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Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1968, . . original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (price clipped, short tears), else clean solid copy. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; [x], 389 pp, bibliog, index. . First edition was 1943, this edition is revised, updated and extensively annotated and hence much more useful, being a comprehensive geographical bibliography of books and articles, containing 4,377 entries, with 1,600 entries more than the first edition. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Collins, 1946, . . original printed paper covered boards, small hole in spine, dj (tears, small hole), else good. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; 48 pp, 8 color plates, 28 bw illus. . In the Britain in Pictures series. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1823, First edition. . later boards with title label on front cover, spine a little faded, some minor foxing in a few margins, a near fine copy with good-sized margins. . 8vo [23 x 14.5 cm]; iv, [5] - 32 pp, 3 foldout plates including hand colored frontis, being three states of the same view, one in outline, one in aquatint, and the third a hand-colored aquatint. . The author, a master engraver and artist, presents a method for drawing, using a rural scene as example at different stages, with the outline plate showing perspective lines, up to the coloring including directions for compounding and using colors, sepia, Indian ink, bister, etc. Hardie (English Coloured Books) p. 121: 'He was one of the first to apply colour to aquatint'. BMC II:876.330. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, near fine, clean in dj (worn, split at joints, chipped at spine ends). . 8vo [22 x 16 cm]; viii, 55 pp, 7 color plates from paintings including frontis, 8 other plates, numerous other illustrations from paintings and drawings. . Dudley Hardy was a leading artist of the day, especially humorous art, and the illustrations show his painting, drawings and posters. In the scarce pictorial jacket. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Cambridge, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1967, First edition. . original two-part cloth, dj (not price clipped), near fine and clean. . oblong 4to [18 x 26 cm]; xi, 79 pp, color frontis from painting, portrait, 110 illus, all but two full-page, from Lear's paintings and drawings, bibliog of works related to Lear's landscapes. . An attractive and impressive work covering in some detail on this aspect of Lear's work with biographical material and the author's assessment of his work. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Tel Aviv, Hapoel Hazair, 1972, . . original pictorial heavy paper portfolio, with title on portfolio, plates printed on heavy paper, short tear at edge of portfolio, plates are fine in very good portfolio. . folio [35.5 x 25 cm]; 15 plates on 15 sheets, from drawings/paintings, 4 page foreword by Dov Sadan in English and Hebrew, contents leaf (complete). . The work marks the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Shalom Aleichem, the most famous Yiddish author and novelist of the golden age of Yiddish writing, and on whose work Fiddler on the Roof is based. A picture of this book is available on request by email.