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London: John Warren, 1821. Dedicated To The Eye Of The Connoiseur DAGLEY, Richard (illustrator). [GASPEY, Thomas. author]. Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley. London: John Warren, 1821. First edition. Octavo (10 1/8 x 6 3/8 ins; 258 x 162 mm.) xxxix, [9], 184 pp. Twenty-six hand-colored plates. Publisher's original drab boards, expertly rebacked. Printed paper spine label. Untrimmed. Bookplate of John P. Kane. A fine copy. Rare, the last copy to come to auction was in 1999. The poem was anonymously written by Thomas Gaspey (1788-1871). "To the Admirers of those hasty Productions of the Pencil called Sketches, Gentlemen, In offering these subjects to your attention, I feel assured of every allowance on your part for their style of execution; and also that in your comments upon what the generality may call blots or scratches, you will lean to the favourable side, and pronounce them meaning and design. To those who are not… Ler mais

London: John Warren , 1821. The Humorous Trials of College Life In 26 Hand-Colored Etchings DAGLEY, Richard. Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley. London: John Warren and G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 x 5 5/8 in; 234 x 143 mm). xxxix, [3], 36-184. Twenty-six hand-colored etchings. Bound by Root & Son in later full calf with triple fillets, gilt-ruled and ornamented compartments with crimson morocco spine labels. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. With the bookplate of George Seton Veitch. A fine copy. Though well-represented in institutional holdings, the last copy of Takings seen at auction was fifteen years ago, in 1999. "Richard Dagley (c. 1765-1841) was an English subject painter. He was brought up at Christ's Hospital, and at first made designs for jewellery. From 1784 to 1806 he exhibited domestic subjects at the Royal Academy. He then turned his attention to teaching drawing, but again… Ler mais

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. Certainly the Most Distinguished Book of Short Stories of 1953" DAHL, Roald. Someone Like You. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches; 191 x 133 mm.). [x], [1]-359, [1, Printers note] pp. Publisher's cream cloth , front cover with decoration in pink and black, lower cover with Borzoi monogram in black.Spine with pink panel, lettered in black, top edge stained pink, others uncut. Pictorial dust jacket, unclipped with price $3.50 at top of front flap. A near fine copy. First New York edition preceding the London edition of 1954. Someone Like You is a collection of eighteen short stories including Taste, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Soldier, Skin, The Wish and Nunc Dimittis (Now lettest thou depart). The American book critic Edward Groff Conklin called Someone Like You "certainly the most distinguished book of short stories of 1953 ... all superb". Science fiction editors Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas praised the… Ler mais

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. Delicately, the Naive Punish the Wicked, But Also the Other Way Around... DAHL, Roald. Kiss Kiss. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1960. First edition. Octavo (7 9/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 192 x 130 mm.). [x], [1]-308, [2] pp. Publisher's violet cloth , front cover with decoration in pink and black, lower cover with Borzoi monogram in black.Spine with pink panel, lettered in black, top edge stained pink, others uncut. Pictorial dust jacket, unclipped with price $3.95 at top of front flap. A near fine copy. First New York edition preceding the Toronto and London editions. Kiss Kiss is a collection of eleven short stories including The Landlady, Royal Jelly, Georgy Porgy, and The Champion of the World (a condensed version of the story that would become Dahl's 1975 children's book Danny the Champion of the World). These are some of Dahl's most macabre stories. Delicately, the naive punish the wicked, but also the other way around. Most of the stories are presented as typical… Ler mais

