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Unique harness maker's colour-drawn sample book, with each drawing depicting a horse in elaborate carriage horse tack. The drawings were executed by Michael Fölsch himself, one of the foremost Viennese makers and sellers of luxury tack in the early 19th century, to show prospective clients possible designs for their carriage horses. Each drawing is signed by Fölsch as artist. His talent for draughtsmanship and colouring was hitherto unknown and is remarkable for a leather craftsman who probably never received training as a painter. The variety and complexity of the designs, and the use of gold and silver, is impressive, suggesting that such bespoke equipment was intended for the wealthy elite.From the equestrian library of the Imperial stable master Franz Wenzel Schleichart von Wiesenthal (ca. 1730?-post 1800), with his engraved armorial bookplate upside down on the back of the box. He was a leading figure in a great dynasty of stable masters and horse breakers. Thereafter in the collection of Franz… Read More

Cologne: Taschen. 2016. First edition. First edition. Elephant folio. Original illustrated boards, titles to front cover and spine in white, in the dust jacket. 498 pages, illustrated throughout, including 13 fold-outs plates. Together with the bookstand designed by Marc Newson. Issued with an 8–colour ink-jet drawing on cotton-fibre archival paper, measuring: 56 × 43.2 cm. In fine condition. All housed in the original packing box. Signed limited "Art" edition, "A" issue. This example number 177 of 250 copies signed by the artist and accompanied by Untitled 329, a print from David Hockney's 2010 iPad flower drawing series, signed and dated lower right, numbered lower left. (There were four "Art Editions", A (1-250), B (251-500), C (501-750) and D (751-1000), each of these limited to 250 copies and accompanied by one of a series of four prints on paper). Hockney takes stock of more than 60 years of work, from his teenage days at the Bradford School of… Read More

New York: Covidi Friede, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. vg to vg+. 1/500. Folio. 84pp. [1]. Housed in a new illustrated custom red leather clamshell box with gilt tooling and lettering on the front cover and spine. The plates are all individually protected in sheets of mylar housed separately in a red cloth chemise. Red buckram boards with silver lettering on the front cover. Includes the publisher's original mylar dust jacket. Pages uncut. #49 from this limited edition of 500 copies hand-numbered and signed by Foujita on the colophon. Contains an unopened page at the colophon. Each copy was issued with a suite of 20 additional loose plates of the images from the book, printed on Japanese vellum. All known copies of these additional suites contained the artist's pencil signature on only one of the plates. This unique copy contains 3 plates hand-signed by the artist in pencil: "Atarah and Hesione," "Ahinoam" and "Pasithea." The loose "Ahinoam" plate with our copy is surprisingly printed on arches… Read More

The passage reads in part: "I hear now from this remote hill a human voice, some laborer singing after his day's toil (which I do not often hear) [this parenthetical passage is crossed out]. Loud it must be, for it is far away. Methinks, I should know it for a civilized man, some strains have the melody of an instrument. And now I hear the sound of a bugle at a still greater distance, reminding me of poetic wars. . . . I rarely walk by moonlight without hearing some strain from a flute or horn or clarinet, or a human voice. How sweet & encouraging the sound of some artificial music heard from the midst of woods or from the top of a hill at night, borne on the breeze, from some distant farm house. That is a civilization one can endure - worth having. . . .. A lovely and characteristic passage, in fine condition, handsomely framed and glazed. A lovely and characteristic passage, in fine condition, handsomely framed and glazed.

