New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Unpaged [42 leaves]. Illus. with 79 b/w plates + frontis. Obl. folio (31 x 45 cm). Cloth. First edition. James Montgomery Flagg (1877-1960) sold his first illustration to St. Nicholas Magazine at age 12. In this 1909 book we have a collection of his..... More
Jena: Thuringer Verlagsanstalt, n.d. [ca.1900]. vi, 807 pp. Illus. with 800 b/w drawings & reproductions. 4to. Cloth. First edition. The stamp of the library of F.A. Wittfogel [Karl August], the German historian and sinologist. Profusely illustrated examination of the history of war, extensive collections of weapons. Prefigures much of Frobenius'..... More
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Roma: Per cura del Ministero della pubblica istruzione, 1896. 349 pp. Illus. with 32 plates and numerous in text figures. Folio. Three quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Silk fleur-de-lis end papers, all edges marbled. First edition. Volume II only of this serial of which five were published from 1894..... More
New York / London: R. H. Russell / John Lane, (1898). [2], 84 pp., [2]. Illus. with 84 b/w drawings. Obl. folio. Cloth. First edition. The first of Gibson's books published in a uniform series. A few faint stains to the boards, some darkening at the edges, wear at the..... More
Buenos Aires: Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1953. 36 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w plates. 4to. Loose quires in glassine covered printed wrappers within a portfolio in slip case. First edition. No. 6 of 88 numbered copies (of a run of 100). Printed with Garamond types and specially drawn initials on..... More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1891-4. xxii, [8], 52 pp.; 64 pp. + Plates. Illus. with 130 [of 145] b/w plates and 180 in-text drawings. Folio. Quarter cloth over brown paper-covered board portfolios. First edition. Originally published in six parts. Here condensed into four portfolios, with complete text but lacking 15 of..... More
London: Graphic, 1919. 429-896 pp. Illus. with color and b/w photos, drawings, and engravings. Folio (16 x 11.5 inches). Cloth. First edition. The complete second half of Vol. 99. Much on the end of the war, demobilization, the peace conference, fighting in North Russia at Archangel with extensive coverage of..... More
London: Graphic, 1903. 892 pp, 34, [2] pp. Illus. with b/w photos, drawings, and engravings. Folio (16 x 11.5 inches). Cloth. First edition. Includes the Special Christmas Issue 1903. Color illustration by R.S.S. Baden-Powell entitled: A fine Horseman and a Good Shot: a Sergeant of the South African Constabulary. Articles..... More
London: John C. Nimmo, 1889. xxviii, 351 pp.; xii, 343 pp. Illus. with 25 color plates and 25 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. Cloth. First edition. No. 667 of 875 copies, with duplicate plates, one on plate paper, proofs before letters, and the other on Whatman paper, with title, and colored..... More
Paris: Edition de la Galerie Charpentier, 1943. Illus. with 14 [of 15] watercolors and 24 [of 27] drawings. Plus one original drawing laid in. Folio. Loose signatures in paper wrappers in portfolio. First edition. One of 23 copies with an original drawing (14 had original watercolors) of a run of..... More
Privately Printed for subscribers only, 1923. Unpaged [171 pp.]. Illus. with forty-four full-page drawings and nineteen decorations. 8vo. Black pebbled cloth. First edition. Signed by the author with a long personal inscription and dated in the year of publication. Harold Brainerd Hersey (1893-1964) was a poet and pulp editor. Elliot..... More
Stroud: Ian Hodgkins & Co., Ltd., 1991. Unpaged [58 pp]. Illus. with 18 b/w drawings. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Sale catalogue of 609 items. A few marginal marks else very good copy. More
