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London: John White, 1808. A Rare Series of Plates depicting the Characters of Seventeenth Century England and France [HAMILTON, Anthony]. [Memoirs of Count Grammont.] A series of thirty-nine stipple plates printed in colors. [London: John White, 1808]. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 299 x 216 mm.). A rare set of thirty-nine color printed stipple plates to the "Memoirs of Count Grammont" edition of 1808, each plate bearing the date 1 July 1808 and the address of John White. Added are six colored plates: Elenor Gwynn (no. 1 on list); Somer Hill (no. 8 on list); Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland (no. 13 on list); [Nell Gwynn] (no. 18 on list); Elizabeth, Countess of Chesterfield (no. 43 on list), and Susan, Lady Bellasys (no. 45 on list). Original boards uncut, expertly rebacked in black calf. Engraved bookplate of Clarence S. Bement (1843-1923) & oval black leather bookplate of Joseph Widener (1871-1943) on front paste-down. Housed in a full crimson levant morocco slipcase, spine with five raised bands… Read More

New York: The Citadel Press, 1965. To Paul R. Palmer Cordially Jean Harlow" [HARLOW, Jean]. CONWAY, Michael [&] RICCI, Mark. The Films of Jean Harlow. New York: The Citadel Press, [1965]. First edition. Large quarto (11 x 8 3/8 inches; 280 x 212 mm.). [1]-159, [1, blank] pp. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Publisher's white cloth over boards, front cover and spine lettered in black. A near fine copy in a very good original pictorial dust jacket. With a fine 10 x 8 inch black & white photograph of the starlet Jean Harlow pasted to the front free endpaper. Inscribed in black ink "To Paul R. Palmer Cordially Jean Harlow". The inscription is most probably in the hand of Jean Harlow's mother - as was much of her correspondence and autographed photos. Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; 1911-1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the pre-Code era of… Read More

Guildford, Surrey: Genesis Publications Limited, 1987. Signed by George Harrison HARRISON, George. [WEST, Keith, illustrator]. Songs by George Harrison. Guildford, Surrey: Genesis Publications Limited, 1987. First edition, first printing, #1,946 of 2,500 copies signed in gold ink by the former Beatle on the limitation leaf. Small quarto (9 11/16 x 6 7/8 inches; 250 x 175 mm.). [1-12], 13-175, [5] pp. With numerous color plates and watercolor illustrations by artist Keith West. With a foreword by Jeff Lynne (ELO, Travelling Wilburys), a middleword by Elton John, and a backword by George Harrison. The lyrics are illustrated in color (including two folding and four 'mounted and tipped-in') by the New Zealand botanical artist Keith West, who impressed Harrison with his wealth of fantastical imagery. Publishers half black morocco over black cloth. Front cover with blind-stamped guitar, rear cover with blind-stamped keyboard. Spine with two raised bands decoratively lettered in gilt, black endpapers… Read More

London: Printed for J. Hassell..., 1817. Large-Paper Copy With 120 "Charmingly Composed " Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Picturesque Rides and Walks, with Excursions by Water, Thirty Miles round the British Metropolis; Illustrated in a Series of Engravings, Coloured after Nature: with an Historical and Topographical Description of the Country within the Compass of that Circle. London: Printed for J. Hassell... Islington; and sold by all Booksellers, 1817-1818. First edition. Large paper copy. Two octavo volumes (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 213 x 134 mm.). [iii]-viii, 249, [1, blank], [2, "Directions for Placing the Cuts"], [8, index]; [2], 272, [9, index], [1, blank], [2, "Directions for Placing the Cuts"] pp. Bound without the half-titles, as usual. With 120 hand-colored aquatint plates. Bound ca. 1817 in half dark green roan, ruled in gilt, over drab boards. Smooth spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, with the gilt cipher of the Earl of Essex surmounted by a coronet at… Read More

London: Printed for J. Hassell..., 1819. A Rare Large-Paper Copy In the Original Drab Boards Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through Which the Canal Passes. London: Printed for J. Hassell...Islington; And sold by all Booksellers, 1819. First edition. Large paper copy. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 225 x 138 mm.). viii, 147, [1, blank], [3, index], [1, "Directions for Placing the Cuts"] pp. With twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates by J. Hassell. Dates not visible on the plate watermarks. Uncut, in the original drab boards, expertly rebacked to style at an early date. Front cover with the original printed paper label. Bookplate of John H. Baker on front pastedown. Some minor offsetting from a few plates to the facing text otherwise a very… Read More

