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NY: Harry N. Abrams in association with Bowles/Hopkins Publishing. Fine. 1980. 1st edition. 1st ed., 4to. Deluxe leatherbound edition, limited to 1200 signed and numbered copies in slipcase. Bragg (1931- 2017) was an Ameri can sculptor, painter, artist and author known best for his satir ical artwork. His work is displayed in numerous museums and exhib itions and won many awards, including the Gold Medal for the Nati onal Society of Illustrators and the Award of Merit from the Art Directors Guild of New York. Fine, with fading to fore-edge of sl ipcase. .

London: Ackermann & Co. Poor. 1853. 1st edition. London: Ackermann & Co, , (1853). 1st ed., 4to approx.. 12-3/4” x 9-3/4”. Green cloth with large pictorial paper paste-on. 64 pages. Each page illustrated with elaborate b/w etchings An alpha bet book, including the proper phonetics for the English language . Poor; internally sound but substantially shaken; occasional li ght foxing. Binding split with spine lacking, corners rubbed and bumped. .

Paris: Editions Roger DaCosta. 1972. Facsimile edition of Bidloo's noted atlas of human anatomy first published in Amsterdam in 1685. Large 4to (11"x16"), bound in bu rgundy leatherette, marbled end-papers, all edges gilt. No. 411 of 2000 copies printed. A bit of rubbing at top and bottom of sp ine, otherwise fine. The atlas is illustrated with 105 plates by Gerard de Lairesse, showing the human figure both in living at titudes and as dissected cadavers. The book was later plagiarized by English surgeon William Cowper for his Anatomy of the Humane Bodies (1698), which gave no credit to either Bidloo or de Laires se. This led to a number of vitriolic exchanges between Bidloo an d Cowper, including several pamphlets published in each anatomist 's defense. William III, Dutch stadholder and king of England, asked Bidloo to become his personal physician in 1695. The king died in his arms on 8 March 1702. .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-Near Fine. Cloth. 1973. Classic biography of Arthur Rackham, with 32 tipped in color plat es and numerous b&w illustrations, portraits, facsimiles in-line with text. 1973 reprint edition. Also "the printed work of Arthur Rackham", a checklist. Book condition: near fine. DJ condition: very good. .

London: William Heinemann. Very Good. Cloth. 1960. First Edition. 1st edition of the classic biography of Rackham, including 32 tip ped-in color plates and numerous b&w drawings in-line with text. Bibliography and checklists. APPENDIX A Bibliography, APPENDIX B Drawings and paintings in Collections, APPENDIX C The Printed Wor k of Arthur Rackham. D/w soiled with several large closed tears, one open tear .

The Book Club of California, San Francisco. New. 1989. 1st edition. First edition; one of 450 copies. Edited with an Introduction by Norman Neuerberg. xl, 100 [1] pp. Oblong folio, cloth-backed deco rated paper-covered boards with printed paper label on spine, in publisher's plain white wrapper. Illustrations & plates from sket ches & paintings by Ford, a few in color including tipped-in fron tispiece.. Most of Ford's drawings and paintings were executed in the early 1880's. The patterned cloth used in the binding was ty pical of the wallpapers and decorations found in the California M issions. Prospectus laid in. . pristine but with a couple of small nicks to the publisher’s wr apper. .

Paris: F. Depech. 1821. 1st ed. [Costume] F. Depech / Hippolyte LeComte. ires de la Monarchie Francaise depuis 1200 jusquâa 1820 [Civil and Military Costumes of the French Monarchy from 1200 to 1820] An incomplete set of 80 lithographs depictingRobes and costumes worn by French aristocracy, clergy, and judiciary from the 13th - 19th centuries. From a series of 380 l executed by Hippolyte Le Comte and published 1820-21 by Francois Delpech. Delpech operated the most popular lithographic print shop in Paris; LeComte was a French painter best known for his large scale historical paintings and ballet designs; the caricaturist J.J. Grandville worked in his studio. Approximately 8"x10", signed in the plates -- plates 109-180 consecutively are bound in period board covers; another 8 plates are loose: 10, 64-67, 348, 364, 367. Covers heavily rubbed; plates are in fair-good condition -- age-toned but the images are bright; occasional l foxing. Several of the loose plates are trimmed about 1/2". Inquire… Read More

London: MacMillan and Co. 1926. First thus. Illustrated by Thomas MacKenzie. First thus. Special limited edit ion, printed on hand made paper, limited to 525 copies and signed by Stephens. 228pp, with 12 full color plates, with captions on opposite page, plus decorative headings and tailpieces. Original quarter vellum and blue paper boards, gilt title to spine. Deckle d edges with some browning to edges, plus small amount of age ton ing on occasional pages. Otherwise a fine copy; toning to end pap ers; light damp-stain to front end papers not affecting text beyo nd; light discoloration at bottom of spine. Internally clean, tig ht, and essentially flawless. In good paper d/w with several edge nicks and damp-stain upper front right and across lower back thi rd; not affecting the book itself. .

