WILLOUGHBY Frank M

Reveries of a Young Man in Quest of a Wife

Philadelphia, Sherman & Co. 1888. New Edition. Hardcover. Decorated cloth with 50 drawings in the text. Owner name on front pastedown. Near Fine .

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Book number: 019641

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Keywords: Young Adult Literature, Religion, Marriage, Illustrated Books, 19th Century Literature Marriage Religion Young Adult Literature Illustrated Books

MAPLESON, T. W. Gwilt [Illuminator]

Pearls of American Poetry

New York, Wiley and Putnam, 1846. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9" x 10") in publisher's gilt-lettered and blind-stamped black morocco leather, all edges gilt. Contains 53 chromolithographed pages by two leading Philadelphia lithographers, Brett and Sinclair, in manuscript illumination style on heavy card stock with tissue guards. Bennett, A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO AMERICAN NINETEENTH CENTURY COLOR PLATE BOOKS, 71; Reese, STAMPED WITH A NATIONAL CHARACTER: NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN COLOR PLATE BOOKS, 89: "this collection of poems is one of the most elaborate examples of mimicking illuminated manuscripts by way of chromolithography. Contents generally clean, early owner name and date on front endpaper; rubbing to covers with some scratches. Very Good or better .

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Book number: 021639

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Keywords: Illustrated Books, Color Plate Books, Poetry, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature, Chromolithographs Illustrated Books 19th Century American Literature Chromolithographs Literature: American

McCURDY, Michael

Genesis

[Boston], [Hillside Press], [1967]. First Edition. Hardcover. Chapters 2 & 3 of Genesis from the Old Testament. Folio (13- 1/8" x 16-1/8") bound in quarter blue patterned cloth and light blue-gray Fabriano paper boards (without label on front cover). Designed, illustrated with ORIGINAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS, and hand-printed on double-fold Japanese Masa paper by Michael McCurdy, his first commercially produced book. The colophon states that the book was produced in 1965-1966, but there is a small engraved Hillside Press logo with the 1967 date pasted below that. The entire edition consisted of only 20 copies, of which 15 were for sale. This copy has a Penmaen Press envelope containing a typed description of the book: "This book is without label on front panel. Colophon says HILLSIDE PRESS, pasted over PENDEL PRESS imprint. 1965-6." Also noted in pencil on this paper is that this copy is one of four in McCurdy's possession. With the bookplate of noted press collector Carl Sutton on the front pastedown. About Fine .

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Book number: 021425

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Books of the Bible, First Book, Illustrated Books, Penmaen Press, Fine Press, Michael McCurdy, Wood Engravings, Modern Firsts, Religion, Private Press, Limited Books of the Bible Private Press Wood Engravings Illustrated Books

MILLS, Weymer Jay

The Girl I Left Behind Me

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (7-3/4" x 11") bound in publisher's cloth and decorated boards with the original tissue dustwrapper and the box. Illustrated with 11 color plates by John Rae. Ill.: John Rae. Offsetting to text pages opposite plates and some faint dampstaining. Near Fine in original glassine and somewhat soiled box .

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Book number: 004230

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Keywords: Illustrated Books, Books with Boxes, Early Dustwrappers John Rae Illustrated Books Literature: American Modern First Editions Early Dustwrappers

PARTRIDGE, H. M. & D. C

The Most Remarkable Echo in the World

[Hastings-on-Hudson, New York], Privately Printed, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Decorated cloth. The author's attempt to prove that Clemens was not only Mark Twain but also Lewis Carroll and others. Profusely illustrated. Very Good in a Very Good dustwrapper .

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Book number: 003445

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Keywords: Mark Twain, Illustrated Books, Lewis Carroll, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature 19th Century Literature 19th Century American Literature Literary Criticism Illustrated Books

PICART, Bernard

Ceremonies Et Coutumes Religieuses de Tous Les Peuples Du Monde, Representees Par Des Figures Dessinees & Gravees... Ouvrage Qui Comprend L'Histoire Philosophique de la Religion Des Nations Des Deux Hemispheres; Telles Que Celle Des Brames, Des Peguans, Des Chinois, Des Japonois, Des Thibetins, & Celle Des Differens Peuples Qui Habitent L'Asie & Les Isles de L'Archipelage Indien; Celle Des Mexicains, Des Peruviens, Des Bresiliens, Des Groenlandois, Des Lapons, Des Caffres, de Tous Les Peuples de la Nigritie, de L'Ethiopie & Du Monomotapa; Celle Des Juifs, Tant Anciens Que Modernes, Celle Des Musulmans & Des Differentes Sectes Qui la Composent; Enfin Celle Des Chretiens & de Cette Multitude de Branches Dans Lesquelles Elle Est Subdivisee.

