Search Results: Titles starting with C from Shapero Rare Books

London Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios 1991 . Screenprint in colours, 1991, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77 cm. (40.4 x 30.3 in.)

New York, Random House, 1967. . First edition, first printing, inscribed by the author; 8vo; 3 black and white photographic plates, including frontispiece, unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth-backed yellow boards, red lettering to spine, minor soiling to extremities, with the price-clipped pictorial dust-jacket, slightly dust-soiled, minor creasing to corners and head and foot of spine panel, else very good. From the collection of Clive Hirschhorn, who for decades was the film and theatre critic for the London Sunday Express, with Masteroff's signed presentation inscription: 'To Clive - a really old chum! Joe Masteroff'. The book of the musical, based on John Van Druten's 1951 play I Am a Camera which was adapted from Goodbye to Berlin (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood which drew upon his experiences in the poverty-stricken Weimar Republic and his intimate friendship with nineteen-year-old cabaret singer Jean Ross. In 1972, it was adapted… Read More

[1854]. . Albumen print (144 x 99 mm, 5¾ x 4 in) on printed card mount (170 x 106 mm, 6¾ x 4¼ in); Signed by Alfred Tennyson in ink on mount, recto; inscribed in ink on mount, verso: 'Given to H.M. Moncrieff / by / The Honble / Hallam Tennyson / at Dedworth, Haselmere, / Sussex. / 5th August 1887. / The day before the Poet / Laureate's 78th Birthday. / This Photograph was taken / about 15 years ago.'; Printed on mount, recto: 'Mayall's / Photographic Studio, / 224, Regent St. London.'; printed on mount, verso: 'Mayall's Photographic Studio, 224, Regent St., London.' print shows typical minor fading and yellowing characteristic of the process, with faint stray pen marks most likely from proximity to an autograph letter. Framed. John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810-1901) was an English photographer, born Jabez Meal in Lancashire, who first practised photography in Philadelphia after moving to the United States in late 1841 or early 1842. Returning to England four years later, Mayall opened the American… Read More

Mintern Bros. 1850. . Lithograph with fine later hand-colour. From "Birds of Australia".John Gould is widely considered as the greatest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill, beauty and anatomical accuracy. Following the tradition of natural history illustrators, such as Barraband and Audubon, Gould enlisted the services of some of the most notable ornithological artists; including Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf and his own wife, Elizabeth, to complete the most outstanding and comprehensive works in the field.

Mintern Bros. 1875-1888 . Lithograph with fine later hand-colour. 625 From the "Birds of New Guinea".John Gould is widely considered as the greatest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill, beauty and anatomical accuracy. Following the tradition of natural history illustrators, such as Barraband and Audubon, Gould enlisted the services of some of the most notable ornithological artists; including Edward Lear, Joseph Wolf and his own wife, Elizabeth, to complete the most outstanding and comprehensive works in the field. Perhaps the most important and valuable of his works is the "Birds of Australia", published in London 1840-48, with a supplement issued 1851-69, of which this plate is an example. A contemporary critic said: "Great as is the excellence of Mr Gould's former publications, there can be no doubt that the present work exceeds them all, both in an artistic and scientific point of view... Whether the dignified repose of the Eagle, the pert Malurus,… Read More

[Dijon], Privately printed for the author by Darantiere, 1934. . First edition, sole impression, one of 250 copies privately printed for the author; 8vo; original grey wrappers printed in black, some minor staining early and late, backstrip tanned, wrappers marked. A classically 'very good' copy. Printed for Herring by the great master printer of Dijon (who had, of course, printed Ulysses). Uncommon. From the library of Eric Walter White, though not marked by him.

Edward Orme, London, 1803. . Hand-coloured aquatint, some light paper toning and soiling, plate watermarked J. Whatman 1801; bottom margin very slightly chipped. Sketched on the spot by F.B. Spilsbury and drawn by D. Orme for 'Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria'. Abbey Travel 383.

[c.1880s]. . Albumen print (27 x 22.5 cm). Pasted on original card, photographers credit, title and number in negative; slight discolouration, crack in negative. Adelphoi Zangaki (the Zangaki Brothers) (active 1870s –1890s) were two Greek photographers who specialised in historic or ancient Egyptian scenes, producing prints for the tourist trade. Little is known about the brothers, except their initials, C. and G.

[London, 1846-9]. . Original hand-coloured lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts' 'Holy Land'. Some spotting, tear bottom right otherwise very good. David Roberts' magnificent images of Egypt and the Holy Land rank amongst the finest topographical views of the nineteenth century. Roberts made a two-year journey to the Middle-East commencing in 1838, and whilst there executed numerous watercolours from which the finest were selected for the publication; The lithographs were executed by Louis Haghe. In order to help fund the project, Roberts produced a deluxe subscription edition, from which this lithograph was taken, which is notable for being the only edition to have original hand-colour, which would have been executed under the direction of the artist. Abbey 272

[London, 1849]. . Original hand-coloured lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts' "The Holy Land" David Roberts' magnificent images of Egypt and the Holy Land rank amongst the finest topographical views of the nineteenth century. Roberts made a two-year journey to the Middle-East commencing in 1838, and whilst there executed numerous watercolours from which the finest were selected for the publication; The lithographs were executed by Louis Haghe. In order to help fund the project, Roberts produced a deluxe subscription edition, from which this lithograph was taken, which is notable for being the only edition to have original hand-colour, which would have been executed under the direction of the artist.