Paris: J. Baudry. Fair. Blue board. 1881. 1st edition. 1st ed., 1881. 2 volumes, folio. ¼ morocco, blue pebbled cloth; ribbed spines. ##### . tapestries and furniture coverings, mostly in b/w or sepia but in cluding thirteen chromolithographic plates with tapestries or det ails in color. Each plate accompanied by a sheet of descriptive t ext. The Mobilier National, formerly the Garde-Meuble de la Couro nne was the French department responsible for storing and repairi ng all movable furnishings and décor from the royal households o f the Ancien Regime. [16th-18th centuries]. . Plates very good-near fine with only occasional light foxing in the margins. Covers and spines heavily worn with front board of volume two nearly detached. Bookplate of Robert Heysham Sayre [18 24-1907] inside both front boards. Sayre was vice president and chief engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad and vice president o f Bethlehem Iron Company, precursor of Bethlehem Steel Corporatio n. The… Read More

NY: Grove Press. 1992. 1st ed. New copy in dustjacket. This is the fully illustrated compendium of the best Horror, Fantasy Science Fiction Film Art -- posters and cards from the Ronald Borst Collection. A true classic and indispensable to collectors of horror and sf.

Harper & Brothers. 1922. 1st trade edition, with designs by William Nicholson. 12mo, beige bonds with gold label on front and spine. Decorated end papers. 36 pp. A very good-near fine copy overall but with a bookplate in side front cover and lacking the dust jacket, a clipping of which is laid in. .

Mountrath Ireland/Los Angeles: The Dolmen Press/H. Keith Burns. 1983. Deluxe edition, limited to 250 numbered copies. 125 for distribut ion in Ireland, 125 for the U.S. Black cloth with gilt decoration s in black slipcase. This special edition, signed by Bowe, contai ns an extra suite of eight plates reproduced from Clarke's origin al drawings for "The Ancient Mariner." The gilt decoration on the front cover is from a design by Clarke adapted from the binding of the special copies of the 1922 edition of the Fair Tales of Pe rrault. This special edition rarely comes on the market. .

1st ed., 4to 160 pp. Trade edition.Harry Clarke (1889 –1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. His color illustrations for Poe's tales and other works are highly prized, but his other graphic work is less known. This comprehensive monograph presents some of his early sketches, private drawings, and commercial work -- with as well as the man behind the drawings and designs. Although not noted, there were only 2,500 copies printed -- half for distribution in the UK and half for the U.S. audience. . A limited edition of 250 copies was also published A new copy; fine in d/w

University Press of Mississippi. 1989. Signed limited edition. One of 174 numbered copies signed by both the author and artist. Fine copy in original slipcase .

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company. 1st ed., 16mo, ¼ cloth, illustrated boards. undated; circa 1910. Scarce adult title by the popular children’s book author/illu strator. Illustrated verses on a variety of subjects where peopl e ‘get the hook.’ No copies on the net, only three in OCLC. A fair-good copy: heavily rubbed on corners, moderate surface wea r, small ink mark on back cover. Text block clean and unmarked bu t lightly shaken at hinges. .

Good. 1st edition; London: Macmillan & Co., 1882. Pictorial boards with cloth spine. Illustrations by George Cruikshank – note that th is is not THE George Cruikshank, but his nephew. Interior is clea n and tight. The covers are rubbed at edges, more heavily so at c orners. .

Viking Press. 1972. 1st edition (1972) of this Caldecott Medal winner, signed by illu strator Leonard Baskin in red ink on the front end paper. The boo k itself is in fine condition. The dust jacket has a 3/4" closed tear at front top, a 1/4" closed tear at rear top and a 2" water stain in lower right front corner. The water stain does not affec t the book. .

Lewis Carroll Society of North America. 1992. 1st ed., thus.. A newly illustrated edition with artwork by Jonathan Dixon. Smal l 4to, blue cloth, 88 pp. Fine, as-new, copy. Issued without d/ w. .

n.p. n.d. 4to, illuminated vellum wrappers; 52 leaves; stitched b inding. Pen and ink calligraphy, illuminations with watercolor h ead and tail pieces, and in-text illustrations all on hand-made p aper. The artist/author is unknown. Clean, tight and unmarked in terior. Covers torn and chipped on all edges. Date unknown but pr obably from late 1950’s - early 1960’s. .

NY: Raw Books and Graphics. Fine. 1982. 1st printing.. 1st printing [no additional printings stated]. 38pp. Tabloid-size d comic magazine printed in duotone and b/w on newsprint. Attache d at rear to corrugated cardboard coves, as published, with paper label on front and black tape spine. No. 1 in Raw Magazine’s “One Shot” series, this is an anthology of strips featuring P anter’s post-apocalyptic punk “Jimbo” An innocent, spikey-h aired, freckled-faced wanderer, surviving in a post-nuclear no-fu ture. . e Slash between 1978 and 1980, but there are also a number of ful l-page illustrations published here for the first time. In additi on to his comic and graphics work, Panter created the Emmy-winnin g sets for television’s PeeWee’s Playhouse. He was among the artists honored in the exhibition "Masters of American Comics" a t the Jewish Museum in… Read More