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 about Comic History of Rome
Paris: Maeght, 1973. Adami, Valerio. First edition. Paperback. 32 pages. Eight original color lithographs with three double-paged, plus front and back covers, and additional black and white illustrations. Text in French by Pierre Gaudibert. More about Adami "Dimonstrationi." No. 206, November, 1973
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 about American Lithographers 1900-1960; The Artists and Their Printers
NY: Abbeville, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. 215 pp. 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 about The 20th-Century Poster; Design of the Avant-Garde
NY: McGraw-Hill, 1964. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 254 pp. 168 plates with nine in color. Bibliography. List of Illustrations. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER N11. "A good general introduction to the principal aspects of18th-century graphic art in Europe." More about Graphic Art Of The 18th Century
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 about Elmer Adler In the World of Books; Edited by Paul A. Bennett
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 about Album Boileau de 23 Eaux Fortes
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1896. Hadaway, W.S. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 20 x 11.5 cm. Text printed recto only with decorations by W. S. Hadaway and printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge. Bookplate of "Collection Of Merrymount Press Books Made By Max Farrand." Very fresh, bright copy with... More about Father Jerome's Beautiful Book
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 about Ponkapog Papers
NY: 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 about The Decorated Letter
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 about The Engraved Work of F.L. Griggs, A.R.A., R.E. Etchings & Dry-Points 1912-1928
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 about Picturesque Representations Of The Dress And Manners Of The Austrians; Illustrated In Fifty...
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 about Picturesque Representations Of The Dress And Manners Of The Chinese; Illustrated In Fifty...
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 about L'Art Decoratif De Leon Bakst
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 light plate offsetting. More about Henry Alken's Scrap Book
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 about Sporting Scrap Book
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 about Jorrocks's Jaunts And Jollities; Being The Hunting, Shooting, Racing, Driving, Sailing, Eating....
London: Rudolph Ackermann (Eclipse Sporting Gallery), 1842. Alken, Henry. First edition. leather_bound. 402 pages. 24 x 16.5 cm. Thirty six hand colored plates including frontispiece and title by Alken. TOOLEY 65. " First issue, "with four plates mounted, with titles beneath them." He goes on to note, "Considered by many... More about The Life Of A Sportsman
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 about La Vie Drole
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 about Christmas Epithalamium
NY: American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1933. First edition. Paperback. 32 pages. Tipped-in photograph. 163 entries. Covers lightly soiled. More about The Village Press A Retrospective Exhibitiion 1903-1933
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 about Impressions of Uniyo-Ye The School of the Japanese Colour-Print Artists
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 about Andersen Kalender 1911; Translated by Hugo Salus
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1902. First edition. Boards. 129 pages. 8vo, 22 x 14 cm. Thirty full-page plates (color and black and white) with tissue guards. Index. Limited edition, one of 141 copies on Van Gelder paper. Treats of book-binding and kindred subjects in the United States with examples: color illustrations... More about Bibliopegy In the United States And Kindred Subjects
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 about Koran Selected Suras; Translated from the Arabic by Arthur Jeffrey