London: Read & Co... Ackermann & Co.,, [1853]. A Presentation Copy Thirteen Fine Hand-Colored Steel Engraved Plates Showing The Folk Dances of Many Lands [DANCE]. [CONCANEN, Edward. FROST, Thomas. MASON, R.H. & LOWNDES, Mrs.]. Read's Characteristic National Dances; Including a Series of Tales by Popular Authors. London: Read & Co... Ackermann & Co., n.d. [1853]. First edition. Presentation Copy. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 1/4 in; 276 x 210 mm). [4], 101, [1, blank] pp. Thirteen hand-colored steel engraved plates heightened with gum arabic, including frontispiece and lithographed title. Plates dated Nov. 1, 1853. Publisher's crimson morocco-grained cloth (designed by John Leighton, b. 1822 - d. 1912), recased. Paneled in gilt in an arboreal motif, the front cover pictorially gilt-stamped with a scene of dancing around a maypole, rear cover with a large arabesque lozenge. All edges gilt. Spine extremes strengthened. Neat ink presentation inscription on front free-endpaper "Mrs. W.V. Patten. / with R.H.… Ler mais

Adelaide, South Australia: Printed for The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science." DARWIN, Charles. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex. With a Preface by Ashley Montagu and Drawings by Fritz Kredel. Adelaide, South Australia: Printed for The Limited Editions Club, 1971. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Fritz Kredel, this being no. 1201. Large quarto (10 11/16 x 7 7/8 inches; 272 x 201 mm.). 384 pp. Illustrated throughout with numerous black and white drawings, some of which are full-page. Publisher's quarter green Oasis morocco over natural 'wood veneer' paper boards, spine decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt. Minimal fading to spine, still a near fine copy in the publisher's matching slip-case. Charles Robert Darwin, (1809-1882) was an English naturalist and geologist, best… Ler mais

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1837. Characteristic Expressions, Love Letters, and Law Students Twenty-Five Fine Hand Colored Lithographs by Daumier, Gavarni and Cujas DAUMIER, Honoré. La Galerie Physionomique (The Physiognomic Gallery) 5 plates (0f 25), [1837]; GAVARNI, Paul. Au Boit Aux Lettres (At the mailbox) 11 plates (of 34), [1838]; GAVARNI, Paul. Les Coulisses (Behind the scenes) 1 plate (of 31), [1857]; CUJAS. Cours de Droit (Law courses) 8 plates (of 12), [1838]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches; 343 x 257 mm.). A fascinating collection of twenty-five hand colored lithograph plates by Daumier, Gavarni & Cujas, all heightened with gum arabic. Contemporary quarter dark green calf over green marbled boards. Smooth spine decoratively tooled in gilt, plain endpapers. Extremities rubbed. 1. DAUMIER. La Galerie Physionomique No. 14. La loge grillée - The box grated (DR 339) 2. CUJAS. Cours de Droit No. 1. La Chaumière et ton coeur - The Cottage and your heart 3. CUJAS. Cours de Droit No. 2. Jus Romanum… Ler mais

Paris: Au Bureau de Charivari, 1839. One of the Rarest of all the Daumier Suites Coquetterie - The Saucy Side of Vanity! Depicted in Ten Hand Colored Lithographs DAUMIER, Honoré. Coquetterie. [Concerns with one's looks] Paris: Au Bureau de Charivari, July 7, 1839 - Nov 5, 1840. Large folio (19 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches; 502 x 387 mm. - plate size 13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 248 mm.). Ten magnificent hand colored lithographs, all heightened with gum arabic. All of the plates are tipped-into card window mounts. The ten plates housed in a fold-over buff buckram folder, rectangular brown leather label on front cover lettered in gilt "Honoré Daumier / Coquetterie". An exceptionally rare and complete suite. We have only ever seen this suite once before in over fifty years - and that example was uncolored. Not mentioned in the Armand Hammer Collection nor Ray. Art of the French Illustrated Book or Ramus. Daumier 120 Great Lithographs. OCLC/KVK locate just one example of plate number 2 (uncolored) in… Ler mais

