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London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1941. First, Limited Edition. Near fine. Sir William Rothstein. 8vo., 7 1/2 x 5 in (190 x 127 mm); 128 pp. Copy no. 58 of 250 numbered copy printed in 13 pt. Perpetua roman and Felicity italic type on Arnolds mould-made paper. Drawings of Hudson and Cunninghame Graham at the front of the book are by Sir William Rothenstein. quarter ed morocco binding with yellow cloth boards by Sangorski and Sutcilffe, London (ink stamp at foot of front inside cover), gilt title on spine, t.e.g., rest uncut. Very light fading on spine, interior clean, binding square. [Pertelote 150]. This book is important because it was the 150th published by the Golden Cockerel Press: with it they "completed its 'century-and-a-half'." [Pertelote 150] Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852 - 1936) was a Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer. He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament (MP); the first ever socialist member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; a founder, and the… Read More

London: Thomas McLean, 1820. Second Edition. Etching with handcoloring in watercolor on cream wove paper (published 1835), 8 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (210 x 29 0mm), full margins. Second and final edition, printed by Thomas McLean. Signed in the plate by Cruikshank, and bearing Frederick Marryat's anchor moniker. Two large bows of light-colored dampstain, extending approximately 1/4 inch into the image area at the left plate mark (unobtrusive). Minor bow of light-colored dampstaining at the center sheet edge, does not enter plate mark. Two spots of light grayish discoloration at the center-lower plate mark. Small "nic" of paper loss at top-right extreme sheet corner (well outside of plate mark). Light handling creases and surface soil. All condition issues are consistent with age. Perhaps introduced to each other by their mutual friend, Charles Dickens, George Cruickshank and Captain Frederick Marryat became fast friends, political confidants, and artistic collaborators, working together many times over… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. As new/As new. Octavo, 9.5 x 6.25 in (241 x 159 mm); 318 pages; First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. Hardcover, dust jacket protected with mylar cover. Unread copy. SYNOPSIS: Big-time dope dealer Kenan Khoury is a wealthy man, and it comes as no surprise when his wife Francine is kidnapped and a ransom demanded. Kenan pays up and his wife is duly returned to him - in small pieces left in the boot of an abandoned car, leaving private eye Matt Scudder to speculate on the motives of a very unusual kidnapper. Soon he is on the trail of a pair of ruthlessly sadistic psycopaths whose insanely cruel games have only just begun. Made into a film (2014) directed by Scott Frank, with Liam Neeson et.al.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1859. First Edition. Paul Kane. Octavo, 8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (216 x 133 mm). xviii, 455, viii pages, shaken. Publisher's half leather with marbled paper boards (worn). Illustrated with chromolithographic portrait frontispiece, large folding map, numerous text wood engravings, and an additional seven full-page color lithographs (eight in total, including the frontis). Color plates and folding map are clean and bright. Light browning to inner margin of frontis portait, not affecting image Provenance: Bookplate of William H. Claflin Jr., with inscription in ink from his wife Helen dated June 8, 1930 on front pastedown. "Travels largely confined to Canada but visits to Wisconsin and Oregon and account of the murder of Dr. Whitman are included." [Howes K7].

1946. Silver gelatin print, printed 1980s; image dimension 15 x 11 5/8 in. (380 x 293 mm), sheet dimension, 15 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. (390 x 309 mm). The verso signed "W. Suschitzky" in black crayon, titled and dated Dundee. 1946". [Michael Omasta, et al. Wolf Suschitzky: Seven Decades of Photography (Vienna: Synema, 2014), ill. p. 188]. A photograph that attests to Suschitzky's keen interest in the social environments of the working class. His worked as a cinematographer brought him to Britain's coal mining communities, to the steel mills and the workers' housing. "In Dundee I came across the worst slums I had ever seen. When I took this picture I was next to a ten story high tenement building. There was only one toilet on each floor and one cold water tap. I got there working on a film about delinquent children and how they were treated in Scotland." (Verso, pp. 188-189) Born in Vienna in 1912 Wolfgang Suschitzky was not only an established documentary photographer but also a cinematographer who worked… Read More

