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Aalsmeer, NL: Pulchri Press. Illustrated by David Roberts / Louis Haghe. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall 90 70541025 A rare opportunity to obtain the two matching, limited edition, facsimile copies of the first edition of David Roberts' 'Sketches in Egypt & Nubia' and 'Sketches in the Holy Land'. Published by Pulchri Press (1985?). Two volumes uniformly bound in half green morocco with brown buckram boards. Gilt lettering and decoration to upper boards: the stamps used were exact copies of the originals and replicate the publisher’s binding of the original editions. Marbled endpapers. Each vol. 62.5 x 45 cm. Holy Land: No. 524 of 1000; N.D.; 383 pp; historical descriptions by The Rev. G. Croly; lithographed by Louis Haghe; detailed commentary by Dr. C.H.J. de Geus. Light handling wear with some minor rubbing/scuffing to leather, and small patch of spotting to upper; spine head pulled; contents clean, bright and crisp. Egypt & Nubia: 166 of 1000; N.D.; 367 pp; historical descriptions by William Brockedon; lithographed by Louis Haghe; detailed commentary by Dr. Hans D. Schneider. Light handling wear with some minor rubbing/scuffing to leather and to gilt edges on upper; spine head pulled; contents clean, bright and crisp. Both vols in original publisher's boxes. Publisher's advertising for 'The Holy Land' laid in. (Book ref. 002685)
Boston, USA: A New York Graphic Society Book. Little, Brown & Company, 1983. Illustrated by Chuck Henningsen. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 082121537X Signed by Artist Signed by Gorman to title page; no other inscriptions or markings. Hardcover in bright, unclipped dustjacket with light handling wear, rubbing/creasing to edges, and a couple of minor nicks. Blue boards with edgewear, lightly bumped corners and spine. 144 pp with colour and b/w photos. The world-famous Navajo artist from the Arizona reservation, who has created an enduring image of the Indian woman. Chuck Henningsen's brilliant photographs focus especially on the land which finds uncanny echoes in Gorman's art. He also shows the serious Gorman at work, and the extravagent Gorman at play, as well as Gorman with his people. A comprehensive group of Gorman's works are reproduced here - paintings, lithographs, drawings, posters, sculpture, ceramics - some thirty of them in colour. (Book ref. 002681)
Oxford: Phaidon, 1988. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0714825654 Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket which is crisp, bright and clean. Black cloth, red titling. Boards square and sharp. Contents clean and without inscriptions. 269 pp; 173 ills. in colour and b/w. Egon Schiele, who died in 1918 at the age of 28, left behind an oeuvre of compelling power and great originality. His portraits, anguished nudes and colourful landscapes are now widely acclaimed. The present volume provides a generous survey of his work, including 80 large, faithful reproductions of his best and most interesting paintings and drawings. Heavy/oversize book. Standard domestic postage covered by default charge but other services may incur additional cost; please enquire for quotation. (Book ref. 002621)
London: Thomas Nelson, 1968. Illustrated by John Hedgecoe (photographs). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall Hardcover in pictorial slipcase. Brown cloth with silhouette of Moore to upper board. Photographed and edited by John Hedgecoe; words by Henry Moore. 532 pp; b/w ills. throughout. Very good copy with light reading wear. Some bumping to slipcase. (Book ref. 002614)
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1902. Illustrated by John Fulleylove. Edition De Luxe. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Signed by Publishers Limited Edition No. 165 of only 500 copies, signed by the publishers A and C Black. 92 tissue-guarded colour plates as called for, all intact and unmarked. xv, 302 pp + 2 pp ads. for other titles in the series. Original publisher's cream cloth decorated in green and gilt; top edges gilt, others uncut. Light soiling to cloth and to gilt edges, sunning to spine, sl fraying to spine tips, browning to page edges but contents clean with only very occ. spotting to margins. 1902 gift inscription to fep. Plates clean and bright. Standard domestic postage covered by default but other services will incur additional charge; please enquire for costs. (Book ref. 002611)
Dublin: Colm O Lochlainn At the Sign of the Three Candles, 1945. First Edition. Signed by Artist No. 150 of a Special Edition of 1000 copies signed by the artist, Gaetano de Gennaro. 36 signed, tipped in plates as called for, plus small tipped in plate to signature page - many are of Irish interest. Half cloth, paper covered boards. Binding is worn and soiled, boards are warped. Plates are clean and include The President of Ireland; The Bibliophile; Jermome Connor; Jack B. Yeats; Negro; Sean Keating; .Albert Power; Indian Profile... Light soiling to prelims and lengthwise crease to margin of title/signature page. (Book ref. 002594)
