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London: Methuen, 1926. First Trade Edition. Near fine/Very good. Ernest H. Shepard. Crown 8vo, 7 5/8 x 5 in (194 x 127 mm), pp. 158, green cloth, gilt stamping on the front board with an illustration of Christopher Robin and Pooh, gilt lettering on spine, top edge gilt; full-page and text illustrations, illustrated endpapers with map of "100 Aker Wood... Drawn by me and Mr. Shepar Helpd (sic.)"; in very good dust jacket (slightly worn, some dust and finger smudging - primarily affecting back panel, spine panel somewhat sunned, some dampstaining to bottom edge of spine panel, 1/4 inch; 6 mm tear to stop of spine panel, slight chipping with no losses to lettering or design elements). Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (except where exceptions are noted). THIS COPY SIGNED IN INK BY BOTH A.A. MILNE AND ERNEST H. SHEPARD ON THE TITLE PAGE. [Haring-Smith C79; Cutler-Stiles p. 116; Grolier, no. 71]. Milne, A.A. (Alan Alexander: 1882-1956). Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. First Edition.… Read More

Lausanne: Antione Chapin, 1765. First Edition. Fine. Quarto, 10 x 8 inches (254 x 203 mm); pp. xxii, 268, 8; two copper engraved folding maps by I.A. Chovin are "Carte de la partie Septentrionale et Occidentale de l'Amerique " and "Carte de la partie Septentrionale et Orientale de l'Asie " with four insets of North American regions including California, both in fine condition; contemporary tree calf (dry, scuffed), marbled end papers, extra gilt spine. Bookplate of James Strohn Copley. Contents including the two folding maps are Fine. A very important book in the history of cartography, as it shows California not as an island but a peninsula. The map of North America, with its intricate network of rivers, was the model for Diderot's map of North America for his Encyclopedia, which was issued in 1770 and after and is one of the most recognizable maps of the North America from the latter part of the 18th Century. "A valuable part of Engel's present work is his rejection of the persistent belief held… Read More

Gouache and pencil on paper 4 1⁄4 x 5 1⁄2 in. (108 x 140 mm), c. 1917 Detailed notes in German inscribed on verso in artist's hand. The artist Estate of the artist Private collection, Irma Rudin, New Jersey Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, Label CA2771 Purchased May 20, 1998 Sold October 23, 1998 to Dr. Mark and Mrs. Irene Kauffman, Longboat Key, Florida Christie's New York, 1 March 2012 SALE 2539 Lot 60 - Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture Including the Collection of Dr. Mark and Irene Kauffman [Price Realised $40,000.00] Literature: Boca Raton Museum of Art, American Modernism: Paintings from the Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Kauffman Collection, exhibition catalogue, Boca Raton, Florida, 2003, pp. 20-21, 68, no. 3, illustrated. W.M. Blazier, "American Modernism from the Kauffman Collection," American Art Review, vol. XV, no. 6, December 2003, p. 154, illustrated. Exhibited: Boca Raton, Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, and elsewhere, American Modernism: Paintings from the Dr. and Mrs.… Read More

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1894. Limited Edition. Octavo, 8 1/4 x 5.5 in (206 x 140 mm) 392 pp. Edited by F.S. Ellis. One of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black in Golden type, wood-engraved borders and initials designed by William Morris, neat contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, original limp vellum with ties, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut; binding very slightly soiled with a small mark  to the upper cover, else in fine condition. Inscription: "W.M. Marshall / from E.M. & T.C. Farrer / 1896" [Peterson A24; Tomkinson p. 113 no. 24; Forman p. 220; Ransom p. 327, no. 24]. This collection and the extreme care and expertise William Morris poured into his edition of the poems of John Keats (1795-1821), is a testament to the high regard in which this second-generation romantic poet was held towards the end of the 19th century, and particularly by the Pre-Raphaelites. "This was, arguably, the most popular of the titles published by the press, and the supply… Read More

Rome: Andrea Fe, 1622. First Edition. Large Octavo, 9 3/16 x 6 7/8 inches (232 x 175 mm);pp. XI + 161 + [12], including 66 full-page engraving of which 43 represent individual birds and 23 illustrate the materials about trapping and caring for birds; woodcut initials & tail-pieces, light offsetting as typical, a little browned, a few stains, A7 lacking small portion from inner margin, E4 with small paper flaw holes at head just touching head-line; 18th century diced russia, rebacked, flat spines divided into panels by single gilt rules, gilt title and publication year, rubbed, corners worn, gilt-rolled turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Front pastedown with the engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, Wrest Park, and a second engraved bookplate belonging to his daughter Anne, who inherited the Wrest Park estate and its library (ACC initial for Anne Countess Cowper). Title page reads: Uccelliera Overo discorso della natura e proprietà di diversi uccelli e in particolare di que' che… Read More

