Illustrated & Plate Books
Emmett's Pig. Pictures by Garth Williams.
London: The World's Work, 1963. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.61; [3]. Publisher's quarter green cloth, colour illustrated paper over boards, titles in green and black to upper. Title page in green and black, colour illustrations throughout. Internally clean and crisp. Light wearing to board edges with..... More
Minou.
Santa Barbara, CA: Advocacy Press, 1987. [Children's Illustrated] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Quarto (31 x 24cm), pp.64. With colour illustrations by Maeno to every page, including endpapers. INSCRIBED by the illustrator in black ink to verso of the fly-leaf: 'to Mr. Paris | Best wishes | thank you! | Itoko' with..... More
The English Roses.
London: Puffin, 2003. [Children's] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 21cm), pp.46; [2]. With colour illustrations by Fulvimari to each page. Pictorial endpapers. Publisher's pictorial paper over boards. With the dust-jacket of the same design priced at £12.99 to front flap. Fine, as-new. A moral tale about learning not to judge..... More
Quality Street. A Comedy in four acts. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, no date [circa 1913]. [Illustrated Drama] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (32 x 26cm), pp.[4] viii; 198 [2]. With a loose flier for the original exhibition of Thomson's watercolour illustrations for the book, November and December 1913. Complete with 22 colour plates by Thomson, including a frontispiece..... More
Trackless Winds.
San Francisco: Johnck and Seeger, 1930. [Poetry] INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[10]; 64; [6]. Publisher's blue quarter cloth, grey paper over boards, blue titles to upper. Untrimmed pages. Photogravure frontispiece of Burton by illustrator. Inscribed by author in black ink to frontispiece. Minor spotting throughout, sunning to..... More
The Cat in the Hat.
London: HarperCollinsChildren's Books, 1997. [Children's Illustrated] ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Small quarto (29 x 21cm), pp.[2] 61 [1]. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's dark grey quarter cloth, with silver titles to spine, red cloth over boards, and light blue endpapers. With the light blue illustrated dust-jacket. Minor handling; jacket price-clipped. Near fine..... More
Faces, 1969-75.
Guildford: Genesis Publications, 2011. [Rock History] DELUXE LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (36 x 29cm), pp.272. Profusely illustrated, and printed on heavyweight 200gsm archival grade matt art paper. Number 256 of just 350 deluxe copies, SIGNED by all three contributors. Fully bound in a purple suede leather with gold foil blocking and..... More
The Key Keeper. A Masque for the Opening of Britain's Burse, April 19, 1609.
Tunbridge Wells: The Foundling Press, 2002. [Drama] LIMITED EDITION. Octavo (25 x 16cm), pp.xii; 25; [3]. With illustrations by Gentleman. Number 40 of just 300 copies in this edition. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the dust-jacket also illustrated by Gentleman. Light bruising and a couple of..... More
Scottish Art and Letters. Number One.
Glasgow: William MacLellan, 1944. [Literary and Art Criticism] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (25 x 19cm), pp.52. With three double-sided illustrated plates, one image reproduced in colour, as well as occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, with gilt titles to spine and advertisements to endpapers. With the colour-illustrated dust-jacket, priced at..... More
King Albert's Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World.
London: The Daily Telegraph, in conjunction with The Daily Sketch, The Glasgow Herald, and Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. [Wartime Illustrated Miscellany] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 22cm), pp.188. With 28 illustrations, including a frontispiece portrait of King Albert, and numerous colour plates by artists including Rackham, Nielsen and Dulac. Contents..... More
A Dinner of Herbs.
London: Collins, 1966. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.224. With six photographic illustrations and two maps of Italy, as well as illustrated chapter headings. Publisher's green cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket designed by Kenneth Farnhill priced at 25s to front flap. Mild toning to..... More
Japan To-Day.
Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1905. [Japanese History and Ethnology] FOURTH EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.323 [5]. With a colour frontispiece and 27 black and white photographic plates. Publisher's red pictorial cloth, with gilt titles to spine and white titles to upper. Top edge gilt. Illustrated bookplate to front..... More
The English Baronage: Or an Historical Account of the Lives and Most Memorable Actions of Our Nobility; With Their Descents, Marriages, and Issue. Deduc'd From Records, Historians, Manuscripts, and Other Authorities. By Arthur Collins Esq. Volume the First.
