New Acquisitions
Witness Number Three.
(New York: Joy of Giving Something Inc., 2007). Sole edition, 4to, (82) pp. Photographic illustrations. Cloth backed boards, spine with a faint stain. More
Entrada Drive.
(Göttingen): Steidl, (2005). First edition, 4to, (94) pp. 44 black and white plates, signed by Dine to the half title. Cloth, d.w., a fine copy. More
Still Lifes, Portraits and Parts.
[London]: (Mörel Books, 2013). First edition, 4to, (100) pp. Coloured photographic illustrations. Blind stamped boards, sewn as issued, d.w., a fine copy. More
Chewing Gum and Chocolate. Photographs by... Edited by Leo Rubinfien and John Junkerman. Afterword by Leo Rubinfien.
(New York): Aperture, (2014). First edition, 4to, (244) pp. Black and white photographic illustrations. Illustrated black cloth, a fine copy. More
William Eggleston. From Black and White to Color.
(Göttingen): Steidl, (2014). First edition, 8vo, 199, (1) pp. Photographic illustrations. Original yellow cloth, an excellent copy. More
The Bird. With 210 illustrations by Giacomelli.
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1879. Large 8vo, 350 pp. Black and white engraved illustrations, some mostly light foxing, owner's ink stamp to half title. Original gilt and black decorated green cloth, a few marks, extremities a little worn, More
The New Industrial Parks near Irvine, California. Das Neue Industriegelände in der Nähe von Irvine, Kalifornien.
(New York: Leo Castelli / Castelli Graphics, 1974). First edition, 4to, (106) pp. 51 full page black and white illustrations, contemporary signature and an old inked price to the fly leaf. Cloth, with mild spotting, d.w. with light soiling and slight loss to the spine ends. More
Pride and Prejudice. With a Preface by George Saintsbury and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
London: George Allen, 1895. Second impression thus. 8vo. (xxviii), 476, (2) pp. Publisher's ornately gilt decorated green cloth with a peacock design to the upper board and spine, all edges gilt. Numerous illustrations. Some wear to the extremities, spine slightly dulled, else a decent copy. More
The Forsyte Saga.
London: Heinemann, (1968). 8vo, (xvi), 782, (2) pp. Contemporary inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers. Handsomely bound by Bayntun in contemporary green calf, a.e.g., double gilt rules, gilt spine with red and blue labels, a lovely copy. More
Uncommon Places. The Complete Works. Essay by Stephen Schmidt-Wulffen. Conversation with Lynne Tillman.
(London): Thames & Hudson, (2015). First edition, oblong folio, 187, (1) pp. Coloured photographic illustrations. Pictorial boards, d.w., a fine copy. More
Popular Stories, Collected by the Brothers Grimm. A reprint of the first English edition with... illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Oxford University Press, 1915. 8vo, (iii-xx), 403, (1) pp, bound without the half title. Black and white illustrations, later signature to front blank. Oxford binding of contemporary brown half calf, t.e.g., stain to the lower part of the lower board, otherwise very good. More
The Orchid Hunters. A Jungle Adventure... with an Introduction by Rex Stout.
London: Robert Hale Limited, 1940. Second impression. 8vo. 282 pp. Publisher's green cloth, silver lettered to the spine which also features a pink flower illustration, dust jacket, not price clipped. Frontispiece and 14 black and white photographic plates. Losses to the spine ends of the jacket, slightly less so to..... More
The Tale of the Great Mutiny.
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908. Seventh impression, 8vo, (vi), 485, (1) pp. 8 plates and 6 maps, marbled endpapers, Ludgrove school prize label to paste down. Bound by Ramage in contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., spine slightly sunned and rubbed. More
Japanese Art. Religious Art. Handscrolls. From Sesshu to the Ukiyo-Ye-School. Colour Prints.
London: Methuen and Co., (1959). Four works bound in one volume, small 8vo. Numerous coloured illustrations, marbled endpapers. Attractively bound in later tan morocco, gilt titled spine, gilt leaves scattered on the binding. Spine and edges browned, very good. More
The Bath Road. History, Fashion, & Frivolity on an Old Highway.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1899. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 273, (1) pp. Publisher's illustrated and lettered coffee cloth, contemporary armorial bookplate of an Edward Vivian Birchall to the front pastedown. 26 plates plus illustrations in the text Very good. More
The Brighton Road. Old Times and New on a Classic Highway.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1892. First edition. 8vo. xvi, 272, 32 pp. Publisher's illustrated and lettered plum cloth, gilt to the spine, top edge gilt, early private ownership stamp repeated to the front flyleaf along with a later handwritten note indicating the book's purchase from Francis Edwards in Marylebone. Frontispiece..... More
Realms of Gold. Selected from the Works of...
London: Methuen & Co., 1906. 8vo. vi, 389, (3) pp. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering pretty gilt decoration to the spine and upper board, top edge gilt, early gift inscription to the front free endpaper. Very good. More
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered into English Verse by... With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1914]. 8vo, viii, 189, (1) pp. 12 coloured plates tipped in with captioned tissues, text leaves printed on rectos only. Original gilt decorated lavender cloth, slight sunning of spine otherwise an excellent copy. Hughey 21f. More
The Baby's Own Aesop. Being the Fables condensed in rhyme with portable morals pictorially pointed by... Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans.
London: Frederick Warne, [c.1900]. Square 8vo, 56 pp. Coloured illustrations throughout. Original cloth backed decorated boards, some mild rubbing otherwise very good. First published by Routledge in 1887. More
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. Illustrated by...
London: The Folio Society, 2000. First edition thus, large 8vo, 204 pp. 25 colour plates plus black and white illustrations throughout. Gilt decorated faux vellum, slipcase, a fine copy. More
On the Theory and Practice of Midwifery.
London: Henry Renshaw; Dublin: Fannin and Co., 1842. First edition. 8vo. xiv, 479, (5) pp. Publisher's blindstamped black cloth, gilt lettered to the spine. Subtly recased, very good. More
A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.
London: Chapman & Hall, [N.d.]. Small 8vo. (8), 166, (2) pp. Mid 20th century red full calf by Bayntun (Riviere), spine with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to one panel and decorated to the others, outline illustration in gilt of the frontispiece featuring Mr. Fezziwig's Ball to the upper board..... More