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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(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
A History of The University of Oxford, its colleges, halls, and public buildings. 1814
£4,500
First Edition of Ackermann's lavish history of Oxford, complete with the Founders plate. The text is by William Combe, of Doctor Syntax fame.
2 volumes, quarto (342 × 282 mm). Publisher's blue straight-grained morocco, spines lettered in gilt, gilt wide bands, compartments decorated in gilt and in... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings; [together with:] A History of the University of Cambridge, Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings. 1814 & 1815
£12,500
'These two books are among the finest ever executed. A. Pugin, F. Nash, F. Mackenzie and W. Westall were associated in the drawings, which are worthy even of the splendid...
[Oxford] 2 volumes, large quarto (13 1/4 x 10 13/16 inches; 336 x 275 mm.), pp. xiv + [4] + xxv + [1] blank + 275 + [1] blank + [6] index; [4] + 262 + [6] index.... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
The Microcosm of London [1808–10]
£7,500
First edition, early issue with a number of the plates in their first state. The plates are from drawings by Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) and Augustus Pugin (1762–1832)....
3 volumes, quarto (332 × 265 mm). Contemporary brown calf rebacked, spines gilt in compartments, green and red morocco labels, floral roll and cornerpieces to... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
The Microcosm of London. 1904
£3,500
Illustrated with 104 coloured plates by Rowlandson and Pugin and EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with over 200 additional plates, an original Rowlandson water colour and a Pugin letter. The...
3 volumes, octavo. Bound in contemporary half blue morocco, gilt lettered and decorated spines, blue silk boards, gilt rule, silk endpapers, top edges gilt. A little... Read more
(ACKERMANN, Rudolph)
The Microcosm of London. 1904
£950
This issue is founded on original edition published by Rudolf Ackermann.
3 volumes, octavo. Recent dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spines, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With... Read more
ADAM, Robert.
Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. 1764
£24,500
First edition. During a five week detour from his Grand Tour, Adam, joined by the renowned French draughtsman C.-L. Clérisseau, set about studying, measuring and recording the...
Folio (534 × 368 mm). Contemporary tree calf neatly rebacked to style retaining old black morocco label, sides bordered in gilt with decorative dotted roll and... Read more
ALASTAIR.
Forty-Three Drawings. 1914
£450
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition 500 numbered copies.
Tall quarto. Original white cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Tipped-in... Read more
(ALASTAIR) WILDE, Oscar.
The Sphinx. 1920
£500
First Alastair edition, first impression.
Tall quarto. Original white cloth, titles to spine gilt, pictorial decoration to upper board in gilt and blue, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Frontispiece, 10... Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
Old Inns. 1921
£475
Signed Limited Edition of 380 copies of which this is number 379.
Octavo. Recent full dark green morocco, title and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single roll to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. With 16 tipped... Read more
ALDIN, Cecil.
Ratcatcher to Scarlet. [1926]
£1,250
First Edition Limited Issue. One of just 100 numbered copies signed by Aldin and with an original sketch of a beagle in ink pencil and wash to an early blank. Uncommon.
Octavo, pp. 123. Original vellum-backed white japon boards, titles to spine gilt, titles to front board gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated throughout... Read more
(ALDIN, Cecil) DICKENS, Charles.
The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. 1910
£600
Signed Limited Edition of 250 copies of which this is number 186 signed by Cecil Aldin.
2 volumes, large octavo. Bound in half recent crimson morocco, titles and decoration to spines gilt, raised bands, crimson cloth boards, cream plain endpapers, top... Read more
ALEXANDER, James Edward.
Travels from India to England; 1827
£2,000
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed on the first blank "with the Author's respectful compliments", the recipient's name effectively erased. Educated at Edinburgh, Glasgow and...
Quarto (263 × 203 mm). Recent calf to style, green morocco label, flat bands with gilt foliate roll, lozenge devices gilt to the compartments, double gilt fillet... Read more
[ALEXANDER, William]
The Costume of the Russian Empire. 1803
£1,250
First edition (but a later issue), with the uncommon imprint of Howlett and Brimmer on the title and verso of the last page of letterpress. Both Abbey and Colas call for S. Gosnell...
Folio. Contemporary green straight-grained morocco, gilt lettered and decorated spine, blind stamped and gilt decoration to boards. With 73 fine handcoloured... Read more
ANDERSON, Rachel, et al.
