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Ward, Leslie
Second in Zululand": Major-General Henry Hope Crealock Men of the Day no. 196 -- Vanity Fair March 15 1879
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1879. Near Fine. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 26 cm. signed "Spy" with accompanying leaf of descriptive text. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' Major-General Henry Hope Crealock 1831-1891 British soldier author and artist was commissioned into the British Army in 1848; served at a number of fronts including Sevastopol Canton India Peking and the Anglo-Zulu War. In Near Fine Condition: light marginal soiling; otherwise clean and bright. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004930
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Black Morgan": The Rev. Henry Arthur Morgan Men of the Day no. 417 -- Vanity Fair Jan. 26 1889
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1889. Near Fine -. 1 chromolithographed print 37 x 25 cm. by the unidentified artist who signed: Hay. Without the biographical text. The Rev. Henry Arthur Morgan 1830-1912 was a Master of Jesus College Cambridge University from 1885 to his death in 1912. In Near Fine- Condition: minor chipping at lower edge; clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004933
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Red Morgan": The Rev. Edmund Henry Morgan Men of the Day no. 416 -- Vanity Fair Jan. 19 1889
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1889. Near Fine. 1 chromolithographed print 37 x 25 cm. by the unidentified artist who signed: Hay. Without the biographical text. The Rev. Edmund Henry Morgan 1838-1895 was a Senior Tutor and Dean of Jesus College Cambridge University. In Near Fine Condition: closed 1-cm. tear at lower right-hand corner; clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004932
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Pellegrini, Carlo
The Head of the Pagets": Henry Paget Marquis of Anglesey Statesmen no. 339 -- Vanity Fair Sept. 18 1880
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1880. Near Fine -. 1 chromolithographed print 38 x 26 cm. signed "Ape" with accompanying leaf of biographical text. Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889 was a caricaturist for Vanity Fair from 1869 to his death in 1889 signing his works "Ape." Henry Paget 4th Marquess of Anglesey 1835-1898 on 30 January 1880 succeeded to the titles of 5th Earl of Uxbridge Co. Middlesex 7th Baronet Bayly of Plas Newydd Anglesey and Mount Bagenall and 13th Lord Paget of Beaudesert. The same year he married his third wife American heiress Mary "Minna" Livingston King. Scarce. In Near Fine- Condition: light marginal soiling; otherwise clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004929
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Ward, Leslie
Tirah": General Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart Men of the Day no. 725 -- Vanity Fair Sept. 8 1898
Utrecht: P.W. van de Weywer 1898. Near Fine -. 1 color print 39 x 26 cm. signed "Spy" with accompanying leaf of descriptive text. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' William Stephen Alexander Lockhart 1841-1900 was a British general who spent most of his career in India and Burma. In 1897 he had conducted the Tirah Expedition. Because Vincent Brooks Day & Son the lithographer usually employed by Vanity Fair suffered a fire in 1898 this is one of the prints in their popular series Men of the Day printed by P.W. van de Weyer in Utrecht Holland. They used the "colortype" offset printing method rather than the color lithography seen in many other Vanity Fair prints. In Near Fine- Condition: 1-cm. closed tear from left edge of print; minimal soiling in margins; clean and bright image and text. P.W. van de Weywer unknown
Bookseller reference : 004927
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Pellegrini, Carlo
If the State is happy that has no history thrice happy is the Statesman who makes none": Edward Cardwell Statesmen no. 9 -- Vanity Fair April 3 1869
London: Vanity Fair 1869. Near Fine -. 1 chromolithographed print 35 x 23 cm. signed "Ape" with accompanying biographical text. Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889 was a caricaturist for Vanity Fair from 1869 to his death in 1889 signing his works "Ape." Edward Cardwell 1st Viscount Cardwell 1813-1886 the "most faithful disciple extant of Sir Robert Peel" was elected to Parliament in 1842; passed the Cardwell Railway Act in 1854; and as Secretary of State for War from 1868 to 1874 introduced the Cardwell Reforms into the British Army. In Near Fine- Condition: light marginal soiling; otherwise clean and bright. Vanity Fair unknown
Bookseller reference : 004941
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Pellegrini, Carlo
Nervous": Sir Henry James Statesmen no. 164 -- Vanity Fair March 7 1874
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1874. Near Fine. 1 chromolithographed print 40 x 27 cm. signed "Ape" with accompanying leaf of biographical text photocopy. Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889 was a caricaturist for Vanity Fair from 1869 to his death in 1889 signing his works "Ape." Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford 1828-1911 was a lawyer and statesman serving under Gladstone as Solicitor General and Attorney General. After he broke with Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and joined the Liberal Unionists he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In Near Fine Condition: minor soiling along lower edge; otherwise clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004934
