Paris: Willy Fischer, 1930. 12mo, 7 x 5 3/8 inches (180 x 134 mm), 48 pp., stapled. Original color printed wrappers, cover depicting Josephine Baker, scantily clad onstage with her Cheetah "Chiquita" presenting her a bouquet of flowers; illustration by Zig. Photographs and advertisements throughout, with a publicity photo of..... More
Zürich & München: Verlag Julius Wagner, 1924. A: Quarto, 12 1/8 x 9 inches (307 x 230 mm), 152 pp. Text in German with copious black and white photographs odd summer and winter sports. Previous owner's name in colored pencil on title page. Blue cloth cover with black embossed title..... More
Paris: Administration Foire de Paris, 1929. First Edition. 8vo, 8 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (218 x 122 mm); 880 pp, + 64 pp supplement. Two color printed advertisement cards attached by a ribbon, one clear sheet specimen advertising the invention of cellophane, and foldout map with advertisements tipped inside..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869. First Edition. 8vo, 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches (200 x 134 mm); half title, engraved frontispiece and title page vignette, xv, 522 pp., 4 publisher adverts. Numerous engraved illustrations, maps, and vignettes throughout; tissue guards. Half-bound in tan calf with marbled boards and..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1808-1810. Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin. First Edition. In three volumes with 104 brilliantly-colored acquaint plates. Large 4to; 13 x 10 7/16 in. (330 x 267mm). Illustrated woodcut titles, half-titles, and engraved dedication page to the Prince of Wales in each volume, as well as a list..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1812. First Edition, second issue. In Two volumes, large 4to; 12 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (325 x 272 mm), with all 83 plates, 81 of which are colored aquatints by J.Bluck, J.Hamble, T.Sutherland and others, after A.Pugin, F.Mackenzie, H.Villiers, T.Uwins, &c. Includes the half-titles; list of..... More
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London: W. & S. Jones, 1813. Fourth Edition. Two volumes, 8vo, 9 x 5 3/4 in. (228 x 145 mm); 9 x 5 ½”. Text volume: pp. frontispiece, xii, 534, [16] ads; Plates vol.: pp. title page and 34 folding plates. Previous owner's name penned on the first free flyleaf..... More
Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1708. First Illustrated Edition. 2 vols. bound into one. Small 8vo, 5 7/8 x 3.34 inches (150 x 95 mm), (12), 297, (7); (2) 287, (4) pp. Frontispiece engraving, printer devices on title pages, and 117 in-text half-page engravings, one for each fable, engraved by Georg Paul..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1909. Helen Allingham. First Edition. Large 8vo, 9 1/4 x 7 inches (233 x 180 mm); [2], xvi, 287, [1] + 16 publishers advertisements; some pages unopened. A small acknowledgment sheet is bound in before the preface. With 64 beautiful plates of watercolors by Helen Allingham, each..... More
London: John and Paul Knapton, 1749. Fifth Edition. 4to, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. (286 x 222 mm); pp. title (blank v.) + xx + 417. Illustrated with folding frontispiece map (A Chart, | shewing | The Track of the Centurion | Round the WORLD), and an additional forty-two..... More
Meriden, CT: White Oak Press, 1985. First Edition. Elephant folio, 18 x 15 1/4 inches (456 x 385 mm). Illustrated with 200 photo-offset lithographic and process color prints including an offset lithographic frontispiece taken from the original photographs, each tipped to an individual leaf and reproduced in original size. Half-bound..... More
Paris: Les Bibliophiles du Palais, 1924. André Dignimont (1891 – 1965). 8vo, 10 1/4 x 7 inches (260 x 178 mm); 96, (8) pp., printed in black and red on Arches paper; wood engravings by André Digimont, tissue guards, some pages unopened, signatures loosely stitched. Folded grey paper cover with..... More
Florence: Lorenzo Bardi, c 1840. Oblong quarto, 7 3/4 11 inches (195 x 280 mm). 18 aquatint plates engraved by G. Carrocci and others (image size 14 x 19 cm, plate mark size 18 x 25 cm), with superb hand coloring in heavy watercolor and gouache within black line and..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1913. Hugh Thompson. First, Limited Edition. 4to, Deluxe Edition, 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (312 x 242 mm); pp. viii + 198 + 2. Twenty-two (22) color illustrations by Hugh Thompson tipped into pages within grey ruled decorative borders, and numerous in-text illustrations. Printed tissue..... More
London: Constable & Co., 1928. Edmond L. Warre. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (220 x 147 mm), pp. xxii +262; with a frontispiece and 64 plates printed on smooth paper and bound in. Hard bound in publishers royal blue cloth, gilt titling, In the..... More
London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1927. 8vo, 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (248 x 172 mm); title page + 26 sheets printed in color on one side only, unpaginated; each color plate is approximately 4 1/2 x 3 inches (115 x 75 mm). Black buckram with gilt decorations on top..... More
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1926. 8vo, 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (248 x 172 mm); title page + 24 sheets printed in color on one side only, unpaginated. Black buckram with gilt decorations on boards and gilt title on spine, pages uncut, leaves evenly toned and with no tears..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1956. 4to, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (290 x 222 mm); xi [227] pages; 56 collotype illustrations, plus text. Printed on Dutch pannekoek mould-made paper and bound in Holland by J. Brandt & Zoon with terra-cotta buckram over beveled boards with gilt title on spine;..... More
Delft: Arnold Bon, 1667. 2 parts in one volume, 4o, 7 1/2 x 6 inches (190 x 152 mm); 891,(37),(33), (4) pp., lacks frontispiece, 1 folding plan and 2 views. Woodblock plates after C. Decker: 2 double-page plans, 30 views, 3 of which are folding and exhibit some tears, most..... More
Hantvverpen (Antwerp): Hieronymus Verdussen, 1619. Bloemart, Abraham. First Edition in book form. 4to, 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches (251 x 171 mm). ix pp, 51 sheets on cream laid paper, text in Dutch (gothic letters). 50 numbered full page copperplate engravings of Christian hermit saints (25 male, 25 female)..... More
Paris: René Kieffer, 1925. Alfred Le Petit. Limited Edition. 4to, 20 x 6 1/2 inches (250 x 167 mm); pp. iv + 170 + iv; copy no. 131 of 500 printed on "vélin de cuve", hand-made paper. Bound in three quarter blue-green crushed levant, BINDING BY RENÉ KIEFFER Paris (embossed..... More
London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1936. First, Limited Edition. 2 vols. Royal folio, 20 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (515 x 250 mm). Brown pigskin, raised bands, t.e.g., rest uncut. Printed and bound at the Oxford University press. Some offset to endpapers, which is typical, boards very lightly rubbed and..... More
London: Office of the Illustrated London Library, 1852. Ad. Lalauze. First Edition. 8vo; 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (210 x 137 mm); xxii, 402 pp. 236 illustrations, including maps and schematic drawings. Full maroon morocco binding with gilt decorative frame on boards, raised bands, gilt title and decorations in..... More
London / New York: The Focal Press, 1949. First Edition. 8vo, 10 x 6 7/8 inches (248 x 175 mm), 98 pp. including a fold-out page with technical data for each photo. Text in English. Cream cloth with orange lettering on cover and spine. Pictorial dust jacket unclipped with a...... More
Paris: Arts et Métiers Graphiques, 1933. First Edition. Spiral-bound Quarto, 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (248 x 191 mm, (12) pp + 62 photogravure plates after photographs by Brassaï, each numbered in lower outer corner. Spiral bound, stiff card covers, without jacket as issued; housed in a custom clamshell..... More