Search Results: Illustrated Literature from William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA

Limited to 990 copies, this being #295. Vibrant blue cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Deckled edges. All 10 color sur blanc plates throughout, some with silver and majority in duo-tone printing. Previous owner's name (John Donald Hotchkiss) to front pastedown, otherwise no other names or markings. Bumping to head and tail of spine, and very light wear to boards (see image). 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.

Fine example of Riviere and Son binding in exceptional condition (see image). Full deep red morocco with gilt rule to boards; 5 raised bands and intricate gilt detailing to spine. Gilt ruled edges; intricate inner dentelles; all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Frontispiece (with tissue guard) and 15 aquatint hors-texte plates throughout. Includes an advertisement page after title page stating this book would have been released earlier, but "impediments" and the plates delayed its release. There is also included a section for Notes and Errata. Without previous owners' names or other markings. 259 pp., [1]. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches.

Cellulose inset cover medallion of Bernhardt as La Princesse Lointaine (after Mucha) enveloped by poppies on wood-veneered boards. Twenty-eight fin-de-siecle celebrities, each in photograph (by Nadar, Boyer, et al.) surrounded by colored art nouveau motifs (by Habert-Dys, Orazi and Fraikin) and facsimiles of autographed script. Included are Victorien Sardou, Sarah Bernhardt, François Coppée, Mme Edmond Adam, Anatole France, Mme la Duchesse D'Uzès, Jules Lemaître, Mme Réjane, Jules Claretie, Mme Segond-Weber, Jean Richepin, Marthe Brandès, Coquelin aîné, Jeanne Granier, Jules Massenet, Aïno Ackté, Mounet-Sully, Jane Hading, J-L.Gérôme, Jane Hatto, Antonin Mercié, Marie Delna, Luc-Olivier Merson, Sibyl-Sanderson, F.-A. Bartholdi, Carrère-Xanrof, Alfred Capus & Ranavalo Manjaka III (the ex-queen of Madagascar). Also contains fourteen stunning hors-texte chromolithographed Leonetto Cappiello caricatures of Sarah Bernhardt, Francois Coppee, Jules Lemaitre, Madame Rejane,… Read More

Beautifully bound in full green morocco with intricate gilt detailing and debossed decoration to boards; five bands and gilt particulars to spine. Gilt dentelles; gilt roll to edges. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. Numerous hors texte engraved and lithographic plates. Previous owner's (Henry Edwards) name to front fly. xix, [1], 440 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches.

Professionally rebound in half calf over marbled boards with gilt rule to boards, and five raised bands, gilt particulars, and two dark green skiver labels to spine. Original endpapers. Original hand-coloring to 13 hors texte plates, and 69 black and white plates throughout text. No previous owners' names or other markings. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.

SIGNED by Dali and dated 1945 to limitation page; limited to 1000 copies, this being #194. Blue cloth boards with gilt decoration to front board and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; deckle fore-edge. Housed in a black paper-covered slipcase with askew red label to front. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. A mixture of full color hors texte plates and black and white illustrations throughout. General wear to slipcase at edges and slight sunning to spine of book (see image). 442 pp. 7 x 9 3/4 inches.

Pictorial glossy paper boards with text; pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Full color illustrations throughout. Early edition with $3.95 price to dust jacket flap. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light creasing to dust jacket, and soiling to dj and boards (see image). 8 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.

Housed in navy blue cloth slipcase with paper adhered to sides with gilt text to front board. Navy blue cloth boards with gilt illustration to front boards and brown stamped label with gilt particulars to spine. Third impression with a new binding and color illustrations. Full color and black and white illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Please expect extra postage as this is a heavy set. Slipcase has liquid staining to front board with title text and side but is contained to that area only (see image). 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches.

Full gilt ruled calf; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine; gilt rule to board edges. Previously the personal copy of Edward Bellamy with his bookplate to front pastedowns. Beautifully illustrated throughout with hors texte plates as well as vignettes; occasional tissue guards, although some image transfer where tissue guards not present. Vol. 1: xxv, [v], 462 pp, lxxix, [1]; Vol. 2: 555 pp.; Vol. 3: 622 pp., lxii. 6 3/4 x 10 inches.