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Ward, Leslie
For the Crown": Henry Bodkin Poland Men of the Day no. 355 -- Vanity Fair March 13 1886
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1886. Near Fine. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy" with the biographical text photocopy. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' Knighted in 1895 Sir Henry Harry Bodkin Poland 1829-1928 was a British barrister from 1851 to 1895 also serving as Counsel to the Treasury and Adviser to the Home Office from 1865 to 1889. In Near Fine Condition: lower edge slightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004950
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Guth, Jean Baptiste
The French Republic": J.P.P. Casimir-Perier Men of the Day no. 596 -- Vanity Fair Aug. 30 1894
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1894. Near Fine. 1 chromolithographed print 38 x 25 cm. signed "GUTH" without the leaf of biographical text. Jean Baptiste Guth 1855-1922 was a French illustrator who signed his Vanity Fair caricatures "GUTH." Jean Paul Pierre Casimir-Perier 1847-1907 was elected the 6th President of the French Third Republic in 1894 following the assissination of president Carnot. He resigned after six months making his the shortest presidency in French history as of 2016. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004963
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Ward, Leslie
Denmark in England": Frants Ernst de Bille Men of the Day no. 895 -- Vanity Fair Oct. 8 1903
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1903. Very Good . 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy" without the biographical text. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' Frantz Ernst Bille 1832-1918 was a Danish diplomat who served as governor of the West Indies Virgin Islands in 1871 and ambassador to Great Britain from 1890 to 1908. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: closed 1-cm. tear from left-hand edge; upper margin slightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004956
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Ward Leslie
The Claimant's Counsel": Dr. Edward Vaughan Kenealy Men of the Day no. 71 -- Vanity Fair Nov. 1 1873
London: Vanity Fair 1873. Very Good. 1 chromolithographed print 38 x 26 cm. signed "Spy" with the biographical text photocopy. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' Edward Vaughan Kenealy 1819-1880 an Irish barrister and poet was best known for his defense of the claimant to the Tichborne name and estate. After a long and scandalous trial his client lost and Kenealy was censured by the jury for his conduct. In 1874 he was disbenched and disbarred; the following year he was elected to Parliament from Stoke-upon-Trent. In Very Good Condition: 3 closed tears of 1 cm. or less from right side; 1 closed tear of 1.5 cm. from top edge; lower edge slightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. Vanity Fair unknown
Bookseller reference : 004952
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Ward, Leslie
A Railway Commissioner": Sir Frederick Peel Men of the Day no. 902 -- Vanity Fair Dec. 17 1903
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1903. Very Good. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy" without the leaf of biographical text. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' Sir Frederick Peel 1823-1906 second son of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel was first elected to Parliament in 1849 for Leominster; later he represented Bury. He was appointed to the Railway and Canal Commission at its establishemnet in 1873 and remained a commissioner until his death. In Very Good Condition: closed 1-cm. tear from upper edge and same from right-hand edge; clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004962
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Pellegrini Carlo
Thorough": Archibald Forbes Men of the Day no. 169 -- Vanity Fair Jan. 5 1878
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1878. Very Good. 1 chromolithographed print 34 x 26 cm. signed "Ape" without the biographical text. Carlo Pellegrini 1839-1889 was a caricaturist for Vanity Fair from 1869 to his death in 1889 signing his works "Ape." Archibald Forbes 1838-1900 British war correspondent began writing for the Morning Star while enlisted in the Royal Dragoons. After leaving the army he founded London Scotsman a weekly paper that he ran from 1867 to 1871. While reporting from the siege of Metz in 1870 he helped to establish the use of the telegraph for war reporting. This began his long and very successful career as a war correpondent. In Very Good Condition: one horizontal crease; upper corners slightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004946
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Ward, Leslie
London Sessions": Sir Peter Henry Edlin Judges no. 34 -- Vanity Fair Oct. 31 1891
