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2017ref. x-1315891956Taylor & Francis 2017. Hardcover. New. 540 pages. 10.00x7.01x10.00 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
1899ref. 7339Raton NM 1899. 36 silver prints 9.5 cm x 12 cm / 3.75" x 4.75" on curved gray Kodak decorative mounts 14 cm x 17 cm / 5.5" x 6.75". All 36 have manuscript identifications and descriptions on the back in black ink. A few mounts show minor rubbing and discoloring at extremities one mount chipped at the head. Some images have gentle spotting and fading. - Our Home Raton New Mexico - New Store built for us in Raton 1898 - Out for a Drive By reservoir on Chico Rico New Mex. 1898 - Out for a Drive. Sugarite Canon 1898. - A pretty camp on mouth of South Fork Conejos River Colo. 1898 - Scene on Conejos River on mouth of South Fork Colorado. 1898 - Camp above Falls on Conejos River Colorado 1898 - Conejos River above Falls Colorado 1898 - Conejos River above Antonito from Bridge 1897 - Our camp on shore of Lake on Lake Fork of Conejos River. Colorado 1898. - Lake on Lake Fork Conejos River Colo 1897. - Boat riding on Conejos Lakes. 1898 - A bit of tough road on Conejos River men holding wagon on road by Poles. 1898 - Camp scene on Elk Creek Colo. 1898 - Mr. Davies and our Camp on Elk Creek. 1898 - Dinner on Elk Creek 1898 - Head of San Juan River Continental Divide Colorado 1897 - Scene on West Fork San Juan River Colorado 1898 - Hours Lake. West Fork San Juan River Colorado 1897 - Engine Rock on East Fork San Juan River 1898 - Our camping outfit on East Fork of San Juan River. Colorado 1897 - A grand wild spot above Hot Springs on San Juan River Colorado 1897 - San Juan River as it flows through Park in Pagosa Springs Colo 1898 - Our Partner Whistler's camp in Park Pagosa Springs Colo. 1898. - Harvey mounted on a Rocky Mountain Canary. Pagosa Camp in Park Colorado 1898 - Our friend Jon Blake's House Pagosa Springs Colo. - Up in Brazos Gorge Showing Side Walls 1898 - Whistler fishing in Mouth of Gorge on Brazos. 1898 - Harry Sallin Shep packed Brazos River Camp 1897 - Sallin her friend at Lake Camp Colorado 1897 - Our beauty in morning. Camp on Brazos. 1897 - Your humble servant with a nice trout in tow. Mouth of Brazos Canon 1898 - A few Rabbits Ducks on Crow Creek 1898 - Palisades in Cimarron Canon on Cimarron River New Mex. 1898 - Our camp on Sulphur Spring Cimarron Canon 1898. - Flume on a draw on top of Sanga De Christo Range. Colfax Co. Part of a ditch 54 miles long. Used for Hydraulic mining. Nice collection of late 19th century images showing intentional camping and recreating in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico created by a family in Raton New Mexico. Images of camping riding hunting fishing boating etc. All views are nicely identified. unknown
1899ref. 7339Raton NM 1899. 36 silver prints 9.5 cm x 12 cm / 3.75" x 4.75" on curved gray Kodak decorative mounts 14 cm x 17 cm / 5.5" x 6.75". All 36 have manuscript identifications and descriptions on the back in black ink. A few mounts show minor rubbing and discoloring at extremities one mount chipped at the head. Some images have gentle spotting and fading. - Our Home Raton New Mexico - New Store built for us in Raton 1898 - Out for a Drive By reservoir on Chico Rico New Mex. 1898 - Out for a Drive. Sugarite Canon 1898. - A pretty camp on mouth of South Fork Conejos River Colo. 1898 - Scene on Conejos River on mouth of South Fork Colorado. 1898 - Camp above Falls on Conejos River Colorado 1898 - Conejos River above Falls Colorado 1898 - Conejos River above Antonito from Bridge 1897 - Our camp on shore of Lake on Lake Fork of Conejos River. Colorado 1898. - Lake on Lake Fork Conejos River Colo 1897. - Boat riding on Conejos Lakes. 1898 - A bit of tough road on Conejos River men holding wagon on road by Poles. 1898 - Camp scene on Elk Creek Colo. 1898 - Mr. Davies and our Camp on Elk Creek. 1898 - Dinner on Elk Creek 1898 - Head of San Juan River Continental Divide Colorado 1897 - Scene on West Fork San Juan River Colorado 1898 - Hours Lake. West Fork San Juan River Colorado 1897 - Engine Rock on East Fork San Juan River 1898 - Our camping outfit on East Fork of San Juan River. Colorado 1897 - A grand wild spot above Hot Springs on San Juan River Colorado 1897 - San Juan River as it flows through Park in Pagosa Springs Colo 1898 - Our Partner Whistler's camp in Park Pagosa Springs Colo. 1898. - Harvey mounted on a Rocky Mountain Canary. Pagosa Camp in Park Colorado 1898 - Our friend Jon Blake's House Pagosa Springs Colo. - Up in Brazos Gorge Showing Side Walls 1898 - Whistler fishing in Mouth of Gorge on Brazos. 1898 - Harry Sallin Shep packed Brazos River Camp 1897 - Sallin her friend at Lake Camp Colorado 1897 - Our beauty in morning. Camp on Brazos. 1897 - Your humble servant with a nice trout in tow. Mouth of Brazos Canon 1898 - A few Rabbits Ducks on Crow Creek 1898 - Palisades in Cimarron Canon on Cimarron River New Mex. 1898 - Our camp on Sulphur Spring Cimarron Canon 1898. - Flume on a draw on top of Sanga De Christo Range. Colfax Co. Part of a ditch 54 miles long. Used for Hydraulic mining. Nice collection of late 19th century images showing intentional camping and recreating in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico created by a family in Raton New Mexico. Images of camping riding hunting fishing boating etc. All views are nicely identified. unknown books
