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Paris: Librairie Ducrocq, 1869. Practical Knowledge of the Horse With Seventy-Two Colored Lithograph Plates on all Aspects of the Horse PINEL, Honoré. ABC du Sportsman Robes et Marques; Conformations, Tares, Vices Rédhibitoires; [&] LesRaces. Paris: Librairie Ducrocq, 1869. Large octavo (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches; 236 x 175 mm.). [48], [52], [52] pp. Three parts in one volume: Robes et Marques (Dresses and Brands) ; Conformations, Tares, Viceste LesRaces. Seventy-two colored lithograph plates - each part with twenty-four plates. First title-page slightly browned, otherwise a near fine copy. Publisher's red cloth over boards, covers decoratively bordered in black, front cover lettered in gilt. The author states that the alphabetic form which he has adopted has a twofold aim: 1. To facilitate the child's study of the horse, because the dictionary form is more favorable for those whose attention span is quickly tired, or those who can only study at intervals. 2. To offer to the amateur an… Leer más

London: Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808. With Twenty-Nine Hand Colored Etched Plates by Thomas Rowlandson ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [BUNBURY, Henry]. GAMBADO, Geoffrey. An Academy for Grown Horsemen Containing the completest instructions for Walking, Trotting, Canering, Galloping, Stumbling, and Tumbling. [and] The Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, both successful and unsuccessful; Communicated by various Correspondents to the author... London: Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808. First edition, first issue with the Hand-Colored Rowlandson plates. Small octavo (6 5/8 x 4 inches; 169 x 102 mm.). [iv], xvi, 28; xvi, 69, [1, directions to the binder], [2, advertisements], pp. Twenty-nine hand colored etched plated by Thomas Rowlandson, including two frontispieces. Bound ca. 1900 by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in full polished tan calf, covers with double gilt rules, spine with five raised… Leer más

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1850. One of the Rarest of all Henry Alken's Albums ALKEN, Henry. [Ackermann's Sporting Scraps]. London: Rudolph Ackermann, February 20th. 1850 - March 13th. 1861. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches; 214 x 273 mm.). Thirty-six superb hand colored aquatint plates, heightened with gum arabic, by J.Harris after H. Alken, W.J. Shayer, and W.A. Knell. Bound ca. 1900 by J. Larkins in full tan calf, covers with triple-gilt borders and corner fleurons. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges and turn-ins, purple coated endpapers, all edges gilt. Neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Small neat repair to lower edge of front cover. A few plates with light marginal foxing, Steeple Chase Scraps plate 2 a little foxed. A very good copy of an exceedingly rare book. Fine impressions of the Henry Alken plates. Twenty-eight out of the thirty-six being by him. It includes the best plates from… Leer más

London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. Reflections on a Life HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees. London: Jonathan Cape, [1950]. First English edition, First Printing. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 191 x 124 mm.). [1]-254 pp. Publisher's green cloth, front cover with decoration in red, spine lettered in red and silver. First issue pictorial dust jacket with "9s 6d. net" printed on lower front flap. Minimal rubbing to extremities of dust jacket. An excellent example. The UK edition preceded the the US edition by four days. "Across the River and Into the Trees first appeared in Cosmopolitan, CXXVIII (Feb. 1950 - June 1950). Numerous changes, additions, and omissions were made prior to book publication. For example: "Conte Carlo" was changed to "Count Andrea"; the passages regarding "the Honorable Pacciardi," on pp. 39-41, were added; the passages regarding d'Annunzio, on pp. 49-51, were added; the whole of Ch. XXXVII was added; the deletions were filled in; etc... Across the River and… Leer más

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1849. A Fine Publisher's Album containg Forty Fine Lithographs by Daumier, Cham and Vernier DAUMIER, Honoré. CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). VERNIER, Charles. [Actualites] etc. [spine titled n gilt Vérités. Paris: Chez Aubert, [1849-1855]. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 348 x 260 mm.). A publisher's album of forty superb lithographs. The plates are by Cham (8); Honoré Daumier (19); and Vernier (13). The series represented are: Actualités (26); Physionomie de l'Assemblée (5); Les Représentans Représentés (3); Croquades Politiques (3) Croquis du Jour (2) and Idylles Parlementaires (1). Contemporary (ca. 1855) three-quarter dark green calf over dark green patterned cloth boards. Spine triple-ruled in gilt, the title Vérités also in gilt, plain endpapers. The series Physionomie de L'Assemblée, published 1849-1851, was comprised of thirty-two lithographed plates. The series Actualités, published 1854-1855, was comprised of 144 lithographed plates of which… Leer más