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1891. Near Fine. 1 chromolithographed print 39 x 27 cm. signed "Spy" with the biographical text photocopy. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' Sir Peter Henry Edlin 1819-1903 was chairman of the County of London Sessions. According to the biographical text that accompanied the print he was an unpleasant and controversial judge. In Near Fine Condition: clean and bright. Vincent Brooks Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004953
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Ward, Leslie
The Head": J.J. Hornby Men of the Day no. 800 -- Vanity Fair Jan. 31 1901
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1901. Near Fine -. 1 chromolithographed print 38 x 25 cm. signed "Spy" without the biographical text. Sir Leslie Ward 1851-1922 English caricaturist and portrait painter signed his works 'Spy.' John James Hornby 1826-1909 English rower while at Oxford was headmaster of Eton College from 1868 to 1884 when he became provost a post retained until his death. In Near Fine- Condition: minor foxing/soiling in lower margin; otherwise clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004945
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Assheton-Smith, Charles Garden
A Rustic Judge": Lord Justice Williams Judges no. 54 -- Vanity Fair March 2 1899
London: Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith 1899. Near Fine -. 1 chromolithographed print 38 x 25 cm. signed "C.G.D." with the biographical text photocopy. Sir Charles Garden Assheton-Smith né Duff 1851-1914 signed his Vanity Fair caricatures variously "C.G.D." or "Cloister." He was a landowner and owner of three Grand National winners an amateur caricaturist and the 1st Baronet of Vaynol Park. Roland Lomax Vaughan Williams 1838-1917 was appointed a Judge of High Court of Justice in 1890 a Judge in Bankruptcy in 1891 and a Lord Justic of Appeal in 1897. In Near Fine- Condition: margins are lightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith unknown
Bookseller reference : 004951
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Travies Edouard
Serpentaire Reptilivore handcolored copperplate engraving from a painting of an African bird
Paris: A. Le Vasseur Editeur 1880. Fine. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving 16 x 27 cm. from a painting by Edouard Travies 1809-1868; engraved by Fournier et Lalaisse. Printed by R. Taneur. Undated; the publisher was active from 1878 to 1887 or later. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. A. Le Vasseur, Editeur unknown
Bookseller reference : 004847
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Travies, Edouard
Faisan Dore Male and sa Femelle handcolored copperplate engraving from a painting of a pheasant
Paris: A. Le Vasseur Editeur 1880. Fine. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving 16 x 27 cm. from a painting by Edouard Travies 1809-1868; engraved by Fournier et Lalaisse. Printed by R. Taneur. Undated; the publisher was active from 1878 to 1887 or later. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. A. Le Vasseur, Editeur unknown
Bookseller reference : 004848
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Seve Jacques de
L'Antilope Femelle 1 handcolored copperplate engraving of an antelope from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1755. Near Fine. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving 25 x 20 cm. from art by Jacques de Sève fl. 1742-1788; engraved by C. Baron. Plate 19 from Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon Histoire Naturelle vol. 6. The plate is undated. The 11 volumes on Quadrupeds were originally published from 1753 to 1767. In Near Fine Condition: small discoloration in upper margin; otherwise clean and bright. De l'Imprimerie Royale unknown
Bookseller reference : 004870
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Seve Jacques de
Le Marcassin and Le Cochon de Lait 1 handcolored copperplate engraving of a wild boar and a domesticated pig from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1800. Very Good -. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving 25 x 19 cm. from art by Jacques de Sève fl. 1742-1788; engraved by Schmits. Plate 13 from Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon Histoire Naturelle vol. 1. The plate is undated. Although the 11 volumes on Quadrupeds were originally published from 1753 to 1767 the paper used suggests that this may be a somewhat later reprint. Very scace. In Very Good- Condition: faint dampstain along one edge not touching image; otherwise clean and bright. De l'Imprimerie Royale unknown
Bookseller reference : 004873
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Sully, Thomas
1 aguatint reproduction of Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire by Thomas Sully
1850. Fine. 1 print 16 x 14 cm. Black-and-white print of Thomas Sully painting of 1843 Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire showing Cinderella sitting in front of the fire playing with a cat her stepsisters in the next room in front of a mirror. No date or other publication information; the paper suggests mid- to late-19th century. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp. unknown
Bookseller reference : 004872
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Seve, Jacques de
