsman and naturalist was evident thus gaining the attention of Sir Hans Sloane President of the College of Physicians and the Royal Society. Sir Hans offered Edwards the post of Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians in London and enlisted him to draw the natural curiosities of Sloane's private museum. This connection became the inspiration for Edward's masterful achievements; A Natural History of Uncommon Birds Published between 1743 and 1751 and the subsequent work; Gleanings of Natural History which was produced between 1758 and 1764. These two works illustrated and documented many previously unrecorded specimens of birds reptiles and insects held in England's private collections up to the mid eighteenth century. A monumental achievement Edwards documented- in English and French- painted engraved and hand-colored every one of the fine compositions in this Pre-Linnaean natural history opus. Although not a field naturalist Edwards placed many of his birds and animals in landscaped settings which was unusual for the time. In other compositions birds are elegantly perched on stylized branches in a classic Georgian format more decorative than realistic charming nonetheless. A gracious and humble man Edwards established firm and respected alliances with naturalist pioneers Carl Linnaeus 1707-78 Mark Catesby 1683-1749 from whom he learned the art of engraving and subsequently aided Catesby in the revision of his publication; The Natural History of Carolina Florida and the Bahama Islands London c.1754 as well as William Bartram from whom he acquired several species of Pennsylvanian birds included in his volumes. As Edwards' work predates the completion of the Linnaean classification system Linnaeus was to borrow the English names of many of Edwards species for his renowned work on classification and nomenclature. Ref: Buchanan Jackson Fine Bird Books. Matted in Rag Board The College of Physicians, unknown
17437010London:: The College of Physicians 1743-51. First edition. Fine . Pl 188. The Gros-beak or Haw-finch. Original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Quarto 9 x 12 inches. Includes text. George Edwards London 1694-1773 was a Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in London who rejected his early formal training and potential career in business to pursue his passion in natural history. His dedication and talent as a draftsman and naturalist was evident thus gaining the attention of Sir Hans Sloane President of the College of Physicians and the Royal Society. Sir Hans offered Edwards the post of Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians in London and enlisted him to draw the natural curiosities of Sloane's private museum. This connection became the inspiration for Edward's masterful achievements; A Natural History of Uncommon Birds Published between 1743 and 1751 and the subsequent work; Gleanings of Natural History which was produced between 1758 and 1764. These two works illustrated and documented many previously unrecorded specimens of birds reptiles and insects held in England's private collections up to the mid eighteenth century. A monumental achievement Edwards documented- in English and French- painted engraved and hand-colored every one of the fine compositions in this Pre-Linnaean natural history opus. Although not a field naturalist Edwards placed many of his birds and animals in landscaped settings which was unusual for the time. In other compositions birds are elegantly perched on stylized branches in a classic Georgian format more decorative than realistic charming nonetheless. A gracious and humble man Edwards established firm and respected alliances with naturalist pioneers Carl Linnaeus 1707-78 Mark Catesby 1683-1749 from whom he learned the art of engraving and subsequently aided Catesby in the revision of his publication; The Natural History of Carolina Florida and the Bahama Islands London c.1754 as well as William Bartram from whom he acquired several species of Pennsylvanian birds included in his volumes. As Edwards' work predates the completion of the Linnaean classification system Linnaeus was to borrow the English names of many of Edwards species for his renowned work on classification and nomenclature. Ref: Buchanan Jackson Fine Bird Books. Matted in Rag Board The College of Physicians, unknown
17437011London:: The College of Physicians 1743-51. First edition. Fine . Pl. 71 The Brown and Spotted Heathcock. Original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Quarto 11.5 x 9 inches. Includes text. George Edwards London 1694-1773 was a Fellow of the Royal Society and Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in London who rejected his early formal training and potential career in business to pursue his passion in natural history. His dedication and talent as a draftsman and naturalist was evident thus gaining the attention of Sir Hans Sloane President of the College of Physicians and the Royal Society. Sir Hans offered Edwards the post of Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians in London and enlisted him to draw the natural curiosities of Sloane's private museum. This connection became the inspiration for Edward's masterful achievements; A Natural History of Uncommon Birds Published between 1743 and 1751 and the subsequent work; Gleanings of Natural History which was produced between 1758 and 1764. These two works illustrated and documented many previously unrecorded specimens of birds reptiles and insects held in England's private collections up to the mid eighteenth century. A monumental achievement Edwards documented- in English and French- painted engraved and hand-colored every one of the fine compositions in this Pre-Linnaean natural history opus. Although not a field