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London: R. Ackermann, 1815. Hand Colored Plates by Thomas Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [ENGELBACH, Lewis, author]. Naples and the Campagna Felice In a Series of Letters addressed to a Friend in England in 1802.. London: R. Ackermann, 1815. First edition in book form. Octavo (9 1/4 x 5 5/8 in; 236 x 141 mm). 4, 1-400, [10, index], [1, plate arrangement], [1, blank] pp. Extra engraved title, hand-colored aquatint frontispiece, thirteen hand-colored aquatint plates with tissue guards, and three colored maps (one fold-out). Bound by Rivière & Son for John Wanamaker's of New York in half dark brown crushed morocco over brown cloth. A slight bit of wear to corners, still an excellent copy. Originally appeared in Ackermann's Repository during 1809-1813 under the title Letters From Italy. "The following Letters having been successively inserted in "Ackermann's Repository of Arts", under the title "Letters from Italy", the proprietor of that Miscellany, influenced, perhaps, by the… Read More

Naples: Gatti e Dura, 1835. The Costumes and Street Life of Naples as Depicted by Gaetano Dura Hand Colored Lithograph Title and Thirty-Five Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates DURA, Gaetano. Napoli e Contorni Album da Gaetno. Dura. Lithografia Gatti e Dura. [Naples, ca. 1835]. First edition. Folio (12 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 327 x 241 mm.). Hand colored lithograph title-page with elaborate gilt border, thirty-five hand colored lithograph plates, all with gilt borders. All plates with "Napoli" at top margin & "Lit. Gatti e Dura" and "Strada Gigante" at lower margins. Plate no. 25 with neat marginal repair just touching image, strengthened on verso. Plate no. 26 also strengthened at inner margin (not affecting image). Occasional light marginal foxing or soiling but the plates generally clean with bright & fresh hand coloring. Contemporary quarter brown cloth over black pebbled boards, corners worn, otherwise quite sound. An excellent example of an extremely rare book. Napoli e Contorni Album da… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825. He could draw Hunting and write about it because he hunted himself, as Ferneley did, or Herring" Fifty Fine Hand-Colored Etched Plates Depicting The National Sports of Great Britain ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain, by Henry Alken. Fifty Engravings with Descriptions. London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825. First Edition with these illustrations. Royal octavo (10 5/16 x 6 11/16 inches; 262 x 170 mm.). Imprint size 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches; 143 x 220 mm. viii, 50 leaves of text. Fifty fine hand-colored soft-ground etched plates by and after Alken, with tissue guards. Some spotting to four text leaves "The Hunter"; "Pheasant-Shooting"; "Fowl Shooting"; "A Prize-Fight" and their facing guards but not affecting plates. Plates dated 1824 and with pre-publication "J. Whatman 1823 & 1824" watermarks. The text is watermarked "1818". Contemporary half red calf over pink boards, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt, hinges expertly and almost… Read More

London: Pubd....by R. Ackermann, 1831. Twelve Superb Hand-Colored Lithographs of Regional Costume MANSION, aka André Léon Larue. National Ball Costumes. London: Pubd.... by R. Ackermann, 1831-1832. Folio. Twelve numbered hand-colored lithographed plates (measuring approximately 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 193 x 138 mm. on sheets measuring approximately 15 3/8 x 11 3/16 inches; 390 x 286 mm.) all heightened with gum arabic. The plates are printed by C. Hullmandel and are dated from Novr. 1st, 1831 to Feby. 1st, 1832. Loose, probably as issued, in an early stiff blue paper wrapper with the title label and shelf mark of the Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen. Housed in a half dark red morocco over marbled boards, front cover with rectangular maroon morocco bordered and lettered in gilt. Smooth spine with dark red morocco label lettered in gilt. A wonderful copy of this extremely rare series of plates. We have been unable to locate any other copies. The plates are captioned: "Russia, Kazan, Prov:… Read More

London: Published by Thomas McLean... Printed by W. Lewis, 1821. Considered the Most Comprehensive and Most Famous Work by Henry Alken" (Dixon) With the Hand Colored Frontispiece dated 1820 ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain. By Henry Alken. With Descriptions, in English and French. London: Published by Thomas McLean... Printed by W. Lewis, 1821 [-1820]. First edition. Large folio (19 x 12 inches; 482 x 305 mm.). [2, title in English, verso title in French], [2, preface in English], [2, preface in French], [2, contents in English, verso contents in French], 50 leaves of text with English on recto and French on verso. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece dated 1820 with small and inoffensive 1/8 inch wide marginal stain just extending into the image; Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece dated 1821, and fifty superb hand colored aquatint plates, each with a corresponding leaf of text with English on the recto and French on the verso. Contemporary full green straight-grain morocco gilt.… Read More

