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1967réf. 9403Lexington KY: Gravesend Press printed by Robert Middleton 1967. Original Wrappers. Near Fine binding. 12mo. 4 5 3 pp. frontis illus. Limited edition. As issued sewn into pastepaper wrappers with printed paper label on the front wrapper. A beautiful copy with three engravings by DePol including the final tail-piece "Finis / Gravesend / Press." The book was nearly complete already set in type at the time of Graves's unexpected death in 1960. After many years Joe's wife and partner Lucy Graves decided to complete this edition as the final Gravesend imprint complete with the prophetic tailpiece. An absolutely charming piece of Lexington history and most certainly a part of the private press movement that was burgeoning. No indication of the size of the edition. Gravesend Press | printed by Robert Middleton unknown
1857réf. 900053043First American Edition Good Original Rare 1857 Hardcover Arthurian Medieval Romance of the South of France 8vo. pp. 158 2ads. Eight plates by Gustave Doré all though the name "Dore" does not appear for American copyright reasons.Embossed Gilt Knight on Horse on cover. Blind stamped cover design. Tissues intact over illus. Much foxing on pages. But not on pictures First green colored endpaper missing else Good. Covers and spine solid. NOT a library copy. Tight binding. This is a really great Medieval troubadour tale of Arthur's Round Table from Provence. More fun in my opinion than Chretien. See our Three Geese In Flight Book Scans Wiley and Halstead hardcover
1975réf. 1108267New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers. Good hardcover copy with d/j 260 pp 1 pp ack text and B/W and 45 4/C illustrations throughout 185 total illustrations biographical outline 4 pp selected biblio 3 pp index. . Good. Hardcover. 1975. Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers hardcover
1866réf. Q1211Chicago: Chicago Lithography & Engraving Co. 1866. First Edition. None. Good. Civil War era ornate family record with elaborate Spencerian style calligraphy and flourishingincluding imagery of angels cherubs birds and flowers"designed and wholly executed with a pen by R.H. Trumbull." Single sheet 24 x 20 inches. In Good condition with shallow dampstaining along the bottom edge small chip at the top edge and puncture in the lower right. The areas for recording births marriages and deaths have been filled with information about the Sweet family beginning with William Sweet b. 1829 and his wife Anna b. 1839. It descends to six children born throughout the 1860s their marriages in the 1880s and the death of William and Anna Sweet in 1895. Some of the writing is quite faded but helps illustrate how the record was kept in use through several generations. The lithograph will ship rolled in a tube; cost will be calculated based on buyer location. Chicago Lithography & Engraving Co. unknown
réf. FREDERIC013688Pawlet Vermont. Various dates. First editions. Printed by Claude Fredericks for presentation to his friends at Christmas.A A Plan for the ''Sonnets'' of a Proposed Shakespeare. 1960. Wrappers. Sonnets xxxiii to xlvi are printed. Fine in printed tissue dustwrapper.B A Page from Bacon's ''Essays''. 1956. Wrappers. Number 20 of 180 copies. Spine faded. Near fine.C Psalms cl & cxxxiii. 1958. Wrappers. Single leaf in loose wrappers. Covers lightly tanned at edges. Near fine.D Meister Eckhart's Sermon on Beata Pauperes Spiritu. 1960. Wrappers. 220 copies printed. Taken from R.B. Blakney's translation. Very near fine. Pawlet, Vermont. unknown
1929réf. POETRYQU011103Random House New York. 1929. First edition. Royal octavo. Twelve four-page pamphlets stitched each with a cover illustration by Paul Johnston. One of 475 sets. The poets are Genevieve Taggart Robert Frost "The Lovely Shall be Choosers". Vachel Lindsay "Rigamarole Rigamore" Edwin Arlington Robinson "The Prodigal Son" Louis Untermeyer Alfred Kreymborg H.D. "Red Roses for Bronze" Theodore Dreiser William Rose Ben�t Conrad Aiken "Prelude" and Witter Bynner. A fine set in publisher's paper chemise with long closed tears. Lacks the slipcase. Random House, New York. unknown
1996réf. TENNIELS014377The Workshop Press Thaxted. 1996. First edition. Quarto. pp 24. Card wrappers with flaps. Illustrated with twelve Tenniel drawings printed letterpress from electrotypes created from the original wood engravings cut by the Dalziel Brothers c. 1860-1970.Number 29 of fifty copies.Spine slightly faded otherwise fine. The Workshop Press, Thaxted. unknown
réf. 112542Paris Boussod Valadon & C.ie 185 . In 8° tela edit. con titoli cornice e fregi al dorso e ai piatti. Leggera usura alla cuffia superiore. Pp. 6 n.n. 24 tavole incise una all'acquaforte tutte di carattere militare tutte protette da velina. Qualche giallitura non grave tagli oro hardcover
