JOSE GUADALUPE POSADA EDICION CONMEMORATIVA by RAFAEL TOVAR Y DE TERESA, MERCURIO LOPEZ CASILLAS, ET AL - 2013

London: J. Jenkins, 1815. Very Good -. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 328 mm (image is 154 x 222 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published July 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Very Good- Condition: lightly soiled in margins; image is clean and bright.

Philadelphia: Sol Mednick and Arthur Williams, 1946. Very Good. [104] p.: 19 full-page and 5 half-page illustrations; 36 cm. Loose signatures housed in card portfolio with black cover title. This is an unnumbered copy out of a limited edition of 100 copies, set in Airport Black Type by Typographic Service; the plates were printed by the Beck Engraving Co. Surrealist painter and printmaker Dmitri Petrov (1919-1986) was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The poems by English poet Thomas Hood (1799-1845) illustrated here by Petrov are: The Dream of Eugene Aram -- The Last Man -- The Song of the Shirt -- The Key: A Moorish Romance -- The Stag-Eyed Lady: A Moorish Tale -- The Bridge of Sighs. In Very Good Condition: portfolio is separating along spine and lacking some paper over spine and at edges, with small archival repair; internally clean and crisp.

The Boy Travellers in the Far East - Part fifth. Illustrated. 473 pp.+1 colour plate h.t. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1884.
--- Pictorial cloth gilt. Some wear at corners and spine ends (see photos). Pages bright and clean. A dedication written on a blank page. Richly illustrated with engravings. Tight binding.

Eau-forte orig. et pointe sèche sur chine collé, sur vergé. Signé et daté 1866 en haut dans la plaque. Image: 127 x 211mm / la feuille: 175 x 265mm. Très belle impression par Auguste Delâtre, et publiée par la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris. - Très bon état pour ce petit chef-d'oeuvre de la gravure française au 19ième siècle. - Jennings 18; Curtis & Prouté 21; état ii/ii. - Etching and dry-point on chine collé, and laid down on thin laid paper. A quite good text about the engraved work of this artist can be found in the catalogue of the Appian exhibit, shown at the Musée de Brou, 1997.

Paris, 1770. Copper engraving, beautifully hand coloured. Originally designed to be viewed through a zograscope. Title in French. Shows Geldersekade and the Schreierstoren with its bridge. After Jan de Beijer. In very good condition, under neat card mount. Visible area within card mount: 315 x 415 mm (12½ x 16¼ inches). A zograscope is an optical device for magnifying flat images, as the shape of the lens enhanced the sense of the depth shown in the picture. The precursor to 3D images! These were very fashionable in the late 18th century. Gravure sur cuivre, magnifiquement colorée à la main. Conçu à l'origine pour être vu à travers un zograscope. Titre en français. Montre la Geldersekade avec le Schreierstoren et son pont.En très bon état, sous passe-partout soigné. 315 x 415 mm Un zograscope est un appareil optique pour agrandir des images plates, car la forme de l'objectif améliore le sens de la profondeur montrée dans l'image. Le précurseur des images 3D ! Celles-ci étaient très… Read More

Paris, 1886. 1st Edition . Single Sheet. Near Fine. 19 3/4" x 16 3/4. Engraving By Th. De Mare. Finely Engraved In The Nineteenth Century, Printed And Hand-Colored. A Winter Scene With Five Figures Skating In Eighteenth Century Dress In The Foreground, With Four Other Figures Looking On. Finely Printed On Wove Arches Paper With Arches Watermark. Very Attractive Coloring. Lancret Pinxit At Lower Left, Title Below, T De Mare Sculpt 1886 At Lower Right;. Image Size 13 5/8' X 10 1/8".

London: J. Jenkins, 1815. Near Fine. 1 hand-colored aquatint etching 262 x 329 mm (image is 156 x 224 mm); mat is 14 x 17 inches. Published Oct. 1, 1815. From The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. In Near Fine Condition: very lightly soiled in margins; image is clean and bright.

California Circa 1920, 1920. Original Engraving 1st Printing. No Binding. Near Fine. Image Size 6 3/4"X 5 1/4", With Very Wide Margins, Signed In Okey's Handwriting. John Clark "Jack" Okey (June 3, 1889 - January 8, 1963) Was An American Art Director. He Was Raised In Los Angeles And Attended The Harvard School For Boys. After Leaving, He Was Given Instruction In Art By His Uncle, The California Artist, J. Bond Francisco. While He Was In His Early 20S, He Traveled To Paris With His Friend Stanton Macdonald Wright, And Spent Several Years There Studying Art. Around The Time Of His Marriage In 1913, He Became Involved In The Nascent Film Industry In The Los Angeles Area And Was Involved In The Design And Construction Of Some Of The Earliest Studios There. He Continued In The Film Industry As An Art Director Until His Retirement In 1959. In The Mid-1930S He Spent Several Years In England Working For Alexander Korda, Designing Studios For Him. After His Return To The United… Read More

Etching and dry-point, signed in the plate and dated 1876. 121 x 81mm (image). A fine impression on Van Gelder paper with large margins, 400 x 300mm. Sheet very lightly and evenly darkened by age, but good condition. This is not a published etching; only a few proofs. - Delchevalerie no. 21; Liège 1981, Adrien de Witte, no. 126. - "A partir de 1875... commence une magistrale série d'eaux-fortes. (…) Adrien de Witte fait prendre à la gravure liégeoise un tournant décisif. Libérant la gravure de son rôle de reproduction, il la traite pour elle-même, faisant œuvre originale. Les sujets sont puisés dans la vie quotidienne." (Françoise Clercx-Léonard-Etienne, Adrien de Witte, Liège, 1981, p. 29-30).

Eckville AB, Spur of the Moment, 2002, oblong paperback (8.5" x 11"), 80 pp, One of 100 Signed, Numbered, Limited Edition copies in original slipcase, Fine condition, slight corner touches, in Very Near Fine brown, textured slipcase with gold spur decoration and gold spine lettering. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings. Slipcase untouched except for slightest of wear to corners. A compilation of hilarious, detailed, and vividly colorful cartoons of country life from the world renowned western artist and musician. Text by Phil Callaway, Forward by Boots Reynolds. ISBN 9780969530053