KELLIEGRAM BINDING; CARROLL, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

London: MacMillan and Co. 1872. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland An Early Edition in a Superb Multi-Colored Inlay Binding by Kelliegram [KELLIEGRAM BINDING]. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. Twenty-Ninth Thousand. London: MacMillan and Co. 1872. Twenty-Ninth Thousand printing. Small quarto (7 x 4 5/8 inches; 178 x 117 mm.). [xii], [1]-192 pp. Wood engraved frontispiece with original tissue-guard, numerous wood-engraved text illustrations. A few very light marginal smudges, otherwise fine. Bound ca. 1910 by Kelliegram of London, stamp-signed in gilt on rear turn-in. Full hunter green crushed levant morocco, the covers beautifully decorated with multi colored leather inlays depicting ten different Alice characters. The front cover with a large central inlay of the Mad Hatter, surrounded by Father William's Son, the Dodo, the Mock Turtle and the Duchess, all within a gilt-stamped frame. The rear cover similarly decorated with a large central inlay of the White Rabbit, surrounded by the Mouse, the Duck, the Eaglet and the Cheshire Cat, all within a gilt-stamped frame. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board edges and turn-ins, ochre silk liners and endleaves, all edges gilt. An amazing whimsical binding.. "Kelliegram bindings were one of many innovations of the English commercial binding firm of Kelly & Sons. The Kelly family had one of the longest connections in the history of the binding trade in London, having been founded in 1770 by John Kellie, as the name was then spelled. The binding firm was carried on by successive members of the family into the 1930s. William Henry Kelly significantly developed the company in the first half of the nineteenth century, followed by William Henry, Jr. Henry, and Hubert Kelly, who took control in 1892, taking the firm into the twentieth century..The development [during the 1880s] that came to be known as Kelliegram was one of the bindery's most notable, and the popularity continues today as demonstrated by the prices Kelliegram bindings command at auction and in the rare book trade. An interesting note: The story of the first actual printing of Alice in Wonderland. Encouraged by his friends, Reverend Charles Dodgson, otherwise known as Lewis Carroll, first had Alice published by Macmillan & Co. and printed by the Clarendon Press in June 1865, arranging to have a specially bound copy delivered to Alice Liddell, the famous Alice for whom the story was spun, the next month on July 4. However, not several weeks after that, John Tenniel, the illustrator, wrote to Dodgson complaining of his dissatisfaction with the printing of his illustrations. Macmillan examined one of the unbound copies of the book and agreed to fully reprint the book using a more commercial printer from London, Richard Clay. The condemned printing was then sold to David Appleton & Co. an overseas publishing house who wanted to distribute copies of the book in America. Only 1,952 copies were sold to them of the original 2,000 copy print run. The title-pages were redone with a New York imprint dated 1866, the sheets were machine-folded and put into cloth bindings with Appleton's name on the lower spine and the new title-page substituted on a stub for the earlier one. Meanwile, Macmillan completed its new edition in November 1865, but post-dated this printing 1866 in time for the holidays. As of this writing, twenty-two copies of the original 1865 Alice are located and known to have survived with their original title-pages plus one copy presented to Christ Church Library, currently lost, by the author. .

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Book number: 05712

Catalogue: English Literature

Keywords: CARROLL, Lewis Children's Books Fine Bindings Nineteenth-Century Literature

CARROLL, Lewis; DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge; FURNISS, Harry, illustrator; Bayntun of Bath, binder

Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

London: Macmillan and Co. 1889. A Superb Set of Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Including 'The Mad Gardener's Song' CARROLL, Lewis. FURNISS, Harry, illustrator. Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. [each] With forty-six illustrations by Harry Furniss. London: Macmillan and Co. 1889 [and] 1893. First editions. Two octavo volumes (7 x 4 3/4 inches; 179 x 121 mm.). xxiii, [1, blank], 400; xxxi, [1, blank], 423, [1, blank] pp. With forty-six (ten full-page) illustrations by Harry Furniss in each volume. Each frontispiece with original tissue-guard. Verso of each title-page with small blue library accession number and a few leaves in each volume with the almost imperceptible blind stamp of the College of the Holy Names, Oakland, California. Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-ins). Full maroon morocco, covers ruled in gilt surrounding an elaborate gilt central panel, spines with five raised bands, decoratively panelled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt board-edges and turn-ins. red marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Slight staining from original cloth covers on facing last page of Sylvie and Bruno and last blank of Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. With the rectangular bookplate of College of the Holy Names, Oakland, California on both front paste-downs. A fine pair. Sylvie and Bruno, first published in 1889, and its second volume Sylvie and Bruno Concluded published in 1893, form the last novel by Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. Both volumes were illustrated by Harry Furniss. The novel has two main plots: one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fantasy world of Fairyland. While the latter plot is a fairy tale with many nonsense elements and poems, similar to Carroll's Alice books, the story set in Victorian Britain is a social novel, with its characters discussing various concepts and aspects of religion, society, philosophy and morality. Two short pieces, "Fairy Sylvie" and "Bruno's Revenge", originally appeared in Aunt Judy's Magazine in 1867. Some years later, in 1873 or 1874, Carroll had the idea to use these as the core for a longer story. Much of the rest of the novel he compiled from notes of ideas and dialogue which he had collected over the years (and which he called "litterature" in the introduction to the first volume). Carroll initially intended for the novel to be published in one volume. However, due to its length, it was divided into two volumes, published in 1889 and 1893. The novel is not nearly as well known as the Alice books. It was very poorly received and did not have many reprintings; modern commentators note that it lacks much of Carroll's characteristic humour. The poem The Mad Gardener's Song, widely reprinted elsewhere, is the best-known part of the book. "He thought he saw an Albatross That fluttered round the lamp: He looked again, and found it was A Penny-Postage-Stamp. "You'd best be getting home," he said: "The nights are very damp!" The introductory poem in Sylvie and Bruno contains a double acrostic on the name "Isa Bowman", one of Carroll's child friends. Williams, Madan & Green. The Lewis Carroll Handbook. Numbers 217 & 250. .

