Search Results: Titles starting with S from Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books

London:: Wm S. Orr & Co.,, 1840.. First edition. Fine. Botanical native of Khoseea Hills, Eastern India. Discovered by Mr. J. Gibson and introduced to Chatworth, the Duke of Devonshire's gardens in 1837 . A fine original hand-colored engraving by FW Smith. Fine Condition. Octavo (6.25 x 9 in./ 15.87 x 22.86 cm). Archivally matted in Ivory Rag Mat with gilt French line decoration, sized to12 x 16 in./30.48 x 40.64 cm). Includes horticultural text. The fine hand-colored engravings and lithographs from Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants claim their honored place as highlights of Victorian botanical illustration. As the nineteenth century ushered in a profound era of plant hunting and gathering worldwide, newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801- 1865) endeavored to include these fine discoveries as part of his floricultural monthly; The Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants, which also… Read More

Edinburgh:: WH Lizars,, 1835.. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A fine original hand-colored steel engraving with bright original hand-coloring. (6.75 x 4.25 inches, 10.8 x 17.15 cm). This engraving is classified as one of the finest natural history miniatures produced during the mid-nineteenth century. A refined and intelligent work, The Naturalist's Library was created for everyone with an interest in the natural world. Sir William Jardine (1800-1847), noted Scottish Ichthyologist and Ornithologist, combined the talents of his colleagues; Edward Lear, Prideaux John Selby, William Swainson to contribute to The Naturalist's Library. The intention of the series was to create a fine yet affordable work, describing and illustrating all elements of the natural world save botany. In addition, several plates were engraved after noted artists: John James Audubon, John Gould and Maria Sibylla Merian. The success of the publication was apparent by the production of forty… Read More

Ghent:: Louis Van Houtte,, 1856.. First edition. Fine . A Fine original color lithograph (Octavo: 6.5 x 9.75 inches) matted in Ivory Rag board sized to 12 x 16 inches and suitable for framing. Rich and luminous, this plate is printed from stone in multiple colors and then finished by hand at the printing studios amidst the van Houtte gardens; Horto Van Houtteano.To honor the burgeoning interest in horticulture throughout Europe during the nineteenth century several botanical periodicals were created to document and illustrate the beauty of new botanical discoveries worldwide. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent; Louis van Houtte,1845-1888 was among the finest horticultural journals produced at the time. As experienced botanical engravers, botanists and nurserymen in their own right the editors Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire combined their talents to produce this glorious publication which documented both the newly discovered exotics and the popular plants being… Read More

London:: Wm S. Orr & Co.,, 1840.. First edition. Fine. A fine original hand-colored engraving by FW Smith. Fine Condition. Octavo (6.25 x 9 in./ 15.87 x 22.86 cm). Archivally matted in Ivory Rag Mat with gilt French line decoration, sized to12 x 16 in./30.48 x 40.64 cm). Includes horticultural text. The fine hand-colored engravings and lithographs from Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants claim their honored place as highlights of Victorian botanical illustration. As the nineteenth century ushered in a profound era of plant hunting and gathering worldwide, newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801- 1865) endeavored to include these fine discoveries as part of his floricultural monthly; The Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants, which also featured the favored British cultivars. Joseph Paxton was, at one time, superintendent of the gardens at Chatsworth House, owned by the Sixth Duke of… Read More

Ghent:: Louis Van Houtte,, 1856.. First edition. Fine . A Fine original color lithograph (Octavo: 6.5 x 9.75 inches) matted in Ivory Rag board sized to 12 x 16 inches and suitable for framing. Rich and luminous, this plate is printed from stone in multiple colors and then finished by hand at the printing studios amidst the van Houtte gardens; Horto Van Houtteano.To honor the burgeoning interest in horticulture throughout Europe during the nineteenth century several botanical periodicals were created to document and illustrate the beauty of new botanical discoveries worldwide. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent; Louis van Houtte,1845-1888 was among the finest horticultural journals produced at the time. As experienced botanical engravers, botanists and nurserymen in their own right the editors Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire combined their talents to produce this glorious publication which documented both the newly discovered exotics and the popular plants being… Read More

