ANON EARLY BRITISH ANIMATION DRAWINGS:Biblio.com
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réf. 172921930s. Manuscript animation strip book. Blue pencil. Forty-five stapled leaves with a drawing to the recto of each many also with dialogue. Very good condition with pp.20-45 loose an old punch hole to the lower left corner a few marks to the first page and minor wear to the extremities. The drawings remain clean and bright. A highly accomplished series of drawings similar to the style of Disney from the early days of British animation. Produced by a professional illustrator it tells the tale of settlers heading west their conflicts with Native Americans and the story of the stagecoach between 'the small dusty minin' town of Tombstone' and 'Cactus City' its transportation of gold and the attempts of 'the great Beanpole Jackson' to ensure its safety. The manuscript appears to be a complete story in itself although could potentially have continued for another page or so. An uncommon early animation draft wonderfully produced. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. 1930s unknown
réf. 17279Original Manuscript. 1930s. Hand-drawn animation strip book. Graphite with typed title label to the front cover. Eleven stapled leaves with a drawing to the recto of each. Very good condition with two old staple holes and associated minor rust-marking to the margin of the upper left corner an old punch hole to the lower left corner and minor wear to the extremities. The drawings remain clean and bright. A highly accomplished series of drawings similar to the style of Disney from the early days of British animation. Produced by a professional illustrator they humorously depict the mishaps of a dog reminiscent of Pluto following his encounter with a bee. A complete story in itself the characterful drawings wonderfully convey the sense of movement of the finished cartoon. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Original Manuscript. 1930s unknown
réf. 172941930s. Hand-drawn animation strip book. Graphite. Twenty-five stapled leaves with a drawing to the recto of each. Very good condition with old staple holes to the top edge an old punch hole to the lower left corner the first and last page loose and minor wear to the extremities. The drawings remain clean and bright. An accomplished series of characterful drawings similar to the style of Disney from the early days of British animation. Produced by a professional illustrator they depict the evolving friendship of a mouse and a lion. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. 1930s unknown
réf. 172851930s. Hand-drawn animation strip book. Blue pencil with typed title label to the front cover. Thirteen stapled leaves with a drawing to the recto of each. Very good condition with two old staple holes to the margin of the upper left corner an old punch hole to the lower left corner and minor wear to the extremities. The drawings remain clean and bright. A highly accomplished series of drawings similar to the style of Disney from the early days of British animation. Produced by a professional illustrator they humorously depict the conflicts of a cat and two mice reminiscent of Tom and Jerry. A complete story in itself the characterful drawings wonderfully convey the sense of movement of the finished cartoon. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. 1930s unknown
réf. 172951930s. Two hand-drawn animation strip books. Blue pencil. The first composed of seven stapled leaves the second of three with a drawing to the recto of each. Very good condition with old staple holes to the left-hand margins an old punch hole to the lower left corners and minor wear to the extremities. The drawings remain clean and bright. A highly accomplished series of drawings similar to the style of Disney from the early days of British animation. Produced by a professional illustrator the first booklet illustrates the attempts of a musical tomcat to woo 'his Lady-Love' the second is composed of designs for a super-hero fly and a 1920s gangster-style spider villain. The wonderful tomcat drawings are very well executed and full of character although the story appears to be missing a final page. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. 1930s unknown
