[BIBLE]. SLATYER, William & LANGEREN, Jacob Fl van (illustrators) HOLLAR, Wenceslaus (illustrator).Biblio.com
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Best.-Nr. 121297London Printed by Henry Hills and John Field 1660. . Three works in one vol; 8vo 17.5 x 12 cm; illustrated with 140 engraved plates ruled in red throughout Old Testament New Testament and Psalmes titles in woodcut borders early ownership inscription in pen to title of Common Prayer extensive manuscript family register to endpapers with tipped-in newspaper obituaries later endpapers hinges strengthened at gutter margins trimmed close to top-margin with occasional minor loss to lettering first 2ff of Common Prayer tipped to front endpapers occasional manuscript captions in pen to plates; 18th-century straight-grain blue morocco flower and wheat-sheaf gilt roll border to covers spine lettered and tooled in gilt with Cherub-head ornament all edges gilt near fine. A fine King James Bible printed the year of the Restoration of Charles II and extra-illustrated with 140 engraved plates. The first 40 plates comprise William Slatyer's c.1587-1646 illustrations to the Book of Genesis printed in c.1635. The sequence is numbered in pen to the lower right corner of each sheet and but for plates 1-2 all are double-page engravings. See ESTC S4008 which records 6 examples in institutional collections worldwide. The plates numbered 1-16 feature printed couplets in Latin Greek Hebrew and English and include an engraved dedication-page with two poems to King Charles I signed Guliel. William Slatyer c.1587-1646 and Jacob Fl. Van Langeren which follow the engraved title-page with vacant cartouches. Plates 17-40 have captions in English drawn from scripture. The New Testament is further illustrated by a sequence of 85 single-image engraved plates with captions in English drawn directly from scripture 14 oval engraved portraits depicting the Holy Family and Disciples many with manuscript captions in pen and a portrait of King David enthroned from the engraved title-page to the Psalterium Davidis printed by Robert Young in 1640 ESTC notes this images was occasionally used as a frontispiece to the Sternhold and Hopkins psalms where it has 4 lines of text below the portrait. Beautifully bound in the eighteenth-century in straight-grained blue morocco the covers with flower and wheat-sheaf gilt roll and Cherubic-head ornaments to the spine. With extensive provenance for the Ball family of Minehead and later Bath including the Hon. Henry John Ball d.1874 who served as actign Chief Justice of Hong Kong and later Attorney General of the colony. ESTC R16969 R210225 & S4008; Herbert 669 & cf.645. London, Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, 1660. unknown
Best.-Nr. 117139Moscow & St Petersburg but printed in Penza lzd. Khudozhestvennyi Klub 1918. . First only edition 8vo 23 x 17.5 cm; lithographed title 6 linocuts of which 4 are in colour ownership inscription in pencil to p1; original purple printed wrappers with mounted illustration by Usenko reapirs to spine covers faded else a very good copy. The first collection of poems from the Imagists printed in a tiny edition in the Penza provincial printing house. 'Exodus' refers to leaving Penza where Mariengof lived as a student. In the spring of 1918 the poet's father died from a stray bullet during the rebellion of the Czech legionnaires. After this tragic event Mariengof left Penza forever and moved to Moscow where he organised a group of four poet friends: Esenin Mariengof Shershenevich and Ivnev which became the backbone of a new literary movement. Mariengof later said 'Imagism was born in the city of Penza on Kazanskaya Street'. The collection of poetry also includes the notable first appearance of Osip Mandel'shtam's Dekabrist' from 1917 a striking anomaly it would be first published officially in Tristia in 1922. Not much is known about the artist Vitaliy Usenko but his illustrations are incredibly striking. Moscow & St Petersburg (but printed in Penza), lzd. Khudozhestvennyi Klub, 1918. unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 14334VOGEL MEYNIAL 1933 1 Croquis de route et notes de voyage. Paris, Vogel - Meynial, s.d. (1934), in-folio sous chemise à rabats.
1912Best.-Nr. ST17640-391New York: Dodge Publishing Company 1912. 265 x 195 mm. 10 1/4 x 8". Title page and 52 unnumbered leaves printed on recto only. Translated by Edward FitzGerald. EXCELLENT TEAL CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers framed by multiple plain and dotted rules enclosing a twining grapevine central panel with palmette and floral cornerpieces raised bands spine compartments densely gilt LOVELY CITRON MOROCCO DOUBLURES EACH with large oval medallion at center CONTAINING ONE OF THE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY HANSCOM & CUMMINGS enclosed by a graceful gilt frame corners with intricate gilt vines bearing clusters of onlaid burgundy morocco grapes fawn-colored moiré silk endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed joints expertly repaired. In an early original blue cloth dust jacket. With 26 of 28 two having been used for the doublures memorably intriguing tipped-on color plates by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cummings all with tissue guards and the text with Orientalist decorations those on the title and opening pages hand-colored and highlighted with gilt. Paas 1513. Spine evenly darkened title page with small tears at inner margin lower corner of one plate torn at tip image unaffected other trivial imperfections but still quite an attractive copy--clean fresh and bright the leaves with vast margins and the heavily-gilt binding lustrous. This is an especially appealing copy of a ground-breaking illustrated edition of the Rubaiyat in an elaborate binding with splendid doublures created by a prominent American workshop using images from two of the color plates in the work. One of the early women pioneers in the field San Francisco photographer Adelaide Hanscom 1875-1931 began working on photographs to illustrate the Rubaiyat in 1903 and called on members of the Bay Area's bohemian literary and artistic community to serve as models among them "Poet of the Sierras" Joaquin Miller the white-bearded sage in our illustrations Charles Sterling George Wharton James and Charles Keeler. Hanscom was already making a name for herself as a portrait photographer and as a member of the Pictorialism movement defined by Britannica as "an approach to photography that emphasizes beauty of subject matter tonality and composition rather than the documentation of reality." Those characteristics are on prominent display in her Rubaiyat images first published as sepia-toned photogravures in 1905. This work caused a sensation and won Hanscom international attention including a silver medal at the Liverpool Exposition in England. Perhaps more meaningful to Hanscom was the notice of the great Alfred Stieglitz who made her an Associate Member of his Photo-Secession and included two of her prints in an exhibition at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession later known as "219" in New York. