A spectacular volume of lithographic views of Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River, accompanied by the artist’s lively account of his visit, with references to the views. The prefatory text by artist Thomas Haines—entitled, “The Mosi-O-A-Tunya (Smoke-Sounding), or Victoria Falls”—offers an account of his expedition with South African explorer.....
A unique and truly delightful Arts & Crafts illumination of an account of the pursuit and capture of wild horses in Nevada, calligraphed, illustrated, and bound by San Francisco artist Otis Oldfield. This seems to be the only example in book form of horse-breaker Charles “Pete” Barnum’s vivid, first-hand account.....
One of the most important books illustrating Mexico City and vicinity, this copy with more color plates than most, and including two infrequently found folding maps. A splendid document of both Mexican life and lithography, this edition of Mexico y sus alrededores has nearly double the number of color.....
First edition of Alvin Langdon Coburn’s celebrated volume of highly evocative photogravures of authors and artists. Coburn’s work as a portrait photographer was initially spurred in 1904 by Perriton Maxwell, editor of the Metropolitan Magazine, who—“Out of the kindness of his heart, or, perhaps, more to get rid of.....
An unusually handsome, wide-margined copy of this marvelous collection of views of early eighteenth-century Vienna. The series begins with a beautifully designed allegorical plate consisting of a panoramic view of the city in the form of a relief panel on a monument surmounted by an eagle, with two figures.....
Archaeologist William Gell’s marvelous volume of hand-colored etchings and aquatints depicting “that part of the Troad, which is more particularly connected with the Iliad of Homer.” The introduction includes Gell’s account of his journey, and is followed by the plates and maps, each of which is accompanied by descriptive text.....
First edition of the first book devoted entirely to parrots in captivity, and one of the finest illustrated works on the order. Intended as a guide for keeping parrots as pets, the work features handsome hand-colored plates of macaws, cockatoos, lories, parrots, parakeets, and lovebirds. The plates were created by.....
The scarce, classic work on the state gemstone of Maine—an exhaustive study not only of the mineral’s physical properties, but also the history of its discovery, understanding, and the origins of its name. Hamlin was a Bangor-based physician who took a keen interest in geology, the tourmaline in particular. In.....
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An unsophisticated copy of this handsome book of hours, the earliest dated production of Anabat’s press. Anabat was a native of Brittany; his press was active in Paris between 1505 and 1510. All of the books that he printed were done for other publishers; the vast majority were books.....
A delightful volume of trial drawings, many of them satirical, for an illustrated alphabet featuring a variety of humorous and imaginative characters complimenting Johnston’s limericks. The volume begins with two calligraphic frontispieces, one consisting of the phrase “The Envelope” graced by an angelic figure holding a brush and canvas.....
A rare and impressive promotional album advertising twenty-four first-class resorts and hotels located predominately in the Northeast, featuring related postcards offered for sale by the compiler. Accomplishing both promotion and self-promotion, the present album was compiled and assembled by salesman and publisher George W. Ketchum, who maintained offices at.....
A spectacular set of engravings after drawings by Salomon Kleiner picturing one of the most extraordinary estates of the eighteenth century, Prince Eugene of Savoy’s Belvedere, in Vienna, designed by Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, court architect to the Hapsburgs. Residences Memorables comprises a series of engravings published in ten.....
An exceptionally handsome monograph on the work of British illustrator Walter Crane, and still the most authoritative work on the artist. Richly illustrated with chromolithographs, two tipped-in facsimile leaves from the Kelmscott Press edition of The Story of the Glittering Plain, and examples of Crane’s paintings, book illustrations, wallpaper designs.....
Set of ten imaginative color aquatints in the Art Nouveau style, depicting various erotic scenes from the playfully fanciful to the grotesque. One of 20 copies on Japan within the larger edition of 110, each plate signed by the artist in pencil with the pseudonym “Remigius Eques” and numbered 12/20.....
A rare collection of comic illustrations, a fair number of which involve the antics of children and animals. A couple’s “repas Champêtre” is interrupted by a horse and rider flying over the stone wall behind them; a regiment of toddling girls in their walkers stands arrayed before the Napoleonic.....
First edition. One of 520 copies signed by Rackham; this copy number 45. Nos. 1 to 260 were for sale in Great Britain and Ireland and Nos. 261 to 520 for sale in the U.S. REFERENCES: Latimore & Haskell, p. 61. CONDITION: Very good, slight toning to edges.....
First edition. With splendid plates after paintings by Thaxter’s friend Childe Hassam. The chromolithographic illuminations, which appear at the head of each chapter and elsewhere, are in imitation of Thaxter’s practice of illuminating books with watercolors. Described by the Bibliography of American Literature as "one of the most elaborate pieces.....
First and only edition of a rare American color plate natural history. With text divided into sections on birds, fishes, reptiles (with a sub-section on amphibians), and articulata or annulose animals (invertebrates), followed by twelve handsomely colored plates with multiple images per plate. Each section of text concludes with a......