réf. 172871930s. Manuscript animation strip book. Graphite. Twenty-nine stapled leaves with a drawing to the recto of each some with narrative text in ink to verso. Very good condition with an old punch hole to the upper right corner the first and last three pages loose and minor wear to the extremities. The drawings remain clean and bright. A highly accomplished series of drawings similar to the style of Disney from the early days of British animation. Produced by a professional illustrator it tells the story of an adventurous young rabbit called 'Whiskers' who strays from the warren and is then tricked into the home of 'Sly Fox' who plans to make him into his dinner. Along then comes 'villain of the piece no.2 Slippery Stoat' who has similar plans. A fight ensues between the two during which Whiskers' father comes to his rescue. The manuscript appears to be a complete story in itself although could potentially have continued for another page or two. An uncommon draft for an early British animation the characterful drawings wonderfully convey the sense of movement of the finished cartoon. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. 1930s unknown
réf. 17280Original Manuscript. 1930s. Manuscript animation strip book. Blue pencil. Fifteen stapled leaves with a drawing to the recto of each. Very good condition with an old punch hole to the lower left corner an old fold down the centre of the book and minor wear to the extremities. The drawings remain clean and bright. An accomplished series of drawings similar to the style of Disney from the early days of British animation. Produced by a professional illustrator they humorously depict the mishaps of a dog reminiscent of Pluto following his encounter with a bee. A complete story in itself it differs from the other dog/bee animation book that we have for sale this one having a happier ending. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. Original Manuscript. 1930s unknown
1948réf. RTAYAFR00LAWThomas G. Samworth 1948. Very Good. Taylor Pondoro John. African Rifles & Cartridges: The Experiences and Opinions of a Professional Ivory Hunter with some Thirty Years of Continuous Living in the African Bush. Smith drawings E. Stanley. Georgetown South Carolina: Thomas G. Samworth 1948. 1st edition. 431pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Sage cloth with gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good with subtly rubbed corners and small stain on front cover. Two former owners' names on front pastedown. Light unobtrusive soiling on a couple of pages. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair with chipped edges and subtle soiling and having several short closed tears with tape repairs. Soft creasing in front panel. In dust jacket protector. Thomas G. Samworth hardcover
1884réf. 21530Paris: Bibliotheque Artistique; Librairie des Bibliophiles 1884. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. Originally published in 1863 this sword play filled novel was later adapted into several films and theatrical versions. Very good in contemporary leather backed marbled paper covered boards with matching marbled end pages. Gilt titles and raised bands to spines. Light rubbing to bands and edges of leather on all volumes. Bumping to edges of front board of volume three. Original wrappers are bound in. Includes several etchings. Clean tight interiors with occasional spots of foxing. 270 pages; 294 pages; 293 pages. FRE/041409. Bibliotheque Artistique; Librairie des Bibliophiles hardcover
réf. 70105Large Album with inscriptions of several people many decorated with drawings some pasted in illustrations etc. Embossed hardcover binding in relief with in the middle the gilt text Album 24 x 335 cm. Also blank pages left ca 30. With the names: Richard de Boor 1857 drawing of locomotive Johannes Helena Weber Bonn 1862 drawing of a house Gravenhorst Matthei Ehrenfort drawing of sailing ships 1853 Monogrammist H.W. with drawing enlightened with white J. Weber 1859 Schwarze 1896 drawing of flowers Carl Voermann 1858 Johanna Weber 1858 Poem of Dr. Mobius G. R. Lievens 1858 M. Mirus 1858 A. Mortuamunt student medicine 1857 L. Mirus 1858 Henny Voermann Marie Wendt 1858 Carl Grytzell Hamburg 1858 P.J. Williams 1858 J. Galloie Hambourg 1858 Theodor Müller Hamburg 1858 D.J. Weber Hamburg 1858 Eleonore Voermann 1858 Hillegonda Jacoba Nottebohm - van der Smissen 1857 mother: Sophie Wilhelmine Friderica Van Der Smissen geboren Weihe aunt Luise Charlotte Huchzermeyer father Jacob van der Smissen Luise Weber 1858 J.H. W. Elten Hamburg 1858 Gustav Ritter cand.r.m. Hamburg 1858 Dr. Georg Röpe 1858 F. de Boor Hamburg 1858 Inserted in the album: a three page letter with the name Wesley 1703 1791 text in German. hardcover