Stoccarda: Julius Hoffmann, (1930). vii, 80 plates. Illus. with 80 color plates. 4to. Cloth. First edition. Short introduction in Italian, captions in French, Germany and English. Lavishly illustrated Interior designs. Hans Hartl's Arbeitszimmer (study) is a brilliant fusion of modern set in a soaring almost medieval space. Artists represented also..... More
Albany: The University of the state of New York, 1923. 362 pp. + Plates [264]. Illus. with color drawings. 4to. Cloth. Second printing. New York. State Museum, Albany; Memoir 15. The last issue of this important work by House. Boards rubbed and stained, worn at extremities with some loss and..... More
[Racine, Wis.]: Whitman Pub. Co., (ca.1900-30). Unpaged [6 leaves]. 16 color illustrations (including wrappers). Folio (32 cm). Illustrated linen-finish paper wrappers. First edition. No. 931. Bold and brilliant colorful illustrations by Harold C. Jensen. Includes Dog, Rabbit, Horse, Lion , Monkey, Squirrel, Elephant, Giraffe, Buffalo, Camel, Bear, Wolf, Goat, Donkey..... More
Coln a/R: Hermann & Friedrich Schaffstein, [1906]. Unpaged: [1], 24 pp., Adv. [1]. 12 color illustrations plus title page. 4to. Green and white illustrated paper-covered boards. Dark green illustrated endpapers. 35. bis 40. Tausend. Bilder und Text Ernst Kreidolf. Swiss born Ernst Kreidolf (1863-1956) learned lithography in Emishofen and then..... More
Paris: L'illustration, 1931. Illus. with color & b/w plates and drawings, most tipped in. Folio. Rebound in full gray cloth with original cover art and titles incised. First edition. Includes: A propos des Heros de Musset by Francis de Croisset, illus. by A.E. Marty; La Recureuse by J.B. Chardin; Le..... More
Paris: L'illustration, 1933. Illus. with color & b/w plates and drawings, most tipped in. Folio. Rebound in full rust-colored cloth with original cover art laid on. First edition. Cover art by Laque de Dunand; illus. by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff); Laques du Japon by Georges Salles; Les Roses de Malmaison..... More
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., [1907]. xxxvii, 203 pp. Illus. with 63 color plates. 4to. Quarter tan calf over cream muslin boards, gilt title, silk bookmark sewn in. First edition. The most important and complete work on the subject for nearly one hundred years, surpassed only by Geoffrey de Bellaigue's..... More
Paris: Les Francs Bibliophiles, 1975. 136 pp. + illus. Illus. with 26 color and b/w lithographs (incl. 7 dbl. page color). Folio (42 cm.). Loose folded sheets in stiff paper wrappers in illustrated cloth chemise in silk slipcase. First edition. Publication No. 23 of Les Francs bibliophile. No. 157 of..... More
Cleveland: Cleveland Public Library, 1991. 32 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. 102 items described. A fine copy. More
Austin: Univ. Texas Press, (1994). xviii, 124 pp. Illus. with 69 b/w plates, photos, and drawings. 4to. Cloth with gilt titles. First edition. George E. Stuart, intro. Not until 1859 was the Paris Codex, consisting of twenty-two screen-folded pages of hieroglyphs, painted figures, and calendrical calculations, -all reproduced in this..... More
Buenos Aires: Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1955. 38 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates. 4to. Loose quires in glassine covered printed wrappers within a portfolio and slip case. First edition. No. 6 of 92 numbered copies (of a run of 100). This story of "The Gaucho War", published by the..... More
Berlin: Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn, 1896-1906. [ii], 70 pp. + Plates [64 leaves]; 11 pp. + Plates [40 leaves], 4 pp.+ Plates [6 leaves]; 14 pp. + Plates [10 leaves]. Illus. with 120 b/w plates. 4to.(33 cm). Cloth. Eighth edition (Achte Auflage). The eighth and most definitive edition with 120..... More
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1869. 340 pp. Illus. with 210 b/w drawings by Giacomelli. Sm. 4to. Full red morocco with elaborate gilt decorative banding on beveled boards, raised bands with decorated compartments. All edges gilt. First English Language edition. Trans. by A. E. "L'Oiseau," first published in 1856 in..... More