Ghent:: Louis Van Houtte,, 1856.. First edition. Fine . A Fine original color lithograph (Octavo: 6.5 x 9.75 inches) matted in Ivory Rag board sized to 12 x 16 inches and suitable for framing. Rich and luminous, this plate is printed from stone in multiple colors and then finished by hand at the printing studios amidst the van Houtte gardens; Horto Van Houtteano.To honor the burgeoning interest in horticulture throughout Europe during the nineteenth century several botanical periodicals were created to document and illustrate the beauty of new botanical discoveries worldwide. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent; Louis van Houtte,1845-1888 was among the finest horticultural journals produced at the time. As experienced botanical engravers, botanists and nurserymen in their own right the editors Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire combined their talents to produce this glorious publication which documented both the newly discovered exotics and the popular plants being… Read More

Indianapolis:: The Curtis Publishing Company,, 1978.. First printing. Fine in Fine DJ. Fine in a Fine DJ. Folio (8.5 x 11 inches) Red quarter cloth over blue buckram spine. Gilt lettering. viii, 152 pp. Fully illustrated in color and black and white. A wonderful collection of classic animal writing with themes of the hunter and the hunted, Fable and Fantasy, Animals in the American Landscape, true tales of unbelievable adventure written by the genius' of John James Audubon, Jack London, William Faulkner, Rudyard Kipling John Muir, John Burroughs and Joel Chandler Harris with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull, Paul Branson, J.C. Leyendecker and others from the pages of The Saturday Evening Post and The Country Gentleman. Cloth

Boston, Toronto:: Little, Brown and Company,, 1966.. First edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Fine in a Near Fine DJ. Octavo (6 x 9 Inches). Ochre cloth with gilt lettering and rules set in red panel to front board and spine. [1-4] 256 pp. decorated endpapers. Color frontispiece, fully illustrated with b/w and color plates. This Saturday Book includes Edmund Blunden's Random Tribute to British Painters. Valentines, James Pryde, The Noble Art of Venery, The Social History of Nudism, Ladies at War and more. Founded in 1941 by Leonard Russell, The Saturday Book was a highly illustrated annual anthology of literary, historic, cultural and collector's writings published at Christmas time from 1941 to 1975. Russell served as editor for a decade, and was succeeded by John Hadfield. At the 1951 Modern Books and Writers Exhibition of 100 books selected to illustrate the renaissance of book design in Great Britain, Sir Francis Maynell and Mr. Desmond Flower chose The Saturday… Read More

New York:: The Macmillan Company,, 1962.. First printing. Near Fine in a VG+ DJ. Fine in a VG+ lightly chipped price clipped DJ. Octavo (6 x 9 Inches). Green cloth with gilt lettering, and rules set in black panel to front board and spine. [1-5] 288 pp. Colored frontispiece, fully illustrated in color & b/w. Includes The Changing Face of Childhood, A Symposium of Styles; Art Nouveau, South African Rococo, Americana Gothic, Canal Boat Baroque with wood engravings by John O'Conner, English Suburban. Rogues and Vagabonds, The Social History of the Duel, Ladies in the Air, The Social History of the Nautch Girl, Mr. Schenk and His Draperies (not what you'd think). Founded in 1941 by Leonard Russell, The Saturday Book was a highly illustrated annual anthology of literary, historic, cultural and collector's writings published at Christmas time from 1941 to 1975. Russell served as editor for a decade, and was succeeded by John Hadfield. At the 1951 Modern Books and… Read More

London:: Hutchinson,, 1963.. First printing. Fine in a Near Fine DJ. Fine in a Near Fine DJ. Octavo (6 x 9 Inches). Yellow cloth with gilt lettering and rules set in green panel on front board and spine. [1-4] 272 pp. color frontispiece, fully illustrated black/white and color plates. Text pages with wood-engraved patterning. Jewelry of Today, The Art of Marie Laurencin, The Art of the Picture Postcard, Homage to E. O. Hoppe, Mrs., Bloomer; Ladies fashion from an early women's right's activist. The Home Life of the Octopus by Frank W. Lane and On Discovering that Jane Austen was one's Great-Great-Great Aunt by Beverley Nichols, The Rochforts on the Road by Charles Gibbs-Smith, and Gerti Deutsch, A Photographer in Japan.Founded in 1941 by Leonard Russell, The Saturday Book was a highly illustrated annual anthology of literary, historic, cultural and collector's writings published at Christmas time from 1941 to 1975. Russell served as editor for a decade, and was… Read More

