Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - 1839

Paris: Chez Le Pan, Rue S. Guillaume la premiere porte Cochere a droite en entrant par la rue S. Dominique, 1791 from editor's note in another vol.. Softcover. Good. Finely engraved plates (49 of 50) + engraved titlepage. Plates all "del" or "invenit" by Gravelot or Cochin, with various engravers named.. 232 by 153mm Volume III (of IV) octavo "en brochure", uncut thus edges dusty with all illustrated plates loosely laid in but all text pages in gatherings of 8 leaves. Half title + engraved titlepage + 48 plates but the first plate lacking its text [ie pages 1 & 2] + 100pp + partial index (index lacks A-N pp101-4 but p105/6 present covering letters N to Z). The plates are not within the collation and loose (as from the publisher) and only some are numbered but numbers are not sequential and several have the same number although the plates are not the same. All plates face a text page with the subject that matches the title opposite. *An outstanding collection of engraved emblematic figures for the… Read More

13, Rue Saint-Georges, Paris: Publie sous la direction de JEAN GUIFFREY, Conservateur au Musee du Louvre par L' ILLUSTRATION 0 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Ecole Italienne (Primitifs), Italienne (XVI au XVIII siecle), Flamande, Hollandaise, Allemande, Espagnole, Anglaise, Francaise (XIV au XVI siecle), Francais (XVII siecle), Francaise (XVIII siecle), Francaise (XIX siecle-1" partie), Francaise (XIX siecle-2 partie), Francaise (XIX siecle-3 partie). Light brown cover with oval black center, light brown title and cream colored spine. 2 Book set with 13 volumes included. About 11-3/4 x 8. Undated circa 1920? Two heavy thick volumes with black & white illustrations throughout and color frontis. Nice condition with secure bindings, clean pages, lightly rubbed covers and few small spine end cloth tear/frays. Text in French. THESE TWO BOOKS WEIGH OVER TEN POUNDS AND WILL NOT SHIP INTERNATIONALLY UNLESS FIRST CONTACTED ON SHIPPING PRICE! .

VENEZIA: CO TIPI DELL'ED. GIUSEPPE ANTONELLI, 1833. In 8. Dim. 23x15,5 cm. Pp. (12)+LII+264, 375, 251, 339, 312, 303, 319, 304, 308, 358, 280, 327, 327, 282, 347, 325+(3), 365+(1). Bella edizione del 1833-36 di questa poderosa opera di religione ad uso dei preti e predicatori scritta dal Padre Hyacinthe de Montargon predicatore del Re di Francia. L'opera è formata da 18 volumi ed è completa sebbene risultino mancanti tutte le incisioni. All'inizio discorso preliminare dell'Abate Guillon, segue dizionario. Tra gli argomenti trattati: amore di Dio, amore del prossimo, beatitudine dei Santi, confessione, educazione dei figli, elemosina, fede, giudizio universale, legge evangelica, morte, opere buone, predestinazione, profanazione delle Chiese, tempo, scandalo, tribolazioni, incarnazione, circoncisione, resurrezione, trinità, Beata Vergine ecc... Bella legatura in mezza pelle coeva con tasselli in pelle al dorso. In discrete condizioni Opera completa di tutte le… Read More

A married set in very good condition. Second edition, 1758, London. Original full leather boards. Volume 1 has a new spine (sometime in last 50 years) by Edward F. Gruver, Washington, DC. V.1 has bookplate and pencil notations of prior owner and booksellers, no other markings. The first four leaves after the map are loose at the bottom and remain attached at the top. Volume 2 has the original binding, no interior markings of any kind. Paginates: Volume 1: new blank, old blank, map, 4 leaves, 324, 5 leaves, old blank, new blank; Volume 2: blank, map, 6 leaves, 308, 1 blank (all original). See Howes B968; Hill 218/219; Field 206. Please see images of the books you will receive. Notes: The beautiful laid paper of 18th century London is gorgeous; supple, readable, amazing. Check out the map of North America from 1747 by Emanuel Bowen - upper midwest labeled New France; Louisiana extends west to New Mexico. More images are available. Feel free to inquire. [Amerind]