London: W.Spooner, 1830. A Most Delightful Group of Characters by Henry Heath HEATH, Henry, illustrator. Heath's Oddities. London: W. Spooner, [c.1830]. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 298 x 235 mm.). Hand colored lithograph title and twenty-two numbered hand colored lithograph plates, all with head-title "Heath's Oddities." Six plates signed "HH" and two other plates with "H.H. Delt." Extra-illustrated with three original watercolors for plates 14, 32 and 35 (facing plates on an inserted leaf, each with a manuscript caption). Bound by Rivière and Son, ca. 1910. Full olive green morocco, covers ruled in gilt, spine ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board edges and decorative gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Housed in a fleece-lined brown cloth slipcase. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with the original spine laid down. The Schwerdt copy of this scarce series with three of the original watercolors by Henry Heath added at a later date most probably… Read More

London: Published by I. B. Brooks, 1835. My Lord Mayor's Album by Henry Heath Twenty-Four Highly Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [HEATH, Henry, illustrator]. My Lord Mayor's Album or Cockney Sports. London: Published by I. B. Brooks, 1st January 1835. First edition. Small folio (10 x 7 1/8 inches; 255 x 182 mm.). Twenty-four highly amusing hand-colored lithograph plates, including hand colored engraved title-vignette frontispiece. Several plates dated 1834. Handsomely bound by Rivière & Son ca. 1920 in full red morocco, covers triple-ruled in gilt. Spine with five raised bands elaborately tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board edges, elaborate gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers top edge gilt. With the armorial bookplate of Harry Bradfer-Lawrence F.S.A. on the front pastedown. A wonderful example. A rare and very amusing collection of colored illustrations depicting humorous sporting scenes. Henry Heath was probably the brother of William Heath. "He was a versatile… Read More

London: Charles Tilt, 1840. Fourteen Humorous Hand-Colored Engraved Plates 'A Fine Collection of Miscellaneous People or Things' HEATH, H[enry]. Omnium Gatherum. [Together with:] Omnium-Gatherum. Second Series. [London: Published by Charles Tilt, n.d., ca. 1840]. Later issue, on thick paper (first published 1831-1834). Oblong folio (10 1/16 x 13 3/4 inches; 256 x 350 mm.). Pictorial hand-colored engraved title page and thirteen numbered hand-colored engraved plates, containing 247 vignettes. Late nineteenth century three-quarter red morocco over red cloth boards ruled in gilt by L. Broca (stamp-signed on front free endpaper). Front cover lettered in gilt, spine with two raised bands, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Expertly and almost invisibly rebacked with original spine laid down. A near fine copy. Omnium Gatherum (A collection of miscellaneous people or things). "Henry Heath (fl. 1822-1842), caricaturist, is a shadowy figure. Because of a similarity in style between… Read More

: , 1812. The Bear, The Bull Dog and The Monkey HEATH, William, (after). The Bear the Bull Dog and the Monkey. Pen and ink with watercolor on wove paper, (16 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches; 415 x 291 mm.). Original artwork after the published etching from August of 1812. The first image of the Russian campaign which commenced in late June, Napoleon as half-ape, gripped by the Russian bear and savaged by the bulldog, named on its collar as Wellington, manuscript verse below. "Dame Mischief may say "spare my Monkey good Sirs But I'll tell you what's best to be done The Villain delights in such mischievous stirs That 'tis wisest to stop all his fun So Bruin & Growler each play your part And worry this troublesome Blade, Then Peace shall again delight evr'y Heart And the Rogue will be robbed of his Trade" [c.f. BM Satires 11896], c.1812.

London: W. Sams, 1823. The Rare First Edition HEATH, William. Studies From the Stage, or the Vicissitudes of Life. London: W. Sams, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 14 in; 250 x 354 mm). Engraved title (plain) and over 100 hand-colored illustrations on twenty etched plates, watermarked 1822, with interleaves. Plates 4, 10, 11, 14 and 18 signed, "Drawn & etched by W. Heath"; imprint, "Published by W. Sams Royal Library 1 St. James's St"; dated variously from May through July 1823. Bound by Rivière & Son in half midnight blue morocco over blue cloth. Gilt-ruled and lettered title label. Gilt lettering to spine with gilt ornaments at head and tail. Top edge gilt. Occasional mild spotting and soiling. Upper joint near invisibly restored. A fine copy. Only eight copies in institutional holdings worldwide. Rarely seen in commerce, the last copy to come to auction was in 2006. This lavishly engraved, hand-colored book of caricature by William Heath shows a wide variety of contemporary… Read More