1935. Kent, Rockwell. Watercolor on paper measuring 13 by 9 1/4 inches, signed by Kent in the lower right margin, along with the inscription, "to his friend Charly Mortensen, 1935." Mortensen was the telegraph operator aboard the Hans Egede, the ship on which Kent made two of his three celebrated voyages to Igdlorssuit, Greenland, where he would live off and on between 1929 and 1935. His life and work among the native Greenlanders during these years resulted in two of his greatest books: Greenland Journal and Salamina. The present painting, a moving, somber work executed in the artist's typically realistic style, depicts a European sailor, presumably preparing to depart Greenland for home, comforting a native Greenlander who is weeping into her hands at the prospect of their parting. The watercolor is accompanied by Mortensen's autograph book, which contains numerous drawings and inscriptions by friends and Hans Egede passengers, including two drawings by Kent, both signed. One drawing, a charming,… Read More

1857. Washington Irving He states his goal and strategy in writing this great work, this being the conclusion as sent to the printer Other manuscripts of Washington Irving are unsigned and fragmentary and situated in the middle of other sections, making this unique in our experience. It is signed, complete as a section, and a great summation of Irving's work and intent. Washington Irving, Literary Giant and First American Professional Author & Biographer[video width=""1920"" height=""1080"" mp4=""https://raab-collection-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204112756/Untitled-5.mp4"" poster=""https://raab-collection-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/wp-content/uploads/20231204112751/Screen-Shot-2023-09-28-at-1.30.13-PM.jpg""][/video] For Washington Irving, telling the story of George Washington was a lifelong passion. Irving’s mother named the future writer after Washington and took the boy to the hero’s first inauguration in 1789, where the President supposedly… Read More

The majority of books are in very good condition. A detailed list is available. . The majority of books are in very good condition. A detailed list is available. .

New York and London:: Harper & Brothers,, 1901.. First Peter Newell edition.. publisher's gilt art vellum, t.e.g., in green gilt dust jacket and publisher's printed two-part box.. Very fine original condition; the book is unopened. There is some light soiling and wear to the publisher's box.. Original artwork 11 x 7 inches, matted and framed. Volume 8vo,. With forty full-page illustrations in tint from drawings by Peter Newell.. Unlike the published illustration, the original drawing depicts Alice in a delicately colored pink-flowered dress, with rosy cheeks and lips, a gold necklace, and a red ribbon in her hair. The Queen and her entourage, by contrast, are largely in monochrome with only faint touches of color (lips and tongues).

The so-called "manuscript edition" of Richard Burton's celebrated translation of Alf Laylah Wa Laylah, commonly known in English as the Arabian nights. These Arabic tales, cherished in Europe since the early 18th century, are often erotic in content, and in Burton's unexpurgated translation they outraged Victorian England. Burton included numerous footnotes and a scholarly apparatus, offering a vivid picture of Arabian life (including sexual customs), which set his translation apart from earlier English renderings. The present edition (limited to 99 sets, the present being copy no. 49) includes a manuscript leaf from a text by Burton. In the present copy this is a book review by Burton, of a French translation of Johannis de Capua's Latin translation of a Hebrew translation of the Panchatantra, a Sanskrit frame story written several centuries before the Arabian nights. The notes at the head show that it was used as printerÂ’s copy.The title-page of volume one uses the correct main title, The book of… Read More

1968. London / UK / USA, c.1968-1996. Octavo. Original Hardcover with the rare illustrated dustjacket in protective collector's Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, HonFRSA, HonFRPS, MRIA (born 25 February 1941) is a British film producer, educator, environmentalist and former member of the House of Lords. His productions include Chariots of Fire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, The Mission, The Killing Fields, Local Hero, Midnight Express and Memphis Belle. He sat on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he was not principally a politician. In 2019 he was appointed chair to the select committee on democracy and digital technologies. The committee published its findings in its Digital Technology & the Resurrection of Trust report in June 2020. Puttnam was born in Southgate, London, England, the son of Marie Beatrix, a homemaker of Jewish origin, and Leonard Arthur Puttnam, a photographer. Educated at… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1900. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. On 12 August 1900, during his first successful campaign for Parliament, Winston Churchill inscribed and dated this remarkable presentation copy of the first edition, first printing to the recipient. It was a highly relevant gift. First, the book – ChurchillÂ’s fourth – recounts the daring, dramatic escape that made Churchill a war hero and propelled his first election victory a month and a half after he inscribed this copy. Second, it was gifted in thanks for the recipientÂ’s help on a Sunday with the young candidateÂ’s overwhelming accumulation of correspondence. This inscribed presentation copy is accompanied by a typed, signed presentation letter from Churchill specifically explaining the gift of this book. Signed, first edition copies of ChurchillÂ’s early works are quite scarce. A copy thus – inscribed, dated, contemporary, to a known recipient, and with definitive provenance – is a compellingly rare prize.… Read More

