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London: Victor Gollancz LTD., 1932. First Edition. With over 60 illustrations from photographs on 48 plates and 3 maps, one of which is large, folding and printed in colour. Tall 8vo, publisher's original black cloth lettered in gilt on the spine,. xvi, 420 pp. A fine copy, the cloth well preserved, the gilt bright, hinges perfect and sharp, the textblock clean, some of the inevitable foxing to the prelims and edges as is typical. FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST ASCENT OF KAMET. While attempts to climb Kamet began in 1855, the first ascent was not made until 1931 by Frank Smythe, Eric Shipton, R.L. Holdsworth and Lewa Sherpa, members of a British expedition. Kamet was the first summit over 25,000 feet to be climbed, and was the highest summit reached until the first ascent of Nanda Devi five years later. Due to its position near the Tibetan Plateau, Kamet is remote and not as accessible as some Himalayan peaks. It also receives a great deal of wind from the Plateau. Early explorers of the… Read More

London: Victor Gollancz LTD., 1930. Scarce First Edition. With over 40 illustrations from photographs on glossy plates. 8vo, publisher's original green cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. 464 pp. A very good and attractive copy, the cloth just lightly age mellowed and the text with only light and occasional evidence of the usual spotting due to paper content. THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS PERSONAL ACCOUNT, of the attempt to climb Kangchenjunga (28,156 feet) and the successful ascent of the Jonsong Peak (24,344 feet) in 1930. Smythe was not only a superb mountaineer but was also an excellent writer, making his making his many books on mountaineering the best for reading. On the Kangchenjunga Expedition Smythe was one of three representing Great Britain of a party made up of British, Swiss, German, and Austrian climbers.

London: F.G. Moon and Co., 1847. From the Standard Folio First Edition, limited to 500 sets only. A single original hand-coloured lithographic plate drawn on stone by Louis Haghe after David Roberts' paintings done on location in 1838. Printed on a single folio sheet 24" x 17", the captioned image, is 19" x 12.75", now presented in cream mounting boards 30" x 24" glazed behind clear mylar. Beautifully hand-coloured to the highest standards of the time. An example in excellent condition, clean, fresh, beautifully preserved. FROM One of the most desirable of all travel and COLOURplate books. We have a good number of impressive images from the Standard Folio Edition of this classic work available for purchase. As well as many views of Egypt we also have available, views of Nubia, Petra, Sinai, the Jordan, Tyre, Sidon and Baalbec. Please inquire for further details. In the course of two and a half months in 1838, traveling some 800 miles south from Cairo, Roberts recorded the monumental… Read More

Boston: Little Brown and Company , 1992. First Edition. With 44 full colour and 44 black and white full or near full page portrait photographs by Karsh. Large 4to, in the original blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine and upper cover, in the original photographic dustjacket. 157 pp. A pristine copy, as mint. FIRST EDITION. One of the most renowned portrait photographers of the 20th centuries, Karsh photographed the most influential people of his time. Here we are given a beautiful volume in excellent condition of over 70 people chosen by Karsh as American Legends. The subjects come from every walk of life, from Helen Hayes to Jonas Salk, I.M. Pei and Wolfgang Puck.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905. First Edition. With 53 fine plates of Ms. Greenaway's paintings in colour, 34 additional black and white plates and an additional 56 thumb-nail drawings and sketches throughout the text and endleaves in colour reproducing Greenaway nursery wall paper in miniature. Large 8vo, in the original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in yellow, red and light blue on both the upper cover and spine, Greenaway illustrated endleaves in colours and top edge gilt. xx, 300 pp., 2 ads. Internally a very good and fresh copy, the paper bright and the plates pristine, the blue cloth is attractive and the binding is sturdy and strong with firm hinges, the spine is mellowed and the gilt is bright, there is a lesser touch of fading at the top edge of the front board. FIRST EDITION AND AN ABSOLUTE MUST-HAVE FOR FANS AND COLLECTORS OF ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR KATE GREENAWAY. This thick volume combines a catalogue raisonné with extensive biographic writings, particularly… Read More

New York: Citadel Press, 1964. First edition, later printing. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. 8vo, original orange cloth with black lettering on the spine. (x),83 pp. A fine copy. A VERY ENTERTAINING COLLECTION OF QUIPS FROM THE PRESIDENT.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. First Edition. With 73 superb colourplates reproduced from paintings by W. Biscombe Gardner and with a folding map. Large 8vo, publisher's original green cloth, the upper cover and spine lettered in gilt within borders decorated with graceful yellow pine cones and brown leaves with lattice work. x, 240 4 ads pp. A especially handsome and attractive copy of this beautifully decorated book, the nicest copy we've seen of it, the textblock tight and clean and bright, the illustrations all fine as can be, the binding fresh with no fading and only the most trivial evidence of age. FIRST EDITION AND HANDSOME A. & C. BLACK ILLUSTRATED PUBLICATION, these views of Kent couldn't be more picturesque. William Biscombe Gardner worked in both watercolours and oils and exhibited widely.

