rif. 97582George Virtue London. 1838. 4to 216pp with numerous black and white engraved plates and one fold-out map lightly creased and with one closed tear. A very good hardback copy in attractive original gold decorated green leather boards. Some very minor rubbing to leather. Gold fore edges bright and clean. All plates have original protective sheets with occasional offsetting from engravings. George Virtue, London. 1838 hardcover
rif. 15-3760London: Macmillan 1874. 12mo. 388 pp. Very Good Blue Decorative Gilt Cloth with stains some sun-fading edge wear & rubbing; spine somewhat slanted; minor shelf wear; front end papers repaired with tape; some stains on edges of text block. Provenance: John Ruyle his bookplate inside cover; previous owners' signatures on half-title. Illustrated. London: Macmillan, 1874. hardcover
rif. 60962London: Macmillan and Co. 1874. Children's Classic FINELY BOUND a later edition. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.8 388 2. With four illustrated plates including a frontispiece. Contemporary tan full calf by BICKERS & SON with raised bands gilt titles to contrasting red and green labels and further gilt tooling to spine. All edges and endpapers marbled. Illustrated bookplate to flyleaf. A little toning and spotting to first and final leaves. Lower half of upper hinge and joint split with an archival tape repair to hinge. Moderate wear to spine and extremities. Very good. The classic children's tale first published in 1863. London: Macmillan and Co., 1874 unknown
1962rif. 86722Peking Beijing:: The Foreign Language Press 1962. Very good in illustrated wrappers some toning . 2nd printing. A story told in the mountains of Tibet. An old couple are tricked by a rogue into giving him their beautiful daughter in marriage but she is rescued by a handsome young hunter who in turn tricks the rogue. Illustrated in full color throughout by Yoa Yu-tuo and Yoa Yu-hsin. 92 pp. The Foreign Language Press, unknown
rif. 75484London: Chapman and Hall Ltd. no date 1894. Literature FINELY BOUND CROWN EDITION. Complete in 17 volumes bound at 16. Octavo 21 x 15 x 60 cm. With illustrations from the original plates by Cruikshank Stone Phiz et al. printed with new type. Contemporary navy half calf with gilt titles and decoration to spines and marbled paper over boards. Top edges gilt others untrimmed and marbled endpapers. Very gently toned throughout otherwise internally clean. Bindings carefully re-coloured with light general wear. Very good. A popular edition first issued between 1890 and 1891: ". on the whole the more convenient and satisfactory edition of the novels." a contemporary review quoted by Spencer. SPENCER Andrew 'Charles Dickens: A Guide to the Collected Editions' Chesney Wold 2021 p.31. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., no date [1894] unknown
rif. 75101Boson MA and New York NY: The C.T. Brainard Publishing Co. 1909. Literature LEATHER-BOUND ILLUSTRATED SET Edition De Luxe. Complete in 15 volumes. Octavo 20 x 13 x 56cm. Each volume with between three and seven black and white illustrated plates including a frontispiece by various illustrators. An out-of-series copy from an edition of 1000 numbered copies. Recently bound in blue half morocco with raised bands gilt titles to twin red labels and matching cloth over boards. Top edges gilt and others lightly trimmed. A crisp clean set in an attractive new leather binding. Boson, MA, and New York, NY: The C.T. Brainard Publishing Co., 1909 unknown
1900rif. 250213-MB68Judge and Leslie's Weekly 1900. Very Good Large Folio Hardcover hinges reinforced Over 500 Camera Views and Colored Plates no date circa 1900 544 Pages . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dustjacket. large Folio. Judge and Leslie's Weekly Hardcover
19988vo., First Edition thus, with title-vignette, coloured plates, photographs and illustrations in the text; blue cloth gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY ROGER TORY PETRSON ON HALF-TITLE. SIGNED COPIES OF THE UK EDITION ARE SCARCE.