London: Published for the Author, 1823. Written While the Insane Author Was Living in a Gravel Pit [WILLIAMS, Charles, illustrator]. MITFORD, John. The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy. A Poem, In Four Cantos, With Notes. The Third Edition. London: Published for the Author and sold by Sherwood, Neely and Jones [et al], 1823. Third edition in book form, originally issued 1819 in eight monthly parts. Quarto (10 3/16 x 6 3/16 in; 259 x 158 mm). vii, [1, To the Binder], 284 pp. Twenty hand-colored aquatint engravings with tissue guards. Handsomely bound (ca. 1895) by Samuel Tout of London (stamp-signed) in full deep crimson morocco with gilt-tooled corner-pieces and rolls. Gilt-rolled board edges. Gilt-ruled raised bands, gilt decorated and ornamented compartments. Broad turn-ins with gilt-tooled corner-pieces. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Original paper backstrip with printed label preserved at rear. With the nautical bookplate of James Stewart Geikie, M.D. A fine and very tall copy. Not… Leer más

London: James Cochrane, 1832. Two Hand Colored Plated by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator.SMOLLETT (Tobias George). The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves. By Tobias Smollett, M.D. With illustrations by George Cruikshank. London: James Cochrane, 1832. First edition with illustrations by George Cruikshank. Small octavo (6 1/2 x 4 1/8 inches; 165 x 105 mm.). [iv], 243, [1, blank] pp. Two hand colored etched plates (facing pages 8 and 176). Full red morocco by R. R. Donnelly & Sons Co., Chicago, with their ticket bound in after the front endpaper. Covers with large gilt designs, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges and turn-ins, top edge gilt. Rebacked with original spine laid down. The two plates were colored at a later date. The novel appeared in Roscoe's Novelist's Library, of which it forms the second part of volume X.

London: George Newnes, Limited, [1903]. Tales of a Napoleonic Soldier DOYLE, A[rthur] Conan. Adventures of Gerard. London: George Newnes, [n.d., 1903]. First English edition. Octavo (7 5/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 166 x 124 mm.). vii, [3], 374 pp. Sixteen tipped-in plates by William Barnes Wollen. Publisher's dark blue cloth decoratively stamped (with a fleur-de-lis design) and lettered in gilt on front cover and spine, white endpapers. Some light foxing, mostly to edges. Minimal marginal foxing, neat early ink signature on front flyleaf, minimal rubbing to extremities. Otherwise a near fine and bright copy. 10,000 copies were published on 22nd September 1903 priced 6/-. Eight additional tales of Etienne Gerard, a cavalry officer in Napoleon's army, a sequel to The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard (1896). "The author was very fond of these stories, which he found easy to write. He felt that they were accurate as a portrayal of the French soldiers of the period even down to the smallest details of the… Leer más

London: Printed for B. Blake, 1815. The First Dr. Syntax Imitation In a Superb Inlaid Binding by Rivière & Son [COMBE, William, after]. [RIVIÈRE & Son, Binders]. The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune. A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & The Queer. In Twelve Cantos, by a Modern Syntax. London: Printed for B. Blake, n.d. [1815]. First edition. Octavo (8 13/16 x 5 1/4 in; 224 x 132 mm). [2], 269, [1] pp. Fifteen hand-colored aquatint plates, including frontispiece and extra engraved title. Bound c. 1925 by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed) in full antelope brown crushed morocco with gilt fillets surrounding an elaborately gilt frame enclosing a reproduced portrait of Dr. Comicus from the extra titlepage comprised of multi-colored calf onlays. Spine compartments reiterate gilt decoration to boards. Broad turn-ins with gilt rules and corner-pieces. Moire silk endpapers. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down. A very attractive example. One… Leer más