London: East Africa Newspaper, Publishing, 1931. First edition, in the RARE DUSTJACKET. Illustrated with one full-page map, and additionally a large folding map of the Kenya and Uganda railway added, though not required in a complete copy of the book. 8vo, publisher’s original sienna cloth lettered and ruled in gilt on the spine, bordered in blind on the upper cover, with the original printed dustjacket. xi, 162, [8 ads]. A fine and clean copy with like dustjacket, unusually well preserved. FIRST EDITION, RARE IN THE DUSTJACKET. “The Author brings to his task of describing Kenya and its people a matured and balanced judgment. ‘Kenya,’ he says, “is a good country” ---good to visit and good as a home for British settler. To smooth the path of the tourist he gives valuable hints and warnings derived from his own experience; to assist the intending settler he discusses most informingly the problems of health, education, transport, and production---all non-technically and most… Read More

London: Henry Sotheran, 1881. First Edition. With 32 illustrations in black and white and colours, including a fine group of chromolithographs. A number of textual illustrations in red or blue. 4to, handsomely bound by Root and Son in three-quarter red morocco over red cloth boards, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt within compartments of the spine, gilt ruling to the covers, top edge gilt, marbled end-leaves. xii, [1], 304 pp. A fine copy internally in attractive binding, the rear board requires reattachment and with some light rubbing to the extremities. A FINE PRINTING OF THIS CLASSIC WORK WITH SUPERB CHROMOLITHOGRAPHIC PLATES IN COLOURS. An important early reference on the classification of Japanese pottery.

New York: Abbeville Press, [1985]. First Edition and the Special Edition to commemorate the retrospective exhibition, ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ, at the International Center of Photography May-June 1985, New York City. With nearly 100 photographs selected by the artist and provided with very interesting and personal captions. 4to, publisher's original bright blue cloth lettered in blind on the upper cover and on the spine in yellow-silver, in the original dustjacket with photograph to the upper cover. 120 pp. A very fine copy, essentially as pristine. FIRST OF THE VERY FINE ABBEVILLE PRESS EDITION TO COMMEMORATE THE ARTIST'S RETROSPECTIVE. "This combination of revealing, often charming text and sparkling duotone reproductions forms a unique, 120-page self-portrait of the man and artist." Selected photos first come from the artist early days in Hungary, then from the French Period and finally from the New York photographs. In all over 60 years of his career are represented here.

New York: Abbeville Press. First American edition. With nearly 100 photographs selected by the artist and provided with very interesting and personal captions. 4to, publisher's original bright blue cloth lettered in blind on the upper cover and on the spine in yellow-silver, in the original dustjacket with photograph to the upper cover. 120 pp. A very fine copy, as pristine, a neat gift inscription on the front blank fly. FIRST EDITION OF THE VERY FINE ABBEVILLE PRESS EDITION OF THE ARTIST'S 'SELF PORTRAIT' IN WORDS AND PHOTOS. "This combination of revealing, often charming text and sparkling duotone reproductions forms a unique, 120-page self-portrait of the man and artist." Selected photos first come from the artist early days in Hungary, then from the French Period and finally from the New York photographs.

London: Blackie and Son, [ca. 1941]. With a color frontispiece by W. Bryce Hamilton and a map of David Balfour's wanderings. 8vo, grey cloth in pictorial dustjacket. 239. A bright and very fresh copy. A clean and attractive edition of Stevenson's picaresque tale.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ND [1948]. Illustrated Junior Library edition. Handsomely illustrated by Lynd Ward with ten fine colourplates in watercolour style and with numerous woodcut illustrations throughout the text. Tall 8vo, in the publisher's original decorated cloth featuring an all-over full colour illustration by Ward wrapping around both covers and the spine, the spine features a red label simulating morocco, gilt lettered and decorated, in the original clear acetate dustjacket with lettering in white and black. 340, [1] pp. A very fine copy, essentially as pristine. The clear wrapper also in very fine condition with no flaking to the painted lettering. A WONDERFUL ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF STEVENSON'S CLASSIC. This beloved Grosset and Dunlap series of books provided an unbeatable combination of fine colourplate illustration, near-private-press-quality printing and especially bright and appealing decorated cloth at an affordable price. In this example, one of the all time most… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1901. First edition. Illustrated with 10 plates in black and white on coated paper from bas-reliefs by the author's father, John Lockwood Kipling. 8vo, in the publisher’s original ‘Kipling’ red cloth with gilt embossed elephant on the upper cover, gilt lettered on the spine, t.e.g. 413, [2 ads] pp. A very bright and attractive copy, internally both the text and the plates are very fresh and clean and fine, endleaves a slight touch mellowed as usual. The red cloth of the binding has no fading to the spine, which is uncommon, and has just a little minor mottling to the boards, in all still very attractive. A VERY FRESH AND BRIGHT COPY OF THIS KIPLING CLASSIC, the picaresque novel of India, generally considered Kipling’s masterpiece and one of his most popular works. Kipling was born in Bombay, grew up in London and traveled throughout the world. “Widely regarded as unofficial poet laureate, he refused many honours; in 1907 he was the first… Read More

