Illustrated from Thomas Rare Books

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1945. 199pp. Wood engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, mustard cloth with a small gilt vignette of a boat to upper cover. A fine yellow illus. d.j. . 1st edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine, price-clipped. 8vo.

London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1953. 217pp. Wood engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, maroom cloth with a small gilt vignette of a rowing boat to upper cover. A fine blue illus. d.j. now in a clear mylar cover. A trifle rubbed to the head of the spine d.j. [One of the scarcer Robert Gibbings illus. books.]. 1st edition. Hardback.… Read more about this item

New York: Abrams, 2012. 214pp. Large finely produced glossy volume of cat photographs in colour and b/w. A sumptuos production and packed with beautiful cat photographs in colour and black/white photographic plates . 1st Edition.

London, 1928. 320pp. Printed by Butler and Tanner. 16 tipped in colour plates. ND but gift inscribed 1928. Orange/tan illus. hardback covers with black and blue titles and outlines. No fading and a lovely unmarked copy. 24cms. Neat owners inscription to the inside f.f.e.p.. Original Edition. Hardback. Fine. Illus. by HANS ANDERSON'S FAIRY TALES With Illustrations By W.Heath Robinson. 4to.… Read more about this item

London: Grant Richards, 1904. . xvi, 474, [ii]; xvi, 462, [ii] pp. Fifty-six plates in vol I and fifty-four in vol II. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson 30 x24cms larhge format. The spines are dulled as so often with this scarce set but the white boards are clean and fine..100 full-page black and white illustrations by W. Heath… Read more about this item

London, 1923. 320pp. Printed by Butler and Tanner. 12 tipped in colour plates. ND but gift inscribed 1923. Orange/tan illus. hardback covers with black and blue titles and outlines. 24cms. Neat owners inscription to the inside f.f.e.p. Sunned spine and a working copy only. Some foxing to the text pages.. Original Edition. Hardback. V.g.. Illus. by HANS ANDERSON'S FAIRY TALES… Read more about this item

London & Sydney: Griffith Farran & Co., 1888. 9 folded double leaves of silk sheets. Small split to the lower front edge. Colour printed images and covers. Printed by Kobunsha in Tokyo Japan. Some wear and creasing but a complete copy of a scarce title. . Orignal Printing. Prined Map. V.g.. Small 8vo.

London: Mr Bell, No 3 Cleveland Row, 1829. 3-286pp, index. A Monthly Publication Dedicated to High Life, Fashionables, Fashions, Polite Literature, Fine Arts, the Operas, Theatres, .....Volume IX January to December 1827. Twelve monthly parts bound in a plain green buckram binding with green calf quarter spine and morocco label, gilt. 45 hand-coloured full page plates [lacking some.Hand-col. fashion engravings.… Read more about this item

Dundee and London: Valentine & Sons Ltd, 1915. Exceedly rare Mabel Lucie Attwell 'Valentine Dolly ' Book. 28cms Original 1915 Valentine Dolly Book 28cms. Printed with coloured cut-out boards with Attwells child character dressed as a British Tommy in the First World War with tin helmet, rifle and trench 'putties' on his legs. 357439 Regd Mark Trade Number. A Valentine… Read more about this item

London: Thomas Varty, 1851. 51 large full page folio lithigraphic plates each hand coloured on on linen bound in a contemporary half-calf binding with black gilt labels to the spine and front board. Each hand-coloured plate hand coloured. 402x305 [the plates are mainly bound in numerical order.PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.. Original Edition. Hardback. Fine. Folio.

Paris: Aubert & Co,, 1840. Published originally in 'Le Charivi'. Prints made by Paul Gavarni and printed by Aubert & Cie. 35x26cms. Printed on heavy paper. Bound in a contempary hardback binding with an attractive floral patterned black cloth. Black calf spine with attractive gilt decoration and titles. These illustrations of stevedores are all in nice condition but occasional margin… Read more about this item

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1944. 116pp. Cloth binding lacking a d.j. but a clean, firm and unworn copy. A war issue with b/w illus. by Lionel Edwards. A little toned to the spine as usual. Neat owners signature dated 1945. 1st Edition. Hardback. V.g./No d.j.. Illus. by Lionel Edwards. 8vo.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1903. xi, 204 pp., Frontis. portrait, 80 fine colour plates from Helen Allingham paintings, each with a captioned tissue guard and a portrait of the artist from a black and white photo with facsimile signature. Pub. dark blue cloth binding with fine colur illus. roses to frame the titles. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine. Illus.… Read more about this item

London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878. 2 volumes. 400; 385pp, Oringal ills. brown cloth, gilt and black dec border rules. (Measdows, Kenny 1790-1874) frontispiece to each volume and 52 and 56 further wood-engraved plates drawn by Kenny Meadows and engraved by Orrin Smith (complete).. Hardback. Fine. large 8vo.

London: Faber and Faber, 1957. 19th-century coaching artist, with illustrations of all his known aquatints.118pp,. 66 full page colour illus. each with a facing description. A lovely unmarked clean copy but no d.j.. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine/No d.j.. 4to.

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1911. xv, 144pp. Purple cloth binding with nicely colour flower front board and spine Gilt titles. 20 fine colour plates including the frontis. from paintings by Benger, each mounted on heavy art paper with a facing tissue guard,. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine. Illus. by Berebger Benger. 8vo.

London: Country Life Ltd., 1931. 101pp. 16 full-page plates with facing poems. Fine copy bound in the publishers tan/brown cloth with black titles. Trifle minor foxing. No wear or fading. The spine is a v. trifle toned. Neat small printed owned book-label.. 1st Edition. Hardback. Fine/No d.j.. Illus. by Lional Edwards. Folio.

London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1928. 96pp, tipped in colour frontis mounted on brown stock paper with 7 colour plates. Pub. red cloth with black titles to the spine and cover. Trifle sunned but a sound and attractive copy. Owners illus. b/w bookplate to the front free endpaper. Occasional light foxing but a nice copy. Poems by Ogilvie and illus.… Read more about this item

London and New York: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1896. xii, 210,[ii] 16pp pub. cat. Illus. throughout dated 1895. [John Lanes Arcady Library series.] Buff cloth board, green spine with illus. to the front board. Printed on quality paper and illus. throughout by Lucy Kemp-Welsh. 20cms. [previous owners names to the front end-papers]. 2nd Edition. Hardback. V.g.. 8vo.

London and NewYork: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1928. 47pp. Publishers brown buckram with titles to the front cover and spine. Bevelled edges. A fine copy with no fading Neat contemporary owners inscription dated 1930. Twelve colour plates, and b/w illustrations. A nice copy.. Second Edition. Hardback. Fine/No d.j.. Illus. by Cecil Aldin. 4to.