Grew (Nehemiah). Musaeum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society and Preserved at Gresham College. Whereunto is Subjoyned the Comparartive Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts, 1681, port frontis, 31 plts., incl. one folding, light browning, minor worming to fore-edge affecting last three plates marginally, recent full leather, minor marking to boards, sm. folio.. Inscribed in a contemporary hand as donated by Elias Ashmole. The famous descriptive catalogue of the Royal Society collections based on the collection formed by Robert Hubert and enlarged with further donations of natural rarities and instruments, apparatus and chemical preparations. The descriptions of instruments are of vital importance in our knowledge of the early activities of the Royal Society and include Newton's reflecting telescope, Boyle's air pump, Bishop Wilkins' air gun, Wren's rain gauge and many of Hooke's inventions. ()
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Woolsey (Robert). The Celestial Companion; Projections, in Plans, of the Starry Heavens, Simple, Original & Useful: Accompanied by Observations, Explanatory of their use and a Treatise Containing the Elements of Astronomy, pub. Jan 1st 1802, engraved port. frontis., engraved title, five fine engraved astronomical plts. including three double-page, plts. lightly foxed with some minor marginal damp-staining, new endpapers, recent half calf with marbled boards, folio (1)
Earle (Major Cyril). The Earle Collection of Early Staffordshire Pottery, illustrating over seven hundred different pieces, 1st. ed., [1915]. ten col. plts., 270 b&w illusts., orig. brown cloth, gilt, corners bumped, split in lower joint, classification mark at foot together with Watts (W.W.), Old English Silver, 1st ed., 1924, 134 plts., orig. cloth, spine faded and remains of lib. mark, both folio, plus Burlington Fine Arts Club, Catalogue of a Collection of Counterfeits, Imitations and Copies of Works of Art, privately printed, 1924, fifty-five plts., orig. cloth, 4to (3)
Goodwin-Smith (R). English Domestic Metalwork, 1st ed., 1937, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in chipped and darkened d.j., folio, together with Fox-Davies (Arthur Charles), Armorial Families. A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour, 2 vols., 7th ed., 1929, num. illusts., orig. cloth gilt, spines faded, 4to, plus Audubon (John James), The Original Water-Colour Paintings of John James Audubon for The Birds of America, 2 vols., 1966, colour plts., orig. cloth, folio, contained in orig. marbled card slipcase (sl. rubbed to extrems.), plus others including English Domestic Clocks by Cescinsky & Webster, Lacquer Work by Koizumi, The Story of British Sporting Prints by Siltzer, and other books on decorative arts including clocks, silverware, etc. (43)
Attractive Picture Book (The), a New Gift from the Old Corner, numerous wood-engraved illustrations from previously published books after Charles Bennett, Richard Doyle, George Du Maurier, Harrison Weir, and others, coloured by hand, original cloth-backed decorated boards, oblong folio, Griffith & Farran, [c.1875]
Book of Prints for Children to Colour or Draw From, affording hints for instructive Conversation, 25 engraved picture sheets bound in one vol., short tear in one lower margin, original marbled paper wrappers, label with title on upper cover, oblong folio, Darton and Harvey, [imprints dated 1799-1805, watermarked 1808, inscription dated 1818].
Boutet de Monvel (M.) Jeanne d'Arc, 40 coloured illustrations by the author, 7 extending across two pages, original decorated cloth gilt, oblong folio, Paris, Plon-Nourrit & Co., [1896] - La Diligence de Flo‘rmel, pictorial title-page and 5 plates printed in colour, and illustrations in text by Eugene Courboin, original pictorial cloth gilt, Paris, Hachette, n.d., folio (2).
Brunhoff (Jean de) Babar's Travels, coloured illustrations by the author, Methuen & Co., 1935, [1938] - Brunoff (Laurent de) Picnic at Babar's, first English edition, coloured illustrations by the author, Methuen & Co.,1950, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly worn at edges, folio, (2).