London: Printed for Robert Gosling, 1727. [English History] SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Octavo (26 x 20cm), pp.[4]; xvi; 683; [13]. With numerous engravings by Gerard van der Gucht, including two fold-out monument illustrations. Recently rebound in green cloth, gilt titles to spine. Leaves toned and somewhat soiled/spotted as to be expected..... More
Five go off in a Caravan. Being the Fifth Adventure of Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1965. [Children's Adventure] VINTAGE COPY, the fourteenth impression. Small Octavo. pp.182 [2]. With numerous in-text illustrations by Soper. Publisher's red cloth, with black titles to spine and upper. With original dust-jacket illustrated in colour by Soper, priced at 7/6. A little light spotting to edges, otherwise..... More
The Enchanted Castle.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1907. [Children's Fantasy Adventure] LEATHER-BOUND FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.352 [2]. With 47 engraved illustrations by Millar, including a frontispiece. Recently re-bound in red half morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles to spine, and the original publisher's gilt-decorated red cloth over boards. Top edge..... More
Hauspostille. Mit Anleitungen, Gesangs-Noten Und Einem Anhange.
Berlin: Propyläen Verlag, 1927. [Poetry] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.XII; 156; [4]. With one black and white plate, illustrated by Caspar Neher. Ten leaves of sheet music and publisher's catalogue to rear. Shell marbled paper over boards, brown label with white titles to upper and spine. Top edge..... More
Remarks on Forest Scenery, and Other Woodland Views. By the Late William Gilpin, A.M. Edited by Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Bart.
Edinburgh: Fraser and Co. North Bridge, 1834. [Nature] ATTRACTIVE LEATHER-BOUND SET. Two volumes. Octavos (20 x 13cm), pp.viii; 368; pp.[2]; 344. With numerous tissue-guarded engraved plates and a non tissue-guarded frontispiece to either volume. Recently re-bound in brown half-calf, nonpareil marbled paper over boards. Gilt titles, blind decoration, and raised..... More
Letters of Eric Gill.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1947. [Letters] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.480. With twelve illustrations by various artists. Publisher's red cloth over boards, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at 15/- to front flap. Top edge red. Toning to leaves, light spotting to fore-edge. Bumping to cloth..... More
The Magic Curtain. The Story of a Life in Two Fields, Theatre and Invention, by the Founder of the Theatre Guild.
London: George G. Harrap and co., 1952. [Autobiography] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.x; [4]; 498. With numerous photographic illustrations, including a frontispiece portrait of the author. Purple cartographic endpapers. Publisher's red cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the pictorial dust-jacket priced at 30/- to front flap. Top edge..... More
Rossetti and his Circle.
London: William Heinemann, 1922. [Caricature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (27 x 20cm), ix; [1]; [44]. With 23 colour halftone plates, including a frontispiece, by Beerbohm, pasted on one edge to captioned tissue-guarded leaves. Publisher's blue cloth to boards, gilt titles to upper and spine. Publisher's insignia in blind to lower. Leaves..... More
Songs by George Harrison, Volume 1.
Guildford: Genesis Press, 1987. [Music] SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Slim Quarto (26 x 18cm), pp.175; [5]. SIGNED by George Harrison in gold ink to the limitation page. With numerous colour plates and watercolour illustrations by artist Keith West. Original black half-morocco boards, black cloth with guitar and keyboard design blocked to..... More
The Cat in the Hat.
London: Collins and Harvill, [circa 1970s]. [Children's Illustrated] VINTAGE UK COPY, a later issue following the merger of William Collins and the Harvill Press. Small quarto (24 x 17cm), pp.[2] 61 [1]. Illustrated in colour throughout. Publisher's glossy illustrated paper-covered boards, not priced. Blue and red illustrated endpapers. Moderate bumping..... More
The Roy Strong Diaries. 1967-1987.
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1997. [Autobiography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (25 x 17cm), pp.[16]; 461; [4]. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to spine, with photographic dust-jacket by John Swannell, with printed price £20.00 to flap. Illustrated map endpapers, with photographic plates throughout the text. Signed by author in black..... More
An Historical Account of Thomas Sutton Esq.; and of his Foundation in Charter-House.
London: Printed by E. Owen, and sold by F. Gyles in Holborn; W. Hinchliffe in Cornhill; Mess. J. and P. Knapton in Ludgate-Street. 1737. [History] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.xvi; 276. With an engraving by George Vertue between pages 160-161. Errata to page 276. Missing the folding plate..... More
Trial of William Gardiner. (The Peasenhall Case).
London: William Hodge and Company, Limited, 1934. [Trials] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm) pp.[14]; 332. Bound in publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Frontispiece of Mr. Justice Lawrance, by Elliot and Fry. Four further illustrations throughout text. Toning and spotting to textblock edges, lighter spotting within text..... More