1913réf. 17862Very Good. This antique letterhead sheet is toned along the outer edges but is clean bright and in very good condition. 10" x 7.75".; Prints . 1913-1914. unknown
1815réf. 005402London: J. Jenkins 1815. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 261 x 328 mm image is 153 x 218 mm; mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published Nov. 1 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in margins; image is clean and bright. J. Jenkins unknown
1815réf. 005401London: J. Jenkins 1815. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 261 x 328 mm image is 153 x 223 mm; mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published May 1 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in margins; image is clean and bright. J. Jenkins unknown
1815réf. 005404London: J. Jenkins 1815. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 328 mm image is 152 x 226 mm; mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published Feb. 1 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in margins; image is clean and bright. J. Jenkins unknown
1801réf. 005380London: R. Bowyer Historic Gallery 1801. Near Fine. 1 aquatint engraving 320 x 467 mm. image is 223 x 312 mm. In Near Fine Condition: minor soiling on reverse; otherwise clean and bright. R. Bowyer Historic Gallery unknown
1800réf. 006803Exmouth Eng 1800. Very Good. 1 folded sheet creating 4 pages; handwritten letter on 2 pages signed 1 page blank address on the 4th page. Teignmouth notes that "Lady Teignmouth has lately presented me with another son." The engraved portrait drawn by J. Richmond engraved by W. Walker was published by Hatchard & Sons in 1843. John Shore 1st Baron Teignmouth 1751-1834 was an official of the East India Co. and served as Governor General of Bengal from 1793 to 1797; the following year he was created Baron Teignmouth. He was also the first president of the British and Foreign Bible Society. In Very Good Condition: letter is lightly creased; lightly soiled; print is lightly soiled in margins; indentation at upper edge; image is clean and crisp. unknown
1889réf. 17547Very Good. This antique etching is lightly toned with the metal border plate mark as expected with this intaglio printmaking technique. Overall size: 12" x 9". Etching size: 8.25" x 6.75" . .; Prints . 1889. unknown
1875réf. 17607Bencke & Scott Litho. New York. Very Good. Hardcover. Antique lithograph is toned but clean and in very good condition. 18.25" x 12". . c. 1875. Bencke & Scott Litho. New York hardcover
1870réf. 19015Very Good. Hardcover. This antique lithograph is of a processional for perhaps a church head of state festival commemorative or something else. It is toned with several folds as issued and 2 tears in the margins but clean and in very good condition. 23.5" x 11.5". . c. 1870. hardcover
réf. 0504OTFRIWVUnknown Binding. Very Good. SIGNED by the author Harry Worcester Smith with a dedication on the front fly to John Cary Randolph who when he rides is "a thoroughbred on a thoroughbred." Dr. Archibald Cary Randolph a landed surgeon whose family helped settle Virginia was hunt master of the Piedmont Hunt until his death in 1959. Very good red cloth brighter gilt and doecot on front board than on spine; No reader remainder or ex-library marks. first ed. 1st printing in no dustjacket. Foxing at textblock and dusting at top edge only. Illus. excellent throughout. unknown
1977réf. 2081402110005058Binobi 1977. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 Binobi paperback
réf. s60Longman Green London 1851. Full Green Morocco hardback New Edition. iv 280 pagesgilt edges decorated page margins and well over 100 fine illustrations square 8vo elaborate gilt decorated boards and spine HAS BARBARA PYMS SIGNATURE WELL KNOWN AUTHOR and Inscription for her 29th birtday to fep The rear board is detached but repairable top 1 inch of spine leather torn away. light foxing but still in good clean tight reading order. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch via Royal Mail or Royal Mail Tracked for heavier or expensive items. Hardcover. Good. hardcover
1870réf. 21522Good. Antique woodcut lithograph plate is toned with light foxing and damp stains in upper margin which can be cropped out for framing. Overall size: 16" x 12".; Prints . 1870. unknown
1925réf. 34365Bale: Heufeld & Henius 1925. Limited. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 48 handsomely printed color plates mounted on heavy art paper protected with numbered tissue guards. No text other than title and list of plates. Slim folio original 1/2 blue calf over patterned boards with ornate gilt-decorated spine. Bale: Heufeld & Henius no date circa 1925. A very good copy of this unusual book. One of 260 numbered copies. Heufeld & Henius unknown
