Search Results: Illustrated from Loe Books

London: T. N. Foulia Ltd, 1917. Book. Illus. by Cayley-robinson, F. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. pp xii, 547, fine plates by Cayley-Robinsin, tipped on colour frontispiece with tissue guard, 6 other tipped-on colour plates. Original decorated end papers. Top edge cut, other edges uncut. Original oatmeal cloth, with black lettering, binding very good with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A very good copy..

London: Carter Nash Cameron, 1978. Book. Illus. by Beningfield, Gordon. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition Limited. Folio. pp.95, title page, contents, list of subscribers, forward by Robert Goodden, artist's introduction by Beningfield. A superb signed limited edition number 82 of 250. Complete with 20 tipped in colour plates by Beningfield printed by de Lange /van Leer, Holland, all very bright and clean without foxing or other marks, all edges gilt. Bound in half leather and contrasting textured cloth, gilt lettering to the spine, matching slip case, a little marked. Contents clean and bright, high quality heavy paper throughout with matching endpapers, signed by the author to the reverse of the title page, no foxing, no inscriptions, no handling wear. This is a superbly produced limited edition..

London: Caxton Publishing Company, 1940. Book. Good. Hardback. First Edition Thus. Folio. No date, circa 1940 pp. Numerous colour plates throughout. Original purple cloth binding with blind stamped decoration, some general wear and rubbing, split in cloth to rear joint, spine and edges faded, head/tail of spine nicked. Contents good and tight, ex library but other than a plate and pocket to the front end paper and a hand-written number to the verso of the title page, there are no marks or stamps .Some general reading wear. A good copy..

[Amsterdam]: Leon Schenk Excudit, 1730. Book. Illus. by Van Schagen, Gerret. Very Good. Half-Leather. First Edition Thus. Oblong 8vo. No date but c. 1730. Complete set of 18 numbered etchings (including title) by GERRAT VAN SCHAGEN after the original French edition by Callot Later (Victorian) half red morocco with red cloth boards; with light general wear and rubbing. Contents very good and tight, marbled end papers; unlike most copies the plates are NOT trimmed and laid down; the title page and first plate with a little paper reinforcement to edges of underside, a couple of plates lightly worn along plate marks with minimal reinforcement to verso (Japanese tissue), a couple of plates very slightly marked. A very good copy. Bibliographic note: Copied from Callot's 1633 Grandes Misères de la Guerre, his best-known work, depicting the horrors of war during Cardinal Richelieu's occupation of Nancy and surrounding area..

London: Macmillan and Co., 1883. Book. Illus. by Clarke, Gainsborough, Oakley, Rembrandt. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. a run of nine uniformally bound volumes; comprising of nine complete years of 1883-1884, 1884 -1885, 1885-1886, 1886-1887, 1887-1888, 1888-1889, 1889-1890, 1890-1891, 1991-1892. Fine b/w woodcut engravings throughout by numerous engravers such as Butler, Orme and Waterlow. Bound in half leather, five raised bands with gilt ruled lines, blind stamping to the spine compartments , two spine labels with gilt numbers and lettering, privately bound for Clara J. Grenfell Sept 1894with her initials are at the base of the spines, very good, some slight cracking to a few joints, now carefully conserved to prevent further cracking, leather with some general wear, corners a little worn, some scuffed areas, spines have five raised bands each with gilt ruled decoration, two spine labels with gilt titling, all edges with speckled marbling, Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions,… Read More

London: T. Fisher Unin, 1908. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (18 x 22cm). pp.xii, 115, b/w illustrations throughout. Original green cloth binding with black lettering and silver-gilt decoration, fine and bright with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, paper birght. A very good copy..

London: Reeves and Turner, 1889. Book. Illus. by Cruikshank, Robert. Very Good. Quarter Leather. Reprint. Large 8vo (17 X 26cm). pp. xvi, 321, 36 hand-coloured lithographic plates by Robert Cruikshank, all present. Later quarter green morocco binding with red cloth boards, very good with a little general wear and slight rubbing to extremities, spine faded. Contents clean and tight. A very good tight copy..

London: Victor Gollanze Ltd., 1985. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 296 pp, illus frontis, illus half title, b/w illus throughout, some browning to paper, contents neat and tidy, a very good copy..

London: Charles Griffin and Company, 1865. Book. Illus. by F. A. Lydon. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to. Pp. 60, plus 28 color plates + title page vignette. Contemporary full blue pebbled leather, ornate gilt detail to front board, armorial vignette to the front and rear board, generous gilt dentelles,spine faded and rubbed, decoration remains by virtue of blind stamp detail. Contents good and tight, the original marbled end-papers are unmarked, all edges gilt, spotting to reverse of endpapers and a few of the first and last pages, the plates with tissue guards are generally clean and bright with a little scattered foxing to text and edges. A very good copy with outstanding coloured plates printed by Benjamin Fawcett, Driffield. [Ruari and Antonio McLean 38 Charles Griffin & Co. 1865].

London: The Temple Press, 1937. Book. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Small 4to. xiii + 291 pp. Col. illus. frontis, 11 other col. plts. Slight fading to top/tail of spine of binding, o/w clean and fresh. Dust jacket edge-worn and somewhat soiled with significant loss to the head/tail of spine, some loss to dj corner, now protected in an archival sleeve. Tidy inscr on ffep. Contents very tight and clean. A very good first edition copy in this format..

