NP [Tokyo?]: NP ND [ca. 1920?]. over 20 color Illustrations. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 10 hand colored plates, with decorative paper wraps, and mounted paper title label. Bound Japanese stab style. Wear to the corners of the corners, string ties loose; worming to the first six... More about Illustrated Book of Flowers and Floral Patterns
London: L. Harrison, 1823. Leather Binding. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" 15 handcolored plates 10 by John Gendall (noted painter and lithographer), and 8 b/w engraved plates including illustrated title page. Bound in three quarter red calf over marbled boards, with gilt title, and faux ruled bands. Plain endpapers... More about The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions. Third Series, Volume 1
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, 1885. about 20 Engraved Plates. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good in boards (wear and chipping to spines/covers; exterior stains). Tall 8vos ca. 250/volume. One of 450 numbered sets printed. 2 volumes complete. Wear chiefly to spines (chipping, wear... More about The Ingoldsby Legends: Or, Mirth & Marvels
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd., London Perrier Water Company, 1906. Color Plates. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. The delightful color plates by Charles Crombie have brilliant colors, with the images in perfect condition, each with the postcard-sized Perrier labels mounted on rear (the mounting rippled the margins... More about Motoritis or Other Interpretations of the Motor Act
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1845. Illustrated By George Cruikshank. First Edition. Full Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 4 volumnes bound in 2. First, Second, and Third Series and the Odd Volume. Uniformly bound in full brown period polished calf, spines with contrasting red and burgundy morocco label... More about Cruikshank at Home: Cruikshank at Home: A New Family Album of Endless Entertainment [4 Volumes...
London: David Bogue, 1852. Color, b/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Complete with a nice example of the hand-colored folding frontispiece and all b/w plates and illustrations. Original tan flexible cloth decorated in gilt with design by Cruikshank (some soiling and wear to..... More about The Comic Almanack and Diary 1852
New York: R. H. Russell, 1902. Illustrated By Margaret Armstrong & Helen Maitland Armstrong. First Edition. Hard Cover. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. First copy off the press! Inserted at front is a small printed label reading: "This is the first copy from the press of this edition... More about Ad Astra: Being Selections From The Divine Comedy of Dante
Roma: Privately Published / Prove Dieci, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" [62]pp., printed rectos only. Illustrated drawings by Schloss. This copy is inscribed by the author/artist to Jim Leong (American painter living in Rome at the time): To Jim / with affection / Rome Nov. 8, 74 (signed) Edith. More about Seven Dog Walks in Rome or More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 32 full color plates. Original half green cloth over tan paper boards, with a mounted color cover illustration on front boards; spine blank. Rubbing along the edges, corners worn, and covers slightly spotted; very... More about Harrison Fisher's Girls In Miniature
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Pariis: Editions Lapina, 1926. Illustrated by Louis Jou. First Edition Thus. Full Leather. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Copy #403 of 535 numbered copies printed on Holland paper. Bound in period ful red morocco, spine with raised bands and gilt titling, top edges gilt (some rubbing to spines... More about L'Ile Des Pingouins [2 volumes
New York: Abrams, 1978. 147 color & 38 b/w illus. Special Limited Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. This is the rare limited edition issued for the 1978 Iguanacon Conventoion on Phoenix. This is copy #66, signed on special cover label by Betty Ballantine, who wrote the... More about Faeries
Paris: Eds de l'Ancre d'Or, 1950. 3 Color Illustrations. 1st thus edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Good (stains/sl wear to wraps/glassine DJ). 4to with DJ [16]+plts One of 190 numbered copies (of a total edition of 250). Notable for the color lithographic plates. Presentation copy, signed... More about La Chatelaine de Coucy: Ou, Pas de Morale Sans Amour
Cambridge, England: R. Harraden, 1805. Harraden, Richard (illustrator); 16 (of 17) Color Illustrations / Plates (hand-colored). First Edition. 3/4 Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Lacks 1 hand-colored plate and 1 uncolored plate, plus title page and preliminaries; slight rubbing and browning to covers (leather over boards; chiefly... More about Costume of the University of Cambridge: Drawn and Published By R. Harraden
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1991. Holter, Eric (illustrator); 8 Woodcut illustrations; Decorative Title Page Engraved Illustration (brown/white). First Edition. Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Slight rubbing to the portfolio, with a small bump to the lower right corner (affecting the first two leaves, but none of the... More about A Suite of Eight Wood Engravings Based on George Orwell's Novel "Animal Farm"
New York: Pitel Publishing, 1936. Illustrated By the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The scarce hardcover limited edition, this being copy #12 of 110 numbered copies. Signed by the author/illustrator. Brown cloth over wood-veneer boards (binding rubbed and stained; front inner hinge starting)... More about Hol' Up Yo' Head
Springfield, MA: Linweave Association, 1934. over 30 color & b/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very good (sl sunning to spine, sl rubbing to bds). Tall 4to 24+[ca. 50] Ex amples of fine printing for the Limited Editions Club, etc.; illustrations by T.M.... More about Linweave Limited Editions
Paris: "Soupente de Guignol" 1931. 6 original lithographs by Mendes-France. First Thus. Wraps. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very good (slight stains/rubbing to wraps). 4to. with approx. 80+plates. Two-act play in verse, with superb original lithographs. One of 110 numbered copies on Velin d'Arches (total edition of 140). More about Gnafron a Paris: Ou, Le Savetier Poete
New York: Marlowe & Co, 1997. Color Illustrations. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Copy #23 of 250 numbered copies, signed by the author on special bookplate. Also includes a fine ORIGINAL pencil drawing of Mr. Monster, signed and dated by Michael Gilbert in 2014. More about Mr. Monster: His Book of Forbidden Knowledge: Volume One
New York: The Century Company, 1892. Over 100 b/w Illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Small 8vo. 202, [1] pages. Notable sketches of southern France and the "country of Mireio"; particularly interesting for Pennell's drawings of the pageantry of a Provencal bullfight. Slight sunning to spine; slight fraying to head and... More about Play in Provence: Being a Series of Sketches
London and New York: Heinemann/Doubleday, Page, 1923. 4 color plts / 16 b/w illus. First Thus. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. Good to very good in original blue cloth stamped in gilt (some staining and some rubbing to cloth). x+[2]+227pp+plates. Lee # 32; the "Large Paper Edition"... More about Where the Blue Begins
Australia: Wild and Woolley, 1981. Color Illustrations. First Edition. Paperback. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Very good first edition in original color pictorial wraps (minor wear to edges). A clean, solid copy. More about Colorvision
Italy: Editori Laterza, 1961. Illustrated By Eugene Berman. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Presentation copy, signed and inscribed in red ink by illustrator Eugene Berman with an original drawing on half title: "To Karen Leong with many thanks and love E.B. 19 61 Roma May... More about Gerusalemme Liberata
New York: R. H. Russell, 1898. Illustrated by George Wooliscroft Rhead and Louis Rhead. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. This stunning illustrated edition is one of Russell's finest. Illustrated with sixty original decorations by brothers George Wooliscroft Rhead & Louis Rhead, which are... More about Idylls of the King: Vivien, Elaine, Enid, Guinevere
N.P. Beth Thielen, 1992. Illustrated by Prints and pop ups. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited edition pop-up book, copy #9 of only 20 copies, illustrated entirely with original prints, and with text hand-lettered by the artist. Very good in black cloth and boards... More about "If a Universe Formed in Your Living Room, Could You Ever Tell?"