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 destroyed the studio of Hanscom and her partner Cumming including all the negatives of the Rubaiyat plates. The photographs copyrighted by Dodge Publishing were all that remained. The Getty Center which owns a copy of this work suggests that Hanscom and Cumming created the plates here by hand-coloring the photographs and the title of our edition implies those "Life Studies" were then photographed for this work. The memorable binding is by Boston's Harcourt Bindery founded in 1900 to provide hand bookbinding services for the publications of the burgeoning number of private presses created by the Arts & Crafts Movement in New England. The binders took two of the color plates from the work--the frontispiece and the final image from the 1905 edition--to create centerpieces for the doublures adding a gilt and onlaid grape arbor that evokes imagery from the poem. The Harcourt Bindery remains the largest bindery in the United States exclusively devoted to fine bookbinding by hand. Dodge Publishing Company unknown
1912Best.-Nr. ST17640-391New York: Dodge Publishing Company 1912. 265 x 195 mm. 10 1/4 x 8". Title page and 52 unnumbered leaves printed on recto only. Translated by Edward FitzGerald. EXCELLENT TEAL CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY THE HARCOURT BINDERY stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers framed by multiple plain and dotted rules enclosing a twining grapevine central panel with palmette and floral cornerpieces raised bands spine compartments densely gilt LOVELY CITRON MOROCCO DOUBLURES EACH with large oval medallion at center CONTAINING ONE OF THE COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY HANSCOM & CUMMINGS enclosed by a graceful gilt frame corners with intricate gilt vines bearing clusters of onlaid burgundy morocco grapes fawn-colored moiré silk endleaves top edge gilt other edges untrimmed joints expertly repaired. In an early original blue cloth dust jacket. With 26 of 28 two having been used for the doublures memorably intriguing tipped-on color plates by Adelaide Hanscom and Blanche Cummings all with tissue guards and the text with Orientalist decorations those on the title and opening pages hand-colored and highlighted with gilt. Paas 1513. Spine evenly darkened title page with small tears at inner margin lower corner of one plate torn at tip image unaffected other trivial imperfections but still quite an attractive copy--clean fresh and bright the leaves with vast margins and the heavily-gilt binding lustrous. This is an especially appealing copy of a ground-breaking illustrated edition of the Rubaiyat in an elaborate binding with splendid doublures created by a prominent American workshop using images from two of the color plates in the work. One of the early women pioneers in the field San Francisco photographer Adelaide Hanscom 1875-1931 began working on photographs to illustrate the Rubaiyat in 1903 and called on members of the Bay Area's bohemian literary and artistic community to serve as models among them "Poet of the Sierras" Joaquin Miller the white-bearded sage in our illustrations Charles Sterling George Wharton James and Charles Keeler. Hanscom was already making a name for herself as a portrait photographer and as a member of the Pictorialism movement defined by Britannica as "an approach to photography that emphasizes beauty of subject matter tonality and composition rather than the documentation of reality." Those characteristics are on prominent display in her Rubaiyat images first published as sepia-toned photogravures in 1905. This work caused a sensation and won Hanscom international attention including a silver medal at the Liverpool Exposition in England. Perhaps more meaningful to Hanscom was the notice of the great Alfred Stieglitz who made her an Associate Member of his Photo-Secession and included two of her prints in an exhibition at the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession later known as "219" in New York. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 destroyed the studio of Hanscom and her partner Cumming including all the negatives of the Rubaiyat plates. The photographs copyrighted by Dodge Publishing were all that remained. The Getty Center which owns a copy of this work suggests that Hanscom and Cumming created the plates here by hand-coloring the photographs and the title of our edition implies those "Life Studies" were then photographed for this work. The memorable binding is by Boston's Harcourt Bindery founded in 1900 to provide hand bookbinding services for the publications of the burgeoning number of private presses created by the Arts & Crafts Movement in New England. The binders took two of the color plates from the work--the frontispiece and the final image from the 1905 edition--to create centerpieces for the doublures adding a gilt and onlaid grape arbor that evokes imagery from the poem. The Harcourt Bindery remains the largest bindery in the United States exclusively devoted to fine bookbinding by hand. Dodge Publishing Company unknown books
Best.-Nr. 70010London: Collins 1974. Ornithology SIGNED PRESENTATION COPY. Fourth printing. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.256. With colour plate illustrations and line drawings. Publisher's mid-blue cloth titled and decorated in gilt to spine cartographic endpapers. With author's inscription to the title page; To Dick Sargent / James Bond. With occasional pencil and ink annotations by Sargent together with a note confirming the signed book was presented to him by Bond's colleague Lisa Salmon. A near fine copy without wrapper. The acclaimed work by the ornithologist James Bond whose name was famously appropriated for spy fiction's most celebrated hero. A rare signature in full as here the author usually signing as 'Jim Bond'. The recipient Dick Sargent was president and CEO of the Chubb Institute A dedicated conservationist he served as a trustee on the board of The Land Conservancy of New Jersey. Lisa Salmon founded the Rocklands Bird Sanctuary near Montego Bay in 1958. Laid in is a tri-fold checklist compiled by Salmon identifying birds to be observed at Rockland Feeding Station. Later part of the collection of Ian Fleming bibliographer Jon Gilbert. Gilbert page 616. London: Collins, 1974 unknown
