London: Bradbury and Evans, 1851. Leech, John. First edition. leather_bound. 308 pp. 8vo, later issue, ten colored etchings and 98 woodcut illustrations by John Leech. ABBEY LIFE 435. "Of considerably greater rarity than its predecessor COMIC ENGLAND." TOOLEY 298. "More rare than the "Comic History of England." Raised bands, spine..... More
Albuquerque: Univ. of New Mexico Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. 31 x 24 cm. 118 black and white plates and 9 color plates. Index. An historical review of 20th century American lithography by the director of the Tamarind Institute. More
New York: Abbeville, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 215 pges. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Bibliography. Index. Produced under the auspices of the Walker Art Center, Mildred Friedman, Editor. Ex-library. More
Princeton: Princeton Univ. Library, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. 114 pages. 18 x 11 cm. Illustrated. Reminiscences of noted bibliophiles. Limited edition, one of 2100. Bright, very fresh copy. More
Paris: Np, 1891. leather_bound. Unpaginated. 32.5 x 25 cm. Original watercolor title page by J. Ostolle, text lettered in gilt. Twenty three full page etchings with lettered tissue guards by French academic painters. Frontispiece by Edmond Lechevallier-Chevignard with additional full page contributions by Alexander Cabanel, Leon Bonnat, Charles De Lort..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. Rogers, Bruce. First edition. Hardcover. 195 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Printed by the Riverside Press with typography by Bruce Rogers. Owner inscriptions and bookplate. ROGERS 87. WARDE 41. More
New York: Braziller, 1978. First edition. Paperback. 40 pages. Forty-color plates, and eighteen black and white figures. Bibliography. With critical commentary on each color plate by the author. Owner notation. More
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Shakespeare Head Press, 1928. Griggs, F.L. First edition. Hardcover. 93 pages. 30 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 315 of 325. Index of Titles. Bibliography. Bright, very fresh copy. More
London: W. Lewis for James Goodwin, [1813]. leather_bound. Unpaginated. 24 x 17 cm. 36 (of 50) hand-colored aquatints plates (watermarks to 1830) Lacks plates 1-7, 11-15, 21,30. Alexander worked at the British Museum, where he illustrated catalogues of the institution's collection through an appointment as assistant librarian and the museum's..... More
London: W. Lewis for James Goodwin, [1829]. leather_bound. Unpaginated. 24 x 17 cm. 50 hand-colored aquatints plates (watermarks to 1829). A comprehensive overview of Chinese contemporary costume and culture, including street scenes, tradesmen, military, entertainers, and the fashionable upper class. The volume's combination of superb draftsmanship and interest in a...... More
Paris: Maurice De Brunoff, 1913. Bakst, Leon. First edition. Hardcover. 49 pages in text. Folio, 41 x 28 cm. Fifty tipped-in color lithographs, and twenty-seven tipped-in black and white plates, mounted on gray paper. Notes on the Ballet by Jean Cocteau. Lev Samoylovich Rosenberg (Bakst), painter and stage designer realized..... More
London: Thomas McLean, 1824. Alken, Henry. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 26 x 18 cm. No text, 20 engraved color plates printed recto only, depciting heads of people and animals, hunting scenes, dog and cock fights. One of the scarcer scrapbooks by Alken. Minor rubbing to boards, some marginal toning and..... More
London: Thomas McLean, [1824]. Alken, Henry. First edition. Hardcover. No text. 27 x 19 cm. 50 hand-colored plates, many with multiple images, of the fifty plates, twenty are full paged sporting scenes, well drawn and nicely coloured, and printed on heavy paper. All plates printed recto only. Bright, clean copy..... More
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1843. Alken, Henry. Second edition. Hardcover. 358 pages. 21 x 14.2 cm. First edition with colored plates -- 15 hand-colored aquatint plates, including the engraved title vignette. Each plate marked, drawn and etched by H. Alken (except the title which does not bear his name).TOOLEY 471. "First..... More
Paris: Editions Fournier, 1946. Hallo, Charles. Paperback. 174 pages. 22 1/2 x 17. Original colored wood engravings by Charles Hallo. Limited edition, copy 561 of 900. Preface by Sacha Guitry. Fresh, bright copy. More
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. Rogers, Bruce. First edition. Hardcover. Seven leaves printed recto only. Limited edition, one of 325 copies. Each page with decorative red border. Designed by Bruce Rogers. WARDE 177. Nicks to backstrip extremities,wear to joints. More
New York: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1933. First edition. Paperback. 32 pages. Tipped-in photograph. 163 entries. First initial letter drawn by Mr. Goudy on back cover. Covers lightly soiled. More
San Francisco: Paul Elder, 1905. First edition. Hardcover. 75 pages. Fourteen illustrations. Index. An early work and critical review of the Japanese colour-print artists. 2nd copy ex-library. More
Vienna: Munk, 1911. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 24 unnumbered pages. 31 x 26 cm. Twelve Jugendstil full page color designs by the brother-in-laws, Heinrich Lefler and Josef Urban, each plate surrounded by wide decorative borders of flowers, animals, crests and other motifs relating to the image -- enhanced by platinum..... More
New York: Limited editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. 232 pages. 25 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 1298 of 1500 copies signed by Valenti Angelo, and designed by him and A. Colish. The embellished decorations by Angelo enhanced by his oriental style wallet-flap of the front cover. NEWMAN & WICHE 284..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 154 pages. 19 x 13 cm. An early effort from the Press, the 6th publication. Some spotting of endpapers. Limited edition, one of 1200. There was a second edition the following year of 1500 copies. CHANTICLEER 6. More
Avon Ct: Limited Editions Club, 1976. Ayres Houghtelling. Hardcover. 220 pages. 30 x 24 cm. With an introduction by Melford E. Spiro and illustrations by Ayres Houghtelling, eight full page watercolors, eight two color line drawings and 8 black and white illustrations. Printed by A. Colish. Limited edition, copy 1267..... More
Paris: Pierre A Feu, 1949. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 16 pages. Folio, 38 x 28 cm. Front cover color lithographs by Fernand Leger and a double-paged one by him, plus three original color lithographs by Jean Arp. Commentary in French by Michel Seuphor, Jean Cassou and Henri Laugier. Tiny nick..... More
Paris: Maeght, 1969. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 22 pages. Folio, 38 x 29 cm. Text in French by Pierre Courthion. Black and white lithographs and color illustrations of Artigas' ceramic art. Almost as new copy. More