rif. 57499London: Cassell & Company 1892. Crime Mystery FIRST EDITION. Octavo 20 x 14cm pp.viii; 427 12. Publisher's catalogue dated May 1892. With 12 half-tone illustrated plates by Hole and Metcalf including a frontispiece. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Fore-edge untrimmed. Repair to split lower hinge. Spotting and toning to edges and endpapers. Slightly cocked. Quite roughly opened in places. Moderate wear to cloth; spine quite heavily toned. Very good. Another stirring tale of shipwreck salvage and dark doings from Mr.Stevenson; the second mystery written in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osborne in this instance the investigator being the narrator himself. Inspired by the schooner Equator 1888-1953 this strange South Seas tale concerns the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island. London: Cassell & Company, 1892 unknown
rif. 66497London: John Lane the Bodley Head 1897. Aesthetic Literature FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 21 x 17cm pp.316 16. With 18 black and white plates by various artists including the Scottish painter D.Y. Cameron each with a tissue-guard. Publisher's yellow cloth with titles and decoration in black. All edges untrimmed. Internally clean with some toning to endpapers. A few leaves poorly opened. A large contemporary library label to rear board. Spine browned with moderate general wear and a 1cm split to head. Very good. The last of 13 volumes in this era-defining series combining short stories poetry essays reviews and contemporary art. This issue features 'The Blessed' by Yeats. London: John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1897 unknown
rif. 124387London Imprinted at London in povvles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge printer to the Queenes Maiestie 1568. . First edition five parts in 1 vol.; large folio 40.5 x 29 cm; black letters text in double columns in 57 lines calendar printed in red and black general title with xylographic word panel in woodcut architectural border and an engraved medallion portrait of Queen Elizabeth the royal arms and allegorical figures 2 further engraved portraits comprising: Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester to the divisional title of Part 2 and Sir William Cecil to the recto of A2 in Part 3 all attributed to Franciscus Hogenberg woodcut New Testament Title the text further illustrated with 131 narrative woodcuts of 133 missing those on E2-3 in Part 1 which are lacking in this copy after Virgil Solis 5 woodcut maps and numerous diagrams woodcut printers device to verso of final f. contemporary annotations in pen including note dated '1590' to recto of Q8 in Part 2 with 19th-century transcription on blue paper tipped-in at fore-edge further note in same hand to foot of X3 recto also in Part 2 general title trimmed and mounted in the 18th-century with calligraphic dated ownership inscription in pen to verso some early underlining and marginalia in pen throughout tear to head of E6-7 in Part 1 repaired with glue with resultant residue to head of E7 pen marginalia to Part 1 K6 smoke damage to lower corner of N4-5 of same part paper brittle with tear repaired in archival tape small hole with loss of text to O6 also in Part 1 dampstaining to final 2ff causing minor loss to text both ff with early paper repairs at gutter margin as mentioned lacking ff E2-3 in Part 1 numbered XXXXIV-V comprising final chapter of Genesis and opening chapter of Exodus lacking final blank f. otherwise complete with some ff possibly supplied form other copies; 20th-century gilt-panelled calf the centre of the covers with jewelled cross formed of red green and purple morocco onlays modern endpapers minor wear very good; collation: A-Q8-E2-3 A-Y8 Z10 A-E8 F6 G-Z8 2A8 2B12 A-O8 P6 A-T8 V5. First edition of the Bishop's Bible the second authorised English translation. The editio princeps of the Bishop's Bible the second authorised English translation. A rare near complete example of the 'most sumptuous' and lavishly illustrated English pulpit Bible of the sixteenth century with over 130 narrative woodcuts and maps and three engraved portraits. The Bishop's Bible so-named for the numerous bishops and Biblical scholars involved in its production was the brainchild of the Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker 1504-1575. The translation was intended to counter the Calvinist influence of the Geneva Bible which had come to prominence following the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558 and the return shortly thereafter of the Marian exile community into England and supersede the earlier Great Bible as the official authorised version of the scriptures in the Church of England. The text mainly follows that of the 1539 Great Bible but both Hebrew and Greek originals were consulted as well as the Geneva version. At least eleven bishops were involved in the revision with Parker himself contributing the lion's share of the work and the whole was completed by September 1568. 'In April 1571 the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury ordered that copies of this edition should be placed in every cathedral and as far as possible in every church; and enjoined every ecclesiastical dignitary to exhibit a copy in a prominent place in his house for the use of his servants and guests' Darlow & Moule. When Whitgift became Archbishop in 1583 he attempted unsuccessfully to enforce the sole use of the Bishop's Bible in churches and chapels across England. 'The Bishops' Bible was a success in that it replaced the Great Bible last reprinted in 1569 in churches to the exclusion of the Geneva version. But the latter continued to be read in Protestant homes and became the foundation of the Authorized Version' ODNB. The woodcut illustrations were mostly copied from designs by the Nuremberg artist Virgil Solis 1514-1562 for a picture series Biblische Figuren des Alten and Neuen Testaments that was first published in Frankfurt in 1560. The three engraved portraits depict Queen Elizabeth her favourite Robert Dudley Earl of Leicester and the Secretary of State Sir William Cecil and are attributed to Flemish artist Franciscus Hogenberg 1535-1590. 'While title-page portraits of the monarch were an established feature of English Bibles contemporary portraits within the text were a startling departure. The engravings of Dudley and Cecil prominently placed at the beginning of Parts 2 and 3 respectively flatter by association with the immediately following books. Dudley portrayed in armor mirrors the warrior-hero Joshua. Cecil is position as a new David at the head of Psalms with an open book in one hand other other grasping the large initials B of the psalm's opening line "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the ungodly"' Luborsky & Ingram. This edition is also sometimes known as the 'Treacle Bible' for the rendering of 'balm' as 'triacle' in Jeremiah 8:22. A lovely example with early annotations including a note in pen to the foot of the first book of Chronicles dated '1590' with a 19th-century transcription on tipped-in blue paper: 'As thou shalt understand oute of this testamente the tru godlynes and the salvasion of ouer soules both by hearing of it and laying up as a storehouse in the harte. With a true and sinsear loue and so take up the crose of Christe Jesus and folowe hime that is to suffer afflictiones and fornes and scurges as Crist did when he suffered afflicksiones for ouer sines. 1590'. With a further note in the same hand to the second book of Esdras. ESTC S122070; STC 2099; Herbert 125; DM 89; Luborsky & Ingram B:2099. London, Imprinted at London in povvles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge, printer to the Queenes Maiestie, [1568]. unknown
rif. 10356Paris, A l’atelier du livre, 1932. In/8, deux volumes, 279 et 207 pages, reliure demi-chagrin à coins bleu, dos à nerfs, couverture conservée, 24 illustrations en couleur de Pierre Falke. Exemplaire numéroté sur vélin blanc.