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Book number: 04384

Catalogue: English Literature

Keywords: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge FURNISS, Harry, illustrator Bayntun of Bath, binder Children's Books Illustrated Books Fine Bindings and Sets Fairy Tales

CARTER, Jimmy

Keeping Faith

Toronto, New York: Bantam Books, 1982. Signed by President Carter CARTER, Jimmy. Keeping Faith. Memoirs of a President. Toronto; New York: [1982]. Specially Bound Limited Edition. Octavo (9 x 6 inches; 229 x 152 mm.). [2, signature leaf, verso blank], xvi, [1]-622 pp. Black and white photogravure illustrations in the text. "This specially bound limited edition is signed by the author. [signature] "Jimmy Carter". Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, matching blue cloth slipcase. A fine copy. "Immediately after returning home from the White House on January 20, 1981, I unpacked eighteen large black volumes of diary notes which I had accumulated during my four years as President. Generally, several times a day during my term, I had picked up a miniature tape recorder and dictated my impressions of the people I met and the interesting or disconcerting events that filled my life. No one but the secretary who transcribed it had access to my diary while I was in office. These highly personal papers - some 5000 pages of them - have been the primary source for this book, augmented by my own memory and the official records of my administration." (A first word p. xiii). In Keeping Faith, originally published in 1982, President Carter provides a candid account of his time in the Oval Office, detailing the hostage crisis in Iran, his triumph at the Camp David Middle East peace summit, his relationships with world leaders, and even glimpses into his private world. James Earl Carter Jr. (1924-) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967. At age 99, he is both the oldest living former U.S. president and the longest-lived president in U.S. history. .

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Book number: 05872

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Biography Signed Limited Edition Presidents

CATULLUS, Caius Valerius; VOLPI, Gian Antonio (editor)

C. Valerius Catullus Veronensis;

Patavii: Josephus Cominus, 1737. The Best Edition of Catullus Yet Published" The Rare Veronese Gold Medal Winner CATULLUS, C. Valerius. VOLPI, Gian Antonio (editor). C. Valerius Catullus Veronensis et in eum Jo: Antonii Vulpii Eloquentiae Professoris in Gymnasio Patavino Novus Commentarius Locupletissimus. Patavii [Padua]: Josephus Cominus, 1737. First separate Volpi edition, originally issued collectively with Albius Tibullus E.R. and Sex. Aurelius Propertius (1710), here with material not found in that earlier edition. Quarto (10 5/8 x 7 1/2 in; 270 x 189 mm). xl, 608, [1, errata], [1, colophon], [2, blank] pp. Title page engraving. Head- tailpieces. Historiated initial. Includes Vopi's essay, De Metris Catulli, commentary, bibliographical references and index. Contemporary full vellum. Calf spine label. All edges dappled in red and yellow. Stab-stitch holes manifest. Text block crisp and clean. A remarkable copy of a scarce book, here in its fine original eighteenth century vellum binding with decorated edges. "'This is in every respect,' says Dr. Harwood, 'the best edition of Catullus yet published; the text is exhibited in a more correct manner, and the notes of Vulpius are very valuable.' According to Ernesti and Harles, the notes of Vulpius are not so much in emendation of the text, as in illustration of the poet by selecting parallel passages from ancient and modern writers" (Dibdin I, p. 245). "Gian Antonio Volpi, born at Padua in 1686, studied in his native town and became a good Latin and Greek scholar. In 1717 he and his brother Gaetano Volpi established a printing press in their house for the purpose of bring out correct editions of classic authors, and they engaged for their assistant the printer Giuseppi Comino. This press - known by the name Volpi-Cominiana, produced among others a valuable edition of Catullus with copious notes. The edition was much commended by scholars, and the city of Verona struck a gold medal, which was presented to Volpi" (Long, George. The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, p. 699. For many years professor of philosophy and rhetoric at University of Padua, Volpi went blind in his old age and died in 1766. .

