Search Results: Authors starting with I from Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books

The Hague: Pieter de Hondt, c. 1763. A fine and handsome example. . Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine in seven compartments of raised bands with gilt ruled decoration throughout. Title on red Morocco label on 2. Pasted and free marbled endpapers. All edges dyed red. Gilt dentelles on top and front edges. , Notes: Text is in French. This is an illustrated history of the Dutch East India Company, with descriptions of the lives of all 28 Dutch Governor-Generals from Pieter Both, appointed in 1609, to Jacob Mossel, appointed in 1752. The end of the book contains a fascinating treatise on the condition of the Dutch East Indies by the late Governor-General Gustaaf Willem Baron Imhoff. He confronts the fact that the Dutch East Indies had been on the decline for the past fifty years and gives some suggestions as to how it could be rejuvenated. Jakob or Jacobus, van der Schley (1715-1779) was a Dutch draughtsman and engraver. He studied under Bernard Picart (1673-1733)… Read More

London: Cadell & Davies, 1816. Very Good, . Size : 502x597 (mm), 19.76x23.50 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: Maps Europe Romania; Maps Europe Greece, Macedonia;

Venetiis, Munich, [possib. Anvers]: : Joann. and Raphael Sadeler, , c. 1594-1606. . An illustrated work in very good condition with plates clean and mostly wide margined; a few of the plates are reinforced with fine tissue paper; also occasional marginal tears repaired.. Edition: First edition anthology of five works. , Binding: 18th century full vellum; rebacked expertly saving the original spine; flat spine with gilt lettered and dated title on morocco label; edges marbled; renewed endpapers., Notes: Captions in Latin. The work depicts hermits, saints with one of five parts devoted to female believers; this anthology is rarely offered. The members of the Sadeler family were among the most successful Flemish engravers and publishers of their time. , Size: Oblong folio (335x263mm)., Illustration: 103 copper-engravings; of these 102 illustrated; these include: three titles [to the first three works]; the paragramma with engraved border. The first work, “SYLVA SACRA” being one complete series… Read More

US: Shriners, 1918. Very Good. Notes: A composite series of twelve individual posters by Mecca Temple: New York, 1918. Official posters published in the interest of the Shrine Sociability by Mecca Temple of New York, N.Y., The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. , Image Size : 733x669 (mm), 28.86x26.34 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 780x707 (mm), 30.71x27.83 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color, Medium: Lithograph, Categories: Posters;

St. Petersburg, 1911. An excellent copy.. Edition: Second edition, Binding: Decorative gilt-embossed contemporary green cloth binding. All edges marbled. Decorative gilt endpapers., Notes: Text in Russian., Size: 8vo., Illustration: Illustrated with head and tail pieces and text illustrations., Pages: Pp. title-page, contents, (i), 1-275., Category: Book Russia; Book Science & Technology

Andre Collot. , c.1925.. Very good example, slight age toning, occasional period marginalia around the notes.. Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Full original blue-green morocco boards, slightly worn. Gilt lettering with small gilt designs beneath author name and title. Gilt lettering on spine. Decorative paste-in endpaper and free endpaper featuring gilt floral motifs on green background with white marks. Bottom, top, and front edges uncut. , Notes: Text in French., Size: Oblong 4to (244x270mm), Illustration: French songs arranged for voice and piano, featuring twenty-five art nouveau illustrations. , Pages: P. 1 – 48. P. 41 – 47 are misplaced, with p. 45 – 48 appearing ahead of p. 41 – 44; order of last two songs, “Il Pleut Bergère” and “Frère Jacques,” reversed according to contents. All pages and songs present., Category: Book Musical;

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons. , N.d. (c. 1930s).. Dust jacket worn at edges, front corners slightly creased/torn, price rubbed out on back cover.. Binding: Full red cloth boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edges black. With publisher’s dust jacket, clipped, in Mylar. , Notes: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), known as Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer, widely known for his iconic children’s books, most notably being Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is its sequel.Helen Monro Turner (1901–1977) was a Scottish wood cut specialist, glass engraver, illustrator, and educator. She helped open and establish the first glass engraving department at Edinburgh College of Art 8 January 1941. The scale of her work ranged from a single glass or a tiny engraved crystal box to huge architectural commissions such as the windows on the staircase in the National Library of Scotland., Size: 12mo. (160 x 110 mm),… Read More

Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co. , 1908.. Binding: Full blue cloth boards. Upper with pictorial paste-on. Pictorial pasted and free endpapers. , Notes: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), known as Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer, widely known for his iconic children’s books, most notably being Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is its sequel.John Rea Neill (1877 – 1943) was a magazine and children’s book illustrator, primarily known for his extremely popular illustrations done for L. Frank Baum’s Oz series. , Size: 12mo.(175 x 130 mm), Illustration: A very good example of Carroll’s quintessential work. Illustrated in colour. Single leaf of advertisements at back for the Oz books. From the “Children’s Own Books” series. , Pages: 58 pp., Category: Book Children; Book Literature;

London: J.M. Dent & Sons / New York, E.P. Dutton. , 1954.. Light wear to jacket, small tear to back cover at spine corner.. Binding: Full pictorial cloth boards. Upper and spine with blue lettering. Pictorial endpapers. Top edges red. With publisher’s dust jacket, unclipped (11s. 6d. net), in Mylar. , Notes: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), known as Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer, widely known for his iconic children’s books, most notably being Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is its sequel.John Tenniel (1820 – 1914) was a prominent English illustrator, graphic humourist and political cartoonist of the second half of the 19th century. An alumnus of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, he was knighted for artistic achievements in 1893, the first such honour ever bestowed on an illustrator or cartoonist. Tenniel's detailed black-and-white drawings done for Alice in Wonderland are widely recognized to… Read More