1884]. . Albumen print. Rich dark tones and in good condition.

[c.1855]. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in fair condition, 1cm clean tear at top margin, photographer's credit in negative, pasted on original mount.

[c.1880]. . Albumen print. Good tonal range and in good condition. Title in masnuscript on mount.

[London 1846-9]. . Hand-coloured lithograph by Louis Hague, on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition, good condition with clean, bright colours. David Roberts' magnificent images of Egypt and the Holy Land rank amongst the finest topographical views of the nineteenth century. Roberts made a two-year journey to the Middle-East commencing in 1838 and, whilst there, executed numerous watercolours from which the finest were selected for the publication. In order to help fund the project, Roberts produced a deluxe subscription edition, from which this lithograph was taken, which is notable for being the only edition to have original hand-colour, which would have been carried out under the direction of the artist. Abbey 272.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

London, The Egoist Ltd, 1919. . First edition; 8vo; 1p. advertisement, ink name and small stamp to preliminary pages; contemporary brown cloth, original printed title label to upper cover, hinges reinforced. Lewis's critique of the early 20th century art scene in Britain, which he would subsequently define as the third part of Blast. Pound & Grover A3; Morrow & Lafourcade A4.

Paris, 1776. . 8vo (16.7 x 10.8 cm). Calligraphic manuscript on paper in the style of a printed book. pp. [10], v, [3], 394, xxii, [10], signed at end of the Dedication to the King, 'Poncet delagrave,' all leaves ruled in brown and red inks, one full-page portrait and one half-page medallion portrait, several elaborate head-pieces, tail-pieces, initials and ornaments, ms. slip to page 206 bearing a maritime subject drawn by pen overlaying a medallion representing Louis XVI with the inscription 'Lud. Mag. Religionis Assertor et Vindex'; original green morocco, gilt-stamped arms of Louis XVI on covers, red morocco doublures with gilt-stamped arms of Marie-Antoinette, flat spine decorated all over with gilt-stamped anchor ornaments, red morocco lettering label, gilt-filetted board edges, pink watered silk linings, all edges gilt, housed in later green morocco pull-off case. An exceptional presentation & association manuscript, bound for and with manuscript dedication to King Louis XVI from the… Read More

Early Qajar Persia, circa 1800 AD. . Single scroll formed of 8 membranes, illuminated manuscript in Arabic, containing excerpts from the Qur'an, complete, 4200 by 80 mm; text arranged in multiple columns and sections often forming geometric patterns or calligraphic compositions, in black ghubari script with important sections in red, opening of scroll with illuminated head-piece (darkened, a little chipped and early repair in sellotape), many sections outlined in gold, margins ruled in gold and blue throughout, a few small chips to outer edges of scroll, rarely affecting text, a few ink stains and smudges, seal stamps to foot of scroll, housed in mid-twentieth-century tin (?) tube with type-script label. islam24 28 An attractive calligraphic Qur'anic scroll containing excerpts from the Holy text in stylised forms forming geometric patterns and calligraphic compositions. The seal impression at the foot of the manuscript is dated 1217 AH (1802 AD), which firmly places the manuscript right at the… Read More

London, Samuel Holdsworth, 1838. . Seventh edition thus; 5 vols; 4to; 203 engraved plates, including frontispiece and maps, some folding, occasional offsetting and light foxing; contemporary calf gilt, joints repaired, panels with broad gilt borders surrounding a centre panel in blind, spines in six compartments, tan morocco lettering pieces to second, black numbering pieces to third, others richly gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges, some occasional foxing, a handsome set; [4], viii, 796; [4], 922, [2]; [2], vii, [1], 776; [4], v, [1], 771, [1]; [28]pp. A handsome five-volume set of Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, rendered into English with commentary and illustrations by the engraver and biblical scholar Charles Taylor (1756-1823).Calmet (1672-1757) is best-known for his pioneering exegetical work, Commentaire littéral sur tous les livres de l'Ancien et du Nouveau Testaments, which departed from the custom of giving allegorical and tropological interpretations of scripture… Read More

London, George Philip, 1905. . First edition. 8vo, viii, 44pp., 2 maps (1 large folding), later red cloth gilt. Calvert promoted and financed this expedition, under the command of Lawrence Allen Wells, to explore unknown portions of inland Western Australia in 1896-97. The expedition failed to make any great discoveries and really only "showed that most of the unknown portions of the interior were uninhabitable desert" (Wantrup).