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[Memoirs of Count Grammont.]
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[Memoirs of Count Grammont.]

by HAMILTON, Anthony; GRAMMONT, Count

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London: John White, 1808. A Rare Series of Plates depicting the Characters of Seventeenth Century England and France [HAMILTON, Anthony]. [Memoirs of Count Grammont.] A series of thirty-nine stipple plates printed in colors. [London: John White, 1808]. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 299 x 216 mm.). A rare set of thirty-nine color printed stipple plates to the "Memoirs of Count Grammont" edition of 1808, each plate bearing the date 1 July 1808 and the address of John White. Added are six colored plates: Elenor Gwynn (no. 1 on list); Somer Hill (no. 8 on list); Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland (no. 13 on list); [Nell Gwynn] (no. 18 on list); Elizabeth, Countess of Chesterfield (no. 43 on list), and Susan, Lady Bellasys (no. 45 on list). Original boards uncut, expertly rebacked in black calf. Engraved bookplate of Clarence S. Bement (1843-1923) & oval black leather bookplate of Joseph Widener (1871-1943) on front paste-down. Housed in a full crimson levant morocco slipcase, spine with five raised bands… Read More
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Song of Songs which is Solomons, The
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Song of Songs which is Solomons, The

by [HARCOURT BINDERY]; JONES, Owen, illuminator

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[London]: Longman & Co., 1849. Owen Jones' Illuminated Song of Songs Beautifully Bound by the Harcourt Bindery HARCOURT BINDERY. Owen Jones, Illuminator. The Song of Songs which is Solomons. [London]: Longman & Co., 1849. First printing with the Owen Jones illuminations. Small quarto (7 11/16 x 5 5/8 inches; 196 x 143 mm). Thirty-two unnumbered chromolithographed pages all mounted on guards and decorated throughout with numerous large illuminated initials in gold within borders of colored floral stems and acanthus leaves among gold leaves on hairline stems. Bound ca. 1910 by the Harcourt Bindery of Boston (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in) in full burgundy crushed morocco with elaborate gilt-rolled and tooled borders, spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt-dotted board edges, extravagantly gilt decorated morocco doublures, embroidered silk endpapers, Japanese vellum endleaves. A beautiful and fine copy of a magnificently produced… Read More
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Dynasts, The
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Dynasts, The

by HARDY, Thomas; Dodd, Francis

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London: Macmillan and Co., 1927. One of 525 Large-Paper Copies, Signed by Thomas Hardy HARDY, Thomas. The Dynasts. An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon, in Three Parts, Nineteen Acts, and One Hundred and Thirty Scenes, the Time Covered by the Action Being about Ten Years. London: Macmillan and Co., 1927. Limited to 525 copies printed on large paper, signed by the author. Three large octavo volumes (10 11/16 x 7 3/4 inches; 272 x 197 mm.). [2, limitation leaf (recto blank)], xii, 165, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [1, blank]; [2], vi, 211, [1, colophon]; vii, [1, blank], 235, [1, blank], [1, colophon], [3, blank] pp. Etched frontispiece portrait by Francis Dodd (signed in pencil by the artist). Printed in red and black "in the Baskerville fount" at the Chiswick Press. Original quarter vellum, ruled in gilt, over decorative paper boards. Spines lettered in gilt. All edges uncut. A very fine set. In the original brown printed dust jackets. Individually chemised and housed together in a quarter dark… Read More
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Pair of Blue Eyes, A.
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Pair of Blue Eyes, A.

