Search Results: Authors starting with R from Shapero Rare Books

Jerusalem, Shulammite, 1950s. . Tall 4to (34 x 24.5 cm); 26 colour-illustration plates protected by tissue guards, publisher's blind-stamped cloth with an insert of a copper embossed plate depicting the queen of Sheba, corners slightly rubbed; slight partial yellowing to last couple of pages and slight rubbing marks to top corner of one of the plates; text in English and Hebrew; [32] ll. A magnificent publication of the Song of Songs, illustrated by Ze'ev Raban, personally dedicated to Prof. Boris Schatz, the founder and then manager of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Following a personal invitation from Schatz Raban moved to Palestine in 1912 and joined the faculty of Bezalel, where he taught until 1929. This edition is based on the first edition of the work, published in Berlin in 1923.Ze'ev Raban, born Wolf Rawicki (1890-1970) was a leading painter, decorative artist and industrial designer of the Bezalel School, and considered to be one of the founders of the Israeli art… Read More

Berlin, S.D. Zaltzman 'Hasefer', 1923. . Tall 4to (34 x 24.5 cm); 26 colour-illustration plates protected by tissue guards, publisher's embossed cloth boards, illuminated in gilt and silver, illuminated in gilt and silver ornamental endpapers; later black morocco solander box with gilt ornaments, text in English and Hebrew; [32] ll. A magnificent publication of the Song of Songs, illustrated by Ze'ev Raban, personally dedicated to Prof. Boris Schatz, the founder and then manager of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Following a personal invitation from Schatz Raban moved to Palestine in 1912 and joined the faculty of Bezalel, where he taught until 1929.Ze'ev Raban, born Wolf Rawicki (1890-1970) was a leading painter, decorative artist and industrial designer of the Bezalel School, and considered to be one of the founders of the Israeli art world. He was born in Lodz, Ploland, studied there, then in Munich, Paris and Brussels. His illustrations show an eclectic mix of European and… Read More

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Miniature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Matched pair of playing card maps, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

[Florence, Aniello Lamberti, 1779]. . Engraved playing card map, fine original hand-colour, cut to or slightly outside platemark, laid down on thin writing paper and tipped-in to contemporary laid paper. Rare playing card map. Designed to play the Florentine version of the tarot game, the 'Minchiate'.The card features a miniature map to its upper part with a table of towns and rivers below. Mann Collection, 1125; Mann, Sylvia & Kingsley, David, 'Map Collectors' Circle No. 87: Playing Cards Depicting maps of the British Isles, and of English and Welsh Counties', p. 23, No.11; King, Geoffrey, 'Minature Antique Maps', p.160.

London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. . Deluxe edition, number 204 of 500 copies, signed by Rackham on the limitation page; 4to (280 x 233 mm); engraved map to front free endpaper, 50 colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, tipped-in on thick light brown paper including frontispiece, the odd, tiny peripheral spot if one looks hard, otherwise near-fine; publisher's vellum, illustrative gilt block to upper cover, replacement ties, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, the usual slight splaying of the boards, a hint of dust-soiling to the spine, otherwise near-fine; xii, 125, [1]pp. Rackham's magnificent illustrations capture so succinctly the ethereal atmosphere of the story, with the still recognisable Kensington Gardens poignantly rendered, together with period charm, so much so, that one plate discreetly features King Edward VII.

London, George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1929. . First edition thus, deluxe issue in publisher's morocco binding; small 4to (255 x 185 mm.); 12 colour plates, vignette title, plain illustrations and pictorial silhouette endpapers by Arthur Rackham, light foxing to half-title and title, some minor toning and occasional finger marking, but overall internally very good; publisher's gilt pictorial olive morocco with colour morocco onlays to upper covers, t.e.g., slightly rubbed at edges, overall very good. The specially bound deluxe issue of Rackham's illustrated edition of The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith. Latimore & Haskell 65; Riall 170.

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1940. . First Rackham edition, limited to 2020 copies. 4to (29 x 21cm), 245pp., signed and numbered by the designer of the book, Bruce Rogers, 16 tipped-in colour plates (including frontispiece), title page vignette printed in green, the title and chapter numbers printed in gilt, green morocco gilt by the Chelsea Bindery, upper cover titled and blocked in gilt, panelled spine in six compartments, gilt lettered direct in second and fifth, raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut, a fine copy. Wind in the Willows was last book illustrated by Arthur Rackham, published shortly after his death. The illustrations did not appear in a British edition until 1950.'Slowly, the drawings for The Wind in the Willows neared completion. The last drawing of all to be completed was that of Rat and Mole loading their boat for the picnic. When he thought he had finished it, he suddenly discovered that there were no oars in the boat... He insisted that everything must be put right and… Read More

London, Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. . First Rackham edition. Limited to 460 copies (450 for sale) signed by Arthur Rackham; 4to; 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, black and white illustrations in text, captioned tissue guards, publisher's deluxe full vellum, stamped in gilt, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers, a fine copy. Rackham's Peer Gynt was his penultimate work. 'Remarkably fresh and interesting' - Hudson. Hudson p. 73; Cf Latimore & Haskell p. 74 (U.S. edition).

Philadelphia, David McKay, 1931. . First edition thus; 4to (245 x 195 mm; 123 colour plates with captioned tissue guards and 25 black & white illustrations by Arthur Rackham; publisher's green cloth, gilt, illustrated endpapers (toned), top edge gilt, a few small marks to cloth, spine ends bumped, otherwise very good and internally fine. 'The Publishers acknowledge Messrs. John Lane the Bodley Head in permitting use of their edition first published in 1897. The text is from the fifth edition of 1676, the last to be revised by the author, but the spelling is modernised.' From verso of title-page.

London, George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1929, . Number 533 of 575 copies, signed by Rackham, 4to., 231, [1]pp., with 12 colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations within text, pictorial endpapers, publisher's full vellum gilt, top edge gilt, otherwise untrimmed, as published, slight toning to spine, otherwise a near-fine copy.