1797réf. 23396Edinburgh: A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar 1797. Third Edtion. Fine condition. Unopened extract from the original 1797 volume of the renowned encyclopedia consisting of 54 pages pp195-248 on guns and gun making with two copper engraved plates. The wonderful engraved images of cannon includes a row of cannon ranging in size from a 33 pounder down to a 12 powder with a cut away view of the interior. The gunnery text includes 3 sections on the history of gunnery the theory of gunnery and the practice includes tables of comparative velocity and ranges; lengths and weights of Iron ship guns. The gunpowder section includes information on making gunpowder of different kinds; the gunsmithing section describes the forging methods utilized in different weapons. Text printed in 2 columns the extract very bright and fresh. A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar unknown
1843réf. 47974Leipzig: Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Weber 1843. First edition. Hardcover. poor to vg. Quarto. 40 leaves 38 hand-colored plates some of them with tissue guards including frontispiece. Bound in three-quarter brown leather over marbled boards. Double-framed half-title. Frontispiece. Double-framed half-title and illustrated title page with black double frame. Collection of plates by the celebrated and decorated French military painter and printmaker Hippolyte Bellangé. His work was included into the 1855 Exposition Universelle a major event in France exhibiting agricultural and industrial products and the fine arts. All plates signed Bellangé in plates. OCLC lists only one copy with this title in the University and City Library of Cologne. This OCLC listing refers to an 1844 publication by the publisher J. J. Weber a volume with 364 pages and fifty original drawings of all types of military corps and uniforms of the French Republic and the Empire by Hippolyte Bellangé. Our copy with the original title page is dated 1843 and contains thirty-eight lithographs on the subject without any text but the captions in the double-framed pages. The collection contains images of generals officers and soldiers from different corps of the French army from 1795 to 1814 with many of the plates not dated. Conceivably this copy was a limited pre-publication bound by the publisher in 1843 during preparations for the 1844 copy. The indication of this being a limited edition is typed only onto a label glued to the front free endpaper. In addition our copy contains an oval paper label with handwriting pasted to the front cover as well as two strips with imagery of French soldiers lined up printed in color glued to top and bottom of the cover. The copy contains four additional color printed strips of soldiers one glued to the inside front cover two to the front free endpaper and one to the half-title. The number of soldiers depicted on each strip varies. The oval paper label on the front cover contains the name Adolf Brougier and the year 1877 in calligraphy and the title in English in a different handwriting. The front free endpaper also contains a paper label with typed title subtitle and publisher's information glued in between the two printed strips. Publisher's information on this label ends with "Limited" but no printed indication of limitation. The Ex Libris on the inside front cover is from Robert Florey the French-American film director screenwriter and actor. Laid in a cutout lithograph of a cavalry officer 7 x 5" cut with black printed borders partially visible. Text in German. Wear along edges small chips and scuffing with spine missing except two narrow leather strips at head and tail. Some sporadic foxing hardly effecting lithographs small closed tears and rubbing throughout. Some penciled numbers in margins outside of lithograph borders. Starting at two places with one plate loose held only with tan paper tape at top. Some of the plates reinforced with tape at gutter. Binding in poor plates in very good condition. Adolf Brougier. Painter etcher. Born in Stuttgart Germany in 1870. Brougier studied art in France and Germany. He exhibited portraits and landscapes in Los Angeles for ten years before his death in Santa Barbara CA on March 11 1926. Exh: Curtis Gallery LA 1924; Holland & Garrison Gallery LA 1924. Ben; AAW; SCA; DR; AAA 1926; LA Times 3-12-1926 obit. Verlagsbuchhandlung von J. J. Weber hardcover
1952réf. 260501001Queen Anne Press 1952-01-01. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. First Edition. #612 of 950 originally printed editions. Hardcover. Very Good / no dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Minor shelf-wear. For any additional information or pictures please inquire. Queen Anne Press hardcover
