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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DUHAMEL, Georges.
Les Hommes Abandonnes. 1927
£925
First Illustrated Edition. From a total edition of 345 copies this is one of 300 numbered examples printed on hand made paper.
Quarto. Original grey wrappers printed in red and black, with the original glassine and somewhat defective publisher's slipcase. With 29 original lithographs and 1... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from A to Z. 1908
£3,250
First edition of this humorously poetic alphabet and a fantastic example of The Chelsea Bindery's work.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in gray morocco, titles to spine gilt, multi-coloured pictorial onlay to the front board after the original cover design,... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from A to Z. [1908]
£850
First edition, first impression. A lovely copy.
Quarto. Original white cloth backed grey boards with bevelled edges, titles and colour pictorial design to upper board, pictorial endpapers. Illustrations by Dulac... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Original artwork, "Pew's Death." ca.1927
£7,500
Original artwork in pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 4¾ × 6 inches. A fine drawing of three men on horseback running over Pew. Signed by Edmund Dulac to the lower...
Original artwork in pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 4¾ × 6 inches. A fine drawing of three men on horseback running over Pew. Signed by Edmund Dulac... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Sindbad the Sailor [1914]
£5,000
Limited edition of 500 copies, this being no. 36, and is signed on the limitation page by Edmund Dulac.
Quarto. Bound in the original publisher's vellum, with title and decoration in gilt to spine and front board, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, with gold ties,... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Sindbad the Sailor and Other Stories From the Arabian Nights. [1914]
£2,250
First Dulac Edition. Signed as a presentation copy "To Henry Wickham Steed en Souvenir. Edmund Dulac Nov 1914". Also inserted a quarto Christmas card with an illustration and the...
Quarto. Original pictorial cloth cover, gilt titles to spine and front cover, pictorial patterned endpapers. With 23 mounted colour plates, captioned tissues. Cloth... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Sindbad the Sailor and Other Stories From the Arabian Nights. [1914]
£1,750
First Dulac Edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Sindbad the Sailor and other Stories from the Arabian Nights. [c. 1914]
£600
Quarto. Original quarter grey cloth with blue boards, titles to front cover and spine in green on white labels, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Illustrated throughout with 23...
Quarto. Original quarter grey cloth with blue boards, titles to front cover and spine in green on white labels, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Illustrated... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
Stories from Hans Andersen. [1911]
£1,875
Limited edition of 750 numbered copies, signed by the artist.
Quarto. Bound in full red morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards with cornerpieces, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) ANDERSEN, Hans Christian.
Stories from Hans Andersen. [1911]
£750
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original orange cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, patterned endpapers. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 27 plates Binding... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) COUCH, Arthur Quiller.
The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French. [1910]
£675
First Dulac trade edition.
Quarto. Original brick red morocco-grain cloth, titles and cherub decorations in compartments to spine gilt, elaborate foliate decoration to upper board in gilt and... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) HOUSMAN, Laurence.
Princess Badoura. [1913]
£1,375
First Dulac Edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full navy blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) HOUSMAN, Laurence.
Stories from The Arabian Nights. 1907
£2,500
First Dulac edition, signed limited edition of 350 copies signed by Dulac. His work rivalled Rackham in popularity and was largely confined to de luxe editions. Amongst the popular...
Quarto. Original full vellum, titles and illustration to front cover and spine in blue and gilt, with the yellow silk ribbon ties. Illustrations by Edmund Dulac with... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) HOUSMAN, Laurence.
Stories from The Arabian Nights. [1923]
£385
A very attractive copy resulting from Boots brief sojourn into publishing.
Quarto. Original reddish brown cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board in gold and black. With the dust jacket. Tipped-in colour frontispiece... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) KHAYYÁM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)
Rubáiyát of Omar Kháyyám. [1909]
£1,750
Signed limited edition. Limited to 750 copies, numbered and signed by Edmund Dulac.
Quarto. Original full vellum, titles and illustrations to front cover and spine gilt. New ribbons. 20 mounted colour plates by Edmund Dulac. Vellum lightly mottled... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) KHAYYÁM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. [1909]
£1,750
Signed limited edition of 750 copies of which this is number 168 signed by Dulac.
Quarto. Original full vellum, titles and decoration to spine and front cover gilt, decorated endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. New ribbons. With 20 tipped in... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) KHAYYÁM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. [1909]
£2,750
Signed Limited Edition of 750 copies.
Large quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in crimson morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial block to the front board taken... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) KHAYYÁM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. [1909]
£1,500
First Dulac edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial block to the front... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) KHAYYÁM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. [1909]
£2,750
Signed Limited Edition of 750 copies.
Large quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, titles to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial block to the front board taken... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) KHAYYÁM, Omar; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.)
Rubáiyát. [1909]
£1,750
First Dulac edition.
Quarto (277 × 212 mm). Contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, vellum sides, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Tipped-in frontispiece and 20... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) MARIA, Queen of Roumania.
The Stealers of Light. 1916
£250
First Dulac edition.
Octavo, pp. [vi] + 190. Bound in recent full blue morocco, gilt titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, gilt rule to boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) POE, Edgar Allan.
The Bells and other Poems. [1912]
£1,500
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 750 numbered copies signed by the illustrator on the limitation leaf.
Folio. Original vellum, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board and top edge gilt, others untrimmed. In a red cloth slipcase. Tipped-in colour... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) POE, Edgar Allan.
The Bells and Other Poems. [1912]
£350
First Dulac Edition.
Quarto. Contemporary half tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, brown cloth boards, white decorative endpapers, top edge gilt. With 28 colour plates,... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) POE, Edgar Allan.
The Bells and other Poems. [1912]
£750
First trade edition. With insert leaflet advertising an exhibition of the original watercolours at the Leicester Galleries in 1912.
Quarto (278 × 210 mm). Finely bound by Bumpus of Oxford in contemporary blue crushed morocco, spine richly gilt in compartments, two-line gilt rule to covers,... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) Stevenson Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1927
£475
First Dulac edition.
Octavo. Recent tan morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, roll to boards, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. With 12 colour plates and 21 black and white... Read more
