Illustrated Books

Montreal: Cambridge Corporation [no date], Royal Canadian edition. (Leather binding) 204pp. Near fine. Dark green pebble grained leather with illustration and titles in gilt. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 1000 sets. Cloth reinforced inner hinges with green faux-moire endpapers, top edge gilt, 80 color plates with captioned tissue guards. The spine is slightly discolored. Publisher series: Beautiful Britain. Color illustrations by Helen Allingham. Locale:. (Travel, Limited Editions).

[Leipzig: Insel-Verlag, 1903].. Folio sheet (33.9 x 26.5 cm), with image size 17.4 x 12.5 cm. Somewhat crudely matted, otherwise about fine. One of an unspecified but small number of proof impressions of this illustration by Behmer for the 1903 edition of Wilde's SALOME, translated by Hedwig Lachmann, and published in an edition of only fifty copies on Japan vellum. Captioned in pencil beneath the image "Fuer Buchen M." Although untitled here, the image depicts a lit candle with a heavily stylized plume of smoke partially obscuring a black moon.

1690 Vulson's Lives of Illustrious Men Ambrose JOAN of ARC Pucelle Gaston Foix

Marc Vulson de la Colombiere was a 17th-century French historian who is known for his biographical sketches of notable figures, priests, politicians, philosophers, and scholars. One of his best works was 'The Lives of Illustrious Men' – a work that includes those sketches. Vulson includes descriptions of famous men and women including:
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Joan of Arc
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Louis de la Trimouille
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Gaston de Foix
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Pierre Terrail
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Charles de Cosse
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Francois de Lorraine
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Blaise de Montluc
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Henry IV, France

Item number: #8553
Price: $599
VULSON, Marc de la Colombiere
Les Vies des Hommes illustres et grands Capitaines François qui sont peints dans la galerie du Palais-Royal, avec leurs principales actions, armes et devises ; ensemble les Abrégés historiques de leurs Vies, composées par M. de Vulson sieur de la Colombière
A Paris: Nicolas Le Gras ... M. DC. XC, [1690].… Read More

NA: NA, 1952. Limited edition. First edition. One of 200 copies. No publisher details. loose leaves in a folder. Illustrated with 23 erotic lithographs on panels, 28 small Illustrations. in the text as well as erotically illustrated Front and back cover of the folder. (front with a pubic mound and back with a bottom). The soft cover is held in a glassine cover. Held in a plain red clamshell box. The book is in excellent condition. 106 pages. 310 by 240mm (12¼ by 9½ inches). Drawn by Jean Dulac under the "transparent" pseudonym of Jean de l'Etang which he adopted for his erotic works . Édition limitée. Première édition. Un des 200 exemplaires. Pas de détails sur l'éditeur. Feuilles volantes dans une chemise. Illustré de 23 lithographies érotiques sur panneaux, de 28 petites illustrations dans le texte ainsi que d'illustrations érotiques sur les couvertures avant et arrière de la chemise. (le recto avec un monticule pubien et le verso avec des fesses). La couverture souple est maintenue… Read More

1841 Jardine Mammals Naturalist Squirrels Porcupine Platypus Rodents Illustrated
Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, 'The Naturalist's Library'.

This edition of Jardine's 'Mammalia'
is beautifully color illustrated with 34 engravings of various species of large rodents! The plates from Jardine's works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases illustrations and descriptions of squirrels, mongoose, platypus, porcupines, and other similar animals.
Item number: #18728
Price: $499
JARDINE, Sir William
The Naturalist's Library, Mammalia… vol xi.
London, Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, Henry G. Bohn, [1841].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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xvi, 17-323, [1]
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37 engraved plates (including engraved frontispiece and title page)
· References: Lowndes 1192
· Provenance: Bookplate – Leonard Harrison Matthews
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Leonard Harrison… Read More

1910 Romance of Tristan & Iseult Bedier Medieval French BEAUTIFUL Celtic ART
Joseph Bédier was a French author and historian. He is most famous for his revival of interest in medieval France through works such as "Le roman de Tristan et Iseut" – a Celtic tale that was popular during the 12th-century. This 1910 printing was published with illustrations by Maurice Lalau and translated from Bedier's French into English by Florence Simmonds.
Item number: #30415
Price: $399
BEDIER, Joseph
The Romance of Tristram and Iseult
Philadelphia: Lippincott; London: Heinemann, MCMX. [1910].
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xiii, [1], 217, [1]
o 20 color plates
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10in X 7.75in (25.5cm x 20cm)
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Orlando, Florida:: Rachel Simmons ,, 2023.. Edition of 10. Doubled-sided accordion in a hard cover magnetic enclosure with letterpress and screen prints on French and Thai kozo papers, book cloth, and decorative Japanese paper. Closed dimensions are 13.5” tall x 6.75” wide x .78” deep. Open dimensions are 13.5” tall x 16” wide x .5” deep, and for standing display, the dimensions are 13.5” tall x 50” wide x 4” deep. Written, designed and printed by Rachel Simmons, Numbered. Rachel Simmons: "Through cinematic visual language, Dream of the Golden Empress tells the story of an arrogant emperor bent on environmental destruction. The characters in this allegory— the Emperor, the Golden Empress and the People— are archetypes referencing actors from the current political landscape in the United States. Like shadow puppets, each character embodies easily recognizable traits like greed, selfishness, compassion, anger and love. The lush color palette… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton. London. No Date. Circa 1918. EARLY DULAC EDITION. Large 8vo. (7.9 x 5.9 inches). viii,189p. Finely illustrated with 12 fine coloured plates by Edmund Dulac, tipped on to thick buff paper with a triple ruled brown border. Each plate with a printed tissue guard. Two plates have been re-inserted and there is a little damage to the inner margin of the relevant tissue guards. Finely bound in beautiful early full tan calf binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Raised bands to spine, each with gilt piping. Compartments rulled and decorated in gilt. Brown morocco label, gilt. Gilt ruled line border to boards with decorative blind tooled roll and gilt decoration to the front panel. Board edges with single gilt ruled lines. Turn-ins ruled and decorated in gilt. Purple and gold patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. Attractive illustrated bookplate of previous owner to the front pastedown endpaper. Some very minimal rubbing to the extremities and the spine is darkened but generally this is an… Read More

