Search Results: Titles starting with S from Donald Heald Rare Books

[London], 1839. Lithograph by Shotter Boys. Printed in colours by Charles Hullmandel, deluxe edition, trimmed to the subject as issued, mounted on archival mount. A very fine image from Boys' 'Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen &c': ''a work of exceeding beauty' (Abbey) and one of the most important in the history of English colour-printing. This print represents part of what was the first serious challenge to the supremacy in England of the hand-coloured aquatint. The plates in Boys' Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen &c 'are produced entirely by means of lithography: they are printed with oil-colours, and come from the press precisely as they now appear.' As detailed in the Descriptive Notice, it was strictly stipulated by the publisher that no colour be added, and goes on to state that previous attempts at chromolithography had suffered from an unnatural flatness 'whereas in these views, the various effects of light and shade, of local colour and… Read More

Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1920. Large folding nautical chart, printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of the Texas-Louisiana border area along the Sabine Lake and Pass into the Gulf of Mexico encompassing a portion of the Golden Triangle Area including Port Arthur and Sabine Lake. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline, create nautical charts of the coast, and help increase maritime safety since its founding, and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy, pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic, and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition, this agency worked… Read More

Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1922. Large folding nautical chart, printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of Texas-Louisiana border area in Southwest Texas along the Sabine and Neches Rivers encompassing the majority of the Golden Triangle Area including Beaumont, Orange, and Sabine Lake. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline, create nautical charts of the coast, and help increase maritime safety since its founding, and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy, pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic, and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition, this agency… Read More

London, 1980. Lithograph. Number 2 from an edition of 4. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Very good condition apart from a mild surface abrasion in the lower right corner of the sheet. A lively early print by the progressive contemporary British artist David Ferry. A printmaker and photomontage specialist who has lectured and exhibited his works worldwide, David Ferry was born in Blackpool in 1957. After studying at the Blackpool College of Technology, he trained at the prestigious Camberwell School of Art and Crafts and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His first solo exhibition was held at the 1984 International Contemporary Art Fair at London's Barbican Centre, and he made his first significant U.S. debut in 2000 as a visiting professor at Southampton College, New York with an exhibition entitled David Ferry from the window seat at the Avram Gallery. In addition to his many lithographs and photomontages, Ferry's oeuvre includes numerous artist books, some of which featured in… Read More

London: Harding, 1802. Aquatint, coloured by hand, on laid paper (watermark '1802') (Publication line at foot of plate shaved with slight loss, some expertly repaired tears to margins). An anonymous work of quality. Unusually, the present work does not include either the artist responsible for the original or the engraver who worked on the plate. The publication line is very faint: sometimes an indication of a later issue, but the early watermark does not support this. None of the standard reference works include either this print or mention of the horse Sacripant. This suggests that this image is rare, and the absence of names allied with the early watermark may indicate some sort of proof issue.

London: Messrs. Fores, 1890. Photogravure, coloured by hand. A fine copy of this excellent image of the 1890 Derby winner, trained by J. Watts and ridden by J. Porter. Alfred Charles Havell was a member of the Havell family which included John James Audubon's engraver and printer: Robert Havell, Jr. Alfred Charles Havell first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1878 and soon afterwards took up commissions with Messrs. Fores to record important racehorses of the day for subsequent publication. This connection continued through until his death in 1928. 'All his pictures provide a valuable record and link in racehorse portraiture between... Harry Hall... and the work of James Lynwood Palmer, Alfred Grenfall Haig, F. Mabel Hollams and Nina Colmore, all of whose main output came at the beginning of this century' (Charles Lane British Racing Prints pp.115-116). Charles Lane British Racing Prints p.116.

London: J. Braill & Son, 1890. Aquatint, printed in colours and finished by hand. A fine copy of this excellent late example of the racing aquatint. The heyday of the racing aquatint in Britain was probably about 1830, but the present example shows that the art had not died out, even sixty years later. The print is unfortunately unsigned, but, aside from the process used, the style of painting is charming and recalls the work of John Frederick Herring and his contemporaries.

