Search Results: Titles starting with O from Robert Frew Ltd

Vanity Fair, Nov. 24, 1888. Drawn by Hay. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Nov. 24, 1888. Drawn by Hay. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Athens: Nea Estia. 1965. (25 x 17 cm). ll. 6. Original grey printed covers. Covers a little faded, staples beginning to rust. Otherwise clean and fresh.

Vanity Fair, April 1, 1897. 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, April 1, 1897. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 32 x 19cm. With original leaf from the magazine including biographical text.

Athens: Ios. 1962. (28 x 21 cm). ll. 4. Original printed grey covers. Numbered in pencil on upper cover. Two black and white illustrations showing the effects of the earthquake. Covers sunned and spotted in places. First leaf torn with loss of text.

Athens: Ios. 1962. (28 x 21 cm). ll. 4. Original printed grey covers. Two black and white illustrations showing the effects of the earthquake. Covers sunned, otherwise good.

Vanity Fair, Oct. 23, 1880. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. Lower right margin very lightly frayed, image unaffected. With original leaf of biographical text.

Vanity Fair, Oct. 23, 1880. Drawn by Spy. Original chromolithograph. Page size approx. 38 x 26.5cm. Image size approx. 31 x 18.5cm. With original leaf of biographical text.

Leipzig & Berlin Giesecke & Devrient. Herausgeben v. Deutschen u, Oesterreichischhen Alpen Verein. 1896.. Colour printed map, overall 68 x 55 cm. Scale of 1 to 25,000. Stamford's small label " Edward Stanford Ltd. Cartographers to the King...12, 13 & 14 Long Acre" dissected into 20 panels, folded to 20 x 12 cm., backed on cloth, marbled endpapers, Edward Stanford Ltd. Cartographers to the King...12, 13 & 14 Long Acre and 43 Whitehall label to upper cover, titled by hand" Oetzthal & Stubai (Sölden-Ranalt)" With ownership inscription of L.G. Killby

Leipzig & Berlin Giesecke & Devrient. Herausgeben v. Deutschen u, Oesterreichischhen Alpen Verein. 1897.. Colour printed map, overall 68 x 55 cm. Scale of 1 to 25,000. Stamford's small label " Edward Stanford Ltd. Cartographers to the King...12, 13 & 14 Long Acre" dissected into 20 panels, folded to 20 x 12 cm., backed on cloth, marbled endpapers, Edward Stanford Ltd. Cartographers to the King...12, 13 & 14 Long Acre and 43 Whitehall label to upper cover, titled by hand" Oetzthal & Stubai (Gurgl)" with ownershoip of L.G. Killby.Covers the area from Gurglthal (Obergurgl etc in the NW to Meran, (SE)

London: T. McLean. 1841. Original lithograph 24 x 36 cm (sheet size 37 x 54 cm.). (Abbey Travel, 183).

London: F.G. Moon. 1842-9. c. 28 x 34 cm. Original tinted lithograph with later hand colouring. Half page. Faint "streak" to right margin, small semi-circular indentation to upper image - neither affecting image. Otherwise, in good condition. Roberts was the first independent, professional British artist to travel so extensively in the Near East. His tour in 1838-9 produced 272 sketches, a panorama of Cairo and three full sketchbooks, enough material to "serve me for the rest of my life" (Roberts, eastern journal, 28 Jan 1839). Over the next decade he made "a series of intire new drawings" for the large coloured lithographs executed by Louis Haghe for The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, which was originally published by subscription, 1842-9. No publication before this had presented so comprehensive a series of views of the monuments, landscape, and people of the Near East. "Robert's Holy Land was one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and… Read More

[Basle: Henricpetri. 1628]. 25.6 x 35.6 cm. Uncoloured. Double page woodcut view of Baden from a German text edition of Munster's Cosmographia. Headpiece and alternative title on verso of left page. Text on verso of right page. Evenly browned.