1817Best.-Nr. 007975London: Henry Colburn 1817. First edition. Three Quarters Morocco. Marbled pastedown on boards. Near Fine. 4to. 30.5 by 27 cm. xviii 2 368 pp. 28 hand-colored aquatint plates of which one is a half-title page another is a double paged and folding panorama plate of The Battle of Waterloo; plus two folding maps. The plate count given in the book's plate description is 30 and this includes the maps. Tooley 336. Abbey Life 372. Cohn Cruikshank 580. Missing as typical View of Brussels but with "Flight of Bonaparte". Rouse was responsible for almost all of the plates with Cruikshank the artist for the large folding plate depicting the Battle of Waterloo and the frontis plate which contains portraits of the leading generals. Rouse though had a hand in the printing of these as well. Condition: Rubbing along the joints on the cover with a touch of rawness in the very upper reach of the front hinge but overall a highly attractive three quarter red morocco binding with raised bands gilt lettering and ruled and dotted decoration on the spine. Scattered light soiling within and the typical quotient of offsetting but mostly clean. The Cruikshank Waterloo plate has smudgy margins but a good amount of this can be removed with a simple eraser if one wishes to make the effort -- we did test this. The large folding map has fold tears with one irregularly bordered tear. The whole map we would note is present. Henry Colburn unknown
1817Best.-Nr. 007975London: Henry Colburn 1817. First edition. Three Quarters Morocco. Marbled pastedown on boards. Near Fine. 4to. 30.5 by 27 cm. xviii 2 368 pp. 28 hand-colored aquatint plates of which one is a half-title page another is a double paged and folding panorama plate of The Battle of Waterloo; plus two folding maps. The plate count given in the book's plate description is 30 and this includes the maps. Tooley 336. Abbey Life 372. Cohn Cruikshank 580. Missing as typical View of Brussels but with "Flight of Bonaparte". Rouse was responsible for almost all of the plates with Cruikshank the artist for the large folding plate depicting the Battle of Waterloo and the frontis plate which contains portraits of the leading generals. Rouse though had a hand in the printing of these as well. Condition: Rubbing along the joints on the cover with a touch of rawness in the very upper reach of the front hinge but overall a highly attractive three quarter red morocco binding with raised bands gilt lettering and ruled and dotted decoration on the spine. Scattered light soiling within and the typical quotient of offsetting but mostly clean. The Cruikshank Waterloo plate has smudgy margins but a good amount of this can be removed with a simple eraser if one wishes to make the effort -- we did test this. The large folding map has fold tears with one irregularly bordered tear. The whole map we would note is present. Henry Colburn unknown books
1945Best.-Nr. 38405Angers: Editions Jacques-Petit 1945. WITH TWO IMPRESSIONS IN FIRST AND SECOND STATES OF ONE OF KIYOSHI HASEGAWA'S MOST IMPORTANT PRINTS. Etched half-title 16 pp. plus 12 loose engravings. A monograph on engraving followed by short biographies of each of the six artists accompanied by a suite of large engravings by Cami Cottet Decaris Jeannisson Hasegawa and Lemagny. From a total edition of 320 copies all printed on fine Marais wove paper this is ONE OF ONLY 60 SETS WITH THE ENGRAVINGS IN TWO STATES: THE FIRST STATE ON RIVES WOVE PAPER SIGNED IN PENCIL AND THE SECOND STATE ON MARAIS WOVE PAPER. Hasegawa's engraving "Anemones et fleurs de champs dans un verre a facettes" Kyoto 368 also known as "Bouquet sur fond de dentelle" is considered one of his masterpieces. Folio 38 x 28 cm. Loose as issued in the original folding case. Folding case lightly worn and spotted. CONTENTS FINE AND BRIGHT. ALL OF THE PRINTS IN BRILLIANT CONDITION. Editions Jacques-Petit unknown
Best.-Nr. 2324Paris: Dufart 1806. ALL PUBLISHED of this abortive yet spectacular attempt at a comprehensive survey of natural history THE FIRST BOOK ON ZOOLOGY WITH COLOR-PRINTED as opposed to hand-colored PLATES. Comprises a general preface describing the entire project by Dufart an introduction to this volume by Manuel 101 GORGEOUS FULL-PAGE COLOR-PRINTED STIPPLE-ENGRAVED PLATES OF MAMMALS IN EXOTIC LANDSCAPES usually two scenes per plate after Deseve and other artists and descriptive notes on each mammal depicted by Manuel. 30 pp. 101 plates 60 pp. Dedicated to Napoleon. Text printed on fine wove paper plates on very fine thick wove paper. After the appearance of this volume the project was suspended because the publishers could not find enough subscribers there is a list of the 24 who subscribed to this first volume on the back of the half-title. The reasons for this failure are obvious: each volume cost a staggering 60 francs not including the binding and the images of the animals although bright beautiful and charming are not particularly accurate. Large thick 8vo. BOUND IN CONTEMPORARY FULL CRIMSON MOROCCO WITH ELEGANT GILT DECORATION ON COVERS AND SPINE. All edges gilt. Light wear to extremities of binding but still very attractive. Internally bright. Two copies in NUC. Quérard La France littéraire V 497 doubts the very existence of this work: ".ne paraît avoir été que projeté car on n'en trouve mention nulle autre part que dans le vol. de M. Debray." An extremely rare unusual and altogether stunning book. Paris: Dufart, 1806 unknown
Best.-Nr. 119876London R. Ackermann 1808-10. . First edition early issue with ALS loosely tipped to first blank; 3 vols large 4to 34 x 28 cm; letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to T. Bury dated 1839 restored and laid on linen wood-engraved titles engraved dedications 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Bluck Stadler and others after Pugin and Rowlandson watermarks 1806-1808 bookplate to pastedown; twentieth-century half crushed morocco by Zaehnsdorf gilt ruled cloth boards spine lettered in gilt in six gilt compartments all edges gilt marbled endpapers a fine set. This is a splendid work with the preferred pre-publication watermarks exhibiting a depth and richness of colouring. The Microcosm offers an incomparable panorama of Regency London both high and low from sedate drawing rooms to the brawling and boozing street life of the metropolis captured in matchless hand-coloured aquatint by the inspired pairing of Pugin and Rowlandson. Most of the plates are in their first or second state with plate 12 and 39 in the rare first state. With an autograph letter by Augustus Welby Pugin 1812-1852 pioneer of the Gothic Revival architecture movement to probably Thomas Talbot Bury 1809-1877 his long time friend and collaborator dated 1839. The letter describes a drawing Pugin made of Macclesfield Church St Michael and All Angels including directions to Bury for his engraving of the image and is adorned with small sketches of the altar candles and statues. It was Augustus Welby's father Augustus Charles who produced the architectural drawings of this work and was the reason Augustus Welby and Bury were so intimate having apprenticed his son and Bury together. 