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London: Published by Henry Bohn, 1837. The Coronation of King George the Fourth Forty-Two Magnificent Hand Colored Plates NAYLER, Sir George. The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth solemnized in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster upon the Nineteenth Day of July MDCCCXXI. Undertaken by His Majesty's Especial Command, by the Late Sir George Nayler, Garter Principal King at Arms, and since his Decease Completed from the Official Documents. London: Published by Henry George Bohn, 1837. Large folio (22 1/2 x16 1/2 inches; 571 x 419 mm.). [6], lvi, 134, [8, indexes], [1, list of plates], [1, blank] pp. With forty-five plates, of which forty-two are mezzotint, stipple, and aquatint, beautifully colored by hand, and three are uncolored outline plates. All plates interleaved. Text watermarked 1824. Two of the plates watermarked 1824 and one 1837. Small newspaper report of the sale of another copy in 1902 tipped onto title-page. Publisher's three-quarter red… Read More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908. Three of Peter Newell's Greatest Books NEWELL, Peter. The Hole Book. [&] The Slant Book. [&] The Rocket Book. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1908-10-12. First editions. Three octavo volumes: The Hole Book (8 5/8 x 7 inches; 219 x 178 mm.). 52 pp; The Slant Book (8 3/4 x 7 inches; 222 x 178 mm.). 48 pp; The Rocket Book (8 5/8 x 7 inches; 219 x 178 mm.). 48 pp. The Hole Book with ink inscription on front free endpaper dated "Sept 28 1910". The Slant Book with ink inscription on front free endpaper dated "Dec 25-1911". Publisher's quarter blue cloth over pictorial boards. Edges of the slant book with minimal rubbing otherwise fine. Housed together in a quarter dark blue morocco over blue silk boards clamshell case. Spine with four raised bands paneled in gilt, three morocco labels (orange, black & light blue) lettered in gilt in compartments. The Slant Book with some light marginal soiling. A wonderful collection. Near fine copies of these pioneer books in which… Read More