Springfield, Mass.,, June 9, 1955.. framed.. Four small tape stains to marginal areas; light creases; very attractive.. Approx. 13 x 9 inches, . With two additional copies of the placemat on the verso of the frame; one showing the printed side; and another signed by several dozen classmates, and dated 6-10-55.

London: Privately printed at G. Polidori's (i.e Gaetano Polidori, Christina's grandfather on her Mother's side), 1847. First Edition. First Edition. Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of her First Book, Inscribed Posthumously in the year of her death by her brother William Michael Rossetti. The inscription is on the front free fly: "W. M. Rossetti/ from Christina's books/ 1894." An astonishing ASSOCIATION COPY with many inscriptions and presentations, as well as an important ALS from Christina to the recipient, bound-in. A magnificent and finely bound copy of Christina Rossetti's excessively rare first book, privately published by her grandfather in 1847 (Christina was only 17), with a many-faceted presentation and provenance history. The book is beautifully BOUND BY THE RECIPIENT, FRANK WALTER BURGESS (see last paragraph for more detail) in full turquoise morocco with ornate gilt tooling to covers and spine, and bearing rich full morocco decorated doublures, who was a well-known rare book dealer (and… Read More

1959. London / Ballydehob (Ireland) / France / New York, Calder / BBC / Grove Press, 1959 - 1981. Octavo. Original Softcover / Stapled / Hardcover (differing bindings in this collection). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare collection of interesting titles, letters by irish writer John Montague to Louis le Brocquy on Beckett, a signed book of poems by Beckett, etc. 1. Samuel Beckett - "Embers" – A New Play for Radio [This is the original BBC Double-LP-Recording in original BBC-wrappers]. First Edition. London, BBC Transcription Service, 1959. 4°. 2 Records with three sides recorded (Side One and Two: “Embers” by Samuel Beckett / Side 3: “Living Radio” – “A Discussion about the 1959 Italia Prize Awards”). In the original, Yellow BBC-Sleeve. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear to the covers. Very Rare ! 2. Samuel Beckett - Poems in English. [The very rare Limited Edition (one of only 100) – signed by Samuel Beckett]. irst Edition. London, John… Read More

Bruce Conner: [San Francisco], 1970. Prints are in fine condition, each with the original tissue guard, in a fine portfolio folder in brown cloth with title in gilt; fabric tie. Though signed and unsigned individual plates from this set do show up at auction with some regularity, complete suites in the portfolio are rarely offered; this example in beautiful, as new condition.. Limited Edition. Quarto. Edition of 90. Suite of fifteen offset lithographs on Rives BFK paper, each one SIGNED, titled, and hand-numbered 1/90 by Conner. Printed a Kaiser Graphics; Typography by Grabhorn-Hoyem. This is one of 80 copies in a hand made portfolio by Schuberth Bindery. Sheet size 10-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches. The prints are each from one of Conner's meticulous maze-like drawings. Unhappy with his creative control in prior collaborations with the fine art presses Tamarind Lithograph Workshop (LA) and Collector's Press (SF), for Book One, Conner opted to work with a commercial lithography press, Kaiser Graphics; under the… Read More