'Ackermann's The Microcosm of London. is a book of major importance. The architectural drawings were by Augustus Charles Pugin a French refugee who came to London in about 1798 "driven from his country either by the horrors of the French Revolution or by private reasons connected with a duel" . His lasting fame rests on his consummate ability as an architectural draughtsman. By a stroke of genius Ackermann engaged Thomas Rowlandson to add human figures to the drawings that Pugin made for The Microcosm so that the stately accurate and dignified qualities of that artist are enlivened by the vitality and charm of Regency life as depicted by one of the most vigorous draughtsmen of all time. To turn the leaves of The Microcosm is to take a walk though London at a singularly fortunate moment observing as we never can in real life the scenes of many celebrated incidents in English literature and history: the India House of Charles Lamb the King's Bench Prison of Dickens the Foundling Hospital of Captain Coram and Hogarth the Guildhall bombed by the Luftwaffe the Newgate of Harrison Ainsworth the Carlton House of the Prince Regent and so forth.' Thomas Great Books and Book Collectors 1975 p. 155 Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7; Prideaux pp121-4. Franklin 49-54. London, R. Ackermann, [1808-10]. hardcover
1785Best.-Nr. ST18172Turin: Michael Briolus 1785. FIRST EDITION. 410 x 270 mm. 16 1/8 x 10 5/8". Volume II with pp. 3-4 bound before pp. 1-2 but complete. Three volumes. INVENTIVE AND ELEGANT BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY ANNIE BOIGE stamp-signed "A. Boige" on front pastedown and dated 1996 on rear pastedown upper covers cleverly encrusted with botanical specimens leaves or branches smooth spines with silver titling leather hinges watermarked light gray endpapers. Housed together in the original suede-lined brown cloth drop-back box suede-covered separators preventing contact between volumes. WITH engraved frontispiece portrait of the king of Sardinia in volume I engraved allegorical vignette on title pages and 92 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES ILLUSTRATING 237 BOTANICAL SPECIES. A Large Paper Copy. Cleveland Collections 557; Dunthorne 6; Sitwell "Great Flower Books" p. 67 69; Nissen BBI 18. ◆One plate with minor repair to fore-edge margin another with tiny rust hole not touching image half a dozen plates with insignificant smudges made during the printing process other trivial imperfections but A VERY FINE COPY clean fresh and wide-margined in a flawless binding. This is a major work of 18th century botany describing more than 2800 species of plants found in Italy's Piedmont region illustrating 237 previously unknown specimens and--crucially--classifying them all according to the new Linnean system becoming one of the first regional botanicals to use that taxonomy; as a bonus our copy comes in a particularly appropriate and charming binding with prominent botanical design elements. "Flora Pedemontana" was the chief work of Italian physician Carlo Allioni 1728-1804 professor of botany at the University of Turin and director of its natural history cabinet and botanical garden. The illustrations were drawn and engraved by the botanical garden's resident artist Francesco Peyroleri and his son Pietro. Our flora is also an important source of information on Alpine flowers. The modern binding is by an artisan who was proclaimed the "Grande Dame of French bookbinding" by the journal "Art & Métiers du Livre." Annie Boige trained at the Estienne School and at the Vésinet Applied Art Workshop before establishing her atelier in 1985. An art bookbinder she is noted for her monochrome color schemes and her use of beautiful leathers and vegetal materials a felicitous choice here. Michael Briolus unknown
1785Best.-Nr. ST18172Turin: Michael Briolus 1785. FIRST EDITION. 410 x 270 mm. 16 1/8 x 10 5/8". Volume II with pp. 3-4 bound before pp. 1-2 but complete. Three volumes. INVENTIVE AND ELEGANT BROWN CRUSHED MOROCCO BY ANNIE BOIGE stamp-signed "A. Boige" on front pastedown and dated 1996 on rear pastedown upper covers cleverly encrusted with botanical specimens leaves or branches smooth spines with silver titling leather hinges watermarked light gray endpapers. Housed together in the original suede-lined brown cloth drop-back box suede-covered separators preventing contact between volumes. WITH engraved frontispiece portrait of the king of Sardinia in volume I engraved allegorical vignette on title pages and 92 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES ILLUSTRATING 237 BOTANICAL SPECIES. A Large Paper Copy. Cleveland Collections 557; Dunthorne 6; Sitwell "Great Flower Books" p. 67 69; Nissen BBI 18. ◆One plate with minor repair to fore-edge margin another with tiny rust hole not touching image half a dozen plates with insignificant smudges made during the printing process other trivial imperfections but A VERY FINE COPY clean fresh and wide-margined in a flawless binding. This is a major work of 18th century botany describing more than 2800 species of plants found in Italy's Piedmont region illustrating 237 previously unknown specimens and--crucially--classifying them all according to the new Linnean system becoming one of the first regional botanicals to use that taxonomy; as a bonus our copy comes in a particularly appropriate and charming binding with prominent botanical design elements. "Flora Pedemontana" was the chief work of Italian physician Carlo Allioni 1728-1804 professor of botany at the University of Turin and director of its natural history cabinet and botanical garden. The illustrations were drawn and engraved by the botanical garden's resident artist Francesco Peyroleri and his son Pietro. Our flora is also an important source of information on Alpine flowers. The modern binding is by an artisan who was proclaimed the "Grande Dame of French bookbinding" by the journal "Art & Métiers du Livre." Annie Boige trained at the Estienne School and at the Vésinet Applied Art Workshop before establishing her atelier in 1985. An art bookbinder she is noted for her monochrome color schemes and her use of beautiful leathers and vegetal materials a felicitous choice here. Michael Briolus unknown books