by HARDY, Thomas; ZAEHNSDORF, binder

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London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. Number One in Michael Sadleirs 'Comparative Scarcities' Complete with all three half-titles HARDY, Thomas. A Pair of Blue Eyes. A Novel. In Three Volumes. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1873. First edition in book form (first published in Tinsleys' Magazine from September 1872 to July 1873). One of presumably 500 copies printed. Three small octavo volumes. [6], 303, [1, blank]; [6], 311, [1, blank]; [6], 262 pp. Complete with half-titles. Bound ca. 1910 by Zaehnsdorf in three quarter green crushed morocco gilt over green cloth boards ruled in gilt. Spines lettered and decoratively tooled in gilt. Marbled endpapers, top edges gilt. With the bookplate of Anthony Conyers Surtees on front pastedown. A superb copy of this very rare title. According to Michael Sadleir in his 'Comparative Scarcities' A pair of Blue Eyes is number I (Sadleir I, p. 378). A Pair of Blue Eyes. The book describes the love triangle of a young woman, Elfride Swancourt, and her two suitors from very… Read More
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Picturesque Rides and Walks
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Picturesque Rides and Walks

by HASSELL, John

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London: Printed for J. Hassell..., 1817. Large-Paper Copy With 120 "Charmingly Composed " Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles round the British Metropolis; Illustrated in a Series of Engravings, Coloured after Nature: with an Historical and Topographical Description of the Country within the Compass of that Circle. London: Printed for J. Hassell... Islington; and sold by all Booksellers, 1817-1818. First edition. Large paper copy. Two octavo volumes (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 213 x 134 mm.). [iii]-viii, 249, [1, blank], [2, "Directions for Placing the Cuts"], [8, index]; [2], 272, [9, index], [1, blank], [2, "Directions for Placing the Cuts"] pp. Bound without the half-titles, as usual. With 120 hand-colored aquatint plates. Bound ca. 1817 in half dark green roan, ruled in gilt, over drab boards. Smooth spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, with the gilt cipher of the Earl of Essex surmounted by a coronet at… Read More
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Tour of the Grand Junction
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Tour of the Grand Junction

by HASSELL, John

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London: Printed for J. Hassell..., 1819. A Rare Large-Paper Copy In the Original Drab Boards Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through Which the Canal Passes. London: Printed for J. Hassell...Islington; And sold by all Booksellers, 1819. First edition. Large paper copy. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 225 x 138 mm.). viii, 147, [1, blank], [3, index], [1, "Directions for Placing the Cuts"] pp. With twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates by J. Hassell. Dates not visible on the plate watermarks. Uncut, in the original drab boards, expertly rebacked to style at an early date. Front cover with the original printed paper label. Bookplate of John H. Baker on front pastedown. Some minor offsetting from a few plates to the facing text otherwise a very… Read More
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Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, A.
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Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, A.

by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel

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Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First Edition, First Printing of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Most Famous Children's Book Six Tales Adapted from Greek Myths HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys. With engravings by Baker from designs by Billings. Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First edition, first printing, with the misprint "lifed" for lifted" on p. 21, line 3. Small octavo (6 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 169 x 111 mm.). [2, flyleaf], [i]-vi, [7]-256, [2, flyleaf] pp. Frontispiece and six inserted engraved plates after designs by Hammat Billings, all with original tissue-guards. Original gray-green, vertically ribbed cloth, covers stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt, pale yellow wove endpapers. Some occasional and minimal light marginal soiling. Spine extremities expertly and almost invisibly strengthened (only visible under ultra-violet light), minimal rubbing to corners. Original endpapers and hinges untouched. A wonderful example of this superb collection of six… Read More
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Grandfather's Chair
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Grandfather's Chair

by HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel

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Boston: E.P. Peabody, 1841. True Stories from New England History, 1620-1808 HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Grandfather's Chair: A History for Youth. Boston: E.P. Peabody. New York:-Wiley & Putnam, 1841. First edition. Sixteenmo (4 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches; 124 x 82 mm.). viii, [9] - 140. Publishers basket-weave plum cloth, cream endpapers. Without the gilt lettered black paper label on the front cover, otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce little book. Chemised in a quarter dark green morocco slip-case. BAL, 7590; Browne, p. 38.
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Cuisine Creole, La
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Cuisine Creole, La

