Cecil Aldin

Old Inns

London, William Heinemann, 1921. Vellum. A smart limited edition of this series of illustrations depicting old inns, signed by Cecil Aldin. Limited edition of three hundred and eighty copies, of which this is number one hundred and thirty-seven. Signed by the author/illustrator to the limitation page. Illustrated with sixteen tipped-in colour plates, and forty-four black and white images. Collated complete. A collection of charming images of old inns from across Great Britain, such as: The George Inn in Salisbury, The King's Head in Chigwell, The Angel Inn in Woolhampton, The Star Inn in Alfriston, and The Mermain Inn in Rye. Written and illustrated by Cecil Aldin, a British artist and illustrator known for his paintings and sketches of animals and sports. In the original quarter vellum with cream paper covered boards. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Cecil Aldin. Very Good Indeed .

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Cecil Aldin

The White Puppy Book

London, Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton, c1909 . Cloth. Famed illustrator Cecil Aldin's delightful 'White Puppy Book', an illustrated volume featuring a humorous tale concerning a troublesome young pup. A charming early twentieth century illustrated children's book by artist and illustrator Cecil Aldin. Aldin was best known for his delightful paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life, with both of these volumes illustrated throughout. Illustrated with twelve colour plates. Collated, complete.Undated; dated circa 1909 via Jisc.In a scarce variant of the publisher's binding, featuring two white puppies to the front board, rather than one. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with back strip lightly age toned. Horizontal split to cloth at back strip centre. Discolouration to perimeters of rear board, with rubbing to fore edge of head of front board. Hinges strained, and a touch tender. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to first few leaves, with pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Cecil Aldin. Very Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: cecil aldin puppies dogs black puppy book puppies Cecil Aldin

Cecil Aldin

The White Puppy Book

London, Humphrey Milford, [1909]. First edition. Hardback. Bright first edition of this delightful puppy tale with charming illustrations by Cecil Aldin, a scarce copy. The first edition of this work, dated from Jisc first and only edition. A scarce copy.Charming personal diary of a white puppy with a docked tail. Coloured illustrations are printed on grey shade paper. Written and beautifully illustrated by Cecil Aldin, British artist known for his paintings and sketches of animals and rural life. Rebacked in quarter cloth binding, original illustrated boards restored. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly rubbed to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Odd light spotting to occasional leaf, otherwise pages bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Cecil Aldin. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 831A68

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Queen Alexandra

Queen Alexandra&Apos;S Christmas Gift Book: Photographs from My Camera

London, The Daily Telegraph, 1908. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of photographs gifted by Queen Alexandra for charity. First edition. To be sold for charity. With a portrait frontispiece, forty-six tipped in photographic reproductions with tissue guards and many further photographic reproductions. Collated complete. A charming gift book for Christmastime, produced on behalf of Alexandra of Denmark, Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII. In the original full cream cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities. The odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges starting but firm. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning and light spotting to the first and last few pages only. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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Buchzahl: 900T32

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Sonstige Stichworte: Queen Alexandra Christmas Gift Book Photographs Christmas Not Stated

Helen Allingham; Marcus B. Huish

Happy England

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1903. First edition. Cloth. A signed limited edition work featuring the beautiful illustrations of Helen Allingham, alongside a biography and descriptions. The first edition de luxe. Limited to 750 copies, of which this is number 311. Signed by the illustrator to the limitations page. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding. With a photograph frontispiece, and eighty full-page colour plates, from the paintings of Helen Allingham, depicting idyllic rural scenes and family life in England. Collated complete. The frontispiece is loose but present. Helen Allingham (1848-1926) was a British watercolourist and illustrator from the Victorian era. She contributed illustrations to a range of periodicals including 'The Graphic' newspaper, and made artwork for the 1874 serialisation of Thomas Hardy's 'Far from the Madding Crowd&apos. With a biography of Allingham, and descriptions by Marcus B. Huish. Marcus Bourne Huish (1843-1921) was an English barrister, writer, and art dealer. He was the editor of 'The Art Journal' from 1881 to 1892 and was also the first Managing Director the Fine Art Society. The half title page is present. In the publishers original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with some shelf wear to the extremities. Spine is darkened. Bumping to the spine, and upper boards. Marks to the boards and spine. Hinges strained but still firm. Some light offsetting to the free endpapers. Spotting to the free endpapers. Discreet blindstamp for 'Neatham Mill Library', to the rear free endpaper. Internally, the frontispiece is loose but otherwise firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd spot and handling mark throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Helen Allingham. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 848G24