Berlin: Ben Joachim Pauli, 1783. First Edition. Near fine. Ludwig Schmidt and others. Oblong 4to, 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. (211 x 260 mm), 117 fine hand-colored engraved plates, printed on handmade laid paper. Contemporary half calf with marbled paper boards and a handwritten paper label on the spine, chipped; binding rubbed and corners bumped but binding is square and firm; all edges red; light water stain to the cover and fly sheets, not affecting the plates. Very light foxing on a few of the plates. The copy offered here does not include the plate relating to the entomologist's instruments, which is included in some copies. [Nissen, ZBI 2078]. An exceedingly rare and beautifully-illustrated work by Carl Gustav Jablonsky and JFW Herbst, whose Natursystem is one of the first attempts at a complete survey of exotic and European butterflies, and edited following the system of Carl Linnaeus (1707 - 1778), the father of modern taxonomy, as stated in the subtitle of the work. Carl Gustav Jablonsky (1765 -… Read More

New York: Privately Printed by Order of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan (DeVinne Press &, 1911. First, Limited Edition. Near fine. 2 volumes; Royal 8vo; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (240 x 160 mm); Vol. 1: pp. xvii + 196; Vol. 2: lxxiii + 145; + 158 chromolithographs with rice paper guards inscribed with legend, many double-tissued. In vol. 2 plate no. 147 is used as a frontispiece. Each volume includes an index of cases with schematic drawings and key numbers, as well as Chinese characters and diagrams of maker marks. Top edges gilt, rest uncut; Brown pebbled morocco, with gold fillets on boards, five raised spines, gilt titling and decorations in compartments. Fillets on wide turn-ins, moiré silk and morocco doublures, spine sunned and some very light shelfwear to volume 1. Volume 2 bound in slightly darker morocco, with similar detailing and moiré-silk doublures, front cover re-attached by the Baytun-Riviere bindery. Volume two bears the pictorial bookplate of Earl Gifford Talbott. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies… Read More

London: Methuen and Co, 1908. First Edition. Near fine/Near fine. Graham Robertson. 8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (190 x 120 mm). pp. [1] + viii + 302 + i. Laid paper, deckle edges, t.e.g. With a captioned frontispieces, "And a River went out of Eden", on coated paper after a pen-and-ink drawing by Walford Graham Robertson (1866 - 1948); tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine (Toad dressed in a driving outfit and goggles) and upper cover ( Pan playing flute to Rat and Mole by the river) and a single gilt rule on the upper cover. In the second issue publisher's pictorial peach-color dust jacket printed in black with price of 7/6 instead of 6/-.The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened but in excellent condition with a couple small tears at head expertly repaired on verso; scattered foxing and discoloration to dust jacket and pages, wear to spine edges consistent with age. [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, no.61; Osborne I, p. 349; Hunt… Read More

Paris: Melchior Tavernier, 1620. Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper, printed from three blocks in black, olive-green, and yellow ochre, 8 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (207 x 157 mm), thread margins. Some scattered light discoloration throughout, lightly backed with laid paper, however the sheet retains translucence when viewed through raking light. Trimmed at or near the margin. Archivally sound small repaired corner tear, upper right, with a very minor (1/4 inch) vertical edge split in the center top margin, above the figure's head. All condition issues are consistent with age, and present an exceptionally good example of this truly remarkable work. With the collector's stamp of Friedrich August II, King of Saxony, last King of Poland (1797-1854), Dresden, on the right corner, recto (Lugt 971). This work likely appeared in a well-known posthumous sale of Friedrich August II's private collection, which was handled by C.G. Boerner, and took place in Leipzig, on May 7-9, 1928, presumably this print was… Read More

Philadelphia: D. Rice & A. N. Hart, 1855. Third Edition. Very good. J. T. Bowen (ca. 1801 - 1856). Three volumes, 8vo, 10 ½ x 7 inches (266 x 178 mm). Vol. 1: pp. iv, 333, 40 portraits; Vol. 2: pp. v, 319, 50 portraits; Vol. 3: pp. 339, 31 portraits. Red morocco binding, gilt fillets and elaborate floral and dart decorations on the covers, 5 raised bands, gilt titling and decorations in compartments, all edges gilt, hinges professionally repaired, shelf worn, some spotting and foxing, tissue guards on most plates. FEATURING 120 HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPHS BY J.T. BOWEN [Howes M129; Sabin: 43411]. As early as 1824, the practice was begun of taking portraits of the principal Indians who came to Washington, and depositing them in the War Department. They were chiefly painted by Mr. King, an artist of high repute, who has been remarkably successful in transferring to his canvas the strong lineaments of the Indian countenance. Col. McKinney, who was for many years superintendent of Indian affairs at… Read More