Paris: Léopold Pannier et Cie., 1841. An Exceptionally Rare Daumier Album Seven Series Complete Containing Fifty Humorous Lithographs DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator. Variétés Drolatiques. Vulgarités. - Les Musiciens de Paris. - Proverbes de famille. - Proverbes et Maximes. - La Peche. - La Journée du Celibataire. - Les Saltimbanques. 50 Planches. Paris: Léopold Pannier et Cie., [1841]. Vulgarités. 10 plates complete DR 905-914 Les Musiciens de Paris. 6 plates complete DR 919-924 Proverbes de famille. 2 plates complete DR 797-798 Proverbes et Maximes. 12 plates complete DR 803-814 La Peche. 7 plates complete DR 815-821 La Journée du Celibataire. 12 plates complete DR 607-618 Les Saltimbanques. 1 plate (of 2) DR 620 Total 50 plates complete. "Pannier published a separate album with the title "Variétés Drolatiques", par Daumier, Paris , 1 vol. in-4°, demi chagr. It contains the following complete series,sur blanc, bringing the total of prints to 50:Vulgarités, Musiciens de Paris,… Ler mais

Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier Bound together with Les Cosaques Pour Rire Forty fine lithographs by Daumier, Cham & Vernier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 13 5/16 inches; 264 x 338 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and thirty superb plates by Daumier, lithographed by Destouches. This scarce album contains thirty fine and humorous lithographs by Daumier, which had previously appeared in the Le Charivari in the series: Actualités, En Chine, Croquis de Chasse, Ces Bons Parisiens and Emotions Nautiques. The three figures featured on the front cover and the title-page are: the Moroccan sultan, Mr. Prudhomme (a stereotypical bourgeois), and the Chinese emperor. OCLC locates just two copies in libraries and… Ler mais

Paris: Aubert & Cie,, 1851. 'Pastorales' or The Romance of Country Life Fifty highly amusing hand-colored Lithographs by Honoré Daumier Depicting the trials and tribulations of Country Life Exceptionally Rare with no other Examples Located DAUMIER, Honoré. Pastorales. [Romance of Country Life]. Paris: Aubert & Cie, [1851]. First Collected Edition, Complete. Folio. 13 x 10 inches; 330 x 254 mm.). Fifty highly amusing hand colored lithographs, stitched as issued, all heightened with gum arabic. Fourteen page Aubert et Cie. catalog bound in at end (a little foxed). Plate no. 1 has a 1/2 inch neatly repaired closed tear to upper blank margin. Plate no 10 has a 2 1/2 inch neatly repaired closed tear to lower blank margin. Plate no 23 is 'toned'. Plate no 25 is 'slightly toned' and has a 1 1/4 inch neatly repaired closed tear to lower blank margin. Plate no 26 is 'slightly toned' and has a 5 inch neatly repaired closed tear to lower margin affecting lower part of image. Plate no 27 is 'slightly… Ler mais

Paris: Chez Aubert et Cie, , 1839. An Exceptionally Rare Original Hand-Colored Copy [DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator]. PHILIPON, Charles. Les Cent et Un Robert-Macaire composés et dessinés par M. H. Daumier, sur les Idées et les Légendes de M. Ch. Philipon réduits et lithographiés par MM***; Texte par MM. Maurice Alhoy et Louis Huart. Paris: Chez Aubert et Cie, 1839. First Quarto Edition, Hand Colored Issue. Two quarto volumes. (10 3/8 x 8 inches; 264 x 203 mm.). [viii], [200], [1], [1, blank], [4, advertisements], ; [viii], , [202], [1], [1, blank] [4, advertisements] pp. With 101 magnificent hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened with gum Arabic. A few text leaves with toning, some light scattered foxing which generally only affects the blank plate margins, still a very good copy of the excessively rare hand-colored issue. Contemporary red chagrin over silk paper boards, stamped in gilt. Smooth spines decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. Front pastedowns with the… Ler mais