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Book number: 01821

Catalogue: Books in Latin

Keywords: VOLPI, Gian Antonio (editor) Classical Literature

CHALON, J[ohn] J[ames]

Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris

London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. A Tall Copy and Rare With the Lithographic Title-Page CHALON, John James, illustrator. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed and Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon. London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. First edition. A Large Paper copy bound from the original four parts. Large folio (17 5/16 x 12 inches; 443 x 306 mm.). Lithographed title and twenty-four hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates printed by C. Hullmandel. The title-page is watermarked 1821 and the plates are watermarked J. Whatman 1821. Contemporary quarter tan roan over marbled boards. Spine decoratively tooled in gilt, black morocco gilt spine label. Joints a little rubbed. Armorial bookplate (unidentified) on front paste-down. A very attractive, remarkably clean copy with vivid hand-coloring. The plates are captioned: "La Marchande de Tisanne;" "Les Bonnes;" "La Petite Fruitiere;" "La Dame du Café;" "Le Café;" "Les Tondeuses de Chiens;" "Les Brodeuses;" "L'Escamoteur;" "La Porte Cochère;" "Le Journal des Débats;" "Le Restaurant;" "La Loueuse de Chaises;" "Une Matinée aux Thuilleries;" "Le Marchand de Brioches;" "Le Porteur d'Eau;" "Le Petit Décrotteur;" "Le Marche aux Fleurs;" "La Prise de Tabac;" "Les Adieux;" "Les Dames de la Halle;" "Le Cimetiere du Pere la Chaise;" "Les Dames Artistes;" "La Charette du Blanchisseur;" and "La Marchande de Modes." "According to Beraldi (XII, 232) this ‘very curious and rare album' appeared as a small quarto in London. These plates, which are large folio in size, may represent a French issue of the work, though the English edition had captions in French. Jean-Jacques Chalon was a French artist born in Switzerland who eventually settled in England. His designs are by no means mere costume plates. Instead they are animated and faithful studies of Parisian manners and costumes in the years 1820 to 1822. There is hardly a touch of caricature, though the profiles of his personages have a family likeness which suggests a domesticated Girodet" (Ray). "Published in four parts. The plates show people of various occupations, shoeblacks, venders, politicians, and general scenes, etc" (Hiler). This copy is unusually tall: Abbey's copy measured 15 x 11 1/4 inches uncut, and lacked the lithographed title-page, as did Sadleir's (though Sadleir's copy was slightly larger than the copy under notice). Only four copies with the lithographed title-page have come to auction within last 31 years. Five copies only located in KVK/OCLC but the presence of the title page is not noted. Quite rare. Abbey, Travel, 108. Colas 588. Hiler, p. 156. Lipperheide 1185. Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 124. .

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Book number: 02555

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Caricatures Costume

CHALON, J[ohn] J[ames]

Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris

London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. Chalon's Costume of Paris - A Superb Large Paper Example Complete with Twenty-Four Wonderful Hand Colored Lithograph Plates And the Four Original Pictorial Lithograph Wrappers CHALON, John James, illustrator. Twenty Four Subjects Exhibiting the Costume of Paris, The Incidents taken from Nature, Designed and Drawn on Stone by J.J. Chalon. London: Published by Rodwell and Martin, 1822. First edition. Large Paper copy bound from the original parts with the four original pictorial lithographed front wrappers. Large folio (16 3/16 x 12 1/4 inches; 411 x 311 mm.). Lithographed title and twenty-four hand-colored lithographed plates all interleaved. Plates printed by C. Hullmandel. The four original pictorial lithographed front wrappers bound in at end. The title-page is watermarked "J. Whatman 1821" and the plates are watermarked J. Whatman 1817, 1820 & 1822. The plates are remarkably clean, and display vivid hand-coloring. There is some light foxing/staining to the original wrappers. Handsomely bound in twentieth century dark blue straight-grain morocco, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine with five shallow raised bands decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With the engraved bookplate of color-plate book collector, Alfred N. Beadleston on front paste-down. A superb copy - the best we have ever seen. The plates are captioned: "La Marchande de Tisanne;" "Les Bonnes;" "La Petite Fruitiere;" "La Dame du Café;" "Le Café;" "Les Tondeuses de Chiens;" "Les Brodeuses;" "L'Escamoteur;" "La Porte Cochère;" "Le Journal des Débats;" "Le Restaurant;" "La Loueuse de Chaises;" "Une Matinée aux Thuilleries;" "Le Marchand de Brioches;" "Le Porteur d'Eau;" "Le Petit Décrotteur;" "Le Marche aux Fleurs;" "La Prise de Tabac;" "Les Adieux;" "Les Dames de la Halle;" "Le Cimetiere du Pere la Chaise;" "Les Dames Artistes;" "La Charette du Blanchisseur;" and "La Marchande de Modes." "According to Beraldi (XII, 232) this 'very curious and rare album' appeared as a small quarto in London. These plates, which are large folio in size, may represent a French issue of the work, though the English edition had captions in French. Jean-Jacques Chalon was a French artist born in Switzerland who eventually settled in England. His designs are by no means mere costume plates. Instead they are animated and faithful studies of Parisian manners and costumes in the years 1820 to 1822. There is hardly a touch of caricature, though the profiles of his personages have a family likeness which suggests a domesticated Girodet" (Ray). "Published in four parts. The plates show people of various occupations, shoeblacks, venders, politicians, and general scenes, etc" (Hiler). This copy is unusually tall: Abbey's copy measured 15 x 11 1/4 inches uncut, and lacked the lithographed title-page, as did Sadleir's. Only six copies with the lithographed title-page have come to auction within last 31 years. Five copies only located in KVK/OCLC but the presence of the title page is not noted. Alfred N. Beadleston (1912-2000) was an American Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate. Abbey, Travel, 108; Bobins II, 514; Colas 588; Hiler, p. 156; Lipperheide 1185; Ray, The Art of the French Illustrated Book, 124. .