1987ref. 2110502150908092Kodansha 1987. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 66 Kodansha paperback
1900ref. 2292Paris Verneau 1900. Lithograph in colors from PAYSAGE PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82cm.From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS" . Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins. Verneau
1900ref. 2291Paris VERNEAU 1900. Lithograph in colors from the suite PASAGES PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82cm. From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS". Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins. Verneau
1900ref. 2291Paris VERNEAU 1900. Lithograph in colors from the suite PASAGES PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82cm. From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS". Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins. Verneau books
1900ref. 2292Paris Verneau 1900. Lithograph in colors from PAYSAGE PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82cm.From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS" . Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins. Verneau books
2021ref. SBBI-mon0000140648Independently published 2021. paperback. 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. Independently published paperback
2017ref. SBBI-mon0000080091MACMILLAN USA 2017. paperback. 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. MACMILLAN USA paperback
2021ref. SBBIH-YT6BTVZPMPRFWeidenfeld & Nicolson 2021. paperback. 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. Weidenfeld & Nicolson paperback
1872ref. 6400London: F. Harvey 1872. Second edition. Number 6 of 50 copies printed. Small quarto 8 1/4 x 6 inches; 210 x 152 mm. ii blank vi 160 i 3 blank. Etched half-title drawing by William M. Thackeray. Five full-page etchings on india paper by George Cruikshank. Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed on verso of front endpaper in full dark blue crushed levant morocco. Both covers richly decorated in gilt with triple borders each surrounding one hundred and seventy nine floral tools in a geometric design; spine with five raised bands richly decorated and lettered in gilt with the same floral tools; double-ruled gilt board edges decorative turn-ins all edges gilt. Front and rear outer joints repaired. "Sir William Fraser 1816-1898 was a genealogist archivist and Scottish historian. Trained as a solicitor his professional involvement with peerage cases began a lifetime of research into the genealogy of Scotland's most prominent landed families" Edinburgh University Library. His Colia's Whispers is a collection of poetry inflected by Victorian tastes for historicism and revivalist styles. The text is accompanied by five George Cruikshank etching on India paper are five out of eight compartments of a large plate etched by G.C. for Sir William Fraser in 1870 for Poems by the Knight of Morar. "Only fifty numbered copies were issued of this edition and consequently it is scarce" Cohn. George Cruikshank 1792-1878 was one of the most famous British caricaturists and illustrators during the Regency period. He would form a friendship with Charles Dickens illustrating many of his books and later in life would be active in the temperance movement. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. F. Harvey unknown
1835ref. 6796London: Taylor and Hessey and Edward Moxon 1835. First edition and second edition. Fine. Lamb's Essays of Elia and Last Essays of Elia finely bound by Riviere & Son in full dark brown morocco with a dark green morocco pull-off case. Two volumes octavo. vi 341; xiii 295 pp. complete. Elaborate gilt spines in six compartments with raised bands. Gilt rule to boards and gilt turn-ins. All edges gilt. Teal coated endpapers. Small twentieth-century bookseller's ticket to lower flyleaves. A Fine fresh set in a beautiful binding. First edition second issue of Essays of Elia with both the Fleet Street and Waterloo addresses in the imprint bound without the terminal publisher's ads. Second edition of Last Essays of Elia which was first published by Edward Moxon in 1833. Lamb's accessible and conversational essays were published under the pseudonym Elia inspired by an Italian man that Lamb had known at the South Sea House and had appeared serially in The London Magazine between 1820 and 1825. Despite his struggles with mental illness Charles Lamb 1775 - 1834 would be celebrated for his literary contributions producing a range of material from essays to poems. Lamb belonged to an active literary circle which included Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Fine. Taylor and Hessey [and] Edward Moxon unknown