by HEARNE, Lafcadio

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New York: Will H. Coleman, 1885. A classic of Creole cooking, and the first book published on the subject [HEARN, Lafcadio]. La Cuisine Creole. A Collection of Culinary Recipes from leading chefs and noted Creole housewives, who have made New Orleans famous for its cuisine. New York: Will H. Coleman, [1885]. First edition (BAL state B with the Introduction on one page, and with the word Brulot with an umlaut instead of an accent). Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 188 x 146 mm.). [ii, blank], [iii], [i, blank], [1]-268 pp. Over-opened at pp. 172/173, small marginal stain affecting front endpapers and first five leaves only, a few very small marginal stains on p. 217. Publisher's brown cloth, front cover pictorially decorated with a tureen, crab, and crawfish in gilt and black, lilac endpapers. Plain spine as issued, a few stains on back cover, lower half of front inner hinge cracked and repaired. Chemised in a quarter black morocco slipcase, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in… Read More
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My Lord Mayor's Album or Cockney Sports 1835
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My Lord Mayor's Album or Cockney Sports 1835

by HEATH, Henry, illustrator

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London: Published by I. B. Brooks, 1835. My Lord Mayor's Album by Henry Heath Twenty-Four Highly Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [HEATH, Henry, illustrator]. My Lord Mayor's Album or Cockney Sports. London: Published by I. B. Brooks, 1st January 1835. First edition. Small folio (10 x 7 1/8 inches; 255 x 182 mm.). Twenty-four highly amusing hand-colored lithograph plates, including hand colored engraved title-vignette frontispiece. Several plates dated 1834. Handsomely bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1920 in full red morocco, covers triple-ruled in gilt. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board edges, elaborate gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers top edge gilt. With the armorial bookplate of Harry Bradfer-Lawrence F.S.A. on the front pastedown. A wonderful example. A rare and very amusing collection of colored illustrations depicting humorous sporting scenes. Henry Heath was probably the brother of William Heath. "He was a versatile… Read More
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Omnium Gatherum
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Omnium Gatherum

by HEATH, Henry

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London: Charles Tilt, 1840. Fourteen Humorous Hand-Colored Engraved Plates 'A Fine Collection of Miscellaneous People or Things' HEATH, H[enry]. Omnium Gatherum. [Together with:] Omnium-Gatherum. Second Series. [London: Published by Charles Tilt, n.d., ca. 1840]. Later issue, on thick paper (first published 1831-1834). Oblong folio (10 1/16 x 13 3/4 inches; 256 x 350 mm.). Pictorial hand-colored engraved title page and thirteen numbered hand-colored engraved plates, containing 247 vignettes. Late nineteenth century three-quarter red morocco over red cloth boards ruled in gilt by L. Broca (stamp-signed on front free endpaper). Front cover lettered in gilt, spine with two raised bands, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with original spine laid down. A near fine copy. Omnium Gatherum (A collection of miscellaneous people or things). "Henry Heath (fl. 1822-1842), caricaturist, is a shadowy figure. Because of a similarity in style between… Read More
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Studies From the Stage
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Studies From the Stage

by HEATH, William

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London: W. Sams, 1823. The Rare First Edition HEATH, William. Studies From the Stage, or the Vicissitudes of Life. London: W. Sams, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 14 in; 250 x 354 mm). Engraved title (plain) and over 100 hand-colored illustrations on twenty etched plates, watermarked 1822, with interleaves. Plates 4, 10, 11, 14 and 18 signed, "Drawn & etched by W. Heath"; imprint, "Published by W. Sams Royal Library 1 St. James's St"; dated variously from May through July 1823. Bound by Rivière & Son in half midnight blue morocco over blue cloth. Gilt-ruled and lettered title label. Gilt lettering to spine with gilt ornaments at head and tail. Top edge gilt. Occasional mild spotting and soiling. Upper joint near invisibly restored. A fine copy. Only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. Rarely seen in commerce, the last copy to come to auction was in 2006. This lavishly engraved, hand-colored book of caricature by William Heath shows a wide variety of contemporary… Read More
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The Bear the Bull Dog and the Monkey
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The Bear the Bull Dog and the Monkey

by HEATH, William, (after)