London: William Sams, 1823. Rarely Found in the Original Boards HEATH, William. The Life of a Soldier. A Narrative and Descriptive Poem. With Eighteen Engravings by William Heath.. London: William Sams, 1823. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in; 268 x 195 mm). [8, incl. half-title], 150, [2, adv.] pp. Eighteen hand-colored untitled aquatint engravings. Original pictorially lithographed boards, rebacked. Joints starting yet firm, boards a little rubbed and marked, still an excellent copy. Chemised in a red cloth jacket within a full red morocco pull-off case. One of the better imitations of The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome (1815). "Watercolourist and caricaturist William Heath (1795-1840)...worked mostly under the pseudonym of Paul Pry. He called himself 'Portrait and Military painter' and was reputed to be an 'ex-captain of dragoons' but is not recorded in the Army List. Heath began life as a draughtsman and his main claim to fame rests on his having produced the first… Read More

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1829. Politics As Theater - Political Actors Lampooned By Britain's "Leading Caricaturist, Prolific Alike in Social and Political Satire" HEATH, William. Theatrical Characters. London: Thomas M'Lean, Dec. 1, 1829. First edition, first impression with plates dated Oct. 26 to Nov. 9. Large folio (16 1/8 x 11 1/8 in; 410 x 280 mm). Ten hand-colored etchings with captions. No title page, as issued. Publisher's original tan wrappers printed in black, strengthened by a later navy blue cloth backstrip. Wrappers slightly soiled with some wear to extremities. The plates, however, are, generally clean and vividly colored. Exceptionally rare in the original wrappers, no matter what the condition... Housed in a felt-lined black cloth clamshell case. Only four complete copies in institutional holdings worldwide: Harvard University (MA,US); National Library of Ireland; National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum. Heath broadly satirizes contemporary British political figures as… Read More

London: Pub....by N. Heideloff, 1794. The First Two Volumes of "the Most Splendid of English Costume Books" "A Very Difficult Book to Find in Good Condition" The Copy of Maria Christina, Queen of Spain [HEIDELOFF, Nikolaus Wilhelm von, publisher]. Gallery of Fashion. Vol. I, April 1794-March 1796. [London]: Pub....by N. Heideloff, 1794-1796. First edition of volumes 1 & 2. Quarto (11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches; 284 x 222 mm.). [2] Advertisement, [48], [3] List of Subscribers, [1] blank; [2] Advertisement, [48], [2] List of Subscribers. Two hand-colored engraved title-pages and forty-nine hand-colored aquatint plates depicting ninety figures of fashionably dressed ladies. Each plate with descriptive text. Spectacularly bound c. 1835 in red straight-grain morocco, unsigned, yet to all appearances the work of the firm of Charles Hering, "the artistic successor to Roger Payne, the doyen of English bookbinders" (Marks). With a broad and boldly gilt tooled frame with corner devices enclosing a gilt panel… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1950. Reflections on a Life HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees. London: Jonathan Cape, [1950]. First English edition, First Printing. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches; 191 x 124 mm.). [1]-254 pp. Publisher's green cloth, front cover with decoration in red, spine lettered in red and silver. First issue pictorial dust jacket with "9s 6d. net" printed on lower front flap. Minimal rubbing to extremities of dust jacket. An excellent example. The UK edition preceded the the US edition by four days. "Across the River and Into the Trees first appeared in Cosmopolitan, CXXVIII (Feb. 1950 - June 1950). Numerous changes, additions, and omissions were made prior to book publication. For example: "Conte Carlo" was changed to "Count Andrea"; the passages regarding "the Honorable Pacciardi," on pp. 39-41, were added; the passages regarding d'Annunzio, on pp. 49-51, were added; the whole of Ch. XXXVII was added; the deletions were filled in; etc... Across the River and… Read More

London: Messrs Ackermann & Co., 1845. The Exceptionally Rare First Issue with Twenty Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Mounted on Card HERING, G[eorge].E[dwards]. The Mountains and the Lakes. Sketches in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy. London: Messrs. Ackermann & Co., [1845]. The true first edition (reissued by M.A. Nattali in 1847 with letterpress title and text). Large folio (17 7/8 x 13 7/8 in; 453 x 352 mm). Hand-colored lithographed Title and Dedication, and eighteen hand-colored lithographed plates, all trimmed and mounted on card stock, loose as issued. Publisher's black cloth chemised portfolio with black silk ties. Gilt lettered and decorated on front cover. Expertly rebacked and re-cornered. With an unidentified armorial bookplate and that of Dayton Art Institute. A very fine copy. This is the true first edition, noted by Abbey but not seen by him; he catalogued the smaller, remaindered edition by Nattali issued in 1847 which measured 14 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches and is the commonly found… Read More

