London, Eng. Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1887. Leech, John. Hardcover. [4], 276 p.: title vignettes, cartoons; 32 cm. Original red cloth with gilt-and-black-stamped spine and cover titles and illustrations; beveled edges. Small bookbinder's ticket on back fixed endpaper for Leighton Son and Hodge. All edges gilt. Black endpapers. Half title... More about John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character: From the Collection of "Mr. Punch"

New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, 1853. Hardcover. 226, [2] p., engraved title page with vignette and 48 leaves of engraved plates; 19 x 28 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine decoration and "1854 Vol. II." Gilt-stamped cover title and illustration of a globe. Blind-stamped decoration on each board. All... More about Meyer's Universum: in Semi-Monthly Parts Illustrated with Engraving from Drawings by the First...

New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1964. Hardcover. [12], 87, [3] p. (11 leaves of color plates included in pagination): in-text black-and-white illustrations; 28 cm. Dark brown cover with gilt spine and cover titles and front cover illustration. The catalog lists 60 paintings and sculptures by 45 artists, all illustrated. In Near... More about Modern Paintings and Sculptures From the Collection of Mr and Mrs Walter Ross, New York: Public...

Lancaster, Pa. Red Rose Coin Club, 1974. Paperback. [4] p.; 28 cm. Mimeographed typescript. Includes the 1974 budget and auction lists for Feb. 4 and 21, 1974; the list for Feb. 4 has annotations. In Near Fine Condition: 2 horizontal folds from being mailed; annotations, as noted; otherwise, clean. More about Numisnews: Feb. 1974; Newsletter of Red Rose Coin Clu

Philadelphia: Wanamaker Store, 1928. Paperback. [24] p.: illustrations; 22 cm. Light green wrapper, stapled, with brown wrapper title: Paintings Paris Salons 1928. Decoration in silver on front wrapper. The John Wanamaker Department Store in Philadelphia hosted an exhibit of 25 paintings from the Paris Exhibition. This catalog lists those 25... More about Paintings From the Paris Exhibition: The Salon des Artistes Francais and Societe Nationale des...

New York: Selmar Hess, Publisher, 1885. 1 chromolithograph 13 x 20 cm. (5 x 8 inches) on a captioned buff sheet 24 x 32 cm. (9.25 x 12.5 inches). This is one of a series of Prang chromolithographs used in Our Living World: An Artistic Edition of the Rev. J.G.... More about Porcupine [chromolithograph printed by L. Prang & Co

New York: J.C. Riker, 1856. Hardcover. [108] p. (a few of blue or green paper): frontispiece, engraved title page, and 4 additional leaves of plates; 20 cm. Original black leather with gilt-stamped spine title and decoration; boards have elaborate blind-stamped borders. Gilt-stamped cover title "Religous Album." Gilt-stamped front cover illustration... More about Religious Album [autograph album of Mattie Pierson with mezzotint plates; 1858 and 1862...

1889. 2 albumen prints. The first, Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge, is 255 x 199 mm. on a cardboard mount (297 x 239 mm). Caption printed in photograph in lower right: "54. Rouen_Fontaine de la Grosse horloge." Written in ink at lower edge of image: "Rouen, August 25/89." Written in... More about Rouen--Fontaine de la Grosse Horloge [and] Fontaine Sainte-Marie [2 albumen prints

Berlin: Scholtz, 1953. Hardcover. [6], 60, [68], 61-168, [2], 6, [20] p., 14 leaves of illustrations; 22 cm. In binder with faux leather cover. Werner Scholtz (1904-1976) started producing tin figures in 1934; in 1950 he expanded from a shop to a mail-order business. This catalog is dated Dec. 1... More about Scholtz-Zinnfiguren die Figuren für Museen, Schulen, Sammlungen des In- und Auslandes: Preisliste

London: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co., 1870. 1 albumen print 278 x 184 mm. Mat is 422 x 330 mm. No date of publication; evidence suggests it was produced around 1870. Following the Fire of London, the church of St. Mary Le Bow was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in... More about St. Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1925. Hardcover. xix, [3], 249 p., color frontispiece and 29 leaves of plates (some color): also includes in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Black cloth spine with grey paper over boards; printed paper labels on spine and front board. Lacking dust jacket. Title page in red and... More about Howard Pyle: A Chronicle by Charles D. Abbott with an Introduction by N.C. Wyeth and Many...

London: George Allen & Co., 1912. Hardcover. Imprint includes: E. P. Dutton & Co., New York. xii, 78, [2] p., frontispiece and 3 leaves of color illustrations tipped onto plain brown stock: full-page illustrations; 26 cm. White cloth with gilt spine title; color illustrated pastedown on front cover with gilt... More about A Child's Vision (Daphne Allen Aged 12 Years

Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1922. Hardcover. 119, [9] p., 49 leaves of plates consisting of 4 leaves of black card with color plates tipped in and 45 leaves of black-and-white plates: in-text and full-page drawings; 29 cm. Black leather spine with gilt-stamped spine title; light grey paper over boards with... More about Die Kunst der Japanischen Holzschnittmeister; mit 69 Bildwiedergaben