naturalist Edwards placed many of his birds and animals in landscaped settings which was unusual for the time. In other compositions birds are elegantly perched on stylized branches in a classic Georgian format more decorative than realistic charming nonetheless. A gracious and humble man Edwards established firm and respected alliances with naturalist pioneers Carl Linnaeus 1707-78 Mark Catesby 1683-1749 from whom he learned the art of engraving and subsequently aided Catesby in the revision of his publication; The Natural History of Carolina Florida and the Bahama Islands London c.1754 as well as William Bartram from whom he acquired several species of Pennsylvanian birds included in his volumes. As Edwards' work predates the completion of the Linnaean classification system Linnaeus was to borrow the English names of many of Edwards species for his renowned work on classification and nomenclature. Ref: Buchanan Jackson Fine Bird Books. Matted in Rag Board The College of Physicians, unknown
2010041666Munich Germany: Prestel Publishing 2010. 2nd Edition. Half-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket/As Issued. 4to oblong. Very good copy with minor shelfwear to cloth boards. Prestel Publishing hardcover
1913004784New York: E. Byron Bayne 1913. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. William Adickes. A very early original color panorama drawing of the New York Zoological Park now the Bronx Zoo. The panorama was drawn by William Adickes and was published by E. Byron Bayne in 1913. It illustrates the overall layout of the park and many of its prominent structures Measures 15 x 27 inches and folds neatly into its original 9 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch card stock folder. There are many modern reproductions of this panorama on the market however this is the original 1913 printing NOT a recent reprint. It is over 100 years old and is still in very good condition. It has one tiny archival tape reinforcement on one of its folds. Folder shows light handling. <br/> <br/> E. Byron Bayne paperback
18637358Naples:: Napoli Presso 1863-79. First Edition. Fine. Fine original hand-colored lithograph by Raimondo Petraroja after drawing by A. di Lorenzo. Folio. Sheet: 16 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches. Image size: 10 x 9 inches. Sheet: 16 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches. Image size: 10 x 9 inches. Publisher's blind stamp lower center under caption as issued. Archivally double matted in sage green/gilt French mat sized to 16 x 20 inches. An whimsical scene displaying the reproductive habits of the female Common Surinam toad or star-fingered toad. Set on leafy shore in pursuit of a fluttering butterfly overhead multiple fully-formed toads emerge from honeycombed crevices on the mother's back. While little is known of the artist or lithographer the editor Giovanni Boschi 1863-79 biographer of the famed French Naturalist Georges Louis LeClerc Comte de Buffon was clearly inspired by Buffon's encyclopedic knowledge and imaginative presentation of the natural world as well as the work of artists such as John James Audubon in the creation of his own naturalists' compendium; a massive 8 volume popular zoological atlas; a work compiled from the most recent works of Italian and foreign zoology; all set in their native surroundings. Single sheet matted in rag board Napoli Presso, unknown
1932046183Great Britain: A. & C. Black Ltd. 1932. Book. Good. Hardcover. First free endpaper has been removed. Title page has a faint smudge the rest of the interior is clean endpaper brown with age. Green boards have a discolored spot to lower corner of front edges have light wear corners are lightly bent. No dust jacket. First edition. A. & C. Black Ltd. Hardcover
1843000000000005373New York: Herald Buildings 1843. Limited First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two soft bound volumes atttached to leather boards. Faint agriculture bulletin on spine This consists of two volumes First being Manures: a Prize Essay Published by the Massachusetts Society for the Promotion of Agriculture 1843 Boston Samuel N Dickinson Written by Samuel L Dana 56-38p. True first not 1844 as listed by others The Bommer book is 56-86pErrata No of Register 3884 to John W Lincoln Worcester signed by Bommer Also has a yellow cover at front "New Edition" Improved and Greatly Enlarged of the Bommer Method of Making Manure by Professor Eli Ives M. D. This has a 1843 date <br/> <br/> Herald Buildings paperback
1842022833Paris: L. Curmer 1842. 1842 - 1843. Two volumes large thick octavo very well illustrated with many fine engraved portraits plans and plates including 32 coloured plates of a very fine quality pp xxiv416; 462 ii one plate is foxed otherwise very clean internally apart from the endpapers which are a little marked becoming a little weak internally; the fore-edge uneven contemporary publisher's green pebble cloth gilt decorated spines very slightly worn. With the book label of the Sussex historian Lindsay Fleming Aldwick Grange. . Cloth. Good. L. Curmer Hardcover
010047London England: Frank Cass and Co Limited 1939. A modern 1970 reprint of the entire run of this stunning magazine comprising 23 issues contained within Five volumes. Poetry London was published between 1939 and 1951 and contains poetry and artwork from lots of the avant - garde poets of the day. Among them Dylan Thomas Paul Potts Laurence Whistler Louis Macniece George Barker Herbert Read Rayner Heppenstall Stephen Spender Walter De La Mare Dorian Cooke Lawrence Durrell Nicolas Moore D.S Savage. Heinrich Rhys Charles Madge David Gascoyne Clifford Dyment Ruthven Todd Idris Davies Glyn Jones Lynd Nathan Maurice Carpenter and H. G. Porteus along with many many others. SUPERB condition as close to NEW as could be expected This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Signed or Inscribed. First Facsimile/Reprint Edition 1970. Two Tone Black/Green Cloth. NEAR FINE NEAR BRAND NEW/No Jacket. Illus. by Cover By Henry Moore Lithographs By Ceri Richards and Others. 4to - over 9¾" - 12". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited hardcover