London: Printed for B. Blake, 1815. In The Original Printed Boards The First Dr. Syntax Imitation [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, in the style of]. [COMBE, William, imitation of]. The Adventures of Doctor Comicus, or the Frolicks of Fortune. A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & the Queer. In Twelve Cantos, by a Modern Syntax. London: Printed for B. Blake. n.d. [1815]. First edition. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 1/4 in; 226 x 133 mm). [2], 269, [1] pp. Fifteen hand-colored engraved plates including frontispiece and extra-title in the style of Rowlandson. Original printed boards uncut. Neatly rebacked preserving original spine label, new endpapers. Corners a little bumped and creased. Chemised and housed within a later quarter red morocco slipcase. Scarce in original boards. The first of many imitations of Combe's Dr. Syntax. Another edition was published in 1820 with only twelve colored plates. Reissued in 1828 by Jaques & Wright using the same sheets as the first edition but with their name and later date to… Leer más

Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oh, What Fun To Travel! (Not) In Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, n.d. [ca. 1860]. First edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261 mm.). Hand colored pictorial lithographed title and twenty hand colored lithographed plates, with sixty-two humorous scenes with captions limning the downside to travel. Publishers dark brown patterned cloth, front cover decoratively lettered in gilt, spine slightly faded. Pictorial title a little foxed in blank margins, otherwise clean. Extremities of spine and corners expertly restored, front free endpaper replaced. An excellent example of a rather scarce Cham title. Only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. No copies have come to auction since ABPC began indexing results in 1923. Of Amédée de Noé, "known as Cham (that is, Ham, the son of Noah)...it was said that he had ‘an idea… Leer más

Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oh, What Fun To Travel! (Not) In Twenty Scarce Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Ah quel plaisir de voyager! Paris: Maison Martinet / Hautecoeur Frères, n.d. [ca. 1860]. First edition. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 349 x 261 mm.). Pictorial lithographed title and twenty lithographed plates, with sixty-two humorous scenes with captions limning the downside to travel. Publishers dark blue patterned cloth, front cover decoratively lettered in gilt, spine slightly faded. A few plates with light, mainly marginal foxing. Plate numbers 1, 7, 8, 14 & 17 with partial and minimal coloring. An excellent example of a rather scarce Cham title. Only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. No copies have come to auction since ABPC began indexing results in 1923. Of Amédée de Noé, "known as Cham (that is, Ham, the son of Noah)...it was said that he had ‘an idea a day' for Le charivari. A good proportion of his thousands of… Leer más

Paris: Chez Ambroise Tardieu, Editeur, 1823. Twenty Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Caricatures of Various Diseases AUBRY, Charles and others. Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque, Recueil de vingt caricatures médicales dessinées par Aubry, Chazal, Colin, Bellangé, et Pigal. Paris: Huzard-Courcier (for) Chez Ambrose Tardieu, 1823. First edition of this exceptionally rare work depicting caricatures of various diseases as social satire. The illnesses lampooned include gout, vapors, indigestion, colic, apoplexy, madness, St-Guy's dance, asthma, jaundice, smallpox, tics, toothache and migraine. Oblong folio (9 7/16 x 12 1/2 inches; 240 x 317 mm). [8, half-title, vignette title & Introduction], [40] pp. of text in double columns. Twenty hand-colored lithographed plates by Aubry, Chazal, Colin, Bellangé, et Pigal. Plates lithographed by Langlumé. Scattered foxing and browning. Tiny paper flaw (3/8 x 1/4 inch) to lower-margin of last plate. Each plate accompanied by two pages of… Leer más

Paris: J. Vermot, 1860. The Soldiers of the French Army Thirty-Two Hand Colored Plates MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de. [Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action.] [150 Sujets lithographiés par de Moraine.] Paris: J. Vermot, [1860]. First edition. Small quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 267 x 207 mm.). Sixteen unnumbered leaves printed on both sides. Thirty-two pages each with several hand-colored lithographed images depicting the soldiers of the French Army, totaling one hundred and thirteen illustrations. Bound by Laurenchet in late twentieth century full plum diced calf, smooth spine ruled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Louis Pierre René De Moraine (1816-1864). French painter and lithographer. The Plates: 1. Dîner offert par le Price Impérial, Aux enfants de troupe du 1er Regiment des Grenadiers de la Garde. / Le nouveau petit Caporal. / Le premier equipage du Prince Impérial. Dinner offered by the Price Imperial, to the children of the troops of the 1st Regiment of the… Leer más

Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos, 1846. The Military Costume of the Spanish Army Thirty-two Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Victor Adam after José Villegas ADAM, Victor, illustrator. VILLEGAS, José. Album Militar. Coleccion de uniformes del ejercito Español pintadas por D.J. Villegas y lithografiados por V. Adam. Madrid: Estamperias de los Suizos, 1846. First edition. Folio (12 1/16 x 9 1/4 inches; 307 x 235 mm.). Pictorial lithograph title page and thirty-two superb hand colored lithograph plates by Victor Adam after José Villegas, all on stubs. Printed by Godard and Lemercier. Six of the plates are very slightly toned but not affecting images. The thirty-two plates are bound out of order. Early twentieth century three-quarter red morocco over marbled boards, spine with five raised bands ruled in blind and lettered in gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. This extremely rare Spanish work on the military costume of the Spanish Army was issued without text, save for… Leer más

Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier Bound together with Les Cosaques Pour Rire Forty fine lithographs by Daumier, Cham & Vernier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 13 5/16 inches; 264 x 338 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and thirty superb plates by Daumier, lithographed by Destouches. This scarce album contains thirty fine and humorous lithographs by Daumier, which had previously appeared in the Le Charivari in the series: Actualités, En Chine, Croquis de Chasse, Ces Bons Parisiens and Emotions Nautiques. The three figures featured on the front cover and the title-page are: the Moroccan sultan, Mr. Prudhomme (a stereotypical bourgeois), and the Chinese emperor. OCLC locates just two copies in libraries and… Leer más

Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme (a Stereotypical Bourgeois), and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 13 1/16 inches; 260 x 332 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page by Daumier and thirty wonderful Daumier plates lithographed by Destouches. Publisher's pictorial lithographed yellow paper wrappers. Minimal edge wear to wrappers, the remarkable plates all clean and fresh. A Wonderful example. Housed in a felt-lined half green morocco over pale green cloth boards clamshell case, spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. This scarce album contains thirty fine and humorous lithographs by Daumier, which had previously appeared in the Le Charivari in the series: Actualités, En Chine, Croquis de Chasse, Ces Bons… Leer más

Paris: Charivari and Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme (a Stereotypical Bourgeois), and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 13 5/16 inches; 264 x 338 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and thirty wonderful plates lithographed by Destouches. Some light foxing to a few plates, mainly on the verso. Publisher's pictorial lithographed yellow paper wrappers, spine very slightly chipped at extremities, otherwise fine. A Wonderful example. Housed in a felt-lined half green morocco over pale green cloth boards clamshell case, spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. This scarce album contains thirty fine and humorous lithographs by Daumier, which had previously appeared in the Le Charivari in the series: Actualités, En Chine, Croquis de Chasse, Ces… Leer más

London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, 1823. Exceptionally Rare Alken Title With Forty Finely Hand-Colored Soft Ground Etchings Depicting Equitation, Hunting and Other Sports ALKEN, Henry. Alken's New Sketch Book. London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, [1823]. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches; 220 x 289 mm.). Printed title-page and forty finely hand colored soft-ground etched plates, heightened with gum arabic. The plates depict equitation, hunting and other sports. Thirty of the plates are single-scene illustrations, ten have multi-scene images. Contemporary quarter purple calf over marbled boards, decoratively ruled in gilt, green leather label on upper cover lettered in gilt. Smooth spine with two raised bands at top and bottom, ruled in gilt in compartments, later end-papers. Engraved bookplate of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester on font paste-down. Some rubbing to spine and corners. A near fine copy of this exceptionally rare Alken title. Very rare, Siltzer p. 71; Not… Leer más

Paris: A. Capendu Editeur, 1900. Scholarly Animals "Living the Good Life" [MOVABLE]. REYNAUD, Adeline. Allo, Allo! Bostock. Grand Album d'Animaux Savants. Paris: A. Capendu-Editeur, [n.d., ca. 1900]. Folio (14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 365 x 240 mm.). Lithograph title-page (recto of page [2] and six full-page colored lever-operated moveable plates, each with text illustrations on verso. Text beneath each illustration. Gray cloth over color pictorial boards. Very scarce. The first plate showing an elephant in top hat and tails talking on the telephone, entitled Allo - Allo! The second plate entitled La Lecon de Lecture, shows two grown cats and two kittens in a classroom, the third plate entitled Un Artiste Original, shows a donkey standing in front of an easel, painting a picture. The fourth plate shows a cat and a dog playing billiards, La Partie de Billard. The fifth plate, La Lecon de Chant, shows a goat holding some sheet music and another animal with a long tail, (a monkey?) wearing spectacles… Leer más