London: S. & J. Fuller at their Sporting-Gallery, 1827-1843. Twelve Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates of The St. Leger Winners and The Derby Winners HERRING, John Frederick. Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Great St. Leger Stakes at Doncaster, [and] Portraits of the Winning Horses of the Derby Stakes at Epsom. London: S. & J. Fuller at their Sporting-Gallery, 1827-1843. Oblong folio (22 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches; 572 x 649 mm.). Average plate size 16 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches; 412 x 568 mm. Average image size 12 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches; 311 x 419 mm. Twelve color-printed aquatints by R.G. Reeve and C. Hunt after Herring, Abraham Cooper and H. Hall, each titled with letterpress description, finished by hand in color and heightened with gum arabic, several with Minerva head blind-stamp (subscribers copies), all mounted. Housed in a mid twentieth century cloth clamshell case. A fine collection of classic racing prints from Herring's second series of St. Leger and Derby winners. The first and second… Read More

Paris: Publiée par Engelmann & Cie., 1827. Twelve Exceptionally Rare and Satirical Hand Colored Lithographs Showing Musicians Performing HESS, H[ieronymus]. Galerie Musicale par H. Hess. Paris: Publiée par Engelmann & Cie., [1827]. First (and only) edition. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 276 x 216 mm.). Twelve (of thirteen) satirical hand colored lithograph plates without titles, showing musicians performing. Drawn by Käppelin d'après H. Hess and lithographed by Engelmann & Cie. The missing plate is number eleven. Recently bound by Roger Devauchelle in full violet cloth, printed paper label on front board. Publishers brown printed wrapper/title bound in before the plates. The Plates: 1. [The Conductor] 2. [The Violin] 3. [The Oboe] 4. [The Bassoon] 5. [The French Horn] 6. [The Tenor Trombone] 7. [The Clarinet] 8. [The Flute] 9. [The Bass Trombone] 10. [The Fiddle] 11. 12. [Man playing the Guitar] 13. [Woman playing the Guitar] Hieronymus HESS (1799-1850) was a Swiss draftsman and painter… Read More

London: Henry Colburn, 1842. Borscht and Caviar In the Court of Catherine I HOFLAND, Mrs. [Barbara]. The Czarina; An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia. By Mrs. Hofland...In Three Volumes. London: Henry Colburn, 1842. First edition. Three twelvemo volumes (7 5/16 x 4 5/8 inches; 186 x 118 mm.). [2], 302; [2], 317, [1, blank]; [2], 325, [1, blank] pp. Bound without half-titles (possibly as issued?). Contemporary half plum calf, decoratively ruled in blind, over marbled boards. Spines decoratively ruled and numbered in gilt and ruled in blind with four raised bands and brown morocco gilt lettering labels, edges sprinkled red. Spines faded to brown, corners lightly rubbed, spine labels a tiny bit chipped. Some light foxing and browning. Volume I with a few ink smudges on the verso of the title and on the first page of text and a printing flaw (slight ink smear to a few words) on pp. 258 and 259. A very good copy. One of the last novels by Hofland, an extremely prolific - and moralistic -… Read More

London: Privately Printed, 1939. Posthumously Published Signed by the Author's Mother HOLLAND, John. Song of a Boy. London: Privately Printed, 1939. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author's mother on the front free endpaper: "To thank you for your/appreciation of my/son's work./Phyllis Holland." Small quarto. [2, blank], [6], 177, [1, blank] pp. Twenty-five plates, twenty-three in color (including frontispiece portrait) and two portraits from photographs. Descriptive tissue guards. Original cream-colored cloth pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt on the rough, others uncut. Inner hinges hint at starting. Minimal foxing at beginning and end. A near fine copy, largely unopened. A memorial book dedicated to the life of John Holland, who tragically died at the age of nineteen. An accomplished artist and poet, he attended Winchester and was destined for Oxford when he died of polio in Dalmatia in 1936. This volume collects his… Read More

London: J. & D. A. Darling, 1850. Ten Charming Hand Colored Lithograph Plates [HORT, Sir John J.]. The Horse Guards, by the Two Mounted Sentries. With twelve coloured illustrations. London: J. & D. A. Darling, 1850. First edition. Octavo (8 11/16 x 5 5/16 inches; 221 x 135 mm.). viii, 104 pp. Ten hand-colored lithograph plates and hand colored lithograph illustrations on the front and rear boards. Publishers hand colored lithograph boards neatly re-backed, yellow coated endpapers. Corners and board edges worn. Early ink signature on front free endpaper. The plates are bright and fresh. Abbey, Life, 363.