67. ALEMAN, MATEO.: Vida y hechos del picaro Gvzman de Alfarache :
atalaya de la vida humana por Mateo Aleman. Antwerp, Jerome Verdussen,
1681. 2 volumes in one, 8vo, PP [14], 299, [5]: [16], 396, [4], woodcut
printer's device on title pages, 16 lively engraved plates by G & F Boutatts
after Lamorlet and Bouttats, bound without the half title in early boards,
neatly rebacked retaining original endpapers but with an a label 'The Rouge'
[? the Rogue], a few leaves with light stains, very light pencil
translations of words into English by an early translator, bookplate of
Francis Williams Wynn, a good sound copy with excellent impressions of the
plates,
FIRST EDITION THUS, though a popular Spanish Picaresque novel, many times
reprinted from its first appearance 1599-1604. This Belgium printing by
Verdussen, who did a number of attractive Spanish language publications, is
notable for its 16 illustrations which depict in lively, sometimes coarse,
manner the events of the story. The owner of this volumes, who probably
supplied the pencil translations from a dictionary, was the well-connected
diarist and continental traveler Frances Williams Wynn who may have picked
up this volume in the course of her travels; her largely published diaries
from the end of the 18th century may be revealing on this point. £450.00
68. BEWICK, THOMAS [ILLUSTRATOR]. SOMERVILLE, WILLIAM.: The Chase. A Poem
by William Somerville Esq. London, W Bulmer, Shakespeare Printing
Office, 1796. 4to, PP xv, [1], xii, [1], PP xxiii, [1], 126, 12
wood-engravings by Thomas Bewick and drawn by John Bewick, end woodcut by
Charlton Nesbit, bound in contemporary half morocco, spine gilt ruled with
raised bands, endpapers lightly browned, minor rubbing to joints, but a very
good copy,
FIRST BEWICK EDITION. £120.00
69. BOOKBINDING. WOOD, ESTHER [ET AL].: Modern Bookbindings & Their
Designers. London, The Studio, 1899. Small folio, PP 82, colour plates,
text illustrations throughout, adverts, finely bound in contemporary French
three quarter ultramarine cloth by Champs-Stroobants, marbled sides, spine
floral gilt with red morocco label, original wrappers bound in, slight
rubbing to head and foot of spine, else in fine state,
FIRST EDITION; this fine account of contemporary bookbinding was the
Christmas special number of The Studio; it is bound here with the 1898
number, 'Modern Book-Plates and Their Designers', also with original
wrappers and adverts bound in. Both also contain the supplementary French
translations, the volume having been bound with 2 other contemporary issues
of the Studio for Comte E Du Tetre, who bookplate is at the front. £60.00
70. CAULFIELD, JAMES [PUBLISHER.: Memoirs of the Celebrated Persons
composing the Kit-Cat Club; with a prefatory account of the origin of the
association: illustrated with forty-eight portraits from the original
paintings by Sir Godfrey Kneller. London : Hurst, Robinson & Co, 1821.
Tall folio, PP x, 261, [1], with 48 engraved portraits, untrimmed, finely
bound by Pitcher of Manchester in slightly later half black morocco, spine
gilt with raised bands, a fine copy throughout,
FIRST EDITION THUS, reprinting the original set of 18th Century plates, here
in a large paper printing. An impressive copy of an impressive book. £185.00
71. CLARK, JOHN.: Elements Of Drawing And Painting In Water Colours;
Being A Supplement To The Elements Of Drawing And Perspective, Published In
Chambers' Educational Course. London, William S Orr, 1841. Small square
8vo, PP xii, 212, with 24 engraved plates including 10 in colour or partial
colour, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red label, bottom panel
chipped away else a fine clean copy,
NEW EDITION, the second, expanding on the first of 1838, a charming and
attractively illustrated primer of the period. £35.00
72. COMPTE-CALIX,FRANCOIS CLAUDIUS.: Six Tableaux de Compte Calix Scènes
coloriées de la Bonne Compagnie Parisienne. Paris: Au bureau du Journal
les Modes Parisiennes, rue Bergere, 20. [1865] Oblong folio, comrpising
title page and six steel-engraved and hand-coloured plates by Portier after
Calix, interleaved, in good clean state, bound in contemporary half morocco,
joints rubbed,
FIRST EDITION, bound with 20 plates from contemporary fashion caricature