Amsterdam, Laporte, 1789. Hardcover. Four folio (10" x 16") volumes bound in calf-backed marbled boards of one of the most spectacular illustrated works of the 18th-century. Illustrated with 263 engravings, all but 1 full page and some with more than one image, and including 41 large folding plates. First published in 1723 with 223 copper engravings, this edition is enlarged and appears to be the last published in the 18th century and in folio size. The plates, many double-page, illustrate in great detail scenes of religious ceremonies, views of temples and churches, and religious costumes. This edition is not in Sabin. Bookplates of O'Connell and Adolph Grant on the pastedowns. Contents quite clean with a minimum of foxing; occasional tear or crease rarely with any effect on an image. Bindings with edgewear, spines deteriorated; boards detached on the third volume, the front board nearly detached on the first. Bindings quite worn but contents Very Good Perhaps the best known illustrated history of religion of the 18th century, this work is especially noteworthy for its depictions of Jewish religious customs as well as a number of plates after De Bry of Native American ceremonies. "Picart earned a place in the history of Jewish art by his realistic portrayal of Jewish religious rites. These constitute an invaluable record of Dutch Jewry in the early 18th-century" (ENCYCLOPEDIA JUDAICA).

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Book number: 012310

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Keywords: Americana, Rare, Bernard Picart, Costumes, Early Printed Books 18th Century Religion Judaica Native Americans

PUSHKIN, Alexander

The Golden Cockerel

New York, Heritage Press, [1950]. Hardcover. Small folio in decorated boards. Illustrated with color plates by Edmund Dulac. Ill.: Edmund Dulac. Fine in glassine and a Very Good slipcase .

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Book number: 007161

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Keywords: Illustrated Books, 19th Century Russian Literature, Edmund Dulac, Color Plates Edmund Dulac Illustrated Books Edmund Dulac Color Plates 19th Century Russian Literature

DE PUYDT, E[mile]

Les Orchidées. Histoire Iconographique. Organographie – Classification – Géographie – Collections – Commerce – Emploi -- Culture Avec Une Revue Descriptive Des Espèces Cultivées En Europe

Paris, J. Rothschild, 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (7" x 11") bound in 3/4 burgundy morocco and marbled boards with gilt rules and lettering, five raised bands, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 50 fine chromolithographed plates, finished by hand, with tissue guards, and 244 figures in the text. Light, scattered foxing, including to some plates; bookplate on front pastedown; light rubbing to joints. Very Good .

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Book number: 021650

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Orchids, Chromolithographs, Floral, Botanical, Illustrated Books, Flowers, Gardening Botanicals Orchids Illustrated Books Flowers

(RACKHAM, Arthur) INGOLDSBY, Thomas

The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth & Marvels

London, J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd./Aldine House, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo (5-3/4" x 7-3/4") handsomely bound by Birdsall in 3/4 red morocco leather and boards with gilt rules and a gilt-lettered and decorated spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates and numerous black-and-white text drawings by Arthur Rackham. Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Fine .

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Book number: 020732

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Fine Bindings, Illustrators, Arthur Rackham, Illustrated Books, 19th Century British Literature, Literature: English, Poetry Arthur Rackham Literature: English Arthur Rackham Illustrated Books Fine Bindings

[RACKHAM, Arthur] GRIMM BROTHERS

Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales

London, Constable & Co. Ltd. (1917). First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (7-3/4" x 10-1/4") in publisher's decorated cloth. Illustrated with 12 full-page tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham, all but one with tissue guards, as well as a number of black-and-white drawings, many also full-page. Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Scattered foxing and soiling internally, text mostly clean and plates fine; 1976 owner inscription; spine is a bit rubbed with a few tears along the edge and wear to the head. Very Good .

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Book number: 018951

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Illustrated Books, Modern Firsts, Grimm Brothers, Children's Literature Arthur Rackham Children's Literature Arthur Rackham Classics Illustrated Books

[RACKHAM, Arthur] GUYOT, Charles

Le Printemps Sur la Neige Et D'Autres Contes Du Bon Vieux Temps

Paris, L'Edition d'Art H. Piazza, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (9" x 11-3/4") in 3/4 navy blue morocco leather and marbled boards, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. First edition in French, translated by Charles Guyot, of this selection of Grimm's Tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With 16 full-page color plates with captioned tissue guards, as well as 6 full-page black & white illustrations and 8 black & white text drawings. Copy #468 of 1300. Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Scattered light foxing, tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown; top 2 inches of leather on spine lacking, front hinge rubbed but tight. Very Good .

