Illustrated Books

Otto v. Holten, Berlin, 1920. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes #185 of 270 copies published by hand. A really near fine copy of a scarce book. Berlin. 1920. Little fraying head and heal of spine, little bump top edge. In German. * rm

John Major, London.,1824. SECOND MAJOR EDITION. Illustrated with 14 copper engraved plates and several woodcuts throughout the text. Two small patches of browning affecting the top outer corner of ten leaves, otherwise a very good copy in fine nineteenth century binding by Thomson of Exeter, with binders ticket on front paste down. Full tan calf, raised bands, compartments fully gilt. Red title label, gilt. Boards with double blind ruled and one gilt ruled borders. Marbled endpapers. School prize plate on front paste down shows that this copy was given as a prize in January 1842. Previous owners name(dated 1881) and ink name stamp on blank endpapers. Front hinge neatly repaired. Some minor rubbing to edges but generally a very good copy in an attractive nineteenth century binding.:

Villeneuve-lès-Avignon: Françoise Chameroy, 1994. Livre. Illus. by Claude Garanjoud. Parfait. En Feuilles. Signé par L'auteur et L'illustrateur. Edition originale. In-4. [Villeneuve-lès-Avignon], Françoise Chameroy, 1994. 33,5 x 25,5 cm, in-4, 2 ff. bl. - 10 ff. n. ch. - 2 ff. bl., une gravure hors texte en noir signée, une estampille en couverture, un sceau final en rouge au colophon, en feuille sous couverture blanche imprimée et ornée d'une estampille gaufrée, étui. Edition originale de la traduction (par Yves-Marie Allioux). Texte bilingue français / japonais. Tirage unique à 55 exemplaires, tous sur vélin cuve B.F.K. de Rives. Celui-ci l'un des 10 hors commerce, signé par l'auteur et l'artiste au colophon. On joint le carton d'invitation à l'exposition des peintures de Garanjoud à la galerie Christian Forestier en 1994, avec un envoi de Françoise… Read More

London: Printed for J. Rodwell, (successor to Mr. Faulder,) New Bond Street, by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey, 1815. Half-Calf. Near Fine+. A New Edition, Corrected. In three volumes." Crown 8vo (191 x 127mm): [4],xli,[3],223,[1]; [4],272; [2],304pp, with 52 woodcuts (title-page vignettes, head- and tailpieces) by John and Thomas Bewick, Charlton Nesbit, and Luke Clennell. Bound by Orrock & Son in half-burgundy morocco, marbled sides and end papers; top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Provenance: Signature opposite title page of volume one and half titles of volumes two and three of Robert Pitcairn, dated Dec. 1823. Nineteenth century armorial book plate of Walter King (lion sejant erect ppr., holding between its paws an escallop arg.) and a second book plate (possibly Maurice Harlay's) with motto "Deo et regi." An excellent set (preliminaries lightly spotted), tightly bound and clean throughout with rich impressions of the cuts. Hugo 4279. Tattersfield TB2.167. Reprint of the first edition of… Read More

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth decorated in blind. Fine in fine dust wrappers in chipped slipcase. 2 vols. 211, 842 pages. 31.5 x 26.5 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white with Volume II presenting more than 5000 works with illustrations and text for each -- the largest and most inclusive published on German Expressionist graphic art. Volume I; Essays by Stephanie Barron, Wolf-Dieter Dube, Alexander Duckers, Peter Guenther, Rose-Carol Washton Long, Paul Raabe, Robert Gore Rifkind and Ida Katherine Rigby. Extensive indices.

Philadelphia: David McKay Co, 1931. Hardcover. Very Good +/fair. Wyeth, N. C.. [4], 163 p.: color frontispiece and 7 additional leaves of color illustrations; 25 cm. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; color front cover pastedown. White dust jacket repeating the front cover pastedown illustration on the front section. Illustrated endpapers. Dedication page bears an inscription by the author, along with a separate gift inscription dated Christmas 1931. The illustrations by N.C. Wyeth were the result of a commission by the Unitarian Laymen's League. Presents 29 Parables of Jesus, grouped in three categories: Parables of the Kingdom, Parables Illustrating the Grace of God, and Parables of Moral Instruction and Warning. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: spine slightly soiled and sunned; both boards are clean and bright; minor soiling on p. 13; otherwise pages and illustrations are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Fair Condition: old repairs on inside; sections of dust… Read More

Paris: Chez l'artiste, 1945. Livre. Illus. by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès. Très bon. En Feuilles. Signé par l'illustrateur. Edition originale. Grand In-4. Paris, Chez l'artiste, 1945. 35,5 x 27,5 cm, grand in-4, 83 (2) pp., 57 bois originaux en camaïeu de bistre profond dans le texte, y compris celui du faux-titre, lettrines et ornements typographiques en bleu, en feuilles sous couverture crème ornée au premier plat d'un grand bois original en couleurs, étui et chemise de l'éditeur. Edition originale de la traduction de Paul Claudel et premier tirage des bois de Daragnès. Tirage à 140 exemplaires, tous signés par l'artiste. Celui-ci l'un des 100 sur vélin de Rives (n° 116). Splendide réalisation de Daragnès, tant pour les bois que pour la typographie en forme de croix, servant parfaitement la nouvelle traduction donnée par Claudel. Quelques infimes rousseurs aux tranches et… Read More