1872ref. 6400London: F. Harvey 1872. Second edition. Number 6 of 50 copies printed. Small quarto 8 1/4 x 6 inches; 210 x 152 mm. ii blank vi 160 i 3 blank. Etched half-title drawing by William M. Thackeray. Five full-page etchings on india paper by George Cruikshank. Bound ca. 1920 by Rivière & Son stamp signed on verso of front endpaper in full dark blue crushed levant morocco. Both covers richly decorated in gilt with triple borders each surrounding one hundred and seventy nine floral tools in a geometric design; spine with five raised bands richly decorated and lettered in gilt with the same floral tools; double-ruled gilt board edges decorative turn-ins all edges gilt. Front and rear outer joints repaired. "Sir William Fraser 1816-1898 was a genealogist archivist and Scottish historian. Trained as a solicitor his professional involvement with peerage cases began a lifetime of research into the genealogy of Scotland's most prominent landed families" Edinburgh University Library. His Colia's Whispers is a collection of poetry inflected by Victorian tastes for historicism and revivalist styles. The text is accompanied by five George Cruikshank etching on India paper are five out of eight compartments of a large plate etched by G.C. for Sir William Fraser in 1870 for Poems by the Knight of Morar. "Only fifty numbered copies were issued of this edition and consequently it is scarce" Cohn. George Cruikshank 1792-1878 was one of the most famous British caricaturists and illustrators during the Regency period. He would form a friendship with Charles Dickens illustrating many of his books and later in life would be active in the temperance movement. "The Riviere Bindery was one of the most notable and prolific shops in London's West End from about 1840 through 1939" Princeton. Bath-based Bayntun Bindery acquired the firm in 1939 transforming into the "Bayntun-Riviere bindery" which is still in existence and family owned. F. Harvey unknown books
1835ref. 6796London: Taylor and Hessey and Edward Moxon 1835. First edition and second edition. Fine. Lamb's Essays of Elia and Last Essays of Elia finely bound by Riviere & Son in full dark brown morocco with a dark green morocco pull-off case. Two volumes octavo. vi 341; xiii 295 pp. complete. Elaborate gilt spines in six compartments with raised bands. Gilt rule to boards and gilt turn-ins. All edges gilt. Teal coated endpapers. Small twentieth-century bookseller's ticket to lower flyleaves. A Fine fresh set in a beautiful binding. First edition second issue of Essays of Elia with both the Fleet Street and Waterloo addresses in the imprint bound without the terminal publisher's ads. Second edition of Last Essays of Elia which was first published by Edward Moxon in 1833. Lamb's accessible and conversational essays were published under the pseudonym Elia inspired by an Italian man that Lamb had known at the South Sea House and had appeared serially in The London Magazine between 1820 and 1825. Despite his struggles with mental illness Charles Lamb 1775 - 1834 would be celebrated for his literary contributions producing a range of material from essays to poems. Lamb belonged to an active literary circle which included Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron. Fine. Taylor and Hessey [and] Edward Moxon unknown books
1710ref. 252472London: John Morphew 1710. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf vol. I rebacked preserving most of original black morocco label corners repaired hinges strengthened. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Vol. II with later spine label binding rubbed. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This famous attack scandalized virtually every member of the Whig Party and led to Mrs. Manley's arrest. A friend and collaborator of Swift's she succeeded him as editor of The Examiner and exercised some influence on Defoe. ESTC N47961; ESTC T106837 John Morphew unknown
1710ref. 252472London: John Morphew 1710. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf vol. I rebacked preserving most of original black morocco label corners repaired hinges strengthened. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Vol. II with later spine label binding rubbed. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This famous attack scandalized virtually every member of the Whig Party and led to Mrs. Manley's arrest. A friend and collaborator of Swift's she succeeded him as editor of The Examiner and exercised some influence on Defoe. ESTC N47961; ESTC T106837 John Morphew unknown books
ref. 06566London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1928. A Milne Classic in a Fine Rivière Binding "Christopher Robin Is Six" - A Superb Decorative Copy MILNE Alan Alexander. Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. 1928. Fourth edition. Small octavo 7 5/16 x 4 3/4 inches; 189 x 121 mm. xi 1 blank 103 1 1 printer's imprint pp. With numerous black and white illustrations in the text. Elegantly bound ca. 1928 by Rivière & Son in full blue polished calf covers double-ruled in gilt the upper cover pictorially stamped in gilt with five charming figures from the text surrounding the title all within a fine gilt frame. Spine with five raised bands richly tooled in gilt in compartments with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt. Blue marbled endpapers all edges gilt. The original peach pictorial endpapers printed in black bound in at front and rear. Spine very slightly mellowed otherwise an exceptionally fine copy. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. A most attractive and unusually well-preserved example of Now We Are Six the third volume in A. A. Milne's beloved Winnie-the-Pooh series published at the height of his literary partnership with Shepard. Issued two years after Winnie-the-Pooh 1926 the present volume continues the gentle poetic chronicles of Christopher Robin's imaginative world - poems that balance whimsy with a quiet often wistful awareness of childhood's passing. Shepard's illustrations - already inseparable from Milne's text by this date - appear here in their original black and white form capturing with remarkable economy the personalities of Pooh Piglet and their companions. The famous vignette of Christopher Robin "going on an adventure" appears on the cover in gilt lending this binding a particularly appropriate decorative coherence. The binding executed by Rivière & Son at the end of the 1920s is characteristic of their finest work of the period: crisp gilding harmonious proportions and a sensitive integration of illustrative motifs into the design. The retention of the original pictorial endpapers is an especially desirable feature preserving an important element of the book's first issue character within an elevated binding. A charming and highly desirable copy of one of the central works of 20th-century children's literature - both a cornerstone of the Milne canon and a beautifully presented example of English decorative binding at its best. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 unknown
ref. 06566London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1928. A Milne Classic in a Fine Rivière Binding "Christopher Robin Is Six" - A Superb Decorative Copy MILNE Alan Alexander. Now We Are Six. With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London: Methuen & Co. 1928. Fourth edition. Small octavo 7 5/16 x 4 3/4 inches; 189 x 121 mm. xi 1 blank 103 1 1 printer's imprint pp. With numerous black and white illustrations in the text. Elegantly bound ca. 1928 by Rivière & Son in full blue polished calf covers double-ruled in gilt the upper cover pictorially stamped in gilt with five charming figures from the text surrounding the title all within a fine gilt frame. Spine with five raised bands richly tooled in gilt in compartments with two red morocco labels lettered in gilt. Blue marbled endpapers all edges gilt. The original peach pictorial endpapers printed in black bound in at front and rear. Spine very slightly mellowed otherwise an exceptionally fine copy. Housed in a blue cloth slipcase. A most attractive and unusually well-preserved example of Now We Are Six the third volume in A. A. Milne's beloved Winnie-the-Pooh series published at the height of his literary partnership with Shepard. Issued two years after Winnie-the-Pooh 1926 the present volume continues the gentle poetic chronicles of Christopher Robin's imaginative world - poems that balance whimsy with a quiet often wistful awareness of childhood's passing. Shepard's illustrations - already inseparable from Milne's text by this date - appear here in their original black and white form capturing with remarkable economy the personalities of Pooh Piglet and their companions. The famous vignette of Christopher Robin "going on an adventure" appears on the cover in gilt lending this binding a particularly appropriate decorative coherence. The binding executed by Rivière & Son at the end of the 1920s is characteristic of their finest work of the period: crisp gilding harmonious proportions and a sensitive integration of illustrative motifs into the design. The retention of the original pictorial endpapers is an especially desirable feature preserving an important element of the book's first issue character within an elevated binding. A charming and highly desirable copy of one of the central works of 20th-century children's literature - both a cornerstone of the Milne canon and a beautifully presented example of English decorative binding at its best. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 unknown books
ref. 06530London: Printed for J. Johnston 1822. Johnny Newcome Returns: The Soldier's Comic Progress A Spirited Sequel to the Celebrated Naval Satire - With Fine Cruikshank Plates MITFORD John. My Cousin in the Army: or Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment. A Poem. By a Staff Officer. London: Printed for J. Johnston 1822. First edition. Octavo 9 x 5 5/8 inches; 228 x 143 mm. 4 316 pp. Sixteen hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and Charles Williams. Plates watermarked 1821. A short marginal tear 3/4 inch to title slight creasing to plates opposite pp. 173 and 285 and a neatly restored outer blank margin to the plate opposite p. 313 loss minimal. Light offsetting from plates as usual and a few minor smudges. Handsomely bound in mid-twentieth-century full burgundy levant morocco by Rivière & Son stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers with gilt double fillet border spine richly tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt board edges and turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of Harry Bradfer-Lawrence on front pastedown. An excellent copy. A lively and richly illustrated military satire My Cousin in the Army forms the companion volume to Mitford's earlier and highly successful Johnny Newcome in the Navy 1818 transferring the comic misadventures of the naïve recruit from sea to land. Cast in brisk octosyllabic verse the poem offers a vivid and often irreverent