Le Costume Historique. Types principaux du vetement et...
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1888. Read More about Le Costume Historique. Types principaux du vetement et de la parure dans tous les temps et chez...
Price: $2,500
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8th Regiment N.Y. Artillery. Colonel P.A Porter.
Baltimore Maryland: 1864. "The Regiment was organized as the 129th N.Y. Infantry, at Lockport, N.Y. and mustered into the U.S. service Aug., 22, 1862...was tarnsferred to Heavy Artillery in Dec. 1862 and designated the 8th N.Y. Vol. Artillery. Recruited to the maximum number (1839 men) in Feb. 1864. Read More about 8th Regiment N.Y. Artillery. Colonel P.A Porter
Price: $500
![Item #40277 Battle of Chattanooga. [Chromolithographic print]. Civil War](/pictures/thumb/40277.jpg?v=1669649866)
Battle of Chattanooga. [Chromolithographic print].
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers 76 & 78 Wabash Ave, 1888. Read More about Battle of Chattanooga. [Chromolithographic print
Price: $450
![Item #40278 Battle of Corinth. Oct 3 & 4 1862 … [Chromolithographic print]. Civil War](/pictures/thumb/40278.jpg?v=1669649866)
Battle of Corinth. Oct 3 & 4 1862 … [Chromolithographic print].
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, Art Publishers 76 & 78 Wabash Ave, 1891. Read More about Battle of Corinth. Oct 3 & 4 1862 … [Chromolithographic print
Price: $450
![Item #40284 Battle of Wilson's Creek. Aug. 10 1861. [Chromolithographic print]. Civil War](/pictures/thumb/40284.jpg?v=1669649867)
Battle of Wilson's Creek. Aug. 10 1861. [Chromolithographic print].
Chicago: Kurz & Allison, 1893. Read More about Battle of Wilson's Creek. Aug. 10 1861. [Chromolithographic print
Price: $450
[Remarkable bespoke bound collection of Civil War extracts, illustrations and ephemera].
nd. [c. 1880-90s]. A remarkable collection of newspaper dispatches, maps, plans, portraits and illustrated scenes of battles and views. The maps, portraits and illustrations are drawn from a variety of published sources, including The New York World, but many are coloured or engraved and on heavier stock. This set provides..... Read More about Remarkable bespoke bound collection of Civil War extracts, illustrations and ephemera
Price: $8,500
46 Hand-coloured Plates
A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, in Two PartsPart I. The Use of Arms and Armory, Rules of Blazon...
London: Edward Edwards, 1825. The Tenth Edition with considerable improvements. 46 Hand-coloured Plates. Read More about A Short and Easy Introduction to Heraldry, in Two PartsPart I. The Use of Arms and Armory, Rules...
Price: $275
Finely Bound, with Two Autograph Leaves
The Writings of Mark Twain.
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1899. Autograph Edition, number 128 of 512 copies. Finely Bound, with Two Autograph Leaves. Includes two manuscript leaves from the 1873 novel, The Golden Age. Twain and Warner jointly wrote this, which was the only author collaboration in which Twain participated. The title of the work..... Read More about The Writings of Mark Twain
Price: $50,000
IN DUST JACKET
Hieroglyphic Bibles: Their Origin and History. A hitherto unwritten Chapter of Bibliography. With Facsimile Illustrations ... And a New Hieroglyphic...
Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, 1894. IN DUST JACKET. Read More about Hieroglyphic Bibles: Their Origin and History. A hitherto unwritten Chapter of Bibliography. With...
Price: $800
Incidents in Travelling.
London: Thos. McLean, June 2, 1834-1835. Reeve, R.G. First edition. 1. "The Disappointment or Retreat in a Shower---Gallantry at a Discount..." March 2nd, 1835. 26 Haymarket. R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 2. A Frost. March 2nd 1835. . R.G. Reeve Sculpt. 3. "Repose in the Mail." March 2nd 1835. R.G. Reeve Sculpt..... Read More about Incidents in Travelling
Price: $9,000
![Item #311483 Road Scrapings [Cover title]. Coaching, Charles Cooper Henderson](/pictures/thumb/311483.jpg?v=1669653075)
Road Scrapings [Cover title].
[London: Published by Messrs. Fores, 41 Piccadilly], n.d. [1840-41]. First edition. Beautifully executed series of coaching scenes and vignettes, superbly colored. The Maclay copy, published as Fores’s Road Scrapings, had a pictorial wrapper bound as the cover and the plates bore the Fores imprint. Uncommon in any form. Read More about Road Scrapings [Cover title
Price: $3,500
![Item #311467 [Scenes on the Road]-cover title. Coaching, C. B. Newhouse](/pictures/thumb/311467.jpg?v=1669653068)
18 HAND-COLORED PLATES
[Scenes on the Road]-cover title.