Best.-Nr. 122321London David Nutt 1888. . First edition one of 1000 copies; large 8vo 230 x 175 mm; half-title tissue-guarded frontispiece and 2 plates by Walter Crane decorative head and tail-pieces occasional spotting heaviest to half-title short closed tear to front free endpaper small loss to upper margin of p. 51 not affecting text auctioneers slips from 1976 loosely inserted; publisher's Japanese vellum boards spine lettered in black and lightly rubbed upper cover printed in red and black with illustration by Jacomb Hood boards toned a few small marks on lower cover corners gently bumped a very good-plus copy that presents well; preserved in a later chemise and green morocco-backed slipcase; x 116 2pp. A particularly good copy of the first appearance of five of Wilde's classic fairy tales for children comprising: The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose The Selfish Giant The Devoted Friend and The Remarkable Rocket. Mason 313. London, David Nutt, 1888. hardcover
1869Best.-Nr. 39448Boston: Bradlee Whidden 1869. Folio. 23 3/8 x 18 1/8 inches. 15 chromolithographic plates after Frederic Remington A. B. Frost Fred. S. Cozzens R. F. Zogbaum Henry Sandham and others. 32 ff. letterpress. Expertly bound to style in full dark purple straight grained morocco. A rare large-format work on sport in late 19th-century America including Frederic Remington's first two published prints in color a rare A. B. Frost image of deer-hunting and images from Fred. S. Cozzens and other top illustrators of the day in a very fine full morocco binding. The present work includes six angling plates three of fly-fishing four plates of game-bird hunting and five of hunting larger game. Each of the fifteen subjects is first described in general terms on a single leaf of text followed by a second leaf giving a first-hand account of catching or shooting the subject followed by a chromolithograph illustrating the first-hand account. According to Gould's preface the plates are all from water-colours especially commissioned for the work which were subjected to the critical scrutiny of a group of anglers/sportsmen who judged them for technical accuracy. The plates are as follows: 1. Killing the Salmon. Henry Sandham. 2. A Moose hunt. Henry Sandham. 3. Trout fishing. Henry Sandham. 4. Fly-fishing for Black Bass. S. F. Denton. 5. Hunting Antelope i.e. Prong-horn. Frederic Remington. 6. Catching a Tarpon. Fred. S. Cozzens. 7. Mallard shooting. S. F. Denton. 8. Catching a Mascalonge. Frank H. Taylor. 9. A Wild Turkey hunt. R. J. Zogbaum. 10. Sailing for Bluefish. Fred S. Cozzens. 11. Hunting the Virginia Deer. A. B. Frost. 12. A day with the Prairie Chickens. R. F. Zogbaum. 13. A hunt above the timber-line Big-horn. Edward Knobel. 14. Canada Goose shooting. Frederic Remington. 15. Stalking the Wapiti. Henry Sandham. The two plates by Frederic Remington Hunting Antelope Hassrick & Webster 434 and Goose Shooting Hassrick & Webster 435 are also listed by Peggy and Harold Samuels Remington: The Complete Prints New York 1990 pp.152-3 with the comment that they are the first and second Remington prints to appear in color. They were preceded only by a series of four monochrome photogravures for John Muir's Picturesque California 1888 and two other individual prints both black and white. Arthur Burdett Frost is now perhaps best known for his sporting pictures and prints but an aversion to deer-hunting meant that he rarely pictured shooting scenes that featured anything other than small game. His image Hunting the Deer is recorded and illustrated in Henry M. Reed's The A. B. Frost Book Charleston 1993 pp.101 104-5 but the author was apparently unaware that it was issued as part of the present work which is not included in the extensive appendix of books illustrated by Frost. Phillips p. 141; Wetzel p. 146; Sherwin sale 1946 lot 238; Bruns G120; Heller 1:502; Bennett p.48; Tyler Prints of the West pp.127 & 174. Bradlee Whidden unknown
1869Best.-Nr. 39448Boston: Bradlee Whidden 1869. Folio. 23 3/8 x 18 1/8 inches. 15 chromolithographic plates after Frederic Remington A. B. Frost Fred. S. Cozzens R. F. Zogbaum Henry Sandham and others. 32 ff. letterpress. Expertly bound to style in full dark purple straight grained morocco. A rare large-format work on sport in late 19th-century America including Frederic Remington's first two published prints in color a rare A. B. Frost image of deer-hunting and images from Fred. S. Cozzens and other top illustrators of the day in a very fine full morocco binding. The present work includes six angling plates three of fly-fishing four plates of game-bird hunting and five of hunting larger game. Each of the fifteen subjects is first described in general terms on a single leaf of text followed by a second leaf giving a first-hand account of catching or shooting the subject followed by a chromolithograph illustrating the first-hand account. According to Gould's preface the plates are all from water-colours especially commissioned for the work which were subjected to the critical scrutiny of a group of anglers/sportsmen who judged them for technical accuracy. The plates are as follows: 1. Killing the Salmon. Henry Sandham. 2. A Moose hunt. Henry Sandham. 3. Trout fishing. Henry Sandham. 4. Fly-fishing for Black Bass. S. F. Denton. 5. Hunting Antelope i.e. Prong-horn. Frederic Remington. 6. Catching a Tarpon. Fred. S. Cozzens. 7. Mallard shooting. S. F. Denton. 8. Catching a Mascalonge. Frank H. Taylor. 9. A Wild Turkey hunt. R. J. Zogbaum. 10. Sailing for Bluefish. Fred S. Cozzens. 11. Hunting the Virginia Deer. A. B. Frost. 12. A day with the Prairie Chickens. R. F. Zogbaum. 13. A hunt above the timber-line Big-horn. Edward Knobel. 14. Canada Goose shooting. Frederic Remington. 15. Stalking the Wapiti. Henry Sandham. The two plates by Frederic Remington Hunting Antelope Hassrick & Webster 434 and Goose Shooting Hassrick & Webster 435 are also listed by Peggy and Harold Samuels Remington: The Complete Prints New York 1990 pp.152-3 with the comment that they are the first and second Remington prints to appear in color. They were preceded only by a series of four monochrome photogravures for John Muir's Picturesque California 1888 and two other individual prints both black and white. Arthur Burdett Frost is now perhaps best known for his sporting pictures and prints but an aversion to deer-hunting meant that he rarely pictured shooting scenes that featured anything other than small game. His image Hunting the Deer is recorded and illustrated in Henry M. Reed's The A. B. Frost Book Charleston 1993 pp.101 104-5 but the author was apparently unaware that it was issued as part of the present work which is not included in the extensive appendix of books illustrated by Frost. Phillips p. 141; Wetzel p. 146; Sherwin sale 1946 lot 238; Bruns G120; Heller 1:502; Bennett p.48; Tyler Prints of the West pp.127 & 174. Bradlee Whidden unknown books