portrait of army life in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars blending anecdote caricature and social observation in a manner closely aligned with the Regency taste for humorous narrative. The hand-colored aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and Charles Williams - both central figures in the golden age of British caricature - provide much of the work's enduring appeal. Their plates animated and theatrical capture the follies vanities and absurdities of military life with a sharp eye and a lively palette placing the work firmly within the tradition of illustrated comic narratives popularized by contemporaries such as the Doctor Syntax series and Life in London. Mitford himself remains one of the more colorful and tragic figures of the period: a former naval officer present at major engagements of the French Revolutionary Wars later reduced by dissipation and instability to a precarious literary existence. His writing - energetic unpolished and often drawn from lived experience - retains an immediacy that lends authenticity to the comic episodes described. A pleasing copy of a work that stands among the more engaging illustrated satires of the post-Napoleonic period enhanced by an attractive Rivière binding and distinguished provenance. Abbey Life 370; Tooley 166. London: Printed for J. Johnston, 1822 unknown
ref. 06530London: Printed for J. Johnston 1822. Johnny Newcome Returns: The Soldier's Comic Progress A Spirited Sequel to the Celebrated Naval Satire - With Fine Cruikshank Plates MITFORD John. My Cousin in the Army: or Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment. A Poem. By a Staff Officer. London: Printed for J. Johnston 1822. First edition. Octavo 9 x 5 5/8 inches; 228 x 143 mm. 4 316 pp. Sixteen hand-colored aquatint plates including frontispiece by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and Charles Williams. Plates watermarked 1821. A short marginal tear 3/4 inch to title slight creasing to plates opposite pp. 173 and 285 and a neatly restored outer blank margin to the plate opposite p. 313 loss minimal. Light offsetting from plates as usual and a few minor smudges. Handsomely bound in mid-twentieth-century full burgundy levant morocco by Rivière & Son stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper covers with gilt double fillet border spine richly tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments gilt board edges and turn-ins marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of Harry Bradfer-Lawrence on front pastedown. An excellent copy. A lively and richly illustrated military satire My Cousin in the Army forms the companion volume to Mitford's earlier and highly successful Johnny Newcome in the Navy 1818 transferring the comic misadventures of the naïve recruit from sea to land. Cast in brisk octosyllabic verse the poem offers a vivid and often irreverent portrait of army life in the immediate aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars blending anecdote caricature and social observation in a manner closely aligned with the Regency taste for humorous narrative. The hand-colored aquatints by Isaac Robert Cruikshank and Charles Williams - both central figures in the golden age of British caricature - provide much of the work's enduring appeal. Their plates animated and theatrical capture the follies vanities and absurdities of military life with a sharp eye and a lively palette placing the work firmly within the tradition of illustrated comic narratives popularized by contemporaries such as the Doctor Syntax series and Life in London. Mitford himself remains one of the more colorful and tragic figures of the period: a former naval officer present at major engagements of the French Revolutionary Wars later reduced by dissipation and instability to a precarious literary existence. His writing - energetic unpolished and often drawn from lived experience - retains an immediacy that lends authenticity to the comic episodes described. A pleasing copy of a work that stands among the more engaging illustrated satires of the post-Napoleonic period enhanced by an attractive Rivière binding and distinguished provenance. Abbey Life 370; Tooley 166. London: Printed for J. Johnston, 1822 unknown books
1821ref. M793Madrid 1821. Excellent. Size : 635x935 mm Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps West Indies Cuba & Bahamas; unknown
1798ref. M407Paris: Misitre de la Marine et des Colonies 1798. Excellent. Size : 435x585 mm 17.125x23 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps City Maps; Maps West Indies Cuba & Bahamas; Misitre de la Marine et des Colonies unknown
1985ref. 2091202133210234Yahata shoten 1985. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 10 books in total Yahata shoten paperback
1921ref. 21568Paris: H. Floury 1921. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. 273 pages. 26 x 20 cm. With the original dry point etching Delteil 8 third state "Jeune Filles Fleurissant leurs Chapeaux" hors-texte drypoint etching " and with lithograph "Tête de Jeune Fille". 95 heliogravure illustrations and 56 plates 12 in color. Table Des Gravures Hors Texte and Table Des Gravures Dans Le Texte. Crisp very clean interior binding tight head and foot of spine reinforced. H. Floury unknown
