[FIRST FLEET]. A tour through parts of Wales, sonnets, odes, and other poems. by SOTHEBY, W

M. C. Escher. Sotheby Parke Bernet Sale 4343. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 1980 Sotheby Parke Bernet Softcover. Auction catalogue of Escher Prints from Feb. 16, 1980. 137 illustrated lots. Very good overall condition with minor shelfwear. No underlining, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY!!! (CR)

W. Bulmer and Co., 1805. Volumes 1 and 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Size: Octavo. Binding: Brown patterned boards with gilt design on the front and back covers. Front cover loose on both volumes. Marbled front and back inside pages. 1/4 leather spine with gilt lettering. Library stickers on inside covers. Frontispiece. Both have signatures and library stamps on title page. Heavy Foxing throughout. Vol 1. page 39 torn. Vol. 2 pencil used on back pages. Plates in both vols. Vol. 2. page 113 torn. Age-toned pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,600grams, ISBN:

London: Sotheby & Co, 10 April 1962. Good. 29 cm square; 63 pages, including 16 color plates and 15 half-tone plates. Preface by Maugham. Frontispiece portrait of Maugham by Marie Laurencin. Bound in green paper-covered boards superimposed with the "Mauresque" symbol that Maugham adopted as his seal. Boards somewhat warped, spine cracked at head; edge wear. Quite good internally, if not bright. 20-page unillustrated checklist in original wraps laid in. Catalogue for the sale of Maugham's art collection at Sotheby's on April 10, 1962. Sotheby's printed the catalogue in a then-unusual large format to permit the inclusion of color plates that had been prepared by William Heinemann for "Purely for my Pleasure," Maugham's account of his collection, which was published after the sale. Color plates include rarely reproduced images by Toulouse-Lautrec, Leger, Monet, Matisse, Picasso, Pisarro, Renoir, Rouault, Sisley, and Utrillo. Unusual and collectible, even in less-than-pristine condition.

London: R Blairmire. Very Good. 1794. Large paper copy, [8pp] + 120pp, illustrated with 13 plates, 10 original and 3 in facsimile, by S Alkin after J Smith, sm hole in title page, recently beautifully rebound in half calf, raised bands, leather spine label, marbled boards, new endpapers ; Quarto .

London: R Blairmire. Very Good. 1794. Hardcover. [8pp] + 120pp, illustrated with 13 aquatints by S Alkin after J Smith, bound in quarter brown cloth, marbled boards, all plates present, new endpapers, ; Quarto .

London: St. Martin's Lane; Strand, near Charing Cross: R. Blamire, by J. Smeeton, 1794. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. SMITH J.. Author's Presentation copy, extra illustrated, with a total of FOURTEEN Aquatint Plates First illustrated edition, 1794, in contemporary boards, edges worn. Re-spined, printed paper label. Internally, half title, [8], [5], 6-120 pp, 14 aquatint engravings, (Tooley & Abbey both call for 13 engravings, here the 14th plate is by Alken after Miss R. Sotheby), 1 pl with old repaired tear to horizontal tear, text leaves watermarked JR. Engravings from drawings taken on the spot by J. Smith. A lovely example with wide margins, entirely uncut, with contents fine & bright. Presentation copy with "From the Author" on the title - uncommon. (310*241 mm). (Abbey 513. Prideaux p353. Allibone 2178. ESTC T101645. Tooley 462)

London: R Blairmire. Very Good. 1794. Hardcover. Large paper copy, [8pp] + 120pp, illustrated with 13 aquatints bu S Alkin after J Smith, bound in full leather, recently re-spined, new endpapers, armorial bookplate of George Stirling of Blair Drummond 1870, sl foxing of tissue guards , covers losing colour at edges due to rubbing. ; Quarto .

, [8], 120 pages, complete with 13 coloured aquatint plates, the aquatint etchings are by Samuel Alken

London: R. Blamire, Strand, 1794. First edition. First edition. Contemporary three-quarter crimson polished and straight grain calf, blue patterned paper covered boards. 4to. 120pp. The first illustrated edition. With 12 (of 13, as often seen) aquatint etchings. Side edges uncut. A few pages with brown-toning, not affecting illustrations or text. Cover paper worn, else very good and tight.

London; Strand, near Charing Cross: R. Blamire, 1794. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. SMITH John 1749-1831. ALKEN S. WITH THIRTEEN HAND-COLOURED AQUATINT PLATES First edition, VG+, large quarto, [8], 120 pp, thirteen hand coloured aquatint plates (including frontispiece) by S. Alken after J. Smith. Twentieth-century black straight grain morocco, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, board edges and turn-ins decoratively tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges uncut, very minor damp staining in the upper margin of a few leaves, small stain to a few leaves, just affecting the margin of plate facing p7, neatly repaired marginal tear to H4 (pp55/56), ink ownership signature to verso half title (Humfrey? 1834). Engravings from drawings taken on the spot by J. Smith. An excellent and very tall copy. (305*238 mm), (Abbey 513. Prideaux p353. Allibone 2178. ESTC T101645. Tooley 462).