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. First edition, First issue, with rhyme chapter headings for Chapters VIII and XIII only. A copy with pleasing provenance, the Shattuck copy, from the important Boston family. Illustrated with 10 plates in black and white on coated paper. 8vo, ‘Kipling’ dark green cloth with lettering and pictorial decorations of the famous sailing ship in gilt and black on the upper cover and spine, t.e.g. (4), 460 pp. A handsome and pleasing copy with light evidence of age and use. FIRST EDITION, PRECEEDING THE BRITISH EDITION. A handsome copy of Kipling's picaresque novel of India, generally considered his masterpiece and one of his most popular works. Kipling was born in Bombay, grew up in London and traveled throughout the world. “Widely regarded as unofficial poet laureate, he refused many honours; in 1907 he was the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize” [Oxf Comp to Eng Lit]. Kipling was popular with common soldiers and his… Read More

Boston: E. C. Schirmer Music Co., 1923. First Edition. Illustrated with songs and musical notation on every page. Oblong 4to, publisher's original red cloth, lettered and pictorially decorated in black on the upper cover. 70, 2 ads, pp. A very good copy, the binding tight and strong, the text-block fine, some soiing and evidence of use to the cloth. A FINE COMPENDIUM OF CHILDREN'S SONGS. Includes songs from Mother Goose, the seasons and holidays, games and lullabies.

London: Longman, Hurst et al. Paternoster Row, ca. 1780-1785. First with Mrs. Inchbald's "Remarks". With a frontispiece engraving. 12mo, the Play bound into later blue paper wrappers, lettered caligraphically in brown on the upper wrapper. 78 pp. A well preserved copy, the text-block browned as is usual with the printing. FIRST OF THE EDITION. Elizabeth Inchbald whose edition and commentary are offered here was an English novelist, actress and dramatist. She wrote two novels that have remained prominent to this day. She successfully translated and adapted several plays from German and French. She appeared on the stage with her husband, Joseph Inchbald on September 4, 1772 in King Lear. Inchbald was successful as a playwright and between 1784 and 1805 she had London theatres perform 19 of her comedies, sentimental dramas and farces (many of them translated from the French). Her first play to be performed was A Mogul Tale, with her in the leading feminine role of Selina. In 1780, she… Read More

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First edition. 8vo, black cloth lettered in gilt on spine and with gilt vignette on upper cover. (viii),288. An "about" very good copy By the author most well-known for SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY.

Cleveland: Harter Publishing Company, 1932. First Edition. Illustrated throughout with illustrations in colour of each recipe and its ingredients. Small 4to, publisher's decorated boards, illustrated on the front cover with a sweet picture of a young cook. 28 pp. A very well preserved, bright and clean copy with a touch of wear at the extremeties. A DELIGHTFUL COOKBOOK FOR THE VERY YOUNG. Recipes such as Fairy Gingerbread, Chocolate Fudge, Surprise Carrot Loaf, and Peanut Butter Cookies are sure to please.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition and the best issue bound in cloth and oversized. Decorated with a beautiful colourplate pictorial cover, stunning pictorial endleaves and a profusion of very fine colour illustrations throughout by Maxfield Parrish. 4to, (350 x 295 mm), publisher’s original black cloth with the full size pictorial colour pastedown on the upper cover, and colour illustrated endpapers. (47) pp. A handsome copy with the head and tail of the spine in very nice condition, some minor mellowing to the black cloth and pastedown and some bumping to the corners, otherwise very bright and clean and well preserved. THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS BRILLIANT ILLUSTRATED BOOK. Perhaps Parrish's best work, and certainly a very scarce book in nice condition. As Parrish himself said, "The reason I wanted to illustrate THE KNAVE OF HEARTS was on account of the bully opportunity it gives for a very good time making the pictures. Imagination could run riot, bound down by no… Read More