Best.-Nr. 98399Paris Javal & Bourdeaux 1928. . Limited edition one of 50 copies on japon impérial with with an extra suite and a copper plate by Courbouleix and extra volume of original drawings by Carlo Farneti and Andre Dignimont; 4to 35 x 28 cm; text illustrated with 30 in-text colour etchings a la poupée and a suite with four additional states first state sans remarque avec remarque en noir and avec remarque en sanguine both with the original publisher's wrappers vol. II with 90 signed colour drawings avec remarque by Carlo Farnetti to illustrate an unpublished edition of the work 6 watercolours on thick paper signed by Dignimont 27 drawings mostly signed some hand-coloured by the same and over 100 proof sheets in colour and black and white after Dignimont also to illustrate a previously published edition of the work; both housed in modern maroon morocco boxes. One of 50 copies with an extra suite of plates and a copper plate. This copy also includes a collection of original drawings from two other artists Written by Jean Lorrain born Paul Duval and originally published in 1904 La Maison Philibert revolves around a Parisian brothel of the belle epoque. Although prostitution and debauchery was not an uncommon theme in fin de siecle literature Lorrain had his own reputation for being particularly outrageous in both his writings and his real life escapades. The erotic novel is here illustrated with 30 etchings with a suite of additional four states by Courbouleix. The second volume contains a large collection of drawings to illustrate the same work by two other artists. Carlo Farnetti 1892-1961 Neapolitan by birth moved to Paris where he illustrated works by Zola Baudelaire and Poe. He was later comissioned by Javal & Bordeaux to illustrate Les Cent Nouvelles but his drawings for La Maison Philibert were never published - making this collection of original drawings accordingly rare. André Dignimont a 'figure notable de Montmatre' was celebrated for perfectly capturing feminine beauty. The present volume contains a vast amount of proofs and signed drawings by Dignimont to illustrate an edition of La Maison Philibert that was published in 1925 by Collection des Arts. Paris, Javal & Bourdeaux, 1928. unknown
1869Best.-Nr. 35984Boston: Bradlee Whidden 1869. Folio. 15 chromolithographic plates after Frederic Remington A.B. Frost Fred Cozzens R.F. Zogbaum Henry Sandham and others. 32 ff. letterpress. Expertly bound to style in full dark purple straight grained morocco. A rare large-format work on sport in late 19th-century America including Frederic Remington's first two published prints in color a rare A.B.Frost image of deer-hunting and images from Fred. S.Cozzens and other top illustrators of the day. The present work includes six angling plates three of fly-fishing four plates of game-bird hunting and five of hunting larger game. Each of the fifteen subjects is first described in general terms on a single leaf of text followed by a second leaf giving a first-hand account of catching or shooting the subject followed by a chromolithograph illustrating the first-hand account. According to Gould's preface the plates are all from water-colours especially commissioned for the work which were subjected to the critical scrutiny of a group of anglers/sportsmen who judged them for technical accuracy. The plates are as follows: 1. Killing the Salmon. Henry Sandham. 2. A Moose hunt. Henry Sandham. 3. Trout fishing. Henry Sandham. 4. Fly-fishing for Black Bass. S.F. Denton. 5. Hunting Antelope i.e. Prong-horn. Frederic Remington. 6. Catching a Tarpon. Fred. S. Cozzens. 7. Mallard shooting. S.F. Denton. 8. Catching a Mascalonge. Frank H. Taylor. 9. A Wild Turkey hunt. R.J. Zogbaum. 10. Sailing for Bluefish. Fred S.Cozzens. 11. Hunting the Virginia Deer. A.B. Frost. 12. A day with the Prairie Chickens. R.F. Zogbaum. 13. A hunt above the timber-line Big-horn. Edward Knobel. 14. Canada Goose shooting. Frederic Remington. 15. Stalking the Wapiti. Henry Sandham. The two plates by Frederic Remington Hunting Antelope Hassrick & Webster 434 and Goose Shooting Hassrick & Webster 435 are also listed by Peggy and Harold Samuels Remington The Complete Prints New York 1990 pp.152-3 with the comment that they are the first and second Remington prints to appear in color. They were preceded only by a series of four monochrome photogravures for John Muir's Picturesque California 1888 and two other individual prints both black and white. Arthur Burdett Frost is now perhaps best known for his sporting pictures and prints but an aversion to deer-hunting meant that he rarely pictured shooting scenes that featured anything other than small game. His image Hunting the Deer is recorded and illustrated in Henry M.Reed's The A.B.Frost Book Charleston 1993 pp.101 104-5 but the author was apparently unaware that it was issued as part of the present work which is not included in the extensive appendix of books illustrated by Frost. Phillips p. 141; Wetzel p. 146; Sherwin sale 1946 lot 238; Bruns G120; Heller 1:502; Bennett p.48; Tyler Prints of the West pp.127 & 174; not in Reese Stamped with a National Character. Bradlee Whidden unknown
1869Best.-Nr. 35984Boston: Bradlee Whidden 1869. Folio. 15 chromolithographic plates after Frederic Remington A.B. Frost Fred Cozzens R.F. Zogbaum Henry Sandham and others. 32 ff. letterpress. Expertly bound to style in full dark purple straight grained morocco. A rare large-format work on sport in late 19th-century America including Frederic Remington's first two published prints in color a rare A.B.Frost image of deer-hunting and images from Fred. S.Cozzens and other top illustrators of the day. The present work includes six angling plates three of fly-fishing four plates of game-bird hunting and five of hunting larger game. Each of the fifteen subjects is first described in general terms on a single leaf of text followed by a second leaf giving a first-hand account of catching or shooting the subject followed by a chromolithograph illustrating the first-hand account. According to Gould's preface the plates are all from water-colours especially commissioned for the work which were subjected to the critical scrutiny of a group of anglers/sportsmen who judged them for technical accuracy. The plates are as follows: 1. Killing the Salmon. Henry Sandham. 2. A Moose hunt. Henry Sandham. 3. Trout fishing. Henry Sandham. 4. Fly-fishing for Black Bass. S.F. Denton. 5. Hunting Antelope i.e. Prong-horn. Frederic Remington. 6. Catching a Tarpon. Fred. S. Cozzens. 7. Mallard shooting. S.F. Denton. 8. Catching a Mascalonge. Frank H. Taylor. 9. A Wild Turkey hunt. R.J. Zogbaum. 10. Sailing for Bluefish. Fred S.Cozzens. 11. Hunting the Virginia Deer. A.B. Frost. 