Illustrated Books
Fine illustrated books including first editions of well known children's books both American and British, color plates books and photobooks.
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HAND-COLORED PLATES
The Village Rector.
Boston: Hardy, Pratt & Co, 1899. Édition Grand Format. HAND-COLORED PLATES. Read More about The Village Rector
Price: $150
Tallulah Bankhead Praises Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, n.p., n.d.
Tallulah Bankhead Praises Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. The actress writes, “To Alfred--Many thanks for your understanding and human traits / Bless you, Tallulah”. Tallulah Bankhead (1903-1968) was a more than competent actress (she won the Drama Critics award for her performances in The Little Foxes (1939), and The Skin of Our..... Read More about Autograph Note Signed to Alfred Eisenstaedt, n.p., n.d
Price: $350
Twenty Princesses in Verse and Drawing
Les Princesses.
Paris: F. Ferroud, 1904. First edition with these illustrations, ONE OF 400 COPIES, this unnumbered copy marked 'Réservé' and INSCRIBED BY THE PUBLISHER ("souvenir de bonne confraternité"). Twenty Princesses in Verse and Drawing. Banville's exquisite sonnet-portraits of the languid beauties are perfectly complemented by the delicate and lush eroticism of..... Read More about Les Princesses
Price: $750
Fantasio. A Comedy in Two Acts. Translated by Maurice Baring.
Haarlem: The Pleiad, 1927. First edition thus. Number 388 of 550 copies. Designed by Frederic Warde & Printed by Jon Enschedé. Read More about Fantasio. A Comedy in Two Acts. Translated by Maurice Baring
Price: $200
The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water Colours.
London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row, 1855. First edition in Book Form; published in parts the previous year. Ruari McLean, Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing, p.192: "On only one plate, no.4, with twenty five panels showing harmonious arrangments of colour, does there appear to be..... Read More about The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water Colours
Price: $500
Portait photograph of Albert C. Barnes.
October 20, 1937. Barnes, Albert C(oombs): Pharmaceutical manufacturer and art collector. He obtained a medical degree and later studied in Germany. In 1902 he made a fortune with his invention of the antiseptic Argyrol. After building a mansion in Merion, Pa., in 1905, he began to collect art seriously, amassing..... Read More about Portait photograph of Albert C. Barnes
Price: $750
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of Rebellion (1861-1865).
Washington, D.C: General Printing Office, 1875. Second Issue (Vol. III, 1 first edition). Read More about The Medical and Surgical History of the War of Rebellion (1861-1865
Price: $2,000
Chimie photographique: contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Des manipulations photographiques.
Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1864. Fourth edition, with half-title. Read More about Chimie photographique: contenant les éléments de chimie expliqués par Des manipulations...
Price: $500
The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First.
London: Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. [R. Clay, Printer. Bread Street Hill], 1853. First edition. Engravings by Bartlett (1809-1854), as superb as those for his famous AMERICAN SCENERY (1840). Read More about The Pilgrim Fathers; or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James the First
Price: $350
Portrait Photograph, Signed (“Bernard M Baruch”), of the American Financier.
[N.p., New York: n.d.]. Distinguished portrait of the great financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch (1870-1965), head of Woodrow Wilson’s War Industries Board during World War I and long an eminence grise in American economic policy. Read More about Portrait Photograph, Signed (“Bernard M Baruch”), of the American Financier
Price: $350
To Colour Thought.
New Haven: Officina Bodoni for Yale University, 1967. First Edition, one of 300 copies. Read More about To Colour Thought
Price: $450
ONE OF 10 COPIES
“To Colour Thought”.
New Haven: Officina Bodoni for Yale University, 1967. First edition, no. 3 of 10 copies. ONE OF 10 COPIES. Inscribed on the colophon page to James Tanis and with calligraphed card laid in "For James Tanis, with apprecition from the Graphic Arts Collection. Yale University Library" Read More about “To Colour Thought”
Price: $900
Scott Cunningham’s Copy
Little Poems in Prose. Translated by Aleister Crowley ….