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Book number: 05607

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in French Caricatures Costume

[GOGMAGOG PRESS]; CHAMBERS, David; FRANKLIN, Colin; TUCKER, Alan

Gogmagog

Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. [GOGMAGOG PRESS]. CHAMBERS, David. FRANKLIN, Colin. TUCKER, Alan. Gogmagog. Morris Cox & the Gogmagog Press. Pinner: Private Libraries Association, 1991. First edition. Octavo (10 11/16 x 7 1/8 inches; 271 x 181 mm.). 184 pp. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. Publisher's orange cloth with black stripes. A fine copy. .

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Book number: 02459

Catalogue: Bibliography

Keywords: CHAMBERS, David FRANKLIN, Colin TUCKER, Alan Fine Printing

CHAPLIN, Charles

My Auto-Biography

London: The Bodley Head, 1964. Inscribed by Charlie Chaplin to his Friend Sam Joseph CHAPLIN, Charles. My Auto-Biography. London: The Bodley Head, [1964]. First edition. Inscribed in black ink on the front free endpaper "To E. Joseph.-/Your friend/Charles Chaplin/Sept 30th 64". Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 216 x 140 mm.). [xiv], 545, [1, blank] pp. Publisher's red cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Original dust jacket, spine very slightly darkened. A fine copy in an almost fine dust jacket. The recipient was actually Sam Joseph the partner of Jack Joseph in the renowned bookshop E. Joseph in the famous book street Charing Cross Road. Sam Joseph (1895-1985) married the actress Binnie Barnes (1903-1998) in 1931. Soon after he left the book business and he and Binnie Barnes moved to Hollywood where she appeared in many movies including The Private Life of Henry VIII, in which she had a leading role as his fifth wife Katherine Howard. Their marriage ended in 1936 and Sam returned to London and went back into the book business with his brother Jack. It was during the years in Hollywood that Sam and Binnie became friends with Chaplin who would occasionally visit the bookshop when he was in London. When My Autobiography was published in September 1964, Chaplin visited the bookshop and gave Sam this inscribed copy. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 - 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, "The Tramp", and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy. In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length film was The Kid (1921), followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928). He initially refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. He became increasingly political, and his first sound film was The Great Dictator (1940), which satirized Adolf Hitler. The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of communist sympathies, and some members of the press and public found his involvement in a paternity suit, and marriages to much younger women, scandalous. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967). Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture. His films are characterized by slapstick combined with pathos, typified in the Tramp's struggles against adversity. Many contain social and political themes, as well as autobiographical elements. He received an Honorary Academy Award for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century" in 1972, as part of a renewed appreciation for his work. He continues to be held in high regard, with The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator often ranked on lists of the greatest films of all time. .

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Book number: 04906

Catalogue: Modern Firsts

Keywords: Actors Biography Inscribed Copies Theater

CHARPENTIER, (H[enri Désiré])