[London: T. McLean, 1834-1835]. First edition. 18 HAND-COLORED PLATES. A very fine series of humorous coaching scenes. Read More about Scenes on the Road]-cover title
Price: $7,500
Racontars Illustrés d'un Vieux Collectionneur.
Paris: La Librairie de "L'Art" 1887. First edition, ONE OF 500 COPIES (total edition of 650) in one volume, on Japon. Delightful potpourri by the Vice-President of la Société des Amis des Livres, with everything for the collector of books, paintings, drawings, autographs, pottery, and knick-knacks - with a plethora..... Read More about Racontars Illustrés d'un Vieux Collectionneur
Price: $450
Beautiful Chromolithographs of Church Ornamentation
Histoire Archéologique, Descriptive et Graphique.
Paris: Ve. A. Morel, 1875. First edition. Beautiful Chromolithographs of Church Ornamentation. Very fine plates by Lemercier of Paris. Read More about Histoire Archéologique, Descriptive et Graphique
Price: $450
Syntax Spinoff
Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque.
London: W. Wright, 1820. Williams, Charles. First edition. Syntax Spinoff. The plates of this rollicking Doctor Syntax spinoff are by Charles Williams, chief caricaturist for the printseller Fores, and they are as fully irreverent as the Rowlandson (and Gillray) plates which were his inspiration, and all the more so for..... Read More about Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque
Price: $400
Syntax Spinoff
Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque.
London: printed for W. Wright, 1820. First edition. Syntax Spinoff. The plates of this rollicking Doctor Syntax spinoff are by Charles Williams, chief caricaturist for the printseller Fores, and they are as fully irreverent as the Rowlandson (and Gillray) plates which were his inspiration, and all the more so for..... Read More about Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque
Price: $1,500
Syntax Spinoff
Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque.
London: W. Wright, 1820. Williams, Charles. First edition. Syntax Spinoff. The plates of this rollicking Doctor Syntax spinoff are by Charles Williams, chief caricaturist for the printseller Fores, and they are as fully irreverent as the Rowlandson (and Gillray) plates which were his inspiration, and all the more so for..... Read More about Doctor Syntax in Paris; or, A Tour in Search of the Grotesque
Price: $600
E.F. Hutton's Copy
The Dance of Life, a Poem by the Author of "Dr. Syntax;" Illustrated with engravings by Thomas Rowlandson.
London: Ackerman, 1817. Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. E.F. Hutton's Copy. Read More about The Dance of Life, a Poem by the Author of "Dr. Syntax;" Illustrated with engravings by...
Price: $850
The First [-Third]Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque.
London: Nattali and Bond, 1855. Ninth Edition. Read More about The First [-Third]Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque
Price: $600
The Last Syntax, in Contemporary Cloth
The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: a Poem, by the Author of...
London: R. Ackerman, 1822. Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. The Last Syntax, in Contemporary Cloth. Read More about The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: a Poem, by the...
Price: $1,250
Social and Political Satire just before the French Revolution
Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France ….
London: R. Ackermann, 1821. Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. Social and Political Satire just before the French Revolution. An engaging and satirical look at life and travel in France shortly before the French Revolution. Read More about Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France …
Price: $1,250
Rare, with 16 Hand-Colored Plates
Sam Syntax's Description of the Cries of London as They Are Daily Exhibited in the Streets.
London: Harris & Son, 1821. Second edition (first printed 1820). Rare, with 16 Hand-Colored Plates. Rare in any condition. OCLC records only 3 copies of this second edition, and only three of the first. Read More about Sam Syntax's Description of the Cries of London as They Are Daily Exhibited in the Streets
Price: $1,750
IN BOARDS, UNCUT
The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation; A Poem.
London: Published for R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts. 101, Strand, 1820. Rowlandson, Thomas. Second Edition. IN BOARDS, UNCUT. Read More about The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, In Search of Consolation; A Poem
Price: $1,250
The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of Consolation.
London: R. Ackermann, 1828. Fourth miniature edition. The first miniature edition was 1823. Read More about The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of Consolation
Price: $150
![Item #322114 The [First, Second, Third] Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of [the Picturesque,...](/pictures/thumb/322114.jpg?v=1669655219)
The [First, Second, Third] Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of [the Picturesque, Consolation, a Wife].
London: R. Ackermann, 1823. Rowlandson, Thomas. First miniature edition. For handy pocket edition of Rowlandson's classic -- the first "miniature" edition, the plates were entirely re-engraved and reduced. Read More about The [First, Second, Third] Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of [the Picturesque, Consolation, a Wife
Price: $950