Le Nilgaut Femelle 1 handcolored copperplate engraving of an antelope Nilgaut Boselaphus tragocamelus from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1755. Near Fine -. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving 25 x 20 cm. from art by Jacques de Sève fl. 1742-1788; engraved by Madeleine-Therese Rousselet. Plate 11 from Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon Histoire Naturelle vol. 6. The plate is undated. The 11 volumes on Quadrupeds were originally published from 1753 to 1767. In Near Fine- Condition: small discoloration on left side of image; otherwise clean and bright. De l'Imprimerie Royale unknown
Bookseller reference : 004868
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Seve, Jacques de
Le Ritbok Femelle 1 handcolored copperplate engraving of an antelope from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle
Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale 1755. Very Good. 1 handcolored copperplate engraving 25 x 20 cm. from art by Jacques de Sève fl. 1742-1788; engraved by Le Villain. Plate 24 from Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon Histoire Naturelle vol. 6. Although the plate is undated the 11 volumes on Quadrupeds were published from 1753 to 1767. In Very Good Condition: faint dampstain in right margin not touching image; otherwise clean bright and crisp. De l'Imprimerie Royale unknown
Bookseller reference : 004856
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Chatrousse, Emile
The Crimes of War: From the Original Marble Statue in the Institute des Beaux Arts; by Emile Chatrousse 1 print by Gravure Goupil et Cie
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co 1882. Near Fine -. The sheet is 15 x 11.5 inches; the image is 10 x 7.25 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the sculture The Crimes of War by Emile Chatrousse 1829-1896. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States by Gebbie & Co. beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints made by Gravure Goupil et Cie as well as several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. A strikingly beautiful image. In Near Fine- Condition: one corner slightly creased; image is clean and bright. Gebbie & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 004817
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Gautherin, Jean
Clotilde de Surville: From the Original Marble in the Institute des Beaux Arts 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Very Good. The sheet is 15 x 11.5 inches; the image is 10 x 7.25 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the statute Clotilde de Surville completed in 1878 by Jean Gautherin 1840-1890. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. A strikingly beautiful image. In Very Good Condition: small stain along one edge; one corner slightly creased; light soiling along edges; image is clean and bright. Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004787
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Poirson, Maurice
The Jetty Trouville by M. Poirson 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Near Fine -. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting The Jetty Trouville by Maurice Poirson 1850-1882. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. A strikingly beautiful image. In Near Fine- Condition: one corner slightly creased; slightly sunned along two edges; image is clean and bright. Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004790
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Grandjean, Edmond Georges
La Place Saint Georges Paris; by Edmond Georges Grandjean 1 print by Gravure Goupil et Cie
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co 1882. Near Fine -. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting La Place Saint Georges Paris by Edmond Georges Grandjean 1844-1908. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States by Gebbie & Co. beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints made by Gravure Goupil et Cie as well as several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. This beautiful black-and-white print is very scarce. In Near Fine- Condition: one corner slightly creased; two edges lightly sunned; image is clean and bright. Gebbie & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 004805
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Chapu, Henri
Joan of Arc at Domrémy; by H.M.A. Chapu 1 print by Gravure Goupil et Cie
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co 1882. Near Fine -. The sheet is 15 x 11.5 inches; the image is 10 x 7.25 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the sculpture Joan of Arc at Domrémy or Jeanne d'Arc à Domrémy by Henri Chapu 1833-1891. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States by Gebbie & Co. beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints made by Gravure Goupil et Cie as well as several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. This strikingly beautiful print is very scarce. In Near Fine- Condition: one corner slightly creased; image is clean and bright. Gebbie & Co unknown
Bookseller reference : 004808
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Pils, Isidore Alexandre Augustin
Rouget de L'Isle Singing the Marseillais for the First Time; by J.A.A. Pils 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Near Fine -. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting Rouget de L'Isle Singing the Marseillais for the First Time; by Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils 1813-1875. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. A strikingly beautiful image. In Near Fine- Condition: closed 1-cm. tear from upper edge; image is clean and bright. Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004794
