Valentin Sidorov by Valentin Mikhailovich Sidorov; Yevgenia Petrova - 2014

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1974. First Edition. 8vo. xviii + 432 pp. Very Good/Good. FFP inscription: "To Pamela Sherek Very best wishes Meryle Secrest." Signed by Author. First Edition. Pamela Sherek, née Boscawen, was the wife of Henry Sherek, famed theatrical impressario.

Santa Monica, CA: Ram Publications / Huntington Library, 1997. Signed on the title page by Michael Kenna. Additionally inscribed: To Michael, with very best regards, September 12, 97. First edition / First printing. Brown cloth. Fine in fine dust jacket, with a hint of fading to the dust jacket spine. A lovely production.

Good copy of this beautifully illustrated book of classic fables with realistic animal studiesComplete with 56 etchings, drawn and engraved "from the life" by Samuel Howitt, with title page and list of platesPlate 32, The Dog in the Manger, bound opposite the title page as the frontispieceSamuel Howitt (1756–1822) was an English painter, illustrator and etcher, famous for his scenes with animals, hunting, horse-racing, sporting and landscapes. He is best known for his illustrations to Captain Thomas Williamson's Oriental Field Sports (1807). Other works include Thoughts on Hunting (1798), Miscellaneous Etchings of Animals (1803), British Field Sports (1807); The Angler's Manual (1808), Groups of Animals (1811), The British Sportsman (1812) and Foreign Field Sports (1819).Blue buckram spine, marble boards bumped and darkened, new endpapers, tissue guards, all plates with varying degrees of spotting and foxing, mostly outside the image, one with 10cm tear within image, first 25 plates with small… Read More

New York: Harry N. Abrams [0-8109-3202-4] 1990. (4to) 352pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. More than 1000 illustrations, including 170 plates in full color. Bibliography, index. "...renowned for metalwork and lacquer". Art of Jean Dunand. (Art, Art Deco--France).

Vanguard Press, 2015. As New condition - still in publisher's shrink wrap. Photo is of copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.

New York: Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) / New York Graphic Society, 1968. First edition / First printing. This is the hardcover edition, published simultaneously in softcover. Yellow cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. A remarkably fresh copy. Exhibition Catalogue from 1968.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press [0-8020-0592-6] [1993]. (4to) 301pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Color frontispiece, black & white and color illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. The bottom corners are lightly bumped. Time Period Middle Ages. Locale:. (Art, Stained Glass).

Second edition. Simkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. London. nd. [1919] Quarto. xxiii, 422pp, 2pp ads. Colour frontis tipped in, colour plate tipped in, numerous further monochrome plates and illustrations. Contemporary quarter calf, green cloth. Spine in six compartments, with red and green leather labels, gilt lettering. Corner of frontis. slightly creased. A nice copy.
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Green-Price to fep.
The Green-Price Baronetcy, of Norton Manor in the parish of Norton in the County of Radnor.

Seattle: University of Washington / Henry Art Gallery, 2004 Signed by Santiago Calatrava. First edition / First printing. Poster in blue, red and black. 15" x 24 Very fine.

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