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![Sindbad [Sinbad] the Sailor, & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights. Edmund DULAC](/pictures/thumb/58904.jpg?v=1610991485)
Sindbad [Sinbad] the Sailor, & Other Stories From the Arabian Nights.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [1914]. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST DULAC ILLUSTRATED EDITION, trade issue. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[2] 222 [2]. With 23 stunning colour plates by Dulac, including a frontispiece, each mounted with captioned tissue guards. Publisher's brown cloth, extensively decorated in green and gilt to spine and..... More
Worthies of the World, A Series of Historical and Critical Sketches of the Lives, Actions, and Characters of Great and Eminent Men of all Countries and Times.
London: Ward, Lock and Co., n.d. [c.1880]. [Historical Biographies]. FINELY BOUND. In two volumes. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.[4] 416 [2]; pp.417-832 [2]. With frequent in-text wood engraved portraits of notable characters. Contemporary dark green half morocco with raised bands, gilt title to spines and marbled boards. Marbled endpapers; all..... More
The Booze Book.
San Francisco, CA: Determined Productions, 1967. [Cocktail Book] FIRST EDITION. Square octavo (15 x 15cm), pp.68. Illustrated in colour throughout by Astrop and Hill. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, and black endpapers. With the matching dust-jacket, not priced. Rubbing and bumping to head and tail of spine, and to corners. Jacket..... More
The Economic Cottage Builder: or, Cottages for Men of Small Means. Adapted to every locality, with instructions for choosing the most economical materials afforded by the neighborhood. To which are added many valuable hints and most useful observations.
Buffalo: Wanzer, McKim and Co., 1856. 8vo. Publisher's original embossed brown cloth with gilt titles and devices to spine and upper. Illustrated with tinted designs on stone. Head of spine and corners frayed; light marking to edges; some light foxing. A very good copy. More
Paul Nash 1889-1946. The Master of the Image.
London: John Murray, 1973. [Art Biography and Catalogue] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (30 x 23cm), pp.xvi; 156. With a catalogue of 144 images, mainly black and white, as well as several black and white photographic plates. Publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt device to upper. Top edge..... More
Trees, Woods and Man. The New Naturalist Library 32.
London: Collins, 1970. [Natural History] REVISED EDITION, third overall. Octavo (22 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 272. With 12 double-sided plates, both colour and black and white. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket illustrated by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, priced at £2.25. Light spotting and browning to..... More
Huntsmen Past and Present. Illustrated from contemporary prints and from original watercolour drawings by the Author.
London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Quarto, with 21 plates in colour and black and white, pp. [14], 91. Publisher's vellum spine with buckram boards, t.e.g. Fine. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Limited Edition of only 150 copies of which this is no.45. More
Agraffes and Bronze Animals: Ancient Chinese Ornaments. The Symbols of the bronze cultures at ancient times on the Eurasian Continent. The dialogues between China and Greece via Scythians.
Tokyo: Ribun Shuppan Co., no date [1994]. [Artefact Catalogue] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (29 x 22cm), pp.[2] 138 [2]. With a title page and summary of contents in English, a series of essays in Japanese at rear, and references given in both languages. With very fine colour photographic images of..... More
Chromes.
Göttingen: Steidl, 2011. [Photography] FIRST EDITION. Three volumes. Quarto (34 x 33cm), pp.728. Publisher's blue, red and yellow cloth with black titles to spine. With the grey cloth-covered slipcase titled in yellow and orange, still in the original shrink wrap. A fine, as-new copy. William Eggleston's standing as one of..... More
The Mill On The Floss.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, no date [circa 1890s]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND, a stereotyped edition. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] x; 486. With six of the seven wood engraved plates by Allen, lacking the frontispiece. Contemporary green half calf with raised bands, gilt titles to red and brown labels..... More
Adam Bede. Novels of George Eliot vol. I.
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, no date [circa 1900]. [Classic Literature] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[2] viii; 466 [2]. With seven wood engraved illustrations by Small, including a frontispiece with tissue guard. Contemporary light green half calf, with raised bands, gilt titles to orange label and further gilt..... More
Narrative Of A Tour Through Hawaii or Owhyhee; with observations on the natural history of the Sandwich Islands, and remarks on the manners, customs, traditions, history, and language of their inhabitants.
