Fumetti e illustrazione

THE CIVIL AND NATURAL HISTORY OF JAMAICA...

BROWNE, Patrick · 1756 · Charles Agvent

$6,250.00 (€5,602.30 | £4,685.92 | ¥992,567)

London. T. Osborne and J. Shipton. First Edition. Folio (9" x 14-1/4") in modern calf-backed marbled boards with gilt decorations on the spine and a gilt-lettered red morocco spine label; [vi], viii, 503 pages. Complete with half-title page and list of subscribers. Illustrated...

“THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE.” Or, The Adventures of a Lady in Search of a Good Servant. By one who has been “almost Worried to Death”

(CRUIKSHANK, George) [MAYHEW, Augustus and Henry] · 0 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,680.69 | £1,405.78 | ¥297,770)

(London). David Bogue. First Edition. Scarce first edition in the original 6 parts, each bound in decorated beige 5" x 7-1/4" wrappers. The Mayhew brothers were journalists and authors who wrote several books in collaboration with one another, including this humorous work abou...

AMERICAN SCENERY; or, Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature

WILLIS, N. P · 1840 · Charles Agvent

$937.50 (€840.35 | £702.89 | ¥148,885)

London. George Virtue. First Edition. Two 8-1/4" x 10-3/4" volumes in publisher's gilt-decorated full green morocco leather, all edges gilt. Beautifully illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait and map, 2 engraved title-pages, and 117 steel engravings after W. H. Bar...

THE FIRST PART OF THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE RENOWNEDDON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA

CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de · 1941 · Charles Agvent

$31.30 (€28.06 | £23.47 | ¥4,971)

New York. Random House. Illustrated Edition. Green cloth (6-1/2" x 10"), spine lettering intact. Translated by Peter Motteux. Illustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller.. Hans Alexander Mueller. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase

GENESIS

McCURDY, Michael · 0 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,680.69 | £1,405.78 | ¥297,770)

[Boston]. [Hillside Press]. First Edition. Chapters 2 & 3 of Genesis from the Old Testament. Folio (13- 1/8" x 16-1/8") bound in quarter blue patterned cloth and light blue-gray Fabriano paper boards (without label on front cover). Designed, illustrated with ORIGINAL WOOD ENGR...

PICTURESQUE EUROPE: A DELINEATION BY PEN AND PENCIL ... OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE CONTINENT...

TAYLOR, Bayard (editor) · 0 · Charles Agvent

$187.50 (€168.07 | £140.58 | ¥29,777)

New York. Appleton & Company. First Edition. Two (of 3) folio (9-3/4" x 12-1/2") volumes bound in publisher's full gilt-decorated black morocco leather. Volumes 2 and 3 only. Illustrated with 2 steel- engraved title pages and 39 (of 60) fine steel-engraved views.. Minor foxing...

1. LES ARTS AU MOYEN AGE ET A L’ÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1871, Third Edition); 2. MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES AU MOYEN AGE ET A L’ÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1872, Second Edition); 3. XVIII SIÈCLE INSTITUTIONS, USAGES ET COSTUMES FRANCE, 1700 – 1789 (1875, First Edition); 4. VIE MILITAIRE ET RELIGIEUSE AU MOYEN AGE ET A L’ÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1877, Fourth Edition); 5. SCIENCES ET LETTRES AU MOYEN AGE ET A L’ÉPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE (1877, Second Edition); 6. XVIII SIÈCLE LETTRES SCIENCES ET ARTS XVII SIÈCLE FRANCE, 1700 – 1789 (1878, Second Edition); 7. INSTITUTIONS USAGES ET COSTUMES FRANCE, 1390 – 1700 (1880, First Edition); and 8. XVII SIÈCLE, LETTRES, SCIENCES ET ARTS FRANCE, 1390 – 1700 (1882, Second Edition)

LACROIX, Paul · 18711882 · Charles Agvent

$3,125.00 (€2,801.15 | £2,342.96 | ¥496,283)

Paris. Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie. First Edition. Eight quarto (7-1/2" x 11") volumes bound in full green morocco leather by Bickers & Son with triple gilt-ruled covers with gilt fleur-de-lys corner decorations, gilt-decorated spines with contrasting morocco spine labels...

VILLAS ON THE HUDSON. A Collection of Photo-Lithographs of Thirty-One Country Residences

TURNER, A[uston] A[ugustus] · 1860 · Charles Agvent

$6,250.00 (€5,602.30 | £4,685.92 | ¥992,567)

New York. D. Appleton and Company. First Edition. Large folio (19" x 13-1/2") in original gilt-lettered cloth. Three preliminary leaves, 31 photo-lithographic plates (most with two tints applied by stencil, with gold-printed frames and captions), and 21 floor plans. A visual r...

DRAWINGS

BAXTER, Glen · 0 · Charles Agvent

$75.00 (€67.23 | £56.23 | ¥11,911)

(New York). (Adventures in Poetry). First Edition. Quarto (8-1/2" x 11") stapled pictorial wraps with title page and 32 pages of captioned illustrations printed on rectos with versos blank. Cover title is CRANIREONS OF BOTYA. An early Baxter title based on exhibitions of his p...

THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, OR MIRTH & MARVELS

INGOLDSBY, Thomas · 1867 · Charles Agvent

$437.50 (€392.16 | £328.01 | ¥69,480)

London. Richard Bentley. Reprint. Quarto (6-1/2" x 9") bound by Bayntun in full green morocco leather with a gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Illustrated with drawings primarily by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and...

THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, OR MIRTH & MARVELS

(RACKHAM, Arthur) INGOLDSBY, Thomas · 1930 · Charles Agvent

$625.00 (€560.23 | £468.59 | ¥99,257)

London. J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd./Aldine House. Reprint. Octavo (5-3/4" x 7-3/4") handsomely bound by Birdsall in 3/4 red morocco leather and boards with gilt rules and a gilt-lettered and decorated spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated with...

NAPLES AND THE CAMPAGNA FELICE in a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Friend in England, in 1802

(ROWLANDSON, Thomas) ENGELBACH, Lewis · 1815 · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,680.69 | £1,405.78 | ¥297,770)

London. R. Ackermann. First Edition. Quarto (5-3/4" x 9-1/2") in 20th century half blue morocco leather and blue cloth boards with matching corners and a gilt-lettered spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers; 400, [12] pages. A collection of 20 letters written by the a...

THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX. A Poem: IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE; IN SEARCH OF CONSOLATION; IN SEARCH OF A WIFE

(ROWLANDSON, Thomas) COMBE, William · 1903 · Charles Agvent

$437.50 (€392.16 | £328.01 | ¥69,480)

New York. D. Appleton & Company. New Edition. Three octavo (5-1/4" x 8") volumes handsomely bound in 3/4 black morocco leather and burgundy boards with gilt rules and gilt-lettered and decorated spines with four raised bands. One of only 50 copies on Large Paper, the best of t...

THOMAS HOOD

HOOD, Thomas [Gustav DORE] · 1870 · Charles Agvent

$62.50 (€56.02 | £46.86 | ¥9,926)

New York. Cassell, Petter, & Galpin. First American Edition. Tall folio (12" x 16") in publisher's red cloth stamped in gilt and black. Complete with 9 full-page steel engravings by Gustav Dore.. Gustav Dore. Mostly light soiling internally with mild dampstaining to the margi...

FÜNFZEHN FACSIMILEDRUCKE: Portfolio of 15 Prints. Diese Fünfzehn Drucke, getreue Wiedergaben der Originale in Papier, Format und Bild, Wurden in der Kunstansalt von J.B. Obernetter in München hergestellt. 1000 Exemplare wurden auf einem nach muster des Originalpapiers geschöpften bütten abgezogen, 100 exemplare auf Kaiserl. Japan über Kupferdruckpapier wurden numeriert und vom Künstler signiert

KUBIN, Alfred · 0 · Charles Agvent

$9,375.00 (€8,403.45 | £7,028.88 | ¥1,488,850)

München. Hans von Weber-Verl.. First Edition. Large (15" x 18-1/2") string-tied black cloth portfolio with the artist's name in gilt on the front cover and containing 15 loose prints (14" x 17-1/2") from original drawings with the artist's printed signature and title beneath e...

A NEW UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS RITES, CEREMONIES, AND CUSTOMS OF THE WHOLE WORLD: OR A COMPLETE AND IMPARTIAL VIEW OF ALL THE RELIGIONS IN THE VARIOUS NATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE...

HURD, William · 0 · Charles Agvent

$937.50 (€840.35 | £702.89 | ¥148,885)

London. Alexander Hogg. New Edition. Folio (9" x 13-3/4") bound in contemporary tree calf leather; (iv), [3] 6 - 704, xii [4] pages. Illustrated with 60 copper engravings. Hurd covers, among others, the modern Jews, the Japanese, and the Native Americans of Canada, California,...

PAGES AND PICTURES FROM THE WRITINGS OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER With Notes by Susan Fenimore Cooper

COOPER, James Fenimore · 1861 · Charles Agvent

$562.50 (€504.21 | £421.73 | ¥89,331)

New York. W. A. Townsend and Company. First Edition. Quarto (7-1/2" x 9-3/4") bound in modern 3/4 bright red morocco leather with a heavily gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, all edges gilt. Excerpts from Cooper's major novels, each with an introduction ...

HARPER'S BAZAR: A REPOSITORY OF FASHION, PLEASURE, AND INSTRUCTION. Volume VIII

[HOMER, Winslow] · 1875 · Charles Agvent

$562.50 (€504.21 | £421.73 | ¥89,331)

New York. Harper & Brothers. First Edition. Folio (11" x 15-1/2") bound in contemporary half black leather with leather corners and gilt rules and lettering. Includes issues beginning 2 January 1875 to 25 December 1875; iv, 844 pages. Illustrated with numerous wood engravings ...

SAUL

BROWNING, Robert · 0 · Charles Agvent

$43.80 (€39.26 | £32.84 | ¥6,956)

Boston. L. Prank and Co.. First Edition. Decorated brown cloth (9-1/4" x 11-3/4") with bevelled edges; printed on one side of heavy paper. Illustrated by Frank O. Small.. Frank O. Small. Moderate to heavy and mostly marginal foxing; library bookplate on front pastedown. Rubbin...

THE MARCHIONESS OF BRINVILLIERS. The Poisoner of the Seventeenth Century. A Romance of Old Paris

SMITH, Albert · 1886 · Charles Agvent

$62.50 (€56.02 | £46.86 | ¥9,926)

London. Richard Bentley & Son. New Edition. Large octavo (6-3/4"" x 10") in publisher's decorated blue cloth; (xii), 315, (1) pages. With 15 steel-engraved plates"worked from the original etchings" by John Leech with tissue guards. . John Leech. Near Fine