Small quarto album (235 x 190 mm), original binding of embossed burgundy morocco ruled in gilt (boards a trifle scuffed), spine decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; first blank with a gift inscription to Lavinia Featherstone (later Gibson) from Annabella Helen Gibson (later Sloane), her future sister-in-law, dated 1 January 1855: 'Give me as token of affection / Some passing thought, some recollection / On which to muse in future years / A Talisman for smiles or tears: / Smiles shoulds't thou live and happy be, / Tears o'er thy grief or memory' (at the time Annabella wrote this dedication, both young women were engaged and were shortly to depart for Port Phillip, where they would marry their respective husbands); approximately [100] pp, filled with manuscript entries (mostly poems dedicated to Lavinia by her friends and family), pasted-in ephemera (mourning cards, newspaper cuttings including obituaries, death notices and articles relating to family and acquaintances in Victoria,… Read More

The First UK printing published by Faber and Faber, London in 1939. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition. Publisher's original yellow boards with the spine lettered in red and the front with a vignette illustration in red. The boards remain clean with a hint of toning to the edges. Internally, a contemporary gift inscription to the upper front blank end-paper. Very light offsetting to the front blank end-paper with one tiny mark to the lower rear blank end-paper. A few of the pages have been roughly uncut resulting in a small closed tear to the fore-edge of pages 25 and 31, and some irregularity to the upper half of the fore-edge of pages 13 and 15. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. A slither of loss at the spine ends with some toning to the spine, folds and edges and some light age related markings. The wrapper artwork (by the author) remains very striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been signed (without dedication) by the author to the title page.… Read More

66, [4], 67-78; 12 pp.Both volumes of the first and only edition of Hoffmann's monograph on willows, published in instalments from 1785 to 1791, including the series of 30 engraved plates (numbered as 31) made to accompany them, showing willows, their branches, leaves and flowers. He describes different kinds of willows, their varieties, habitat and sizes. All descriptions refer to the plates, so that readers could use them together.Georg Franz Hofmann was a German botanist and physician. He first served as professor of botany in Erlangen, then professor of botany and director of the botanical garden in Göttingen. Finally he went to Moscow, where he continued his botanical studies, taking charge of the Imperial Academy of Science's botanical garden and herbarium.Plate 30 is never mentioned in the text or bibliographies, so it was apparently never published or was misnumbered “31”.With manuscript owner's inscriptions on the title-page of instalment 1 and on the title-page of vol. 1. With the… Read More

Washington, D.C., 1837. hardcover. very good(-). Museum-quality offering of Vice President Richard M. Johnson's personal autograph ledger book -- 87 leaves consisting of over 290 signatures, assembled during his tenure in office, 1837 - 1841, and containing most of the signatures of the 27th Congress, five United States Presidents, the complete Van Buren Cabinet, six Supreme Court Justices, and virtually every major national political figure of the era. More importantly, this book is a virtual roll call of the very Senators who elected him Vice President of the United States! And it must not be forgotten that this was the only time in the history of this county that such an event took place. Johnson's ownership signature is boldly written on the blank page following the publisher's indentation with the very next page consisting of Martin Van Buren and his complete Cabinet. The next two pages comprise sitting Supreme Court Justices James M. Wayne, Philip P. Barbour, John McKinley and John… Read More

1536. Americana|All Medieval Historical Documents This was the same university where Francisco Suarez would, a generation later, study and teach; he would have had access to and may have used this very book Coimbra was the jumping off for many of the men who went as missionaries around the expanding globe We do not recall having seen a book from such a library before on the market; From an American collectionUnder the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas, signed in 1494 between the Spanish and Portuguese crowns, the ‘new world’ was divided between the two of them. Thus, Portugal had the right of exploration to the east of Africa while Spanish vessels journeyed west across the Atlantic. Until the rise of Dutch and British East India trading companies and the defeat of the Spanish Armada in the latter part of the sixteenth century, Portuguese and Spanish traders had a monopoly over the maritime routes into East Asia and the riches that could be bought there.During this time, Portugal… Read More