work by Grevin. An attractive series of scenes from fashionable Second
Empire life. £35.00
73. COSTUME. ELOFFE, MADAME.: Modes et usages au temps de
Marie-Antoinette par le comte de Reiset. Livre-journal de Madame Éloffe,
marchande de modes, couturière lingère ordinaire de la reine et des dames de
sa cour. Ouvrage illustré de près de 200 gravures... Paris, Firmin-Didot
et Cie, 1885. 2 volumes, 4to, PP [4], 479, [5] [4], 540, [4], 2 errata
laves, 200 plates including 68 in colour, some mounted photographic
reproductions, uncut in contemporary half morocco, spines gilt with raised
bands, spine worn and repaired at heads, slight corner wear, internally
sound and clean, FIRST EDITION, a monumental reference for the costume of
the Court of Louis XVI in the last days of the Ancient Regime, detailing the
records of the Queen Marie-Antoinete's dressmaker. £125.00
74. CUTTS, EDWARD.: An Essay on Church Furniture and Decoration. London,
John Crockford, 1854. 8vo, PP [8], 143, [1], [8, adverts], with 10
wood-engraved plates, several in colour, numerous wood-engravings in text,
original blue blindstamped cloth, lettered in gilt, worn at joints and spine
ends, else a good copy,
FIRST EDITION, an influential style manual for neo-Gothic decoration in the
Victorian church. £45.00
75. D'HARNONCOURT, RENE.: Mexicana. A Book of Pictures. New York,
Alfred A Kopf, 1931. 4to, PP [104], with 49 full page reproductions of
drawings by Rene d'Harnoncourt in black and white, with facing texts and
introduction by the artist, patterned endpapers, bound in original pictorial
coloured boards, slight wear to corners and spine ends, minor spoiling, a
very good copy,
FIRST EDITION; one of two publications, the other a children's book, from
d'Hrnoncourt's early years as a dealer in antiquities and folk-art in Mexico
City and where he came into contact with contemporary Mexican art of Diego
Rivera and others who influenced his own work. He would later give up art
and return to America to become one of the most distinguished curators of
ethnic art. This attractive publication demonstrates well his early
immersion in the working-class social life of the country. £35.00
76. EGAN, PEIRCE.: The Pilgrims of the Thames in Search of the National. London,
Thomas Tegg, 1839. 8vo, PP iv, 375, with 24 etched plates including
frontispiece, 1 woodcut portrait, text wood-engravings, all by Piece Egan
the Younger, bound in later 19th century half brown morocco, spine gilt with
raised bands, a little rubbed at joints, the plates evenly browned and
sometimes foxed, else a sound copy,
FIRST EDITION; the browning to the plates endemic to this title was often
removed by later binders' cleaning but here sadly not. A popular and musing
satire on Bulwar Lytton's earlier best-selling Pilgrims of the Rhine. £25.00
77. ETCHING. CAVE, HENRY.: Antiquities of York. Drawn and Etched by H
Cave. London, Ackermann, 1813. Large 4to, PP iv, with printed and etched
title pages, 40 etched plates or York buildings and antiquities, bound in
original quarter red roan over marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed but sound,
heavy offsetting from plates onto the facing text, the plates themselves
clean, occasional foxing, but a very good copy of a title that is usually
foxing in some way,
FIRST EDITION, a valuable example of the early 19th Century fashion for
depictions of English vernacular architecture, whether ruined or not. The
engraved title is actually 'The Picturesque Buildings of York' suggesting
its artistic as well as historical intent. The City of York provides Cave, a
local artist, with huge scope for depiction of whole streets as well as
architectural features, especially doors. £200.00
78. FRASER, C LOVAT [ILLUSTRATOR]. HODGSON, RALPH.: The Bull. London,
A T Stevens, for 'Flying Fame', 1913. Small 8vo, PP 20, pictorial
decorations by Lovat Fraser, original pictorial stiff wrappers, a good copy,
FIRST EDITION. A famous neo-Georgian poem which won the Polignac Prize in
1914. £25.00
79. FRASER, LOVAT [ILLUSTRATOR]. HODGSON, RALPH.: The Song of Honour. London,
Flying Flame, [1913]. Small 8vo, PP 24, decorations in text by Lovat Fraser,
original pictorial stiff pictorial wrappers, a good copy, FIRST EDITION.