Paris: Jules Géruzet, 1860. Etching on cream laid paper, 3 1/2 x 5 inches (88 x 121 mm), full margins. Minor uniform age tone. Printed by George Bertauts, Paris. [Beraldi II.140.24] Henri Béraldi Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. Librairie L. Conquet, vol. XII, Paris, 1885-1892, cat. no. 34, p. 140. Well known in his native Germany as a watercolorist, Karl Bodmer had a rich experience exploring in North America in the 19th century, accompanying German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied as the official artist on an expedition which toured the Missouri River and its environs from 1832 until 1834. The expedition resulted in a plethora of highly detailed and accurate paintings, and 81 aquatints which focused on the towns, people, customs and Native Americans they encountered along the way. These works served to illustrate Prince Maximilian's book, entitled Maximilian Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America. The illustrated expedition notes… Read More

1882. Etching with drypoint on heavy cream wove paper, 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (174 x 248 mm), full margins. Uniform light brown discoloration of sheet. A beautiful dark impression. A beautiful, dark impression of a bucolic cow path.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. First, Limited Edition. Near Fine. Crown 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 in. (188 x 126 mm); pp. [4] + 150 + [6]. 11 wood engravings (made on active service) by John O'Connor (1913-2004), and with an introduction by Dorothy Rutter (1892-1961). Quarter blue buckram with decorative paper boards; gilt title on spine, t.e.g., others uncut. All pages clean and fresh, binding tight with very light sunning on spine. Copy 403 of 750 [Cockalorum 171] $300 one of 100 best copies, $118 same binding as ours. https://www.vialibri.net/searches?author=Rutter%2C+Owen&title=We+Happy+Few&publisher=GOLDEN+COCKEREL+PRESS&sort=price.desc&s=1.rkzm5l.68defd458c0ff640. A rousing anthology of poetry and prose extolling the spirit of Britain at war, Britain at sea, and Britain in the air. Over sixty pieces, from Shakespeare to Churchill, including Wellington and Thackeray on Waterloo, Instructions to Captain Cook, Nelson's Prayer before Trafalgar, etc. The illustrations by 'Flying Officer' John… Read More

London: Faber and Faber, 1945. First Edition, Second Impression. Near fine/Very good. 8vo; 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (218 x 135 mm); 32 pp., printed on heavy laid paper, lower edges uncut. Bright blue/turquoise cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, light bumping on corners and tail of spine. Cream dust jacket printed in black and red, price clipped, a little thumbed and faded, extremities of dust jacket frayed with small chips at head and tail of spine panel. Bookseller ticket pasted inside front cover, Melbourne, Australia. [Gallup A45b]. This is the text of the first Annual Address to the Virgil Society, of which T. S. Eliot was the First President, 1943/44. Eliot sets out to define that the classic is a work that reflects the maturity of a culture. Indeed, he argues that "[a] classic can occur only when a civilization is mature; when a language and a literature are mature; and it must be the work of a mature mind." From the estate of Robert Cecil Bald (1901 - 1965), an Australian scholar of English… Read More

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1888. First Edition, First Issue. Near fine. Small 8vo., 7 3/8 x 5 inches (188 x 127 mm), pp. 289 + 2 of publisher's advertising. Red calf binding by Root & Son (stamp on fly leaf) with gold fillets and rosettes on boards, 5 raised bands, gilt decoration and titles in compartments, turn-ins decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, one original dark navy buckram cover bound in, t.e.g., spine slightly sunned, interior lightly and uniformly toned, firmly bound. [Cutler 10]. This is the first edition of Barrie's third book, a novel which first appeared serially in The British Weekly, Oct. 7, 1887 to March 23, 1888 under the name of Gavin Ogilvy. Sir James Matthew BARRIE, 1st Baronet, OM (1860 - 1937) was a Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of PETER PAN.

Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. First, Limited Edition. Fine. John Nash. 8vo.; 9 1/2 x 6 in. (242 x 151 mm); 70 pp. 5 wood engravings by John Nash, printed on Batchelor paper in 14 pt. Golden Cockerel Face type. Sangorski and Sutcilffe, London (ink stamp at foot of front inside cover) 1/4 binding in blue morocco with special cream paper boards printed in blue incorporating the press' and author's initials; gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g, rest uncut. This is copy no. 156 of 500 copies printed, signed by the author on the limitation page. All pages clean and bright and binding in near pristine condition. Previous owner's mark embossed on flyleaf. [Chanticleer 76]. Theodore Francis Powys (1875 - 1953) - published as T. F. Powys - was a British novelist and short-story writer. He has been described by C. N. Manlove as one of the three main writers - along with C. S. Lewis and Charles Williams - of "Christian fantasy" in the 20th century. John Northcote Nash CBE, RA (1893 -… Read More

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1924. Fifth Edition. Very good. Ernest H. Shepard. Crown 8vo, 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (188 x 124 mm); pp. xii + 100. Publisher's original blue cloth binding, front cover ruled border in gilt and stamped in gilt with illustrations stamped in gilt on the front and back covers, gilt title on spine, t.e.g, rest uncut; light bumping at tail of spine and corners but binding tight, last gathering cracked; some staining, mostly to front endpaper. [Haring-Smith C37; Cutler-Stiles p. 115]. This collection of 44 rhymes-many of which had previously appeared in Punch starting in 1923-were an instant success and saw 5 editions in the last 2 months of 1924. With a preface by A. A. Milne, the book is dedicated by the author to his son Christopher Robin, who will become the central human character in the famed Pooh series. In fact Pooh makes his first appearance is the poem "Teddy Bear," in which a fat bear meets a fat king (p.85-91): «A bear, however hard he tries, | Grows tubby without… Read More

1940. Etching on antique laid paper with a large heraldic watermark. 4 1/4 x 2 3/8 inches (109 x 61mm), full margins. Signed, dated, and inscribed "III" in pencil, lower margin. The nature of the rare and special paper this impression is printed on leads us to believe that it is an unrecorded trial proof impression of the third state (of 3). Fletcher states only one impression of the third state, and an unknown number of first and second state impressions, aside from the regular edition of 342 signed and dated impressions. In superb condition. [Fletcher 335]. English Series No. 7 Miniature Series No. 24 Based on a drawing made at Wilby on May 14, 1936. Paper: Arms was typical of the artists of this period - he was obsessed with paper, a mania for collecting paper that could/would improve an edition. The quantity he left after his death, distributed by his wife to fellow artists, witnesses his love for finely made paper -paper interesting because of texture, color, distinctive weave. The earliest… Read More

Jules Géruzet, 1860. Etching on cream laid paper, 4 3/4 x 6 inches (120 × 152 mm), full margins. Minor uniform age tone, and a 2-inch x 1-inch margin loss, at top extreme sheet edge, well outside of image area. Printed by George Bertauts, Paris. [Beraldi II.140.42] Henri Béraldi Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. Librairie L. Conquet, vol. XII, Paris, 1885-1892, cat. no. 34, p. 140. Well known in his native Germany as a watercolorist, Karl Bodmer had a rich experience exploring in North America in the 19th century, accompanying German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied as the official artist on an expedition which toured the Missouri River and its environs from 1832 until 1834. The expedition resulted in a plethora of highly detailed and accurate paintings, and 81 aquatints which focused on the towns, people, customs and Native Americans they encountered along the way. These works served to illustrate Prince Maximilian's book, entitled Maximilian Prince… Read More

Antwerp: Theodor & Jan Galle, 1597. Engraving on cream laid paper, 4 3/4 x 7 5/16 inches (120 x 185 mm), thread margins. Non archival tape at top right and left corners, verso, attached to mount. Small tear in the bottom-center sheet edge, appx 1/8 inch, scattered repairs, primarily at corners and sheet edges. Scattered staining. All consistent with age. First state (of 2), with the publisher's address of Adriaen Collaert, (before the addition of publishers Theodor and Jan Galle's address), with a Fish and Serpent watermark. [Hollstein 1474].

