Sculptures and Drawings by Moore, Henry - 1949

Cerastico Editore, Milan. 1973. 4to. 152, (1)pp. Illus. Original paper covered boards, slightly chipped to spine. Minor spotting to edge of upper board. A crisp bright copy.
Ceri Geraldus Richards, CBE (1903-1971) Artist.

Designed and printed by Edward Burret at the Penmiel Press. No.32 of a limited edition of 60 copies signed by the author, illustrator and designer. A further presentation inscription by the designer Edward Burret on the front free end-paper to Barbara Sants in ink dated 12 November 84. Overall size c.11. x 6.3/4 inches (28 x 17 cm.) 32 pps. plus Frontis and 16 full page illustrations on variously coloured sheets of Japanese Shirokiya paper by Clarke Hutton. A fine copy.

Boston: David Godine, 1990. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: David Godine, 1990, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 478pp., illustrated with 993 engravings. Blind embossed green cloth with gilt titles, red endpapers. Light dust foxing along top edge of page block, else fine in near fine dust jacket. A beautiful volume. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1917. Very Good. 10 parts in 2 portfolios: illustrations, portraits; 32 cm. Brown cloth spine with printed paper spine label; brown paper over boards, printed in black. With original wrapper for each of 10 parts. Each portfolio contains 100 plates, with text, issued in fascicles of 20 plates each. Each portfolio lists the contents on the back board. Although the portfolios give George H. Doran as the publisher, the individual parts give Doubleday, Page & Co., except for part 10, Ship Building, which bears the London imprint (Country Life and George Newnes). Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was the first official British war artist during World War One. A heavy set; for international shipping, the U.S. Postal Service requires that it be shipped by priority international. In Very Good Condition: portfolio covers are rubbed, with loss from edges of paper spine labels and fraying at corners of spines; small stain at upper fore-edge of vol. 1 board; chipping to fore-edges of… Read More

"Drawings by Mervyn Peake." [London]: The Grey Walls Press, [1949]. (Introduction by Mervyn Peake). First published in 1949. pp. 11 + 62 b. & w. plates (some with colour). Hardcover, green/grey cloth with black title on spine (corners square, covers pretty clean but for a smudge to front lower corner, spine bumped & bottom a bit frayed, covers bowed outwards, top edge foxed, interior is clean & unmarked, though the paper throughout has darkened). d.w., unclipped (spine darkened, spine chipped some to both top & bottom, some wear and a few tiny tears, a large mark of foxing on upper corner, but several large portions of foxing are visible only on the inside of the dust jacket, also are a few marks on the covers).Very good condition (Dust jacket in good condition).Size: 9 7/8" x 7 1/2" (25cm x 19cm).The title page says "Drawings by Mervyn Peake." On the dust jacket and the book spine the title is "The Drawings of Mervyn Peake." The first issue had a gilt title on the spine. Other printings have black or… Read More

London: Blain|Southern / Acquavella, 2012. First edition / First printing. Beige cloth spine, illustrated paper-covered boards. 12" x 11 x 2"," a large, well produced catalogue. Very fine. Issued without dust jacket, a clear archival mylar jacket is supplied. Exhibition Catalogue devoted to Lucian Freud's Drawings at Blain|Southern / Acquavella Galleries.

From a total edition of 300 copies, this number 26 / 100 signed by the artist. 4to. c.10.3/4 x 8.1/4 inches. c.27 x 21 cm. Frontis + full page b/w plates reproduced by lithography. Fine copy in v.g. dust wrapper.

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1884. Full-leather binding with Coat of Arms. Sea Pictures drawn with Pen and Pencil, printed by W. Clowes & Sons for The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (1884), 10.5 x 8", 216 pages. === Frontcover with central crowned coat-of-arms and monogram "E.R.", backcover with another coat-of-arms, both covers within gilt border, gilt board edges, gilt and ribbed spine w. morocco letterpiece, all edges marbled, very nice marbled endpapers. 27 x 20 cm. A bit chafed and rubbed, but a nice armorial binding in good condition.w. wood-engraved. frontispiece printed in colours and numerous. (full-p.) wood-engraved. illustrations., 4to (sl. foxed).

Good copy of this suite of 10 portraits of English Victorian beauties
The 10 beauties include royalty (Queen Victoria herself), aristocrats, and various sultry ladies in off-the-shoulder gowns making eyes at the portraitist.
The exquisite portraits by eminent artists John Hayter, William Drummond and Claude-Marie Dubufe, stipple engraved on steel by William Henry Mote, H. Hall, W.F. Holl, H. Robinson and W.H. Eagleton.
Supervised by Charles Heath, 1785-1848, British engraver, currency and stamp printer, publisher and illustrator.
The subjects include:
Queen Victoria, when a young beauty (she was just 23 when this book was published).
Lady Grey Egerton, possibly Mary Anne Elizabeth Egerton, only daughter of Sir Philip Grey Egerton, 9th Baronet.
Lady Jane Georgiana Seymour, later Duchess of Somerset, 1809-1884. In medieval costume as the Queen of Beauty, with crown over headdress, fur-lined cape over bejeweled robe.
Honourable Louisa Hay, daughter of 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, later Lady Louisa Jane… Read More

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