significant neo-Georgian poetry from the press of poet and illustrator
before they joined up in the Great War. £25.00
80. FULLERTON, WILLIAM MORTON.: In Cairo. London, Macmillan, 1891. 8vo, PP vii, [1], 70, [2], uncut in original white buckram cloth with red decoration to upper board, cloth soiling but internally sound,
FIRST EDITION, a distinctive book design distinguished by the remarkable
series of 10 headpieces to the chapters, unsigned but in the arts and crafts
style of Paul Woodroffe [but too early for him]. £25.00
81. GERMAN CARICATURE.: Simplicissimus 19 Jahrgang Sweites Halbjahr
[October 1914 bis Marz 1915] Munich, Semplicissimus, [1915]. Folio, PP
[4], 381 -678, illustrated in colour and black and white caricature
throughout, original cloth with image of bulldog on upper board, worn at
corners, spine part missing, first few leaves frayed at fore edge, else a
reasonable working copy,
FIRST EDITION; By this first year of the War Semplicissimus, famed for its
political and social satire, had become no more than a propaganda tool of
the German military machine. Many of the anti British cartoons have,
however, become well-known through later reproduction. £65.00
82. HUGO, VICTOR.: Notre-Dame de Paris...illustree de Soixante-Dix Desins
par Brion. Paris, Hetzel, 1871. 4to, PP 272, [8, frontispiece, text
wood-engravings, folding engraved birds-eye map of mediaeval Paris,
contemporary half roan, joints cracked but holding, map creased where
misfolded, else in good clean state,
EARLY ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Brion's classic illustrations first appeared in a
Hetzel edition a few years earlier. The attractive map of Paris, with 8 page
description at the end, is unusual and not found in other editions. £25.00
83. LIE, JONAS.: Weird Tales from Northern Seas from the Danish of Jonas
Lie. London, Kegan Paul, 1893. 8vo, PP vi, [4], 201, [1], title page in
red and black, 12 black and white plates by Laurence Housman, original pale
blue cloth, uncut, a very good clean copy,
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, a collection of 11 weird tales first translated
here into English, mainly from Lie's 'Trold, an important contribution to
19th Century supernatural literature. The fine illustrations by Houseman are
among his best, and the book itself is a fine production. £85.00
84. LONDON. SAGE, FREDERICK [PUBLISHER].: Regent Street, 1825 - 1925 : a
series of plates indicating the magnitude of the reconstruction [London,
Frederick Sage, 1927].. Oblong small folio, comprising covering letter of
1927 [signed by managing director of Sage], 28 plates, mainly Regent Street
shop fronts as contracted by Sage, with some plans and historical
reproductions, contained within the original portfolio with coloured map,
externally rather stained and soiled, internally sound,
FIRST EDITION, the trade catalogue of Sage documenting their commercial
improvements to Regent Street in the 1920's, and a valuable record of the
period. £25.00
85. MERYON, CHARLES [ETCHER].: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. Paris, Edition
Mazarine, 1926. Large folio, PP [20], with 20 fine window mounted
heliogravures after Meryon's 1852 set of original etchings, printed on plain
and tinted paper, uncut in contemporary full bevel-edge brown calf, simply
lettered in gilt to upper board, the boards a little marked and scratched in
places, but internally fine, a handsome and attractive volume,
FIRST EDITION THUS, superb reproductions of Meryon's originals, limited to
636 sets of which this is no 436. Usually found as a loose portfolio, this
finely bound up copy is certainly more convenient way to view Meryon's
work. £350.00
86. NORMAN LINDSAY [ILLUSTRATOR]. PETRONIUS.: Petronius, A revised Latin
text of the Satyricon with the earliest English translation (1694) now first
reprinted with an introduction together with one hundred illustrations by
Norman Lindsay.
