Rare books from Charles Vivian Art & Antiques

Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Shanghai: The National Review Office, 1911. First edition. Good. Rare. Original olive green boards with a few very minor marks, interior with some minor foxing to endpapers and foredge, otherwise clean and with sound binding, owner's signature to page iii.

Toronto: William Briggs, 1894. Hardcover. Good. Toronto: William Briggs, 1894. First edition. Good. A rare first printing of the life of James Fitzgibbon who had the unusual distinction of receiving the Naval General Service Medal for the action at Copenhagen whilst serving as a private soldier in the 49th Regiment on board HMS Monarch but did not receive a Military General Service Medal for his more significant contribution to the war in Canada in 1812-14, being not present at any of the actions for which clasps were awarded. Gilt decorated and lettered light brown cloth, spine lightly faded and leans slightly, corners bumped, interior largely clean, some minor foxing to prelim pages and one or two juvenile pencil marks, mainly to the back of illustrations, an illustration missing between pages 72 and 73, fold-out facsimile of letter creased

London: Alexander Moring Limited . Hardcover. Good +. Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale. 4to, original red cloth, bright paste-on illustration to front cover, very faint foxing to end papers, ink owner's name to ffep otherwise contents clean and with tight binding. With all six double-page and five single page illustrations by Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale.

Hong Kong: Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hong Kong: Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. First edition. Very Good/good. A catalogue of the exhibition of Dr. Simon Kwan's collection, illustrated in colour throughout., text in Chinese and English. Now rare. D.j. a bit rubbed,minor crease to lower right corner of cover, interior with some foxing particularly on prelim pages, otherwise crisp, bright and tightly bound. A heavy book, it will incur increased postage charges, please contact us before ordering.