ALBUM FROM THE 1880’s -- CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS
An attractive album almost certainly from the 1880’s, and chock full of delightful chromolithographs. Few things more evocative of Victorian charms than albums such as this one. More
Illustrated Books
THE CENTURY GALLERY: SELECTED PROOFS FROM THE CENTURY MAGAZINE AND ST. NICHOLAS
New York: The Century Co. // The De Vinne Press, 1893. Folio. Pictorial Boards. 61 of 64 prints (lacking plates: XIX, Negro Slave Dance; XXVI, A Negro of Morocco; and LXIII, Two Boys of Holland) in publisher’s portfolio with printed..... More
THE HOME PICTURE-BOOK.
London; Edinburgh; New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1856. Oversized. Hard Cover. With title leaf, and four two-page spreads, verso and recto. Each page chromolithographed with eight numbered vignettes accompanied by short children’s verses; the vignettes and text are printed..... More
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[ILLUSTRATED] [AMERICANA] THE CALENDAR OF PROVERBS FOR 1910
London | New York: Ernest Nister | E. P. Dutton, 1910. Hard Cover. A charming item, with colored illustrations for each month, and the calendars and proverbs printed in red and black. Bound in patterned cloth, with a colored pictorial..... More
JESUS LIVES. CHRIST BEING RAISED FROM THE DEAD DIETH NO MORE.
London: Marcus, Ward & Co. Limited, c. 1890. Original Sewn Wrappers. Pretty little Victorian illustrated book. 12 pages, with every other page a chromolithographic illustration. There is a previous owner name and address stick on the verso of the front..... More
FLOWERS AND FLAG OF OUR COUNTRY. ILLUSTRATED.
Denver, CO: Western Lithographing Co., 1897. Hard Cover. A patriotic poem illustrated with several rather attractive chromolithographic plates. Repaired spine. A sturdy and serviceable copy of an uncommon book. More
THE TRAGICAL DEATH OF A APPLE-PIE. CUT IN PIECES AND EAT BY TWENTY-FIVE GENTLEMEN WITH WHOM ALL YOUNG PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE VERY WELL ACQUAINTED.
Chicago: W. B. Conkey Company, [1904]. In the publisher’s pictorial glazed paper boards, backed in blue cloth. With a chromolithographic frontispiece. All other illustrations in black and white. Bound with “The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog”..... More
ENGLISH LAKE SCENERY.
London: John Walker and Company, 1880. Hard Cover. A bright copy in the publisher’s red binding; with a lovely onlay of green cloth stamped in gilt, red and blue in a lozenge-shaped recess. With 24 quite attractive chromolithographic plates of..... More
A VERY LITTLE CHILD’S BOOK OF STORIES
New York: The Dial Press, Inc., 1935. Illustrated by: Jessie Willcox Smith. Octavo. Hard Cover. Early Reprint. 232pp. Very bright publishers binding in red cloth with pictorial pastedown on the front board and titled in gold on the front cover..... More
ATLANTIC SALMON
Easthampton: Cheloniidae Press, 1988. Illustrated by: Alan James Robinson; Calligraphy by Suzanne Moore. Folio. Quarter Leather. Limited State Proof Edition; numbered “III” of 5 copies. Signed by Robinson below the colophon. Quarter bound in celadon morocco by Claudia Cohen with..... More
THE ARKANSAW BEAR COMPLETE. BEING “THE ARKANSAS BEAR” AND “THE ARKANSAW BEAR AND ELSIE” IN ONE VOLUME
Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, [1929]. Hard Cover. A most attractive copy in the publisher’s decorated ochre cloth stamped in black, green and bright gilt. With a dustjacket is like condition. With pictorial endpapers. There are no ownership or other marks..... More
THE GOLDEN COCKEREL
Norwalk: Easton Press, 1950. Illustrated by: Edmund Dulac. Full Leather. Adapted, Introduced and Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Bound in full leather with gilt decorations on the panels and gilt on the top and bottom edges which have some spotting and..... More
LE SURMALE. ROMAN MODERNE.
Paris: P.-A. Chavanne & Cie, 1948. Full Leather. Limited Edition. A beautiful production of symbolist writer Alfred Jarry’s Le Surmale [”The Supermale”]. Printed in green and black, with 19 drypoint etchings by Roger De Valerio. De Valerio is perhaps best..... More
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[CHILDREN] [ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] THE COMICAL CREATURES FROM WURTEMBERG. INCLUDING THE STORY OF RENARD THE FOX
London: David Bogue, Fleet Street, 1851. Three Quarters Leather. Second Edition. One hundred years ago this Christmas (2020) this book was given as “A Christmas Present | (1920) | to young | Charles E. Lauriat (3rd) | with very kindly..... More
THE STORY OF ROSINA: AND OTHER VERSES
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Illustrated by: Hugh Thompson. Hard Cover. Limited Edition. Limited Edition # 83 of 250 copies (large paper edition); large Octavo; foxing to endpapers; small closed tears to top of spine, but binding still..... More
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POEMS [With Prospectus]
London: Blackie & Son, Ltd., 1910. Full Leather. De Luxe Limited Edition. Number 160 in the De Luxe Edition, limited to 350 copies. Signed by Florence Harrison, the illustrator. With 36 tipped in color plates on grey mounts, and 34..... More
THE ENCHANTED BUTTERFLIES
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1895. Illustrated by: Mrs. S. M. Clark and the Author. Hard Cover. No pencil or ink markings in text. Decorated cloth binding. Gilt lettering on front board, silver lettering on spine. Moderate edgewear with..... More
THE DIARY AND OBSERVATIONS OF A TENCH FISHER
Devon: The Chevington Press, 1981. Tall folio. Quarter Leather. Limited Edition, numbered 23 of 50 copies. Signed by Wakefield below the colophon. 6 full page signed etchings along with 8 smaller etched head and tail pieces; exquisite work backed in..... More
LA REINE MERE
Editions Pierre Tremois, 1945. Octavo. Soft Cover. Limited Edition, numbered 337 of 686 copies. With 8 rather charming illustrations in the pochoir style. The binding is still tight and square, with the original, albeit tattered, glassine wrapper. More
A HISTORY OF NEW YORK. FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY.
New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. Quarto. Hard Cover. Washington Irving’s History of New York, attributed to the fictional Dutch historian, Diedrich Knickerbocker, with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish. A satire of contemporary politics and dry history books, and Irving’s first..... More
THE CHILDREN’S SHAKESPEARE
London: Raphael Tuck & Son Ltd, n.d. Illustrated by: Frances Brundage, M. Bowley, J. Willis Grey, etc. Hard Cover. A charming book bound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. All edges gilt. Stain on the back cover. Previous..... More
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[TRAVEL] [ILLUSTRATED BOOKS] THE OPEN ROAD: A BOOK FOR WAYFARERS
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1913. Hard Cover. First Edition Thus. Quarto; in the publisher’s blue cloth binding, with elaborate decoration and titling in gilt; xv, [xvi], [2], 3-299, [300]; with 16 tipped in color plates; there are no..... More
GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS ITINERARY THROUGH WALES
Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1989. Illustrated by: Colin Paynton. Folio. Quarter Leather. Limited Edition, numbered 27 of 280. Signed by Paynton on the colophon. Quarter bound in scarlet goat with paper over boards; spine is very slightly sunned else Fine;..... More
PONTS DE PARIS
Paris: A. Perch, 1912. Hard Cover. With 18 printed illustrations in the art-nouveau style by Jessie King. The French edition following the English imprint the year before. This copy with damp staining to the bottom of the boards. With the..... More