Darwin (Bernard and Elinor) The Tale of Mr. Tootleoo, 22 full-page coloured illustrations; Tootleoo Two, 20 full-page coloured illustrations, 2 vol., first editions, original boards, the first with dust jacket, lacking small piece from top of upper cover, oblong folio, Nonesuch Press, [1925-1927]
Lee (Mrs. R.) The Juvenile Album, or Tales from Far and Near, first edition, 8 steel-engraved plates by Thomas Woolnoth, slightly spotted, front free endpaper replaced, oblong 4to, Ackermann and Co., [1841] - The Picture Scrap Book new series: The Seasons, the Home Traveller, Child Life, etc., coloured frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations, a short split at top of upper joint, folio, R.T.S., [inscription dated 1867] - The Mother's Picture Alphabet, wood-engraved frontispiece, pictorial title-page and 26 large illustrations by James Johnston after Henry Anelly, folio, [inscription dated 1868] - The Children's Pleasure Book, numerous wood-engraved illustrations from earlier publications, original cloth-backed decorated boards, slightly soiled, folio, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co., [c.1880], all but the last in original cloth gilt, 4to and folio (4).
Mama's Little Pet's ABC, 8 full-page illustrations, each with three or four letters of the alphabet and related objects, large 8vo, Read & Co., [c.1865] - [Roscoe (William)] The Butterfly's Ball and Grasshopper's Feast, 5 large illustrations, one double-page, forming borders to text, rebacked, large 8vo, Dean & Son, [c.1870] - Aesop. The Jackdaw & Peacock & other Fables; The Dog in the Manger & other Fables, 2 vol., each with 6 full-page illustrations [by John Moyr Smith?], small oblong folio, Marcus Ward, [c.1880]; The Dog & his Shadow and other Fables, 6 full-page illustrations, as in the previous volumes, but printed vertically, large Peter Robinson advertisement pasted to lower cover, small folio, Marcus Ward, [c.1880], the illustrations all printed in colour, original pictorial wrappers, 8vo and folio, (5).
[Praeger (S. Rosamund)] The Red Letter ABC, 26 coloured illustrations signed with intitals, 2 pages browned, 4to, Marcus Ward & Co., n.d.; The Child's Picture Grammar, pictorial title-page and illustrations, some coloured, folio, George Allen, 1900; The olde Irishe Rimes of Brian O'Linn, pictorial title-page and illustrations, folio, Macmillan, 1901, the illustrations all by S. Riosamund Praeger, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, 4toand folio, (3).
Robbins (Louis) Dutch Doll Ditties, illustrations from photographs of Dutch dolls, folio, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904 - "Freckles". Jack Spring, plain and coloured illustrations by T.R. and Charles Kennedy, 4to, Gale & Polden, [c.1910] - Pope (Jessie) Three Jolly Huntsmen - Sing a Song of Sixpence, 2 vol., illustrations by Frank Adams, 12 in each vol. full-page and in colour, 4to, Blackie, n.d. - Puss in Boots, a Peepshow Book, 6 three-dimensional views by Kathleen Hale, small 4to, [1950?] - Milne (A.A.) Winnie-the-Pooh and Eeyore's Tail, Winnie-the-Pooh and the Bees, 2 vol., each with 4 coloured pop-up scenes and other illustrations after E.H. Shepard, 4to, [inscriptions dated 1953], original bindings, 4to and folio (7).
Steinlen (Theophile) Des Chats, Images sans Paroles, 26 pages, each with a separate story in pictures, original cloth-backed boards, coloured lithographed cover designs by Steinlen, the upper cover in colour, lower outer corners bruised, [The Artist and the Book 293], large folio, Paris, Ernest Flammarion, [1898
Wain (Louis) Days in Catland, 4 large coloured illustrations printed in panoramic form, with complete set of 14 cut out and embossed figures to be placed in appropriate slots in the four scenes, one fold split, original pictorial boards, in fitted cloth case, oblong folio, Raphael Tuck, [c.1905]
Doyle (Sir Arthur Conan) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1950; The Later Adventures, 1952, original cloth-backed boards, slip-cases New York, Heritage Press - Shakespeare (William) As You Like It, Decor and Costumes by Salvador Dali, colour plates, original cloth, gilt, Folio Soociety, 1953; and 31 others, Heritage Press and Folio Society, v.s. (34).
Gibbings (Robert) Iorana! A Thaitian Journal, original cloth-backed decorated boards, 1932 - Forbes (Esther) A Mirror for Witches, original cloth, gilt, 1928 - Robertson (George) An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti, original decorated cloth, for the Members of the Folio Society, 1955, first editions, engravings by Robert Gibbings, plates, illustrations; and a small quantity of others, all illustrated by Robert Gibbings, 8vo (Small Qty).
Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the D'Urbervilles, limited edition signed by the illustrator, illustrations by Agnes Miller Parker, some colour double-page, New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1956 - Aeschylus & Percy Bysshe Shelley. Prometheus Bound & Prometheus Unbound, illustrations by John Farleigh, New York, The Heritage Press, 1966; and 14 others, Limited Editions Club & Heritage Press, 8vo & folio (16).
Heaney (Seamus) Poems and a Memoir, introduction by Thomas Flanagan, limited edition signed by the author, illustrator and the writer of the introduction, illustrations by Henry Pearson, original blind-stamped morocco by Robert Burlen & Sons, slip-case, folio, New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1982.
Robinson (William Heath)Andersen (Hans Christian) Fairy Tales, number 17 of 100 copies, signed by the illustrator, slight foxing, colour plates tipped in, captioned tissue guards, monochrome illustrations, original vellum, gilt, rubbed at extremities, slightly spotted, spine tanned, folio, 1913.
Meggendorfer (Lothar) Lebendes Affentheater, 8 chromolithographed plates, each with moving parts operated by levers, most in working order, some light soiling to edges, one or two small repairs to inner margins, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed, oblong folio, Esslingen, J.F.Schreiber, [c.1895]. Featuring a circus with ape performers.
Robertson (W. Graham) Pinkie and the Fairies, the autograph manuscript, 101 pages, bound with later half-title, ink and watercolour frontispiece signed and dated November 1917, and an inscription relating to the gift of the manuscript, with inserted list of characters, an autograph letter signed to Elizabeth, 4 pp. 8vo, 1918, and a page of manuscript music signed by the composer and dated 1921, brown morocco gilt, the upper cover with the figures of two Cupids with bellows at either side of two lines of music, t.e.g., folio.
RŸtlinger (Johan Caspar) Neuw zugerichte Schreibkunst, engraved title-page and 24 plates, each with a large capital letter and text, seven with complete alphabets above or below, other with calligraphic decoration, two small wormholes throughtout, some leaves frayed at outer margin, contemporary vellum, owner's calligraphic inscription on upper cover, oblong folio, Zurich, 1619
Shakespeare (William) The Plays, edited by Herbert Farjeon, 37 vol., limited edition designed by Bruce Rogers, plates and illustrations, some colour, some prospectuses loosely inserted, original cloth-backed decorative boards, t.e.g., others uncut, spines a little soiled and spotted, 1939-40 with Shakespeare: A Review and a Preview, plates, original cloth, uncut, [c.1939], folio, New York, The Limited Editions Club (38). The illustrators are from a wide variety of countries but include Eric Gill, Arthur Rackham, Robert Gibbings, Albert Rutherston, Edward Bawden, Gordon Craig, Frans Masereel, Graham Sutherland, Edward Ardizzone and Agnes Miller Parker.
Tale of Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves (The), translated by J.C.Mardrus and then E.Powys Mathers, original cloth-backed boards, spine rubbed and faded, New York, 1949 - Thackeray (W.M.) The Newcomes, original pictorial cloth, Cambridge, 1954 - Dickens (Charles) The Short Stories, edited by Walter Allen, original half cloth, New York, 1971; Great Expectations, New York, Heritage Club, 1939, the first three limited editions for The Limited Editions Club, the first out of series and unsigned, the other two signed by the artist, all with plates and/or illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, some colour, all but the first with slip-cases, slightly rubbed; and 2 others illustrated by the same, small folio & 8vo (7).
Allen Press. Allen Press Bibliography (The) mcmlxxxi produced by hand with artwork, sample pages from previous editions, one of 140 copies, printed in red.blue and black, decorative title printed in red and black and finished by hand, plates, illustrations and specimens, many folding, some hand-coloured, prospectus loosely inserted and prospectuses for later works also at end, original cloth-backed patterned cloth, uncut, cloth slip-case, folio, Greenbrae, Ca., 1981.
Descriptive Bibliography (A) of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV, number 345 of 390 copies signed by the printer, pritned in red and black, plates, illustrations and specimens, some folding, a few with intials by hand by Graily Hewitt, errata slips tipped in or loosely inserted at end, original russet calf, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little faded, board slip-case rubbed, folio, Ashendene Press, 1935.
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