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Dagnan-Bouveret, Pascal-Adolphe-Jean
Manon Lescaut; by P.A.J. Dagnan-Bouveret 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Very Good -. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting Manon Lescaut by Pascal-Adolphe-Jean Dagnan-Bouveret 1852-1929. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. A strikingly beautiful image. In Very Good- Condition: closed 2-cm. tear from upper edge; sunned along two edges; image is clean and bright. Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004797
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Chevilliard, Vincent
A Good Point of View; by Chevilliard 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Near Fine -. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting A Good Point of View by Vincent Chevilliard 1841-1904. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. This beautiful black-and-white print is very scarce. In Near Fine- Condition: upper edge sunned; image is clean and bright. Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004804
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Garnier, Jules
The Day of the Fete; by Jules Garnier 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Near Fine -. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting The Day of the Fete by Jules Garnier 1839-1904. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. This beautiful black-and-white print is very scarce. In Near Fine- Condition: corners rubbed; lower edge lightly soiled; image is clean and bright. Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004807
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Hagborg, August
After High Tide in the Bay: From the Original Painting in the Luxembourg Gallery; by A. Hagborg 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Near Fine -. The sheet is 15 x 11.5 inches; the image is 10 x 7.25 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting After High Tide in the Bay by August Hagborg 1852-1921. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. A beautiful print. In Near Fine- Condition: one edge slightly sunned; two corners slightly creased; image is clean and bright. Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004812
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Castiglione, Guiseppe
The English Promenade Nice; by G. Gastiglione 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Near Fine. The sheet is 11.5 x 15 inches; the image is 7.25 x 10 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting The English Promenade Nice by Giuseppe Castiglione 1829-1908. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. A strikingly beautiful image. In Near Fine Condition: one corner slightly creased; edges slightly sunned; image is clean and bright. Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004801
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Detaille, Jean Baptiste Edouard
The Passing Regiment: From the Original Painting in the Corcoran Gallery Washington D.C.; by E. Detaille 1 print from The Masterpieces of French Art
Paris: Gravure Goupil et Cie 1882. Very Good -. The sheet is 15 x 11.5 inches; the image is 10 x 7.25 inches. The print is a black-and-white image of the painting The Passing Regiment by Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille 1848-1912. No date of publication. The series The Masterpieces of French Art was issued in the United States beginning in 1882. Portfolios containing several photogravure prints and several wood engravings were published on a monthly basis. Gravure Goupil et Cie became Boussod Valadon & Cie in 1884. This beautiful black-and-white print is very scarce. In Very Good- Condition: light stain along right edge; one corner slightly creased; image is clean and bright.<br /> Gravure Goupil et Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 004811
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USS Memphis and American Military in the Dominican Republic in 1916 15 photographs
Santo Domingo Dominican Republic: FotografÃa Manon 1916. Very Good. 15 5-x-7-inch black-and-white photographs: 8 of the USS Memphis wrecked by a tidal wave on the coast of the Dominican Republic on 29 Aug. 1916; 1 of the memorial service for sailors who drown when the Memphis was wrecked; and 6 of American military personnel in camp. Four of the USS Memphis photos have "Foto: Mañon" on the front. FotografÃa Mañon was located in Santo Domingo. In Very Good Condition: a few small scrapes; no writing on front or back. FotografÃa Manon unknown
Bookseller reference : 004530
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Verlaine, Paul
The Bibelot: A Reprint of Poetry and Prose for Book Lovers chosen in part from scarce editions and sources not generally known -- February 1898 Vol. IV No. 2 Lyrics from Paul Verlaine with plate by Andhré des Gachons