London:: The Macmillan Company,, 1954.. First printing. Near Fine in a VG+ DJ. Near Fine in a VG+ price clipped DJ. Color loss to foot of spine. Chipped spine with small paper loss. Octavo (6 x 9 Inches). Green cloth with gilt lettering and rules set in red panel to front board and spine. [1-4] 287 pp. printed endpapers. Color frontispiece, fully illustrated with color & b/w plates and text illustrations. Founded in 1941 by Leonard Russell, The Saturday Book was a highly illustrated annual anthology of literary, historic, cultural and collector's writings published at Christmas time from 1941 to 1975. Russell served as editor for a decade, and was succeeded by John Hayfield. At the 1951 Modern Books and Writers Exhibition of 100 books selected to illustrate the renaissance of book design in Great Britain, Sir Francis Maypole and Mr. Despond Flower chose The Saturday Book-with its fine medley of articles on social life- as 'the one book to represent the full versatility… Read More

New York:: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc.,, 1972.. First American edition. Fine in Near Fine DJ. Fine in a Fine DJ. Octavo (6 x 9 Inches). Blue cloth with gilt lettering and rules set in maroon panel to front board and spine. [1-5] 240 pp. Color frontispiece, fully illustrated with color and black and white plates. This volume of The Saturday Book is a panorama of fifty years ago; the year of 1923. With the aesthetic ambience of the Art Deco movement this book includes articles; 1923 by costume historian James Laver, The motorcar in 1923 with drawings by Leslie Thompson, The Sailing Barge with wood engravings by Zelma Blakely, Joys of Cartophily (trade card collecting), John Lewis' Essays in the Picturesque, and Jacquetta Hawkes' Martinware, Jack Gibson's Scrap Metal Sculpture and a Valediction to longtime Saturday Book Photographer Edwin Smith. Founded in 1941 by Leonard Russell, The Saturday Book was a highly illustrated annual anthology of literary, historic,… Read More

Edinburgh:: WH Lizars,, 1835.. First edition. Fine. A fine original hand-colored steel engraving with bright original hand-coloring. (6.75 x 4.25 inches, 10.8 x 17.15 cm). Beautifully framed in Malachite burl frame with deep turquoise blue-green french matting. This engraving is classified as one of the finest natural history miniatures produced during the mid-nineteenth century. A refined and intelligent work, The Naturalist's Library was created for everyone with an interest in the natural world. Sir William Jardine (1800-1847), noted Scottish Ichthyologist and Ornithologist, combined the talents of his colleagues; Edward Lear, Prideaux John Selby, William Swainson to contribute to The Naturalist's Library. The intention of the series was to create a fine yet affordable work, describing and illustrating all elements of the natural world save botany. In addition, several plates were engraved after noted artists: John James Audubon, John Gould and Maria Sibylla Merian. The success… Read More

Edinburgh:: WH Lizars,, 1835.. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A fine original hand-colored steel engraving with bright original hand-coloring. (6.75 x 4.25 inches, 10.8 x 17.15 cm). This engraving is classified as one of the finest natural history miniatures produced during the mid-nineteenth century. A refined and intelligent work, The Naturalist's Library was created for everyone with an interest in the natural world. Sir William Jardine (1800-1847), noted Scottish Ichthyologist and Ornithologist, combined the talents of his colleagues; Edward Lear, Prideaux John Selby, William Swainson to contribute to The Naturalist's Library. The intention of the series was to create a fine yet affordable work, describing and illustrating all elements of the natural world save botany. In addition, several plates were engraved after noted artists: John James Audubon, John Gould and Maria Sibylla Merian. The success of the publication was apparent by the production of forty… Read More

