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PHILIPON, Charles, illustrator; WATTIER, Émile · 1828 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$6,500.00 (€5,897.39 | £4,919.99 | ¥1,037,966)

Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecoeur, 1828. An Exceptionally Rare and Amusing Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. Les Compensations Composées et Dessinées par Ch. Philipon, Lithographies par Wattier. Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittn…

Annals of Sporting, the

ROWLANDSON, Thomas; QUIZEM, Caleb; WOODWARD, George Moutard; BUNBURY, Henry · 1809 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,950.00 (€1,769.22 | £1,476.00 | ¥311,390)

London: Thomas Tegg, 1809. Esteemed on Account of its Humorous Plates by Rowlandson" Rare In the Original Printed Boards [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, engraver]. QUISEM, Caleb (pseud.). The Annals of Sporting. London: Thomas Tegg, 1809. First edition. Twelvemo (6 3/4 x 4 in; 171 x 105 mm…

Life of a Soldier, the

HEATH, William · 1823 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,850.00 (€1,678.49 | £1,400.31 | ¥295,421)

London: William Sams, 1823. Rarely Found in the Original Boards HEATH, William. The Life of a Soldier. A Narrative and Descriptive Poem. With Eighteen Engravings by William Heath. London: William Sams, 1823. First edition. Quarto (10 1/2 x 7 5/8 in; 268 x 195 mm). [8, incl. half…

Studies from the Stage

HEATH, William · 1823 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$4,250.00 (€3,855.99 | £3,216.92 | ¥678,670)

London: W. Sams, 1823. The Rare First Edition HEATH, William. Studies From the Stage, or the Vicissitudes of Life. London: W. Sams, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 14 in; 250 x 354 mm). Engraved title (plain) and over 100 hand-colored illustrations on twenty etched pl…

Scraps from the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken

ALKEN, Henry · 1825 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$2,750.00 (€2,495.05 | £2,081.54 | ¥439,139)

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates Engraved by Alken Himself ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Second edition (plates dated 1820)…

Velvet Cushion, the

ROYAL BINDING; Cunningham, J.W. · 1815 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$325.00 (€294.87 | £246.00 | ¥51,898)

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Hatchard, by G. Sidney, 1815. A 19th Century Best-Seller From the Hanoverian Royal Library at Marienberg [ROYAL BINDING]. CUNNINGHAM, J. W. The Velvet Cushion. Seventh edition. London, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, and J. Hatchard, by G. Si…

Pitture. Nelle quali si mostra di nuova inventione: amore, fortuna, tempo, castità, religione, sdegno, riforma, morte, sonno & sogno, huomo, republica, & magnanimità; divise in due trattati.Padua, Perchacino, 1564. 4to. With a printer's device on the title page, and 26 decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary Italian or Iberian limp vellum, with the manuscript title on the spine.

DONI, Anton Francesco. · 1513 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,000.00 ($3,306.55 | £2,502.80 | ¥528,013)

64 ll.First and only edition of this rare work by the celebrated Italian man of letters Francesco Doni (ca.1513-1574), devoted to the interpretation of a wide range of allegorical personifications and moral concepts.Following the dedication and a list of authors cited throughout…

Consciousness Explained

Daniel Clement Dennett · 1993 · Boekhandel Louis Tinner

€10.00 ($11.02 | £8.34 | ¥1,760)

Penguin. 1993; Paperback; goed exemplaar / good copy. <p><b>In <i>Consciousness Explained</i>, Daniel C. Dennett reveals the secrets of one of the last remaining mysteries of the universe: the human brain.</b> <p> Daniel C. Dennett's now-classic book blends philosophy, psycholog…

D. Junii Juvenalis, & Auli Persii Flacci Satyræ : cum veteris scholiastæ, & variorum commentariis, Editio nova.

JUVENALIS, ca. 55-140 AD / [ RIGAULT, Nicolas 1577-1654 / SCHREVEL, Cornelis 1608-1664 - Preface and Commentary ] . · 1684 · CHILTON BOOKS

£300.00 (€359.60 | $396.34 | ¥63,291)

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam] : Apud Henricum Wetstenium, 1684. 0 Richly gilt beautiful contemporary vellum ' Schoolprize binding ' with large gilt "Hagae Comitis" (The Hague, Netherlands) coat of arms stamp within gilt borders on both covers, gilt spine with floral ornaments, and ea…

Man Ray - L. Fritz Gruber, Jahre Einer Freundschaft 1956 - 1976, Years of Friendship, 2008

Herbert Molderings, Man Ray, Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, L. Fritz Gruber (Cologne) · 2008 · Wittenborn Art Books

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,775)

Cologne, DE: Steidl & Partners, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Soft Covers. Clean inside copy. Slight scuffing on covers. Very Good. 216 pp. Color plates. German and English text. One was a famous artist and a pioneering photographer, the other an ardent collector of photography, a c…

Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: 1887-2058, 2016

Emma Lavigne, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (Munich) · 2016 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Munich, DE: Prestel Verlag, 2016. First Edition. 4to. Hard Covers. 224 pp. Very Good. Color and black and white plates. Book accompanies an exhibition at the Centre Pompidou September 23, 2015 to February 1, 2016 and K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, April 23 to…

Spencer Tracy and Joan Crawford. (Scene from the Motion Picture Mannequin)