Portland Me: Thomas Bird Mosher 1898. Paperback. Good . des Gachons Andhré. Printed by Smith & Sale Portland Maine. 6 57-83 5 p.; 16 cm. Blue-grey paper wrappers printed in black and red; sewn. With loose as issued: 1 leaf of a plate and one poem on tissue to accompany the plate. Pages are unopened. The Bibelot was published by Thomas Mosher from 1895 to 1914. In this issue he reprints poems from Paul Verlaine's Poèmes Saturniens. The plate of a woman in front of a forest is by Andhré des Gachons and dated 1896. It is accompanied by "A Une Femme" translated by A. Lenalie. Very scarce with the loose plate and poem on tissue. In Good Condition: wrappers are separated along spine; wrappers are sunned and slightly chipped along edges; sewing is present but not intact; pages and plate are clean and bright. Thomas Bird Mosher paperback
Bookseller reference : 004596
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Stackhouse Thomas
Russia in Europe map
London: T. Stackhouse 1783. Map. Fine. Matted hand-colored copper engraving. Image size: 14.5 x 15.25 inches. Mat size: 22.75 x 23.75 inches. A beautiful example of this map of Eastern Europe showing the jurisdictions as titled on the map of Moscow Woronesk Bielgorod Kiow Smolensk Novogorod Nisi Nowogorod Penzinskoi Alatyrskoi Galicoskoi Chlynowskoi Solkamskoi Kaygorodskoi Soli Wyczegokkoi Jarenskoi Peczora Mezeskoi Archangel Carelia the Kingdom of Kazan and Russian Lapland as well as parts of Poland Ukrain Livonia Lithuania Finland and Siberia. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. T. Stackhouse unknown
Bookseller reference : 004429
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Brion de La Tour, Louis
Les Isles Britanniques map
Paris: Desnos 1766. Map. Fine. Matted hand-colored copper engraving. Image size: 12 x 11 inches. Mat size: 17.5 x 18.5 inches. From de La Tour's Atlas Géneral Civil et Ecclésiastique. This map can be found in several formats: with or without the separately printed decorative border and with or without the text. This copy has the border; it does not include the text sometimes found adjacent to the map. In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Desnos unknown
Bookseller reference : 004430
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Fort Fish on the Northside of Central Park chromolithograph from Valentine's Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York
New York: Major & Knapp 1865. Very Good -. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp 449 Broadway NY." -- lower left-hand corner. This was apparently from a section of the 1865 Manual titled The Old Landmarks on Manhattan Island as that title runs above the image. Captions indicate "Old Blacksmith Shop" on the left and "Washington's Headquarter" on the right. In Very Good- Condition: very light dampstain in upper right-hand corner; lightly soiled. Major & Knapp unknown
Bookseller reference : 004313
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Terminus of the Main Drive in Central Park 110th St. chromolithograph from Valentine's Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York
New York: Major & Knapp 1865. Very Good -. 1 sheet 18 x 12 cm. "The Major & Knapp 449 Broadway NY." -- lower left-hand corner. This was apparently from a section of the 1865 Manual titled The Old Landmarks on Manhattan Island as that title runs above the image. Captions indicate "Old Batisn 1776" on the left and "St. Vincents Convent Soldiers Home 1864" on the right. In Very Good- Condition: very light dampstain in upper right-hand corner; lightly soiled. Major & Knapp unknown
Bookseller reference : 004314
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Musset, Alfred de
Fantasio: A Comedy in Two Acts; by Alfred De Musset; translated by Maurice Baring with slipcase
Paris: The Pleiad 1929. Hardcover. Fine. Giauque Fernand. 57 1 p. 1 hand-colored frontispiece 1 addition leaf of a hand-colored plate and 10 in-text illustrations; 28 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-rooled spine title. Burgundy slipcase with printed paper label on front section with handwritten copy number. Designed by Frederic Warde. This is no. 172 of a limited edition of 550. "The twelve illustrations ten in lithography and two hand-coloured have been made by Mr. Fernand Giauque. The Lutetia type used for the text designed by Mr. J. van Krimpen has been composed and printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem Holland." -- Colophon. Former owner's name on front free endpaper Theodore W. Bozarth dated 1946. Inscribed by same hand at lower edge of back fixed endpaper: "S-- Trenton N.J." Theodore W. Bozarth 1918-2005 was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force who served overseas in England and Japan. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Slipcase is in Very Good- Condition: edges are rubbed; minor separation at opening; otherwise solid; label is intact. The Pleiad hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004149
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Sendak, Maurice
Outside Over There publisher's press sheet
New York: Harper & Row 1981. Near Fine. 1 publisher's press sheet 41 x 36 cm. Color image 23 x 25 cm. of the main character Ida hold her baby sister as she and her mother watch her father's ship sailing away. In Near Fine Condition: slightly creased; clean and bright. Harper & Row unknown
Bookseller reference : 003980
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Pierson, Lydia Jane; Newman, Rose
The Lady's Wreath: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1844; embellished with Splendid Steel Engravings Coloured Flowers Music Etc.
