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Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1884. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter green morocco with matching green buckram, spine evenly faded to brown. Teg. Near fine. 286 (2) pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 71 of 350. 36 fine auto gravure plates each with a facing leaf of descriptive text. King George V and Queen Mary The historical record of the coronation of their Majesties. London, 1911. The author in the 1880 general election was elected Member of Parliament for Ayrshire North. He held the seat until 1885. and became the Permanent Under-Secretary for Scotland from 1887 to 1892. List of Artists, List of Portraits On The Medals and General Index. Interior contents pristine. EXTRA COPY ............NOT CATALOGUED.

London: James Woodward, 1708. First collected English Edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf rebacked, original spine laid-down. 2 vols in one. Very good. 532 [8] [*1,B8-Uu8]. 20 x 12.5 cm. Frontispiece portrait. Index. Rabelais, Renaissance humorist, using the name Aclofribas Nasier [an anagram of his name] published his first book, "Pantagruel," the start of the "Gargantua" series that was completed in four novels -- a chronicle of farce, peppered with broad popular humor mocking asceticism and oppressive religious and political forces. Generally clean and sound internally, early small initials margin of frontispiece and in margin of second title, corner wear.

London: J.M. Dent, 1907. leather_bound. Orig. full vellum, new ribbon ties. Very good. 549 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 190 of 560 signed by Rackham.Twenty-four tipped-in color plates on dark green paper with lettered tissue guards, plus 12 duotone plates and text illustrations in black and white. Title page printed in red and brown. This edition is a reprint of the 1898 edition with added illustrations and in a larger format. For Rackham the early years of the 20th century were fraught with economic insecurity. By 1907 he was well established: Dent after the success of "Alice in Wonderland" reissued this work as HAMILTON p.95 notes, "The new edition of "Ingoldsby Legends" had a new frontispiece and some new plates, with earlier plates reworked and many recoloured. Cover decorations in gilt bold and bright, vellum clean, spine gilt lettering slightly faded, mostly at foot, edges uncut.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921. leather_bound. Orig. cream cloth, front cover design by Rackham in gilt. Teg. Very good/Near fine. Rackham, Arthur. 75 pages. 25 1/2 x 20 cm. Three mounted color plates and seven black and white illustrations. Limited edition, copy 306 of 500 signed by Rackham and Phillpotts. Phillpotts, a West Country author renown for his Dartmoor settings. LATTIMORE and HASKELL 54. Owner signature free front endpaper. Book seller label of W & G Foyle Ltd., London at back cover paste down, and two small adhesion marks free endpapers, small dent at head of back board. Illustrated endpapers, clean and very fresh copy.

London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J.B. Lippincott Co, 1919. hardcover. Orig. vellum backed, gilt decorated boards. Near fine in very good slipcase. 109 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition signed by Rackham, copy 198 of 325 on Japanese Vellum. Tipped-in color frontispiece mounted on cream paper, color title page, three double page illustrations [silhouette drawings with color], one single page silhouette drawing with color, and 36 silhouette drawings in the text, decorated endpapers. HAMILTON p.118. "It is immediately clear that Rackham is a master of the medium (silhouette), being able to evoke character and humour by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going." LATIMORE & HASKELL p.49. Bright, clean copy, two small adhesion marks back cover.

London & New York: William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page, 1912. hardcover. Recased in light gray cloth spine and marbled boards. Teg. Fine. Rackham, Arthur. 224 pages, 29.5 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 1135 of 1450, signed by Rackham. Thirteen mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, and 53 drawings in black and white. LATIMORE & HASKELL p.38-39. Text generally clean, a few margins or corners toned.

London: George G. Harrap, 1931. Hardcover. Orig. paneled and lettered vellum. Teg. Near fine. Rackham, Arthur. 224 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Limited edition copy 643 of 750, signed by Rackham. Twelve mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, 25 black and white illustrations, and pictorial endpapers in cream and brown. The signed, limited editions were in great demand. Rackham noted, "There is such a fashion for publishing only limited editions that my books are in a rather curious position. The ordinary editions do not sell so large a number as of old, & the limiteds are vastly over-applied for..." [see: Hamilton, "Arthur Rackham"], p142. LATTIMORE & HASKELL p.66. Fresh, crisp copy; plates and text clean and bright, partly unopenend, slight toning to backstrip, small adhesion front cover, slight toning bottom back cover, with prospectus for "The Night Before Christmas," the next book Rackham illustrated for Harrap, laid-in.