Recueil Des Costumes de la Bretagne & Des Autres Contrées de la France

Nantes: Charpentier Pere, Fils & Cie. 1829. The Costumes of Brittany and Other Regions of France 120 Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates CHARPENTIER, (H[enri Désiré]). Recueil des costumes de la Bretagne & des autres Contrées de la France. Ou la mise des Habitans offre quelque singularité remarquablen, dédié a son Altesse Royale Madame Duchesse de Berry, Par ses très Humbles Serviteurs. Nantes: Charpentier Pere, Fils & Cie. [1829-31]. Two folio volumes bound in one (14 x 10 1/4 inches; 355 x 260 mm.). Vol. I. Lithograph title-page on stiff paper, original subscription form tipped-in, complete with 10 livraison pages of the first volume on different colored paper and the original printed vignette wrappers to livraisons 11-16 (second volume), Vol. II with vignette calligraphic title on blue paper. 120 (60 in each volume) lithographic plates by Charpentier, each colored by a contemporary hand and within triple ruled borders, captioned below, title at head, numbered and bound by ‘Department'. All plates interleaved with tissue. Occasional staining and spotting, mainly in blank margins. Late nineteenth century red half calf over marbled boards. Spine with five shallow bands decoratively stamped in black and gilt, black calf label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers. Aside from the aforementioned occasional marginal staining and spotting, this is a superb example of a very rare and very beautiful costume book, seldom found complete. This exceptionally rare and highly attractive work was originally issued in two volumes, each with an engraved title-page and sixty plates making a total of one hundred and twenty hand colored lithograph plates. According to OCLC & KVK there are only two complete copies in libraries and institutions worldwide: Smithsonian Institution (DC, US); Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, Rare Books (NY, US). Only three prior copies have appeared at auction within the last 41 years - one in 1975, and one in 2021 (Euros 9,750). "This set of plates is the earliest work devoted to the costume of the Bretagne region, as well as being of the highest quality. Charpentier, who had been a traditional engraver in Nantes, in 1828, obtained a patent to work as a lithographer. The work includes images of the stilt walkers of Les Landes, wrestlers, fisherman and their women, and many other attractive plates of local trades people." (Bobins). Charpentier dedicated the book to Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798-1870), an Italian princess who married into the French royal family. "These plates mostly lithographed by H. Charpentier are of very great interest for the regional customs and costumes of the French countryside." (Colas). Bobins III, 921 (this copy); Colas 612; Lipperheide 1195; Rahir 365; Hiler, p.160; Vinet, 2279. The Plates: Vol.1 (60 plates) Nantes 1. Mariage des Habitans du bourg de Batz. 2. Paysans de Chateau-Briant. 3. Grand costume des Femmes du peuple et Cuisinières de Nantes. 4. Paysannes de Machecoul. 5. Petit Costume des femmes de chambre et Cuisinières de Nantes. 6. Grande Venue des paludiers Bretons. 7. Paysans de Blain. 8. Grisettes de Nantes. 9. Habitans de Bryères. 10. Demoiselles de la Plaine. 11. Demoiselles de Pornic. 12. Paysans des Environs de Guérande. 13. Femmes de Saillé près Guérande. 14. Paysans de Varades près Ancenis. 15. Femmes du Bourg du Loroux. 16. Paysans de St Lyphard. 17. Paludiers du bourg de Batz. 18. Demoiselles du Croisic. Pays de la Loire 1. Soldats Vendeéns. 2. Dames des Sables-d'Olonne, en été. 3. Dames des Sables-d'Olonne, en hiver. 4. Grand costume des femmes de Luçon. 5. Femmes de Luçon. 6. Femmes de líle de Noirmoutier. La Rochelle 1. Grisette de la Rochelle. 2. Porteuse d'Eau et Laitière de Rochefort. 3. Femmes du peuple de Rochefort, en grand costume. 4. Marchandes d'huitres de Marennes, Saujon et la Eremblade. 5. Paysans de St Maurice près la Rochelle. 6. Paysans des Environs de la Rochelle. Bordeaux 1. Femmes de la Classe Ouvrière de Bordeaux. 2. Femmes de Pauiliac. 3. Marchande de Légumes et Cuisinière de Bordeaux. 4. Laitères de Bordeaux. 5. Femmes de Blaye. 6. Paysannes des Environs de Bordeaux. Brittany 1. Paysans de St Chéogonec. 2. Habitans de Cornouailles. 3. Femmes de Plougastel. 4. Paysans de Lesneven. 5. Femmes de St Pol-de-Léon. 6. Veuve et Femme de Lile d'Ouessant. Normandie 1. Femmes de Caudebec. 2. Femmes de St. Valery en Caux. 3. Femmes de Rouen. 4. Paysans des Environs de Rouen. 5. Femmes de Fôtes. 6. Femmes d'Elbeuf. Haute Normandie 1. Femmes d'Evreux. 2. Femmes de Bernay. 3. Ouvrieres des fabriques de draps de Louviers. 4. Paysannes des Environs de Louviers. 5. Femmes de pont-Audemer. 6. Paysannes du port St Ouën. Gascony 1. Habitans des Landes mettant leurs Echasses. 2. Femmes de La Teste. 3. Landais en voyage. 4. Femme de Laroque. 5. Bergers des Landes. 6. Bucheron des Landes. Vol.2. (60 plates) 1. Paysans de Plouha en grand Costume. 2. Paysans de Lamballe en grand Costume. 3. Paysannes de Rennes. 4. Habitans d'Antrain. 5. Femme de Cancale. 6. Femme de Dinard. 1. Femmes de Nogent-le Rotrou. 2. Femmes de Chartres. 3. Femmes du peuple de Lyon. 4. Paysannes des Environs de Lyon. 5. Paysannes de la Bresse. 6. Femmes d'Amboise et des Environs. 7. Femmes d'Orléans. 8. Femmes d'Angers. 9. Femmes de Chatellerault. 1. Grisettes de Niort. 2. Laitière et Marchande de Légumes de Niort. 3. Femmes des Environs de Niort, en Costume d'Eté. 4. Paysannes des Environs de Niort, allant au Marché. 5. Femmes des Environs de Niort, en grande Mante. 6. Paysannes des Environs de Niort. 1. Mariage des paysans de Pontivy. 2. Paysans de Neuliac. 3. Paysans du bourg de Noyal. 4. Femmes de Belle - île en mer. 5. Paysannes de Vannes. 1. Anciens Pêcheurs de Dieppe. 2. Femmes de Pêcheurs de Dieppe. 3. Pêcheur de Dieppe. 4. Jeunes Femmes de Pêcheur. 5. Femmes de Granville. 6. Femmes d'Avranches. 7. Femmes des Environs de Coutance. 1. Grisettes de Saumur. 2. Femme des Environs de Saumur. 3. Paysans de Montreuil-Bellay. 4. Lautiere de Bagneux près Saumur. 5. Paysannes des Environs de Saumur. 6. Paysans des Tuffeaux. 1. Femmes de Caen. 2. Femmes des environs de Caen. 3. Paysannes des environs de Caen. 4. Femmes du peuple de Bayeux. 5. Paysans de Laval. 1. Habitant des Montagnes de Lannedern. 2. Grand Costume des Femmes de Fouesnant. 3. Pêcheurs de Concarneau. 4. Femmes de Ker-saint-Ploabenec. 5. Paysans de Dirinon. 6. Femme de Braspars. 1. Mariée de Douarnener. 2. Paysans de Pont-l'Abbé et Environ. 3. Femmes de Pont-l'Abbé. 4. Pêcheurs de sardines de Douarnener. 5. Marchandes de pailles et de foins. 6. Paysans de Brie. Manière de conclure un marché. 1. Jeunes Epoux de retour de l'Eglise du petit Hergué. 2. Lutteurs de Fouesnant. 3. Poissonnier et Filles de la côte. 4. Marchands d'Oignons et Panets du Cap. Bobins III, 921; Colas, 612; Lipperheide, 1195; Rahir, 365; Hiler, p.160; Vinet, 2279. .