London: Printed [at the Chiswick Press] for J. and A. Arch; Longman and Co.,[et al], 1837. A Superb Art Nouveau Binding [KELLIEGRAM BINDING]. WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. With the Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, extracted from his papers. London: Printed [at the Chiswick Press] for J. and A. Arch; Longman and Co.,[et al], [1837]. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 216 x 134 mm.). xxiv, 640 pp. Forty-five engraved vignette illustrations. A New Edition; with notes , by Edward Turner Bennett and others. Original cloth spine bound in at end. Bound ca. 1910 in a stunning Art Nouveau binding of dark green crushed morocco, handsomely gilt and inlaid, by Kelliegram (stamp-signed in gilt on rear watered silk endleaf) Covers with fanciful Art Nouveau-style frame formed by inlaid flowers of red and blue and leaves in two shades of green, these inlays connected by gilt dots, and the spaces between them featuring swooping gilt birds and sprinklings of… Read More

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1906. The Perfect Gift for the Amateur Naturalist WOOD, Rev. J.G. Natural History Rambles: Lane and Field. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1906. Small octavo (6 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches; 159 x 104 mm.). x, 246 pp. Illustrated with many text engravings. Full contemporary tree calf, covers double gilt ruled, spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges and turn-ins, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. School prize label (dated 1908) on front paste-down. Near fine. The Rev. J.G. Wood's "single object throughout [his career was] to popularize the study of natural history by rendering it interesting and intelligible to non-scientific minds. In this he was thoroughly successful; and to him was due the impulse that, coming at the right moment, turned public attention to the subject, while not a few naturalists... owe their first inspiration to his writings" (DNB).

London: William Heinemann, 1892. A Fine First Edition of Ruyard Kipling's The Naulahka: A Story of West and East KIPLING, Rudyard. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East. London: William Heinemann, 1892. First edition. Octavo ( 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 191 x 127 mm.). [iv], [1]-276, [8, advertisements] pp. Publisher's orange cloth, covers decorated and titled in black, spine lettered in gilt, edges uncut. A spectacular copy with just some light foxing to the edges and preliminary leaves. The Naulahka: A Story of West and East was originally serialized in the Century Magazine from November 1891 to July 1892. Written in by Kipling in collaboration with Wolcott Balestier, it is an intriguing story of ambition, love and royal court trappings... Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a seminal English short-story writer, novelist, and poet. He is most famous for writing stories and poems concerning British soldiers in India, as well as stories for children. Livingson 85.

London: Printed for J. Jenkins... by L. Harrison, 1817. First Edition, First Issue With Pre Publication Watermarks Fifty-Five Superb Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates JENKINS, James. The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817. London: Printed for J. Jenkins... by L. Harrison, [1817]. First edition, First Issue With Pre-Publication Watermarks Large quarto (13 7/8 x 11 5/16 inches; 352 x 287 mm.). xii, pp. (including dedication, introduction, list of plates and list of subscribers) and [74] leaves of descriptive text. Engraved title with hand-colored vignette and fifty-five hand-colored aquatint plates by T. Sutherland, J. Baily, and J. Jeakes after T. Whitcombe and Pocock. One uncolored plate with plan of the Bombardment of Algiers and plan of the Battle of Trafalgar. Text watermarked J. Whatman 1812; twelve plates watermarked J. Whatman 1811 and two plates watermarked J. Whatman 1816. Bound without the list of subscribers. Contemporary half red roan over marbled boards.… Read More

London: Whitmore and Fenn, 1818. Scarcer Than a Battleship in a Bathtub In the Original Twelve Parts as Issued The Genuine Hand-Colored Issue RALFE, Mr. J[ames]. Naval Chronology of Great Britain. Or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, From the Commencement of the War in 1803, to the end of the year 1816: also, Particulars of the Most Important Court-Martial, Votes of Parliament, Lists of Flag-Officers in Commission, and of Promotions for Each year: The Whole forming a complete Naval History of the above Period. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. London: Whitmore and Fenn, 1818-1819. First edition, early issue with plates watermarked 1818 & 1819. Twelve original parts, 1818-1819, in tall octavo (10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in; 256 x 175 mm). Sixty "genuine" hand-colored aquatint plates (with printed inscriptions, i.e. "from a sketch by...," "from a plan by...,"), including frontispiece, with original tissue guards. Original buff printed wrappers, with expert renewal by master restoration… Read More