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Book number: 019715

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Keywords: Illustrated Books, Modern Firsts, Children's Literature, German Literature, Arthur Rackham, Fairy Tales Arthur Rackham Children's Literature Arthur Rackham German Literature Illustrated Books

[RACKHAM, Arthur] SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles

The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood

Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company & William Heinemann, 1918. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10") in publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. Illustrated with 8 full-page color plates by Arthur Rackham, all with captioned tissue guards, as well as a number of black-and-white drawings in the text. Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Small calling card with gift inscription pasted to the front endpaper. Near Fine .

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Book number: 018953

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Keywords: Illustrated Books, Modern Firsts, Children's Literature, Poetry Arthur Rackham Children's Literature Arthur Rackham Classics Illustrated Books

[RACKHAM, Arthur] FOUQUÉ, De La Motte

The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood

London & New York, William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page & Co,, 1909. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/8") in publisher's gilt-lettered cloth. Illustrated with 11 full-page color plates by Arthur Rackham, all with captioned tissue guards, as well as a number of black-and-white drawings in the text. Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Scattered foxing, mostly towards the front and rear and not affecting the plates; fraying to the heel of the spine. Very Good .

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Book number: 019635

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Illustrated Books, Modern Firsts, Children's Literature, German Literature, Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham Children's Literature Arthur Rackham German Literature Illustrated Books

RAFINESQUE, C(onstantine) S(amuel)

Medical Flora; or, Manual of the Medical Botany of the United States of North America. Containing a Selection of Above 100 Figures and Descriptions of Medical Plants, with Their Names, Qualities, Properties, History, &C. : And Notes or Remarks on Nearly 500 Equivalent Substitutes

Philadelphia, Atkinson & Alexander (first volume); Samuel C. Atkinson (second volume), 1828 & 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Two duodecimo (4-1/4" x 7-1/4") volumes bound in recent burgundy cloth-backed off-white boards with title information printed in black on both boards and printed white paper spine labels, new endpapers. Illustrated with 100 plates printed in green ink on varying sheet sizes. In this work, of which a projected third volume was never published, Rafinesque attempted to provide a comprehensive guide of native flora for the use of American doctors and pharmacists. Rafinesque made important botanical explorations on his 2,000-mile tour, mostly on foot, to the west of the Alleghenies in 1818. This work includes a number of previously unpublished Native American remedies. Minor chip here and there; plate 26 with clean horizontal tear with no loss; contents generally clean and binding Fine. Overall Near Fine Garrison-Morton 1849; Nissen, Botany 1579; Norman 1774; Pritzel 7401; Sabin 67457.

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Book number: 019189

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Keywords: 19th Century, Rare, Medicine, Illustrated Books, Botanicals, Americana, Native American, Illustrated Books Illustrated Books Botanicals Americana Medicine

ROBERTS, David

The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia. / After Lithographs by Louis Haghe from Drawings Made on the Spot

London, Day & Son, 1855. First Quarto Edition. Hardcover. With Historical Descriptions by The Revd. George Croly. Six quarto (8-1/4" x 12") volumes bound in three in later half red morocco leather with matching corners and gilt-lettered and decorated spines. Complete with 250 tinted lithographs including the frontispiece portrait of David Roberts in the first volume, a frontispiece of the temple at Abu Simbel and the map of his tour in the second, as well as all 6 lithographed title pages and print lists at the opening of each volume. In 1838 Roberts traveled to Egypt, which had grown popular both as a travel destination for the adventurous antiquarian, and as the subject of highly valued artworks. The journey became an extensive tour of the region, including Jerusalem, Petra (in modern Jordan), Giza, Thebes and various sites along the Nile. During this trip, he constantly sketched stunning views of colossal ruins, ancient temples of the Egyptian and Persian empires, and particularly biblical sites in and around Jerusalem. His sketches also depicted the local customs, clothes and contemporary dwellings, markets and palaces, and the third published volume (the first half of the second volume in this set) includes a scene depicting his meeting with Muhammad Ali Pasha in Alexandria, which he did not sketch at the time but is reputed to have produced from memory. Upon his return to Britain, after he was fêted by high society in Scotland, he worked with the engraver Louis Haghe to produce the collection in book form, funded by subscriber which he personally solicited. Thanks to the popularity of the subject matter, and the relative absence of British art on the same subject, he was quite successful, with Queen Victoria as subscriber number one (her large paper folio copy is still in the Royal Collection.) Louis Haghe, along with William Day, was a Lithographer to the Queen and innovator in the process of colour lithography, and the lithographs in this volume benefit from his skill. Some foxing, heaviest on the titles and initial leaves, occasionally to the margins of the plates but rarely affecting the images. Public library bookplate with small ink stamps at various places throughout, sometimes in the margins of the plates but never on the images. Hinges repaired with new paste-downs, general scuffing and wear along spine edges but bindings still tight. Very Good .

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Book number: 018398

Catalogue: Illustrated Books

Keywords: Exploration, Travel, Illustrated Books, Holy Land Illustrated Books Holy Land Travel