Philadelphia: William S. Young 1844. Hardcover. Fair . 284 p. frontispiece and 6 additional leaves of plates; 23 cm. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; blind-stamped decoration on both boards. Yellow endpapers. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "To Mary from Curtis New years Day 1844." Not in Faxon. The publisher reissued vol. 1 nos. 1-5 of The Lady's Wreath and Young Ladies' Magazine as an annual for 1844 with a different title page. Contents include poetry and fiction by Lydia Jane Pierson Marguerite St. Leon Loud C. Theresa Clarke Mary L. Willson George Lippard Rose Newman and Jack Gasket. Includes lyrics and music for Adieu! Ye Streams by Reissiger -- My Love is Journeying O'er the Sea by Barry Cornwall and G.J. Webb -- Oh! Is that Heart Still Mine! by F.W. Rosier -- 'Tis Sweet to Think There is a Spot by William Patten -- 'Ere round the Huge Oak by Shield and O'Keefe. The plates include engraved illustrations to accompany some of the contents and hand-colored flower plates. In Fair Condition: cloth is rubbed splitting over both joints and frayed at spine ends and board edges; minor loss of cloth at spine ends; lacking table of contents and pp. 1-2 of text; light foxing throughout; otherwise clean and tight. William S. Young hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003992
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Robey, Thomas F.
Sixteen "Platinogram" Views of London Robey's Series
London: T.F. Robey 1890. Very Good. 16 black-and-white collotype views loose as issued in a light green envelope. Title from envelope. "Robey's Series" -- on envelope and on each image. Thomas F. Robey was a photographer active in London beginning in the 1890s. From about 1894 to about 1905 he was also active as a commercial photographer and printer with Eustace Curzon. They were among many photographers producing platinotypes or platinum prints around the turn of the century. "Platinogram" was the name given by Robey to these images made from platinotypes. As listed on the envelope the views are: The Tower Bridge Tower of London London Bridge Royal Exchange St. Paul's West Front Embankment Houses of Parliament Westminster Abbey Rotten Row Piccadilly Circus Albert Hall Albert Memorial Crystal Palace Trafalgar Square Ludgate Circus and the Great Wheel. There is no date of publication but the images appear to be from the 1890s. The detail in the street scenes is particularly impressive. There are no motorized vehicles in any of the scenes. Oval stationers label on front of envelope: Rowsell & Son Cheapside. In Very Good Condition: minor creasing at a few corners; loss of corners on two images; clean and bright. Envelope is in Good- Condition: separated into two sections; chipping along edges; minor loss at corners. Extremely scarce -- no other copies of these "Platinogram" views have been located. T.F. Robey unknown
Bookseller reference : 003892
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Madden, Clarence La Rue
A Note on Nicholas Parr's Portrait of Shakespeare Engraved circa 1740 by C.L.M.