Boston: The Riverside Press / Houghton Mifflin and Co, 1884. Signed Limited Edition. Near fine/Fine. Elihu Vedder (1836 - 1923). Elephant Folio, 17 x 14 1/2 in. (430 x 365 mm); pp. [128], 8 pages at the end of the book have printed notes and an index of illustrations. This is NUMBER 80 of 100 DELUXE COPIES on Japanese paper with remarque plates. Decorative title and 56 mounted Albertype plates by Elihu Vedder, well inked and sharp. SIGNED BY THE ARTIST on the limitation page. Original brown morocco binding by Riverside Press (stamp on verso of f.e.p.), blind tooled and gilt on a design by Vedder; silk doublures decorated with vines, fruit and flowers, also on Vedder's design; wide turn-ins with elaborate gilt dentelles; a.e.g. endpapers in excellent condition, bar a little rubbing in the middle of the spine. Some foxing and staining throughout, mostly limited to the tapes that hold the heavy paper mounts on which the plates are pasted, and in 6 instances small spots on the plates but otherwise… Read More

Paris: Société Nouvelle des Éditions d'Art Devambez, 1926. Limited Edition. Edgar Chahine. 4to, 13 x 10 3/4 inches (330 x 250 mm); 112 pp. Copy number XXIV of 30 HC copies on papier japon ancien with 26 plates, (frontispiece, title vignette, 5 in-text and 19 full-page). Each plate appears in 3 states: first state, final state with remarques, final state. This is one of 30 copies with roman numerals reserved for the artist and his friends ("Imprimé pour l'artiste et ses amis") from an edition limited to 230 special copies; our copy also includes 4 additional plates (also in 3 states), an original drawing in reddish-orange crayon, signed by Edgar Chahine, and a signed copper etching plate for one of the illustrations. Superb red morocco binding by H. Blanchetière, signed at foot of front turn-in. Covers with inlaid strapwork border of scarlet and turquoise morocco and elaborately tooled in gilt with scrolls and hatched decoration; spine titled in gilt with 3 strapwork compartments and 4 raised… Read More

London: James Paine / Davies, Dodsley, .., 1767. First Edition. Very good. Elephant folio, 20 1/8 x 14 inches (512 x 356 mm), title, deidication, iv + susbcriber and plate lists, 20 pp plate descriptions; 55 engraved plates numbered 1-74 (the 15 double-page and 4 folding plates each with two plates numbers) by J. June, H. Mackworth, P. Mazell, J. Miller, T. Morris, J.S. Müller, F. Patton and T. White after designs by Paine. Half bound in tan calf with dry stamped decorative borders; boards covered in red and blue marbled paper, edges bumped and worn, boards rubbed; penicl notations inside front cover. Paper generally clean and supple with occasional foxing; binding tight. Etched armorial bookplate of Buddle Atkinson pasted inside front cover. [ESTC T135969; Archer 243.1; Harris 664; Lowndes IV, p.1761; Upcott p. XXXIII]. An imposing and elegant elephant folio comprising some of James Paine's most important works. Featuring designs for completed buildings, mostly in the Palladian style including… Read More

New York: Privately Printed by Order of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan (DeVinne Press &, 1911. First, Limited Edition. Fine. 2 volumes; Royal 8vo; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (240 x 160 mm); Vol. 1: pp. xvii + 196 pp.; Vol. 2: lxxiii + 145 pp. 158 chromolithographs with rice paper guards inscribed with legend in red ink, legends pasted on the border of the image in vol. 2. In vol. 2 plate no. 147 is used as a frontispiece. Volume 1 of this set includes an additional chromolithograph of a Glazed Earthenware Fish Bowl, with the mark "The Connoisseur" tipped into the last fly leaves. LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. Each volume includes an index of cases with schematic drawings and key numbers, as well as Chinese characters and diagrams of maker marks. Top edges gilt, rest uncut; Dark green-brown pebbled morocco, with gold fillets on boards, five raised bands on spines, title in gilt with gilt decorations in compartments. Fillets on wide turn-ins, moss green moiré silk and morocco doublures, spine… Read More

Basel: C. de Mechel, 1790. First Edition. Fine. Chrétien de Mechel after Hans Holbein. Folio, 14 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches (360 x 263 mm; hand-colored aquatint title and 12 etchings & aquatint plates with hand-colroing in watercolor by Chrétien de Méchel after Hans Holbein the Younger. Handsome contemporary mosaic binding in red morocco, inlaid dark green border with red and yellow dots and yellow corner piece designs, gilt board edges and turn-ins, gilt designs on spine and green label with gilt title, spine a little rubbed, marbled endpapers, a.e.g.; preserved in a slipcase with marbled paper and red morocco profiles, a little rubbed and faded. [Cohen / deRicci 493; Colas 1462; Rahir, Bibliothèque de l'Amateur, p. 661; Brunet III 251-252; Cicognara 2044; Bobins 490; Vinet 2177]. Housed in a stunning mosaic binding, this rare folio contains a complete suite of 12 magnificently-colored plates, the third part of a series of 4 comprising Holbein's oeuvre published in Basel by Chrétien de Mechel, from… Read More