Works of Charles Gibson,Two Volumes, by Charles Dana Gibson - 1906

New York: David McKay, 1919. A fine copy of the first edition in scarce dust wrapper with some soiling and wear. All of the first issue points except gilt titles on the cover. All other points match Nudelman A53. The pictorial pastedown on the front cover is most often found with scratches and other problems. This copy is exceptionally nice.

Newcastle: Emerson Charnely, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820 A good copy of the large paper 1st edition in contemporary half leather binding. This edition was printed on thicker high quality paper. With frontispiece portrait of Thomas Bewick, 4 portraits of Bewick by different engravers, and numerous engravings to illustrate the Fables. Contents: frontispiece; title page with small ink signature to top dated 1824; advertisement; Memoir; Catalogue; portraits; table of contents; select fables - pp1-332. The binding has gilt-lined raised bands to the spine and marbled boards. Page edges lightly marbled. The binding has wear to corners and the top and bottom of the spine but is in very good clean condition. There are some faded areas to the foredge marbling. The original endpapers are present. The preliminaries and the frontispiece are very spotty, and the frontispiece has a small repaired section in the gutter. The final page has some marking and the final blank and verso to rep are also very spotty.… Read More

LONDON : Hodder & Stoughton, 1908 A very good copy of the 1st trade edition with 40 tipped in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. In original green decorative cloth binding with gilt design on front board and spine. The binding is clean with bright gilt to the front board and spine. It has been professionally rebacked so is sound and tight. There is slight marking at the bottom edge of the front board and some very slightly paler areas on the back board. Corners with light wear. The original green endpapers are present with an inscription dated Xmas 1908 to the fep. There is some light foxing to the half title. Contents in very good condition being very clean with some light toning to page edges. The plate at p11 has a small corner crease and the tissue guard to the plate at p126 is creased.

London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman , 1841. SCARCE in contemporary fine binding, two volumes in polished calf, the backs with black and red morocco labels and intricate gilt tooling, marbled end papers and edges, the bookplates of Walmer Castle and a later 20th c. owner front end papers, prior owner inscriptions in pencil and ink concerning Walmer Castle and Cattermole's engravings, "considered to be some of his finest". Very Good, the calf rubbed and soiled. Both volumes with frontis engravings and engraved title pages, Vol. I with 7 engravings in text, Vol. II with 13 in text. The title pages call for 15 in Vol. I and 13 in Vol. II, leaving the possibility of 4 missing engravings, however no evidence of removal. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Wood & Co, 1884. xi, 292 pp. plus nine wonderful chromolithograph plates (including frontispiece). Original mustard yellow cloth binding stamped in black, gilt lettering at spine. Very Good Plus, prior owner name front end page, minor wear at spine ends. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dodd, Mead, n.d.. Hardcover. Fine. Laboccetta, Mario. Small 4to, full black cloth, handsomely illustrated with delicate color plates, head and tailpieces as well as in text drawings by Mario Laboccetta. Printed in France by H. Piazza et Cie, Paris. Fine in chipped, worn but scarce dj. Gift inscription to front free endpaper.

London: Mitchell, 1867. Hardcover. Very Good. Chromolithography by the Queen's Printer Day & Son.. Folio leather-spined embossed cloth gilt on bevelled boards (rebacked tips slightly worn spine gilt darkened & dulled) All Edges Gilt. Unique gilt and illuminated chromoliths inserted into sunken card mounts back to back. Double pages except for the final plate which is printed on the front (recto) only. Slight foxing to mounts but clean and lovely. *A lavish production in high Victorian style with central texts with large illuminated first capital letter and other ornaments surrounded by decorative frame. A wide shaped border incorporating a pictorial miniature then decorates the page with floral emblems of vines and trellises in a stunning background of colors. *Based on the idea of a mediaeval illuminated page displaying the virtuosity of Victorian chromo-lithography as beautifully executed by Day & Son. Quite difficult to find, this is a stunning early gift book.

Published at The Hampshire House Workshops, Hampshire Hog Lane, Hammersmith, London. 1915. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (7.5 x 5.2 inches). Illustrated with 12 wood engravings. One of 1500 copies. Inscribed by Gill on the front free endpaper "Eric Gill for H. Davis, 22.3.28" A very good copy in original grey canvas spine, lettered in black, with red paper covered boards with black lettering and illustration to the front board. Some loss to the paper on the boards, affecting 7 letters of the address at the bottom. Spine with just a little darkening. Overall a very good copy. Uncommon inscribed by Gill. --Evan Gill. Bibliography of Eric Gill. No. 259.

1914 Peking Beijing CHINA Memoirs Court Buddha Ming Forbidden City Illustrated

John Bland and Edmund Backhouse were already famous for their book 'China Under the Empress Dowager' when they wrote their history of the rulers of China - 'Annals and Memoirs of the Court of Peking.' This chronicle begins at the fall of the Mongol Empire, covering the Ming & Manchu dynasties, Li Tzu-Ch'eng's rebellion, the fall of Peking, the Mings at Nanking, Tao Kukang and the impact of the West, memoirs of the Boxer Year in 1900, and information on Buddha, laws and the forbidden city.
This 1914 edition includes 25 full-page black and white photogravure engravings.
Item number: #9833
Price: $399
BLAND, John Otway Percy; BACKHOUSE, Sir Edmund Trelawney
Annals & memoirs of the court of Peking (from the 16th to 20th century).
London: W. Heinemann, 1914.

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Collation: Complete with all pages
o [6], vii-x, 531, [1]
o 25 illustrations
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Language: English
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Binding: Hardcover; tight &… Read More

Publishing cover and title page of the work of D. I. Mitrokhin. The situation of war always needs a simplified image of reality for propaganda purposes. This book is the first study on military prints, as a separate genre of "Russian folk pictures" during the First World War. The illustrations placed in this book are created in the XVIII - early XX centuries and present the history of lithographed military historical prints.
Good condition. Missing corner (5x10 cm) of avantitle, otherwise good.