Leipzig and Wien: Bibliographischen Instituts, [1899]-1904. First edition in the original 11 fascicles, including the supplement of 1904 (Allgemeine Erlauterung und systematische Ubersicht), and contained in 2 publisher's board portfolios reproducing the cover design of the wrappers; folio, 100 wonderfully illustrated plates, some printed in color, some chromolithographed by El..... More
Leipzig and Wien: Bibliographischen Instituts, 1904. First book edition following that issued in the original 11 fascicles (1899-1904), folio, 100 wonderfully illustrated plates, some printed in color, some chromolithographed by El Giltsch after A. Giltsch and E. Haeckel; each plate with descriptive text; some plates have translucent overlays; a remarkably..... More
Leipzig and Wien: Bibliographischen Institut, 1914. First edition in this format; small green cloth portfolio with a 10-page staple-bound text and 30 composite plates (22 color lithographs); fine and clean. An abridged version of Haeckel's famous illustrated work, Kunstformen der Natur. Four copies in OCLC, all either in The Netherlands..... More
London: Seeley & Co., 1885. First edition, small folio (in 4s, page height 13¾"), pp. xvi, 386, [2]; 43 lovely plates and 7 "explanatory pen sketches," the plates by Claude Lorrain, Gustave Courbet, J. M. W. Turner, Camile Corot, John Linnell, Edwin Landseer, Joseph Pennell and many others, rendered by..... More
Londres: chez Edwards, n.d., [1793]. 4to, [8], 313, 77 (notes et eclaircissemens) & [2]pp., 77 (of 78) engraved portraits, 1 engraved view (lacking the second portrait of the author at p. 1); slightly later full polished calf neatly rebacked, joints starting, extremities rubbed, else very good. Lowndes, p. 985. More
New York: Arcade Publishing; Little, Brown & Co., [1990]. First American edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in; 4to, pp. 199; profusely illustrated throughout, much in color, extensive and interesting appendices (including a list of books illustrated by Rackham), indexed; a very fine copy in the jacket. More
[Minneapolis]: Milkweed Editions, 1987. First edition limited to 150 copies signed by the author and artist, oblong folio, 40 leaves, unbound (as issued) and contained in a blue linen-covered clamshell box, gilt lettering on upper cover; with 2 full-p. and 25 smaller engravings throughout. A 'collaborative meditation' by the award-winning..... More
[Risbury, Herefordshire]: The Whittington Press, [2005]. Edition limited to 100 copies, this being no. XXII of 40 special copies containing 2 extra images, titled and signed in pencil by Hanscomb, and an extra haiku, "proofed on Batchelor's Otter hand-made, & signed by the artist," large 8vo, pp. [42] frenchfold; one..... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1910. First edition, 8vo, pp. [3]-92; frontispiece and 6 color plates by Dixon plus other illustrations in the text; original pictorial boards a little soiled, else very good. More
New York & London: William Edwin Rudge & "The Studio" Ltd., 1929. 4to, pp. [2], 6; 8 color plates, printed tissue-guards; original decorated paper-covered boards, printed paper cover and spine labels; spine chipped at ends and discolored, internally fine. Plates include "Setta Peak," "White Rain at Shono," "White Rain on..... More
London & New York: The Studio Ltd., 1937. First edition, 4to, pp. 48 plus 24 mounted color plates, each with a descriptive leaf of text; some browning of the text but generally a very good copy in orig. dec. printed boards, dust-jacket with chips out at the extremities and a...... More
Ravelston, Middlesex: Private Libraries Association, 1980. Edition limited to 2600 copies, large 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 266; 24 illustrations on rectos and versos of 8 plates, illustrations and facsimiles in the text; fine copy in original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Complete history and bibliography of the Press. More
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958. First edition, 4to, pp. x, 86; frontispiece, 90 plates, some in color, endpaper maps, a fine copy in blue buckram with gilt-decorated upper cover and gilt-lettered spine, publisher's slipcase (minor wear) with paper label. More
London: John Camden Hotten, [1871]. First British edition, 8vo, pp. 140, [2], [30] (ads); 8 text illustrations and 2 leaves of folding music using the first few lines of the poem as lyrics; original burgundy cloth, gilt-lettered spine; light wear, upper board unevenly faded, upper hinge starting. With a short..... More
New York: New York University Press, 1971. First U.S. edition, 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 240; illus. throughout; fine in original blue cloth, dust jacket. More
Wakefield: Fleece Press, 1992. Edition limited to 270 copies, folio, pp. [3]-21, [39]; printed in red and black; 2 tipped-in illustrations, 41 other illustrations printed directly from the blocks; original quarter ochre cloth over Claire Maziarczyk paste-paper covered boards, printed paper label on spine; fine in publisher's slipcase. The Bembo..... More
Paris: [Gallimard] at the Imprimerie Nationale, 1964. Edition limited to 5200 copies, this one of 4500 numbered in the press and printed on vélin d'arches paper with the watermark of Hemingway's signature; 8 vols., 4to, original white wrappers printed in red and black, glassine jackets, cloth chemises with tan calf..... More
Berlin: ex Officina Academia, 1828. Folio, printed gray paper-covered portfolio with blues ties; 10 colored lithographic plates; upper tie shortened and frayed; plates near fine. One in a series of at least 10 portfolios depicting the natural history North-East Africa and the Red Sea Basin (others include insects, animals, botany..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1929. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [3], 274; frontispiece and 13 full-page illustrations, plus a double-page map and other decorations by Artzybasheff; bookplate on front free endpaper, else a fine copy in an unclipped dust jacket (also designed by Artzybasheff) with shallow chips and a 1-inch..... More
Boston: Frederic S. Hill, 1831. First edition, 12mo, pp. [2], 285, [1]; vignette title page, 3 engraved plates; original green muslin, paper label on spine (chipped); worn, the text lightly dampstained; good and sound. A second enlarged edition appeared later the same year with 18 additional plates. American Imprints 7069..... More
Bungay: printed and published by G. Brightly & Co., [and] T. Kinnersley, 1812. 8vo, pp. viii, xl, 376; 54 hand-colored plates of plants and flowers; contemporary full calf, ruled spine with red morocco label; joints cracked, spine dry, last gathering shaken, some foxing, plates are generally clean;good and sound. More
Boston: Samuel Walker & Co., n.d., [ca. 1870s]. 3 volumes, 4to, engraved title pages, numerous steel-engraved plates throughout, a number of them by W. H. Bartlett; pages toning, else a very nice copy in publisher's full sheep, red and black morocco labels on gilt-paneled spine. Old owner's rubberstamp on flyleaves..... More
London: published by J. Dicks, 313, Strand, n.d., [ca. 1870?]. Folio, pp. [4], 124; text in double column; portrait of Hogarth and his dog on the title page; 62 wood-engraved plates, each with descriptive text; original pictorial brown cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine; a fine, bright..... More
London: Jones & Co., 1833. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, pp. 116, [1]; [2], [117]-224, [3]; 109 steel-engraved plates, some India proofs; very good, sound copy or better in contemporary quarter brown calf, blue morocco labels on spine. More
