The Columbian Riddler, or Entertaining Puzzle Book. 7th series, no. 4
Portland. Bailey & Noyes 16 pages. 10 x 6.5 cm. Illustrated. Two pages of Conundrums -- "What occupation has the sun." Answer. "A Tanner." OCLC: 612682507. Reasonably clean copy. Light green illustrated paper wrappers. Very good- $125
- $125
The Matchmaker’s Lament And Other Astonishments; Drawings By Leonard Baskin * Poems By Leonard Nathan
Nathan, Leonard Unpaginated. 28.5 x 21 cm. Printer's Copy noted by Baskin "Harold: picture printer from Leonard: type printer 1968." Laid-in an extra sheet off leaves five through six (four pages). Label on front cover pastedown of Nancy E. Hugo. As new copy. Brown boards. Fine in clear acetate cover.- $350
- $350
Blessings
Dubos, Andre 32 pages, 23 x 15.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 27 of 60 hand bound, signed by Dubos in black ink. Edition designed and printed letterpress at Warwick Press by Carol J. Blum who also made the decorated paste paper. The latter and leather bindings by Sarah Creighton. Laid-in the original publisher prospectus. This previously uncollected story speaks to love and family. As new copy. Orig. green striated boards with white spine lettered title. Fine- $325
- $325
Flaxman’s Illustrations To Homer’s Iliad
Flaxman, john 15 x 24 cm. Unpaginated, 39 plates printed recto only. OCLC provides no data for this issue which does not contain text. Flaxman was a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Owner inscription inside front cover. Plates generally clean, exception to first plate, offsetting from portrait of Homer on verso of free endpaper. Front cover lower border chipped. Brown roan spine and brown paper covers with tan printed label. Very good- $150
- $150
Coloured Figures Of The Birds Of The British Isles
Lilford, Thomas Littleton Powys (4th Baron) 25.5 x 18 cm. All plates printed recto or verso only. The first edition was originally issued in parts beginning in October 1885 and ran through January 1898; the second edition, issued in 36 parts, began in 1891. By issue 28, the two editions were appearing simultaneously. Most parts of the second edition are the same as the first, except parts 7-17, which were reprinted with some changes, including the plates for eight birds. The first edition was limited to 550 copies, the second to 450. Chromolithography was at the apex of its development when Thorburn received this, his first major, commission. While Thorburn's plates are printed in color, many of Keuleman's plates continued to be colored by hand. List of subscribers, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 421 chromolothographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates, mainly after Archibald Thorburn and J. G. Keulemans, COPENHAGEN./ANKER. 308. FINE BIRD BOOKS. 9. McGILL/WOOD. 436. MULLINS & SWANN 354. NISSEN IVB 563. Some scattered foxing, mostly marginal. Rubbing to extremities. Raised bands, spine panels lettered in gilt. Three quarter brown morocco, marbled endpapers and matching marbled endpapers. 7 Vols. Very good- $3,200
- $3,200
Relation D’un Voyage Fait Au Levant
Thevenot, Jean De 576 pages. 24 x 18 cm. First issue, with imprint date altered from M.DC.LXIII. to M. DC. LXIIII, last digit added, engraved portrait of Thevenot by Etienne Picart after P. Chauveau. Thevenot began his travels in the Levant in 1655, returning to Paris in 1659 to prepare this first part for publication, which describes Constantinople, the Aegean Archipelago, Asia Minor and Egypt. The second and third parts (which describe his travels after 1663 as far as India) were published posthumously in 1674 and 1684. He also was one of the European travelers to include a story about the origins of the medieval Arabic document, the Achtiname of Muhammad, which claims that the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, had personally confirmed a grant of protection and other privileges to the monks of Saint Catherine's Monastery in Egypt. BLACKMER. 1650; ROHRICHT. 1104, TOBLER. p.106. Some unevenly toned text, a few small occasional worm holes in margins, manuscript ownership annotations front free endpaper and title page. Raised bands, spine label lettered in gilt. Very good. Contemporary mottled calf, Very good- $1,450
- $1,450
An Angler’s Alphabet
New York. Tinken Editions 70 pages. 25 x 25 cm. Copy F in an edition of twenty six with two artist's proofs. Each letter of the alphabet is set in wood type in various colors; printed on Zerkall mould-paper. Illustrations are pochoir stencils, the edition bound by Carolyn Chadwick. Each page printed recto only contains an illustrated letter of the alphabet with an image. A charming alphabestiary for the angler with a jumping trout pochoir illustration on the cover. Three quarter black cloth, yellow pictorial boards with spine lettered in gilt. Fine in fine salmon colored cloth slipcase- $925
- $925
The Diary of Edward Thomas 1 January – 8 April 1917; With eight wood engravings by Hellmouth Weissenborn
