Pigotts, North Dean, High Wycombe: June 9, June 17, and July 2, 1933; and May 13, 1936. To... Read More about A group of 3 Autograph Letters Signed and 1 Typed Letter Signed ("Eric Gill"), to Dr. A.C. Jordan...
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[London]: c.1820. Rowlandson, Thomas. Original Rowlandson Drawing for Doctor Syntax. The original drawing for the illustration found in Part I of his famous “Second Tour of Doctor Syntax”. Read More about Dr. Syntax lamenting the loss of his wife
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N.p: n.d. [ca. 1800]. Fine Original Rowlandson Watercolor. A fine, large, characteristic Rowlandson watercolor showing a well-dressed man receiving a drink from a rotund publican whose eye is caught by an attractive young lady in a carriage at the rear; two dogs in the foreground. The women appears oblivious to..... Read More about " The Glass on the Road". Watercolor on paper, signed "T. Rowlandson" , lower...
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London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1857. First edition. The two lectures generally concern "Discovery" and "Application" and "Accumulation" and "Distribution." The Addenda includes statements on "Right to Public Support," "Economy of Literature" and "Invention of new wants" Read More about The Political Economy of Art: Being the Substance (with Additions) of Two lectures
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London and New York: George Allen and Longmans, Green, and Co, 1903-1909. Library edition, one of 2062 copies printed. With Ruskin A.L.s. Profusely illustrated (including many previously unpublished drawings) and scrupulously annotated, the Library Edition remains the definitive collection of Ruskin's work; two thousand and sixty-two copies were printed, of..... Read More about The Works of John Ruskin. Edited by E. T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn
Price: $12,500
[No date but circa 1925-1930]. Maquette for an unpublished illustrated edition of Aesop's Fables by artist Ruth Sandys. Ruth Sandys (1880-1941) had five close relations who were artists who lived by their work and are still collected - her father Frederick Sandys (Pre-Raphaelite) described by Dante Gabriel Rossetti as “The greatest..... Read More about Aesops Fables
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London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. The Art Treasures of Great Britain was an exhibition of fine art held in Manchester, England, from May 5 to Oct.17, 1857 . It still remains the largest art exhibition to be held in the England and possibly in the world, with over 16,000 works..... Read More about Sammelband including: A Handbook to the Paintings by Ancient Masters in the Art Treasures...
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Country Life Ltd, [May, 1944]. Seventh Impression. Read More about Morning Flight. A Book of Wildfowl
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London: Country Life. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1938]. Scott, Peter. First edition, No. 1099 of 1250 numbered and signed by the author/artist. Fine copy of a Wildfowl Classic. A superb copy of this classic, almost legendary, book on Wildfowl, beautifully written and illustrated, and representing one of the last..... Read More about Wild Chorus
Price: $700
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London: Collins, 1944. First edition. Inscribed "To Nelson Doubleday (jr) with love from Robin Maugham London 20 June 1945." Read More about High Endeavour. [Preface by The Rt. Hon. Harold Balfour
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Seymour, R. Self-Defense. The peasant woman reproaches the hunter: “You cruel villin to slaughter my poor ould gander!!” The hunter responds with: “My good Lady I did it in self-protection the animal attacked me uncommon vicious!!”. Read More about Sporting Characters
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Philadelphia: John F. Watson, 1811. First American edition from the the third English edition. First American edition of the Irish portrait-painter and Royal Academy president Martin Archer Shee's (1769-1850) collection of verse on the subject of art. This edition with the prefaces to the first & second editions. First published..... Read More about Rhymes on Art, or, The Remonstrance of a Painter: in Two Parts
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London: Rider 36 St. Martins Court. Number 33 of 175 copies, initialed by D.J.R. Read More about Three Living Lions. G.B. Shaw, G.K. Chesterton, H.G. Wells. Caricatured by John Simpson
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London: printed for John Bowles; Robert Sayer, and Carington Bowles, 1765. WITHOUT TITLE-PAGE and text but with all plates. "Smith is generally credited with popularizing crayon manner engraving in England, mainly because he executed a series of plates in this style from designs by Watteau, Boucher, Edmé Bouchardon, and others—including..... Read More about The School of Art, or, Most compleat drawing-book extant : consisting of an extensive series of...
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London: 12, Marlborough Place, 9-12-98. Read More about ALS. Regretting illness will pospone Sunday evening
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[San Francisco]: Straight Arrow Books, [1974]. First edition. Inscribed with a provocative drawing. With a large inscription on the half-title in gold, silver, and black: "Jack / sonofabitch / Ralph Steadman / 1 . Nov . 98," the "J" in "Jack" used to make an eyes-and-nose portrait, and a swastika..... Read More about America
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New York: Summit Books, [1984]. Inscribed "Jack / NO! Ralph Steadman 1.Nov.98" on the title page in gold and black, with a drawing in gold of a frowning face. Read More about Between the Eyes
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New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, [1998]. First American edition. Inscribed. Double inscribed: "For Jack the Lad from / Ralph Steadman 1. Nov.98," in both red and black ink, one inscription shadowing the other. Read More about Gonzo. The Art
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London: T.C.& E.C. Jack, Ltd, nd. Read More about Sketching in Water-colour. A Book for Amateurs by an Amateur
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London: January 5, 1904Nov. 30th, 1909. The eminent British painter, best recognized for his historical portrayals including “Gambler's Wife,” and “Post Bag,” sending his autograph to Kuhn. Read More about Autograph note signed “Marcus Stone”
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Kensington, London: January 5, 1904. The eminent British painter, best recognized for his historical portrayals including “Gambler's Wife,” and “Post Bag,” sending his autograph to Kuhn. Read More about Autograph note signed “Marcus Stone”
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ca. 1820. Springsgath was one of the engravers for the 1796 Heptinstall edition of Pilgrim’s Progress with illustrations by Stothard and Corbould. This drawing may have been done for a later work. Read More about Pen and ink drawing for The Pilgrim’s Progress
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London: The Cotswold Gallery, 1930. First Edition, one of 500 copies. With TLS from W.F. Davidson on Knoedler letterhead in Dec. 28th, 1932 to Mrs. H.P. Whitney mentioning that her famous painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" was given raves by Finberg in this book even though he has not seen..... Read More about In Venice with Turner
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New York: Appleton, n.d. [ca. 1880]. Fine set of the superb engravings after Turner, and among the finest work of the finest of British steel engravers of the period. Read More about The Turner Gallery
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London: M.A. Nattali, 1849. Read More about An Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour round the Southern Coast of England
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