Illustrated (all items)
First editions and rare illustrated books where the primary appeal is the illustrations, including early printed books with woodcut engravings, colour plate and aquatint, photographically illustrated books, and deluxe illustrated gift books by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Harry Clarke, and others.
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[HEATH’S PICTURESQUE ANNUAL] RITCHIE, Leitch.
Ireland Picturesque and Romantic. 1837
£175
First edition.
Octavo (235 × 162 mm). Contemporary red pebble-grained morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, decorative tooling to boards in blind, twin rule to... Read more
(VICTORIA, Queen) HOLMES, Richard R.
Queen Victoria. 1897
£175
First edition.
Folio (310 × 240 mm). Later red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, red cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece, 24 plates.... Read more
O’NEILL, Eugene.
The Iceman Cometh. 1982
£175
Limited Edition of 2000 copies signed by the artist.
Large Octavo. Original dark grey paper boards, light grey label to spine and front board, titles in black. With the original grey paper slipcase, label to spine. With... Read more
WAUGH, Alec.
"Most Women…" 1931
£150
First Edition, First Impression. A gentle saunter across the globe in which the author contemplates the place of women as seen by their own societies. Illustrated in Ward's typical...
Octavo. Original textured blue boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated with woodcuts by Lynd Ward. Contents just a touch browned but an... Read more
OGILVY, James S.
A Pilgrimage in Surrey. 1914
£150
First edition, first impression. A charmingly illustrated travelogue exploring the history, landscape, and architecture of Surrey.
2 volumes, quarto. Original green cloth, titles and decoration to spines and upper boards gilt. 2 colour frontispieces and 90 colour plates with printed... Read more
(LEWIS, Wyndham, illus.) MITCHISON, Naomi.
Beyond This Limit. 1935
£150
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original black cloth-backed silver boards, titles to spine in silver, top edge stained black. With the dust jacket. Pictures by Wyndham Lewis. Boards mottled... Read more
MOORE, C. L.
Black God's Shadow. 1977
£150
First edition, first printing. Stories originally publised in "Weird Tales" in the 1930s. This copy signed on each plate by the artist and inscribed by the artist on the title page...
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. 6 tipped-in colour plates by Alicia Austin. An excellent copy in the... Read more
(BRITISH SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN)
British Sports and Sportsmen. Sportsmen of the Past. [1908]
£150
Limited Edition of 1,000 copies, of which this is number 322.
2 volumes, folio. Original full red morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, rules to boards gilt and blind, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges... Read more
(MUSEO REALE BORBONICO)
Raccolta, delle pui interefsanti Dipinture e de piu belli Musaici rinvenuti negli Scavi di Ercolano, di Pompei, e di Stabia che ammiransi nel Museo Reale Borbonico. c. 1837
£150
First edition. Approximate date of publication taken from the title page, dated "183" and the signature of H. M. Bunbury on the initial blanks dated 1837.
Quarto (270 × 210mm). Contemporary straight-grain calf, boards ruled in blind and gilt, spine decoratively gilt in compartments, marbled edges and endpapers. 120... Read more
ELIOT, George.
Romola. 1890
£150
First Edition thus. A handsome "Gift" edition, retaining the extremely unusual dust jackets.
2 volumes, octavo. Tinted collotype frontispiece to each and 58 other similar plates in all, from photographic images of Florence. Some very light scattered foxing,... Read more
(BROCK, C. E.) ELIOT, George.
Silas Marner. The Weaver of Raveloe. 1905
£150
First Brock edition. A lovely copy.
Octavo. Original full vellum, elaborately gilt to spine and upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece, vignette title, and... Read more
(THOMSON, Hugh) BUCHANAN, Robert.
The Piper of Hamelin. A Fantastic Opera In Two Acts. 1893
£150
Limited Edition of 55 copies, of which this is number 22 printed on Whatman paper.