Myfanwy Thomas & Roland Grant 32 pages. 25.5 x 17 cm. Review copy [575 copies hand-set in Caslon on Arches mould-made paper]. A London poet who died who died one day after Easter Sunday on April 8, 1917. The diary covers his private life and after his enlistment during World War I. Paid tribute here by his son. Two-toned red cloth backstrip lettered in gilt. Fine in fine matching slipcase- $150
- $150
Abel Allnutt. A Novel
Morier, James Justinian 318, 311, 317 Pages. 19 x 12 cm. The author was an English diplomat and writer whose fame depends on The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan (1824), a picaresque romance of Persian life that long influenced English ideas of Persia. SADLEIR. 1792. WOLLF. 4924. Backstrips lettered in gilt. Modern three quarter reddish brown morocco and marbled boards. Fine in very good blue plush lined cloth slipcase- $195
- $195
British Fresh-Water Fishes; Illustrated With A Coloured Figure Of Each Species Drawn From Nature By A.F. Lydon, And Numerous Engravings
Houghton, William 204 pages. Folio, 36.7 x 27 cm. illustrated with 41 fine chromoxylographed plates of fish engraved by Benjamin Fawcett after drawings by A.F. Lydon, and numerous steel-engraved plates of angling locales. Houghton, a Shropshire clergyman, aimed his book at the fisherman rather than the naturalist, and the text (of which there is, unusually, plenty) gives information about recognition, feeding and breeding habits, habitat, bait and so on. BUCHANAN, NATURE INTO ART. 168. Alexander Francis Lydon's plates, which were printed by Benjamin Fawcett, show each fish in what is meant to be its natural habitat. For this work, Houghton studied the specimens in the collection of the British Museum. British Fresh-Water Fishes is notable for its incorporation of the naturalistic backgrounds of the fish habitats. Index. Light brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt with backstrip also similarly detailed. Near Fine. 2 Vols.- $995
- $995
The Book Of Snobs
Thackeray, William Makepeace 180 pages. 18 x 12 cm. His satirical taxonomy of snobs in an elegant binding by Orrock & Sons of Edinburgh -- raised bands, spine panels richly gilt in arabesques, inner dentelles, front and back covers with gilt paneling, marbled endpapers. VAN DUZER 16. "Sixty-five small woodcuts (by Thackeray). A few minimal text spots. Full maroon morocco. Fine in very good lined half brown and marbled board pull-off case- $600
- $600
A complete Turn-Out among the Cabinet-Makers
13.5 x 9.5 inches. Hand colored engraved print. Coloring sharp and bright. The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel refuse to serve in the Canning cabinet. Description: "A turn out took place on the first of April in the above shop in consequence of the Master taking on a new and clever foreman who however is not in very high favor with the refractory workmen; The Ringleader who has been in the Army & is known as a turblent fellow, we believe has been urged on by an old, and obstinate workman who is an enemy to all exhortations on the old regulations of the Trade. As for the remaining Malcontents their loss will not be regretted, being at best but indifferent Workmen." As the characters on the left urge them to be off, Wellington says "I will never serve such a Journeyman." Small loss at lower left corner, upper margin repaired. DICTIONARY OF BRITISH BOOK ILLUSTRATORS AND CARICATURISTS p.337. The Jewish Actor
24 pages. 11 x 7 cm. Jewish actor abandons his religion and converts to Christianity, which we can assume is a happy and productive ending for the Reverend Hammond. Edward Payson Hammond was a celebrity preacher â" a Billy Graham of his day. He is much less well-known in the America. OCLC: 13024320. Bright, clean copy. Orig. beige decorated wrappers. Near fine Our Mutual Friend; Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, No.CLXIX-CLXXXVII
26.2 x 16.8 cm. Wood engraved portrait of Dickens after Marcus Stone and 34 parts in 19 vols. This was the first American periodical in parts. Each part appearing one month after the first British serial publication which ran from May 1854 to November 1865. Harper and Brothers purchased advance proofs of the work paying 1000 pounds to assure that the issue in the Magazine was probably its first appearance in the United States. Also intriguing, commentary on aspects on the American Civil War and slavery in the first issue. WILKINS p.32. SMITH AMERICAN 14, p.392, note 1. Text generally clean, chipping to wrappers, some light margin stains, a few spines with some loss. Attractive well preserved set. Orig. printed wrappers, very good housed in two fine red cloth slip cases with black leather spine labels printed in gilt. Biddy And The “Old Dominion”; A Scrap From My Experience Book
16 pages. 11 x 7 cm. Issued as an advertisement by Arthur, Burnham, & Gilroy, manufacturers of the "Old Dominion" coffee pot./ Cover title. Full page illustration of "Biddy in Rebellion." OCLC: 20220520. Clean copy. Orig. yellow wrappers. Very good Songs Of The Class Of 1829 [Printed for the use of the Class only]; Original Printed Cream Wrappers. Boston: Prentiss and Sawyer, 1854 (18.5 x 12 cm.)