Fairy Tales From The Arabian NightsEdited and Arranged by E. DixonLondon: J. M. Dent / New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons - n.d. (Circa 1907). Hardcover red cloth with gilt embossed titles and paste-down illustration. One color frontis. and 44 full page plate illustrations. (John D. Batten, Illus.) All edges gilded. 477 pp. This edition, with the intricate John Batten illustrations, was first published by Dent in 1893. This may be the first American edition of it, in very good condition. There's a bookplate and xmas gift inscription dated 1907 at the front. The gilt titles on the spine are darkened and faded. There are small check marks in pencil alongside the contents at the front, otherwise unmarked.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906 First Edition, trade issue. Hodder and Stoughton, London 1906. 126 pages with additional 50 full-page tipped in illustrations in colour mounted on thick paper(with tissue gards) by Arthur Rackham.

This is a wonderful copy of the first trade edition of 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' which was the first featuring of Peter Pan in the book title. It has the original russet cloth with gilt titles to the spine and upper board, along with a decorative gilt illustration of Peter Pan riding a goat on the front board and a map of Kensington Gardens on the front free endpaper.

Critics were overwhelmed by the symbiosis of the writer J. M. Barrie with the at this time relatively unknown illustrator Arthur Rackham. For example, the Pall Mall Gazette wrote: "Not the least part of that good fortune that follows Mr. Barrie´s steps is his choice of an illustrator. Mr. Rackham seems to have dropped out of some cloud in Mr. Barrie´s fairyland, sent by a… Read More

Book of one of the most famous and finest wood engravers Christopher Wormell in a superb condition. All letters of the alphabet with an animal. First edition.

Morgan Hill, California:: Midnight Moon Press,, 2020-2023.. Edition of 23. 4.5 x 6.25"; 15 pages (unnumbered). Accordion structure. Black and white photographs. Archival inkjet printing on Epson Premium Presentation using Birch Std font. Bound in black cloth over boards with round white title label on front board. Colophon presented in round matching label on back board. Numbered. Signed by the artist. Slipped In resealable plastic bag with red and black biohazard symbol. Ginger Burrell: "The Covid-19 pandemic made us re-think so many of our behaviors: grocery shopping, in-person offices, public transit. But most of all, the pandemic changed the way we greet and comfort one another. Handshakes became nods, or salutes, hugs became crossed arms over our chests or hands matched - touching through glass. Kisses were often mask-to-mask or not at all. Even with the Covid-19 pandemic officially 'over,' most of us still ask before greeting in any manner that involves close proximity.… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton. London. No date. 1913. FIRST EDITION. 4to. (11.4 x 9.1 inches). Beautifully illustrated with 24 fine tipped in colour plates, each with a printed tissue guard. The colour plates are mounted onto thick oatmeal paper within a decorative printed border. Illustrated mono title page, with red lettering. Illustrated with many fine, striking, mono illustrations throughout the text. Each page decorated with a floral design across the top of text. A very good copy in a recent fine binding of full dark blue morocco, complete with the original illustrated endpapers bound in. Spine with raised bands. Compartments double ruled, lettered and decorated in gilt. Floral blind tooled border on boards. Top edge gilt. Original illustrated front board bound in at the back of the book. Overall a lovely copy of this beautiful book. Among the very best of the early Twentieth century illustrated gift books.

Complete set of Jane Austen's brilliant 6 Novels bound in 5 volumes. From "Macmillan's Standard Illustrated Novels". In original publishers Red cloth covers with beautiful bright Gilt ornate decoration on fronts. The gilt decoration on spines is mostly faded. All page edges Gilt. Endpapers illustrated with a lovely deep yellow Peacock design. B&W Illustrations. Frontis illustrations all protected by tissue guards. Pride and Prejudice illustrated by Charles E. Brock and the other 4 volumes illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
First published betwen 1895 and 1897, Northanger Abbey is dated 1897 and the other 4 are 1898 reprints.
Spine colour faded. Some nicks and a littyle fraying at spine ends. Previous owner's inscription, dated 1899, on ffeps. and penciled bookseller note on back of ffep in Sense and Sensibility. No other inscriptions. Interesting newspaper cuttings from 1917 & 1918 on fly leaves of 2 volumes.

Little, Brown, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good. 12x8x0. Noted National Geographic photographer William Albert Allard's debut book, a beautiful compilation of color photos of then present day cowboys and the West, capturing a vanishing breed. Deluxe first edition bound in Canapetla cloth over 1/4 cowhide with gilt lettering to spine panel. Includes matching Canapetla slipcase with photo of solitary cowboy mounted to front panel. One of 750 copies, this being #82, signed on the limitation page by both William Albert Allard and acclaimed author Thomas McGuane, who wrote the foreword. 144 pp. 12 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight copy with minimal shelf wear and tiny scuff to spine panel. Dedication inscription and signature to front free endpaper. Slipcase with minimal shelf wear, tiny dent to top edge of photo and faint lettering impressions. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.