London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. E. H. Shepard. First Edition, First Issue. Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (192 x 126 mm), pp. 160, Publisher's original green cloth binding, front cover ruled border in gilt and stamped in gilt with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, gilt..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1927. E. H. Shepard. First Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 1/2 x 5 in (191 x 125 mm), pp. xi + 103. Publisher's original red cloth binding, front cover ruled border in gilt and stamped in gilt with an illustration of Christopher Robin playing with a...... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1924. Ernest H. Shepard. Fifth Edition. Crown 8vo, 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (188 x 124 mm); pp. xii + 100. Publisher's original blue cloth binding, front cover ruled border in gilt and stamped in gilt with illustrations stamped in gilt on the front..... More
London: Richard Watkyns, 1579. First Edition. Small 4to; 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (190 x142 mm); pp. [4] + xiv +1-152 First Booke, Physicke for Fortune: 153-343 Second Booke, Phisicke against Fortune + vi (table of contents) + [2]. Each book with Epistolary preface by Franucis Petrarche. Translated into..... More
London: D. Bogue, 1854. 8vo, 2 magazines, each 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 (223 x 145 mm), January 1854 and February 1854 issues. Original pictorial yellow paper wrappers with price of 1s marked at top right. No. 1. Jan. 1854, contains two folding etchings, one glyphograph, and three woodcuts ;..... More
Boston: Frederick Gleason, 1851. Engraving with hand-drawn borders on cream wove paper, laid down to board. 7 3/4 x 10 inches (197 x 255 mm), trimmed margins, lacking text. Scattered light soiling, and toning, with a dog-eared lower left corner. An illustration from the June 21 & 28, 1851 edition..... More
Paris: c 1900. Etching on a large sheet of light cream wove paper, 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches (120 x 90 mm), full margins. In good condition with minor edge wear, well outside of image area. An etching after the c1780 illustration by Fragonard, likely printed early 20th century..... More
Paris: c 1900. Etching on a large sheet of light cream wove paper, 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches (120 x 90 mm), full margins. In good condition with minor edge wear, well outside of image area. An etching after the c1780 illustration by Fragonard, likely printed early 20th century..... More
Paris: 1788. Etching on light cream wove paper, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (140 x 215 mm), full margins. Some minor toning at the top margin, as well as small losses at the lower right extreme sheet edge. The plate is printed on an oversize sheet of paper (15..... More
London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, light staining in the top margin, and very minor damage and small losses at the corners, well outside of the..... More
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discoloration in the margins and on the verso, the image area remains clean and bright. The inscription in..... More
Ink and watercolor on fibrous Japon paper laid down to period cream laid paper, 6 x 7 1/2 inches (155 x 190 mm). Minor toning and some insect damage on the mount, painting itself remains completely intact. More
Sanoya Kihei (Kikakudō), c1840. Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with ink and hand coloring on fibrous cream-colored Japon paper, chûban; 6 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (166 x 226 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Signed Hiroshige ga 広重画, and with the censor's seal: kiwame 改印：極. Edo period, printed about 1840–42 (Tenpô 11–13)..... More
London: 1799. Copperplate stipple engraving with hand coloring in watercolor, 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (445 x 260 mm) (sheet), full margins. In very good condition with some minor, light staining in the top margin, and very minor damage and small losses at the corners, well outside of the..... More
1641. Etching on cream wove paper, 5 1/16 x 7 11/16 inches (128 x 195 mm), narrow margins. Printed 19th century on a remainder which has a partially trimmed, printed image of a Virgilia Heliodes specimen on the verso; a large, orange wildflower native to the American southwest, similar to..... More
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discoloration in the margins and on the verso, the image area remains clean and bright. The inscription in..... More
c1890. Graphite and crayon in color with white heightening on cream wove paper, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (343 x 310 mm) (sheet). In good condition with uniform toning, handling creases, and lightly dog-eared corners. The building on the left is a hotel particulier in Paris' Marais neighborhood, the..... More
Venice: Gabriel Giolito Di Ferrari, 1549. First Edition. Small 8vo, 5 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches (150 x 95 mm); pp. 48, imprint in the base of an elaborate woodcut on the title-page, with Giolito di Ferrari's famous device (phoenix, motto saying 'from my death I live eternal life' and..... More
London: Essex House Press, 1899. Limited Edition. 4to; 9 1/8 x 6 3/4 in. (231 x 173 mm); pp. (iv) + x + 254 + [4 l.]; Caslon type in red and black on hand-made paper, uncut; wood-engraved plate by Reginald Savage, wood-engraved initials by C.R. Ashbee; original limp vellum..... More
London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1825. First English Edition. Two volumes; 8vo, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (220 x 140 mm) Vol. 1: pp. xvi, 458; Vol. 2: pp.vi, +248 + [156] Appendix. Contemporary half calf with marbled boards, five raised bands, gilt ruling, decorative motifs, and title on black..... More
Tokyo: Teijin, c1950. Woodcut in colors with dark grey mica ground, 13 5/8 x 9 inches (346 x 300 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. In very good condition. From the edition printed by Teijin after the image originally published in 1794. More
Tokyo. Woodblock print (nishiki-e) with ink and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 7/16 x 9 15/16 inches (367 x 252 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. In good condition with some handling creases. Colors are fresh and extremely vibrant. The right panel from the triptych by Yoshitora..... More
Toyko: Tsutaya Juzaburo, 1794. Woodblock (nishiki-e) with ink, handcoloring and powdered dark gray mica on laid paper; 4 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (378 x 257 mm), vertical ōban tate-e, the full sheet. In excellent condition. Printed 20th century. Impressions of this work may be found in the collections of..... More
Tokyo: Horie Ichiba Wataki, 1835. Woodcut on laid mulberry paper, 14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches (361 x 225 mm), vertical ōban tate-e, the full sheet. With that artist's signature and seal in black ink in the lower-center image area. Edo period. Minor toning and archivally repaired insect damage in..... More