A fine copy of the exceedingly rare first edition is a fine copy of six leaves that presented five poems, three of which by Holmes, and others including S.F. Smith, the author of "My Country Tis of Thee." This copy is enhanced by the following three associated pieces: [1] Harvard University. Cambridge Order of Performances For Exhibition, Tuesday, April 28, 1829. Cambridge: Printed by E.W. Metcalf and Co. 1829. Four pages. [2] Harvard University, Cambridge. Order of Performances for Exhibition, Tuesday, April 28, 1828. 4 pages as issued. Number 7 in the Order of Exercises announces "A Poem. Forgotten Ages, by Oliver Wendell Holmes." [3] A card of Admission to the Supper of the Class, reading: Class of 1829. "Admit the Bearer to the Class Supper," etc. Dated August 26, 1829. The Order of Exercises For Commencement No.14 "A Forensic Disputation," notes James Humphrey Wilder, Hingham as a contributor. Hand written envelope belonging to latter also enclosed. BAL 8766. Gilt lettered half morocco and red cloth clamshell box with silk moire chemise. Near fine Diseases of The Hair and Scalp
12 pages. 11 x 7 cm. No LC record. An advertising piece for Newhall's remedies. They operated at 47 Hanover Street between Court and Elm Streets. Its dandruff eradicator purports to "remove scurf (The meaning of SCURF is thin dry scales detached from the epidermis especially in an abnormal skin condition; specifically : dandruff) and kill hair eaters." Front and back cover illustrations. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Very good The Practical Builder, Or Workman’s General Assistant; Shewing the most Approved and Easy Methods for Drawing and Working the Whole or Separate Part of any Building, et al.
[5] [7] & unpaginated pages. 27 x 22 cm. With 83 engraved plates printed on quality laid paper. Most images printed recto only. Originally published 1774, this was one of the major 18th century pattern books. It was reprinted in Boston in 1792. This and Pain s other works served as design sources not only for architects and builders, but also for cabinetmakers and carvers. Pain wrote many pattern-books which disseminated the Adam style. He was the father of James, George Richard, and Henry Pain, all pupils of Nash. James (1779-1877) and George Richard (1793-1838), assisted for a time by Henry, became successful architects and builders in Ireland. COLVIN.1995. Upside down signature on last page with small signature of David Howell's age 20 years. Raised bands, leather spine label printed in gilt. Modern three quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Near fine Nouva collezione di vedute di Roma, antiche e moderne, con alcune in pianta, alzato, e sezione, e le migliori statue in piccolo, che si trovano nelle galerie, chiese, musei, e piazze
Unpaginated. 20.5 x 26.5 cm. Two large folding maps. Engraved title page, and 53 plates on 52 leaves. Many of the plates are by Franc ois Morel, the earliest having dates 1775 and 1776; the remainder are by Domenico Pronti, François Soufflot, P.A. Paris, G.B. Piranesi, and others. Engravings are sharp, bright and clean as are the two folding plates. A few plates of obelisks and medallions with slight toning at head of last two leaves. LC :21057945. Contemporary brown marbled boards, decorated leather spine labels printed in gilt. Very good Journal Des Dames Et Des Modes; 1912 -1914
25 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copies 14 & 15 of twelve examples numbered 6-17 on Japan Imperial with illustrations in two states -- monochrome and color (from total of 1270 copies). 184 pochoir plates, plus two supplemental unnumbered plates, "Le Choix Difficile" (Charles Martin) and "La Folie Du Jour" (Georges Barbier), also in two states. The Art Deco fashion plates by leading artists of the period, including Leon Bakst, Iribe, Martin, Brunelleschi, Simeon, Vallee, Wegener, et al: Georges Barbier, the principal illustrator. Plate 184 in colored state only, plate 183 supplied from another copy, printed on Hollande paper with watermark "Journal Des Dames."Plates1-93 from copy 14, Plates 94-184 from copy 15, both housed in original paper wrappers with spine reading Journal Des Dames, Tome III, Juillet-Decembre 1913, title within front cover rectangular decorated border. No text. Plates fresh, bright and crisp, copies in two states are rare. CARTERET I. 217. COLAS. 1567. HILER 486. Loose in original wrappers as issued. Near fine Toros Y Toreros; Texte De Luis Miguel Dominguin * Etude De Georges Boudaille
32 text pages. Folio, 36 x 27.5 cm. Spanish text translated to French by George Franck. Brilliant copy of Picasso sketchbooks done in 1959. Myriad of black and white and full page color lithographs. The son of a matador of the same name, Dominguín was a child prodigy, appearing at age 10 in professional arenas with small bulls. What is likely the case is that modern bullfighting hails from a confluence of influences, rituals, and cultures, many of which are thousands of years old. The fluid images of Picasso in multi-colors and black and white are a testament to his imagination. Orig. white cloth decorated in a myriad of colors front and back covers. Fine in fine illustrated slipcase Green-Wood in 1846 ; Illustrated In A Series Of Views Taken Expressly For This Work By James Smillie
93 (1) pages. 27 x 21 cm. The line engravings from drawings taken on the spot. Toning to the margins of some engravings mostly to the front few and rear ones. Names of the original subscribers to the Rural Cemeteries Illustrated at rear. Green-Wood Cemetery incorporated in 1838 but did not commence operation until four years later. Owner inscription dated 1848 in very light pencil hand. Rebacked, original black cloth covers front and back decorated in gilt and blind with gilt very sharp, clean and bright. Teg. Near fine