London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1820. The Naval Victories of Great Britain Scarce Large-Paper Issue with Forty-Two Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LEWIS, W., publisher. Naval Victories of Great Britain, from the Commencement of the War in the Year 1803 to 1816; Being a series of coloured views of naval engagements, from drawings by officers in the actions represented. London: Printed by W. Lewis, [1820]. Folio (14 x 10 1/4 inches; 356 x 260 mm.). Letterpress title and forty-two hand colored aquatint plates by Sutherland, Bailey, Lewis and others, all mounted on gray paper with pen-line borders. Manuscript list of plates loosely inserted. Contemporary half dark olive scored calf over brown pebble-grain cloth boards, ruled in gilt. Smooth spine elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, brown endpapers, all edges gilt. Joints expertly repaired. A series of aquatints depicting British naval engagements during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, including such celebrated encounters as the Battles… Read More

London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820. Complete with the Two Additional Plates ASPIN, Jehoshaphat. The Naval and Military Exploits Which Have Distinguished the Reign of George the Third. Accurately described, and methodically arranged. Embellished with numerous color plates. London: Printed for Samuel Leigh, by W. Clowes, 1820. First edition. Twelvemo (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches; 137 x 89 mm.). viii, [2], 784 pp. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece and thirty-five circular hand-colored aquatint plates (measuring 2 1/2 inches in diameter). Complete with the two extra plates, "Vittoria" and "Pampeluna" (facing pp. 665 and 677, respectively), not present in all copies. Bound ca. 1900 in full red morocco, covers ruled in blind. Spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt decorated turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Armorial bookplate of The Reverend Samuel Ashton Thompson-Yates on front paste-down. Occasional light offsetting from plates, but overall an… Read More

London: Hurst, Chance & Co., 1830. The Adventures of the Blunderhead Family in Bath One of a Few Copies with the Cruikshank Etchings on India Paper With a Signed George Cruikshank Letter asking for Money... CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. ANSTEY, Christopher. The New Bath Guide; or Memoirs of the B-N-R-D family, in a series of Poetical Epistles: by Christopher Anstey, Esq. A new edition; with a biographical and topographical preface, and anecdotical annotations by John Britton. Embellished with engravings. London: Hurst, Chance & Co., 1830. First edition with Cruikshank Illustrations and John Britton's notes. Octavo ( 7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 197 x 124 mm.). [i]-lxxvi, [1]-176. Frontispiece and vignette title by S. Williams. Five etched plates on India paper mounted, by George Cruikshank. Handsomely bound by Bayntun-Rivière ca. 1960 in full dark blue morocco, covers with triple-gilt borders, spine with five raised bands, elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board… Read More

London: Printed for John Crook, 1665. A Milestone in the History of Chemistry Robert Boyle's Treatise on Cold Proving that Ice has a Smaller Specific Gravity than Water And that it Must Therefore Expand on Freezing BOYLE, Robert. New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or An Experimental History of Cold, Begun. To which are added An Examen of Antiperistasis, And An Examen of Mr. Hobs's Doctrine about Cold... Whereunto is annexed An Account of Freezing, brought in to the Royal Society, by the learned Dr. C. Merret, a Fellow of it. London: Printed for John Crook, 1665. First edition. Small octavo (6 3/8 x 4 1/8 inches; 163 x 105 mm.). [68], 696, [3, "An Advertisement"], [1, blank], 697-803, [1, blank], [3, "An Advertisement"], [1, blank], 805-845, [2, advertisements for the author's philosophical writings and forthcoming writings], [1, blank], 54 pp. Bound without the final blank leaf. Gathering aa ("An Advertisement to the Readers of The Following Experiments, by the Author of the… Read More

