A Collection of Original Art deco Luggage Labels.
Various British and Continental locales. c. 1934. Collection is comprised of 108 original, splendidly Deco coloured labels, from only the finest of Establishments. 50 pgs. Oblong 4to. 10" x 13".....
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The Harrow Atlas of Modern Geography with Index.
London. Letts and Son Co., 1883. Illustrated with 30 double page maps in full colour. Small Folio (9" x 12"). Bound in 3/4 blind ruled calfskin and cloth covered boards.....
A Wonderful Time- An Intimate Portrait of the Good Life.
New York. Harper and Row. n.d. The First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome photogarephs. Folio (10.75" x 13.75"). Bound in gilt titled blue cloth. Aarons's superb photo.....
Beauties of the Opera and Ballet. Illustrated with Ten Highly-Finished Portraits, Engraved on Steel and Numerous Engravings on Wood, Under The Superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath.
London. David Bogue. (1844). The First Edition. Illustrated with ten full page illuminated steel plate engravings and further throughout by various wood engravings en texte. Elaborate multi-chromatic decorative borders to.....
C Comics - Issue Number 1.
New York. Boke Press, 1964. First Issue. Illustrated throoughout with cartoons by famed underground artist Joe Brainard. Folio. 8.5" x 14". Mimeographed sheets bound in imprinted stapled wrappers. The C......
A Los Toros Album.
Barcelona. Hermanegildo Miralles. 1900. The Second Edition. Illustrated by 28 Aquarelles by Perea. Complete as issued. Oblong Folio. 14.5"x10.5". Extravagantly bound in scarlet piectorial gilt decorated boards, depicting a larged.....
Elements of Psychology: Included in a Critical Examination of Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding.
Hartford. Cooke and Co., 1834. The First Edition in English. Thick 8vo. Bound in full trade leather over boards. Gilt title label. Translated from the French with an introduction, notes.....
The Nightless City : or, The " History of the Yoshiwara Yukwaku..
Yokahama: 1899. 1st Edition. Illustrated with colour ( some fold- out ) and monochrome plates. 12mo. Gilt titled brown cloth. The delicious depiction of 19th century Japanese prostitution, noted for.....
The Fasciculus Medicinae of Johannes De Ketham Alemanus.
Milan. R. Lier and Co., 1924. Facsimile of the first (Venetian) edition of 1491. Illustrated with 13 plates in facsimile tipped-on to heavy cardboard stock. Tall Folio. (19" x 15").....
The Roosevelt I Know: Ten Years of Boxing With the President- and Other Memories of Famous Fighting Men.
New York. B.W. Dodge and Co., 1909. The Authorized Special Limited Edition. This is copy number 149 signed in ink by Mike Donovan to the limitation page. Illustrated throughout with.....
Flower and Fruit prints of the early 18th and 19th Centuries- Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Works in Which They Are Found.
Washington D.C. Published by the author. 1938. This book designed and printed by the deeptone process at The Lakeside Press, in a limited edition of 2500 copies, of which 750.....
A Treatise on Carriages...The Joseph T. Cunningham Copy
London. Printed for the Author by J. Debrett. 1794. The First Edition. Bookplate of Joseph T. Cunningham to front pastedown. Illustrated by 53 engraved plates, 9 of which are folding.....
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come.
New York. Charles Scribners Sons. 1931. This Edition Limited to 512 numbered copies of which this is #102. Signed boldly in ink by N.C. Wyeth to the Colophon. Illustrated with.....
Clarets and Sauternes-Classed Growths of the Medoc and Other Famous Red and White Wines of The Gironde.
London. The Wine and Spirit Trade Record. 1920. The First Edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs depicting Wineries, Vineyards, Chateaux, bottle labels etc. Approx. 20 pages of wonderful, Art Deco.....
Perry's Hotel and Boarding House Guide - Countries, Towns and Health Resorts...
London. Walter Perry and Co. Ltd., 1931. Edition for 1931. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and period advertisements. 4to. Gilt titled crimson cloth. An absolute treasure depicting the grand and.....
The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florist's Magazine. Volume 16
London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1848. Illustrated with 12 brilliant full-page, Hand-coloured plates. 308. 8vo. Original gilt titled green cloth. Bumps to corners, spine sunned, chipping to head and tailpieces.....
Greater Magic- A Practical Treatise on Modern Magic.
Minneapolis. Carl Waring Jones. 1945. Revised edition. Illustrated throughout with monochrome drawings en texte. Thick 8vo. Bound in pictorial gilt titled red cloth covered boards. A Fine copy in a......
A Pictorial History of Jazz - People and Places From New Orleans to Modern Jazz.
New York. Crown Publishers. 1962. Fifth Printing. Illustrated throughout with monochrome photographs. Small Folio. (8.5"x11") Bound in brown and pink cloth over boards. This copy boldly inscribed in green ink.....
Novum Testamentum, Versione Latina Ariae Montani...
Novi- Eboraci. Typis a Impensis George Long. 1821. Thick 12mo. Bound in full calfskin. Gilt ruled raised bands, morocco label. Text in Greek and latin. Covers rubbed particularly at extremities.....
Travels in Russia, the Krimea, the Caucasus, and Georgia.
London. T. Cadell. 1825. First Edition. Illustrated by 24 woodcut vignettes en texte. Two volumes, complete as issued. 8vo. 5.5"x8.75". Lavishly bound in 3/4 polished calfskin and marbled boards. Tri-gilt.....
Facts for Horse Owners: A Pictorial Encyclopedia of Practical Instruction, Embracing the Education, Management, and Care of Horses, etc. etc.
Battle Creek. Magner Publishing Co., 1894. First Edition. Illustrated with 1400 monochrome, duotone and chromolithographic plates and drawings depicting all manner of things equestrian. Thick 4to (6.75" x 9.5"). Bound.....
Scientific Murder Investigation.
Seattle. Institute of Scientific Criminology. 1933. The First Printing. Illustrated with a Frontis depicting a protocol diagram of a murder investigation. 96pps. 32mo. 4.5"x6". Bound in titled, stiff board wrappers.....
From Morn Till Eve, A Text Book for a Month with Tetxs for Morning and Evening.
London and New York. Ernest Nister and E.P. Dutton and Co., n.d. (Circa 1894). First Edition. Illustrated throughout with chromolithographic floral vignettes en texte. Printed at Nuremberg by E. Nister.....
The Palm Tree.
London. T. Nelson and Sons. 1864. Wonderfully illustrated throughout with full page chromolithographic plates by the author. 12mo. Bound in gilt ruled black calfskin. Gilt ruled spine compartments with elaborate.....
Northern California, Oregon and the Sandwich Islands.
New York. Harper and Brothers. 1874. The First Edition. Illustrated with a full page frontis map and further by many plates after wood engravings en texte. 8vo. 6.5" x 9.0".....