Search Results: Authors starting with G from Robert Frew Ltd

Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie. 1883.. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (28 x 19 cm). Half-title, title, pp.ii+708. Publisher's elaborately gilt red morocco, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. 4 full-page chromolithographed plates with tissue-guards (including frontispiece), 3 colour-printed folding maps at rear, 22 wood-engraved plates, and over 200 wood engravings in the letterpress. Ownership stamp in red of G. Chambron to f.f.e.p. A superb copy. First edition of this substantial work, in the most lavish form of the available publisher's bindings. Paul Gaffarel (1843-1920), French historian, was on faculty of Letters at Dijon, and wrote a number of works on French colonial interests, including in the Americas. The chromolithographs were executed by Nordmann after paintings by Legrand based on designs by Waret and Garcia. The engravings are from a variety of sources.

Liverpool: Published as the Act directs by M.A. Gage, March 1st, 1836.. FIRST EDITION. Large hand-coloured decorative engraved plan of Liverpool (100 x 170 cm, overall 104 x 175 cm) showing administrative divisions or wards, buildings, street layout and the docklands on the River Mersey. Engraved by Thomas Starling after Gage, dissected into 40 panels and backed onto linen, folding into contemporary slipcase of maroon morocco stamped in blind and lettered in gilt. Embellished with calligraphic cartouche, compass rose, prominent Greek-key and foliate border, the Liverpool City crest, and William the Fourth's coat of arms. Ownership inscription of Grosvenor Bartelot. Some minor offsetting, small loss to upper right margin not affecting map, generally an excellent example. A slightly smaller issue was published in London in August of the same year.

[c.1835].. Original tinted lithograph after a drawing by Wilhem Gail. Plate dimensions 26 x 32 cm, overall sheet dimensions 35 x 50 cm. A very good example.

[c.1835].. Original tinted lithograph of the Capitoline Hill after a drawing by Wilhem Gail. Plate dimensions 32 x 26 cm, overall sheet dimensions 49.5 x 34.5 cm. A very good example.

[c.1835].. Original tinted lithograph of Subiaco after a drawing by Wilhem Gail. Plate dimensions 26 x 32 cm, overall sheet dimensions 34.5 x 49.5 cm. A very good example.

[c.1835].. Original tinted lithograph after a drawing by Wilhem Gail. Plate dimensions 26 x 32 cm, overall sheet dimensions 35 x 46.5 cm. Light soiling and dampstaining to margins not affecting image, else good.

Paris: Furne et Cie. 1844.. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (25 X 16.5 cm.) half-title, title and pp.iv+637+[1].. Contemporary half green morocco over green blind-stamped patterned boards, spine with raised spines, gilt in compartments, gilt ruling. 24 full page steel engraved plates of views and historical scenes, and 12 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates of military uniforms and cavalry, 1 hand-coloured folding map, plus numerous vignettes Occasional light marginal foxing, top edge spotted, generally very good.

Vanity Fair, Feb. 1, 1873. [Drawn by Delfico] Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 35.5 x 23cm. Image size approx. 31.5 x 19cm. With the original leaf of biographical text from the magazine.

Vanity Fair, Feb. 1, 1873. Drawn by ? Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 35.5 x 23cm. Image size approx. 31.5 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Supplement, Jan. 11, 1906. Drawn by Ruth. (Max Berbohm). Original colourtype. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Feb. 1, 1873. Drawn by ? Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 35.5 x 23cm. Image size approx. 31.5 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Oct. 19, 1872. [Drawn by Montbard] Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 35.5 x 23cm. Image size approx. 30.5 x 18.5cm. With the original leaf of biographical text from the magazine.

St. Mary Cray, Kent: Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd., 1965.. Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 22.5 cm), verso printed in blue and red with index, folding twice as issued into a single pamphlet. An excellent clean copy. Paul E. Garbutt (1919-2008) was an English railroad man and transit worker active in the middle part of the 20th century. Garbutt was born in Westcliff-on-Sea. After graduating from school in 1934, he took work with the London, Scotland, and Midland Railway. After World War II, he transition to the London Underground where he is credited with redesigning the London Underground map in 1962 to conform stylistically to the conventions established by Harry Beck in 1931. He can also be credited with the distinctive bottle shape of the Circle Line.

St. Mary Cray, Kent: Johnson, Riddle & Co. Ltd., 1964.. Original colour-printed plan of the London Underground (15 x 22.5 cm), verso printed in blue and red with index, folding twice as issued into a single pamphlet. An excellent clean copy. Paul E. Garbutt (1919-2008) was an English railroad man and transit worker active in the middle part of the 20th century. Garbutt was born in Westcliff-on-Sea. After graduating from school in 1934, he took work with the London, Scotland, and Midland Railway. After World War II, he transition to the London Underground where he is credited with redesigning the London Underground map in 1962 to conform stylistically to the conventions established by Harry Beck in 1931. He can also be credited with the distinctive bottle shape of the Circle Line.

Vanity Fair, Nov 9, 1910. Drawn by HCQ. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 40 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 33 x 20cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, April 17, 1886. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, July 21, 1883. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

New York: The Armchair Detective Library, 1990.. FIRST EDITION, preceding the cloth-bound 'Collector' and 'Limited' issues. 8vo. (23 x 15cm), pp.294; [2], advertisements, with the cancelled title-page (showing the British spelling 'Licence'), as called for. Publisher's black cloth (primary binding- also issued as a red cloth hardback), in glossy dust-wrapper. A fine copy. Rather scarce. Literary version of the sixteenth official film featuring Ian Fleming's James Bond.

Edinburgh, London, and Dublin: A. Fullarton and Co. [1854].. FIRST EDITION. Small folio (24.5 x 16.5 cm). pp.lv+894. Contemporary full calf, sides richly decorated in blind and gilt, spine with raised bands and gilt-decorated compartments, black morocco label lettered in gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. Text printed in two columns. Engraved frontispiece, engraved title-page, 26 full-page engraved plates including 5 hand-coloured maps. Old presentation in black ink dated 1980 to flyleaf. Light rubbing and spotting to binding, faint scattered spotting to engraved-title, generally an excellent copy in a striking binding.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1969.. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (18.5 x 12 cm). Original russet cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained dark blue. With the price-clipped (?) dust-jacket. A very good copy.