Paris: E. Plon et Cie, 1883.. FIRST EDITION. 8vo.Half-title, title, pp. 292. Near contemporary pebbled pinkish cloth, red sprinkled edges. Folding double-page frontispiece, 1 other double-page and 12 full-page plates all from sketches by Saint-Elme Gauthier and a folding map showing the author's route. Neat ownership inscription *H. St.J.B. Armitage/Cambridge/28 August 1954 to f.f.e.p. , library stamps of the War Office Library and Quarter Master General's De[t, Intelligence Division and the Withdrawn stamp of HMSO to title Binding rubbed, unevenly faded and with a cup stain to verso. The relevant chapters are summarised as follows : III. Mascate. — Physionomie générale. — Les Banians. — Les agents anglais en Orient. — Visite à l'Iman [sic]. — La souveraineté de ce prince. — Environs de Mascate. IV. L'armée de l'Iman. — Les finances royale. — Le rôle de l'Angleterre. — Audience de congé. V. Bender-Abbas. — Chiites et Sunnites. — Le golfe Persique. — Lenghè [Lingeh or Lengeh or Bandar Lengeh]. —… Read More

Paris: Chez Desnos, 1766.. Original double page engraved map (overall sheet 38.5 x 55.5 cm) with original hand colour, decorative engraved border, twin columns of descriptive text. Very good condition.

London: Printed for R. Blamire, 1792.. 2 vols. 8vo. (21.5 x 13.5 cm). pp.xi+[1, errata]+221; 195+xvi. Contemporary mottled calf, sometime rebacked, spines ruled and decorated in gilt, red morocco labels, sides ruled with gilt filet, speckled edges. Folding panorama of Edinburgh and 40 plates, comprising 33 tinted aquatints (31 of which oval), 1 full-page diagram, 5 hand-coloured maps and plans, and 1 soft ground etching. Old ownership inscription to front pastedown of each volume reading: "Georgiana Craven, given to her as a token of friendship by Lucy & Cecilia at Tunbridge Wells, December 1792". Spines rubbed, marginal toning to title-pages, light toning and minor offsetting from plates, generally a very good set. Clergyman, schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics, William Gilpin (1724–1804) is best known for his works on the picturesque. In his Essay on Prints, published in 1768, he defined picturesque as 'a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture'. First… Read More

London: Printed by A. Straban, 1800.. 8vo. (21.25 x 13.5 cm). pp.xvi+154+[1, publisher's adverts]. Later half calf over marbled boards, spine ruled in compartments and lettered in gilt, speckled edges. 17 full-page oval aquatinted plates (without titles, numbers, signatures or imprints). Light toning and occasional light spotting, generally a very good copy. Clergyman, schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics, William Gilpin (1724–1804) is best known for his works on the picturesque. In his Essay on Prints, published in 1768, he defined picturesque as 'a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture'. First published in 1782, the present work was the first in a series which recorded his reflections on the picturesque across British landscapes. It traces the journey he made, equipped with notebook and sketching materials, along the River Wye and into South Wales, visiting such notable sites as Tintern Abbey. As well as describing his route and its highlights, Gilpin… Read More

London: William Heinemann Limited. 1926. LIMITED EDITION 106/280 (only 250 for sale). 4to. (28.5 x 22 cm.). Original green cloth. Signed "Max Beerbohm" on the limitation page. Colour frontis. and 51 b & w plates plus additional colour plate, School for Cartyoonists, signed "Max", in pocket at rear. A very good copy. First published 1925, this the edition de luxe, with the signed plate and signed on limitation page. Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist.

London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1798.. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (22 x 13 cm). pp. xvi + 359 + [1, adverts]. Contemporary full calf neatly rebacked preserving original spine, spine with gilt-ruled bands and gilt decoration, sides ruled with gilt border, red morocco label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, sprinkled edges. 18 tinted aquatinted plates. Ex libris Mr. J. Paul de Castro with his book label to front pastedown.* Spotting to some of the leaves, plates are in excellent and clean condition. Clergyman, schoolmaster and writer on aesthetics, William Gilpin (1724–1804) is best known for his works on the picturesque. In his Essay on Prints, published in 1768, he defined picturesque as 'a term expressive of that peculiar kind of beauty, which is agreeable in a picture'. First published in 1798, the present work is one of a series which records his reflections on the picturesque across British landscapes. It traces the journey he made, equipped with notebook and sketching materials, westwards from… Read More