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Helen Allingham; Marcus B. Huish

Happy England

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1903. Leather. A beautiful, signed, limited edition work showcasing Helen Allingham's watercolour paintings of England. The Deluxe Edition. Limited to 750 copies, this being number 396. Signed by Helen Allingham to the limitations page. Rebound in handsome half morocco, with gilt detail to the spine, by Period Bookbinders, Bath. With the original cloth front cover bound into the volume. With a portrait frontispiece and eighty full page watercolour illustrations from paintings by Helen Allingham. Collated complete. A beautiful work showcasing the paintings of Helen Allingham. Allingham was a renowned British watercolourist from the Victorian era, best known for illustrating Thomas Hardy's novel, 'Far from the Madding Crowd&apos. Her work was highly influential, even inspiring the likes of Vincent Van Gogh. With a memoir and descriptions by Marcus B. Huish. The half title page is present. Rebound in half morocco by Period Bookbinders, Bath. Externally, excellent with little shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with just the odd spot throughout. Illustrator's ink signature to the limitations page. Fine . Ill.: Helen Allingham. Fine .

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Buchzahl: 844g19

Katalog: Art

Sonstige Stichworte: english art helen allingham marcus b huish watercolour helen allingham Helen Allingham

Albrecht Altdorfer

Little Engravings Classical & Contemporary

London , The Unicorn Press , 1902. Cloth. A lovely collection of German Renaissance artist Albrecht Altdorfer's engravings. This is a re-produced facsimile of Little Engravings Classical and Contemporary by Albrecht Altdorfer, a book of 71 woodcuts that have been photographically reproduced. This volume has an introductive by T. Sturge Moor. Albrecht Altdorfer was a German painter, engraver and architect of the Renaissance, who largely painted biblical and historical subjects. There are a total of seventy-one intricate engravings within this volume. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn. There are some marks to the boards and the extremities and spine are bumped and faded. Rear hinge is starting but remains firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages with the odd scattered spot throughout. Good . Ill.: Albrecht Altdorfer. Good .

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Buchzahl: 821B52

Katalog: Art

Sonstige Stichworte: Albrecht Altdorfer little engravings art illustration little engravings facsimile Albrecht Altdorfer

Lawrence Anderson

The Art of the Silversmith in Mexico 1519-1936

New York, Hacker Art Books , 1975. First edition. Cloth. An interesting work on the history and art of Mexican silverware, with numerous plates throughout. The second edition. Two volumes in one. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. With a frontispiece in both volumes. An interesting work on Mexican silver from 1519 until 1936. With reference to colonial art, The Silversmith's Guild of Mexico, different notable Mexican silversmiths and more. The second volume consists of 183 plates, showcasing examples of various Mexican silverware. Collated complete. The half title pages are present. Stamp for, 'Falmouth School of Art & Design', to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the edges. Very light marks to the boards. Small mark to the lower spine, where a label has been removed. The odd spot to the rear free endpaper. Evidence of bookplate removal to the front paste-down and front free endpaper. Barcode label and a stamp for, 'Falmouth School', to the front free endpaper. Internally, binding slightly strained between the two volumes but otherwise firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Light stain and cockling to the bottom of the plates and pages in volume two. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 845G19

Katalog: Art

Sonstige Stichworte: silversmith silver mexico metalwork silver jewellery design Not Stated