London: Messrs. Fores, 1845. A Unique Copy With Henry Alken's Original Pencil and Watercolor Drawing And Etched Proof (Hand Colored by Henry Alken) For the Pictorial Title-Page NEWHOUSE, C[harles].B. [&] [ALKEN, Henry]. The Roadsters' Album. London: Messrs. Fores, Jan. 2nd, 1845. Second edition. Hand-colored aquatint pictorial title-page [by Henry Alken] and sixteen fine hand-colored aquatints by C.B. Newhouse. Eight pages of advertisements at end. Folio (14 7/8 x 10 1/2 in; 379 x 268 mm.). Sixteen hand-colored aquatints, printed on artboard. Each plate marked, C.B. Newhouse delt. and London: Published by Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St. Jany 2nd 1845. Recently rebound to contemporary style in full dark green morocco. Covers with gilt ruled borders enclosing a decorative gilt border and blind-stamped diamond. Spine richly gilt decorated and lettered in compartments, decorative gilt turn-ins, marbled end-papers. A unique copy with Henry Alken's original pencil and… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. Edition Deluxe 1/500 Copies Signed by Kay Nielsen Nielsen, Kay, illustrator. Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924]. Limited to 500 copies numbered and signed by the artist, this being copy no. 209. Large quarto (12 3/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 310 x 250 mm.). [x], 11-197, [3, blank] pp. Text with decorative borders and initials. Twelve mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white text illustrations including seventeen full-page. Publisher's vellum, front cover and spine pictorially stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Some very minor soiling to spine and covers otherwise a near fine copy. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. Danish illustrator and designer Kay Nielsen (1886-1957) "was drawn early on to fairy tales and illustrated many volumes for Hodder & Stoughton: In Powder and Crinoline (1913), East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1914), Hans… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925. The Bookman Special Christmas Number 1925," with "The Bookman Portfolio" Containing Three Color Plates by Kay Nielsen [NIELSEN, Kay, contributor]. The Bookman. [Special] Christmas Number 1925. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925. First edition. Large quarto (13 3/16 x 8 3/4 inches; 335 x 222 mm.). xxiv, [12, publisher's advertisements on yellow paper], [2, publisher's advertisements on blue paper], [3], 144-196, [2, publisher's advertisement], 208 ("Supplement to The Bookman Christmas 1925"), xxv-xxxiv [publisher's advertisements] pp. Six mounted color plates (including frontispiece) by Charles Robinson, Lionel Edwards, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, Kitty Shannon, and Winifred Brunton, numerous additional color and black and white plates by E.H. Shepard, Willebeek Le Mair, Mead Schaeffer, E.O. Hoppé, Donald Maxwell, and others. Text illustrations. Original cream-colored wrappers printed in green with mounted color plate on front wrapper. A near fine copy. Loosely… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913. One of 500 Copies Signed by Kay Nielsen Specially Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator]. QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur. In Powder & Crinoline. Old Fairy Tales Retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., 1913]. Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 copies (this copy being No. 40), numbered and signed by the artist. Large quarto (12 x 9 7/8 inches; 305 x 252 mm.). [2, limitation leaf], xii, [13]-163, [1] pp. Inserted title and twenty-six mounted color plates on gray paper with descriptive tissue-guards. Fifteen black & white text illustrations, decorative top margins to text leaves. Bound ca. 1925 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, stamp signed on verso of front free-endpaper. Three-quarter crushed brown morocco over patterned boards ruled in gilt. Spine with five raised bands decoratively paneled and tooled in gilt in compartments. Two blue morocco labels lettered in gilt. Matching patterned endpapers, top… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1924. Edition Deluxe 1/500 Copies Signed by Kay Nielsen Nielsen, Kay, illustrator. Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Kay Nielsen. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924]. Limited to 500 copies numbered and signed by the artist, this being copy no. 242. Large quarto (12 3/16 x 9 7/8 inches; 310 x 250 mm.). [x], 11-197, [3, blank] pp. Text with decorative borders and initials. Twelve mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white text illustrations including seventeen full-page. Publisher's vellum, front cover and spine pictorially stamped in gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. On the lower edge of the front cover there is a small 1/4 inch abrasion to the vellum, otherwise this is a fine copy complete with the publisher's blue cloth dust jacket, spine pictorially stamped in gilt, and the original plain cream paper dust jacket (slightly worn at extremities). Danish illustrator and designer Kay Nielsen… Read More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Limited to 600 Copies Signed and Numbered by the Artist NIELSEN, Kay, illustrator. GRIMM, Jacob and Wilhelm. Hansel and Gretel and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1925]. American signed limited edition, comprised of 600 copies numbered and signed by the artist, this being copy no. 49. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches; 301 x 246 mm). [12], 275, [1], [4, blank] pp. Twelve mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards. Ten black and white plates (included in pagination). Title and initials letters printed in red and black. Handsomely bound by The Chelsea Bindery (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in full black crushed levant morocco, covers ruled in gilt, front cover with original gilt stamp, spine with five raised bands, bordered and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges, decorative gilt turn-ins, plum end-papers (original decorative end-papers preserved), top edge gilt, others uncut. A very fine… Read More

London: William Holland, 1797. A Medley of Characters A Wonderful 'Frieze' by John [Colley] Nixon NIXON, John [Colley] A Medley of Characters. Drawn by J. Nixon, engraved by Ziegler. London: William Holland, [31, January 1797]. Oblong quarto (28 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches; 276 x 723 mm.). Large landscape hand-colored aquatint engraving on four sheets. Total size 10 3/4 x 114 inches; 277 x 2892 mm. Four numbered sheets, all with "Drawn by J. Nixon Esq.r' / A Medley of Characters / Engraved by Ziegler / London Pub. by Willm. Holland Cockspur Street". Small closed tear to blank margin of first plate not affecting image; neatly repaired 3 1/8 inch tear to lower right hand edge just touching image, otherwise an excellent complete suite of this exceptionally rare panorama showing John Nixon's gentle satire. Chemised in a quarter black morocco clamshell case (measuring 12 x 30 inches; 305 x 762 mm.), spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments. This panorama works as a kind of… Read More

