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Rebound. H M Bateman. 1927.
Bateman, H.M. illus. Rebound. Methuen, London, 1927, 1st Edition. 4to., Original Pictorial Boards. Pp [1-6] 7-96. Boards spotted with some wear to spine. Small loss to blank margin page 17, tear to lower blank margin page 81 without loss. Light finger soiling to lower page edges. Binding tight, bright imprint illustrating Questions in Parliament, An attempt to avoid the Best Seller, The Income Tax Worm and Work, A Dentist having a Tooth Stopped and many, many more full page and strip cartoons with good Bateman humour. Scarce 1st edition.
Omar Khayyam. Illustrated by Mera Sett. 1914.
Omar Khayyam. Illustrated Mera Sett. 1914. Privately printed & Published by Galloway & Porter, Cambridge. Wide 8vo, approx 255mm x 180mm. 1st edition. Black cloth, gilt decorative titles to front and spine. Top edge gilt. Dedication, foreword pp4, illustrated title page, 15 illustrated text pages, 15 full page illustrations. Covers a little bumped. Very light foxing to some page edges. A scarce limited private publication offering a unique style of this classic work.
The Open Road by E.V. Lucas, Illust. by Claude A. Shepperton, 1913
Lucas, E.V. : The Open Road. A Book for Wayfarers. Methuen and Co., London, 1913. 1st Edition in this form. Blue cloth gilt decorated covers. Top edge gilt. Illustrated end papers. 16 tipped in colour plates by Claude A. Shepperton of landscapes. Binding a little bumped at edges. Some occasional light foxing. All plates bright and clean. An interesting illustrated poetry Anthology for travellers with over 200 poems including The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W. B. Yeats, Song of the Open Road by Walt Whitman, The Sweetness of England by Elizabeth Barratt Browning, She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron, Ode to the Westwind by Shelley, Sussex by Rudyard Kipling, The Anglers Rest by Izaak Watson, To the Evening Star by William Blake and Up Hill by Christina Rossetti. A good collection of some classic works relating to travelling through the countryside and seasons. Very good condition.
The Time Machine. An Invention. H G Wells. 1931
Wells. H. G., The Time Machine. An Invention. Random House, Abbey Press, 1931. 1st Edition, Limited No. 1097 of 1200. 8vo. Decorative boards, gilt title to spine. PP88, text printed in red and black in Fournier monotype on Dacian laid paper. Designed and illustrated by type designer and calligrapher William Addison Dwiggins, in four colours, many full page. A new preface of this work is completed by H G Wells. With original glassine wrap, damaged with some loss and original slipcase, a little bumped at edges, both of which have made an excellent job of protecting the book, which is in fine order throughout. An attractive complete work illustrating the Art Deco design style of it's day and the WAD graphic art. Scarce complete limited edition in excellent order.
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Ref: 93140-A
Price:
£165.00 / US$260.70
21 Engravings. Thomas Bewick. 1951
Bewick, Thomas. 21 Engravings. Edited Edna W. Ferriss, privately printed Philip Reed, Chicago, 1951. 1st, limited edition of 500. 2 volumes, 8 vo, quarter morocco on decorated boards, gilt title to spine. Pp42, 40 each volume with 21 engravings from Bewicks original wood blocks. Lacks slip case. Light age tone to book edges, very light fox to pastedowns and blank prelims. All pages and engravings in fine condition throughout, good strong imprint of engravings. With original visiting card of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reed Ferriss loosely inserted. An attractive limited edition of Bewick prints from original blocks. Scarce.
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Ref: 92995
Price:
£85.00 / US$134.30
Paintings and Drawings. Michael Leonard. 1993
Leonard. Michael. Paintings and Drawings. Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London., 1993. 1st Edition. Wide 4to, approx 270mm x 300mm. Card covers with illustrated card wrapper, pp32, note by the artist, 14 full page colour plates and 8 black and white illustrations. One very small bump at top spine cover. In excellent clean and bright condition throughout.