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. Image size: 18 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). [Pl. 204]. In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited edition facsimile of the greatest bird book ever printed: the Havell edition of John James Audubon's well-loved "Birds of America". The Curators of the Teyler's Museum in Haarlem, Holland made their copy of the original work available for use as a model. The Museum, founded in 1778, bought their copy through Audubon's son as part of the original subscription in 1839. After long deliberation, the extremely complex but highly accurate process of colour… Read More

Various places, 1859. Quarto. (10 5/8 x 8 7/16 inches). Contemporary half calf and cloth covered boards. Provenance: James Duncan Graham (inscriptions) Sammelband of works relating to the earth's magnetism, astronomy and meteorology, collected by a noted American topographical engineer: includes four works with presentation inscriptions by Edward Sabine. This sammelband of extracts and other material was collected by noted topographical engineer James D. Graham, who served in the U.S. Corps of Topographical Engineers for much of his military career. In 1839-40 he was astronomer of the surveying party that established the boundary-line between the U.S. and the then new Republic of Texas. In 1840 he was appointed commissioner for the survey and exploration of the northeast boundary of the United States, and was employed along the Maine and New York frontiers until 1843. In the same year he was ordered to duty as astronomer on the part of the United States for the joint demarcation of the boundary… Read More

London, 1823. Four works in one volume, 8vo. (8 1/4 x 5 inches). Collations as below. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper covered boards, flat spine tooled in gilt and blind A unique sammelband of pamphlets relating to the West Indian sugar trade. Comprising the following: 1) [Larpent, Sir George]. On Protection to West-India Sugar ... Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed for J.M. Richardson, 1823. 159, [1]pp. Sabin 39068. 2) [Macaulay, Zachariah] East and West India Sugar or, a Refutation of the Claims of the West India Colonists to a Protecting Duty on East India Sugar. London: Printed for Lupton Relfe, 1823. [2], viii, 128pp. Sabin 42951. 3) [Macaulay, Zachariah] A Letter to William W. Whitmore Pointing out some of the Erroneous Statements contained in a Pamphlet by Joseph Marryat entitled "A Reply to the Arguments contained in Various Publications Recommending an Equalisation of the Duties on East and West India Sugars." London: for Lupton Relfe, 1823. [2], 38pp. Sabin… Read More

London, 1721. Together, 9 works in one volume, octavo. Collations as below. Contemporary panelled calf, spine with raised bands, red morocco lettering piece. Provenance: Nathaniel Thorn (engraved bookseller's label); Robert Warner (signature dated 1727) Sammelband of early 18th-century English poetry, including works relating to the South Sea Company and the Mississippi Bubble. GAY, John. The Shepherd's Week. In Six Pastorals. Jacob Thompson, 1721. [14], 60, [4]pp. Engraved frontispiece and six plates (included in pagination). Without the half-title. Foxon G74; ESTC T13918. GAY, John. Two Epistles; One, to the Right Honourable Richard Earl of Burlington; the other, to a Lady. Bernard Lintott, 1715. 36pp. Without the final ad leaves. Foxon G88; ESTC T13938. GAY, John. The What D'Ye Call It: a Tragi-Comi-Pastoral Farce. Bernard Lintott, [1715]. [12], 41, [1]pp. Engraved frontispiece. ESTC T13939. GAY, John. Trivia: Or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London. Bernard Lintott, [1716]. [4], 80,… Read More

Vp, vd. 8vo, four volumes in one. Modern cloth-backed boards. 1) Interesting Correspondence between His Excellency Governour Sullivan and Col. Pickering; in which the latter vindicates himself against the groundless charges and insinuations made by the Governour and others. Second Edition. Boston: Greenough and Stebbins, 1808. 24pp. 2) Mr. Pickering's Speech, in the Senate of the United States, on the Resolution offered by Mr. Hillhouse to repeal the several Acts laying an Embargo, November 30, 1808 [caption title]. Np, [1808]. 27, [1]pp. Shaw 15937. Includes correspondence between W.B. Giles and Albert Gallatin. 3) Pickering. A Review of the Correspondence between the Hon. John Adams, Late President of the United States, and the late William Cunningham ... By Timothy Pickering. Second Edition. Salem: Cushing and Appleton, 1824. 140pp. 4). Charles Upham. A Discourse delivered on the Sabbath after the Decease of the Hon. Timothy Pickering. Salem: Foote & Brown, 1829. 45. [1]pp., plus errata slip.

Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1916. Large folding nautical chart, printed on heavy paper stock. Uncolored. A rare coastal survey of the Fort Myers area including the San Carlos Bay, Caloosahatchee River, Cape Coral, Sanibel Island, and Fort Myers Beach. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline, create nautical charts of the coast, and help increase maritime safety since its founding, and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy, pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic, and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition, this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S.… Read More

Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1916. Nautical chart printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare coastal survey of Florida from Venice Beach to Fort Myers including Cape Coral, Boca Grande, and Port Charlotte. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline, create nautical charts of the coast, and help increase maritime safety since its founding, and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy, pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic, and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition, this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps (commonly… Read More

[No place, 1880. Tintstone lithograph with additional hand-colouring, sheet size: 18 1/8 x 33 3/4 inches. Framed in gold leaf frame with painted black panel. Firk's rare view of the city of San Francisco in 1849: "one of the best-known early San Francisco views" (Peters). Henry Firks was a painter and lithographer known primarily for his images of California during the mid-nineteenth century. His works are held by the Bancroft Library, California Society of Pioneers, and the University of California. This fine and rare lithograph depicts the city only months before the great increase in population brought about by the Gold Rush. Baird and Evans record eight issues of this image: this is the seventh with no imprint and fifty-two numbers and fifty-two items of reference listed beneath the image. "A wide-ranging portrait of San Francisco, crisply rendered by the artist Henry Firks, is provided in this important view of the city...the view delineates the main features of the newly laid-out town: its… Read More

Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1922. Large folding nautical chart, printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of the area coastline around Houston encompassing Galveston, Freeport, Surfside Beach, the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, Matagorda, and the Brazos River, . Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline, create nautical charts of the coast, and help increase maritime safety since its founding, and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy, pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic, and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition, this agency worked to survey and… Read More

Washington D.C.: Published by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1918. Large folding nautical chart, printed on heavy paper stock. Colored. A rare original coastal survey of the far Lower Keys region including Marquesas Keys and Boca Grande Key. Established by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807 as the Survey of the Coast, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey was the United States' first civilian scientific agency. This agency has followed its mission to survey the U.S. coastline, create nautical charts of the coast, and help increase maritime safety since its founding, and has often played fascinating roles in significant chapters of U.S. history. It served in all theaters of the Civil War in the service of the Union Army and Navy, pioneered acoustic exploration in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic, and during WWI it worked to detect enemy submarines. In addition, this agency worked to survey and produce detailed maps and renderings of the U.S. coast. These nautical survey maps… Read More

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. Image size: 11 1/2 x 17 1/8 inches. Sheet size: 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). [Pl. 279]. In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited edition facsimile of the greatest bird book ever printed: the Havell edition of John James Audubon's well-loved "Birds of America". The Curators of the Teyler's Museum in Haarlem, Holland made their copy of the original work available for use as a model. The Museum, founded in 1778, bought their copy through Audubon's son as part of the original subscription in 1839. After long deliberation, the extremely complex but highly accurate process of colour… Read More

London: William Miller, 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on wove paper (watermark 'J Whatman'). View of the British colonial island St. Helena prior to its becoming Napoleon's last residence Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover, the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil of Joseph Farington, R.A., and (in 1800) of John Hoppner, R.A. The turning point in his career was 3 June 1802, when Salt left London for an eastern tour with George, viscount Valentia (afterwards Lord Mountnorris), whom he accompanied as secretary and draughtsman. He visited India, Ceylon, and (in 1805) Abyssinia, returning to England on 26 Oct. 1806. He made many drawings, some of which served to illustrate Lord Valentia's Voyages and Travels to India, published in 1809.… Read More

[Denver, 1880. Image size: 9 7/8 x 13 inches. On period card mount, measuring 17 3/4 x 14 inches, with a period manuscript ink and floral border. Early photograph of Santa Fe. Jackson began his career in photography in 1858, working as a retouching artist in a studio in Troy, N.Y. In the 1860s, after serving briefly in the Union Army, he worked at several studios in Vermont before moving to Omaha, Nebraska in 1867 where he established his own studio. He worked on an extensive series of views for the Union Pacific Railroad, which earned him enough notice to be recruited by Ferdinand Hayden for the U.S. Geological Survey team. With the Survey, Jackson explored and photographed vast areas of the West, including Yellowstone and parts of Colorado, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. Jackson's artistic growth as a landscape photographer evolved and quickly matured when he was hired by Hayden. Influenced by Thomas Moran, a painter on the survey, and photographers C. R. Savage and A. J. Russell,… Read More