Cleveland: Privately Printed 1907. Paperback. Near Fine. 8 p. 1 leaf of a plate loose as issued: portrait; 23 cm. No stitching; loose in a brown wrapper as issued. Wrapper title in black within a decorative border. Wrapper title: A Portrait of Shakespeare by Nicholas Parr printed from the original plate with descriptive text. This is #125 of a limited edition of 250 copies. The engraver is actually Nathaniel not Nicholas Parr d. 1751 according to the Oxford DNB. The wrapper is handmade paper watermarked Fabriano Italy. The text is printed on handmade paper with an elaborate armorial watermark. Small label inside back wrapper for the Burrows Brothers Co. Cleveland Ohio probably the printer. The plate was only previously printed in 1747 for inclusion in Thomas Whincop's A List of All the Dramatic Authors with Some Account of Their Lives. Very scarce. In Near Fine Condition: wrapper lightly creased; clean and bright. Privately Printed paperback
Bookseller reference : 002660
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Adams Frederick B. Jr.; Morley Christopher; Fulto Deoch; Nowell Smith Simon
The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly vol. 2 Part 6 June 1949
Duschnes Crawford 1949. Hardcover. Very Good /very good -. Erdoes Richard. 4 107-189 1 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. With original glassine wrapper. Designed by Robert L. Dothard. One of a limited edition of 2500 copies. Paginated continuously with Part 5. Contents: Another Man's Roses by Frederick B. Adams Jr. re: a Thomas Hardy forgery -- On Belonging to Clubs by Christopher Morley illustrated by Richard Erdoes -- On Making a Few Books by Alfred A. Knopf -- Sadleir Sadleirized by Simon Nowell-Smith -- The Typophiles by Deoch Fulton with a checklist of Typophile Books -- The Last Word by Wilmarth S. Lewis -- The First Famous Print by A. Hyatt Mayor re: Forli's Our Lady of the Fire woodcut. Includes advertisements on final pages. Book is in Very Good Condition: tail of spine slightly sunned; head of spine creased; clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: chipping along upper edge; small tear in fold of front flap; otherwise intact. Duschnes Crawford hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002527
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Hassan-Agas Gattin: Südslavisches Volkslied; Übersetzt von Otto F. Babler
Heiliger Berg bei Olmütz Czech Republic: Otto F. Babler 1933. Paperback. Very Good . MichalÃk Rudolf. 24 p.: frontispiece and 1 additional full-page woodcut; 20 cm. Plain off-white wrappers with wrapper title. Hand-colored initial article. "Mit Holzschnitten illustriert und auf der Handpresse gedruckt von Rudolf Michalik. Herausgegeben vom Ãœbersetzer auf dem Heiligen Berge bei Olmütz als 2. Bändchen der Edition Heliotrop in 125 Exemplaren. Der erste Besitzer dieses Büchlein ist Zdenek Vojacek." -- colophon. Signed by the translator on the colophon. In Very Good Condition: wrapper is slightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. Otto F. Babler paperback
Bookseller reference : 002536
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DePol, John
Benjamin Franklin: A Wood Engraving by John DePol with the Compliments of New York Club of Printing House Craftsmen on the occasion of the 1982 Printing Week Dinner
New York: Malcolm & Hayes 1982. Fine. 1 sheet 18 x 27 cm. intended to be folded once but never folded with an engraving of Benjamin Franklin walking on a city street printed in blue and black. The image is 9.2 x 5.7 cm. "Engraved in 1956 it is here printed for the first time." In Fine Condition: clean and bright. Malcolm & Hayes unknown
Bookseller reference : 002288
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Drake, Sarah Ann; Barclay, G.
Broad-Leaved Euthales/Euthales Macrophylla Hand-colored Copperplate Engraving from Sydenham Edwards' The Botanical Register 1841
London: James Ridgway 1841. Fine. Hand-colored copperplate engraving of the Broad-Leaved Euthales; plate is 25 x 15 cm. With 2 pages 1 leaf of text from The Botanical Register. This engraving is dated Jan. 1 1841. It was drawn by Miss Drake and engraved by G. Barclay. In Fine Condition. James Ridgway unknown
Bookseller reference : 002011
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