12. A day with the Prairie Chickens. R.F. Zogbaum. 13. A hunt above the timber-line Big-horn. Edward Knobel. 14. Canada Goose shooting. Frederic Remington. 15. Stalking the Wapiti. Henry Sandham. The two plates by Frederic Remington Hunting Antelope Hassrick & Webster 434 and Goose Shooting Hassrick & Webster 435 are also listed by Peggy and Harold Samuels Remington The Complete Prints New York 1990 pp.152-3 with the comment that they are the first and second Remington prints to appear in color. They were preceded only by a series of four monochrome photogravures for John Muir's Picturesque California 1888 and two other individual prints both black and white. Arthur Burdett Frost is now perhaps best known for his sporting pictures and prints but an aversion to deer-hunting meant that he rarely pictured shooting scenes that featured anything other than small game. His image Hunting the Deer is recorded and illustrated in Henry M.Reed's The A.B.Frost Book Charleston 1993 pp.101 104-5 but the author was apparently unaware that it was issued as part of the present work which is not included in the extensive appendix of books illustrated by Frost. Phillips p. 141; Wetzel p. 146; Sherwin sale 1946 lot 238; Bruns G120; Heller 1:502; Bennett p.48; Tyler Prints of the West pp.127 & 174; not in Reese Stamped with a National Character. Bradlee Whidden unknown books
Best.-Nr. 98401Paris Javal & Bourdeaux 1930. . Unique extra-illustrated example limited edition printed hors-commerce on japon imperial for Monsieur Dumouchel from a total edition of 525; 3 vols; 4to; illustrated with 25 monochrome etchings of which 22 are hors-texte by Charles Huard and with two original copper plates by Huard colour drawings throughout the text by Theodore van Elsen signed and dated 1933 also loose are 9 wash drawings and 4 watercolours signed by Huard and a set of prospectus; vol II contains a suite of 30 colour drawings to illustrate the work loose in an illustrated wrapper by van Elsen with each drawing with tissue guards and mounted on blue paper a suite of 20 original watercolours also to illustrate the work signed and captioned in pencil by Louis Ibels loose in an illustrated wrapper dated 1933; vol.3 contains over 100 original drawings signed by Carlo Farneti to illustrate the work 4 original watercolours by Louise Ibels and 2 signed watercolours by Leon Courbouleix; all house in modern maroon morocco boxes with gilt detail and lettering; a fine copy. A unique example extra-illustrated by Charles Huard with two copper plates and numerous original drawings by multiple artists. A large collection from the publisher's Javal and Bordeaux of illustrations for Flaubert's novel. Flaubert's first published novel. 'Madame Bovary the story of the adulteries and suicide of a doctor's wife in provincial Normandy is notable for its rigorous psychological development and manifests the qualities that mark all his mature work: authenticity of detail an impersonal narrative method a precise and harmonious style. Certain passages having been judged to be offensive to public morals Flaubert his publisher and his printer were tried but acquitted' Drabble. Paris, Javal & Bourdeaux, 1930. unknown
1843Best.-Nr. 140947309London: Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans 1843. First Edition. Near Fine. 1843 1845 1846 1846 1848. First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books Smith II.4-6 II.8-9. A Christmas Carol is the first issue with title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 in Roman numerals; half title and verso of title page printed in blue; "Stave I" on page 1. The Chimes first edition second issue with the publisher's name below the plate on the vignette title page. The Cricket on the Hearth first edition second issue with 2pp. ads. The Battle of Life first edition Todd's fifth state of the engraved title page with "A Love Story" in a scroll held by a cupid; terminal ads announce the publication in parts of Dombey and Son and the bound volume of Oliver Twist. The Haunted Man first edition first and only issue. All five volumes bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt seasonal stamping unique to each book. Morocco title labels to ribbed spines gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp in gilt to front turn-in of each volume. Original cloth covers and spines bound in rear of all volumes but the last. Housed in an open-ended slipcase moderately rubbed and toned covered in the same floral gilt-embellished paper used for endpapers. Near Fine with slightly rubbed spines. Light edge toning to interiors occasional thumbing and staining and spots of foxing. No writer is more closely associated with Christmas than Charles Dickens who began with the immortal A Christmas Carol in November 1843. It was published on December 19 and sold so well there were seven editions by the following May. The Chimes followed in December 1844 and three more books appeared in 1845 1846 and 1848 two of the title page dates follow the then-common practice of dating a book published in November or December with the coming year. The enduring appeal of Dickens' Christmas stories lies in his unmatched ability to combine sentimentality with melancholy or righteous fury a balancing act of light and dark. A Christmas Carol composed as Dickens walked weeping through the dark London streets was intended to draw attention to the plight of the working poor in London. The Chimes attacks the cruelty and hypocrisy of the rich and the protagonist of The Cricket on the Hearth contemplates murder. The Haunted Man the last novella emphasizes the need to remember past sorrows and hardships. Dickens wanted his Christmas books to be pretty - his specifications for the first cut severely into his profits - and it is appropriate that these copies have been given jewel-like bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe one of the most famous fine binderies in the English-speaking world. A beautiful set of beautiful stories illustrated by the leading artists of the day. Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans unknown