Limited edition: #2265 of only 2500 copies comprising the first Bruneschelli edition (which is larger than the later Brunelleschi editions). Paper wraps with illustration to front and spine. Wraps protected in mylar. There are 16 hors texte pochoir plates, and 23 black culs-de-lampe throughout. French text throughout. Pages bright and clean. Previous owner's name written small to top of first free page, otherwise no markings. Creases to spine (see image). 164 pp., [i]. 8 x 10 1/2 inches.

Blue paper boards with silver text to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. No slipcase. Silver endpapers. Chronicles the history of Citi Bank and Travelers Group which converged into Citigroup in 1998 and later became Citi in 2011. Copiously illustrated with full color photographs and artwork throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to boards, primarily at corners and base of spine; light wear to dust jacket with some bowing to top edge (see images). 11 x 11 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority mail.

Green cloth boards with gilt decoration and text to front board and spine; deckled edges. 113 sur blanc illustrations with tissue guards throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Light wear to boards, and light sunning to spine (see image). Small book seller's ticket to front pastedown (Cleveland Antiquarian Books). 8 x 11 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail.

Full midnight blue grained morocco with gilt emblem to front board and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt; deckled edges. Marbled endpapers. Catalogue No. 24 of Editions de Luxe Limited, The Collector's Book Club. Introductory essays by George Rylands and Charles Williams. Illustrated by Michael Ayrton. Full page black and white illustrations throughout. Pages bright and clean. Bookseller's ticket to front pastedown. Book plate of Irving Belt to front pastedown, otherwise no previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to exterior (see image). xxii, 88 pp. 6 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches.

Limited Edition. One of 150 copies signed by Strang and printer (Frederick Goulding). Ten etched plates on Japanese vellum. Wear to head & tail of spine (see image).; Folio; Signed by Author; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.

Signed by author to title page. Limited to 1000 copies, this being number 187. Pictorial glossy paper covered boards, and pictorial dust jacket. Black and white illustrations throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Small closed tears to edges of jacket and a repaired tear to back top edge (see image). 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches.

Nicely bound in half green morocco with green cloth boards and gilt rule; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine. Top edge gilt. Previous owners' bookplates to front pastedown, first free page and verso of first free page; Waldo Leon Rich, R. M. Kauffmann, and Rudolph Kauffmann II, respectively. Full color hors texte illustrations throughout with tissue guards. Liquid staining to margins of pages 259-264, but otherwise pages are bright and clean. Spine sunned to brown. [iv], 325 pp., [3]. 6 x 7 1/2 inches.

Full mottled calf with gilt particulars and red label to spine. Marbled endpapers. Stamp for Bernardo Galan to title page, and blue ink name and stamp to prologue; boookplate also present to front pastedown. Copiously illustrated with portraits throughout. Worming to bottom but not effecting text. Vol. 1: 304 pp.; Vol. 2: 312 pp. 7 x 10 1/2 inches.

Very attractively bound with textured detailing to boards and gilt rule; gilt particulars to spine. Marbled endpapers. 2 Volumes, complete. Sur blanc plates throughout. Gothic German text throughout. Slight foxing throughout both volumes. General wear to boards (see image). Unpaginated. No previous owners' names or other markings. 8 x 10 1/4 inches.

Title in english: "Views in America, drawn to pictures on the site itself," (2 volumes complete). Dutch text throughout. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards with gilt particulars to spine. Marbled endpapers. Hors textes plates throughout text; sporadic image transfer to adjacent pages. Volume 1 contains approximately 65 engravings and the frontispiece; volume 2 contains approximately 50 engravings. Scenes depicted include: Niagara Falls, Capitol at Washington, View from Fort Putnam, Indian Falls - Near Cold-Spring, Catterskill Fall, Mount Tom and the Connecticut River. The United States Bank Philadelphia, and many others. Some sunning to spines and foxing throughout. Vol. 1: 128 pp.; Vol. 2: 96 pp. 9 x 11 inches.

Uncut text pages measuring 11 x 13 11/16 in. Though dated 1813 on the title page this (like most "1813" editions) is the 1870 John Camden Hotten edition with the double-swell title page line (see image). Worming through foot of gutter not affecting text; wear to fore-edge; corners bumped; foxing throughout, especially heavy to " "Death of the Strong Wicked Man." Quarter morocco over paper covered boards. See image and do not hesitate to request scans. ; Folio ; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.