Below is a short list of some of our more interesting titles. This list is updated regularly.
London: [1821]. Half Leather. Third Edition. A satire, by William Combe, of William Gilpin’s notion of the ‘Picturesque,’ who famously said that Tintern Abbey might be improved with “a mallet judiciously used.” Illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson, the famous English caricaturist..... More
London: R. Ackermann, 1822. Combe’s sequel and the final original installment of the Doctor Syntax series A handsome “tall” copy, illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson with 24 hand-colored aquatint plates. Full polished tan calf, a.e.g., the spine with morocco titles, and..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, [1872]. Full Leather. William Cullen Bryant’s Picturesque America, complete in two volumes. A travel guide to the outdoor attractions and phenomena, grouped by geographical region of the United States. Collates complete, with frontispiece and..... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1809. Full Leather. A clean copy. Filled with numerous aquatint plates of the ruins, abbeys, and countryside of Gilpin’s Two Tours. Bound in speckled calf with decorations and rules, and a black morocco..... More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1898. Quarto. Hard Cover. First American Edition. First American Edition of William Nicholson’s An Almanac of Twelve Sports, with verse by Rudyard Kipling. An early example of ‘Poster Style’ artwork, with full page engraved illustrations..... More
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New York: Harper and Brothers, [1935]. Hard Cover. Second Printing. Signed. This copy has been signed with a personal inscription to one “William B. Arnold In memory of the delightful afternoon we spent together in my studio. W. R. Leigh”..... More
Kyoto [?]: Nakamura Tasuke [?], 1800. Album of genre scenes by the artist Yamaguchi Soken (1759-1818) who was a pupil of the great Maruyama Okyo. Splendidly colored woodcuts, with a surprisingly contemporary graphic impact, on double leaves in the oriental... More
