Search Results: Titles starting with E from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

London: James Robins and Co., 1827. Eccentric Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. KOSEWITZ, W.F. von. Eccentric Tales. From the German of W.F. Von Kosewitz, with Illustrations by George Cruikshank, From Sketches by Alfred Crowquill. London: James Robins and Co., 1827. First edition in book form, originally issued in four parts with five plates each. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 1/4 in; 227 x 135 mm). 181, [1] pp. Twenty hand-colored aquatint engravings, bound as a suite at front. Quires L and M have been transposed in error by the binder. Original quarter claret cloth over drab boards, printed spine label. Untrimmed. Partially unopened. An occasional light spot of foxing, some wear to extremities as expected, and rubbing to spine label with slight losses. Withal, an excellent copy housed in a red cloth clamshell case. "There is no list of plates, and the position of the plates differs in different copies..." (Cohn). Charles Robert Forrester (1803-1850), who anonymously translated Kosewitz's… Read More

London: Allen & Co., 1807. A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England... WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South Wales. Interspersed with Curious Anecdotes, Embellished with upwards of One Hundred Characteristic & Illustrative Prints. London: Allen & Co., 1807 [but ca. 1813]. Later issue (first published in 1796). Quarto (10 3/16 x 8 3/8 in; 259 x 213 mm.). iv, v, 6-217, [1, list of plates] pp. Engraved title-page (included in pagination) Hand colored frontispiece and 100 hand-colored etched plates (on ninety-nine leaves) by Isaac Cruikshank after Woodward, including three folding plates (Plates 1, 2, and 3). The text is watermarked "W. Balston 1813". Bound by Rivière & Son (stamp-signed on verso of front endpaper) ca. 1890. Full maroon morocco, covers with double-gilt… Read More

Godalming, Surrey: The Pendomer Press, 1979. One of 200 Copies with a Signed Lithograph by Edward Bawden [BAWDEN, Edward]. BLISS, Douglas Percy. Edward Bawden. [Godalming, Surrey]: The Pendomer Press, [n.d., 1979]. First edition, de luxe issue. Limited to 200 numbered copies (this copy being No. 40). Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 inches; 287 x 222 mm.). 200 pp. Eleven color plates and numerous black and white text illustrations. Pictorial title-page. "This book has been designed by John and Griselda Lewis. It has been printed and bound by the Scolar Press. The paper is Glastonbury Book Antique Laid...The book has been set in 12/14 Monotype Modern Extended and printed by offset lithography" (Colophon). Bibliography, by Barry McKay (p. 177-197). With a four-color lithograph laid into a terra cotta paper portfolio: "‘Nekayah, the Prince and Imlac in Cairo' from The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson. Lithograph drawn in four colours by Edward Bawden and printed in an edition of 200 by… Read More

Cambridge: W.D. Jones, at His Repository of Arts..., 1813. A scarce set of amusing shooting incidents. In draftsmanship and colouring they are superior to "Indispensable Accomplishments." (Schwerdt). FRANKLAND, Sir Robert, Illustrator. Eight Representations of Shooting. Engraved by Woodman & Turner from Drawings by Robert Frankland Esqr. To whom these Plates are most Respectfully dedicated by his very Obedient & Obliged Ser[van]t. W.D. Jones. Cambridge: W.D. Jones, 1813. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 7/8 x 11 inches; 200 x 280 mm.). Engraved title-page and eight amusing hand colored engraved plates. Each plate bears the publisher's name and address with the date Aug. 1st, 1813. All plates with original tissue guards. Publisher's stiff paper wrappers with printed label lettered "Shooting." Original? red roan spine. Housed in a felt-lined half black morocco clamshell case, spine with five raised bands decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt. "A scarce set of amusing shooting incidents. In… Read More

London: Printed by J. Diggins; Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1815. The Union of the Gruesome and the Grotesque" Thomas Rowlandson's 'The English Dance of Death' [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The English Dance of Death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations, by the author of "Doctor Syntax." London: Printed by J. Diggens; Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1815-16. First edition, Remainder binding issue. Two royal octavo volumes (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches; 249 x 159 mm.). vii, [1, blank], [iv, Index], 295, [1, blank]; [ii], [iv, Index], 299, [1, blank] pp. Hand colored frontispiece, hand colored title, and seventy-two hand colored aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson. Text watermarked J. Whatman or Balston, 1814 and 1815; Plates watermarked J. Whatman, 1818. Publisher's 'Remainder' binding of orange cloth, covers decorated in blind, spines pictorially decorated and lettered in gilt, yellow coated endpapers, top edge… Read More

