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A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to...
London: Bohn, 1842; 1854. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. Superb Hand-Colored Plates. The "great work" (ODNB) of Samuel Meyrick (1783-1848), antiquary and leading historian and collector of arms and armor. Meyrick's Inquiry into Antient Armour was first published in 1824 and appears here in an expanded edition. Meyrick constructed Goodrich..... Read More about A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England,...
Price: $6,000
Rare Military Costume Series
Das deutsche Bundesheer in characteristischen Gruppen entworfen und gezeichnet in Verbindung mehrerer Künstler von H. A. Eckert in München.
Wurzburg: H. A. Eckert et Christian Weiss, n.d. [1838-43]. Rare Military Costume Series. Extensive grouping of plates of the uniforms of northern German states from this complex work of outstanding beauty. The hand-colored lithographic plates are striking, and the deatil provided on regional variation in uniform is outstanding. Colas gives..... Read More about Das deutsche Bundesheer in characteristischen Gruppen entworfen und gezeichnet in Verbindung...
Price: $6,000
Gone with the Wind.
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Groth, John. No. 418 of 1500 copies signed by John Groth. With inscription and drawing by John Groth on the ffep, inscribed to Amy. Read More about Gone with the Wind
Price: $325
The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy; a Poem in Four Cantos.
London: Published for the Author, and sold by Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1819. Second edition. Read More about The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy; a Poem in Four Cantos
Price: $750
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The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy; a Poem in Four Cantos, with Notes.
London: Published by Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1819. First edition. Uncut. Read More about The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy; a Poem in Four Cantos, with Notes
Price: $850
My Cousin in the Army: or, Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment: a Poem. By A Staff Officer.
London: J. Johnston, [1822]. First edition. Read More about My Cousin in the Army: or, Johnny Newcome on the Peace Establishment: a Poem. By A Staff Officer
Price: $600
Hand-Colored Plates
Œuvres Complètes de Molière...La Seule Complète en 2 volumes in 12.
Paris: Garnier Frères, nd c.1900. Nouvelle Édition. Hand-Colored Plates. Read More about Œuvres Complètes de Molière...La Seule Complète en 2 volumes in 12
Price: $150
Sainte Elizabeth de Hongrie avec une Préface par Léon Gautier.
Tours: Alfred Mame et Fils, 1888. Read More about Sainte Elizabeth de Hongrie avec une Préface par Léon Gautier
Price: $200
Les Poissons d'Eau Douce du Canada.
Montreal: Beauchemin, 1897. First edition. Pp. 305-330 on salmon, with pp. 307-18 on the salmon rivers of eastern Canada, including Grand Cascapedia, Ristigouche, Moisie, etc. Read More about Les Poissons d'Eau Douce du Canada
Price: $250
The Florist and Pomologist, and Suburban Gardener. A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture. 1880.
London: Published for the Propietors, by Messrs Kent & Co, 1880. Read More about The Florist and Pomologist, and Suburban Gardener. A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers,...
Price: $650
ACKERMANN IN SPANISH
Museo universal de ciencias y artes.
Londres: publicado por R.Ackermann, Strand y en su Establecimento, en Megico: asimismo en Colombia, Buenos Aires, Chile, Peru y Guatemala, 1825-1826. ACKERMANN IN SPANISH. Only these two volumes were published. Volume II has issues 9 & 10 of Tomo II which not all copies have. Read More about Museo universal de ciencias y artes
Price: $600
EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES ON INDIA PAPER
The Tales of the Genii: or, the delightful lessons of Horam.
London: James Wallis, 1805. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES ON INDIA PAPER. Read More about The Tales of the Genii: or, the delightful lessons of Horam
Price: $1,250
The Legendary Moseman Harness Catalogue
Moseman's Illustrated Guide for Purchasers of Horse Furnishing Goods, Novelties and Stable Appointments, Imported and Domestic.
New York: Moseman [Printed by E.D. Slater.], [n.d., c. 1893]. The Legendary Moseman Harness Catalogue. Read More about Moseman's Illustrated Guide for Purchasers of Horse Furnishing Goods, Novelties and Stable...