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Book number: 05610

Catalogue: Color-Plate Books

Keywords: Books in French Costume

CHASE, Mary; HAYES, Helen

Mrs. Mcthing, a Play. .

New York: Oxford University Press, 1949. Inscribed by the "First Lady of American Theater" CHASE, Mary. Mrs. McThing, A Play.. New York: Oxford University Press, 1949. First edition. Small octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 204 x 137 mm.). [1]-126 pp. Four photogravure illustrations in the text. Publisher's gray cloth, spine lettered in black. A near fine copy in the original printed dust jacket, small stain on top of lower panel, otherwise near fine. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Geoffrey Lardner / Best wishes / Helen Hayes" Helen Hayes MacArthur (1900-1993) was an American actress whose career spanned eighty-two years. She eventually received the nickname "First Lady of American Theater" and was the second person and first woman to have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award. Mary Chase (1906-1981) was an American journalist, playwright and children's novelist, known primarily for writing the 1944 Broadway play Harvey, which was adapted into the 1950 film starring James Stewart. .

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Book number: 05881

Catalogue: Inscribed Copies

Keywords: HAYES, Helen Plays Theater

[CHATTERTON, Thomas]

Poems

London: Printed for T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate, 1778. One of the Great Literary "Forgeries" [CHATTERTON, Thomas]. Poems, Supposed to Have Been Written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley, and Others, in the Fifteenth Century. The Third Edition; to Which is Added an Appendix, Containing Some Observations Upon the Language of These Poems; Tending to Prove, That They Were Written, Not by Any Ancient Author, but Entirely by Thomas Chatterton. London: T. Payne and Son at the Mews-Gate, 1778. Third edition. Octavo. [2], xxvii, [1], 333, [1, blank] pp. One plate. Contemporary tree calf. Gilt-tooled borders. Gilt ornamented and decorated spine. Morocco spine label, gilt-lettered. Joints, spine head and tail, label and corners near invisibly restored. Contemporary signature to titlepage. A very good copy. One of the great literary "forgeries," the mythical Thomas Rowley was created by Chatterton shortly after he began writing poetry at the incredible age of 11. The manuscript was not published until seven years after Chatterton's death and sparked a controversy over the authenticity of the poems, caused in large part by critics who could not believe that such expertly crafted poems could have come from a half-educated apprentice barely in his teens. Samuel Johnson called him "the most extraordinary young man that has encountered my knowledge," and Keats dedicated ENDYMION to his memory. He was admired by Coleridge, Shelley, Wordsworth, and Rossetti who said that he had "Shakespeare's manhood in a boy's wild heart." Walking with a companion in a London churchyard one day, the impoverished Chatterton stumbled into a newly dug grave. His friend came to his rescue and, attempting to make light of the matter, claimed he was glad to be present at the resurrection of a genius. Chatterton replied: "I have been at war with the grave for sometime, and I find it not so easy to vanquish it as I imagined. We can find an asylum to hide from every creditor but that." Three days later, three months shy of his eighteenth birthday, he destroyed all of his manuscripts, swallowed arsenic, and paid his debt. The next day he was shoveled ..   Cf. Rothschild 589. Cf. Hayward 188. .