[20th Century Photographer] · 1937 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [Ca. 1937]. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good. Penciled notation on verso, else fine. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 230. Made in Great Britain. Mannequin …

Leslie Howard and Norma Shearer. (Scene from the Motion Picture "Romeo and Juliet. ")

[20th Century Photographer] · 1936 · Wittenborn Art Books

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, [Ca. 1936]. Original hand colored real photograph issued as a postcard. 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Very Good+. Printed on verso: "Film Partners" Series, 85, Long Acre, London; No. PC 203. Made in Great Britain. Romeo and Juliet is a 1936 American film adapted…

The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Invitation from H.R. H. Price Saif Al Islam Al Hasan, Prime Minister, Yemen 1953 , to Begum Ra'Ana Liaquat Ali Khan, for a Reception at Claridge's

H.R.H. Price Saif Al Islam al Hasan, Prime Minister, Yemen ; Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) [Coronation]; Begum Ra?ana Liaquat Ali Khan, (1905-1990), provenance · 1953 · Wittenborn Art Books

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London: June 1953. 13.4 x 18.4 cm. Card stock with gilt embossing. Annotated in ink: Refused per P/a... This image could have imperfections as it's either historical or reportage. "May 07, 1953 - Here for the Coronation: Prince and Princess Himalaya, have arrived in London to at…

Invitation to Attend the Primrose League Coronation Ball to Begum Liaquat Ali Khan at the Dorchester on June 11th 1953. Original Silkscreen Cover on the Programme and Als from Buckingham Palace. 3 Original Als and Documents

Mancroft, The Lady; The Primrose League ; Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) [Coronation]; Begum Ra?ana Liaquat Ali Khan, (1905-1990),provenance · 1953 · Wittenborn Art Books

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

London: 19 Buckingham Palace Mansions, 1953. Original announcement with silkscreen cover and ties. 4pp. With 4 page Als invitation from 19, Buckingham Palace from Muriel, Mrs. David Gamauss [sp. ?] and a typed invitation with the League's letterhead .. Among the high profile att…

Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, 2nd June 1953. . Dress Regulations. (for Other Than Peers and Peeresses). First Edition. Of the Broadside

Norfolk, Earl Marshal,; Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022); Begum Ra?ana Liaquat Ali Khan, (1905-1990),provenance · 1952 · Wittenborn Art Books

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London: Earl Marshal's Office, December, 1952. Broadside. 33 x 20.5cm. 2pp. Tape remnants top and botto.. For the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, attendees other than peers and peeresses had to wear "full court dress" . For women, this meant a court dress with a light veil cov…

Spectacle de la Nature: Or, Nature Display'd. Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History As Were Thought Most Proper to Excite the Curiosity and Form the Minds of Youth. 7 Vols. Complete. Mixed Original Editions

Pluche, Noël-Antoine (1688 - 1761); Samuel Humphreys, translstor; John Thomas de Burgh, the 13th Earl of Clanricarde,provenance · 1737 · Wittenborn Art Books

$850.00 (€771.20 | £643.38 | ¥135,734)

London: J. Pemerton et al. 1737 (vol. 2) and L. Davis et al, 1770-1776 (the other 6 vols.). Small 8vo , 10 x 17cm. ( 6 vols.) and 8vo 12.5 x 19.5cm (vol. 2). Translated by Samuel Humphreys. Illustrated profusely with copper-engraved plates including frontispieces, many folding. …

Etudes Anthropologiques : Les Aborigènes de Formose. 1er Fascicule). . [Anthropological Studies: The Aborigines of Formosa , Now Taiwan]... [Jinruigakuteki Kenky?: Taiwan No Genj?Min]. First Edition

Torii, Ry?z? (1870-1953); ????, (Author and photographer) · 1910 · Wittenborn Art Books

$1,000.00 (€907.29 | £756.92 | ¥159,687)

Tokyo: Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, December 23rd, 1910, Vol. XXVIII, Art. 6. 4yo. 19 x 26cm. Decorative boards. 17 pp. and 66 pates with facing test. Text in French. Illustrated with 66 collotype plates from photographs. (4to) modern patterne…

Le Travail Du Nom. Collection Argile. First Edition, Signed

Fredrikson, Lars (1926 -1997), artist; Claude Royet-Journoud, born 1941. text · 1976 · Wittenborn Art Books

$600.00 (€544.37 | £454.15 | ¥95,812)

Paris: Maeght, éditeur,1976. In-8° , 24,5 x 18,5 cm, 62 pp. broché, envoi de l'artiste à Jacques et Madeleine Matarasso.. Ediiton of 140 with four 2 sided engravings. This copy hors commerce......Lars Fredrikson was born in 1926 in Stockholm and died in 1997 in Vevouil, FranceA …

The Oklahoma War-Chief. Dec. 4, 1884. First Edition of the Newspaper. Report on the Death of Publisher David L. Payne

Oklahoma War-Chief; David Lewis Payne (December 30, 1836-November 28, 1884 · 1884 · Wittenborn Art Books

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

South Haven, Kansas: David L. Payne, Dec. 4, 1884. 4 pp. 56 x 42 cm (22x16½"). No. 50. December 4, 1884. Oklahoma Boomer Movement leader David L. Payne founded the Oklahoma War Chief newspaper to agitate for the opening of the Unassigned Lands to homesteading. The paper was firs…