Illustrated & Plate Books
Paris Sketchbook.
London: The Saturn Press, 1950. [France] FIRST EDITION. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.80. With line drawings by Searle to every page. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. With the grey illustrated dust-jacket, titled in red and priced at 15s. Cloth a little toned to spine. Jacket toned..... More
'twixt Sand and Sea: Sketches and Studies in North Africa.
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
Illustrated Edition of the Select Works of John Bunyan: with an original sketch of the author's life and times; and notes by the editor of "Sturm's Family Devotions." Containing The Pilgrim's Progress; The Holy War; Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; A Confession of My Faith; A Reason of My Faith; Jerusalem Sinner Saved; Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ; Differences in Judgement About Water Baptism; Peaceable Principles and True; The Life and Death of Mr. Badman; The Pharisee and the Publican; Bunyan's Last Sermon; Bunyan's Dying Sayings; The Life and Times of Bunyan.
London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, no date [circa 1850's]. [Christian Spirituality] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (28 x 20cm), pp.[6] 670 [4]; pp.[6] 1300 [2] cxxxvi [4]. With 31 steel-engraved plates, each with a tissue guard, including a frontispiece to each volume and a...... More
The Library Shakspeare [Shakespeare].
London: William Mackenzie, no date [1873-75]. [Dramatic Works] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in three volumes. Quarto (32 x 27cm), pp.[6] 396 [2]; pp.[6] 406 [2]; pp.[6] 476 [2]. With a full-page engraved plate for each play, nine very fine coloured plates, including a frontispiece to each volume, and very..... More
Pink Furniture. A Tale for Lovely Children with Noble Natures.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 15cm), pp.251 [5]. With 25 line-drawn illustrations by Gurney. Publisher's variegated pink and cream cloth, with blue titles to spine and upper. With the dust-jacket illustrated in colour by O.G. Bourne, priced at 7/6. A little toning to edges..... More
Two Lives.
London: Little, Brown, 2005. [Biography] SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.[8] 503 [1]. With three suites of four double-sided black and white photographic plates. SIGNED by the author in black ink to titles page. Publisher's burgundy cloth with gilt titles to spine, a gilt device to upper, and..... More
Rip Van Winkle. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1905. [Children's Illustrated] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, the trade issue. Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.viii; 62. With 51 mounted colour plates by Rackham, including a frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges blue;..... More
Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel.
London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. [Satirical Novels] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Complete in two volumes. Quarto (29 x 20cm), pp.[4] xlvi [2]; 341 [7]; pp.[4] xiv; 455 [5]. With 15 photogravure illustrated plates, including a frontispiece to volume I, with tissue guards. Number 247 of 1000 copies thus. Contemporary green..... More
The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. Reprinted from the Early Editions, with Explanatory Notes, etc. The Chandos Poets.
London: Frederick Warne and Co., no date [circa 1880s]. [Poetical Works] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Octavo (20 x 15cm), pp.xii [2]; 653 [3]. With 12 engraved plates, and a frontispiece engraving of the author. Contemporary red full morocco, with raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spine, and blind ruling..... More
The Tunbridge Wells Guide, or, an Account of the Ancient and Present State of that Place, with a Particular Description of all the Towns, Villages, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Ancient and Modern Seats, Founderies etc., within the Circumference of Sixteen Miles, with Accurate Views of the Principal Objects.
Tunbridge Wells: J. Clifford, 1829. [Town Guide] FIFTH EDITION. Small Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.[6] viii; 188. With 22 engravings, including four folding plates, a vignette title page, and a frontispiece folding map. Not including an engraving of the Royal Kent Hotel, but with two engravings of Mereworth House. Contemporary..... More
Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1951. [Children's Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.286 [2]. With a colour frontispiece, colour-illustrated endpapers, and frequent in-text illustrations by the author. Publisher's green cloth with darker green titles to spine and upper. Toning and spotting to edges. A little toning to spine, and..... More
Doctor Dolittle in the Moon.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. [Children's Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.320. With a colour frontispiece, one colour plate, colour-illustrated endpapers, and frequent in-text illustrations by the author. Publisher's grey cloth with deep purple titles to spine and upper. Blue ink gift inscription to verso of fly-leaf. Toning..... More
Doctor Dolittle's Caravan.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1927. [Children's Literature] FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.319 [1]. With a colour frontispiece, colour-illustrated endpapers, and frequent in-text illustrations by the author. Publisher's grey cloth with purple titles to spine and upper. Toning and marks to edges. Spine heavily toned, with a strip of..... More
Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1905. [Book Illustration] THIRD EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[2] xiv; 341 [1]. With numerous engraved illustrations, including frequent head and tail pieces, as well as 11 facsimile plates on glossy paper at rear. Publisher's green cloth with white titles and decoration to spine and..... More
A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany.