William Anderson

Japanese Wood Engravings Their History, Technique, and Characteristics

London, Seeley and Co, 1895. First edition. Leather. The first edition of this colourfully illustrated history of the art of Japanese wood engravings, compiled by William Anderson. The first edition of this work.A beautiful study of the history and art of Japanese wood engravings, an ode to the art.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five colour plates, and in-text illustrations.Collated, complete.Written by William Anderson, a surgeon and important collector and scholar of Japanese art. Anderson was the first chairman of the Japan Society. In a quarter morocco binding with cloth to the boards. Externally, smart. Light spots to the boards and spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 755P63

Katalog: Art

Sonstige Stichworte: Japanese Wood Engravings Their History, Technique, and Characteristics Japanese Wood Engravings william anderson japanese Japanese Wood Engravings engravings art Various

William Anderson

The Pictorial Arts of Japan with a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts and Some Remarks Upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans

Boston; New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1886. Cloth. A scarce four volume work on Japanese art, by William Anderson, fully illustrated throughout. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates and vignettes demonstrating examples of the art. 39 of forty plates to volume III. Part IV has sixteen plates, of those listed to the 'List of Plates' to the contents, this work is lacking plates 19,38,39 and 40. To plate 35 of volume III the headpiece has been cut from the descriptive leaf. Further cuts to the leaf. Would appear the plate has also been removed and then loosely inserted is an image by Kikycgi Yosai of Yamato Takeru, the image intended to be this plate. Written by William Anderson, an English surgeon and important Japanese art collector and scholar. Anderson was the first chairman of the Japan society and in 1881 the British museum acquired of 2000 Japanese and Chinese paintings from Anderson. The same year as this work he wrote his Descriptive and Historical Account of a Collection of Japanese and Chinese paintings in the British museum which was a pioneering work. In uniform cloth bindings with pictorial front boards. Volume IV is a portfolio holding plates. Externally, rubbed to the spines and extremities. Library shelf number written to the spines of all volumes. Bumping to the extremities. Spokane Public Library stamp to the front pastedown of all volumes. Front endpaper to volume I has detached but present. Front hinge to volumes II and III are strained but firm. Tape repairs to front endpapers and first leaf to volume III. Library stamp to the verso of title page to volume I numbered 72112. 72113 stamped to the first leaf of volume II, 72114 to first leaf of volume III and to plate 25, 72115 is to the portfolio of volume IV. Internally, all volumes are generally firmly bound. To plate 35 of volume III the headpiece has been cut from the descriptive leaf. Further cuts to the leaf. Would appear the plate has also been removed and then loosely inserted is an image by Kikycgi Yosai of Yamato Takeru, the image intended to be this plate. Closed tears and small chips to the bottom of pages to volume III from the delicate nature of the paper and where it has been turned. Heavy chipping to the plates and leaves to part IV with some leaves creased also. Pages are bright to all volumes with the odd spots. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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Sonstige Stichworte: Illustrated Japan Art China Japan William Anderson Plates Various

Cyril Andrade

Old English Pottery Astbury Figures

London, Cyril Andrade, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A catalogue of 'Astbury Figures', collated and published by the Cyril Andrade auction house. Containing biographical and historical information on John Astbury and his son Thomas Astbury, who produced their famous English earthenware pottery in Staffordshire in the eighteenth century. Often credited with initiating improvements in the production of earthenware, the pair are are also well known for their distinctive 'Astbury figures', depicting men, birds and animals, decorated in coloured slip. An uncommon copy, limited to five hundred copies only. Signed 'With the author's compliments' to the front pastedown. Collated, complete with thirty-one monochromatic photographic illustrations 'of an unique collection exhibited at the Dalmeny Galleries&apos. In a cloth binding with gilt title to front board. Externally smart. Bumping to extremities and head and tail of spine, resulting in small loss to cloth at tail of spine. Slight rubbing to joints. Faint tidemark to front blank. Signed by the author to the front pastedown. Offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd light spot to the first and last few pages. Handling mark to extremity of page xvi, not affecting the text. Rough cut page edges. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 607M25

Katalog: Art & Architecture

Sonstige Stichworte: English Pottery Astbury Andrade Pottery Various

George French Angas

The Kafirs Illustrated a Facsimile Reprint of the Original 1849 Edition of Hand-Coloured Lithographs with a New Introduction by Frank R. Bradlow