London: Willow Books, 1990. First Edition. Leather. Fine/Fine (slipcase). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Signed by Authors No. 25 of a limited edition of 150 copies signed by both authors, Michael Down and Derek West. Burgundy leather bound with four raised bands and gilt titling to spine. All edges gilt; silken bookmarker; marbled endpapers. Housed in matching slipcase. A fine copy with one small scuff mark to leather spine. Signed, limited edition of a volume in the MCC Cricket Library series. A comprehensive catalogue of all Corbet Anderson's lithographs of the leading cricketers of the 1850s, illustrated with over 50 full colour, full page reproductions of the artist's evocative artwork, and vivid biographical sketches of each cricketer. With a foreward by John Arlott. A stunning collector's item in fine condition throughout. (Book ref. 002572)
Surrey: Gresham Books, 1981. Illustrated by George Mackley. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall 0905418905 Price-clipped dustjacket with sunned spine and edges; creasing to top edge of wrapper with 1 cm closed tear to front and a couple of tiny nicks. Blue boards silver: clean and bright. Contents clean and crisp with Ex Libris presentation bookplate to fep. 136 pp fully illustrated with 138 of Mackley's engravings and with 'Some of the Artist's Notes'. Contributions of 'Foreword' by Sir Hugh Casson; 'Introduction' by Monica Poole; 'A Biography' by Elizabeth Romyn; 'Wood Engraving' by George Mackley; 'The Collector and the Artist' by Ian Lowe; 'Mackley and the Fitzwilliam' by Patricia Jaffé. This book is a celebration of the work of master craftsman of wood engraving, George Mackley, who, together with fellow artists Noel Rooke, Joan Hassall, Gertrude Hermes, John Farleigh and others, has rescued the delicate, precise and expressive medium from the coarse and mechanical journalism of the nineteenth century, and restored it to its present and proper eminence. (Book ref. 002498)
Taschen, 2000. Illustrated by Pierre-Joseph Redoute. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" Tall 3822864072 Fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper; now in removable, clear, protective wrapper. No inscriptions. One very small indentation to rear wrapper and a couple of small, faint marks to page edges but otherwise immaculate. 494 pp. Gathering all of the plates from Pierre-Joseph Redoute's original eight volumes (published between 1802 and 1816), The Lilies (originally published as Les Liliacées) is not just a book about lilies, it's also a foray into an exacting and rare art. Redoute is one of the most famous botanical illustrators of the Western world and is renowned for his breathtaking skill at translating the natural world onto paper. His contributions to the art of botanical illustration are unequalled. In this stunning Taschen edition of The Lilies, the famous illustrations are accompanied by texts in English, French and German written by Petra-Andrea Hinz and Werner Dressendorfer,with botanical descriptions researched by Ute and Dietrich Muller-Doblies. Heavy/oversize book. Standard domestic postage covered by default charge but other services may incur additional charge; please enquire for costs. (Book ref. 002486)
Paris, France: Librairie D'Art, 1897. Illustrated by Neurdein Frères (Neurdein Brothers). Hardcover. Good Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Landscape book measuring approx. 11" x 13.75". 157 photographic plates, 3 of which are double-page; many, if not most, are of young women in varying stages of undress. Beautiful, French, Art Noveau style, decoration to upper board. Green cloth spine. Some wear and soiling with boards exposed at corners; fading to fore-edge of upper board, and to edges of lower. Internally good without inscriptions or other markings. Light foxing to prelims and finger marking to eps. Creasing to half-title with small tape repair to one edge. A few pages loosening but all secure. Sons of the photographer Jean César Neurdein, the Neurdein brothers opened a photographic studio in Paris in 1863, with each taking on different responsibilities in the business. Étienne managed the studio and photographed portraits, while Louis-Antonin travelled widely photographing monuments, buildings and landscapes. Maison Neurdein thus produced not only portraits of famous people of the era but also views of France, Belgium, Algeria and Canada. (Book ref. 002407)
London: Longmans Green and Co, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 1899 reprint of 1893 1st edition. Blue paper-covered boards (light soiling, wear to corners and edges) over cream linen spine (darkened and soiled). xvii, 420 pp. Page edges untrimmed. Two personal inscriptions to fep but no other markings. Offsetting to eps. Preface by William Morris with essays by himself, Walter Crane, Ford Madox Brown, May Morris and others on subjects ranging from bookbinding and illustration to embroidery, mural painting, sgraffito work and inlaid wood-work. The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society gave its name to the Arts and Crafts Movement that was spearheaded by Morris and John Ruskin. (Book ref. 002399)
London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Illustrated by JTC. 1st Edition. Very Good. Colour lithograph (Vincent Brooks Day & Son). Published between 1868 and 1914, Vanity Fair is best remembered for its weekly colour caricatures of famous men. Drawn by various well-known artists using pen names, the two most famous were Leslie Ward who signed his cartoons 'Spy' and Carlo Pellegrini signing as 'Ape'. This JTC portrait is mounted/matted and ready for framing; mount size 18 x 14 ins, 46 x 36 cms. It comes with accompanying biographical details from Vanity Fair. We have a number of these collectable lithographic prints in stock; please contact Bath and West Books for a current list. (Book ref. 002317)
