Harper & Bros.: NY, 1892. Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5”, gilt-stamped vellum, 272pp with deckled edges, a nice copy. FIRST EDITION THUS, LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES, WITH FRONTISPIECE SIGNED IN PENCIL BY ALBERT STERNER, WHO HAS ILLUSTRATED THIS HANDSOME VOLUME. Sterner became a well-known illustrator because of his contributions to..... More
Ny n.d. Frontis portrait, 7 x 4.5", limp tan pebbled leather w/paper pictorial label, t.e.g. More
NY n.d. 6x4", full padded shell-dec leather, a.e.g. As is: front inner hinge breaking). More
Edward Couchman: London 1832. 83 hand-colored plates (13 are double), 9 x 6", half leather, unpaginated, with index, EX-LIBRARY with minimal markings, disbound, covers well worn, scratched, etc, contents ok with first few pp attached to front cover (detached), pencil notes on eps, occasional light foxing, creasing, sm tear to..... More
Printed by Stephen Couchman, for W. Curtis, London, 1798. Hardcover. 30/30 hand colored plates (numbers 433-452), 9 x 5.5", full leather, 433-(463) + Index. Covers very well worn, rubbed and scuffed, lacks spine label, outer/inner hinges cracked, ink name and bookplate of "Selena Maria Moore 1806" (plus two other names)..... More
Printed by Stephen Couchman, for W. Curtis, London, 1800. Hardcover. 47/47 hand colored plates (numbers 502-548). 9 x 5.5", full leather, red leather spine label with gilt lettering, 502-(549) plus index. Covers very worn, rubbed and scuffed, outer/inner hinges cracked, ink name and bookplate of "Selena Maria Moore 1806" (plus..... More
Stephen Couchman: London 1796. 36 hand colored plates, 9.5 x 6", half leather, disbound, covers stained, soiled, worn, etc., bookplate, foxing, staining, chipping, soiling, etc, but plates in good condition with only light spotting on a few (poppy & moss rose plates vg!). More
Two vols bound as one. Stephen Couchman: London 1796. Hand-colored plates, 9.5 x 6", leather, unpaginated, disbound, covers extremely well worn, rubbed, scratched, etc.; Vol XXIII has 40 of 86 plates (incl 2 double plates), vol XXIV has 31 of 88 plates, contents loose, text block split, blanks browned, occasional..... More
Printed by Stephen Couchman, For W. Curtis, London, 1795. Hardcover. 36/36 hand-colored plates (numbers 292-327), 9 x 5.5", full leather, red spine label with gilt lettering, 292-(329) + Index. Covers very well worn, rubbed and scuffed, outer/inner hinges cracked, front cover almost detached, ink name and bookplate of Selena Maria..... More
Printed by Stephen Couchman, For W. Curtis, London, 1792. Hardcover. 36/36 hand colored plates, (numbers 138-183), 9.5 x 5", full leather, red leather spine with gilt lettering, 148-183pp plus Index. Covers very well worn, rubbed and scuffed, lacks almost half of the spine, outer/inner hinges cracked, ink name and bookplate..... More
Printed by Stephen Couchman, For W. Curtis, London, 1794. Hardcover. 36/26 hand colored plates (numbers 256-292 plus index). Covers very well worn, rubbed and scuffed, lacks about 1/3 of spine, outer/inner hinges cracked, ink name and bookplate of "Selena Maria Moore 1796" plus two other names, scattered light foxing else..... More
NY 1888. Illus; map, 9x5.5", dec cloth, 715 w/index, covers moderatelt stained, extremities frayed. FIRST EDITION. More
Three volumes in two. William Phillips, George Yard, Lombard Street (London) 1903 (Vol. I), 1804 (Vol. II), and H.D. Symond, 20 Paternoster Row, (London) 1805 (Vol. III). Frontis, 119 full page color plates, 9.25 x 5.75, ¾ leather with gilt ruled corners and edges of spine, raised bands, gilt stamped..... More