Paris: Edward W. Titus, 1928. No. 221 of 800 copies. Scott Cunningham’s Copy. Scott Cunningham (1956-1993) was the author of many books about Wicca, and is recognized as one of the most influential authors in the field of natural magic. Read More about Little Poems in Prose. Translated by Aleister Crowley …
Price: $500
The Day Before Marriage after a painting by Fanny Corbaux.
London: George Baxter 11 & 12 Northmapton Square, March 1, 1854. Read More about The Day Before Marriage after a painting by Fanny Corbaux
Price: $325
Beardsley's Last Book
Volpone: or The Foxe. With a critical essay on the author by Vincent O'Sullivan together with an eulogy of the...
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. No. 22 of 1000 copies on Art Paper. Beardsley's Last Book. Beardsley had intended a series of 24 drawings for Jonson's Venetian comedy, but died before completing it, at the age of 26. Read More about Volpone: or The Foxe. With a critical essay on the author by Vincent O'Sullivan together with an...
Price: $500
Beardsley's Volpone
Volpone: or the Foxe...A New Edition. With a Critical Essay by Vincent O'Sullivan...Together with an Eulogy of the Artist by...
New York: John Lane, 1898. Beardsley, Aubrey. First Beardsley Edition, copy #393 of 1000 for England and America. Beardsley's Volpone. One of Beardsley's consummate works, published here for the first time after his death. Ross's warm appreciation of Beardsley is an essential piece of Beardsleyana. Read More about Volpone: or the Foxe...A New Edition. With a Critical Essay by Vincent O'Sullivan...Together with...
Price: $750
Beardsley's Malory
The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and...
London: Dent, 1909. Beardsley, Aubrey. Second edition, first one-volume edition, one of 1500. Beardsley's Malory. Second edition — with ten additional chapter headings not contained in the 1893-84 first — of the celebrated Beardsley classic, his first major work. Read More about The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Noble Knights of the Round Table, Their...
Price: $1,250
Some Unknown Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. Collected and Annotated by R.A. Walker.
London: R.A. Walker XVI The Avenue Bedford Park, 1923. First edition, Number 33 of 500 copies, signed by the Author. Read More about Some Unknown Drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. Collected and Annotated by R.A. Walker
Price: $300
UNRECORDED PRINTING OF BEARDSLEY VIGNETTE
“D'Albert (a vignette)”.
[London?]: [Smithers?], Ca. 1898. UNRECORDED PRINTING OF BEARDSLEY VIGNETTE. Evidently unrecorded. Lasner, in his Beardsley Checklist, mentions copies on plain paper, vellum, Japanese vellum, and white satin, but not chine collé, which this definitely is. Read More about “D'Albert (a vignette)”
Price: $1,750
The Story of Venus and Tannhauser in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of State held...
London: for Private Circulation, 1907. Beardsley, Aubrey. First edition, First printing from the original manuscrpt., one of 250 on hand-made paper. Read More about The Story of Venus and Tannhauser in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of State...
Price: $450
The Story of Venus and Tannhauser in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of State held...
London: Privately printed, 1907. First printing from the original manuscrpt. No. 107 of 300 copies. Read More about The Story of Venus and Tannhauser in which is set forth an exact account of the manner of State...
Price: $150
Under the Hill and Other Essay in Prose and Verse.
London: John Lane. The Bodley Head, 1913. Beardsley, Aubrey. Second edition. Read More about Under the Hill and Other Essay in Prose and Verse
Price: $350
Switzerland illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett.
London: George Virtue, 1836. First edition. Read More about Switzerland illustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by W. H. Bartlett
Price: $1,250
Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq.
London: George Virtue, 1836. First edition. "The indefatigable Bartlett was the chief producer of volumes of steel-engraved views. For many years he ranged through two continents making or collecting drawings …. Collectors not seeking representations of familiar scenes will probably find the grandeur of his Swiss subjects most appealing" (Ray)..... Read More about Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq
Price: $1,000
The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche.
London: George Virtue, 1838. The First Edition. Read More about The Waldenses or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche
Price: $1,000