Illustrated Books

18, Strand, London: Samuel Leigh, 1823. New edition, carefully revised. Thick 12mo, (measures 95mm x 144mm], illustrated with a large engraved folding frontispiece of Regent Street (creased from folding and with two marginal tears), 38 small engraved plates (usually showing two or three images, and occasionally one), and a full page text plan of Hampton Court maze, some foxing, marking and browning throughout, some corners turned, LACKING the folding plan and map, but overall a much better copy than usual, in the publisher's original printed sheep, slightly rubbed but with a good sheen, sympathetically rebacked with a black cloth spine.. Cloth-backed leather. Good.

Paris: Lucien Laveur, 1903. Quarto, pp 130, (6), + 60 colour chromolithograph plates on thick stippled paper, the text pages uncut and unopened, the plates with a facing protective page containing the name (these facing page are a bit aged and browned and fraying at the edges,, the plates are still clean, sound and unmarked), all pages are loose as issued in this form, in an original green folder with silver lettering, slightly worn and marked, and lacking the upper ties (of three). A duplicate from the Royal Horticultural lLndley Library, this copy being the Reginald Cory bequest copy, with two labels on the front endpaper, but no other markings. [Cory had a passion for plants and botany and in the early 1930s he undertook a number of plant hunting expeditions, and commissioned others, some of the results of which are exhibited at Dyffryn. He would also share plants with other gardens, including the Cambridge Botanic Garden. Amongst other features, the gardens bear evidence of his trips to Italy.… Read More

1760 1ed Art of Painting by Watelet Illustrated Poem da Vinci Michelangelo Durer
Claude-Henri Watelet was an 18th-century French painter who was much better known for his writings on art and painting. His most famous poem was 'L'Art de Peindre' or 'Art of Painting', a poem written to describe design, color, and the influence of art on poetry. The work itself consisted of illustrated sketches as well as descriptions of great artists such as Albrecht Durer, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci.
Item number: #13933
Price: $550
WATELET, Claude-Henri
L'art de peindre : poëme avec des Réflexions sur les différentes parties de la peinture
Paris : H.-L. Guérin et L.-F. Delatour, 1760. First edition.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xxii, 152
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23 engravings
20 in-text vignettes
3 full-page plates
· Language: French
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~6.25in X 4in (16cm x 10cm)
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Roma: Pier Ant Facciotti, 1638. Small thick quarto, pp (12), 520, [26], illustrated with an engraved title page, an engraved frontispiece (though here bound in after the preliminary pages) and 45 plates (of 46 - lacking the plate which occupied pages 55/56), some age-toning and slight foxing throughout, the plates a bit more browned but without the intense browning often found in this book, overall quite tight internally, one preliminary page and pages 395-398 protruding slightly and a little chipped and frayed at the margins, full vellum binding (probably original), rather used and marked but quite sound and firm, the upper and lower cover a bit warped and bowed, the front hinge cracked but firm and showing traces of old glue. The first Italian edition. [Ferrari 1584 - 1655), was an Italian Jesuit and professor in Rome, and a botanist. He devoted himself till 1632 to the study and cultivation of ornamental plants, and published De Florum Cultura, which was illustrated with copperplates by, amongst… Read More

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:: Alice Austin,, 2022.. Edition of 15: Deluxe 1 -10; stnd 11-15. 8.25" x 7.75" x .75". Linoleum prints and handset type printed on Rives BFK heavyweight paper. Deluxe copy bound in goat parchment made by Pergamena. Signed and numbered by the artist. nesting" consists of five folios of different birds and nests, ending with a poem remarking on habitat loss and the wondrous joy of birdwatching.

1925 1st ed Knave of Hearts Maxfield Parrish Illustrated ART Fable L. Saunders
Louise Saunders, wife of editor Max Perkins, editor of Scribner's publishing, teamed with one of the most popular illustrators, Maxwell Perkins to create this unforgettable fable. Parrish worked for three years on the paintings for 'Knave of Hearts.' He built an elaborate castle model in his workroom for the illustrations of the book.
"Not until 1920 did [Parrish] agree to illustrate what was to become one of the most valuable children's books ever published, Louise Saunders's Knave of Hearts." (Alma Gilbert, Maxfield Parrish: The Masterworks, pp. 49-52)
This 1925 first edition is filled with colorful illustrations and decorative painting cover boards.

Item number: #30189
Price: $950
SAUNDERS. Louise
The Knave of Hearts
New York: Charles Scribner Sons, MCMXXV [1925]. TRUE
First Edition.
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Collation: Complete
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[4], 46, [2]
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Full paged colored illustrations throughout
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Language: English
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1875 Mark TWAIN 1st ed Sketches Samuel Clemens Jumping Frog Poultry Blue Cloth

"But still he was lucky, uncommon lucky; he most always come out winner."
– Mark Twain, The Celebrated Jumping Frog

'Sketches, New and Old', published in 1875, was a collection of 63 of Samuel Clemens's earliest newspaper and journal writings. It was his most ambitious, most thoroughly sifted, and most fully revised collection of his apprentice work. It was also his final one. Some works include:
· The Jumping Frog
· To Raise Poultry
· Science vs. luck
· A Curious dream

Many of the short stories in this collection were of materials that Twain used in his public readings and lectures. It was published similarly to that of many of his other 'subscription books,' but it was a much smaller book and printed on more 'squarish' paper than that of his other works.

This first edition is bound in the original blue cloth with decorative gilt on the front cover and meets all first edition… Read More

1935 Edgar Allan Poe 1ed Tales Occult Mystery & Imagination Arthur Rackham ART

"Tales of Mystery and Imagination" is a captivating compilation of Edgar Allan Poe's iconic tales, brilliantly brought to life by the artistry of Arthur Rackham. The book uniquely captures the symbiotic relationship between Poe's darkly poetic narratives and Rackham's hauntingly beautiful illustrations. Serving as a remarkable fusion of literary and visual art, Rackham's creations enhance the mystifying and imaginative ambiance that is intrinsic to Poe's work.

