THE COMIC ALMANACK:; An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert a Beckett, the Brothers Mayhew. With many hundred illustrations by George Cruikshank and other artists. First Series, 1835-1843 [and] Second Series, 1844-1853 by Cruikshank, George - 1889

Montreal: Cambridge Corporation [circa 1906], Royal Canadian edition. (Leather binding) 255pp. Very good plus. Dark green pebble grained leather with illustration and titles in gilt. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 1000 sets. Cloth reinforced inner hinges with green faux-moire endpapers, top edge gilt, 75 color plates with captioned tissue guards. The spine has very minor scuffing at the top and bottom. Illustrations by Sutton Palmer. Publisher series: Beautiful Britain. Locale:. (Travel, Description and Travel--Scotland, Limited Editions).

Montreal: Cambridge Corporation [no date], Royal Canadian edition. (Leather binding) 204pp. Near fine. Dark green pebble grained leather with illustration and titles in gilt. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 1000 sets. Cloth reinforced inner hinges with green faux-moire endpapers, top edge gilt, 80 color plates with captioned tissue guards. The spine is slightly discolored. Publisher series: Beautiful Britain. Color illustrations by Helen Allingham. Locale:. (Travel, Limited Editions).

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. Hardcover. Very Good -. Chalon, Louis. 2 volumes: xlvi, [2], 341, [3] p.; xi, [3], 455, [1] p.: frontispiece portrait of the author (vol. 1) and 14 additional plates, all with tissue guards; 29 cm. Publisher's dark green moire binding with gilt-stamped spine titles and gilt-embossed publisher's emblem on front covers. White ribbon bookmarks. Title pages printed in red and black. Engraved title vignettes, headpieces, and initials. Printed at Chiswick Press. This is no. 622 of a limited editon of 1,000 copies printed for England and America. Many pages in vol. 2 unopened. Translation of Gargantua et Pantagruel. Bookseller's label on both back fixed endpapers for Chas. E. Lauriat Co., Boston. Gift inscription on vol. 1 front free endpaper: "J. Earl Quigley from S.B. Sadler 1913." Carlisle, Pa., resident Sylvester B. Sadler (1876-1931) served on the state supreme court from 1920 to 1931. J. Earl Quigley was a court stenographer in Carlisle who became deputy… Read More

Marsh and Miller. London. 1830. FIRST CRUIKSHANK EDITION. 6mo. (6 x 4 inches). 20pp. Illustrated with 8 engravings, seven full page. A fine clean copy in an early binding of half red morocco. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled paper on boards. Previous owners armorial bookplate on front paste down endpaper. Some chipping to the spine ends otherwise a very good copy.

DISNEY PRESS , NY, 1996 HBDJ, 1996, Stated First Edition ,#1 line runs 10987654321, FINE-/FINE-, Full color DJ, 64 pgs, 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" ,Blue boards with Silver Gilt & blue cloth Spine cvr,Quoted material drawn from interview with Walt Disney, contains 178 photographs many never before published. Photos from Walt Disney Archives, Front DJ Chracter art by Scott Tilley ,the building of his film studio empire and the creation of his world famous theme parks. Much of Walt's story is told in his own words through excerpts from interviews and films made during his lifetime. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Au Moulin de Pen-Mur, 1943. Livre. Très bon. Couverture souple. Ed. numérotée. In-8. Paris, Au Moulin de Pen-Mur, 1943. 28,5 x 22,5 cm, in-4°, 213 pp., nb bois en deux tons dans le texte, broché, couverture blanche illustrée en vert et rempliée, dos muet. L'un des 300 exemplaires sur Lana (seul papier après 5 sur Japon et 101 sur Arches, et avant 594 sur vélin) : n° 380. Très bel exemplaire, malgré dos un peu fané. (Monod, 10996 - dont la description semble être une gigantesque coquille).

Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle France, 1945. Livre. Illus. by Jean Mohler. Bon. En Feuilles. Ed. originale. Grand In-4. Paris, Editions de la Nouvelle France, 1945. 33 x 26 cm, grand in-4, 353 pp. + 2 ff. n. ch., avec 23 gravures sur cuivres dont 14 à pleine page, impression en rouge et noir, en feuilles sous couverture blanche imprimée, chemise et étui rouges. Edition originale de l'adaptation. Premier tirage des cuivres de Mohler. L'un des 30 exemplaires hors commerce sur vélin de Lana (tirage total à 435 exemplaires sur divers papiers). Chemise et étui un peu défraichis, quelques rares ombres, bon exemplaire. (MONOD, 1319).

Milano, 1997. Estampe. Illus. by Carlo Cattaneo. Comme neuf. En Feuilles. Signé par l'illustrateur. Ed. originale. Milan (Milano), sn, 1997. 2 gravures en noir à sujet érotique tirées sur fond de teinte jaune, signées et numérotées 11/70 et placées dans une chemise imprimée, pour le livre de Giorgio Soavi : "Topi". Feuilles : 20,3 x 29 cm, cuvettes : 11 x 17 cm et 10,5 x 14 cm. Suite seule, complète. Très bel état..

Paris: Aux dépens d'un amateur [Société du livre d'art ancien et moderne], 1925. Livre. Illus. by Achille Ouvré. Très bon. Couverture souple. Édition illustrée. in-4° . Paris, Aux dépens d'un amateur [Société du livre d'art ancien et moderne], 1925. 28,5 x 23 cm, in-4, 184 (3) pp. - 10 hors-texte et 5 en-têtes gravés sur cuivre, 19 culs-de-lampe, 5 lettrines et une vignette de titre (reprise en couverture) gravés sur bois, broché sous couverture blanche rempliée, imprimée et illustrée. Tirage à 300 exemplaires. Celui-ci l'un des 219 sur vélin pur chiffon à la forme (n° 131). Premier livre composé avec les caractères typographiques dits "de tradition" de Bernard Naudin. Première édition illustrée de ce prix Goncourt 1917 sur la première guerre mondiale. Belles gravures macabres par… Read More

2nd edition thus. Signed binding. Dark green calico-texture cloth over boards, front cover and spine gilt-stamped with pictorial scene with seated woman under tree and floral designs; all edges gilt; dark brown end papers; tissue-guarded frontispiece; tan and black pictorial title page; binder's diamond shape ticket on rear pastedown at inner corner 'Bound by | Burn | & Co'. Bright, clean covers and spine (no edge wear); tightly bound; frontis tissue somewhat age darkened; frontispiece and title page slightly age darkened at edges; clean interior with slight age darkening at page edges. Over 100 illustrations by Caldecott. 12mo, 284 pp.