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London: J.M Dent, 1907. Ingoldsby, Thomas [pseud. Barham, Richard Harris. The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and Marvels. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham in Pictorial Binding. 19074to. - Illustrated with 24 coloured plates tipped-in on dark green paper with captioned tissue-guards 12 tinted plates, and black in-text & full-page illustrations. The "Ingoldsby legends" by the English cleric Barham (1788-1845), is a collection of poetry, legends, myths and ghost stories, which appeared first in a collected form in 3 series in 1840, 1842 and 1847. With this publication, Rackham developed his best style of fantasy writing. It would influence a generation of children and artists. The first edition illustrated by Rackham was published in 1898 (12mo). Nice bindingRed morocco by Bayntun (Rivière) [Bath, England], central pictorial inlaid figuring three monks in a library discussing over a book, gilt-ruled covers (one with angular fleurons), gilt ornate spine with raised bands, gilt roll-stamp on edges, gilt… Read More

Samuel Ireland. Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth, from Pictures, Drawings, and Scarce Prints in the Possession of Samuel Ireland…. London: R. Faulder, New Bond Street; J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794. xvi, 183pp. Kelliegram Binding with front and back pictorial binding design. Quarto. Beautifully bound in an elaborate full morocco-gilt Kelliegram binding, featuring an eight-color morocco inlaid cover portrait to the front board and a seven-color morocco inlaid cover portrait to the rear. Gilt Kelliegram signature stamped to the rear board's lower turn-in. The front inlay is Count Viviani, from plate 3, page 34; the rear inlay is from plate 1, page 25. Marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; silk bookmark sewn in. With 57 plates, some aquatint, one folding.William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist and he is perhaps best known for his moral series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode. Unlike many other… Read More

KNICKERBOCKER PAPERS. WASHINGTON IRVING. Published by London: Philip Lee Warner, 1914. A beautiful, numbered limited edition of Irving's most popular works, printed on handmade paper at the Riccardi Press. Number 689 of 1000. 30:xi:1922. In a quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with slight shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean throughout. Very nice small leather book plate on front paste-down, with slight offsetting. 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' are short stories by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819 and 1820 respectively. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, they were part of a collection entitled 'The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon' and are among the earliest examples of American fiction still read today.

Copyright date 1987, 1st thus edition, 1st illustrated edition by Randolph Caldecott, 284, Illustrations by Randolph Caldecott.
Beautifully bound in full mottled green calf gilt spine and turn-inns, marble ends and original cloth covers bound in the back. Bound by Charles Sessler.
A lovely edition of Irving's novel Bracebridge Hall, illustrated by Caldecott. With an engraved illustration to frontispiece and illustrated title page and numerous further illustrations throughout. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley was written by Washington Irving in 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited).
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CANON AND PROPORTIONS IN EGYPTIAN ART / IVERSEN, ERIK (1955) FIRST EDITION. CANON AND PROPORTIONS IN EGYPTIAN ART Iversen, Erik Published by Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1955 First Edition Canon and Proportions in Egyptian Art, Iversen 1st Ed Egyptology Canon and Proportions in Egyptian Artby Erik Iversen Sidgwick and Jackson, London, 1955, first edition. Red cloth hard covers with gilt spine lettering, quarto, 75 text pages followed by 9 folded figures. Remarkable work by Danish Egyptologist, Erik Iversen, and devoted entirely to the grid system and the proportions of the human body. Its basic concerns were to demonstrate that Egyptian metrology and the proportions of the human figure in art and life were indissolubly linked, and to undertake a theoretical approach to the subject rather than a practical one based on field studies. This study is complete with its 9 folded figures at rear. Crisp copy, sharp corners very bright inside and out. Red cloth binding with plates that have probably never been opened.