London: Collins, 1992. Book. Illus. by Derek Robertson. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 164 pages, colour illustrations by the author throughout. Dust jacket protected in clear non-removable film, not price clipped. Hardback binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

London: Duckworth & Co., 1916. Book. Illus. by Heath Robinson. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (19 x 25cm). First edition, first impression; 56 pages, original illustrated endpapers; black and white illustrations throughout. Original red cloth backed printed boards; a little worn and rubbed, lightly marked, corners more worn. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, endpapers with some light general wear, a little marked with some toning, short crack to head of internal hinge, book remains strongly bound. A very good first edition copy. Biographical note: "The full page drawings originally appeared in The Sketch, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, The Strand Magazine, Person's Magazine, London Opinion"..

Paris: E. Baudelot, 1914. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio. No date c. 1914? 7 full-page lithographs by Robida each with tissue guard and 2 leaves (4 pages) of text and each housed in a coloured printed card folder. All housed within a portfolio with cloth spine and corners and front board printed in black, original ties present. A little general wear and rubbing to the portfolio, which is slightly marked, otherwise contents and plates in excellent clean condition. The complete series is of 8 lithographs but this portfolio only includes 7, which are Reims, Louvain, Senlis, Malines, Arras, Termonde, and Ypres, all cities in France and Belgium destroyed by the Germans in World War I. Each of the fascicles was originally sold separately, but it seems that they were also sold later together as a set in this portfolio. A very good colllection..

London: Downey and Co., Limited, 1901. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio. A very fine and scarce limited edition in two volumes: "This edition is limited to Sixty copies of which this is No. 9" signed "B. W. Willets". 36 engraved plates by Henry Alken, each in two states (monochrome and hand-coloured) and each with a captioned tissue guard; pp. vol. I: [2], xi, [1], 167, [1]; vol. II: vii, [1], 233, [1]. Fine, crisp, handmade paper. Top edges gilt other edges uncut, quarter cream buckram cloth with blue paper-covered boards, vellum tips. Bindings very good with light wear only, spines slightly toned. Contents clean and tight, slight evidence of a previous bookplate to the front paste-downs otherwise unmarked. A very good to fine set of this impressive edition..

Paris: L'Illustration, 1916. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Folio (31 x 41cm). An excellent run of 171 weekly parts covering much of the First World War period. Part 3800 (01/01/1916) to part 3975 (10/05/1919) missing just five parts - parts 3805 from Feb 1918; 3853 from January 1917 and 3905, 3906 & 3907 from January 1918. All Le Tableau d'Honeur and supplements appear to be present (though not every one checked). Superb illustrations after paintings and photographs throughout, some in colour, many covering first world war subjects. Text in French, many period adverts. Generally in very good condition, the vast majority of covers remain firmly attached, just a few worn at the spine with the covers detached, a few with chips to edges, some a little dusty. A superb resource of WWI images. A very heavy set and a postal surcharge will apply..

London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1907. Book. Illus. by Stampa, G. L.. Very Good. Pictorial Boards. 4to. unpaginated, 8 Colour plates. Original red cloth spine with pictorial boards. Binding rubbed and worn to edges, somewhat marked. Contents clean and tight, minimal spotting, a little reading wear and a few small marks particularly to rear end papers, paper to hinges worn/cracked. A good to very good copy of this rare title..

London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1876. Book. Illus. by Doyle, Richard. Good. Hardcover. New Edition Revised and Extended. 4to Landscape. pp. xlix, b/w illustrations throughout, printed in black and red. Original red cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing, cloth a little marked. Contents good and clean, the original gutta percha binding is failing and so some pages/sections are loose or detached, contemporary signature to the front free end paper dated 1884. A good copy..

London: Harper & Brothers, 1898. Book. Illus. by George Du Maurier. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 471 pages, numerous black and white illustrations by the author. Half leather binding, blue morocco, five raised bands and bold gilt titling to the spine, matching marbled boards, a little fading to the spine, otherwise very good. Contents fairly clean and tight, light spotting to endpapers and first and last few pages, spotting to fore-edges, previous owner's neat inscription to the front free end-paper dated Christmas Day 1943, otherwise unmarked. A very good tight copy..

Winchester: D. Nutt [& Ackermann], 1846. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. The first work (Memorials) with tinted lithographic title page, letterpess dedication, 19 lithographic plates each with an accompanying leaf of letterpress; 1 engraved plate of seals. The second work (History of Winchester College pub. Ackermann) consists of a letterpress title page followed by 56 pages of letterpress text, but without the plates to this work. Our research suggests that the "Memorials" was issued in 8 parts during 1846 each presumably with a total of 24 litho plates, so 4 plates were not bound in. (it is clear from the binding that no plates have been removed from the book). A fine contemporary binding of sage green morocco with elaborate gilt work to the boards, gilt dentelles and wide gilt vine-leaf decorated turn-ins; rebacked to style with five raised bands. All edges gilt, marbled end papers. Contents good and tight, some foxing and spotting, more pronounced to early and later… Read More

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1839. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo (11 x 17.0cm). Vol. VIII of the Mammalia frontispiece (Peron), vignette title page, and 30 plates of which 27 are hand-coloured and bound into the back. Binding very good with some fading tot he spine. Contents clean and tight, origianl green endpapers, plates clean, no inscriptions, private bookplate to the front pastedown belonging to John Spedding, along with a private plate from the library of Leonard Cowcill. A very good to near fine copy..