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A Guinness Sport Folio
Guinness. Printed by John Waddington Ltd, 1952. As the slogan on the back cover says: There's nothing like a Guinness; except another! Softback colour promotional booklet, with the year divided in to various sporting activities by month. Undated, but circa 1952. First Edition. Designed for Guinness by S. H. Benson Limited. A few very small spots of foxing throughout, often barely visible. Otherwise very good. Illustrated throughout by Anthony Groves-Raines. 16 pages. 240 x 165 mm (9½ x 6½ inches).
Book ID: 3005More details Price: £50.00 -
A History of Caricature & Grotesque in Literature and Art With illustrations from various sources drawn and engraved by F.W. Fairholt.
London: Virtue Brothers, 1865. First edition. Original plum embossed and blind stamped buckram with gilt vignette to the front board and tigl titles to spine. Top edge of spine a little bumped, but in very presentable condition. Closed page edges are an orange red. brown end papers, with a little cracking to the paper hinge but holding well. Hotel library stamp to the front end paper (no other library marks). A touch of marking and the odd foxing spot, but in surprisingly bright condition. Two pages are slightly protruding from the rest of the text block. With a 32 page Virtue brothers catalogue to the rear dated January 1865. xvi, 494 [ii], 32. pages. 230 x 160 mm (9 by 6¼ inches).
Book ID: 3337More details Price: £50.00 -
A Window in Thrums
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1892. First edition. Illustrated with 18 etchings by William Hole. Limited edition. This copy is 450/550. Original blue cloth with gilt titles. Very nice clean copy with almost no bumping or edgewear. Internally spotless, with a foxing to the end papers only. xiv, 217 pp. 270 by 190 mm (10¾ by 7½ inches).
Book ID: 2380More details Price: £100.00 -
Album du Journal des chasseurs. Collection de 24 sujets de chasse et de courses avec fanfares nouvelles
Book ID: 3228More details Price: £600.00 -
Almanak voor het Verstand en Hart voor het Jaar 1825
Amsterdam: G. Schaares: 1825. A small almanac in a marbled slipcase. Turquoise illustrated boards. Engraved title page & 5 further engraved plates. Calendar to the first few pages. Contents to the rear. There is a little rubbing to the edges of the boards, and splitting to both front and rear hinge (boards are holding well though). Slipcase is marbled, with a touch of rubbing and a little nicking to the head and tail - not split though. Internally clean and tidy - with a little darkening and a few light foxing spots.
Book ID: 1856More details Price: £64.00 -
Andy Warhol's Index book
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 2034More details Price: £1,000.00 -
Apparitions
Verlag Saarbrucken, ND. Complete set of 20 tipped in illustrations by Masereel, with limitation page (This states that the edition was limited to 200 copies but this copy is not numbered or signed). No portfolio cover. The title has a little nicking to the edges. Plates are in good condition. Title, Contents & 20 plates. 300 by 230mm (11¾ by 9 inches).
Book ID: 3686More details Price: £75.00 -
AUJOURD'HUI. Musiques, poëmes, dessins, prose. Revue des valeurs nouvelles paraissant quatre fois l'an.
Book ID: 3626More details Price: £875.00 -
Casse-Noisette et le Roi des Rats
Book ID: 2589More details Price: £20.00 -
Catalogue of Drawings and Engravings by Eric Gill Alpine Club Gallery. 5th to 14th May A.D. 1918
Book ID: 1603More details Price: £180.00 -
Chinese Pictorial Art Illustrated by Coloured and Collotyped Reproductions from the Author's Collection with Descriptions and Notes on the History of Drawing, Writing, etc., Translated from Standard Chinese Authors. [AND:] Supplement Illustrating a Few Interesting Pieces of Bronze, Ceramics, and Jade.
Book ID: 2240More details Price: £450.00 -
Clef des Songes Trente Bois Originaux Suivis d'un repertoire de l'oeuvre grave de l'auteur
Lyon: Ecrivains Réunis, 1950. Lovely copy of this First edition. Limited editions. 30 original woodcuts printed full page followed by the catalogue of the engraved work of the artist 16 pp. 1/700 numbered copies on tinted Lana (n ° 675). Beautiful copy. Slight crease to one corner of the cover. Otherwise immaculate inside and out. Some pages uncut. 190 by 140mm (7½ by 5½ inches). Bel exemplaire de cette première édition. Éditions limitées. 30 bois gravés originaux imprimés à pleine page suivis du catalogue de l'oeuvre gravée de l'artiste 16 pp. 1/700 exemplaires numérotés sur Lana teinté (n°675). Bel exemplaire. Légère pliure à un coin de la couverture. Sinon impeccable à l'intérieur comme à l'extérieur. Certaines pages non coupées. 190 par 140 mm
Book ID: 3265More details Price: £140.00 -
Compte Rendu A collection of 18 aquatint views and 11 hand-coloured costumes
Amsterdam: E. Maaskamp. A beautiful bound volume, with 29 plates produced by Maaskamp between 1807 and 1812. These are comprised of 18 Aquatint engravings and 11 hand coloured pictures of traditional Dutch peasant costumes. The binding is in period red leather, with gilt title and decoration. 210 by 140mm (8¼ by 5½ inches).
Condition: The binding is in very nice, if slightly rubbed condition. The plates are in excellent condition, many with tissue guards, and in a clean and tidy state.
Book ID: 2237More details Price: £300.00 -
Contes Pantagrueliques
Edition: First Thus
Book ID: 1909More details Price: £75.00 -
Costumes Suisses
Edition: First Edition
Book ID: 1938More details Price: £300.00 -
daàg. The Canadian army in Holland.
Book ID: 2876More details Price: £40.00 -
Daphnis and Chloe
New York: George Braziller, 1977. First Thus. The love story of Daphnis and Chloe translated by George Moore. With gorgeous full page colour illustrations by Marc Chagall. The original limited edition of 250 copies (1961) is now priceless, but this work faithfully reproduces the beauty of the first. Hardback. In original dust jacket. Jacket has some rubbing and edge wear, but inside is very good. 330 x 245 mm (13 x 9¾ inches).
The prologue reads: "Whilst hunting in the island of Lesbos I saw in a grove consecrated to the nymphs the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life, a painted carving figuring a human love story in all its joys and tribulations".
Book ID: 3671More details Price: £120.00 -
De la nature. Avec 41 eaux-fortes originales de Léopold-Lévy (De Rerum Natura)
Condition: The slipcase and folder are sound, but with a little marking to the cream parts. The paper is in very good condition, with some foxing spots. The extra suite of engravings also has a few foxing spots to them.
Book ID: 2415More details Price: £400.00 -
Der Film in der Karikatur.
Berlin: Otto Stollberg Verlag, 1929. First edition. Original half-linen binding. New endpapers. Fully illustrated in b/w. Text in German. 150 pages. 270 x 200 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches). Robert Heymann (1879 - 1946) was a German writer, dramaturge, screenwriter and film director.
Condition: Boards are a little grubby, and corners lightly bumped, otherwise in a very good condition.
Book ID: 2640More details Price: £50.00 -
Die Stadt. Hundert Holzschnitte
Berlin: Rütten & Loening, 1962. Second edition. Hardback linen covered boards, with original black graphic dust jacket. One hundred full-page woodcuts, with an introduction by Rudolf Hagelstange. Dust jacket is a little rubbed at the edges, and has a small closed tear to the top edge of the front. Good condition, and very clean in side. 285 x 205 mm (11¼ x 8 inches).
Book ID: 3604More details Price: £20.00