réf. 54648108-nnew. unknown
1979réf. SBBIH-INYVSZNXQSVVEyre Methuen 1979. hardcover. Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing fanning inscriptions margin notes yellowing staining on edge or cover or pages bumps scuffs etc etc sometimes multiple of these. It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order at least not without checking with us first although we don't always have time to check. We aim to dispatch prompty the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only. Eyre Methuen hardcover
1902réf. 137387George Bell & Sons London - The Abbey Press Edinburgh 1902. Drawings by Robert T. Rose. Type Arrangment and Printing by William H. White of the Abbey Press Edinburgh. 750 Copies of this Book printed upon hand-made Paper of which this is No. 296. Flexibler Ganzpergamenteinband mit goldgeprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel 99 unbeschnittene Seiten mit zahlreichen schönen Abbildungen und gestalteten Initialen. Einband mäßig fleckig innen sauber. Gutes Exemplar. George Bell & Sons, London - The Abbey Press, Edinburgh unknown
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1925réf. 059684Boston / New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1925. First American Edition Printing Unknown. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 464 Pp. Folding Map At End. Red Cloth Colored Boards. First American Edition Later Printing 1925 Using Sheets Printed In Great Britain. Some Wear Spine Lettering Quite Clear But Not Bright No Marks Fraying At Tips And Along Bottom Edges Of Boards. Black Silhouette Bookplate Of Ayscough In Robes Feeding Her Pekingese Hand Titled "Yo Fei And His Missus" Inscribed "To Mrs. Low With Love A Well-Acquainted American's Observations In China; It Would Be Hard To Find Any Comparable Early Twentieth Century English-Language Observations Of China Or America By A Chinese Writer. Florence Wheelock Ayscough Macnair 1875 -1942 Was A Sinologist Writer And Translator Of Chinese Literature Born In Shanghai China To Canadian Father Thomas Reed Wheelock And American Mother Edith H. Clarke. Ayscough Moved To The United States Aged Nine And Attended Shaw School In Brookline Where She Met Amy Lowell The American Poet. The Two Were Lifelong Friends. Ayscough's Family Returned To Live In China When She Was In Her Early Twenties. Ayscough Was A Lecturer On Chinese Art And Literature And Was The Author Of Eight Books On Chinese History Culture Literary Criticism And Translation. She Traveled As A Lecturer To Cities Including London Paris Berlin And New York. Ayscough Accepted A Permanent Lecturing Post At The University Of Chicago In 1938 Where She Lectured On Chinese Literature And Continued Her Translation Work And Documenting The History And Culture Of China. She Was Honorary Librarian Of The North China Branch Royal Asiatic Society In Shanghai For Fifteen Years. She Collected Modern Chinese Paintings Including Work By Xu Gu. Her Efforts Introduced This Chinese Art Form To The American Public. Her Writings Included Translations Of Classical Poetry And Essays On Chinese Art History And Philosophy. She Work Also Attempted To Correct Previous Inaccurate Attempts To Translate The Cultures Of Ancient And Contemporary China For Example Perspectives Of China As A Stagnant Culture. In Addition To Countering Negative Stereotypes With Positive Reevaluations She Also Sought To Correct Misinformation. For Example Her Review Of The 1931 Novel The Good Earth By American Writer Pearl Buck Ayscough Praised The Choice Of Contemporary Chinese Peasantry As The Subject But Criticized The Accuracy. Ayscough Had A Strong Influence On The