Cape Town; Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema, 1974. Hardback. A lavish and scarce facsimile of this nineteenth travel work, featuring the artwork of George French Angas. With a new introduction by Frank R. Bradlow. A facsimile reprint of the original 1849 edition, with reproductions of the original hand-coloured lithographs. Illustrated with 30 tipped-in plates. Collated, complete. This work features a series of drawings taken from the author travels throughout the continent of Africa. Written by George French Angas, the noteworthy explorer and artist. This a limited edition copy, being number 669 of 950. In a full faux leather binding. Externally smart, with patches of rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, and to the minor odd mark to the boards. Crack to the tail of the rear joint. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Unamed. Near Fine .

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Buchzahl: 638C4

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Sonstige Stichworte: Illustrated Kafirs George French Angas Facsimilie Kafirs Unamed

Elena Rossetti Angeli

Dante Gabriele Rossetti

Bergamo, Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche, 1906. Cloth. A well illustrated work on the famous Pre-Raphaelite. Dante Gabriele Rosetti (1828-1882) was an English poet, illustrator and member of the Rossetti family, remembered for founding the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and inspiring the likes of William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones. His poetry and art were often interwoven, writing sonnets to accompany his artwork and vice versa. He married Elizabeth Siddal, who was considered a muse for Pre-Raphaelite painters. His work was influenced by medievalism.Profusely illustrated with one hundred and seven full plates depicting the subject's work as well as the subject. In a quarter cloth binding. Externally generally smart, cloth a little discoloured and extremities worn. Gift inscription to half title page. Internally generally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: 754R23

Katalog: Art & Architecture

Sonstige Stichworte: dante gabriele rossetti illustrated poetry illustrated Not Stated

Annoymous

Victorian Scrapbook

Unamed, Unamed, c1900. Cloth. A charming late Victorian scrapbook featuring a large collection of plates by a variety of important artist of the period. Featuring pasted in coloured, and black and white book plates portraying various famous Victorian paintings. Including Crossing the Brook by J. M. W. Turner, My First Sermon by Sir John Everett Millais, The Duke of Wellington with his Grandchildren by Robert Thorburn, and Shaftsbury or Lost and Found by W. MacDuff. H. Swain, account book maker and binders label to the rear endpaper, listed number 701 of their news cuttings books. In original cloth binding with hand written label. Externally, sound with light bumping and minor marks to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound but with a few plates yet to be pasted in. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Various. Very Good Indeed .

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Buchzahl: GEN2-E-2

Katalog: Art

Sonstige Stichworte: Scrapbook Victorian Illustrated J. M. W. Turner Victorian Various

Art Annual

Art Annual Biographies. Frederick Leighton; Sir John Everett Millais; Alma Tadema; Rosa Bonheur; James Clarke Hook; Meissonier

London, J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited, 1889. Leather. A beautiful collection of biographies on 6 of the most prominent artists from the late Victorian era; Frederick Leighton, Sir John Everett Millais, Alma Tadema, Rosa Bonheur, James Clarke Hook, and Meissonier A very scarce edition of this brilliantly illustrated collection of biographies on some of the most prominent artists of the late Victorian era. Providing a detailed study on the lives and work of Frederick Leighton, Sir John Everett Millais, Alma Tadema, Rosa Bonheur, James Clarke Hook, and Meissonier. Containing 19 full plates with tissues guards, including frontispiece, as well as numerous full page and in-text illustrations.All biographies bound together in one volume. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Gilt detailing to the spine. Some rubbing to the extremities, joints and spine. Patterned pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with some spotting. Very Good . Ill.: Frederick Leighton; Sir John Everett Millais; Alma Tadema; Rosa Bonheur; James Clarke Hook; Meissonier. Very Good .

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Buchzahl: 812C7

Katalog: Art & Architecture

Sonstige Stichworte: Biographies Illustrated Art Leighton Illustrated Meissonier Frederick Leighton; Sir John Everett Millais; Alma Tadema; Rosa Bonheur; James Clarke Hook; Meissonier