Muck and Magic. Stories from the Countryside. 1995
£300
Limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed on the half title page by 18 of the authors and illustrators, published to raise funds for farms for city children.
Octavo. Publisher's green cloth, titles to spine and front cover gilt, pictorial paper label to centre of front cover, pictorial endpapers. Complete with glassine dust... Read more
ANSON, George.
A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. ... 1748
£3,750
First edition. Anson was in command of a squadron sent to plunder Spanish trading territories on the Pacific coast of South America during the War of Jenkins' Ear. His expedition...
Quarto (249 × 202 mm), pp. [xxxiv], 417, [1] blank, [2] directions to binder. Superbly bound to style in mottled calf, red morocco label, spine gilt in... Read more
ANSON, George.
A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. ... 1749
£2,200
Large Paper Copy, first published the previous year. Anson was in command of a squadron sent to plunder Spanish trading territories on the Pacific coast of South America during the...
Quarto (292 × 225 mm). Contemporary mottled calf, red morocco label, double gilt rules, raised bands, red sprinkled edges. 42 engraved plates, plans, charts and... Read more
APIANUS, Petrus, & Gemma Frisius.
Cosmographia … 1574
£12,500
An excellent copy of one of the most important geographical-astronomical texts of the Renaissance and, in the augmented edition of the Flemish mathematician Gemma Frisius, one of the...
Quarto (226 × 170 mm). Contemporary paper wrappers, manuscript titles to spine. Printed title with large engraved vignette, folding world map, woodcut initials,... Read more
[APPERLEY, Charles James]
Memoirs of the Life of the late John Mytton, Esq. 1837
£600
Second edition, with eighteen plates (instead of twelve in the first).
Octavo (240 × 149 mm). 20th-century full red polished calf, spine with purple and green morocco labels, gilt rules, dated in gilt at foot, covers with double gilt... Read more
ARMSTRONG, Sir Walter.
The Thames 1906
£250
A handsome copy with lovely etchings of the Thames.
Two volumes, quarto (302 x 240 mm). Contemporary crimson half morocco, titles and decoration to spines, matching pebble-grained cloth boards, marbled endpapers, gilt... Read more
ATKINSON, George Francklin.
"Curry & Rice" on Forty Plates; c.1860
£500
The third edition, believed to be two years after the first. Classic images of the Raj by an officer of the Bengal Engineers. "This famous and often reprinted work provides an...
Quarto (282 × 199 mm) Contemporary half burgundy pebble-grained morocco on dun pebbled-grained cloth, title direct to the spine which is gilt in compartments with... Read more
ATKINSON, George Francklin, Capt.
Indian Spices for English Tables; 1860
£1,250
First and only edition. Humorous sketches of a trip to India, from landing at Calcutta; travels by palanquin, kranchee and camel; a visit to the bazaar; the joys of the dak bungalow;...
Landscape folio (365 × 275 mm) Original red cloth-backed lithographed pictorial boards. Tinted lithographic title page, and 27 lithographed plates with vignetted... Read more
(ATTWELL, Mabel Lucy) ASHLEY, Doris.
Children's Stories from French Fairy Tales. [1917]
£375
First edition, first impression.
Tall quarto. Original brown cloth backed colour pictorial boards. Colour frontispiece and 11 plates, line drawings throughout. Shaken, extremities rubbed, some wear to... Read more
AUDUBON, John James, & John Bachman.
The Quadrupeds of North America. 1870
£8,750
Final Edition.. Having made his reputation with "The Birds of America", Audubon began an equally imposing project "The Quadrupeds of North America". Audubon travelled the entirety of...
3 volumes, octavo. Publisher's deluxe binding of brown full morocco, blind stamped decoration to spines, titles to spines gilt, blind stamped rules and decoration to... Read more
(AUSTEN, John) RICHARDSON, Dorothy.
John Austen and the Inseparables. 1930
£75
First edition, first impression. Signed by the artist on the half-title.
Octavo. Original blue boards, printed paper labels to upper board. Engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout by John Austen. Boards very lightly rubbed and... Read more
AWDRY, W.
James the Red Engine. [1948]
£1,750
First edition, first impression. The Rev. Awdry's third book in the Railway Series.
Duodecimo. Original blue boards, titles and illustration to front board gilt. With the dust jacket. Illustrated by C. Reginald Dalby. Corners rubbed, owner's name to... Read more