Price: $1,250
40 POCOIR PLATES
Motifs Japonais. Enluminaire exécutée par l'Atelier Ferrariello.
Levallois (Seine): H. Guillaume, nd [c. 1925]. 40 POCOIR PLATES. Read More about Motifs Japonais. Enluminaire exécutée par l'Atelier Ferrariello
Price: $800
Plaisir et Savoir. Huit Jours au Musée de Versailles.
Paris: Amédée Bédelet, Éditeur, nd (c 1860). Read More about Plaisir et Savoir. Huit Jours au Musée de Versailles
Price: $150
The Secret History of the Cabinet of Bonaparte. Including his private life, Character, Domestic Administration, and his conduct to foreign...
London: J.M. Richardson & J. Hatchard, 1811. Sixth edition. Read More about The Secret History of the Cabinet of Bonaparte. Including his private life, Character, Domestic...
Price: $900
EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED
Napoleon's Last Voyages. Being the Diaries of Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher, R. N., K. C. B. (on board the "Undaunted")...
Lonon: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906. Second edition. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. Read More about Napoleon's Last Voyages. Being the Diaries of Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher, R. N., K. C. B. (on...
Price: $750
[Colorplate scenes of the Freiheitskriege, the German wars against Napoleon,1813].
[German: ca. 1813]. The battles commemorated include: Lützen, 2 May 1813 Bautzen, 20-21 May Vittoria, 21 June Groß-Beeren, 22 August Katzbach, 26 August Annihilation of French Army under Vandamme, 30 August Donowicz, 6 September Leipzig, 18 October Siege of Würzburg, 24-26 October Hanau, 30 October Surrender of Dresden, 11 November Allies crossing the Rhine at Basel, 21-22 December 1813. Read More about Colorplate scenes of the Freiheitskriege, the German wars against Napoleon,1813
Price: $3,000
Trenton Falls, Picturesque and Descriptive ... embracing the original essay of John Sherman, the First Proprietor and Resident...
New York: N. Orr, 1865. Later printing. Charmingly illustrated with pictorial initial capital at the beginning of each chapter, and fine wood-engraved views. This copy is EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with two inserted lithographed views of the Falls, and with a receipt from M. Moore, proprietor of the Hotel,who is mentioned on pp.12-13..... Read More about Trenton Falls, Picturesque and Descriptive ... embracing the original essay of John Sherman,...
Price: $225
The Erne. Its Legends and Its Fly-Fishing.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1851. First edition. Read More about The Erne. Its Legends and Its Fly-Fishing
Price: $2,500
The Erne. Its Legends and Its Fly-Fishing.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1851. First edition. Read More about The Erne. Its Legends and Its Fly-Fishing
Price: $1,750
American Inventions and Improvements in Breech-Loading Small Arms, Heavy Ordinance, Machine Guns, Magazine Arms, Fixed Ammunition, Pistols, Projectiles, Explosives and...
Springfield, Mass: Chapin & Gould. London: N. Trübner & Co, 1880. First edition. Read More about American Inventions and Improvements in Breech-Loading Small Arms, Heavy Ordinance, Machine Guns,...
Price: $650
Map of Ancient Coins
A Numismatic Atlas Comprising a Series of 360 Grecian Coins of Kings Arranged in Chronological Order from the Earliest Period...
London: Priestley and Weale and by the Author, 1829. Map of Ancient Coins. The large and wonderful Atlas, the only one of its kind we have seen, was done by Richard Benjamin Green (1808-18760), watercolorist, portrait and landscape artist, lecturer, drawing instructor, and apparently, a student of ancient coins. Read More about A Numismatic Atlas Comprising a Series of 360 Grecian Coins of Kings Arranged in Chronological...
Price: $1,500
The Original Ashmole Watercolor for Ackermann's Oxford
“Elias Ashmole, Esq, Founder of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford”.
[ca. 1813]. Harding, George P. The Original Ashmole Watercolor for Ackermann's Oxford. A fine watercolor rendering, based on Ashmole's Foundation Portrait by John Riley at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum, and used as a plate in Ackermann's The History of the University of Oxford, 1814. The watercolor follows Riley very closely, but..... Read More about “Elias Ashmole, Esq, Founder of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford”
Price: $2,500