Search Results: Authors starting with C from Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books

Waltham Saint Lawrence:: The Golden Cockerel Press,, 1927.. First Edition. Near Fine. Near Fine. Limited printing # 74 of 375 copies. Corners lightly tipped, otherwise fine. Octavo ( 7.5 x 4.75 inches). Quarter cloth over brown batik paper covered boards. 115pp, with two copperplate engravings by JE Laboureur. Printed by Robert Gibbings at the Golden Cockerel Press, completed on the 2nd of May, 1927. Printed in 11 pt. Caslon O.F. type on Kelmscott handmade paper. A lovely copy, the text is taken from the first edition of the sensuous love poems by Cavalier Poet Thomas Carew (English 1595-1640). Chanticleer 47. Kirkus 122. 1/4 cloth

London:: C. Marsh,, 1754.. Second Edition. Near Fine with original hand-coloring. Original hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio. Near Fine condition, with one minute foxed mark on right edge of plate mark. Archivally framed in walnut burl, 23 x 20 inches. This powerful image of the Chain-snake is decoratively surrounded by a blooming Frutex lauri, a shrub native to Virginia. This second edition of Mark Catesby's renowned series was published posthumously by George Edwards; a friend and noted colleague. Archivally Framed

New York:: E.P. Dutton & Company,, 1883.. Second Edition. Very Good+. No DJ as Issued. A Very Good+ copy. Corners bumped, head and foot of spine softened, shelf wear yet the pictorial gilt and silvered ornamentation on the boards is bright and rich, as are the fine heavily printed chromolithographed plates. Folio (9.75 x 12.75 inches). Dark brown beveled boards with gilt lettered decorative illustration to boards and spine. AEG. Former owner's dated signature on prelim. (Dec. 25, 1882) Unpaginated. 55 pages, includes four b/w lithographed plates; illustrated titlepage, dedication page, table of contents, and 11 (of 12) colored plates with tissue guards. Lacking the Hoar Frost plate. A fine selection of autumnal poems accompanied by striking seasonal floral bouquets, some with insects, by American painter, author and art instructor Lida Clarkson. (active 1870-99). Poems by William Cullen Bryant, Whittier, Mary Maples Dodge, RW Emerson, Celia Thaxter. 'To American Poets only I… Read More

Boston:: Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1974.. First Printing of the First Edition. Fine in Fine DJ. Fine in a Fine DJ. A bright fresh copy- as new. No former owner's markings. Octavo. Red cloth with black illustration and lettering to the spine. 124 (1) pp. From noted authority of folktales and storytelling Eileen Colwell, a fine collection of 28 English folktales from the oral tradition dating from 1840 to 1900; here retold in a modern idiom, illustrated with bold lino-cuts by Anthony Colbert. Cloth

New York:: Comstock Publishing Company, Inc.,, 1943.. Third Printing. Fine in Near Fine DJ. A Fine copy on a Near Fine DJ. Former owner's marking on ffl. Octavo (5.25 x 8 inches). Blue cloth with lithographed title. 311 pp. colored frontispiece, illustrated in b/w, plus 45 color plates. The co-authors were professors of Natural History & Entomology at Cornell University. Anna Botsford was a talented wood-engraver of natural subjects. Cloth

London:: Oxford University Press,, 1942.. First edition. Fine. Fine. Slender 12mo. (4.75 x 7.5 inches). Printed wraps. pp 64, includes 50 b/w plates. With an insightful introduction by Colin Coote, the fine drawings and paintings reproduced here were made by war artists working under the official direction of the Admiralty on the recommendation of the Ministry of Information Artists' Advisory Committee. The contributing artists are Edward Ardizzone, Edward Bawden, Sir Muirhead Bone, Dorothy Coke, W. Conor, R. Coxon, Charles Cundall, TC Dugdale, RG Eves, Barnett Freedman, Anthony Gross, Robin Guthrie, Henry Lamb, Harry Morley, C. Mozley, Feliks Topolski. Annotated notes on the pictures follow. printed wraps