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Book number: 01362

Catalogue: English Literature

Keywords: Eighteenth-Century Literature Literature Poetry

CHILD, Mrs.; CHILD, Lydia Maria

Frugal Housewife, the

London: Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg, 1833. The Standard American Cook Book of it's Time" CHILD, Mrs. The Frugal Housewife. Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy. Tenth Edition. Corrected and arranged by the author. To which are added, hints to persons of moderated fortune. Also, by the English editor, some valuable domestic receipts, etc. London: Printed for T.T. and J. Tegg, 1833. Twelvemo. (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches; 140 x 89 mm.). [ii, title], [1]-176 pp. Engraved pictorial frontispiece. Publisher's maroon scored calf, front cover lettered in gilt, spine ruled in gilt, lavender endpapers. Top of spine and corners a little worn, otherwise an excellent copy. Originally published in Boston in 1829, but the title was changed in 1832 to The American Frugal Housewife, so as not to be confused with Susannah Carter's Frugal Housewife. The omission of "American" from the title of all of these Tegg printings of this work inclines this cataloguer to believe this was just a convenient text to reprint in the UK, with no effort made to emphasize the book's American origins. The frontispiece depicts "The Frugal Housewife", cookbook in hand, directing her cook. OCLC/KVK locate just one copy of this edition in libraries and institutions worldwide: The British Library (UK). Lydia Maria Child (1802-1880) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, Native American rights activist, novelist, journalist, poet, and opponent of American expansionism. Her journals, both fiction and domestic manuals, reached wide audiences from the 1820s through the 1850s. At times she shocked her audience as she tried to take on issues of both male dominance and white supremacy in some of her stories. Her most successful work was The Frugal Housewife. Dedicated to those who are not ashamed of Economy. The book contained mostly recipes, but also contained this advice for young housewives, "If you are about to furnish a house, do not spend all your money.. Begin humbly." First published in 1829, the book was expanded and went through 33 printings in 25 years. Child wrote that her book had been "written for the poor .. those who can afford to be epicures will find the best of information in the Seventy-five Receipts" by Eliza Leslie. Child changed the title to The American Frugal Housewife in 1832 to end the confusion with the British author Susannah Carter's The Frugal Housewife first published in 1765, and then printed in America from 1772. Child wrote that Carter's book was not suited "to the wants of this country". To add further confusion, from 1832 to 1834 Child's version was printed in London and Glasgow. She did continue to write for many newspapers and periodicals during the 1840s, and she promoted greater equality for women. However, because of her negative experience with the American Anti Slavery Society, she never worked again in organized movements or societies for women's rights or suffrage. In 1844, Child published the poem "The New-England Boy's Song about Thanksgiving Day" in Flowers for Children, Volume 2, that became famous as the song "Over the River and Through the Wood.

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Book number: 05759

Catalogue: Food

Keywords: CHILD, Lydia Maria Cookery

CHURCHILL, Winston L. Spenser; COSWAY-STYLE BOX

Story of the Malakand Field Force, the

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1898. Winston Churchill's 'The Story of the Malakand Field Force' A Near Fine First Edition in the Original Cloth - Housed in a Superb Cosway-Style Clamshell Case CHURCHILL, Winston L. Spenser. The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An episode of frontier war.. with maps, plans, etc. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1898. First edition, second state with the errata slip tipped in immediately preceding the first folding map and the 32 page publisher's catalog dated "3/98". Octavo (7 9/16 x 5 inches; 192 x 127 mm.). [xvi], 336 pp. 32 page publisher's catalog dated March 1898 at end. Photogravure frontispiece with original tissue guard, two colored folding maps, both with original tissue guards, and four uncolored sketch maps. Publisher's apple green cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt, black coated endpapers. Mainly marginal foxing throughout but far less than is usually seen. Spine with very slight mark, possibly from a label that has been removed. In spite of the aforementioned this is an exceptional and near fine copy of Churchill's first non fiction work. Now housed in a magnificent Cosway-Style full red morocco clamshell case with watered red silk lining. On the front is a fine oval portrait miniature (3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches; 79 x 63 mm.) of a young Winston Churchill, spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt. Aside from the foxing this is a near fine copy of Churchill's first published work of non fiction, the apple green cloth binding free from the usual fading and mottling. "2000 copies published on 14 March 1898, price 7s. 6d.. There is a second state of this first issue, identified by the presence of an errata slip tipped in immediately preceding the first folding map. All copies should possess protective tissues over the frontispiece and folding maps, and should also possess a 32pp. Classified Catalogue, printed on thinner paper and separately numbered 1-32." (Woods, A1(a), p. 16) The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War was an 1898 book written by Winston Churchill; it was his first published work of non-fiction. The book describes a military campaign by the British army on the North West Frontier (now western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan) in 1897. It is dedicated to General Bindon Blood. The story of the campaign and Churchill's part in it is told in Con Coughlin 2013 book: Churchill's First War: Young Winston and the Fight Against the Taliban. Seeking military distinction, the 22-year-old Winston S. Churchill talked his way into the Malakand Field Force as a war correspondent, reporting on the front line in a struggle against restless tribes on the Northwest Frontier. Churchill describes dramatic campaigns, his writing always rooted in the exotic and, at times, adverse environment of the area now part of Pakistan. This experience of entrenched and increasingly mechanized warfare almost certainly influenced his command during the First World War, when he was better able than most to understand the nature of military stalemate. In this, his first book, he collected his reports of the conflict, providing a fascinating look at the start of Churchill's career as both a writer and as a soldier. Woods A1 (a) second state. .

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Book number: 05187

Catalogue: Cosway-Style Bindings

Keywords: COSWAY-STYLE BOX English History History

CICERO, Marcus Tullius

Oratione Di Cicerone

Venice: Aldus, 1554. A Scarce Aldine Cicero Defends his Friend, Titus Annius Milo CICERO, Marcus Tullius. Oratione di Cicerone. In Difesa di Milone, Tradotta di latino in uolgare da Giacomo Bonfadio. Vinegia [Venice]: In Casa de figliuoli di Aldo [Aldus]; 1554. First edition in Italian of Pro T. Annio Milone. Small octavo (5 7/8 x 4 in; 150 x 100 mm). [2], 38 pp. Title and preface in roman; main text in italic within a narrow column with wide margins. Aldine printer's device to title-page and verso to E6. Contemporary limp vellum. Imperfect paper restoration to upper corner of preliminary leaf A2 with some loss of text to the first seven lines. Early inked ownership on title page later inked-out; one contemporary inked margin note, a few underlinings or margin marks. Final two leaves with worming to extreme gutter margin. Library shelf label to front paste-down endpaper. Withal, an excellent copy of a a rarely seen Aldine volume. Scarce; only three copies recorded by OCLC. The Pro Tito Annio Milone ad iudicem oratio (Pro Milone) was a speech written and delivered by Marcus Tullius Cicero in 52 BCE on behalf of his friend Titus Annius Milo. Milo was accused of murdering his political enemy Publius Clodius Pulcher on the Via Appia. The preface is comprised of a letter from translator Giacomo Bonfadio to Count Fortunato Martinengo. Adams C1893. Ahmanssom-Murphy 469. Schweiger II, 244. Renouard 161:14. BMSTC I, 180. .

