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

London:: Collins,, 1947.. First printing. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. VG+ with a VG+ unclipped DJ. Slightly toned DJ, minor chipping. Minor foxing to front board and fore-edge. Owner's name on ffl. Royal Octavo (7.25 x 9.5 in). Yellow cloth with gilt lettered spine. Pp. 96 illustrated with 82 photographs by the author and 11 pen and ink drawings by Margaret Myddelton, plus colored frontispiece by Margaret Myddelton. Explores the habitats of three divers; The Great Crested Grebe, The Black-throated Diver and the Red-throated Diver. Cloth

New York:: Howell, Soskin,, 1945.. First printing. Fine. A Fine Copy in a Near Fine DJ. Minor chip to head of dj spine. Demi octavo (6.25 x 7.25 inches). Oatmeal cloth with red ornament and lettering. 109 pp, 17 wood-engraved illustrations. Delicate two-toned wood-engraved illustrations by Sabra Mallet perfectly compliment the intimate portraits of America's woodland birds and animals. Composition and printing by The Merrymount Press. Cloth

London and New York:: Penguin Books ,, 1947.. First Edition. Near Fine. Near Fine. Former owner's signature and date;1947 on ff. 12mo (5 x 7.25 inches). Illustrated boards not issued with DW, thus complete. Pp. 56. Illustrated text and dozens of wood engravings. Text printed by Edmund Evans, Ltd. Blocks made by John Swain & Son, Ltd. London. Cover designed by William Grimmond. Introduced during the outbreak of W.W.II, and written by noted authorities of the day, the King Penguins were elegantly designed and produced miniature hardbacks on subjects ranging from the historical icons of British culture, the fine and decorative arts, natural history to book arts and design. Based on the Insel-Bucherie series first published in Leipzig in 1912, these collectible King Penguin books are regarded as fine achievements of twentieth century book design and color printing. Boards

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1966.. First edition. Fine in Fine DJ. A Fine bright copy in a Fine Dust Jacket. No former owner's markings. Tall Octavo. (6 x 10.5 inches). Teal cloth stamped with decorative lettering. xiii, 209 (1),pp., illustrated. From classical scholar and translator of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Professor Rees (1925-2009) here retells 187 select fables in lively contemporary verse, made all the more alluring with the whimsical wood-engravings which J.J. Grandville produced for the 1838 edition of Fontaine's Fables. Cloth

Portland, Oregon:: Timber Press,, 1993.. First printing. A Fine copy in Fine D/J. Octavo (8.75 x 11.25 in., 222.25 x 285.75 mm). Brown buckram with silver lettered spine. Pp. 299. Fully illustrated with color photographs. The cultivation, history and scientific background of the primula family.

London:: Oxford University Press,, 1942.. First edition. Fine. Fine. Slender 12mo. (4.75 x 7.5 inches). Printed wraps. pp 64, includes 48 b/w plates. With an insightful and poetic introduction by Admiral Sir Herbert H.W. Richmond, 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 Sir Muirhead Bone, Charles Cundall, Richard Eurich, Hubert A Freeth, Eric Kennington, Henry Lamb, John Nash, Charles Pears, Eric Ravilious, C.W. Dyson-Smith, Stanley Spencer, J. Worsley. Annotated notes on the pictures follow. printed wraps

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 14 x 18 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 14x 18 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 14x 18 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition.. A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16 x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16 x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 14 x 18 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16 x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 16x 14 inches, suitable for framing.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, c. 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9 x 12.5 Inches). Published as part of the unbound portfolio of prints. This is one of the finest of the early 20th century American chromolithographs: a color-printed lithograph in which a separate stone was used for the application of each color which meticulous registration to recreate the subtle tones of blended color . This fine chromolithograph was produced from the original watercolors by John Livzey Ridgway (1859-1947), a prominent American scientific illustrator and draftsman for the USGS Reports from 1884- to 1920. Archivally double matted in rag board, sized to 14 x 18 inches, suitable for framing.