1843Best.-Nr. 140947309London: Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans 1843. First Edition. Near Fine. 1843 1845 1846 1846 1848. First editions of all five of Charles Dickens' Christmas Books Smith II.4-6 II.8-9. A Christmas Carol is the first issue with title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 in Roman numerals; half title and verso of title page printed in blue; "Stave I" on page 1. The Chimes first edition second issue with the publisher's name below the plate on the vignette title page. The Cricket on the Hearth first edition second issue with 2pp. ads. The Battle of Life first edition Todd's fifth state of the engraved title page with "A Love Story" in a scroll held by a cupid; terminal ads announce the publication in parts of Dombey and Son and the bound volume of Oliver Twist. The Haunted Man first edition first and only issue. All five volumes bound in full polished calf with elaborate gilt seasonal stamping unique to each book. Morocco title labels to ribbed spines gilt dentelles all edges gilt. Sangorski & Sutcliffe stamp in gilt to front turn-in of each volume. Original cloth covers and spines bound in rear of all volumes but the last. Housed in an open-ended slipcase moderately rubbed and toned covered in the same floral gilt-embellished paper used for endpapers. Near Fine with slightly rubbed spines. Light edge toning to interiors occasional thumbing and staining and spots of foxing. No writer is more closely associated with Christmas than Charles Dickens who began with the immortal A Christmas Carol in November 1843. It was published on December 19 and sold so well there were seven editions by the following May. The Chimes followed in December 1844 and three more books appeared in 1845 1846 and 1848 two of the title page dates follow the then-common practice of dating a book published in November or December with the coming year. The enduring appeal of Dickens' Christmas stories lies in his unmatched ability to combine sentimentality with melancholy or righteous fury a balancing act of light and dark. A Christmas Carol composed as Dickens walked weeping through the dark London streets was intended to draw attention to the plight of the working poor in London. The Chimes attacks the cruelty and hypocrisy of the rich and the protagonist of The Cricket on the Hearth contemplates murder. The Haunted Man the last novella emphasizes the need to remember past sorrows and hardships. Dickens wanted his Christmas books to be pretty - his specifications for the first cut severely into his profits - and it is appropriate that these copies have been given jewel-like bindings by Sangorski & Sutcliffe one of the most famous fine binderies in the English-speaking world. A beautiful set of beautiful stories illustrated by the leading artists of the day. Chapman & Hall / Bradbury & Evans unknown books
Best.-Nr. 111330Paris Gihaut Frères & Ernest Bourdin 1838-1848 & 1842 . Folio 52.8 x 34.5 c 2 vols; vol. I La Russie Meridionale 100 lithographed plates after Raffet a few plates with cropped margins; vol. II Voyage Pittoresque tinted lithographed title-page and 100 lithographed plates faint water stain to lower margin; both volumes bound in contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards spines in parts with gilt tooling large gilt Rothschild coat of arms on green morocco label in centre of upper boards some minor repairs and wear very good examples. A fine set of Demidoff's most sought-after illustrated books bound for Baron James de Rothschild. The rich industrialist Count Anatoliy Nikolaevich Demidov Prince of San Donato 1813-70 became a famous Russian art collector who assembled at his Villa di San Donato a large collection of Dutch Flemish and Romantic masterpieces as well as an impressive library. Before his short and stormy marriage to Princess Mathilde-Létizia Bonaparte he financed two scientific and artistic expeditions in Russia: the first in 1837-38 in Southern Russia and the second in 1839 in Northern Europe and European Russia. Although the account of the first one is significantly more common the views published in the present second album are the most famous since they included beautiful lithographs of the largest Russian towns and their celebrated places such as the Winter Palace and the Alexandrine column in St. Petersburg the banks of the Volga in Nizhniy-Novgorod the Kremlins of Kasan and Moscow. Brunet II col. 583-584 ; Carteret III p. 197 ; Vicaire III col. 167-168. Paris, Gihaut Frères & Ernest Bourdin, [1838-1848] & [1842], hardcover
Best.-Nr. 140949009West Kingston RI & Hampton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 2012. Signed Limited Edition; Publisher's Copies. Fine/Fine. Publisher's Copies. A signed limited deluxe edition set of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series all matching and uniformly marked Publisher's Copy PC. All signed by the author and each volume's illustrators respectively: Michael Whelan Phil Hale Ned Dameron Bernie Wrightson Darrel Anderson and Jae Lee. The Gunslinger is additionally signed by its publisher Donald Grant. Two copies of The Little Sisters of Eluria are included; one from the limited edition signed by both King and Whelan and the second from the Artist's Edition signed by Whelan only. All Fine in Fine dust jackets. Slipcases with light wear traycases close very slightly misaligned. Brooks A18.1b A34.1b A43.2b A61.2 A88.3 A89.2 A90.2. An extreme rarity as the maximum of only 12 possible sets of matching publisher's copies could ever exist. The Dark Tower series is not tethered to any specific genre instead fusing together a complex meta-textual universe of dark fantasy western sci-fi and horror. Equally inspired by Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns King modeled his anti-hero Roland Deschain on Clint Eastwood's character in Man with No Name and incorporated slow-burn sparse dialogue from The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Donald M. Grant unknown
Best.-Nr. 140949009West Kingston RI & Hampton Falls NH: Donald M. Grant 2012. Signed Limited Edition; Publisher's Copies. Fine/Fine. Publisher's Copies. A signed limited deluxe edition set of Stephen King's The Dark Tower series all matching and uniformly marked Publisher's Copy PC. All signed by the author and each volume's illustrators respectively: Michael Whelan Phil Hale Ned Dameron Bernie Wrightson Darrel Anderson and Jae Lee. The Gunslinger is additionally signed by its publisher Donald Grant. Two copies of The Little Sisters of Eluria are included; one from the limited edition signed by both King and Whelan and the second from the Artist's Edition signed by Whelan only. All Fine in Fine dust jackets. Slipcases with light wear traycases close very slightly misaligned. Brooks A18.1b A34.1b A43.2b A61.2 A88.3 A89.2 A90.2. An extreme rarity as the maximum of only 12 possible sets of matching publisher's copies could ever exist. The Dark Tower series is not tethered to any specific genre instead fusing together a complex meta-textual universe of dark fantasy western sci-fi and horror. Equally inspired by Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns King modeled his anti-hero Roland Deschain on Clint Eastwood's character in Man with No Name and incorporated slow-burn sparse dialogue from The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Donald M. Grant unknown books
