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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POTTER, Beatrix.
The Story of Miss Moppet. 1906
£2,500
First edition, first issue (with "London & New York" on rear cover). "At the beginning of 1906 when working on The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Beatrix Potter was also planning some...
Oblong duodecimo. Panorama mounted on pale blue linen back, arranged in pairs with text on recto and illustration on facing verso, and folded concertina-style into the... Read more
BROOKE, Jocelyn.
The Wild Orchids of Britain. 1950
£2,500
First edition, first impression. One of 40 numbered copies signed by the author and illustrator out of a total limited edition of 1,140 copies. With an album of 40 corrected proof...
Tall octavo. Original japon, titles to spine and upper board gilt, top edge gilt. With the dust jacket. 40 colour plates, 40 extra unbound proof pulls. Very lightly... Read more
(KELMSCOTT PRESS) CHAUCER, Geoffrey.
The Works. 1974
£2,500
First edition thus, first impression, the superb Basilisk Press facsimile of the Kelmscott Chaucer. One of a limited edition of 500 copies.
2 volumes, folio. Original red and white floral patterned cloth, printed paper labels to spines. In the publisher's blue slipcase. 87 woodcut illustrations after Sir... Read more
POTTER, Beatrix.
The Tale of Jeremy Fisher. 1906
£2,500
First edition, deluxe issue in burgundy cloth.
Sextodecimo. Original burgundy cloth, titles to spine and front board gilt, llustration laid down to front board, pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt. Colour... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IRVING, Washington.
Rip Van Winkle. 1905
£2,250
First Rackham Edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial title... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for In Powder and Crinoline; [1913]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 44 in the book. This remarkable survival shows Nielsen's...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IRVING, Washington.
Rip Van Winkle. 1905
£2,250
First Rackham edition.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial title block... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for In Powder and Crinoline; [1913]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 110 in the book. This remarkable survival shows Nielsen's...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... Read more
(INDIA)
The King of Oude, his Brother, and Attendants. [1840]
£2,250
First and only edition. Extremely uncommon: BL copy only on COPAC and OCLC; not in Abbey. The plates, which are signed in the stone "HJ", were the work of "a lady, then an invalid"...
Small octavo (179 × 142 mm) Original red cloth, elaborate panel in blind, title in gilt to upper board, neatly rebacked in burgundy morocco with title... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) GRAHAME, Kenneth.
The Wind in the Willows. 1951
£2,250
100th edition. Limited to 500 copies, printed on handmade paper.
Tall octavo. Original full white calf, titles to spine gilt, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. With the slipcase with printed label on board. With 12 mounted... Read more
DRYDEN, John.
The Fables … 1796
£2,250
First editions with these Bartolozzi engravings, the only two works illustrated by Lady Diana Beauclerc, here together in handsome contemporary full morocco. Dryden's adaptations of...
Two works bound in one volume, folio (365 × 255 mm). Fine contemporary binding of green straight-grain morocco, spine attractively gilt in compartments with... 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
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for In Powder and Crinoline; [1913]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 100 in the book. This remarkable survival shows Nielsen's...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for In Powder and Crinoline; [1913]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 52 in the book. This remarkable survival shows Nielsen's...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... 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
BOSSCHERE, Jean De. [Ezra POUND]
12 Occupations. 1916
£2,250
First Edition, First Impression, Limited Issue. One of only 50 numbered copies signed by the author who has also hand coloured the illustrations. The text appears in both the...
Octavo. Original decorated orange paper boards. With twelve designs by the author. A fine copy in the original tissue dust jacket - slightly frayed. Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for In Powder and Crinoline; [1913]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 20, the first illustration in the book (excluding the...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for East of the Sun and West of the Moon; [1914]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 152 in the book. This remarkable survival shows Nielsen's...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for In Powder and Crinoline; [1913]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 76 in the book. This remarkable survival shows Nielsen's...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for In Powder and Crinoline; [1913]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 124 in the book. This remarkable survival shows Nielsen's...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
Original copperplates for In Powder and Crinoline; [1913]
£2,250
Original copperplates made for the four-colour separation process used to produce the final image published opposite p. 148 in the book. This remarkable survival shows Nielsen's...
Four engraved copperplates, each measuring approximately 183 × 134 mm, mounted in a row, together with a full-colour pull of the image, framed and glazed. Traces... 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
O’REILLY, Bernard.
Greenland, 1818
£2,100
First edition, with uncoloured aquatint plates including several of Arctic birds and animals. O'Reilly was ship's doctor on the Thomas, but was heavily criticized for plagiarizing...
Quarto (263 × 208 mm). Skilfully rebound to style in full mottled calf, green label, spine gilt in compartments between raised bands. Frontispiece map, 2 folding... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) GRIMM, The Brothers.
Grimm's Fairy Tales. 1909
£2,000
First Rackham Edition.
Large octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, title and pictorial... Read more
(FURNITURE)
A Series, containing Forty-four Engravings in Colours, of Fashionable Furniture; 1823
£2,000
First and only edition, V & A copy only on COPAC, 6 copies on OCLC. A series of unusual and attractive designs "calculated for the use of upholsterers and of all who are concerned...
Quarto (234 × 179 mm). Original drab boards, with letter-press label to the upper, carefully rebacked, recornered to style. 43 hand-coloured lithographic plates... Read more