London: H Fisher, Son, and P Jackson, 1828. Fourth Edition. Octavo. Bound in calf, with extensive gilt and blind panelling to boards, and decorative gilt to spine with red label and gilt titles. Includes frontispiece portrait of Ellis, two maps and eight plates, and bookplate. Maps in fine condition, bright..... More
![Cinderella [together with] The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. C. S. EVANS,...](/pictures/thumb/59230.jpg?v=1616694425)
Cinderella [together with] The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1919, 1920. [Children's] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 2 volumes, large octavos (26 x 20cm). Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-tone illustrations. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers to first volume, pictorial dust-wrappers..... More
![Cinderella [together with] The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. C. S. EVANS,...](/pictures/thumb/59424.jpg?v=1618504143)
Cinderella [together with] The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1919, 1920. [Children's] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 2 volumes, large octavos (26 x 20cm). Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-tone illustrations. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers to first volume. A very..... More
The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1920. [Children's illustrated classic] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.110; [1], imprint; [1], blank. Tipped-in colour plate to first chapter; illustrated throughout with Rackham's silhouettes. Publisher's illustrated paper-covered boards with cloth spine; titles and decoration in black and pink, illustrated green endpapers, pictorial dust-jacket..... More
Our Sister Republic: A Gala Trip Through Tropical Mexico In 1869-70. Adventure and Sight-Seeing in the Land of the Aztecs, with Picturesque Descriptions of the Country and the People, and Reminiscences of the Empire and its Downfall.
London: Trubner and Co., 1871. [Central American Travel] FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.518. With 64 wood engravings, including a frontispiece portrait of the author. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed. A couple of small pen marks to pastedown, edges a little toned..... More
The Beats: From Kerouac to Kesey, an Illustrated Journey through the Beat Generation.
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press, 2007. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 25cm), pp.192. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. SIGNED by the author in black ink to front free endpaper. Publisher's glossy paper-covered boards with light blue endpapers and matching dust-jacket. Some minor creasing to the top and..... More
The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog.
London: Andersen Press, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (24 x 28cm), pp.[26] With naive colour illustrations by Busby to every page. SIGNED by the author in black ink to title page. Publisher's matt colour-illustrated paper over boards, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). Some minor..... More
The Quiet Woman and the Noisy Dog.
London: Andersen Press, 2009. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (24 x 28cm), pp.[26] With naive colour illustrations by Busby to every page. Publisher's matt colour-illustrated paper over boards, with illustrated endpapers, priced at £10.99 (no jacket issued). A fine, as-new copy. More
Some Common Birds of West Africa. With Coloured lllustrations.
Lagos: Church Missionary Society Bookshop, no date [1933]. [Ornithology] FIRST EDITION. Sextodecimo (16 x 12cm), pp.xii; 112. With a fine colour illustration of each bird. Publisher's green cloth with black titles to spine and upper. Light spotting to endpapers. Very light rubbing to cloth with a few marks to lower..... More
Seal Morning.
London: Hutchinson, June 1957. [Nature / Scotland] EX LIBRIS CLEMENT ATTLEE. First edition, fifth impression. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.178 [2]. With frequent in-text illustrations by Sheppard. Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. Grey illustrated endpapers. With Attlee's distinctive monogram bookplate to front pastedown, and a fresh bookplate..... More
With Gilbert & George in Moscow.
London: Bloomsbury, 1991. [Art and Russia] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 20cm), pp.191 [1]. With frequent black and white and occasional colour photographs. INSCRIBED by Gilbert & George to Michael Barnett in red ink to half-title. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine and upper, and red..... More
The Art of H. Davis Richter.
Benfleet: F. Lewis. 1935; 1944. SIGNED FIRST EDITION subscribers' copy, number 94 of 200 copies, with associated signed first edition of 'Paintings and Poems'. Text by Fell; poems by Lady Sackville. pp. xx, 55, (44 plates in colour and monochrome); 35, (colour plates to each facing page). 'The Art' in..... More
Mani. Travels in The Southern Peleponnese.
London: John Murray, 1958. ADVANCE COPY. Octavo, pp.xiii [5], 320. With 24 plates featuring photographs by Joan Eyres Monsell and a map drawn by John Woodcock. Title page illustrations and dust-jacket designs by John Craxton. In original green paper wraps with title to front cover. Also with original illustrated dust-jacket..... More
Donald Maxwell 1877-1936.
Kendal: The Maxwell Estate, 1995. [Art Reference] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.xvi; 245 [3]. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt decoration to upper board. Decorated endpapers. With the illustrated dust-jacket. A small gum mark to..... More