London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-26. Nineteenth Century Hush-Hush The Private Lives of Celebrities With Portraits by R. Cruikshank and Rowlandson CRUIKSHANK, Robert, illustrator]. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, Illustrator]. BLACKMANTLE, Bernard (pseud. of Charles Molloy Westmacott). The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every Rank of Society, Being Portraits of the Illustrious, Eminent, Eccentric, and Notorious. Drawn From the Life by Bernard Blackmantle. The Illustrations designed by Robert Cruikshank. London: Published by Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-26. First edition, first issue in book form, originally issued in twenty-four parts. Two tall octavo volumes (9 5/16 x 5 7/8 inches; 237 x 150 mm.). xxiii, [3], 417, [1, printer's slug]; xv, [1], 399, [1, printer's slug] pp. Seventy-one hand-colored aquatint plates after Robert Cruikshank (68), Thomas Rowlandson (2), and G.M. Brightly (1). Seventy-four woodcut text… Read More

Firenze: All'Insegna della Nave, 1671. Kircher's Nemesis Spurns His Claims Yet Again One of Three Companions To Petrucci's Defense of Kircher A Fine Presentation Copy From The Author REDI, Francesco. Esperienze Intorno. A Diverse Cose Naturali, e Particularamente a Quelle, che ci son Portate dal Indie Fatte da Francesco Redi e Scritte in una Lettera al Reverendissimo Padre Atanasio Chircher della Compagnia di Gesu'. Firenze: All'Insegna della Nave, 1671. First edition of this rare and important treatise by the famous Italian naturalist, addressed to his colleague Athanasius Kircher, which includes the first scientific test of nicotine and its harmful effects. Quarto (9 7/16 x 6 7/8 inches; 240 x 175 mm). Inscribed at the foot of the title-page "Mei [illegible] de Molinari. Auctorus munus" [i.e., gift of the author]; Early ink signature of the recipient, Giuseppe Molinari on front paste-down. 4(- 1), A-T4. [6], 152 pp (79 ff.) Title in red and black. Six engraved plates. Contemporary vellum… Read More

Paris: Lithog de Delpech, 1827. Parisian Sketches" by Henry Monnier MONNIER, Henry. Esquisses Parisiennes, [Parisian Sketches] par Henri Monnier 1827. Paris: Delpech, 1827. First Edition. Oblong quarto (10 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches; 260 x 332 mm.). Complete with the plain lithographed frontispiece title-page and all ten fine and amusing hand colored lithograph plates of Parisian Sketches (all mounted on stubs). (Marie p.248). Bound ca. 1925 in quarter red morocco over marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands lettered in gilt, marbled end-papers. A few plates with very light marginal foxing, otherwise a very fine example of this great rarity. The plates: 1. Indiscrétion. (Indiscretion) 2. Un Mariage de raison. (A marriage of reason) 3. Un Monsieur à Bonnes Fortunes. (A gentleman with good fortune) 4. Les Bons Parens. (Good parents) 5. Un Parraine. (A sponsor) 6. Les Politiques. (Policies) 7. Une Méprise. (A misunderstanding) 8. Une Débutante. (A beginner) 9. Les Visites. (The visits) 10.… Read More

London: George Redway, 1884. With the original Pen & Ink Drawing for the Portrait Frontispiece [CRUIKSHANK, George]. THACKERAY, William Makepeace. An Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank. Reprinted verbatim from the "Westminster Review" edited with a prefatory note on Thackeray as an artist and art-critic by W. E. Church... with upwards of forty illustrations including all the original woodcuts and a new portrait of Cruikshank etched by F.W. Pailthorpe. London, George Redway, 1884. *One of six copies large-paper copies printed on Japanese Paper. Folio (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches; 285 x 190 mm.). Portrait frontispiece in triplicate**. [iv], [i]-xvi, [1]-60, [2, advertisements] pp. Ful page plate "March - Showery" facing p. 49. ** The first is the original pen and ink drawing by F.W. Pailthorpe signed in pencil; The second is a 'first proof' also signed by Pailthorpe in pencil; The third is the final version printed on India paper, mounted. Bound by Jean-Luc Honegger, signed with black stamp… Read More

London: John Murray, 1789. The Jealous are Possessed by a Mad Devil and a Dull Spirit at the Same Time" (John Caspar Lavater) LAVATER, John Caspar. Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to Promote the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of, Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D.... London: John Murray, 1789-1792 -1798. A Spectacular Example of the First Edition in English. Three folio volumes bound in five (12 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 327 x 260 mm.). Volume 1. [ii, half-title, verso blank], [ii, vignette title-page, verso blank], [ii, translator's preface], [vi, advertisement], [iv, contents], [x, list of subscribers], [ii, dedication], [vi, author's preface], [ii, French translators' preface], [3]-280; [iii]-xii]; [1-3], 4--238; [1, half title vol II. part II, verso blank], [239]-444; [iii-iv, title-page, verso blank], [v]-xii,… Read More