Octavo. Contemporary red half morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, crimson cloth boards, plain light pink endpapers, top edge gilt, others... Read more
GOODEN, Stephen (illustrates)
The Poet's Cat. 1946
£150
First Edition, First Impression, Limited Issue. One of 110 numbered copies printed on fine paper and signed by the compiler and illustrator.
Octavo. Original quarter black calf, white boards, titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt. Illustrated by Stephen Gooden. Boards a little dusty but an excellent copy. Read more
TAYLOR, John George.
Our Lady of Batersey. The story of Battersea Church and Parish told from original sources. 1925
£145
First Edition. Signed by the author on the title page.
Octavo. Bound in half blue morocco, original cloth boards retained. With 32 black and white photograph plates, 1 folding plan and 1 coloured map. A very good copy. Read more
YEATS, Jack B.
A Little Book of Bookplates. 1979
£125
First edition, first impression. From a limited edition of 350 copies, of which this copy is out of series.
Octavo. Original grey paper wrapper, sewn with a red thread, with titles and design to front cover, pages uncut. 15 black and white bookplate designs in the text.... Read more
(WHISTLER, Rex) AGATE, James.
Kingdoms For Horses. 1936
£125
First Edition First Impression of a typical piece of Agate frippery, printing several acerbic essays on various sports including boxing, cricket and golf. The pictures are wonderful....
Large octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the Whistler designed dust jacket. Decorations by Rex Whistler including 4 full page. Some minor... Read more
SCOTT, Sir Walter.
Landscape illustrations of the Waverley Novels. 1832
£125
First edition, first impression.
2 volumes bound in 1, octavo (225 × 155 mm). Contemporary dark green half morocco, titles and elaborate tooling to spine, raised bands, silk boards, cream coated... Read more
LINKLATER, Eric
Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories. 1947
£125
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author to the poet Cecil Day-Lewis on the front free endpaper, "To Cecil Day Lewis with all good wishes from Eric Linklater".
Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt on blue ground, pictorial design to upper board gilt, blue top-stain. Spine a little rolled and faded, faint... Read more
(DISNEY, Walt) FINCH, Christopher.
The Art of Walt Disney from Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms 1973.
£125
First edition, first printing.
Folio. Original white cloth, titles to spin gilt, coloured Mickey Mouse in relief to front cover. With the original printed acetate dust jacket. With 763... Read more
BROOKE, Jocelyn.
The Crisis in Bulgaria 1956
£125
First edition, first impression. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper.
Octavo. Original red boards, titles to spine gilt. With the pictorial dust jacket. Illustrations throughout by the author. An excellent copy in the lightly worn dust... Read more
FIELDING, Henry.
The History of Tom Jones. n.d. [c. 1900s]
£125
Limited edition to 1000 copies for England and 1000 for the United States, of which this is no. 47 of the American issue. Signed by the illustrator on the limitation page.
Large octavo, pp. 728. Finely bound in early 20th century full green crushed morocco, spine faded to antique brown, lettering to spine gilt, raised bands, inner... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) INGOLDSBY, Thomas.
The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels. 1898
£125
First Rackham edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and boards gilt, green pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a green... Read more
BASKIN, Leonard & Esther.
The Poppy & Other Deadly Plants. 1967
£125
First edition, first impression. Signed by the author on the front blank and below that inscribed by the illustrator, "& Leonard Baskin for Marvin with love. Fort Hill, 1967".
Tall quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt, orange endpapers. With the dust jacket. 19 illustrations by Leonard Baskin. Lightly rubbed at ends of spine, a... Read more
(PUNCH AND JUDY)
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy 1937
£125
First and only edition thus.
Octavo. Original pale tan leather, spine lettered in blind, covers with decorative designs incorporating Punch (on the front cover) and Judy (on the back). Collotype... Read more
(BASKIN, Leonard) AIKEN, Conrad.
Thee. 1967
£125
First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper, "Marrin, with the admiration & affection of Lisa & Leonard, 1967".
Tall octavo. Original gray-green boards, titles to spine and upper board in black. With the dust jacket. Illustrated throughout by Leonard Baskin. An excellent copy in... Read more