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition - Presentation Copy from President Richard Nixon to the President of The Southern California Edison Company NIXON, Richard M. Six Crises. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Inscribed by Richard Nixon to American Conservative Businessman William Clinton Mullendore. First edition. Octavo (9 3/16 x 6 1/8 inches; 234 x 155 mm.). [xvi], [1]-460 pp. Many of the first seventy pages with underlining in blue ink. Publisher's gray cloth over boards, front cover and spine blocked in blue and lettered in gilt. Inscribed on front free endpaper "To Bill Mullendore with best wishes from Dick Nixon". A near fine copy in a very good pictorial dust jacket, small closed tear and crease on back panel. Six Crises is the first book written by Richard Nixon, who later became the 37th president of the United States. Published in 1962, it recounts his role in six major political situations. Nixon wrote the book in response to… Read More

Paris: Arnauld De Vresse, 1850. Exceedingly Scarce Highly Amusing Hand-Colored Caricatures Showing "The Crazy's of the Day" [CHAM, illustrator, pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé]. Les Toqués Du Jour. Paris: Arnauld De Vresse, [n.d., ca. 1847]. First edition. Large folio (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 inches; 349 x 261 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title and thirty-six comical scenes on eighteen fine hand-colored lithographed plates heightened with gum arabic. Each scene with printed caption below. Publisher's brown ribbed cloth, bordered in blind, front cover lettered in gilt. Expertly rebacked to style at an early date. Inner hinges cracked but sound, corners very slightly rubbed. A near fine copy of this exceedingly scarce album. A highly amusing collection of lithographs by Cham (1819-1879) satirizing the varieties of Les Toqués Du Jour (The Crazy's of the Day). Of Charles Amédée de Noé, "known as Cham (that is, Ham, the son of Noah)...it was said that he had ‘an idea a day' for Le charivari.… Read More

Paris: Maison Martinet, 1860. Pinch Me, I'm In the Country!! Now, Get Me Out of Here The Scarcest Cham of All? CHAM (pseud. of Amédée de Noé). Pincez-moi a la campagne!! Paris: Maison Martinet, n.d. [c. 1860]. First (only) edition. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 in; 339 x 254 mm). Hand-colored lithographed title and twenty hand-colored lithographed plates containing eighty-six humorous scenes with captions. Lithography by Ch. Fernique. Publisher's red pebbled cloth over boards with blind-stamped borders, lettered in gilt on front cover. Extremities of binding a little rubbed. A near fine example with the hand coloring bright and fresh and the bare minimum of occasional foxing. Of Amédée de Noé, "known as Cham (that is, Ham, the son of Noah)...it was said that he had ‘an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of lithographs were gathered into albums. His contributions to the Album du siège (173), in which Daumier was his collaborator, are typical of his work" (Ray, The Art… Read More

Paris: Mon. Martinet, 1860. The Trial of Jean Bidoux in his Military Career CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. Les Tâtonnements de Jean Bidoux dans la Carrière Militaire. (The trials of Jean Bidoux in his Military Career). Par Cham. Paris: Mon. Martinet, [1860]. Large quarto (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 250 mm.). Pictorial lithograph title-page and eighteen lithograph plates with sixty-five amusing images. Publisher's quarter red roan over blind stamped red cloth, front cover decoratively titled in gilt. Small stain to top margin of last plate, otherwise a fine copy.

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Jokes in Poor Taste CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Turlupinades Contrariétés et Autres Amusemens Négatifs [Jokes in Poor Taste], Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1850]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 337 x 251 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen full-page, hand-colored lithographed plates with captions. Advertisement leaf at end (Maison de Commission. Des Modes Parisiennes). Publisher's pictorial glazed green boards, lower portion of spine renewed, inner front hinge cracked, some light wear to corners. An excellent copy. OCLC locates just four copies worldwide: Morgan Library & Museum; New York Public Library; Getty Institute; University of Illinois. CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé) (1818-1879). French caricaturist and lithographer, published his first book Monsieur Lajeunesse in 1839 and from 1843 began to be regularly published in illustrated magazines such as Le Charivari (which in 1835 focused primarily on… Read More

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1846. A Satirical View of the French in Algeria CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. [À la guerre comme à la guerre. Variantes lithographiques, sur le thême bien connu: Ah! quel plaisir d'être soldat. Par Cham]. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., 1846]. Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches; 260 x 334 mm.). Twenty-seven (of thirty-one) hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum Arabic, presenting a satirical view of the life of the French contingent in Algeria. Publisher's sixteen page catalog bound in at end. Bound without the pictorial title-page and plates 1, 29 & 30. Ten plates with short lower marginal tears. Twentieth century tan cloth over boards, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. A very good, albeit incomplete example. The plates: 2. Au diable les chevaux arabes! 3. Quelle chance!! 4. Pour faire un bon pot-au-feu. 5. V'là soixante lieues d'avalées! 6. Ces gueux d'arabes. 7. Dites donc, caporal. 8. Une visite sous la tente. 9.… Read More

Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, [1871]. Irony and Biting Satire on the 4th French Revolution CHAM (pseud. of Amédée de Noé). Les Folies de la Commune. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, n.d. [1871]. First edition, complete. Quarto (13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 247 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title leaf and nineteen hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates 18 & 19 slightly shorter at lower and fore-edge. Modern green cloth, front cover with dark green morocco label lettered in gilt. A near fine copy. Created and published in the immediate wake of high political drama in France - the Paris Commune aka the Fourth French Revolution, when the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War led to the fall of Emperor Louis Napoleon III's Second French Empire, the establishment of the Third French Republic, and near immediate popular workers' ("communards") insurrection in concert with the citizen's National Guard against the forces of Versailles which, though Republican, held direct rule over… Read More

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Jokes in Poor Taste CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Turlupinades Contrariétés et Autres Amusemens Négatifs [Jokes in Poor Taste], Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1850]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 337 x 251 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen full-page, hand-colored lithographed plates with captions. Advertisement leaf at end (Maison de Commission. Des Modes Parisiennes). Publisher's pictorial glazed green boards. Original? glassine wrapper. A superb example. OCLC locates just four copies worldwide: Morgan Library & Museum; New York Public Library; Getty Institute; University of Illinois. CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé) (1818-1879). French caricaturist and lithographer, published his first book Monsieur Lajeunesse in 1839 and from 1843 began to be regularly published in illustrated magazines such as Le Charivari (which in 1835 focused primarily on publishing satires of everyday life), thereafter becoming one… Read More

Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oh, What Fun To Travel! (Not) In Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, n.d. [ca. 1860]. First edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261 mm.). Hand colored pictorial lithographed title and twenty hand colored lithographed plates, with sixty-two humorous scenes with captions limning the downside to travel. Publishers dark brown patterned cloth, front cover decoratively lettered in gilt, spine slightly faded. Pictorial title a little foxed in blank margins, otherwise clean. Extremities of spine and corners expertly restored, front free endpaper replaced. An excellent example of a rather scarce Cham title. Only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. No copies have come to auction since ABPC began indexing results in 1923. Of Amédée de Noé, "known as Cham (that is, Ham, the son of Noah)...it was said that he had ‘an idea… Read More

Paris: Arnould De Vresse, Editeur, 1850. Lessons in Hygiene as Illustrated by Cham CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Cours d'Hygiène par Cham. Paris: Arnould De Vresse, Editeur, [1850]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 10 inches; 337 x 254 mm.). Pictorial lithograph title and eighteen fine lithograph plates. Some occasional very light marginal foxing but overall very clean. Publishers pictorial glazed yellow boards printed in black and gold, spine slightly darkened, minimal soiling to boards, still a near fine example of this exceptionally rare Cham title. The pictorial title and the front cover depict Hippocrates, the father of modern hygiene. The plates humorously illustrate lessons in hygiene... With the engraved bookplate of F. Meunie on front pastedown. Over the past twenty years we have handled two other Cham albums from the collection of F. Meunie. Scarce with OCLC locating just two examples in libraries and institutions worldwide: The Morgan Library and Museum (NY, USA) and The… Read More

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1845. All is Fair in Love and War" Thirty-One Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Presenting a Satirical View of the French in Algeria CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé]. À la guerre comme à la guerre. Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., 1845]. First edition. Oblong folio (9 15/16 x 12 15/16 inches; 253 x 329 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title-page and thirty hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum Arabic, presenting a satirical view of the life of the French contingent in Algeria. Publisher's sixteen page catalog bound in at end. Some light marginal soiling to a few plates, otherwise near fine. Contemporary half plum calf over patterned plum cloth, smooth spine decoratively titled in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges. An excellent example with vivid hand coloring. CHAM, pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé (1818-1879). "It is to be regretted that space will not serve to represent the caricaturists and depictors of manners… Read More