London: John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1st edition, 1839. Hardcover. Good. Etched plates (30) by John Thomas Smith + portrait of author by J. Jackson R.A. engraved by W. Skelton.. Royal quarto, green cloth-spined marbled paper-covered boards, with defective gilt-titled spine label, xv (inc. half title, title, advertisement, contents and biography of author) + 99p +[1]p advert for author's Antiquities of Westminster. Some quite heavy scattered foxing, mosty on blank verso of plates and their margins. *The author was known as "Antiquity Smith" - although first published after his death, this book was prepared for press soon after publication in 1817 of his Vagabondiana or Anecdotes of Mendicant Wanderers through the Streets of London. So it was considered to be a continuation - the half title reads "VAGABONDIANA .. Volume II by John Thomas Smith London 1839".

Item Description:Book is in Excellent condition for age. No DJAn anthology of fictional stories about several boys at the Axleford school for boys.Hard to find first edition, 1880, George Routledge & SonsNicely Illustrated by Gettie, Houghton, Fraser, Mahoney, Walker and French.Remarkably clean pages for ageSmall amount of separation at front / rear hinges, but minimalSome surface wear,Gift inscription at the front of the book in ink.

Hard cover Folio (15 x 12 in). Original gilt tooled full brown morocco, edges gilt marbled endpapers. Pages complete xxiv + 180, with 250 full-page black and white engravings on card with captioned tissue-guards.Containing two hundred and fifty beautiful engravings selected from the Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine with critical essays by Edmund Ollier.Page edges lightly scuffed and rubbed with some small scratches to cover boards - some remedial work done to secure the cover boards and spine, but otherwise good. Card plates bright but some foxing to the outer edges. Some foxing to the later text pages.The plate index is a little tricky to use, but all plates are present with the following corrections:Plate 75 misplaced to p130, plate 91 misplaced to p95.Note: This volume is heavy (38x31x10cm, approx 10kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

London, E. Mathews; Boston, Copeland & Day, 1895, 8vo, pp. xi, 116; orig. iron blue paper boards, lettered dark blue at the spine. - Second (first 'trade') edition, limited to 750 copies for England and America, which was preceded by an issue of 25 copies signed by the poet. - Printed on handmade paper at the Chiswick Press under the supervision of Herbert Horne, who also provided a striking red and black title-page. - Very slight wear (chipping) at the extreme ends of spine; top edge dusty; a pale brownish stain on endpaper and prelims., not touching printed areas. Otherwise, and in general effect, a very nice copy of a scarce Nineties title, with a bookplate (C.C. Paine) to the front pastedown. - Kraus, Copeland and Day, 18; Russell Taylor: The Art Nouveau book in Britain, p. 70, illustration.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, New York 1877. Square 8vo, pp. 54; color illustrations by Crane engraved by Edmund Evans; original terra cotta-backed pictorial boards , all edges rubbed; interior fine.Red cloth spine with red card paper covered boards, having black and white illustrative titles and decoration. One of the earliest Crane-Evans collaborations, originally published in London, 1877. (Together with : The baby's bouquet.) No Date. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. 10 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement. edge wear. Illustrated in colour with plates… Read More

Albany, NY: Hoffman and White, 1833. 2nd Edition Revised. Leather bound. Good. 8vo. Contemporary calf. Large folding frontispiece, additional folding map, full-page and text illustrations. 400 pp. Leather worn. Front hinge split but firmly attached. Contemporary signatures in front and end matter. Foxing throughout, mostly marginal. Frontispiece intact but tender at creases. One crease appears to have once been torn and repaired with thread. An excellent copy. This is a scarce 2nd edition of popular 19th century historian Priest's most influential book. All of Priest's books, including this one, toe the line between history, speculation, religion, and outright fantasy. American Antiquities promotes the theory that a lost Israelite tribe once existed in America and built elaborate "mounds" and architectural wonders -- a popular idea at the time, owing to the disbelief that the perceived savage indigenous people couldn't have had the skill and intellect to build these themselves. Racism is a theme… Read More