This collection curates twenty-nine of Poe's spellbinding tales, each accompanied by one of Rackham's images that range from ethereal to eerie, echoing Poe's unparalleled prowess in exploring the macabre and the surreal. Notable stories such as "The Pit and the Pendulum,""The Murders in the Rue Morgue,""The Fall of the House of Usher,"and"The Descent into the Maelstrom" are all part of this enticing selection.

Item number: #41126
Price: $599

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New York: Brentano's. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Lacks the elusive dust jacket. Rubbing to edges, corners, hinges, and spine ends. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown. The front endpaper has a small abrasion, possibly from sticker removal. Pastedowns and endpapers lightly toned.; Tannhäuser, the full title being Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg, is Richard Wagner's epic, poetic, opera of the opposition of sacred, otherworldly love and profane, worldly love. The mythical character Tannhäuser is a medieval German poet and songwriter who abandons his chaste Elizabeth and descends to be with Venus in her ethereal, subterranean realm of Venusberg. Dissatisfied, he ascends to the real-worldly Wartburg. reunites with Elisabeth, enters the songwriting contest of the Minnesängers, and horrifies the staid, pious listeners with his song of earthly, sensual love. In disgrace, he repairs to Rome to do… Read More

Gibbings and Company. London. 1901. FIRST BRANGWYN EDITION IN VERY RARE BRANGWYN DESIGNED LEATHER BINDINGS. TWO VOLUMES. Small 8vo. (5.6 x 3.5 inches). Illustrated with decorative half titles and title pages to both volumes, and portrait frontis in Volume one, all by Brangwyn. Original publishers delux tan lambskin leather bindings with blind stamped lettering and Arts and crafts style decorations to the spine and both boards, designed by Frank Brangwyn. Plain endpapers. All edges gilt. Some minor rubbing to the edges but overall very good and attractive examples of these beautiful books in the very rare Frank Brangwyn designed leather bindings. ---------- Originally published by Davit Stott in 1889 and edited by W. H. Bennett, the text of this edition appears to have been taken over by Gibbings and Company, who commissioned Frank Brangwyn to provide illustrations for the frontis, half and full title pages, and presumably the bindings as I can find no earlier book published with this design, for this… Read More

Minneapolis, Minnesota:: Lex Thompson,, 2017/2019.. Edition of 5. Two volumes in wooden slipcase with dovetailed design along edges and laser etched illustration on sides with an M on the spine. Texts cited from Mary Emma Thompson's 'On the Plains, and Among the Peaks, or, How Mrs. Maxwell Made Her Natural History Collection' (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, 1879). Volume 1 "A Catalog of Martha Maxwell's Menagerie of Mammal and Bird Specimens (as far as is possible) as taken account of" by Elliott Coues & Robert Ridgeway": 8.5 x 6 x 2"; 310 pages. Case bound in lime green book cloth, smyth sewn. Gold gilt edge with gilt line illustration and titles on front board. Hand marbled endsheet. Printed and bound by Conveyor Editions. Illustrated plates (hunted and cut from field guides) by Lex Thompson. Signed and numbered by Thompson. Volume 2 "A Catalog of Martha Maxwell's Menagerie of Mammal and Bird Specimens (as far… Read More

Tucson, Arizona:: Spaceheater Editions,, 2023.. Edition of 175. Spaceheater Editions: "13 cm x 8.2 cm x 2.5 cm (5.125" x 3.25" x 1"). The 200-page self-covering smyth-sewn Melt was printed by one of the latest updated printing technologies, high-speed UV-cured inkjet. It was printed on a Komori Impremia IS29s digital press at Spectrum Printing in Tucson, Arizona. It is a new and improved version of that digital inkjet sheet-fed printing method that is not only very fast, but also light-fast, and uses stochastic imaging, which means there are no halftone dots. The finished prints rival or exceed the quality of high-quality offset lithography. The paper is Neenah Classic Crest, an archival sheet, using 80lb text for the text block and 100lb cover stock for the front and back cover. The folding, some of the foil-stamping, smyth-sewn binding, and corner rounding was by BindTech-Roswell in Phoenix, Arizona." Summary: "Melt" is the second in a series of three books on… Read More

Nonesuch Library. London. 1939. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.1 inches). 1165pp. Finely bound in recent full deep red morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands. Black leather title label, gilt. Spine compartments ruled and decorated with gilt stamped Mad Hatter, March Hare, and Playing card devices. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.

Nonesuch Library. London. 1939. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.7 x 5.1 inches). 1165pp. Finely bound in recent full red morocco leather. Spine with five raised bands. Spine compartments ruled and decorated with gilt stamped Mad Hatter and Playing card devices. Single gilt ruled border to boards. Top edge gilt. A fine copy.

Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London. 1894. FIRST HEIGHWAY EDITION, Large paper issue. One of only 100 copies issued. Large 8vo. (10.5 x 7.4 inches), With notes and an index. Beautifully illustrated throughout with over 100 fine engravings by Heighway. Tissue guard to the frontis. Some minor offsetting to the blank endpapers otherwise a fine and clean copy throughout. In the original publishers burgundy cloth binding with printed paper label to the spine. The spine is a bit faded but this is still a lovely copy of this scarce volume. With an attractive Art Nouveau bookplate of Christie Chetwynd Atkinson, decorated and illustrated with two women reading, by M.C. Fisher, dated 1902, on the front pastedown endpaper.