London:: Wm S. Orr & Co.,, 1841.. First edition. Fine. Grown by Mr. Evans and raised in 1839 for Mrs. Batty of New Hall near Salisbury, this accidental hybrid has become one of the most ornamental members of the genus. Schizanthus is derived from schizo, to cut, and anthos, a flower, refering to the numerous indentations in the margins of the petals. A fine original hand-colored engraving by S. Holden. Fine Condition. Octavo (6.25 x 9 in./ 15.87 x 22.86 cm). Archivally matted in Ivory Rag Mat with gilt French line decoration, sized to12 x 16 in./30.48 x 40.64 cm). Includes horticultural text. The fine hand-colored engravings and lithographs from Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants claim their honored place as highlights of Victorian botanical illustration. As the nineteenth century ushered in a profound era of plant hunting and gathering worldwide, newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801- 1865)… Read More

Stockholm:: P.A. Norstedt & Söner,, nd [1953].. First edition. Very Good. Original mid-twentieth century color-printed lithograph; untrimmed showing printer's registration marks. (29.5 x 41.25 inches). Very Good condition with two small edge tears and small tide mark along edge. A fine large format scientific wall chart showing 27 illustrations of the molecular structures of various algae in microscopic detail. Lithographed and printed in four colors by Bengtsons Litografiska A.B. Penciled notation on lower left (OHH53), in all probability identifying the publication date. single sheet

Stockholm:: P.A. Norstedt & Söner,, nd [1953].. First edition. Near fine. Original mid-twentieth century color-printed lithograph on paper. (28.25 x 39.75 inches). Near Fine condition with minor edge tears. A fine large format graphic scientific wall chart showing 15 illustrations of plant cell structures in microscopic detail. Lithographed and printed by Bengtsons Litografiska A.B. Stockholm. Untitled. single sheet

Stockholm:: P.A. Norstedt & Söner,, nd [1953].. First edition. Very Good. Original mid-twentieth century lithograph on paper; untrimmed showing printer's registration marks. (29 5/8 x 41 3/8 inches). Very Good condition with edge tears and small printer's ink spill on upper right corner. 'Printed in Sweden' stamped on verso upper right. A fine large format scientific wall chart showing 18 illustrations of plant microorganisms in microscopic detail. Lithographed and printed by Bengtsons Litografiska A.B. Stockholm. Penciled notation on lower left (OHH53), in all probability identifying the publication date. single sheet

San Francisco:: Paul Elder and Company,, 1915.. First edition. Fine. Fine. Very minor shelf wear, else a fine clean, solid copy. Octavo (5.75 x 8.5 inches). Tan cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Patterned endpapers. Former owner's dated signature on ff.. (Susanna Bixby Bryant: Los Angeles 1915). x, 202 pp. Frontispiece and 95 tipped in b/w photographs. Prefaced by a sonnet by Keats, a handsome book on the Panama-Pacific International Exposition with descriptive text by Author and Social Reformer Stella George Stern Perry (New Orleans 1877-1956). A suffragist, socialist and Unitarian, Stella worked on behalf of women and children's welfare in her adopted home state of New Jersey. Author of two books on the Art and Sculpture of the Exposition. Introduction by sculptor and educator Alexander Stirling Calder (Philadelphia 1870-1945) This copy was formerly owned by Susanna Bixby Bryant. In 1927 Mrs. Bixby established The Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden of… Read More

Ghent:: Louis Van Houtte,, 1845-1888.. First edition. Fine . A Fine original color lithograph (Octavo: 6.5 x 9.75 inches) matted in Ivory Rag board sized to 12 x 16 inches and suitable for framing. Rich and luminous, this plate is printed from stone in multiple colors and then finished by hand at the printing studios amidst the van Houtte gardens; Horto Van Houtteano.To honor the burgeoning interest in horticulture throughout Europe during the nineteenth century several botanical periodicals were created to document and illustrate the beauty of new botanical discoveries worldwide. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent; Louis van Houtte,1845-1888 was among the finest horticultural journals produced at the time. As experienced botanical engravers, botanists and nurserymen in their own right the editors Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire combined their talents to produce this glorious publication which documented both the newly discovered exotics and the popular plants… Read More