London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Illustrated by Spy. 1st Edition. Very Good. Colour lithograph (Vincent Brooks Day & Son). Published between 1868 and 1914, Vanity Fair is best remembered for its weekly colour caricatures of famous men. Drawn by various well-known artists using pen names, the two most famous were Leslie Ward who signed his cartoons 'Spy' and Carlo Pellegrini signing as 'Ape'. This Spy portrait is mounted/matted and ready for framing; mount size 18 x 14 ins, 46 x 36 cms. It comes with accompanying biographical details from Vanity Fair. We have a number of these collectable lithographic prints in stock; please contact Bath and West Books for a current list. (Book ref. 002314)
London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Illustrated by Spy. 1st Edition. Very Good. Colour lithograph (Vincent Brooks Day & Son). Published between 1868 and 1914, Vanity Fair is best remembered for its weekly colour caricatures of famous men. Drawn by various well-known artists using pen names, the two most famous were Leslie Ward who signed his cartoons 'Spy' and Carlo Pellegrini signing as 'Ape'. This Spy portrait is mounted/matted and ready for framing; mount size 18 x 14 ins, 46 x 36 cms. It comes with accompanying biographical details from Vanity Fair. We have a number of these collectable lithographic prints in stock; please contact Bath and West Books for a current list. (Book ref. 002313)
London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Illustrated by Ape. 1st Edition. Very Good. Colour lithograph (Vincent Brooks Day & Son). Published between 1868 and 1914, Vanity Fair is best remembered for its weekly colour caricatures of famous men. Drawn by various well-known artists using pen names, the two most famous were Leslie Ward who signed his cartoons 'Spy' and Carlo Pellegrini signing as 'Ape'. This Ape portrait is mounted/matted and ready for framing; mount size 18 x 14 ins, 46 x 36 cms. It comes with accompanying biographical details from Vanity Fair. We have a number of these collectable lithographic prints in stock; please contact Bath and West Books for a current list. (Book ref. 002311)
London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Illustrated by Ape. 1st Edition. Very Good. Colour lithograph (Vincent Brooks Day & Son). Published between 1868 and 1914, Vanity Fair is best remembered for its weekly colour caricatures of famous men. Drawn by various well-known artists using pen names, the two most famous were Leslie Ward who signed his cartoons 'Spy' and Carlo Pellegrini signing as 'Ape'. This Ape portrait is mounted/matted and ready for framing; mount size 18 x 14 ins, 46 x 36 cms. It comes with accompanying biographical details from Vanity Fair. We have a number of these collectable lithographic prints in stock; please contact Bath and West Books for a current list. (Book ref. 002310)
London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Illustrated by Ape. 1st Edition. Very Good. Colour lithograph (Vincent Brooks Day & Son). Published between 1868 and 1914, Vanity Fair is best remembered for its weekly colour caricatures of famous men. Drawn by various well-known artists using pen names, the two most famous were Leslie Ward who signed his cartoons 'Spy' and Carlo Pellegrini signing as 'Ape'. This Ape portrait is mounted/matted and ready for framing; mount size 17 x 12 ins, 44 x 30 cms. It comes with accompanying biographical details from Vanity Fair. We have a number of these collectable lithographic prints in stock; please contact Bath and West Books for a current list. (Book ref. 002309)
London: Vanity Fair, 1877. Illustrated by Spy. 1st Edition. Very Good. Colour lithograph (Vincent Brooks Day & Son). Published between 1868 and 1914, Vanity Fair is best remembered for its weekly colour caricatures of famous men. Drawn by various well-known artists using pen names, the two most famous were Leslie Ward who signed his cartoons 'Spy' and Carlo Pellegrini signing as 'Ape'. This Spy portrait is mounted/matted and ready for framing; mount size 17 x 12 ins, 44 x 30 cms. It comes with accompanying biographical details from Vanity Fair. We have a number of these collectable lithographic prints in stock; please contact Bath and West Books for a current list. (Book ref. 002306)
London: Folio Society. Hardcover. New/New (Slipcase). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall New copy in publisher's shrinkwrap. Edition unknown; first published in 2007. Heavy/oversize book. Standard domestic delivery covered by default shipping charge but other services may incur additional charge; please contact Bath and West Books for costs. (Book ref. 002303)
London: George Allen, 1890. Illustrated by John Ruskin. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Publisher's original brown cloth gilt; xii, 283 pp with 21 plates. Very good, clean, copy with minimal wear to boards; pretty ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown. (Book ref. 002237)