Work Of Amy Lowell Being The Source Of Lowell's Interest In Asian Culture And Chinese Poetry; Ayscough Introduced Lowell To Chinese Paintings And Poetry In 1917. On A Visit To America She Brought With Her Chinese Word Pictures That She Translated Into English Which Lowell Turned Into Rhymed Poetry. Her First Book Fir-Flower Tablets With Amy Lowell Was A Translation Of Poems From The Chinese. A Chinese Mirror Published In 1925 Was An Analysis Of The Structure Of Chinese Society And Government In Particular The Symbolism Of The Beijing Imperial Palaces. She Published Tu Fu The Autobiography Of A Chinese Poet In 1929; Her Translations Of The Poems Of Tu Fu With A Biography Constructed Using His Poetry. In 1934 She Published Travels Of A Chinese Poet. These Two Works Contributed To The Introduction Of Tu Fu To The British Public. Ayscough Wrote Two Books Intended For Younger Readers; The Autobiography Of A Chinese Dog An Account Of Shanghai From The Perspective Of Her Pekingese Dog Yo-Fei And Fire-Cracker Land. Her Final Work Chinese Women Yesterday And To-Day Published In 1937 Examined Contemporary Chinese Women Leaders As Successors Of A Long Line Of Capable Though Secluded Chinese Women. Ayscough Also Contributed Articles To The Encyclopaedia Sinica. After Her Death Ayscough's Correspondence With Her Friend The Poet Amy Lowell Was Compiled And Published By Her Husband Professor Harley Farnsworth Macnair. The Following Year He Published A Biography Of His Wife Titled The Incomparable Lady. He Donated Her Collection Of 1292 Chinese-Language Books To The Library Of Congress. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
réf. 093422Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1983. xv 123pp 62 plates. Cloth 22.5x29cms. ISBN: 0198132204. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1983. hardcover
réf. R1182Large folding map folded untill a booklet with on the front: Gd. Hotel de Gryon and on the back Grand Atelier de Reliure et Dorure Ed. Meister Bex fabrique de registres et cartonnages. In the left bottom corner: P. Reber et E. Buffat dessinateurs revisee en 1902 par E. Buffat Anno 1885. Grave par H. Müllhaupt.Large folding map 65 x 70 cm. Beautiful map with the mountains around Aigle.NL Decoratieve kaart op linnen van Aigle en omgeving. Vooral de bergen komen mooi uit op de kaart.Stuk van Zwitserland. unknown
réf. PR120946-125Portrait of Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine. French poet historian and statesman. Made by De Delpech after drawing of N. Mauvin Original lithography total 460 x 305 mm. Some light foxing on the edges outside the portrait. unknown
1939réf. 14597Mexico City 1939. Cloth. Near Fine. Handsome 1939 portfolio of 13 leading Mexican painters of the 20th century. #177 of only 400 copies issued. Loose as issued cream-colored signatures contained within a folding gray-cloth chemise. Just a touch of soiling at the half-title otherwise very clean. Introductory text "The New School of Painting in Mexico" by Jose Gorostiza translated into English by Pablo Martinez Del Campo. Skillful line-drawn portraits of each artist by Carlos Orozco Romero. unknown
1936réf. 035841Oxford: University Press 1936. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Good. 15 Pp. Softcover First And Only Edition. Color Title On Both Covers And On Inside Of Rear Cover. Text Is A Memorial Poem By Edward James For His First Cousin Edward Vii. Surrealist Photo Montage On Cover Artist Unknown; This Could Be By James Or One Of His Surrealist Friends. Covers Worn Small External Tape Repairs To Top Center And Bottom Spine Edge; 1" Triangular Chip At Center Of Right Edge Of Front Cover; Content Clean But All Pages Detached As A Group While Still String-Bound. Edward James British Heir Usually Considered To Be A Son Of Edward Vii Author Was An Important Collector And Supporter Of Surrealism. His Family Home The West Dean Estate He Donated To Found A College Devoted To Fostering Skilled Useful Arts.He Took As His Personal Home A Smaller House On The Estate Monkton Which He Filled With Surrealist And Other Fine Art Including Work On The House Itself By Noted Surrealists. While In Hollywood He Advocated For The Saving Of The Watts Towers After They Were Abandoned By Simon Rodia. By His Design And At His Own Expense. Las Pozas "The Pools" Was Created By James Circa 1949-1984 More Than 2000 Feet 610 M Above Sea Level In A Subtropical Rain Forest. It Includes More Than 80 Acres 32 Ha Of Natural Waterfalls And Pools Interlaced With Towering Surrealist Sculptures In Concrete. Las Pozas Is Near The Village Of Xilitla San Luis Potosí A Seven-Hour Drive North Of Mexico City.Where It Is Now Maintained As A Foundation. University Press paperback