London : Privately printed by Ralph Straus 1910 ii, xv, 8-303 p., 100 leaves
of plates : ill. ; 32 cm. £75.00
87. PHOTOGRAPHY. GERNSHEIM, HELMUT AND ALISON.: L.J.M. Daguerre. The
HIstory of the Diorama and the Daguerreotype. London, Secker & Warburg,
1956. Small 4to, PP xx, 216, 116 photographic illustrations, original cloth,
slightly frayed used dust-wrapper, a very good copy,
FIRST EDITION, a pioneering study of early photographic history. £25.00
88. PHOTOGRAPHY. MOOR, REV J.F.: The Birth-Place, Home, Churches, and
other Places connected with the author of 'The Christian Year' illustrated
in Thirty-two Photographs by W Savage. With Notes by the Rev J F Moor, jun. Winchester,
William Savage/London, James Parker, 1866. 4to, PP [145], erratum leaf at
end, printed in red and black with red ruled borders to pages, 32 mounted
albumen photographic prints by William Savage, with accompanying text
descriptions, including a portrait after a painting, the rest being views,
bound in original bevel-edged cloth, decorated in gilt, spine part lacking
or detached, corners worn, large contemporary inscription on half title
[Buckland St Mary], else a good clean copy internally with good impressions
of the images,
FIRST EDITION, a well produced example of early photographic illustration in
England. £45.00
89. PHOTOGRAPHY. NEWALL, BEAUMONT.: A Catalogue of the Epstean Collection
on the History and Science of Photography and its applications especially to
the Graphic Arts. Vermont, Helios, 1972. 8vo, unpaginated, with index
and 1942 accessions at the end, original cloth, a very good copy, FIRST
EDITION THUS, valuable reprint of the 1937 original with later index and
accessions added. £20.00
90. REACH, ANGUS B.: The Natural History of 'Bores'. . London, D.
Bogue, 1847. 16mo, PP 112, [12, adverts], wood engravings including a
frontispiece & title vignette by H G Hine, original pictorial grey wrappers,
slightly dusty and chipped at spine ends, but a very good copy of this
fragile item.
THIRD EDITION, a title in the famous 'social zoologies' series. £25.00
91. SEABY, ALLEN W.: Pattern without Pain. London, B T Batsford,
1948. 8vo, PP vi, 120, frontispiece, numerous colour plates and text
illustrations showing contemporary pattern designs, original cloth, near
fine in frayed dust-wrapper, FIRST EDITION, signed presentation copy with
letter from the author A practical manual of postwar English pattern
design. £25.00
92. SHAW, HENRY.: The Hand Book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices. London,
Bernard Quaritch, 1853 4to, PP [10], 36 plates, mostly single woodblock
colours, bound in contemporary blue blindstamped silked cloth, minor rubbing
and foxing at the start but generally a fine bright and tight copy.
FIRST EDITION an influential work from 'the architect, the decorator, and
the student of ornamental design...' The edition also appeared under William
Pickering's imprint, and was reissued by Bohn in 1856. £75.00
93. SMITH, ALBERT.: The Natural History of 'Stuck-Up' People'. London,
David Bogue, 1847. Small 8vo, PP viii, 112, [16, illustrated catalogue].
frontispiece and wood-engravings in text, original printed wrappers. a
little dusty and chipped to spine, still a good copy in original state of a
fragile item,
FOURTH EDITION, a popular title in Smith's series of 'Social Zoologies';
editions can only be identified from the wrappers. £25.00
94. STRANG, WILLIAM [ILLUSTRATOR].: The Surprising Adventures of Baron
Munchausen. London, Lawrence and Bullen, 1895. 8vo, PP li, 299,
frontispiece, 29 plates, numerous text illustrations, all by William Strang
and J B Clark, bound in original pictorial cloth, slightly faded to spine,
free endpapers lacking else a good sound copy,
FIRST EDITION THUS, an interesting and distinctive book production matching
the fantasy nature of the subject. The binding is a complex design by
Clarke. Altogether one of the most pleasant editions of this title. £25.00
95. TWO RIVERS PRESS. BOBRINSKOY, COUNT.: Peacock from Heaven. A Kurdish
Yesidi Tale. Aurora, Two Rivers Press, 1983. Square 12mo, original
patterned cloth, fine, FIRST EDITION, limited to 400 copies. £10.00
96. WHISTLER, J.M. THE STUDIO.: The Studio an Illustrated Magazine of
Fine and Applied Art Volume Thirty. London, The Studio, 1904. 4to, PP
[12], 364, colour and black and white plates and text illustrations
throughout, contemporary binder's cloth, a fine copy,
FIRST EDITION, including several interesting Whistler related contributions, including Way's lithography' Baby Leyland' after the artist, accompanying Oswald Sickert's article, and Way's lithograph 'Sunset Venice' also after Whistler. £15