from Paul Haynes Rare Books

First edition, limited to 500 copies on Van Gelder paper, this being number 305. Charles Carrington. Paris. 1897. Octavo. Original cover, half title, title, xix, 265pp. Coloured frontispiece and six further coloured plates by J. Wely. Further monochrome illustrations throughout. Red half morocco, marbled boards. Spine in six compartments with gilt floral motifs and lettering. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt,… Read more

First edition. George Routledge. London. n.d. [1867 – source Getty Research Institute] vi, 138pp. Contemporary green half morocco, marbled boards, gilt to spine. Bound by Walker and Son, Plymouth. All edges sprinkled red. Light toning to endpapers. George Rose (1817-1882) a former curate in Camberwell, London. After leaving the Church of England in 1855, Rose underwent a major career change… Read more

Macmillan and Co. London. 1892. (Third edition) Octavo. 158pp. Tissue guarded engraved frontispiece, further illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Original pictorial cloth, gilt to spine and upper boards. All edges gilt. Green endpapers. Some sporadic foxing, otherwise crisp and bright. Light rubbing to extremities, spotting to lower board.

Two volumes. Octavo. Macmillan and Co. London. 1901. xvii, 427pp; xi, 467pp. 71 engraved plates, (1 folding) 3 text engravings. Half blue grained morocco by Bayntun of Bath. Spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering and rules. Title pages in red and black. Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt. Light spotting to frontispieces. Spines sunned. A handsome crisp set.

Octavo. Frederick Warne and Co. London. nd. (c.1900) xxiii, 520pp. 18 engraved plates. Later half red grained morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt rules and lettering. All edges gilt, corners rounded. Light toning and spotting to frontispiece portrait. Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845) English cleric, a novelist and a humorous poet.

"Happy Christmas to you and have a good time" 11.5 x 16.5 cm (26 x 18 cm mounted). Original etching, signed by the artist. Further signature to inner mount. The etching illustrates two chefs preparing food. Fritz Gross (1895 -1969) Architect and artist, the instigator of open plan design, born in Brelitz, an Austrian Jew who fled to England with… Read more

Imprimerie de Charles Hérissey. Evreux. La Librairie Illustrée. Paris. [1888] Quarto. xii, 690pp. (1) Imprim. 8 tissue guarded coloured plates, numerous engraved full page illustrations and text engravings. Contemporary red half morocco and marbled boards. Spine in six compartments, gilt lettering, motifs and rules. Marbled endpapers. Some toning to half-title and last few pages. Slight shelfwear to edges and corners. John… Read more

Daily Express. London. [1945] Oblong octavo. (143)pp. Original paper covers, chipped, torn, worn, marked and faded. Sidney Conrad Strube (1892-1956) The highest paid and most popular inter-war cartoonist, he expressed the voice of the people through the 'Little Man'.

London Express Newspapers Ltd. 1930. Oblong octavo. (80)pp. Original paper covers, worn, marked and faded. Three pages (Imperial Room, A Hard Case, Gaspidistras) have been partially coloured by an amateur hand. Closed tear to 'The week end toll'/'The Russian Propaghandi'. Sidney Conrad Strube (1892-1956) The highest paid and most popular inter-war cartoonist, he expressed the voice of the people… Read more

John Warren. London. 1820. First edition. 12mo. viii, 137pp. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt. Rubbed to extremities. Endpapers and title page toned. Signature of Thos. Yarde to fep. "If it were necessary for me, and I rejoice that it is not, to account for the way in which the following Letters came into my possession. I think I could… Read more

The Cresset Press. London. [1938] Oblong quarto. (3), 157, (2)pp. Original paper covered boards with cloth spine, sunned, rubbed and worn to edges and extremities. Vestiges of tape to front pastedown. Bookplate dated 1938 to ffep. Historic price (£20) from December 1999 to ffep. Edges tanned. Sir David Alexander Cecil Low (1891-1963) Political cartoonist and caricaturist.

Vol. I. William Hogarth. From the original pictures in the Shakespeare Gallery. Pub. June 1, 1791 by J & J Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; Vol. II. Nature. Published June 1, 1791, By J & J Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London; Vol. III and last. Variety. A supplement to Hogarth Illustrated;… Read more

John Murray. London. 1943. First edition. Small octavo. 64pp. Original yellow cloth (spine darkened) in slightly foxed and chipped original dust wrapper. Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908-1986) Cartoonist and author.

First edition. Harvard University Press. 1972. Small quarto. 258pp. 100 illustrations. Original cloth, gilt lettering to spine. In original dust wrapper, slightly sunned, with short closed tear to top edge.

This Edition De Luxe is published by the kind permission of the Proprietors of the "Evening Times". nd. [1903] Quarto. 26 plates, mounted on card, each tissue guarded with descriptive legend. Whilst the card mounts show foxing, the mounted plates are unaffected. Original green cloth, red lettering and gold-tooled heraldic motifs, soiled and rubbed with wear to extremities. Hinges cracked.… Read more