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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YRIARTE, Charles.
Florence. 1882
£275
A handsomely bound copy.
Quarto (325 × 245 mm). Finely bound by Estes & Lauriat in brown half morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, marbled boards and... Read more
(WYETH, N. C.) STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
Kidnapped. The Adventures of David Balfour. 1913
£375
First Wyeth edition, first printing.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt, full colour illustration mounted on upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour... Read more
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(WYETH, N. C.) JOHNSTON, Mary.
The Long Roll [together with] Cease Firing. 1911 & 12
£75
First editions, first printings. Two novels of the Civil War by the daughter of a Confederate general.
2 volumes, octavo. Original grey cloth panelled in dark grey, titles to spines and upper boards gilt, map endpapers. Colour frontispiece and 3 plates in each volume by... Read more
(WYETH, N. C.) COOPER, James Fenimore.
The Deerslayer or The First War-Path. 1925
£300
First edition, first printing.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt, full-colour paste-down illustration to upper board, pictorial endpapers Colour title page and 9 plates by N. C.... Read more
WYETH, N. C.
Robin Hood. 1917
£575
First Wyeth edition, first printing. A lovely copy.
Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and panelling to spine and upper board gilt, full-colour illustration mounted on upper board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt.... Read more
WORDSWORTH, Christopher.
Greece, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical. 1845
£450
Second Edition. Nephew of the poet, Wordsworth was educated at Harrow and Trinity, Cambridge where he excelled in classics: in 1830 "he won the first chancellor's medal for classical...
Quarto. (270 × 180mm). Handsome contemporary full green morocco binding, gilt panel of double fillets to the boards enclosing elaborate foliate corner-pieces... Read more
WORDSWORTH, Christopher.
Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical. 1840
£250
Second edition.
Octavo (240 × 160 mm). Contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, green floral patterned cloth sides, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.... Read more
WOODWARD, Alice B., & Daniel O'Connor.
The Peter Pan Picture Book. 1907
£375
First edition, first impression. One of 150 copies printed on handmade paper with the plates mounted.
Octavo. Original grey-brown cloth, titles and illustrations to covers gilt, titles to spine gilt. Light staining and discolouration to covers, gilt faded to spine,... Read more
WOODS, John.
The History of London: Illustrated by Views in London & Westminster.
£450
A nicely bound copy.
2 volumes bound in 1, quarto (260 × 205 mm). Contemporary green half morocco, spine elaborately gilt in compartments, marbled sides, endpapers, and edges.... Read more
WILSON, Sir John.
The Royal Philatelic Collection. 1952
£950
Folio. Bound in full red morocco, gilt titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, gilt decorative motif to lower board and royal coat of arms to upper board, gilt ruled inner...
Folio. Bound in full red morocco, gilt titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, gilt decorative motif to lower board and royal coat of arms to upper board, gilt... Read more
WILDE, Oscar.
A House of Pomegranates. 1891
£2,250
First edition, first impression of the book that Wilde said was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public."
Quarto. Original green cloth backed tan boards, titles and decoration to spine and upper board in gold and orange, pictorial endpapers. 4 plates, engravings... Read more
WILDE, Oscar.
The Sphinx. 1894
£6,000
First edition, first impression, one of 200 copies only.
Quarto. Original vellum, pictorial decoration to spine and boards gilt, printed throughout in red, green, and black. Illustrated throughout by Charles Ricketts. Small... Read more
(WHITTINGTON, Dick)
The Life and Times of Dick Whittington: 1841
£1,500
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top...
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled... Read more
WHITE, John.
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales 1790
£3,500
First edition. White, chief surgeon to the settlement at New South Wales, was also an accomplished naturalist. The ornithological and other natural history plates are most attractive...
Quarto (295 × 235 mm). Recently bound in period-style full mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with old black morocco title label, boards with double gilt... 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
WEY, Francis.
Rome. 1872
£275
A handsomely bound copy.
Quarto (325 × 245 mm). Finely bound by Estes & Lauriat in brown half morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, marbled boards and... Read more
WEISMANN, August; J. Arthur Thomson & Margaret R. Thomson (trans.)
The Evolution Theory. 1904
£750
First edition, first impression. August Weismann believed, that transmutation of species is directly due to the influence of environment. The ownership signature on front free...
Octavo. Two Volumes. Original burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt. 3 coloured plates in Volume One along with 95 black and white illustrations, Volume Two contains... Read more
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Holy Places. 1952
£2,750
First edition, first impression. One of 50 specially bound copies signed by the author and illustrator out of a limited edition of 950 numbered copies.
Quarto. Original red morocco, titles to spine gilt, grey endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the dust jacket. Spotting and darkening to boards, endpapers... Read more
WAUGH, Evelyn.
The Holy Places. 1953
£2,750
First edition, first impression, US issue. One of 50 specially bound copies from a limited edition of 1,000 copies for the US signed by the author and the illustrator on the...
Quarto. Original red morocco, titles to spine gilt, grey endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With the dust jacket. Frontispiece and illustrations throughout by... 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
(WASHINGTON, George) IRVING, Washington.
Life of George Washington. 1857–9
£3,500
First illustrated edition, "issued in [68] semi-monthly paper-covered parts." (BAL) Dates on the typographical and engraved half-titles vary from the listing provided by Blanck; "The...
5 volumes, large octavo (265 × 176 mm) Finely bound c.1900 in crimson crushed morocco by Affolter, titles gilt to spines, raised bands, spines gilt in... Read more
WARD, Cyril.
Royal Gardens. 1912
£250
First edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original green cloth, titles to spine and upper board and top edge gilt, rose design to upper board in black. Colour frontispiece and 31 plates with... Read more
WALTON, Izaak, & Charles Cotton.
The Complete Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, 1836
£2,500
First Pickering edition, large-paper copy. Edited by the noted antiquarian Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas and printed by the younger Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, himself a...
2 volumes, tall octavo (270 × 176 mm). Nineteenth-century green morocco by Riviere, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, covers panelled in gilt with... Read more
WALPOLE, Horace.
Jeffery's Edition of the Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story. 1796
£550
First edition thus, a rather pretty edition which employs copies of the plates first issued by Harding in 1793; "Six plates illustrative of the Castle of Otranto were published by...
Octavo (214 × 133 mm). Contemporary green quarter roan, marbled boards. Hand-coloured frontispiece within gilt-rolled border and 6 similar plates. Rubbed, corners... Read more
(VOLTAIRE) STANDISH, Frank Hall.
The Life of Voltaire, 1821
£950
First Edition. An extremely attractive copy of this far from common and well thought of in its day life of Voltaire, here extra-illustrated with 280 portraits and views drawn from a...
One volume bound as two, octavo (230 ×145 mm). Plate bound as frontispiece to each and 278 other views and portraits in all, a few of them folding, a few... Read more
