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NY & Lon., 1892.. Sepia toned plates, b/w ills. History and tour of British waters illustrated by artists of the day, including etchings by Hunter, Turner and Alfred Dawson. Cover wear, scattered foxing. Scarce. ... more information

Offered by Ten Pound Island Book Co. (Massachusetts, United States) +/-

London: I. Caulfield, 1794. Engraving by an unknown artist of Elizabeth Sawyer, executed in 1621 for witchcraft, "from an rare print in the collecion of W. Beckford, Esq." Image size: 121 x 108 mm. Sheet size: 225 x 146 mm. Full margins. Wove paper.  From scrapbook compiled by noted 19th c. British collector T. Purland in 1845. ... more information

Offered by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (California, United States) +/-

Boston: Badger, 1897. Corners lightly bumped, residue of half-title, all else fine. First edition 59p. + ads. Tall, thin 8vo. Green cloth stamped in gilt with a diaper pattern made up of floral motifs designed by Theodore Brown Hapgood. The design is "in the tradition of the best British work of the period." Artists of the Book in Boston #42; Wright #3369 ... more information

Offered by First Folio (Tennessee, United States) +/-

Hollywood: United Artists, 1958. An original rolled 1/2 sheet poster measuring approx. 30" x 21" for the Alec Guinness film "The Horse's Mouth." Guinness who received an Oscar nomination for his adapted screenplay of the Joyce Cary novel plays the very eccentric painter Gulley Jimson who wrecks havoc wherever he goes. The poster is illustrated with full color artwork. Light wear, some minute soiling here and there. Vg. . original Poster. Oversize Paper. Posters, Artists, Novels Into ... more information

Offered by Cinemage Books (New York, United States) +/-

London: Caulfield & Herbert, 1794. Engraving by an unknown artist of Thomas Venner, obit. 1661, last leader of the Fifth Monarchy Men who tried unsuccessfully to overthrow Cromwell. Image size: 133 x 94 mm. Sheet size: 251 x 164 mm. Full margins, light smudging. Manuscript description in margin in a 19th century hand. Wove paper. From scrapbook compiled by noted 19th c. British collector T. Purland in 1845. ... more information

Offered by Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (California, United States) +/-

New York, NY, USA: Arco Publishing, Inc.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0668056703 . First Edition/First Printing in Fine condition in alike dustjacket showing only very little wear. An attractive copy ; A comprehensive reference work on twentieth century book illustration, covering over 800 illustrators whose work was first published in Britain. Entries are arranged alphabetically, and each includes biographical information, a brief discussion of subjects and style, lists o... more information

Offered by Books Tell You Why - ABAA, ILAB (South Carolina, United States) +/-

London: Phaidon, 1966. hardcover. very good(+)/very good(+). 2 volumes (plates & text). 501 illustrations, including 30 mounted color plates. 4to, red cloth, d.w. London: Phaidon, (1966, 1970). Near fine. A record of military dress of both British and foreign armies from the late 17th to early 20th century, with notes on each of the 3000 items in the collection and a list of artists represented. Vol. I, plates; Vol. II, text. ... more information

Offered by Argosy Book Store (New York, United States) +/-

Birn Brothers (London) circa 1950's, 1950. "GOOD FAIRY GODMOTHER" ARTIST - E.V.A. (E.V. Abbott) TITLE - THE EVIL FAIRY from the Sleeping Beauty story from FAIRY TALES. MEDIUM - WATERCOLOUR & GOUACHE ON ILLUSTRATION BOARD. DATE - circa 1950's. This small artwork measures 2 7/8" x 3 1/4" on a 4 3/4 x 5" illustration board. A very nice original watercolour painting that was used for the SLEEPING BEAUTY story, top of page 8, of the Children's book anthology entitled FAIR... more information

Offered by Michel Lanteigne, Bookseller (Quebec, Canada) +/-

Birn Brothers (London) circa 1950's, 1950. "GOLDILOCKS BREAKS THE TEENY-TINY CHAIR" ARTIST - E.V.A. (E.V. Abbott) TITLE - GOLDILOCKS BREAKS THE TEENY-TINY CHAIR from The Three Bears story from FAIRY TALES. MEDIUM - WATERCOLOUR & GOUACHE ON ILLUSTRATION BOARD. DATE - circa 1950's. This small artwork measures 3 3/8" x 3 3/8" on a 5" x 5 1/4" illustration board. A very nice original watercolour painting that was used for the GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS story, bottom... more information

Offered by Michel Lanteigne, Bookseller (Quebec, Canada) +/-

Birn Brothers (London) circa 1950's, 1950. ORIGINAL CHILDREN'S BOOK ART Circa 1950's. "THIS PORRIDGE IS JUST RIGHT!" ARTIST - E.V.A. (E.V. Abbott) TITLE - THIS PORRIDGE IS JUST RIGHT! from the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story from FAIRY TALES. MEDIUM - WATERCOLOUR & GOUACHE ON ILLUSTRATION BOARD. DATE - circa 1950's. This small artwork measures 3" x 2 3/8" on a 4 1/2" x 4 1/8" illustration board. A very nice original watercolour painting that was used fo... more information

