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London: George Routledge, n.d. [1881]. FIRST EDITION. Quarto. pp. 29. With colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway to every page. In publisher's quarter green cloth with green and yellow paper-covered boards. Titles to upper board and green end-papers. Black ink inscription to flyleaf dated 1882. Very light spotting. Edges quite heavily..... More
London: Edition du Laurier, Carrefour, 1962. FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION, third printing. Quarto, pp.411 [5]. With a handful of in-text lithographic illustrations. In publisher's cream card wraps, bound together with blue string. Titles to front cover. Some light external wear; very good overall. First printed in 1939, with subsequent impression..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Published by the Franklin Institute, 1851. [Engineering Papers] ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS, FINELY BOUND. Two volumes bound as one. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8]; 444; pp.[2]; 444; [4]. With numerous folding charts and diagrams. Later straight grained tan morocco, with raised bands and gilt titles to spine, as well..... More
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1918. [Filmmaking] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[10]; 283; [11]. With 10 photogravure plates, including a frontispiece of the Venus de Milo. Publisher's brown cloth. gilt titles to spine and in dark brown to upper board, dust-jacket title with printed price of $2.00..... More
London: Collins, 1968. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4]; 44. With frequent in-text illustrations by Francis. Publisher's blue cloth with silver titles to spine. With the red dust-jacket also illustrated by Francis. Internally fine. Jacket price-clipped and sunned to spine with some small closed tears. Very good..... More
Des Moines, IA: Iowa Printing Co., 1885 [1891]. [Americana] THIRD EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.[2] iv; 316 [2]. With six black and white illustrated plates, including a frontispiece. Publisher's brown leather-effect cloth, blocked in gilt to spine and upper. All edges speckled red, with patterned endpapers. Neat ownership to..... More
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., February 1950. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 9d. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. One faint mark to front cover, and a small chip to head of spine. Almost..... More
Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, 2008. [Greek Photography] FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (22 x 23cm), pp.104. A collection of colour and black and white photographs accompanying the contemporaneous exhibition, recording life in Thessaloniki between the late 1960's and the mid 1990's. Publisher's plain paper-covered boards with titles in red and..... More
London: Max Parrish and Co., 1949. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.xii; 121; [5]. With 64 photogravure plates, featuring portraits of several notable authors, artists and their family contemporary with Lewis Carroll. In publisher's orange cloth with gilt titles to spine. With original pictorial dust-jacket. Gilt partially oxidised; wear to jacket head..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1959. [Wood Engraving] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (29 x 23cm), pp.[2] xliv; 355 [3]. A large collection of over 1000 wood engravings by Gibbings. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine and a gilt device to upper. Top edge green, and green endpapers. With the..... More
London: Beaverbrook Newspapers, 1957-8. [Cartoon Annual] FIRST THUS. Oblong octavo (20 x 26cm), unpaginated. Captioned cartoons to every page. Publisher's colour illustrated card covers. Some chipping to starting joints. A little rubbing to edges. Very good. More
London: George G. Harrap and Company, Limited, 1929. [Illustrated Literature] FIRST RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.232. With 12 plates in colour and several black and white illustrations by Rackham. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles and floral decoration to spine and upper. Top edge gilt, and illustrated..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1915. [Illustrated Classic] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED, a later impression. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp.[4]; xxxvi; 305; [3]. With numerous wood engravings by Thomson, including a frontispiece. Contemporary lilac half calf by RIVIERE, with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations to spine, and blue cloth over..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960. [Modern Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.350 [2]. With chapter headings and front endpapers illustrated by Whitear. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and an orange top edge. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Whitear, priced at 18s. Very light..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1922. [Canadian Travel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xii; 279 [5]. Illustrated with numerous head and tail pieces by Hill. Publisher's light blue quarter cloth with a plain printed paper title label to spine, and grey paper over boards. Toning to fly-leaves, otherwise a clean..... More
London: Methuen and Co., 1931. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST SHEPARD ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.[8] 312 [8]. With frequent in-text illustrations, and endpaper maps, all illustrated by Shepard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. Top edge green. Neat gift inscription to first..... More
London: Methuen Children's Books, 1971. [Children's Illustrated] SIGNED LIMITED FIRST SHEPARD COLOUR EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[4] 262 [2]. Heavily illustrated with Shepard's drawings, produced in colour for the first time. Number 231 of 250 copies thus, SIGNED by the illustrator in black ink to limitation page. Finely bound..... More
Tadworth: World's Work, the Windmill Press, 1973. [Children's Illustrated] REISSUE. Small quarto (24 x 20cm), unpaginated, with colour illustrations printed by offset to every page. Illustrated endpapers. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper-covered boards, with black cloth to spine. With the matching dust-jacket. Black ink gift inscription to verso of flyleaf. Price-clipped jacket..... More
Paris: Garnier Freres, Libraires-Editeurs, no date [circa 1870]. [Surrealist Humour] FINE HAND-COLOURED PLATES, a New Edition. Quarto (27 x 19cm), pp.[6]; 551; [3]. With many in-text illustrations, as well as 50 fine hand-coloured plates by Grandville, including a frontispiece. All text in French. Finely bound in black half calf with..... More
Paris: H. Fournier, Libraire-Editeur, 1844. [Surrealism] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), pp.[6] 295 [3]. All text in French. Extensively illustrated with wood engravings by the author throughout, including a frontispiece and decorated title page, as well as 36 hand-coloured plates. Recent quarter brown morocco with gilt titles and decoration..... More
London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co., no date [1911]. [North African History and Topography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 18cm), pp.xii; 504. With 58 black and white plates, including a frontispiece, as well as a folding map. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. Fore and lower..... More
London: Atlas Publishing and Distributing Co., Ltd., August 1954. [Crime Fiction] ORIGINAL MAGAZINE. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.64. Publisher's colour-illustrated paper covers, stapled twice and priced at 9d. Spotlessly clean, with some very light handling. Almost as-new. This gripping collection of short stories is made only more appealing by its..... More
Eton: E.P. Williams, 1854. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND FIFTH EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.[4] viii; c; 142 [4]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary tan full calf..... More
Eton: E.P. Williams, 1847. [Poetry] FINELY BOUND SECOND EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.[4] x; lxvi; 142 [2]. With 15 steel engravings and woodcuts after drawings by Charles Radclyffe, including a frontispiece and vignette title page, each with a tissue guard. Good-sized print on good paper. Contemporary red full morocco..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1911. [English History] FINE PRIZE BINDING. Octavo (18 x 13cm), pp.[2] xlviii; 872 [2]. With a chronology, genealogical tables, six coloured maps, and dates printed to margins. Contemporary navy half morocco with gilt titles to spine, blue cloth over boards, and the gilt crest of King..... More