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Book number: 02826

Catalogue: Books in Italian

Keywords: Early Books Philosophy

FORE-EDGE PAINTING; CLARKE, Joseph Clayton; GOLDSMITH, Oliver; COLLINS, William

Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. , the

London: Printed at the Stanhope Press, by Charles Whittingham, 1809. With an Exquisite Fore Edge Painting of Temple Bar, London By Joseph Clayton Clarke aka "KYD" FORE-EDGE PAINTING. KYD (pseudonym of Joseph Clayton Clarke), artist]. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. Collated with the best editions by Thomas Park, F.S.A. London: Printed at the Stanhope Press, by Charles Whittingham, 1809. [bound with] The Poetical Works of William Collins. London: Printed at the Stanhope Press, by Charles Whittingham, 1709 [sic] 1808. [bound with] Poems by [Thomas] Gray. With an exquisite fore edge painting beneath the gilt, of Temple Bar - the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London, by Joseph Clayton Clarke aka "Kyd." The painting is full of Dickensian style characters. Twelvemo (4 7/8 x 3 inches; 124 x 76 mm.). [i]-iv, [1]-86, [v]-vi, [1]-81, [1, blank]; [iv], [1]-64, [9]-99, [1, blank] pp. Two engraved frontispieces, one for Goldsmith's Poetical Works and the second for William Collins's Poetical Works. Contemporary full red straight-grain morocco, covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind, spine with four shallow raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt board edge and turn-ins, gray endpapers, all edges gilt. Housed in an early twentieth century fleece-lined, red cloth slipcase. The fore-edge painting, which we believe was executed sometime around 1910, depicts Temple Bar - the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London, and exhibits an unusual degree of detail, art and craft; the coloring is quite extraordinary. Temple Bar was the principal ceremonial entrance to the City of London from the City of Westminster. In the middle ages, London expanded city jurisdiction beyond its walls to gates, called ‘bars', which were erected across thoroughfares. To the west of the City of London, the bar was located in the area known as the Temple. Temple Bar is situated on the historic royal ceremonial route from the Tower of London to the Palace of Westminster, the two chief residences of the medieval English monarchs, and from the Palace of Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral. The road east of Temple Bar and within the City is Fleet Street, while the road to the west, in Westminster, is The Strand. Fore-edge paintings by "Kyd" are excessively rare - I have seen only a handful in over fifty years of specializing in this field. "Kyd" was a personal friend of my Great Uncle, Sam Joseph and used to frequently visit 48a Charing Cross Road in the 1930's.. (DJB). "CLARKE, Joseph Clayton [sometimes seen as "Clark"] - English artist (1856-1937). Clarke worked as a freelance artist and cartoonist until 1900. He is described as having had many occupations during his career as an artist. His book, The Characters of Charles Dickens portrayed in a series of original water colour sketches by "Kyd", London, Paris, & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, was issued ca. 1889. From 1900-1920 he drew illustrations for cigarette cards and postcards based on Dickens' characters. He is best known for his marvelous character drawings and watercolors from Dickens' stories. Clarke signed his name "Kyd" on the popular color drawings he made. His fore-edge paintings are not signed. However, an un-illustrated pamphlet issued by Sawyer's (bookseller) states that he is known to have painted certain types of English scenes which suggests that his work can be identified. "Kyd" was described as a "flamboyant character", known to wear a "grey suit, spats, a homburg hat, and gloves, and always with a flower in his buttonhole". He frequented the racing tracks, bars, and women, thus his income suffered. Late in life he made money by producing watercolor sketches, mostly of Dickens' characters, for London booksellers, or perhaps a fore-edge or two. He worked for "Punch" for one single day. Clarke died in Hampstead in 1937." "..Clayton Clarke, the most outstanding authority on anything appertaining to the cult of fore-edge painting. Better known perhaps to an earlier generation as a black and white humorous artist and illustrator of Dickens under the pseudonym 'Kyd', he has for over a quarter of a century studied and practiced the delightful vagaries of this fascinating form of decoration; and it is no exaggeration to say that by the fine quality and beauty of his work he has raised what was originally a curiosity to the dignity of an art" (J.E.S. Sawyer, "Kyd" [Joseph Clayton Clarke] a Preliminary Study of his Life and Work Together with His Essay on Fore-edge Paintings, p.12). Reference: Jeff Weber. Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting Artists & Binders, pp. 80-83. .

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Book number: 05173

Catalogue: Fine Bindings

Keywords: CLARKE, Joseph Clayton GOLDSMITH, Oliver COLLINS, William Eighteenth-Century Literature Fore-Edge Paintings Poetry