London: Printed for the author, by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakspeare Press, and Sold by Payne and Foss, Longman, Hurst and Co., 1821. [Bibliographical Travel] FIRST EDITION. Complete in three volumes. Octavo (26 x 17cm), pp.[8] xxxii; 462; lxxx [4]; pp.[8] 555 [5]; pp.[5] 622; lxii [4]. With a...... 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
The Christian's Family Bible; or, Library of Divine Knowledge. Containing the Sacred Texts of the Old and New Testaments; with the Apocrypha, at Large. Illustrated with Short, but Suitable, Annotations, Historical, Chronological, Biographical, Geographical, Theological, Moral, and Practical. In which many difficult Passages are rendered clear, seeming Contradictions reconciled, and important Truths confirmed; calculated to dispel the Mists of Darkness, enlighten the Ignorant, encourage the Diffident, reclaim the Vicious, reconcile the Doubtful, lead the Wavering into the Paths of Truth, and implant in the Mind of every Reader that Divine Knowledge which is essentially necessary to Salvation. Being a Brief Explanation of the Various Books in the Old and New Testaments. And, as a Farther Illustration, will be given, a Chronological Index of Places mentioned in the Holy Scriptures; a Brief Account of the Apostles and their Successors, who propagated the Christian Religion, by presiding over the Apostolic Churches of Antioch, Jerusalem, etc. The Whole Forming a Body of Christian Divinity. Notes are selected from the most eminent and approved Authors, and are designed to assist plain Persons, who cannot purchase more expensive commentaries, in gaining Knowledge of Divine Truth. Embellished and Enriched with Engravings, illustrative of the various Transactions recorded in the Sacred Writings.
Liverpool: Caxton Press, printed by Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, no date [circa 1840]. [Bible] FINELY BOUND AND ILLUSTRATED. Folio (41 x 26cm), pp.[2] 960 [2]. With 45 engraved plates by various artists, including an engraved frontispiece and a decorated title page. Plates dated variously between 1815 and 1839. Contemporary tan..... More
A Collection of Swiss Costumes, in Miniature, Designed by Reinhardt [Collection de Costumes Suisses]. Each Plate Represents a View Taken on the Spot; to which is Added a Description in French and English.
London: Printed by G. Schulze for W.T. Gilling, 1822. [Swiss Costume] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (28 x 20cm), unpaginated, with 30 fine hand-coloured plates, including a frontispiece, after paintings by Reinhard. Each plate has a blank leaf facing it as a guard, and a leaf of accompanying text in French and..... More
Rolling with the Stones.
London: Dorling Kindersley, 2002. [Rock and Roll] SIGNED LIMITED DELUXE EDITION. Quarto (32 x 27cm), pp.512. One of 1400 copies SIGNED by Wyman. Publisher's red snakeskin-effect spine titled in black, with the colour-illustrated cloth-covered slipcase. A fine, as-new copy, still in the original shrink-wrap, priced at £100. An impressive volume..... More
Fashion Stories.
London: Printed by Butler & Tanner for the author, 2004. [Fashion Photography] FIRST EDITION. Quarto (37 x 30cm), pp.112. A mixture of colour and black and white photographic images printed on glossy clay paper. Publisher's glossy black and white photographic paper-covered boards, with black endpapers. With the black dust-jacket, including..... More
The Light Side of Egypt.
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1908. [Illustrated Satire] FIRST EDITION with fine colour plates. Oblong quarto (23 x 30cm), unpaginated. 36 chromolithographic plates, each with a facing leaf of explanation. Publisher's cream buckram, with titles and decoration blocked to upper in black, white, red, blue and gilt. Heavy spotting to..... More
Early English Figure Pottery. A Collection of Ralph Wood and Contemporary Pottery.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1938. [English Pottery] INSCRIBED LIMITED EDITION. Quarto (30 x 25cm), pp.xviii; 122 [2]. With five fine colour plates, including a frontispiece, and eleven further black and white photographic plates, all with captioned tissue guards. Number 15 of just 100 copies thus, SIGNED and dated by the..... More
The Song of Songs.
London: Collins, 1973. [Erotica] FIRST THUS. Small quarto (28 x 21cm), pp.[6] 16 [34]. With frequent line drawings by Erni. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to upper. With the illustrated dust-jacket, priced at £2.95. A fine copy with just a hint of light handling..... More
Pudd'nhead Wilson. A Tale.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1908. [Crime Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xii; 246 [34]. With six illustrated plates by Loeb, and a frontispiece photograph of the author. Publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt to spine and upper. Moderate spotting and light toning throughout. Very light wear to binding..... More
Mark Twain's Library of Humour.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1903 [1906]. [Humour and Satire] NEW EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.xvi; 719; [33]. With frequent in-text wood engravings. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1906. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt titles to spine and upper. A little light spotting to preliminaries, otherwise a nice clean copy. Cloth..... More