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: , 1812. The Bear, The Bull Dog and The Monkey HEATH, William, (after). The Bear the Bull Dog and the Monkey. Pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper, (16 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches; 415 x 291 mm.). Original artwork after the published etching from August of 1812. The first image of the Russian campaign which commenced in late June, Napoleon as half-ape, gripped by the Russian bear and savaged by the bulldog, named on its collar as Wellington, manuscript verse below. "Dame Mischief may say "spare my Monkey good Sirs But I'll tell you what's best to be done The Villain delights in such mischievous stirs That 'tis wisest to stop all his fun So Bruin & Growler each play your part And worry this troublesome Blade, Then Peace shall again delight evr'y Heart And the Rogue will be robbed of his Trade" [c.f. BM Satires 11896], c.1812.
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Theatrical Characters
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Theatrical Characters

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London: Thomas M'Lean, 1829. Politics As Theater - Political Actors Lampooned By Britain's "Leading Caricaturist, Prolific Alike in Social and Political Satire" HEATH, William. Theatrical Characters. London: Thomas M'Lean, Dec. 1, 1829. First edition, first impression with plates dated Oct. 26 to Nov. 9. Large folio (16 1/8 x 11 1/8 in; 410 x 280 mm). Ten hand-colored etchings with captions. No title page, as issued. Publisher's original tan wrappers printed in black, strengthened by a later navy blue cloth backstrip. Wrappers slightly soiled with some wear to extremities. The plates, however, are, generally clean and vividly colored. Exceptionally rare in the original wrappers, no matter what the condition... Housed in a felt-lined black cloth clamshell case. Only four complete copies in institutional holdings worldwide: Harvard University (MA,US); National Library of Ireland; National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum. Heath broadly satirizes contemporary British political figures as… Read More
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Life of a Soldier, The
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by HEATH, William

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London: William Sams, 1823. Rarely Found in the Original Boards HEATH, William. The Life of a Soldier. A Narrative and Descriptive Poem. With Eighteen Engravings by William Heath.. London: William Sams, 1823. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in; 268 x 195 mm). [8, incl. half-title], 150, [2, adv.] pp. Eighteen hand-colored untitled aquatint engravings. Original pictorially lithographed boards, rebacked. Joints starting yet firm, boards a little rubbed and marked, still an excellent copy. Chemised in a red cloth jacket within a full red morocco pull-off case. One of the better imitations of The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome (1815). "Watercolourist and caricaturist William Heath (1795-1840)...worked mostly under the pseudonym of Paul Pry. He called himself 'Portrait and Military painter' and was reputed to be an 'ex-captain of dragoons' but is not recorded in the Army List. Heath began life as a draughtsman and his main claim to fame rests on his having produced the first… Read More
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Gallery of Fashion, The

by HEIDELOFF, Nikolaus Wilhelm von

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London: Pub....by N. Heideloff, 1794. The First Two Volumes of "the Most Splendid of English Costume Books" "A Very Difficult Book to Find in Good Condition" The Copy of Maria Christina, Queen of Spain [HEIDELOFF, Nikolaus Wilhelm von, publisher]. Gallery of Fashion. Vol. I, April 1794-March 1796. [London]: Pub....by N. Heideloff, 1794-1796. First edition of volumes 1 & 2. Quarto (11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 284 x 222 mm.). [2] Advertisement, [48], [3] List of Subscribers, [1] blank; [2] Advertisement, [48], [2] List of Subscribers. Two hand-colored engraved title-pages and forty-nine hand-colored aquatint plates depicting ninety figures of fashionably dressed ladies. Each plate with descriptive text. Spectacularly bound c. 1835 in red straight-grain morocco, unsigned, yet to all appearances the work of the firm of Charles Hering, "the artistic successor to Roger Payne, the doyen of English bookbinders" (Marks). With a broad and boldly gilt tooled frame with corner devices enclosing a gilt panel… Read More
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Across the River and Into the Trees
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by HEMINGWAY, Ernest