1932A l'atelier du livre, Paris, 1932. Deux volumes in-8, 279 & 207 pages (20 x 16 cm) reluire signées C. Ruban à Villefranche, en demi-chagrin, dos à nerfs à décor et titre doré, doré sur tête, couverture conservée. 24 compositions en couleurs de Pierre Falké. Exemplaire numéroté sur vélin blanc. Petite usure sur un nerf, dos insolé comme souvent avec le vert. Exemplaire numéroté sur vélin blanc. Monod 4504.
1932Paris, A l’atelier du livre, 1932. In/8, 279 et 207 pages, reliure demi-chagrin à coins bleu, dos à nerfs, couverture conservée, 24 illustrations en couleur de Pierre Falke. Exemplaire numéroté sur vélin blanc. Monod 4518.
1929rif. 22222New-York E.P. Dutton & Co 1929 New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1929, in-folio, demi-toile grenat à la Bradel, dos titré en long argenté, plats de papier rose avec quadrillage grenat, XI-104 pages.
2010Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 550 pages filled with full color, full page illustrations.
rif. 2106220015Litor Publishers Ltd not given. Interior is excellent. Cover: spine is torn on bottom some discoloration Litor Publishers Ltd unknown
rif. 27680Union Latine D'Editions Paris 1947, 4 tomes in/4 broché, couverture rempliée sous chemise et emboîtage. 260 ; 338 ; 337 et 338 pages. Exemplaire numéroté sur Vélin chiffon de Renage. Traduction nouvelle de Maurice Rat, illustrations de Charles Clément.
1966rif. 2081966 Paris, Editions Lidis 1966. 5 vol. in-4 brochés, couvertures rempliées, chemises, étuis. Un des 3500 sur vélin Vercors. Parfait état.
rif. 34198Les éditions Nationales Les éditions Nationales, Paris, 1946, petit in folio, broché sous chemise et emboîtage cartonné, couverture rempliée, 260 pages. Illustrations de Jean Aujame, dix-huit bandeaux gravés sur bois et douze lithographies hors-texte. Présentation de Jean Cassou. Exemplaire numéroté sur papier pur fil Johannot, avec une suite en noir.
1947Union Latine D'Editions Paris 1947, 4 tome in/4 broché, couverture rempliée sous chemise et emboîtage. 260 ; 338 ; 337 et 338 pages. Exemplaire numéroté sur Vélin chiffon de Renage. Traduction nouvelle de Maurice Rat, illustrations de Charles Clément.
1967Plon Gallimard, NRF, Paris, 1967. In/8 carré cartonnage éditeur de Hollenstein sous rhodoïde, illustrations hors texte de Wakhevitch, 334 p. Exemplaire numéroté. 3 pièces : Noces de sang - Yerma - La maison de Bernarda Alba.
rif. 50042London Collins 1925. FIRST EDITION circa 1925 245 x 180 mm 9¾ x 7 inches pink and white patterned cloth colour printed with illustrations of children playing outdoor games paper title labels to upper cover and spine 144 pages. Pretty coloured frontispiece unsigned coloured vignette on title page by Agnes Richardson unsigned 8 other colour plates by Charles Robinson Louis Wain Joyce Mercer 2 E. Dorothy Rees and Honor Appleton etc. Full page illustrations in black and white with yellow by Charles Robinson 2 Grace Lodge and others text illustrations by H.B. Neilson and H.G.C. Marsh Lambert. First item: The Little Sister by Laurence Alma Tadema other authors include Ethel Talbot and Katharine Tynan. There is a 2 page poem on Robin Hood by G.B. Hughes with a colour plate and a 1 page poem about a Golly. Spine slightly darkened with a tiny nick to head and tail upper cover slightly dusty and very slightly bowed 4 items coloured by a child 1 messily otherwise contents very nice. A sweet annual for very young children quite scarce. A very good plus copy. Adley and Lofts mention only 2 years 1956 and 1957 not listed in Alan Clark but the British Library Catalogue lists it from 1922-1935. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. London, Collins, (1925). hardcover
rif. lc_36920Editions de l'Agora (1985)
rif. GIT0153eParis Editions de Trianon sd v 1940. In-4 83f feuillets non chiffrés. Pleine basane bordeaux, dos à nerfs rehaussés de filets perlés dorés, fleurons dans les entrenerfs, 1er plat orné d'une encadrement à froid et d'un encadrement doré discontinu avec petits fleurons d'angles et 3 fleurettes dorés au centre, fleurons aux angles et au centre du 2e plat, couverture illustrée en couleurs conservées, rel époque. Orné de 10 dessins en noir hors texte y compris le frontisipice. Tirage unique à 500exp numérotés sur beau papier. Coiffe supérieure légèrement émoussée.