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Ref: 92334
Price:
£50.00 / US$79.00
Drawings by Michael Leonard. 2004
Leonard. Michael. Drawings by Michael Leonard. Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London, 2004. 8vo, 1st edition. Card covers, pp48. Catalogue for exhibition held16th march to 27th April 2004. Illustrated throughout with black and white images of Micheal Leonard's work of Nudes and Portraits in Time. In scribed on the front page "for Arnold [Rattenbury] with Love from Michael 4th August '04" There is also a 'post it' note on the title page in the hand of Leonard "How lovely talking to you. Keep well! Love M. Additional entry in the Biography section in the hand of Leonard. In fine condition.
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Ref: 92333
Price:
£100.00 / US$158.00
The Happy Prince. Oscar Wilde. Hand coloured, Printed and Bound by Mikhail Magaril. 1997.
Wilde. Oscar, The Happy Prince. Preface by Morris Jacobs, illustrated by Mikhail Magaril. New York, Summer Garden Editions, 1997. 1st Edition, Fifty copies of this book were printed. The edition was hand coloured, bound and signed by the artist & Morris Jacobs. This copy number 32. Narrow Folio approx 430mm x 150mm. Black and pictorial yellow cloth, gilt and black label to spine. PP36, set in Garamond Number 3. 50 copies of this book were printed on Fabriano Rosaspina paper by offset lithography. With an additional Drypoint watercolour number 3 of 5 signed by Magaril. All enclosed within a labelled black and grey clamsell box. 1 very light mark to box and bump to corner. Book and illustration in mint condition. This fine, beautiful book has been hand made by the artist Mikhail Magaril. A must for any collector of Oscar Wilde, Magril, Designer Bound Books or Drypoint Limited Prints. A book to Treasure.
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Ref: 92117-A
Price:
£3,000.00 / US$4,740.00
Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland, with the Arms of the Chiefs. 1906
Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland, with the Arms of the Chiefs. W and A K Johnston, Edinburgh and London. 1906. Limited 1st edition of 540, 520 of which available to the Public. 2 Vol. 8vo. Half blue morocco on cloth boards, gilt titles to spine, 5 raised bands. Top edge gilt. Patterned endpapers. Over 240 full page colour illustrations of tartans, on heavy woven paper, interleaved with text pages of descriptions of the Tartans and a history of the Clans, 21 full page colour plates of Coats of Arms. Some very light wear to cloth covers, morroco in near fine condition. Small Henry Sotherans label on front free endpaper of volume one. All pages and plates in fine condition. A very attractive pair of books.
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Ref: 91921
Price:
£300.00 / US$474.00
Adventures Merveilleuses De Huon De Bordeaux. 1898.
Adventures Merveilleuses De Huon De Bordeaux. Pair de France et de la Belle Escalarmonde Ainsi Que du Petit roi de Feerie Auberon. Mises en Nouveau Langage Par Gaston Paris De L'Academie Francaise. Se trouve a la Maison Didot, 56 Rue Jacob a Paris. Acheve d'imprimer le texte at les plances en coleurs sur la presses de la maison Didot au Mesnil-sur-l'Estree (Eure) le 30 novembre 1898. Characteres nouveaux dessines par Eugene Grasset fondus par la maison Peignot. Aquarelles de Manuel Orazi reproduites en fac-simile par la maison B. Delaye, L. Hemmerle & Co. Couverture coloriee au patron dans les ateliers Nervet. Quarto. Half gold cloth over original illustrated papers on board, contemporary plain endpapers. 315pp, 12 colour plates, all tissue guarded. All text pages in French, surrounded with elaborate black decoration. Covers a little bumped at edges with light marks, pages lightly age toned to edges. An attractive book with scarce original covers.