London : MacMillan & Co Limited, 1903. One of the Finest S & S Pictorial Inlaid Bindings that we have ever seen SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. BURNEY, Frances. THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator. Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney. With an introduction by Austin Dobson and Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: MacMillan & Co., Limited, [1903]. Octavo (7 x 4 5/8 inches ;178 x 118 mm.). [i-vi], vii-xxxv, [xxxvi, blank], 1-477, [478, imprint], [2, advertisements] pp. Frontispiece, vignette title, and seventy-four full-page illustrations in the text by Hugh Thomson. Exquisitely bound in 1942 by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, stamp-signed in gilt on a red morocco label "Designed & Bound by / Sangorski & Sutcliffe / London, England, 1942" on a rear blank. Full crushed levant purple morocco extra. The covers with elaborate gilt borders of rose branches decorated with pale pink and green morocco inlays each enclosing multi-colored pictorial morocco scenes illustrating… Read More

London: Edward Mason, 1821. Adventures Of A Young Woman In A Big City [BURNEY, Frances]. [HEATH, William, illustrator]. Evelina: or the History of a Young Lady's Introduction to the World. By Miss Burney. A New Edition Embellished with Engravings. London: Published by Edward Mason, 1821. First illustrated edition, first issue. Octavo (9 x 5 5/8 inches; 229 x 125 mm.). [1]-522 [i.e. 530] pp. (The pagination on gathering 'G' pp. 41-48 is repeated adding an additional 8 pp. to the 522 pp.). Hand colored aquatint title/frontispiece and six hand colored aquatint plates after William Heath, all but one aquatint engravings - the illustration facing page 25 is a hand colored etched plate. Publisher's drab maroon cloth, original red paper printed label on spine (most of the lettering worn away), inner hinges strengthened, fore and lower edges uncut. Small booksellers label "A. Playter. Dealer in English Books. Amsterdam" on front paste-down. Some minor offsetting from plates to text. Some light to… Read More

London: S. W. Fores, 1800. The Rarest Woodward of All London Is No Place To Be In The Summer WOODWARD, George Moutard (designer). [SANSON, Francis, engraver]. Every Body Out Of Town exemplified in six characteristic prints and illustrative labels [with] Every Body In Town exemplified in six characteristic prints and illustrative labels. London: S.W. Fores, 1800. Second editions, originally published by Woodward himself in 1794/1796. Quarto (10 1/8 x 8 3/8 in; 259 x 213 mm). Twelve hand-colored engraved plates (9 x 7 1/2 in; 297 x 192 mm), two hand-colored engraved title-pages, each imprinted Feb. 14, 1800, and mounted on fourteen quarto sheets (133/4 x 18 1/4 in; 349 x 470 mm) of various colors. Four blank leaves at rear, folded blank quarto sheet inserted in rear pocket. Bound in contemporary full maroon morocco, with double gilt fillets enclosing extravagantly blindstamped covers with an outer frame of floral and foliate motifs, volutes, curls, with bacchants along lower edge, an inner rolled… Read More

London: Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson's Head, No. 46, Fleet Street, 1789. Satires With An Irresistible Mix of Coarseness and Genuine Good Humour The Scarce Suppressed Edition [WOLCOT, John]. PINDAR, Peter. Expostulatory Odes to a Great Duke, and a Little Lord. By Peter Pindar, Esquire. London: Printed for G. Kearsley at Johnson's Head, 1789. First edition, suppressed. Reissued by Kearsley later in the same year as a New Edition, and in a pirated edition out of Dublin. Quarto in 2s (10 3/16 x 8 1/4 in; 258 x 206 mm). 56 pp. Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards, worn. Front joint pulling. Contemporary repairs to margin of leaf O2 and to gutter margin of pp. 2-3.. Contemporary inked notes and stain to titlepage. A good copy of a volume scarce in this, it's original incarnation. "John Wolcot [pseud. Peter Pindar] (bap. 1738, d. 1819), poet and satirist. In 1785 appeared the first canto of The Lousiad: an Heroi-Comical Poem, lampooning George III for a rumoured incident in which the… Read More

London: William Darton and Son, 1836. Nineteenth Century Blind Stamped Binding Inscribed by the Editor MONRO, George. FRY, Joseph (editor). Extracts, Doctrinal, Practical, and Devotional. From the Writings of George Monro. London: William Darton and Son, 1836. Octavo (8 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches; 212 x 133 mm.). viii, 412 pp. Full contemporary decoratively blind-stamped plum morocco, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Near fine Inscribed on the title-page by Joseph Fry: "Raymond& Louisa Polly with / the most affectionate love of / the Editor". Joseph Fry, the editor, has taken these extracts from the original edition of Munro which was published in London in 1711. George Munro was the Vicar of Letterkenny, Ireland.