Women by Prince, Richard - 2004

Five exceptionally bright and clean untrimmed tissue-guarded hand-colored lithographic plates measure 7.5 x 11 inches (19 x 28 cm). ; 28 text pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

London: printed for J. Robson, Bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, at the Feathers, in New Bond Street, 1768. First Edition. Paper-Covered Boards. Fine. First Edition of the first standard guide on print collecting in England, including detailed commentary on Hogarth's Rake's Progress. Crown 8vo (171 x 102mm): [2],iv,4,[2],249,[13]pp (pp. 44-45 and 81-96 misnumbered 45-46 and 77-92, respectively; this copy, as most, wanting the 17 plates). Rebound to style by Fitterer in marbled paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spine and upper cover—a splendid presentation. Copper-engraved book plate of Rev. W[illiam]. T[homas]. Bree (1786-1863), vicar of All Saints' church in Allesley, reaffixed to front paste-down. An excellent copy, tightly bound and clean throughout. Barbier, pp. 24-27. Lowndes II 895. Published anonymously (Gilpin's authorship was only revealed with the third edition, in 1781), reaching a fifth edition in 1802. On the continent this essay's influence spread through… Read More

Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2010 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 700 copies, 2 volumes, 480 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6 kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..

Collections Baur, Genève, 1994 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English and French text.; Hardcover (cloth with dust jacket in slipcase).; Two volumes in slipcase; 23.5 x 29.5 x 8 cm; 5.2 Kg; With colour and black and white illustrations throughout.; Limited edition of 3100 copies, of which this is 448.; Used book in very good condition. Looks as new. Minor signs of wear on the slipcase.; "These two volumes include the Japanese prints collected by Alfred Baur over the forty or so years from 1909 to 1949. This art form, is known to have exerted a decisive influence on the development of Western painting, offering first to Impressionist painters and then to the Nabil (to mention only France) an example of a new type of compositions that can serve as an alternative to the grand tradition inherited from the Renaissance. Van Gogh and Monet had assembled collections of prints that are still very carefully preserved and the writer Edmond de Goncourt, himself a well-informed collector, had… Read More

Washington, D. C.: The Rappahannock Press, 1993. Signed on the half title page by Jacob Lawrence. First edition / First printing. Beige cloth. Very fine in very fine dust jacket.

Princeton, New Jersey 1991-2. LIMITED EDITION - #417, with Limitation Slip laid-in. Contents include Nobel Laureate CAMILO JOSE CELA, unexhibited premier ILLUSTRATIONS BY PABLO PICASSO, a review of ERNEST HEMINGWAY (reprinted by permission of New Directions), and more. 96pp on fine glossy paper, in stiff wraps, with cover illustration by Picassso. IN NEAR FINE CONDITION, with curl to lower edge, due to improper shelving. In a protective mylar sleeve.

Chicago: National League of Industrial Art, 1902. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine with blue lettering and blue paper over boards with gilt lettering and decoration. 167pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild bit of edgewear and minor soiling. Tight, nice first edition of the first volume (only) of a 4-volume set titled "A Winter's Work" -- a scarce and desirable early Wright effort. Triggs contributes the first part ("Industrial Art"), Jackman the second part ("The Future School"), and Wright the third part ("The Art and Craft of the Machine"). Limited to 500 numbered copies (this #468).

LONDON, GEORGE RAINBIRD, 1957. LIMITED EDITION OF 150 COPIES, THIS BEING NUMBER 29. SIGNED BY AUGUSTUS JOHN AND LORD DAVID CECIL. FOLIO, HALF VELLUM OVER BROWN BOARDS, BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF OF LONDON, PLATES PRINTED IN PHOTO-OFFSET BY VAN LEER OF AMSTERDAM. A VERY NICE COPY CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL STAINED AND GRUBBY SLIPCASE.

Paradou Writing Ltd., London, 2006 Book. New. Hardcover. English text; Title and captions in English and Chinese; Hardcover (cloth in slipcase); limited edition of 1000 copies, 2 volumes, 614 pages with colour illustrations throughout.; 27 x 37 cm; 6.5 Kg; STILL WRAPPED IN PLASTIC.; The Meiyintang collection represents one of the finest private collections of Chinese ceramics ever assembled. Volume Three of the collection catalogue, consisting of two books in a slip case, discusses and illustrates nearly 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Yuan (1279-1368), many of which are today on display in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich. Volume Four, also consisting of two books in a slip case, covers China's porcelain production from the Yuan to the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) with some 250 entries. This collection is now dispersed. The 1994 publication of Volumes One and Two of the catalogue, which presented earlier acquisitions, is currently out of print..

London: W. M. Thompson, 1882. Fifth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Walton, Elijah. The illustrations are particularly attractive to alpine enthusiasts since they include mountain backgrounds by the famous alpine artist. Very scarce. 5th edition (same contents & size as first edition but different colored binding), 335mm tall x 241mm, viii + 12 chromolithograph plates each mounted on thick stock paper (blank verso), each followed by a page of descriptive text (blank versos), each chromolithograph page is preceded by a thin blank protective page. Complete with all pages and plates. NOT ex-library, previous owner name penned to the first blank protective page (blank page before first illustrated plate). AEG, original blue cloth covers, rebacked with new navy cloth spine with gilt lettering (Walton's books almost always fall apart and need rebacking), new EPs, highly gilt decorated patterns front cover, matching patterns in blind on rear cover,… Read More