038478Painting. Illus. by Mary Grierson. Very Good. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. An original watercolour painting of Poppy cultivars by the well-know botanical artist Mary Grierson signed in pencil lower middle. Image 355 x 260 mm frame 555 x 440 mm. Double mount gilt frame lightly rubbed. Very good condition. Provenance: Spink label to reverse "Spink Kings St. St James's London SW1.; No. APB/Cat. No. 18". Please contact us if you would like to view any of our artwork in person. The shipping cost on this painting within the UK is likely to be in the region of £20. Biography: Mary Anderson Grierson VMH VM GM 1912 - 2012. Mary Grierson needs little introduction doyen of British botanical illustration with an illustrious career. illustrated plants for Kew Gardens and produced numerous illustrations and paintings for Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Remarkably Mary Grierson's notable achievements in botanical art came after the age of 60; she only took up botanical art with any endeavour when in her mid-40s. In 1930 she was awarded the diploma of the Royal Drawing Society in London but it wasn't until 1957 that her interest in plant illustration began to crystallise when she attended a drawing course at Flatford Mill run by John Nash brother of the painter Paul Nash who became her mentor. She attended his classes for 10 years eventually taking over this course which she ran from 1966-1983. In 1960 she was appointed to the post of Botanical Illustrator and Artist to the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and illustrated many plates in the famous periodical "Curtis's Botanical Magazine." She was awarded Her first RHS Gold Medal for botanical illustration in 1966 followed by further Gold Medals in 1969 1973 1978 1990 and in 1985 she was awarded the RHS Gold Veitch Memorial Medal. Her work has appeared in numerous books and in 1967 she designed the famous "British Flora" set of postage stamps in collaboration with the Reverend Keble Martin. Her outstanding talent and contribution to botanical illustration was widely recognised and various awards and honours were bestowed upon her: in 1967 she was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1986 received an honorary degree of Master of Philosophy at the University of Reading she served on RHS Picture Committee from 1991-1997 and also in 1997 was awarded the RHS Victoria Medal of Honour. She held a number of dedicated exhibitions at the Spink in London including: Hedgerows of England 20th November - 7th December 1979. Coastal Plants of England early 1980s. An English Florilegium - Botanical Watercolour Drawings of the Tradescant Legacy 4th - 27th November 1987. Plants of the Hawaiian Islands and other Recent Watercolours 22nd May - 1st June 1990. On her death in 2012 Obituaries were published in numerous newspapers and periodicals. . unknown
1999038488United Kingdom 1999. Painting. Illus. by Joan Osborne SBS SWA. Fine. Framed. Signed by THE ARTIST. Original. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of Lilium 'Black Beauty' by botanical artist Joan Osborne. A tall elegant & striking study painted on textured & flecked paper with an unmistakable Japanese influence. Painting 530 x 210 mm; frame 725 x 390 mm. Double acid-free mount and gilt frame. No date but circa 1999 label to reverse with price of £250. Painting fine frame lightly rubbed. Biography. Joan Osborne Society of Botanical Artists Society of Water colour artists. Exhibited at the SBA annual exhibition at Westminster Central Hall 1998. UK shipping for this item is likely be around £15. unknown
2004038456United Kingdom 2004. Painting. Illus. by Ann Smith. Fine. Framed. Original. 717 x 580 mm. A fine framed and glazed original botanical watercolour painting of of Meconopsis 'Dorothy Renton' George Sherriff Group by the late botanical artist Ann Smith signed and dated 2004. Painting: 540 x 380 mm; frame: 715 x 570 mm. With double white acid-free conservation mount clean-lined gilt frame. Very good frame lightly rubbed. Artist's biography: Ann Smith was a goldsmith by trade a highly skilled artisan working out of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds but with a passion for botanical illustration. She was a member of various botanical art societies; she exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society RHS Botanical Art exhibitions held in The Lindley Hall London; for the 2004 exhibition she prepared a mixed collection of botanical works including studies of Romneya coulteri and Papaver orientalis 'Beauty of Livermere' in a later exhibition she presented a themed collection featuring various Meconopsis blue popy species and cultivars. Ann Smith was an accomplished botanical artist who painted with great fidelity her plants morphologically accurate and finely detailed but her paintings are always well composed and perhaps it is this her strong sense of composition that is her greatest quality. We hold a a significant stock so please enquire if you are looking for particular botanical illustrations. UK shipping for this item is likely be around £20. unknown