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1839. With 50 Hand-Colored Lithographs, including Nine by Honoré Daumier and Fifteen by Gavarni [DAUMIER, Honoré, Gavarni, and others, illustrators]. [ALHOY, Maurice, Louis Huart, and Ch[arles] Philipon, editors]. Le Musée pour rire. Dessins par tous les caricaturistes de Paris; Texte par MM. Maurice Alhoy, Louis Huart et Ch. Philipon. Paris: Chez Aubert, Editeur des Cent-et-Un Robert-Macaire, 1839 Volume II only (of 3). First edition. Quarto (10 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches; 265 x 207 mm.). [i-ii, half-title, verso blank], [iii-iv, title, verso blank], [v-vi, Table], [200] pp. With 50 numbered (51-100) hand-colored lithographs heightened with gum arabic by Honoré Daumier (nine), Gavarni (fifteen), Frédéric Bouchot (seventeen), Benjamin [i.e. Benjamin Roubaud] (four), Bourdet (three), Grandville (one) and Edme-Jean Pigal (one). Heavy spotting in places but mainly to text leaves. Plates generally clean. Publisher's silk patterned paper over boards, covers decoratively stamped in… Ler mais

Paris: Charivari and Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme (a Stereotypical Bourgeois), and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H. Daumier. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari...et chez Martinet, [1859-60]. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/8 x 13 5/16 inches; 264 x 338 mm.). Lithographed pictorial title-page and thirty wonderful plates lithographed by Destouches. Some light foxing to a few plates, mainly on the verso. Publisher's pictorial lithographed yellow paper wrappers, spine very slightly chipped at extremities, otherwise fine. A Wonderful example. Housed in a felt-lined half green morocco over pale green cloth boards clamshell case, spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. This scarce album contains thirty fine and humorous lithographs by Daumier, which had previously appeared in the Le Charivari in the series: Actualités, En Chine, Croquis de Chasse, Ces… Ler mais

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1839. With 150 Hand-Colored Lithographs, including Forty-Five by Honoré Daumier and Forty-Two by Gavarni [DAUMIER, Honoré, Gavarni, and others, illustrators]. [ALHOY, Maurice, Louis Huart, and Ch[arles] Philipon, editors]. Le Musée pour rire. Dessins par tous les caricaturistes de Paris; Texte par MM. Maurice Alhoy, Louis Huart et Ch. Philipon. Paris: Chez Aubert, Editeur des Cent-et-Un Robert-Macaire, 1839-1840. First edition. Three quarto volumes bound in one (10 x 7 5/8 in; 251 x 193 mm.). [1, half-title], [2, title], [600] pp. With 150 numbered hand-colored lithographs heightened with gum arabic by Honoré Daumier (forty-five), Gavarni (forty-two), Frédéric Bouchot (twenty-two), Victor Adam (ten), Platier (seven), Benjamin [i.e. Benjamin Roubaud] (four), Bourdet (three), Pruche (three), Platel (two), Grandville (two), Edme-Jean Pigal (two), Alophe Menut (two), Charles Vernier (two), Charles-Joseph Traviès (one), and others. Bound ca. 1886-1890 by James Screeton of… Ler mais

Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Maison Martinet, 1854. 'Let's make Caricatures of the Russians' An Album of Forty Lithographs by Daumier & Cham DAUMIER, Honoré & CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Chargeons les Russes. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Maison Martinet, [1854]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches; 342 x 270 mm.). Forty fine lithograph plates including eleven plates by Daumier and Twenty-nine plates by Cham. All plates lithographed by Destouches. Most of the plates have very small worm-tracks in the lower blank fore-margins. Ten of the Daumier plates are for Chargeons les Russes, the eleventh Daumier plate is from Actualités (DR-2539). Modern half red cloth over marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. Aside from the aforementioned very small worm tracks the plates are bright & fresh. Chargeons les Russes (Let's make Caricatures of the Russians) was a collaboration between Daumier & Cham. As was often the case these albums were issued using the original lithographs which had not been… Ler mais

