Illustrated Books

Frederick A. Stokes, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; USA; 1900-1920; Art & Design. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 1665. .

Published at The Hampshire House Workshops, Hampshire Hog Lane, Hammersmith, London. 1915. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with 12 wood engravings. One of 1500 copies. Inscribed by Gill on the front free endpaper "Eric Gill for H. Davis, 22.3.28" A very good copy in original grey canvas spine, lettered in black, with red paper covered boards with black lettering and illustration to the front board. Some loss to the paper on the boards, affecting 7 letters of the address at the bottom. Spine with just a little darkening. Overall a very good copy. Uncommon inscribed by Gill. --Evan Gill. Bibliography of Eric Gill. No. 259.

[England, 1921. Small 4to, forty-one illustrations in all, most are tipped or pasted in, others are painted or drawn on the album leaves directly. The quality of some of these illustrations is unusually high and includes one by Ernest Aris (1882-1965), the author and illustrator of some 170 children's books, including one with Beatrix Potter (long story), and another signed "E.A." (possibly Aris); other artwork by "L.A.G." aka L. A. Govey (4), i.e. the illustrator Lilian Amy Govey (1886-1974); R. J. Govey (1); Dorothy Govey (1); "W.A.G." (1); "G.H." (1); "M.C." (1); "C.M.S." (3); "C.A.S." (2), likely Clara Stacy (1), Millicent Beatrice Stacy (1); "W.A.N." (1); "M.I.C." (1); G. M. Yaldmyer (?) (1); A. Thomas (1); "C.F.J." (1); "Bert." (1); "P.H." (1); "P.S." (1); P. M. Gemma (1); "E.B.Y." (1); anonymous and/or undecipherable (12); 4 painted on celluloid, 8 are pen & ink, 3 are pencil sketches, and the balance watercolor and gouache. Two pen & ink bookplates of Hylton Llord Giles up front, one signed "L.A.G."

ROMA: TIPOGRAFIA DI GIUSEPPE MENGONI, 1853. Rarissima edizione originale di questo progetto architettonico di un teatro in via del Corso ia Roma scritto da Antonio Lovatti pubblicato da Romualdo Gentilucci. Senza data ma del 1853 come indicato alla fine della prefazione. L'intenzione dell'autore era quello di costruire un nuovo teatro nella città di Roma. Descrive l'edificio in maniera molto dettagliata con dati utili per la costruzione fornendo lista dettagliata di spese e prezzi per la costruzione dell'edificio. Alla fine del volume quattro finissime planches ripiegate incise da Paolo Cacchiatelli e Pio Bertoni su disegno di Antonio Lovatti. In buone condizioni e completo. Copertina editoriale illustrata in discrete condizioni con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni con qualche leggera rottura. Pagine in buone condizioni con lievi fioriture. Gore d'umidità. In 8. Dim. 48x33 cm. Pp. 20+IV.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1931. Book. Illus. by Le Gros Clark, Averil Salmond. Good +. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Covers soiled and worn at extremities. Fraying at crown. Foxing to prelims, and a little throughout. Internally, very good, Stillsolid. A decent copy of this scarce book..

London: T. McClean / John Camden Hotten Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Very good copy, of what seems to be a combination of the McClean edition of 1855, and the Hotten edition of 1899. First titlepage and frontis are clearly from the 1855 edition, ( toned and foxed ), and second titlepage clearly states John Camden Hotten, 1859. All plates called for are present, but one is bound before the second title page. The binding appears to be a re-bind, incorporating the originall gilt stamped, pebbled blue cover. Occassional light foxing throughout. What makes this copy interesting, is the bookplate which states " Loan Collection of Rodman Wanamaker " See photos..

1897 1ed Marvels of Metals Metallurgy Silver & GOLD Jewelry Mining Illustrated

'The Marvels of Metals' is a rare, late 19th-century book on the history of making and using metal. Frederic Holmes describes the development of iron and steel making, preparing metals and smelting, and refining gold and silver!
This late 19th century edition is bound in a red decorative cloth with 30 illustrations throughout!

Item number: #12996
Price: $399
HOLMES, Frederic Morell
The Marvels of Metals: stories of metal-workersand their victories
London: Partridge & Co., [1897]. First edition.

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30 illustrations
8 full-page
22 in-text
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
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Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 13cm)
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1873 Japanese Samurai Battle Hokusetsu Utagawa Color Illustrated Woodblock Print

An interesting Meiji woodblock-print of the classic novel 'Hokusetsu Bidan Jidai Kagami,' which was serialized from the Edo period for 30 years with 48 volumes written in Hiragana drawn by Utagawa Kunisada II and intended for a popular audience. The most dominant and influential movement of nineteenth century Japanese woodcut art was the Utagawa School. Throughout the century, Utagawa School artists were particularly adept at actor portrayals, genre depictions and scenes from mythology and folklore. The designs of Kunisada and Kunisada II influenced an entire generation of European artists including Toulouse-Lautrec, Whistler, Vuillard, Bonnard and many others.

This rare edition is written in a column handwritten format. This edition contains excellent illustrations throughout of different scenes from 'Hokusetsu' of samurai, battles, courtesans, demon and Tengu masks, and more!

Item number: #12883
Price: $499
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New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1956. quarter cloth, paper covered boards, slipcase. 4to. quarter cloth, paper covered boards, slipcase. unpaginated. One of 850 numbered copies signed by the author / illustrator. Printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Composed of a collection of facsimile illustrations of imaginative views of Italy by Berman. Bookplate of Robert Elwell on front pastedown. A beautiful copy with the original decorative slipcase.