1780200080AG1780. Italy no year c.1780. Original hand-coloured copper engravings. Plate Size: 8 cm x 12.3 cm. Sheet Size: 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Original prints. In very good condition. Brightly coloured. Some very minor traces of browning only. A beautiful set of eight hand-coloured engravings of wild animals. The animals included are: The Jaguar / Bear / Royal Vulture / Saki Monkey / Tropical Bird / Coucous Goose / Great Hornbill / Common Murre & Puffin. unknown
200125050111Equistar Publications USA 2001. Softcover Spiral Bound. Very Good. Softcover Spiral Bound. 2-volume set complete. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Equistar Publications USA 2001. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Volume 1: Musculoskeletal System and Lameness Disorders ; Volume 2: Reproduction Internal Medicine and Skin. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Animals & Birds; ISBN: 0965446107. ISBN/EAN: 9780965446105. Inventory No: 25050111. 9780965446105 Equistar Publications paperback
25010039Vanguard Press USA No date. Book Club Edition. Hardcover Printed Boards. Very Good. Hardcover Printed Boards. Size: 16cm x 22.5cm. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Vanguard Press USA No date. Book Club Edition. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. Some minor indentations on front cover near top edge. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Praise for And To Think That I Saw it On Mulberry Street: "The cleverest book I have met with for many years. The swing and merriment of the pictures and the natural truthful simplicity of the untruthfulness." Beatrix Potter author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Children's Picture Books; Inventory No: 25010039. Vanguard Press hardcover
201523071123Pan Macmillan Australia 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover. 224 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pan Macmillan Australia 2015. First Edition. This is the first printed edition non-digital. CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Pages are lightly tanned. ABOUT THIS BOOK: "A young hero. Barbaric monsters. An impossible quest. In a remote valley a tribe of humans is being killed off by a terrible disease. There is a rumour that the trolls of Troll Mountain have a cure for the illness: a miraculous elixir. When Raf's sister gets sick and his tribal leaders refuse to help him he makes a courageous decision. He sets out on his own for Troll Mountain .to steal the elixir. The journey to the mountain has begun ." Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9781743537053. Inventory No: 23071123. 9781743537053 Pan Macmillan hardcover
195612010520Brockhampton Press London 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrator: Biro. Hardcover. 120 pages. PUBLISHING DETAILS: Brockhampton Press London 1956. First Edition. CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. Boards have slight edgewear. Lightly tanned pages with slight foxing on front pages. Dust Jacket worn at edges small chips and tears. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Edges foxed. Dustjacket protected in clear plastic sleave. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Very scarce title Illustrator: Biro. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children & Young Adult; Teenage Fiction; Inventory No: 12010520. Brockhampton Press hardcover
1878030125London: George Bell & Sons 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Royal 8vo 17.5 x 25.5 cm. vol. four of six. Pp. iv 215. 42 highly attractive hand-coloured plates some heightened with gum arabic the plates numbered 125-166 each featuring five separate species. Original green-coated endpapers; top edge gilt. Contemporary quarter green morocco with green cloth covered boards. Bindings good and strong leather faded to tan on the spine and rubbed to joints very slightly chipped to the head/tails of the spine. Contents clean and tight unmarked; plates bright and fresh; no inscriptions. A very good copy. Bibliographic note: originally published in 13 volumes from1825-1851 with just four species per plate; this a later printing in a significantly larger format featuring five species per plate and published in six volumes concurrently in 1878 this being vol. IV. George Bell & Sons Hardcover
1878030126London: George Bell & Sons 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. Royal 8vo 17.5 x 25.5 cm. vol. two of six. Pp. iv 224. 41 highly attractive hand-coloured plates some heightened with gum arabic the plates numbered 43-83 each featuring five separate species. Original green-coated end papers; top edge gilt. Contemporary quarter green morocco with green cloth covered boards. Bindings good and strong leather faded to tan on the spine and rubbed to joints very slightly chipped to the head/tails of the spine. Contents clean and tight unmarked; plates bright and fresh; no inscriptions. A very good copy. Bibliographic note: originally published in 13 volumes from1825-1851 with just four species per plate; this a later printing in a significantly larger format featuring five species per plate and published in six volumes concurrently in 1878 this being vol. II. George Bell & Sons Hardcover
1920009750Covent Garden London: Lawrence & Jellicoe Ltd 1920 Pictorial card cover spine reinforced with mending tissue covers worn and chipped multiple mended tears pages fragile but completely un-colored. A book containing 10 spreads with an example color plate and its corresponding plate that is meant to be colored in by the user. The title page is also meant to be colored in. Amazingly this copy is completely uncolored. The paper used in the production of this book is meant to take the paint well however it is also very fragile so it will need to be handled with great care. This is an uncommon Aldin item especially unused. Pictorial Card Covers. Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. 4to. Lawrence & Jellicoe, Ltd paperback