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Ref: 91906
Price:
£180.00 / US$284.40
Froissart's Modern Chronicles 1903-1906. Sir F Carruthers Gould. 1908
Carruthers Gould. Sir F. Froissart's Modern Chronicles 1903-1906. London. T Fisher Unwin. 1908. Wide 8vo approx 180mm x 245mm. 1st Edition, limited number 4 of 50, signed by author/illustrator. Wheat cloth backed blue boards, paper label to front. Pp115 with 51 illustrations as called for. Boards a little bumped and some shelf wear. Early ownership inscription of 1908 on front pastedown. Binding firm and sound, all pages in fine condition.
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Ref: 91721
Price:
£150.00 / US$237.00
The Landscape Painters Calendar. Nan West. 1928
West, Nan. The Landscape Painters Calendar. Written and Illustrated by Nan West. London, Methuen. 1928. 1st Edition, limited to 300. Wide 8vo, approx, 180mm x 220mm. Cloth backed decorative paper boards, with paper label to spine. Edges uncut. With unclipped dustwrapper. Pp126 with 32 tipped in illustrations, all as called for. With extra label and note of apology from the publisher that the book had not been signed due to artist's illness. Binding, pages, illustrations and dustwrapper all in fine condition.
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Ref: 91717
Price:
£60.00 / US$94.80
The Coloured Lands. G K Chesterton. 1938
Chesterton, G K. The Coloured Lands. London: Sheed & Ward, 1938. 1st Edition. Large 8vo, approx 190mm x 250mm. Green cloth, red titles to spine. With unclipped dustwrapper in fine condition. Pp238 with 46 full page illustrations, 18 of which in colour and many black and white illustrations within text. 2 small marks on lower edge of front cover, dustwrapper and all pages in fine condition. A very attractive book.
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Ref: 91716
Price:
£40.00 / US$63.20
The Wanderer of Liverpool. John Masefield. 1930
Masefield. John, The Wanderer of Liverpool. London, Heinemann, 1930. Quarto, approx 200mm x 260mm, 1st, large paper, limited edition number 109 of 525, signed by author. Blue cloth with gilt ship motif to front and gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. With bookmarker ribbon. Pp [i-ix], 120 on Navigator mould-made wove paper. Tissue guarded colour frontis, 38 plates within text and 4 plans, 3 of which folding. In excellent condition. A very attractive book completed by Masefield in the year he became Poet Laureate.
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Ref: 91385
Price:
£75.00 / US$118.50
The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White, Illus. By George Edwards Collins, 1911
White, Gilbert : The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. London, Macmillan and Co., London, 1911. Quarto, green cloth, gilt title to spine and gilt motif to front. Pp476 with 24 full page colour illustrations by Edward George Collins. Binding tight, some bumped edges, spine a little sunned. End papers foxed to pastedown however all printed pages and plates in bright and very good condition. An attractive presentation of this classic natural history work.
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Ref: 91189
Price:
£90.00 / US$142.20
Collaboration, The Photographs of Paul Cadmus, Margaret French and Jared French, 1992
Cadmus, Paul; French, Margaret; French, Jared : The Photographs of Paul Cadmus, Margaret French and Jared French. Pasadena, California, Twelvetrees Press, 1992. First edition, limited to 4000 copies. Size approx 240mm x 210mm. Black cloth with gilt lettering, dustwrapper. Fine condition.
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Ref: 90530
Price:
£35.00 / US$55.30
Fifty Caricatures, Max Beerbohm, 1913
Beerbohn, Max : Fifty Caricatures. William Heinemann 1913. 8vo 185mm x 225mm. Title, Advert to recto [i,ii Contents], 50 Caricatures, the first 48 tipped in on brown card, 2 full page prints. 1 pp adverts. All clean and bright. Paper thinned area on back end paper. Green cloth with gilt caricature of author, gilt title to spine. A little bumped at edges and a small area of light fading to back cover. Stylish two tone caricatures of notable people and events of the early 20th century. An artistic political pictorial commentary of Bernard Shaw, Lloyd George, Mr Thomas Hardy composing a lyric, Bonar Law and Signor Caruso to name a few. In very good condition.
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Ref: 90451
Price:
£50.00 / US$79.00
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