London: W. Foulsham & Co. , N.d.. Jacket worn, some creasing/tearing at edges. Gift inscription inked on front free endpaper.. Binding: Full red cloth boards. Upper and spine with black lettering. With publisher’s dust jacket, unclipped (5’- net), in Mylar. , Notes: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), known as Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer, widely known for his iconic children’s books, most notably being Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is its sequel., Size: 8vo. (190 x 135 mm), Illustration: Very good example. Illustrated with colour plates and black-and-white drawings. , Pages: 127 pp., Category: Book Literature;

Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co. [title] / The Reilly & Britton Co. [copyright]. , 1908.. Light shelfwear. Small marginal tear to frontispiece, not affecting print.. Binding: Pictorial cloth boards. Upper and spine with red lettering. No dust jacket. , Notes: John Rea Neill (1877 – 1943) was a noted magazine and children’s book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz. His pen-and-ink drawings have become identified almost exclusively with the Oz series. , Size: 8vo. (200 x 155 mm), Illustration: Very good example. Illustrated with colour plates. , Pages: 248 pp., Category: Book Literature; Book Children;

New York: Random House / Modern Library. , 1944.. Light rubbing.. Edition: Illustrated Edition., Binding: Illustrated paper boards backed in black cloth. Spine with title lettered in gilt on green stamped label. Top edges pale green. No jacket. , Notes: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity. Friedrich Nietzsche considered him "the most gifted of the Americans,” and Walt Whitman referred to him as his "master.”, Size: 8vo.(190 x 125 mm) , Illustration: Very good example. Illustrated with double-page colour plates and other black-and-white plates. , Pages: 559 pp., Category: Book Social Sciences;

Stockholm/London: Zephyr Books (The Continental Book Company AB). , 1946.. Section torn away along top edge of jacket rear cover.. Binding: Printed paper wraps with publisher’s dust jacket, in Mylar. , Notes: Ownership inked on half-title, dated 1948.Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), known as Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer, widely known for his iconic children’s books, most notably being Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is its sequel., Size: Small 8vo. (185 x 120 mm), Illustration: A very good example of these quintessential works by Carroll, Alice in Wonderland and its sequel. 1st edition with Peake’s illustrations. Illustrated in black-and-white. , Pages: 348 pp., Category: Book Children; Book Literature;

Ottawa: Ministry of Agriculture, c. 1906. Extemities worn, otherwise a very good copy.. Edition: First, Binding: Contemporary paper boards with coloured depiction of plant on both upper and lower boards, flat spine. , Size: 4to, Illustration: 56 coloured lithographed plates depicting various weeds. , Pages: P. title, blank, 3-103., Category: Book Natural History

Beginner Books by Random House. , 1958.. A very good example. Some rubbing to extremities, interior clean and crisp. Inked ownership on front free endpaper.. Binding: Colour-illustrated paper boards. Colour-illustrated pasted and free endpapers. No dust jacket., Notes: Book Club Edition., Size: Quarto.(230 x 165 mm), Category: Book Children;

London and New York: William Heinemann andDoubleday, Page, & Co. Printed in England (on title verso). , N.d. (circa 1907).. Edition: First American trade edition., Binding: Full red cloth boards. Upper with pictorial paste-on. Pictorial pasted and free endpapers. , Notes: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 – 1898), known as Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician and photographer, widely known for his iconic children’s books, most notably being Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is its sequel.Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator, recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator., Size: 8vo.(200 x 150 mm). , Illustration: A very good example of this quintessential work by Carroll, illustrated by… Read More

London: Fisher, Son & Co, 1836. Some foxing and brown spots. Binding: contemporary ½ decorative gilt morocco with marbled boards. Spine with 5 compartments of gilt tooled bands, gilt lettering on two and four, all edges speckled red., Notes: Most of the views are done by W.H. Bartlett, from his journey between 1834 and 1835., Size: 4to, Illustration: 106 of 121 steel engraved plates and 1 map., Volume: 3 of 4, Pages: Volume 1. P. Engraved title, i-ii, 1-80; Volume 2. P. Engraved title, (2), 5-76; Volume 3. P. title, blank, 5-76, Category: Book Asia Middle East Holy Land; Book Plate Books General

Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, c. 1737. Uniform toning otherwise a very good to fine example of this important work regarding Peru.. Binding: recent full calf, upper and lower board with double straight lined embossed boarder. Spine with 6 gilt designed compartments of raised bands, green morocco label on two and black morocco label on four., Notes: Text in FrenchVolume 1 is “Histoire de Yncas” and Volume 2 is “Histoire de la Conquete de la Floride” Garcillasso de la Vega was a Peruvian historian and acclaimed writer who is recognized primarily for his contributions to Incan history, culture, and society. Although not all scholars agree, many consider Garcilaso's accounts the most complete and accurate available., Size: 4to, Illustration: All edges tinted red, title page in red and black with a printer’s device. Elaborate head and tail pieces and initials. Engraved frontis, 3 folding maps and 16 plates. The three maps in the book are as follows, “Carte Particular du Perou”,… Read More

New York: Heritage Press. , 1943.. Light shelfwear, else clean and crisp.. Binding: Full beige cloth boards. Upper and spine with silver lettering on green printed labels. Top edges red. No dust jacket. , Notes: Small quarto. (260 x 170 mm). , Size: Small quarto, Illustration: A very good example. Illustrated. , Pages: 615 pp., Category: Book Literature;

Beginner Books by Random House. , 1959.. A very good example. Light rubbing to extremities, some marks to interior, else clean and crisp. . Binding: Colour-illustrated paper boards. Colour-illustrated pasted and free endpapers., Notes: Book Club Edition., Size: Quarto.(230 x 165 mm), Illustration: Inked ownerships on front pasted endpaper., Category: Book Children;