London & New York: William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page, 1908. hardcover. Orig. decorated cream colored cloth. Teg. Very good. 134 pages. 4to, 30 x 24 cm. Limited edition signed by Rackham with no limitation stated. Forty tipped-in full-page mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, plus black and white illustrations in the text. "His interpretations of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and WIND IN THE WILLOWS, for example, have become definitive, and continue to challenge later illustrators to find new approaches." [see: HAMILTON. p.9 "Arthur Rackham A Biography"]. Toning [approx. half centimeter fore-edge and foot] of title, front cover lightly soiled, lacks ties.

Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth with beveled edges. Near fine in slightly nicked, albeit very good dust wrappers. 2 vols. 431 & 266 pages. 34 x 25 cm. 37 color plates, 266 collotype plates. The collection is strongest in the English lead-glazed wares, stonewares and delft wares of the pre-industrial age, but the Continental section amounting to 2268 specimens comprises fine examples from all parts of Europe.

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1931. First American Trade Edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth lettered in gilt. Fine in fine dust wrapper with a nick at lower front and head of spine. Rackham, Arthur. 224 pages. 24.5 x 19 cm. Twelve mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, and numerous in text woodcuts. Printed in the UK for the American trade with Introduction by Harry Williamson. A very fresh bright copy not usually found with the original dust wrapper in sterling condition.

Chicago: Radford Architectural Co, 1908. Hardcover. Orig. decorated lime cloth, lettered and illustrated in red, black and light green. Near fine. 221 pages. 27 1/2 x 20 cm. Drawings of each bungalow design with accompanying floor plans for modest and middle class budgets. Interior contents clean, and covers fresh and bright.

Chicago: Radford Architectural Co, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated light brown cloth, front cover lettered in white. Teg. Near fine. 255 pages. 20 x 16 cm. Perspective views and floor plans of 100 low and medium priced houses. Every plan illustrated presents complete working plans and specifications. Adverts at rear. A bright, fresh and very clean copy. Owner stamp front cover pastedown.

Chicago: Radford Architectural Co, 1909. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated yellow cloth lettered in white. Very good. 338 pages. 22 x 15 cm. 182 text illustrations. Includes House, Barn, Framing of industrial buildings and Strength of Timbers; Truss Framing. Index. Adverts at rear. Wear to extremities, and some cover soiling.

Chicago: Radford Architectural Co, 1904. Hardcover. Orig. taupe cloth decorated in red and black. Very good. 112 pages. 26.5 X19 cm. Homes are illustrated with floor plans to scale, elevations and Index. Rubbing to back strip, interior contents clean and bright. Publisher adverts at rear.

Chicago: Radford Architectural Co, 1910. Hardcover. Orig. illustrated gray cloth decorated and lettered in black and gold. Near fine. 369 pages. 22 x 16 cm. Presents practical working rules and labor-saving tables with carefully executed diagrams. Extensive Index. Fresh, bright copy.

New York: Newsweek, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. dark beige cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 171 pages. 30 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated in color. History of the collections.

London: Sam Keble And Dan Brown / J. Moxon, 1697. First editions. Hardcover. Recased in quarter black morocco with corner tips and marbled boards. Fine. (2) 77 (2) pages. 15.5 x 10.7 cm. Half title, 2 page publisher preface, two pages of adverts at rear. Engraved of Raleigh by Frederick Hendrick Van Hove (circa 1628-1698). Small stain title page foot, text clean, early small owner inscription head of preface. Second title: (3) 94 (2) pages with two Moxon adverts at rear. Two page dedication to Robert Lord Viscount Lisle. Dampstains to pages 47 through 85. SABIN 67599 for the Raleigh title.

Coral Gables: Univ. of Miami North-SouthCenter, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Orig. illustrated wrappers. Fine.. 168 pp. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", Basic Bibliographical Information regarding Protestant clergy currently in Cuba or who have ministered there. This book presentsan overview of the Protestant community in Cuba, and describes the origin and development of the Protestant churches in Cuba. Published by the Cuban Institute for Cuban Studies.

London: Sherwood, Neely, And Jones, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Three quarter brown morocco and green cloth. Teg. Very good. Robert Cruikshank. 636 pages. 21 x 14 cm. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece by J.R. Cruikshank. Bound by Root and Son, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt, marbled endpapers, modest extremity and joint rubbing.

Urbana: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth. Near fine.. 388 pages.26 x 18 cm. More than seventy illustrations. Names of Buildings. Locations of Buildings. Architects and Engineers. General Index. A detailed history of the structures, the foundation engineering and construction methods, and the planners and builders who developed Chicago from 1830 to 1948. KARPEL B493."Includes an exhaustive bibliography of periodical literature on Chicago building within the area bounded by Lake Michigan, Roosevelt Road, Canal Street and North Avenue.