1934réf. 035942London: The James Press 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . Xxix 29 I Pp. Hardcover Four Colors Of Cloth There Is No Standard Set Of Colors But The Design Was Constant Gilt. One Of 90 Copies This Copy Number "B" Colophon Hand Corrected By James From Seventy-Five To Ninety. Inscribed By Edward James "With Love" To His Sister Silvia And Dated Christmas 1934. 11 1/8" X 8 5/8". Light Wear And Fading To Covers Although Spine And Cover Gilt Lettering Is Bright And Clear. No Fraying. Edward James British Heir Possible Son Of Edward Vii Author Was A An Important Collector And Supporter Of Surrealism. His Family Home The West Dean Estate He Donated To Found A College Devoted To Fostering Skilled Useful Arts.He Took As His Personal Home A Smaller House On The Estate Monkton Which He Filled With Surrealist And Other Fine Art Including Work On The House Itself By Noted Surrealists. While In Hollywood He Advocated For The Saving Of The Watts Towers After They Were Abandoned By Simon Rodia. By His Design And At His Own Expense. Las Pozas "The Pools" Was Created By James Circa 1949-1984 More Than 2000 Feet 610 M Above Sea Level In A Subtropical Rainforest. It Includes More Than 80 Acres 32 Ha Of Natural Waterfalls And Pools Interlaced With Towering Surrealist Sculptures In Concrete. Las Pozas Is Near The Village Of Xilitla San Luis Potosí A Seven-Hour Drive North Of Mexico City.Where It Is Now Maintained As A Foundation. The James Press hardcover
1978réf. 54631London & Boston : Faber & Faber 1978. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in a near fine dustjacket price-clipped ghost of sticker on cover. First printing. "A superb and haunting combination of word and image." Originally published in a limited edition in 1975 this first trade edition has had some poems re-written others added or deleted but it is still illustrated with the original drawings by Leonard Baskin. Oblong format. 63 pp. Faber & Faber, hardcover
1966réf. 54011010Whitingham Vermont: Old Home Week Historical Committee 1966. Trade paperback wrappers rustica broche. Covers soiled heavily rubbed else clean tight: Good. 8vo. Drawings of some of the oldest houses by Gerald Howatt; foldout mapstapled to rear cover [Old Home Week Historical Committee] paperback
1890réf. 317321890. Paris BibliothÂque Charpentier / Coll. ''Petite BibliothÂque-Charpentier'' 1890. Un vol. au format in-16 113 x 82 mm de 2 ff. n.fol. 1 frontispice grav n.fol. et 456 pp. Reliure de l'poque de plein veau glac aubergine filet froid encadrant les plats dos nerfs orn de filets froid titre dor tranches dores dentelle intrieure dore. Exemplaire revÂtu d'une agrable reliure du temps. Il est ici complet de ses deux eaux-fortes graves par Desmoulin ; d'aprÂs les dessins de Paul Robert. Dans le pamphlet Napolon-le-Petit publi le 5 aot les diffrents personnages des Chtiments Dieu le peuple et Napolon sont dj prsents mais il reste Hugo dcouvrir le personnage du poÂte seul sur son rocher face l'ocan. Ë la suite du coup d'tat du 2 dcembre 1851 qui voit lÕarrive au pouvoir du prince Louis-Napolon Bonaparte Hugo sÕest en effet exil Jersey. Ces vers sont pour le poÂte une arme destine discrditer et abattre le rgime de Napolon III auquel Hugo voue une fureur vengeresse et un mpris sans bornes. Vicaire I Manuel de l'amateur de livres du XIXÂme 616. Angles suprieurs lgÂrement lims. Dos pass. Nonobstant trÂs belle condition. b42961 unknown
réf. JAFI0159London Black 1977. Gr.-8°. XIII 146 S. m. zahlreichen Fig. u. 14 Farbtafeln OHLdr. m. OSchuber dieser m. leichten Lagerspuren sonst sehr gut erhalten. ISBN 0713616903 Eines von 100 numerierten und von John Veniard und Donald Downs signierten Exemplaren. London, Black 1977. unknown