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838. Daumier's Most Celebrated Work Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana] Complete with 100 Spectacular Hand-Colored Plates, All Heightened with Gum Arabic A Remarkable Example in the Original Publisher's Blue Cloth DAUMIER, Honoré and Charles Philipon. Les Robert Macaire [Caricaturana]. Paris: 1838. First edition. Folio (13 3/16 x 10 3/8 inches; 338 x 263 mm.). One hundred [and one] hand-colored lithographed plates (complete) heightened with gum arabic. In this copy plate 96 "A tous les coeurs bien nés que le patrie est chère!!" (DR-451 published 10/28/1838) has been substituted by the insertion of "Robert Macaire 2e. Sèrie 7. Nouveautés philantropiques." (DR-872 published 04/04/1841) - The plate number has been changed in old ink to "96" - most likely by the publisher prior to binding - see note below. [An original hand colored example of plate 96 "A tous les coeurs bien nés que le patrie est chère!!" (DR-451 published 10/28/1838) has now been inserted after plate 95].… Ler mais

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1849. A Fine Publisher's Album containg Forty Fine Lithographs by Daumier, Cham and Vernier DAUMIER, Honoré. CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). VERNIER, Charles. [Actualites] etc. [spine titled n gilt Vérités. Paris: Chez Aubert, [1849-1855]. Folio (13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches; 348 x 260 mm.). A publisher's album of forty superb lithographs. The plates are by Cham (8); Honoré Daumier (19); and Vernier (13). The series represented are: Actualités (26); Physionomie de l'Assemblée (5); Les Représentans Représentés (3); Croquades Politiques (3) Croquis du Jour (2) and Idylles Parlementaires (1). Contemporary (ca. 1855) three-quarter dark green calf over dark green patterned cloth boards. Spine triple-ruled in gilt, the title Vérités also in gilt, plain endpapers. The series Physionomie de L'Assemblée, published 1849-1851, was comprised of thirty-two lithographed plates. The series Actualités, published 1854-1855, was comprised of 144 lithographed plates of which… Ler mais

Paris: Chez Aubert, Éditeur du Musée Philipon..., 1842. Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Daumier, Cham, Beaumont & Quillenbois [DAUMIER, Honoré & others]. Paris Comique, Revue Amusante Des Caractères, Moeurs, Modes, Folies, Ridicules, Excentricités, Niaiseries, Bêtises, Sottises, Voleries et Infamies Parisiennes. Text non politique Par MM. L. Huart, Michelant, Ch. Philipon, et autres Rédacteurs du Charivari et de la Caricature: Dessins Comiques par MM. Bouchot, Cham (de N..), Daumier, Gavarni, Grandville, et autrés artistes du Musée Philipon. Paris: Chez Aubert, Éditeur... [1844]. Folio (13 x 9 7/8 inches; 329 x 250 mm.). [iv], [160] pp. Twenty magnificent hand colored lithographs, all heightened with gum arabic. The plates are by Honoré Daumier (10); Cham (8); Beaumont (1) & Quillenbois (1). Contemporary (ca. 1844) quarter dark green morocco over green paper boards, front cover with gilt emblem. Spine with five raised bands tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments,… Ler mais

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1833. Orléanist Politicians as Seen by Daumier DAUMIER, Honoré. Célébrités de la Caricature. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1833. Folio (4 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches; 374 x 267 mm.). Two inserted portraits, one inserted illustration by Jouas, and seventeen (of twenty-six) superb lithograph plates from the series Célébrités de la Caricature by Honoré Daumier, and five hand colored duplicate plates. All plates mounted on stubs. Bound ca. 1900 in three-quarter black morocco over marbled boards, smooth spine decoratively stamped and lettered horizontally in gilt 'Portraits en Pied Parlementaires - 1833', marbled endpapers. Some foxing throughout. "Célébrités de la Caricature [Celebrities from La Caricature] is a series of 26 lithographs, which appeared in La Caricature and Le Charivari between April 26, 1832 and November 9, 1833. The first eight prints of the series show the portraits of well known politicians of the time. Underneath, taking up almost as much space as the portrait… Ler mais