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1854. Eliza Leslie's Cook Book Reflecting the Cultural and Culinary Trends of Her Time LESLIE, Eliza. New Receipts for Cooking by Miss Leslie. Comprising all the new and approved methods for preparing all kinds of Soups, Fish, Oysters, Terrapins, Turtle, Vegetables, Meats, Poultry, Game, Sauces, Pickles, Sweetmeats, Cakes, Confectionery, Puddings, Corn-Meal, Pies, Rice, Etc., with lists of articles in season suited to go together for breakfasts, dinners, and suppers; and many new receipts, and much useful and valuable information on all subjects whatever connected with general housewifery. Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, [1854]. Small octavo (7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; 191 x 114 mm.). [1]-520, [32, advertisements] pp. Some light foxing throughout. Mid nineteenth century sheep, smooth spine ruled in gilt, black calf label lettered in gilt, yellow endpapers with printed advertisements. Both joints cracked but inner hinges sound. A very good example. A large number of these… Read More

London: Printed for W. Bent, 1833. With an Exquisite Fore Edge Painting of St. Giles's Church, Cripplegate By The "Dover Painter" [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [The "DOVER PAINTER"], artist. [ALLESTREE, Richard]. The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing The Faith as well as Practice of A Christian: Made Easy For the Practice of the Present Age... London: Printed for W. Bent, [1833]. With an exquisite fore edge painting beneath the gilt, of St Giles's Cripplegate, Fore Street, London, by the "Dover Painter". The painting is full of Dickensian style characters. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 218 x 136 mm.). [ii], [i]-x, [1]-542 pp. Engraved frontispiece of Moses with the Ten Commandments. Neat ink name and date on top blank margin of title-page "Hugh William Williamson/--April 13th 1838". Bound ca. 1900 in full maroon straight-grain morocco, covers decoratively bordered in gilt and blind, spine with four shallow raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, decorative gilt board… Read More

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition of "The Newcomes" in the Original Parts [THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Richard Doyle. Vol. I[-II]. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1855 [i.e., October 1853-August 1855]. First edition. In the original twenty-four monthly parts in twenty-three (October 1853-August 1855). Octavo (8 13/16 x 5 5/8 inches; 225 x 143 mm.). Illustrations by Richard Doyle. Collates nearly complete, with the plates, advertisements, and slips as called for in Van Duzer, except for the following variations or omissions: Part IX with a two-page rather than a four-page advertisement for "Waterlow's Patent Improved" without the "Opening of the Crystal Palace, The Illustrated Crystal Palace Gazette" leaf; Part X without the inserted slip "Price One Shilling; Itinerary of the Great Northern Railway" at the beginning, as often. A few of the advertising slips… Read More

London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1935. Edward Lear's "Nonsense Songs" Set to Music by Dudley Glass LEAR, Edward. Nonsense Songs. Set to Music by Dudley Glass. All the Original Pictures. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd., [ca. 1935]. Early reprint (first published 1934). Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 302 x244 mm.). 24 pp. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Original orange cloth over orange paper boards, front cover pictorially decorated in black. Original pictorial orange dust jacket printed in black, some tape strengthening but complete. Contains: The Owl and the Pussy Cat, The Daddy Long-Legs and the Fly and The Jumblies, etc. etc.

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, 1846. The Pleasures of Youth... Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure, Elégance, Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., n.d. [1846]. First (only) edition, complete. Folio (13 x 9 5/8 inches; 330 x 245 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title page and twenty hand-colored lithographed plates, all heightened with gum arabic. Original pictorial lithographed green boards. Minimal rubbing to board edges and corners, near fine. Rare, with OCLC recording only six copies in institutional holdings worldwide, and only one auction record since 1923. We have only seen one other copy of this title. A satire of the bustle, behavior, customs, and pleasures of young, Parisian gentlemen - golden youth. Of Amédée de Noé, "known as Cham (that is, Ham, the son of Noah)...it was said that he had ‘an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of… Read More

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, [1846]. The Pleasures of Youth... Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure, Elégance, Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., n.d. [1846]. First (only) edition, complete. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 250 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title page and twenty hand-colored lithographed plates. Pictorial lithographed advertisement and Aubert et Cie., catalogue (16 pp.) at rear. Original pictorial lithographed green boards. Later dark green pebbled cloth spine and endpapers. Board edges and corners a little rubbed, some light, mainly marginal foxing. Small repaired tear to outer margin of lithographed advertisement leaf. An excellent example. With the bookplate of Joel Spitz on front paste-down. Provenance: purchased in Paris, 1947. Rare, with OCLC recording only six copies in institutional holdings worldwide, and no auction records since 1923. We have only… Read More