London:: The Travellers' Library/ Jonathan Cape,, 1926.. First edition. Near Fine in VG+ dust jacket. Near Fine in a VG+ lightly rubbed dust jacket. Minor chips to head of spine, toned ffl otherwise a nice copy in a scarce DJ. 12mo. (4.75 x 7 inches). Blue cloth with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. 222pp. Publisher's listing of 21 previously published titles facing titlepage. A nice early issue of #22 of The Travellers' Library Series in a redesigned dust jacket c. 1934. In 1926 Jonathan Cape republished literature and travel titles from his back catalogue and created a new high quality series of copyright books by authors such as WH Davies, A. Bierce, S. Butler, HG Wells, S. Lewis, DH Lawrence and J. Joyce, 'all attractively bound and designed for the small house or pocket', as stated in advert. This copy was printed in Guernsey by the Star and Gazette Co., Ltd. Cloth

London:: Studio Vista,, 1966-71.. First and Reprinted Editions. Fine. All five volumes in Fine Condition in a lightly toned slip case. Octavo. Printed laminated boards. 97-104 pp., illustrated. Tidy owner's signature in bookbinding volume. Other volumes unmarked. Collection of five fully illustrated fine art and craft instruction manuals on bookbinding, screen printing, drawing, weaving and jewelry from note art instruction publishers; Watson-Guptill. Each volume fully illustrated with diagrams and photographs in color and black and white with bibliography, lists of suppliers (England and US). Bookbinding, Screen Printing and Weaving are First Printings; 1967; 1968; 1969 respectively. Jewelry and Drawing are reprinted editions; 1971. Slipcase

Utrecht:: de Passe, Crispjin van,, 1614.. First edition. Fine. A scarce original hand-colored copperplate engraving from the First Edition of Hortus Floridus. Printed on wove stock with embellished initial capitols and text in Latin on the verso. Oblong folio (10.75 x 7.5 inches, plate mark 8.25 x 5 inches). Matted in Ivory Rag to 18.5 x 16 inches). Crispijn (Van) de Passe, The Younger (Cologne 1594- 1670) produced his charming work Hortus Floridus as a young engraver of flowering plants between 1614-16: the height of the Dutch Golden Age- forever after known as the Tulipmania Period. Crispijn was born into a long line of talented Dutch engravers and learned to master the challenging skill of engraving with a needle-like instrument called the burin. His technical virtuosity was enlivened by his youthful, whimsical spirit as displayed in his engaging compositions of flowering plants and landscapes teeming with insects, birds and small animals as well as allegorical and mythologic themes. This… Read More

Utrecht:: de Passe, Crispjin van,, 1614.. First edition. Fine. A scarce original hand-colored copperplate engraving from the First Edition of Hortus Floridus. Printed on wove stock with embellished initial capitols and text in Latin on the verso. Oblong folio (10.75 x 7.5 inches, plate mark 8.25 x 5 inches). Matted in Ivory Rag to 18.5 x 16 inches). Crispijn (Van) de Passe, The Younger (Cologne 1594- 1670) produced his charming work Hortus Floridus as a young engraver of flowering plants between 1614-16: the height of the Dutch Golden Age- forever after known as the Tulipmania Period.  Crispijn was born into a long line of talented Dutch engravers and learned to master the challenging skill of engraving with a needle-like instrument called the burin. His technical virtuosity was enlivened by his youthful, whimsical spirit as displayed in his engaging compositions of flowering plants and landscapes teeming with insects, birds and small animals as well as allegorical and… Read More

Seattle:: H.W. Gardner,, ND [1920].. First edition. Near Fine. Near Fine. (18 x 13 cm). Brown printed wraps. 8 leaves [2]pp. with 14 photographs. A fine tourist's brochure of Everett, Washington and the scenic wonders of the Pacific Northwest, illustrated with captioned black and white picturesque photographs by Asahel Curtis and the Juleen Studio set in orange printed ruled & ornamental framework. Two page text details Everett's commerce and population, and encourages visitors and travelers; "Every spot is a camping spot, no need to carry water bag in Washington'. A nice little survivor. printed wraps