1707 1ed Delights of Britain & IRELAND Castles England 76 Double Page Plates!

James Beeverell's "The Delights of Great Britain and Ireland" is a rare, early 18th-century series published to describe and illustrate various locations from Great Britain and Ireland. Beeverell intended to include palaces and castles, cathedrals, ports and harbors, small towns, gardens, and estates. This fifth volume contains 76 double-page engravings depicting views of:
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Badminton in Gloucestershire
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Chelsea House in Middlesex
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Doddington in Lincoln
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Eaton Hall
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Hampton Court Palace
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Hatfield in Hertfordshire
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The Seat in Yorkshire
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Windsor House in Barkshire
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and many more!
Item number: #19225
Price: $599
BEEVERELL, James
Les delices de la Grand Bretagne & de l'Irlande : où sont exactement décrites les antiquitez, les provinces, les villes…
A Leide : Chez Pierre Vander Aa, 1707. First edition.

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1860 French Furniture Store Magasin de Meubles Tables Chairs French Design & ART
Victor Quetin's "Le Magasin de Meubles" or 'The Furniture Store" is a rare, mid-19th-century illustrated catalogue-like book filled with nearly 300 illustrated figures of furniture. Like many books from this era, this book portrays French art and design, showing vanities, tables, chairs, jewelry boxes, serving trays, and much more.
Item number: #18294
Price: $499
QUETIN, Victor
Le magasin de meubles, no. 2
Paris : V. Quétin, [ca. 1860].

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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 106 plates with multiple engravings
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Language: English
· Size: ~7.75in X 11.25in (19.5cm x 28.5cm)
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[Sebastopol, California]:: Krahn & Press,, 2022.. Edition of 20 + 4 hors de comerce. 5 x 7", 84 pages. Letterpress (text) & Indigo Electroink (images) on Mohawk Superfine papers. Bound in gray bookcloth with title on front cover. Housed in 7.5 x 11 x 4.75" lidded storage box. Title inserted in metal label holder attached to box. Hand sculpture laid in box. Numbered. Signed by both artists. Sara Press: "What if there was a standard-issue handbook that resolved grief, discord, paradox and ancestral trauma? As young artists, we dreamed of a world where there were no rules, but in this time of internal & external chaos, we wish there were more definitive answers.  "During a particularly difficult year, we traded sketchbooks back and forth, completing each other's empty hands with objects that communicated our struggles and sought solutions.  "We know nothing is simple, but we indulged ourselves with the fantasy that things could be. We knew our… Read More

San Juan Capistrano, California:: Inkswine Press,, 2022.. Edition of 6. 9.5 x 15 x 3" (24 x 40.6 x 7.5 cm) closed extends to 9.5 x 64 x 1 inches (24 x 162.6 x 2.5 cm); 76 pages. 32 multi-color woodcuts, plus relief etchings and vignettes. Hand-printed on rag paper. Letterpress printed text using Cromwell and Metropolis types. Signed and numbered. Dirk Hagner: "'We saw a flood' is about our ignorance and complicity we exhibit in the destruction of this world brought on by human caused climate change. Its underlying verse structure is based on the anonymous 17th-century British verse 'I saw a peacock, with a fiery tail', an example of a nonsense or 'trick' poem part of a rich tradition of verses rooted in Anglo-Saxon riddles. "This work has been a year in the making. It consists of two facing books of 76 total pages, which are to be viewed and read in tandem. The odd pages of the left-hand book show changing groups of faces with the first half of a verse,… Read More

Berne: The author, 1818. First Edition. Two parts in one volume, published in July and September 1818. Recent red three quarters leather with gilt titles and red boards. Clean and tidy without major flaws. Original blue paper wrapper bound in. To the front cover paper is written "Par l'auteur" presumably by Seringe. One plate and one folding table (complete.) Rough cut page edges. A little foxing to the pages only. VI + 1 ff. + 244 pp. Text in French. 210 x 130 mm (8¼ by 5 inches). Nicolas Charles Seringe, first Teacher at the Academy of Bern then Professor of Botany and member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Lyon wrote a work with the exact description, classification and history of flowers. He sought to avoid scientific language, and to arrange the objects in an easy order, through which one can easily learn about plants, how to propagate them and finally how to use them. Première édition. Deux volumes en un seul volume, parus en juillet et septembre 1818. Cuir rouge trois quarts… Read More

1891 1ed Schliemann Excavations Archaeology Greek Mycenae Agamemnon Hissarlik

A rare first edition printing of the biographical and historical treatise, 'Schliemann's Excavations' by Carl Schuchhardt. Heinrich Schliemann was a famous German archaeologist with numerous monumental discoveries across his vast body of work, primarily related to the Bronze Age of Greece. Notably his excavational work at the Mycenae where the famous Shaft Graves were discovered along with the burial "Mask of Agamemnon." Further, he and Dr. Wilhelm Dorpfeld excavated Hissarlik, the location of ancient Troy.

Schliemann would pass away during the translation of this work thus additional biographical notes would be included prior to the formal English publishing in 1891.

Item number: #21639
Price: $499

SCHUCHHARDT, Carl

Schliemann's Excavations: An Archaeological and Historical Study…with an Appendix on the Recent Discoveries at Hissarlik by Dr. Schliemann and Dr. Dorpfeld

London; New York: MacMillan and Co., 1891.… Read More