Montpellier: Fata Morgana, 1996. Livre. Illus. by Miguel Buceta. Parfait. En Feuilles. Signé par L'auteur et L'illustrateur. Edition originale. Grand In-8. Montpellier, Fata Morgana, 1996. 28,5 x 19,5 cm, grand in-8, 12 ff. n. ch. (24 pp.), 3 peintures originales par Miguel Buceta dont deux à pleine page et une à double page, en feuilles sous couverture blanche imprimée à rabats, étui. Edition originale. Tirage annoncé à 20 exemplaires, tous sur vélin d'Arches, celui-ci justifié hors commerce, numéroté 8/10 et signé par l'auteur et l'artiste. On notera que la peinture à double page n'est pas signée. Très bel exemplaire..

London: Henry Sotheran, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth, beveled edges. Teg. Very good. 32 pages in text. Folio, 41 x 29 cm. Thirty-six chromolithographs by Firmin-Didot in Paris, a firm that rivaled the color printing in England of Edmund Evans -- many plates with multiple images. MCLEAN, Victorian Book Design, p.98 called the plates, "extremely fine." These two Liverpool architects had previously created work for Day & Sons by W.R. Tymms, addressing the Victorian passion for illumination. Plates and text bright and clean, wear to backstrip extremities and corners, small library stamp front free endpaper, inscription head of title.

Macmillan and Co. London. 1903. EARLY THOMSON EDITION. 8vo. (7.8 x 5.4 inches). Illustrated with 40 full page line drawings. Publishers original burgundy cloth with decorative blind stamped floral design to both boards, the front board lettered and ruled in gilt. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Page edges untrimmed. Internally a fine bright and clean copy throughout. A little rubbing to the binding extremities and just a hint of fading to the spine but overall a very good, bright copy. Becoming increasingly difficult to find in collectable condition in the publishers cloth.

London: T. McClean / John Camden Hotten Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good copy, of what seems to be a combination of the McClean edition of 1855, and the Hotten edition of 1899. First titlepage and frontis are clearly from the 1855 edition, ( toned and foxed ), and second titlepage clearly states John Camden Hotten, 1859. All plates called for are present, but one is bound before the second title page. The binding appears to be a re-bind, incorporating the originall gilt stamped, pebbled blue cover. Occassional light foxing throughout. What makes this copy interesting, is the bookplate which states " Loan Collection of Rodman Wanamaker " See photos..

Leipzig: Meissner & Buch, 1918. First Edition- Limited and Numbered PRIVATE PRESS. Original Cardboard. Very Good. 4to. Richard Winckel. 69pp. VORZUGSAUSGABE VON 100 NUM. EX Auf Zanders Bütten in der Druckerei J.B. Hirschfeld(August Pries) gedruckt.. With 6 hand coloured woodcuts signed by the artist. Spine expertly renewed. Old small book store label on first fly-leaf. A VERY GOOD , CLEAN AND FRESH COPY.. I. Druck der Wahlverwandten. ENTIRE EDITION OF 300 COPIES. THIS COPY IS NR. 73 AND SIGNED (URAUSGABE) BY ARNO HOLZ AND WINCKEL.

Michael Joseph. London. 1958. Reprint of the 1946 illustrated edition. Large 8vo. (9.7 x 7.2 inches). Four full page colour plates plus several mono illustrations throughout, some printed in black and some in blue, by Peter Scott. A fine and clean copy in a contemporary fine leather binding by Bayntun,of half red morocco. Spine with two raised bands, ruled in blind. Gilt lettering and twin goose designs, all in gilt. Red cloth on boards/ Mottled endpapers. Top edge gilt. Neat previous owner two line inscription, dated 1960, on the front blank free endpaper. A fine and attractive copy of this classic work.

London: Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street , 1847. xii, (1), 320, xii, 304 pages. Two volumes bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, gilt backs with blind tooled decorations, marbled end papers and edges. Each volume with ten hand-coloured etchings and 120 woodcuts by John Leech. Very Good, light rubbing to edges, scattered light to moderate toning throughout. A handsome set . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

VERY LARGE TEACHERS/ PRESENTERS READ- ALOUD COPY"I Can't" Said the Ant. Published by Scholastic (Scholastic Big Books), 1961 by Arrangement with Coward-McCann, Inc. Words and Pictures by Polly Cameron. Number line: 12,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3 0,1,2,3,4. ISBN 9780698301979. HARD TO FIND NOVELTY BOUND ITEM. Very Good USED CONDITION. No dj as issued. Stapled binding. 15 x 18 INCHES. 40 pages. Has owners name of front cover. Will ship insured in large flat padded envelope from Oregon.