Offered by Michel Lanteigne, Bookseller (Quebec, Canada) +/-

Walter Scott/Charles Scribners, New York, 1902. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Near Fine Condition. This is the first UK edition. Size: 7" x 5 1/2". 239 pp. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Top edge gilt - bright, rich condition. Embossed, decorative leather covers and spine. Spine has five raised bands. Publication date in gilt along spine bottom. The Makers of British Art series. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Marshall Fields. Signed binding. Photograv... more information

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Offered by Murder In Print (Texas, United States) +/-

London: Dennis Dobson,. [1965]. boards.. Age-darkening to text block (a fault common to most copies of this. book, but here somewhat heavier than usually seen), else a fine copy. in near fine dust jacket which is not price-clipped (many are), but. is age-darkened and foxed on spine panel. Formerly SF artist Jack. Gaughan's copy with his signature dated March 1966 on front free. endpaper, which makes this a nice association copy as he executed the. cover illustration for the first edition of THE DRAGON M... more information

Offered by L. W. Currey, Inc. (New York, United States) +/-

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. First printing of Houghton hardcover edition. First novel. 200pp. Black cloth, gilt spine and front cover lettering, deckled fore-edge. Dust jacket price has been clipped. Signed by Sigal to half-title page. Book appears in fine, unread condition; dust jacket has been price-clipped with some hints of shelfwear. No remainder markings. Clancy Sigal (born 1926) is an American novelist and screenwriter who spent 30 years of his adult life in the UK as an activist and orga... more information

Offered by John Marston's Book Shop (Texas, United States) +/-

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. First printing of Houghton hardcover edition. Second novel [winner Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award, National Book award nominee]. x, 518pp. Orange cloth, silver gilt spine lettering, dark gray top-stain, deckled fore-edge. Dust jacket price has been clipped. Signed by Sigal to title page. Book appears in tight, unread condition [neat previous owner's signature front endpaper]; dust jacket has been price-clipped with some minor signs of shelfwear to spin... more information

Offered by John Marston's Book Shop (Texas, United States) +/-

(TAYLOR-WOOD, SAM). Taylor-Wood, Sam. SAM TAYLOR-WOOD: UNHINGED. London: Book Works, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Square 16mo. Illustrated Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 22 panel leporello printed recto and verso in color, b&w and silver, 15 color and 7 b&w illustrations. This charming, already out of print little artist's book from current British fave-rave Sam Taylor-Wood is a film narrative distilled and deconstructed to an accordion fold out. A most handsome copy. 1... more information

Offered by Arcana: Books on the Arts (California, United States) +/-

(BROWN, TREVOR). Brown, Trevor. FORBIDDEN FRUIT. Tokyo, JAPAN: Editions Treville & Pan Exotica, 2001. First Edition. Square 8vo. Boards in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 65 color illustrations, Text in English. This is yet another offering from British master of perverse illustration Trevor Brown in which dolls, amputees, and anatomical anomalies abound. Our favorite is the naked pre-pubescent Japanese homage to Andy Warhol's "Elvis" silkscreen... A pristine copy. 4-309-90... more information

Offered by Arcana: Books on the Arts (California, United States) +/-

(GREENAWAY, PETER). Greenaway, Peter. Preface By Luca Massimo Barbero. PETER GREENAWAY: WATCHING WATER. Milan, ITALY: Electa, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New. 97pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. This is a beautifully illustrated, and typically complex catalogue that is the documentation for noted British filmmaker/artist Peter Greenaway's exhibition as part of the 1993 Venice Biennale. "Watching Water" presented vis... more information

Offered by Arcana: Books on the Arts (California, United States) +/-

London: The Folio Society.. Fine 1998. Hardcover. Maroon slipcase with gilt decoration. Set in Ehrhardt with Charlemagne display. Printed at The Bath Press on Ibis Wove paper and bound by them in quarter leather with cloth sides printed with a design by the artist. Title lettering hand-drawn by John Andrew. ; 708 pages . ... more information

Offered by Byblos Antiquarian & Rare Books Ltd. (Hampshire, United Kingdom) +/-

A special copy, crisp and bright with a signed, dated presentation on the half title page by Barbara Hepworth, the provenance described in a laid in penned note written by Kay Gimpel, co-owner of the Gimpel Fils Gallery, addressed to the recipients on a gallery compliments slip in which she states she and Charles requested Barbara Hepworth sign a copy of the book and they are now sending it on, signed Kay. The American recipients, Samuel and Dorothy Rautbord acquired a significant collection of Modernist wo... more information

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Offered by Steven Waldman (Massachusetts, United States) +/-

(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George. Hans Ulrich Obrist, Editor. LOST DAY: GILBERT & GEORGE 1972 - SIGNED BY THE ARTISTS. Signed by the Artists. Koln, GERMANY: Oktagon Verlag, 1996. First Edition 1/900. Oblong 16mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artists' Book. As New. np (68pp), 34 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. Limited to nine hundred numbered copies, this is a charming photographically illustrated artists' flip-book by British conceptualists Gilbert & George catching ... more information

Offered by Arcana: Books on the Arts (California, United States) +/-