Belgium: Bertauts, 1860. Etching on cream laid paper, 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (151 x 120 mm), full margins. From Eaux-Fortes Animaux & Paysages. [Beraldi II.140.34] Henri Béraldi Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. Librairie L. Conquet, vol. XII, Paris, 1885-1892, cat. no. 34, p. 140. Well known in his native Germany as a watercolorist, Karl Bodmer had an rich experience exploring in North America in the 19th century, accompanying German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied as the official artist on an expedition which toured the Missouri River and its environs from 1832 until 1834. The expedition resulted in a plethora of highly detailed and accurate paintings, and 81 aquatints which focused on the towns, people, customs and Native Americans they encountered along the way. These works served to illustrate Prince Maximilian's book, entitled Maximilian Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America. The illustrated expedition notes were printed in German… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1946. First Edition, First Printing. Near fine/Very good +. 8vo, 8 x 5 1/2 in. (223 x142 mm); pp. 222 . Original black cloth, titles on spine and front board in bright blue ink, top edge black. Original dust jacket in very good condition, lightly rubbed at extremities, price clipped; back endpaper lightly tanned. INSCRIBED COPY, signed by the author on the title page to Harvey Donogan and signed again in blue ink on the dust jacket next to his author photo and printed signature, perhaps to illustrate that an E.P. Dutton employee probably supplied Vidal's signature when the jacket was being designed. WILLIWAW IS GORE VIDAL'S DEBUT NOVEL, written when he was 19, working as a first mate of a US Army supply ship in the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of Alaska. The story, set on such a ship in the Arctic waters during World War II and during hurricane season, builds tension as crew and passengers await the arrival of the 'williwaw', a violent wind common in the Aleutian… Read More

1816. Double-sided preparatory drawing in graphite with watercolor and ink on light-weight cream wove paper, 19 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches (487 x 224 mm), the full sheet. Signed boldly in brown ink, lower right image area. Uniform age tone, marginal wear including some minor areas of edge wear and two very minor associated losses at the lower left sheet edge. Colors appear to be slightly attenuated. There are three tabs of archival tape at the top sheet edge, verso; at right corner, left corner, and center. All condition points are entirely consistent with the age and nature of the paper and media. Multiple inscriptions in ink and graphite in Cruikshank's own hand. A maquette for the engraved image of the same title, used as the frontispiece to The Scourge, xii, published on June 18, 1816, by J. Johnson Cheapside, London. Impressions of the engraving for which this is a study may be found in the collections of the British Museum and the Yale University Library. Holiday-making 'cits' drive, ride, and walk… Read More

London: Methuen and Co, 1908. First Edition. Near fine/Near fine. Graham Robertson. 8vo. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (190 x 120 mm). pp. [1] + viii + 302 + i. Laid paper, deckle edges, t.e.g. With a captioned frontispieces, "And a River went out of Eden", on coated paper after a pen-and-ink drawing by Walford Graham Robertson (1866 - 1948); tissue guard. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine (Toad dressed in a driving outfit and goggles) and upper cover ( Pan playing flute to Rat and Mole by the river) and a single gilt rule on the upper cover. In the second issue publisher's pictorial peach-color dust jacket printed in black with price of 7/6 instead of 6/-.The spine of the dust jacket slightly darkened but in excellent condition with a couple small tears at head expertly repaired on verso; scattered foxing and discoloration to dust jacket and pages, wear to spine edges consistent with age. [Grolier: One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature, no.61; Osborne I, p. 349; Hunt… Read More

1758. Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 7/8 inches (202 x 149 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Adhered at each corner to a small sheet of archival laid paper. Horizontal edge loss at the top-center sheet edge, extending approximately 1/2-inch into the platemark, 1-inch in length. Inking is dark and clear and the sheet is otherwise in good condition. A reverse image copy of the work by Rembrandt, printed mid 18th century. The image shows the so-called Little Stink Mill, an actual windmill that once stood along the bulwark that extended down the west side of Amsterdam during the 17th century. The mill was owned and operated by the Leathermakers Guild, and its nickname stemmed from the odorous practice of softening tanned leather with cod liver oil. An impression of this work may be viewed in the permanent collection of Harvard University's Fogg Art Museum; Division of European Art, object number G3958.