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. Reflections on a Life HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees. London: Jonathan Cape, [1950]. First English edition, First Printing. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 191 x 124 mm.). [1]-254 pp. Publisher's green cloth, front cover with decoration in red, spine lettered in red and silver. First issue pictorial dust jacket with "9s 6d. net" printed on lower front flap. Minimal rubbing to extremities of dust jacket. An excellent example. The UK edition preceded the the US edition by four days. "Across the River and Into the Trees first appeared in Cosmopolitan, CXXVIII (Feb. 1950 - June 1950). Numerous changes, additions, and omissions were made prior to book publication. For example: "Conte Carlo" was changed to "Count Andrea"; the passages regarding "the Honorable Pacciardi," on pp. 39-41, were added; the passages regarding d'Annunzio, on pp. 49-51, were added; the whole of Ch. XXXVII was added; the deletions were filled in; etc... Across the River and… Read More
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Aelteste Urkunde des Menschengeschlechts
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by HERDER, Johann Gottfried

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Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1774. The Oldest Document of the Human Race Johann Herder Accuses Kircher of Willful Fabrication HERDER, Johann Gottfried. Aelteste Urkunde des Menschengeschlechts. Riga: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1774-1776. First edition. Two quarto volumes (9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches; 241 x 195 mm.). [iv], 384; [viii], 202 pp. Late nineteenth century parchment over decorated paper boards, spines lettered and ruled in gilt. A fascinating work on cosmogany and The Old Testament... Aelteste Urkunde des Menschengeschlechts - The oldest document of the human race. Herder says in an earlier version of his Aelteste Urkunde, around 1771 or 1772: "Aber so wissen wir ja nicht das Alter der Welt!" (But we do not know the age of the world). The Book of Genesis, he says, can give us no information on this subject. But in 1774, in the final version of the same work, he says that "die Welt fast sechstausend Jahr alt... ist" (The world is almost six thousand years old). In a sermon of the same… Read More
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Mountains and the Lakes, The

by HERING, G[eorge].E.

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London: Messrs Ackermann & Co., 1845. The Exceptionally Rare First Issue with Twenty Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Mounted on Card HERING, G[eorge].E[dwards]. The Mountains and the Lakes. Sketches in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy. London: Messrs. Ackermann & Co., [1845]. The true first edition (reissued by M.A. Nattali in 1847 with letterpress title and text). Large folio (17 7/8 x 13 7/8 in; 453 x 352 mm). Hand-colored lithographed Title and Dedication, and eighteen hand-colored lithographed plates, all trimmed and mounted on card stock, loose as issued. Publisher's black cloth chemised portfolio with black silk ties. Gilt lettered and decorated on front cover. Expertly rebacked and re-cornered. With an unidentified armorial bookplate and that of Dayton Art Institute. A very fine copy. This is the true first edition, noted by Abbey but not seen by him; he catalogued the smaller, remaindered edition by Nattali issued in 1847 which measured 14 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches and is the commonly found… Read More
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Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster
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by HERRING, John Frederick

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London: S. & J. Fuller at their Sporting-Gallery, 1827-1843. Twelve Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates of The St. Leger Winners and The Derby Winners HERRING, John Frederick. Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, [and] Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Derby Stakes at Epsom. London: S. & J. Fuller at their Sporting-Gallery, 1827-1843. Oblong folio (22 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches; 572 x 649 mm.). Average plate size 16 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches; 412 x 568 mm. Average image size 12 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches; 311 x 419 mm. Twelve color-printed aquatints by R.G. Reeve and C. Hunt after Herring, Abraham Cooper and H. Hall, each titled with letterpress description, finished by hand in color and heightened with gum arabic, several with Minerva head blind-stamp (subscribers copies), all mounted. Housed in a mid twentieth century cloth clamshell case. A fine collection of classic racing prints from Herring's second series of St. Leger and Derby winners. The first and second… Read More
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