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J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper. London. 1752, 1752. 12mo. (6.7 x 4.1 inches). Frontispiece engraving by Gravelot. Title page printed in red and black. 70pp. A very good copy in recent half tan calf binding with red label, ruled and lettered in gilt, to the spine. Marbled paper..... More
Methuen & Co. London. 1929, 1929. SECOND EDITION. Published just weeks after the First edition which was issued on October 31st 1929. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.1 inches). Illustrated throughout with beautiful line drawings by E. H. Shepard. A clean and bright copy internally, bound in Publishers special delux full dark..... More
Oxford University Press. London. 1938, 1938. NEW EDITION. 8vo. (7.9 x 5.4 inches). 22, 590pp. Colour frontispiece of Vauxhall, by Thomas Rowlandson, and 13 mono plates. A fine clean copy throughout. Finely bound in recent full tan morocco by Bayntun of Bath. Raised bands with gilt dotted lines on the..... More
Longmans, Green and co. London. 1887, 1887. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.6 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with 20 mono plates engraved on wood by J. Cooper from drawings by C. H. M. Kerr. A very good copy bound in early twentieth century half dark green morocco, spine with raised bands, gilt..... More
Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd. London. 1920, 1920. FIRST 2 VOLUME EDITION. Small Crown 4to. (9.3 x 6.8 inches). xxx, 439; xxii, 531 pp. Originally issued as four slim quarto volumes in a limited edition in 1910-11, this is the first issue in this format and..... More
Longmans, Green & Co. London. 1907, 1907. FIRST EDITION. First printing. Large 8vo. (8.5 x 6.4 inches). Colour frontis, 22 full page mono plates and hundreds of small engraved vignettes to the margins of the text pages, all by E. Caldwell. This is the scarce first issue with the margin..... More
No place. No date. Circa 1870, 1870. ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT. Oblong 8vo. (9.4 x 5.5 inches). Longfellow's popular eearly poem, An April day, written in a neat hand on 12 thick paper leaves. Ten of the leaves are beautifully illustrated in watercolour by an unknown but very skilled artist. Bound in..... More
Frederick Warne and Co. London. 1902, 1902. FIRST TRADE EDITION. 16mo. (5.6 x 4.4 inches). First state of the text with "wept big tears" on page 51. Illustrated with colour frontis, line vignette of a bunny on the title page and 30 fine colour plates by the Author throughout. A...... More
Macmillan and Co, Ltd. London. 1910, 1910. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.1 x 5.6 inches). Illustrated with four full page mono plates by Frank Craig. Neat previous owner name and date Oct. 1910, the month of publication, on the top of the front free endpaper. A very good clean copy throughout..... More
Printed and Published by G. Ross. Edinburgh. - (No date). Circa 1814. 1814. Small 8vo. (3.9 x 2.5 inches). 48pp, including the first and last blanks which are pasted directly onto the inside leaves of the printed wrappers. Sewn text pages. Illustrated with a full page wood-engraved frontispiece of Captain..... More
Macmillan and Co. Limited. London. 1898, 1898. FIRST SIXPENNY EDITIONS. 8vo. (8.4 x 6 inches). Both volumes are the first printings of the Macmillan sixpenny series. Illustrated with forty two and fifty line illustrations, respectively, by John Tenniel. Publishers original red printed paper wraps. Page edges a bit chipped, as..... More
Henry Colburn. London. 1847, 1847. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED. -- NEW EDITION. 8vo. (9 x 6 inches). Colour printed extra title page and 236 wood engravings throughout the text but the volume has been beautifully extra illustrated with 23 full page plates, three fold-out and six of these hand coloured, dating from..... More
John Stockdale. London. 1794 + 1801, 1794. FIRST EDITION OF VOLUME THREE AND SECOND EDITION OF VOLUMES 1 AND 2.--- Three volumes. 4to. All 3 bound without the half titles, otherwise complete. Illustrated with 22 engraved maps and plates, four of these are large folding plates, including the general map..... More
Cassell & Company Limited. London. 1933, 1933. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10 x 7.6 inches). Illustrated with colour frontispiece and sixty four mono illustrations on 60 pages, plus decorative endpapers illustrated in red on cream paper. Publishers blue cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. In the original plain brown paper..... More
Collins. London. 1968, 1968. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (10.3 x 7.6 inches). 32pp. Illustrated in colour by the Author. Original colour illustrated boards and in the rare original dustwrapper. Two pages with minor blemishes but overall a bright and clean copy in the original colour printed dustwrapper, which reproduces the board..... More
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1909, 1909. FIRST DULAC EDITION. 4to. (10.8 x 8.6 inches). 20 mounted colour plates on thick art paper, framed with decorative border design. Each plate covered with printed tissue paper guard. Finely bound in early full white vellum binding. Spine with elaborate gilt tooling and red..... More
The Skeptical Press. El Cerrito, California. USA. 2000 - 2007, 2000. LIMITED EDITIONS, signed by Reisbord. Various sizes, formats and shapes. A collection of 25 examples of hand printed and constructed book and paper art, each number 24 of limited editions of 60 copies, plus 11 items of Skeptical Press..... More
George G. Harrap & Co Ltd. London. 1933, 1933. SIGNED, LIMITED FIRST EDITION. 4to. (9.3 x 6.4 inches). One of 460 copies numbered and signed by Rackham, this number 76. Illustrated with 8 full page colour plates and 55 drawings in black & white, some full page. A few very..... More
Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown. London. 1811, 1811. FIRST SCOTT EDITION. Six volumes. 8vo. (7.4 x 4.8 inches). Illustrated with six full page copper engraved frontipieces, after paintings by Robert Smirke, which were originally published in Edward Forster's translation of this work in 1802. The plates were specially re-engraved..... More
Fred De Fau & Company. New York. 1902, 1902. LIMITED EDITION. One of 1,000 numbered sets, this number 942. 10 volumes. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.5 inches). Finely bound by Brentanos in contemporary half tan morocco. Each spine with five raised bands, decorated with gilt piping. Compartments multi ruled and lettered..... More
John Murray. London. 1977, 1977. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY STONE, and with 8 ephemeral items of his of printed work. 4to. Fully illustrated with 151 pages of designs, most with several images to each page. Signed by Stone in black ink on the title page. Also there are 8 pieces..... More
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1894, 1894. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xvi, 321pp, 2pp publishers adverts at end. Illustrated with frontis and 22 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford. Publishers decorated yellow cloth binding with gilt illustration..... More
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1890, 1890. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). xii, 367pp, 16pp publishers adverts at end dated September 1890. Illustrated with 4 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford, G. P. Jacomb-Hood and Lancelot Speed. Publishers..... More
Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1889, 1889. FIRST EDITION, first impression. 8vo. (7.3 x 5.1 inches). viii, 390pp, 16pp publishers adverts at end dated August 1889. Illustrated with 8 full page mono plates and scores of smaller illustrations throughout the text by Ford, G. P. Jacomb-Hood and Lancelot Speed. Publishers..... More
Blackie and Son, Limited. London. - No date. Circa 1910, 1910. REPRINT of 1903 edition, with 5 extra full colour plates. Large 8vo. (10 x 7.7 inches). Illustrated with 16 full page colour plates, 6 full colour and 10 printed in orange, black and grey, plus several hundred fine line..... More