WHIZ COMICS.
Secaucus, NJ (1974). 14x10.5", boards, unpaged, ink inscription, covers worn, lacks dust wrapper. More
ILLUSTRATORS
THE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH: Containing One Hundred and Fifty-Nine Engravings, by Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Davenport, with Descriptions . . . With a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by the Rev. John Trusler. Two volumes.
J. Sharpe: London, 1821. 159/159 plates (frontis + 76 in vol. I and 82 in vol. II)., 12 x 10, quarter leather with gilt decoration and lettering, raised bands, marbled boards and page edges, unpag. Cover well rubbed, darkened, corners bumped and worn, spine tips lacking all but one, scuffing/scraping..... More
THE YELLOW BOOK An Illustrated Quarterly. Vol I April 1894 - Vol XIII April 1897.
Mathews & Lane: April & July 1894, Lane: Oct 1894-April 1897. Cover illustr by Aubrey Beardsley for volumes I-IV and spine and back cover for Vol. V and book illustr for Vols. I-IV, other cover and book illustr done by various artists; 8 x 6.5, pict yellow cloth, 272, 362..... More
THE YELLOW BOOK, An Illustrated Quarterly, Volume IV, January 1895
John Lane: London, 1895. Hardcover. Illus. by Aubrey Beardsley, 8.25 x 6.25", pict yellow cloth, 285pp + "Frontispiece for Jevenal" by Beardsley + Publishers' Announcements Index + 16pp ads + 15pp "List of Books in Belles Lettres", covers quite worn and soiled, extremities bumped and fraying, spine missing large portions..... More
THE YOUNG LADIES ALBUM.
n. Sarony (NY?) n.d. (circa 1850's). Frontis; illus, 7.5x10", full leather, gilt-dec covers. Covers well worn, spine missing pieces, front cover detached, front end paper loose, lacking some tissue guards, foxing, some smudging in margins. Three contemporary ink notes, one on a blank page and two under illustrations (these are..... More
THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME.
(London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co) nd. Illus, 8.5 x 6", half leather; marbled boards, 308pp, front cover detached, worn, rubbed, leather scraped, corners bumped & worn, leather on spine cracking, lacking spine label & part of upper spine, gilt faded, rear inner hinge cracked, bookplate, scattered light spotting. WITH NINE..... More
MEMOIRES D'UNE ROSE ET D'UN PAPILLON, Nouvelle . . . [volumes one and two bound together].
Haguenthal Editeur: Pont-a-Mousson, nd (c 1800s?). "Douze dessins, lithographies a deux teintes," 9.5 x 6, highly decorated pictorial boards, 23 pp, 29 pp. covers quite worn and soiled, much of spine chipped away, hinges loose, contents toned and spotted, rear paste-down becoming unattached, one illustr wrinkled at bottom else a...... More
THE WORKS OF THE BRITISH POETS. Selected and Chronologically Arranged. . . With Biographical and Critical Notices by Dr. Aikin [three volume set].
D. Appleton & Co: NY, 1854. 3 volumes. Three engraved title pages plus 27 of 29 full-page engraved plates, 10.25 x 6.75, gilt decorated gray-green cloth, 897 pp, 760 pp, 732 pp in double columns, covers heavily rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, spines faded, couple of outer hinges torn, hinges..... More
ATLAS OF OBLIQUE MAPS: A Collection of Land Form Portrayals of Selected Areas of the World.
US Geological Survey: Reston, VA 1988. 16 x 20", oblong, original wrappers, 137pp, fully illustrated, bibliography, index, ex-library, moderate markings else vg. FIRST EDITION. More
STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN, With Illustrations by Edmund Du Lac.
George H. Doran Co: NY, nd. Sixteen color illustr, 9 x 6, cloth w/ gilt lettering, 250 pp. Covers worn, rubbed and soiled, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, lettering faded, inner hinges cracked (front is becoming detached) and covers loose, text block cracked, scattered soiling, smudging and spotting..... More
THE FUSSER'S BOOK, Rules by . . .
Fox, Duffield Co: NY, 1904. Illustr by Florence Wyman, 8.5 x 6, cloth backed pict boards, 30 pp, covers quite worn and darkened with fairly bad vertical crease, extremities bumped and worn, hinges loose, ink name of former owner inside front cover, pp toned with some finger soiling. Great rules..... More
PETER ARNO'S CIRCUS.
Horace Liveright: NY, 1931. 12 x 8.75, gilt lettered black cloth, unpag, covers worn and darkened (esp spine) with some soil, spine tips bumped, extremities fraying, hinges loose, contents edge toned, but a reasonably good copy in spine-chipped and edge-torn, faded, toned but scarce dust jacket. More
AS I SEE, Notes to Folios by Artist
Dodd, Mead & Co.: NY, 1954. Hardcover. Illus. by Boris Artzybasheff, 11.5 x 8.5", dec cloth, unpaginated, extremities bumped/worn/yellowed, eps toned, minor finger soiling else a decent copy in a rather well-rubbed, edge-worn/chipped/torn price-clipped dustjacket. FIRST EDITION (NAP). More
LAYS OF SCOTTISH CAVALIERS and Other Poems.
Wm. Blackwood and Sons: Edinburgh and London, 1865. Illustr by Joseph Noel Paton and Waller H. Paton, 10 x 7.5, full dark blue straight grain morocco with inset gilt-decorated red leather border, with inset gilt decorated tan leather shield (rampant lion) surmounted by gilt crown; aeg, 268 pp, covers worn..... More
LES CONTES DROLIQUES.
Librairie Garnier Freres: Paris. 1926. Illustr, 8 x 6, later fine mottled leather with gilt lettering, raised bands, marbled endpapers, gilt dec inner dentelles, 614 pp. Small dent on front cover, upper front corner worn, couple of light scratches on back, contents very good. WITH 425 DRAWINGS BY GUSTAVE DORE..... More
THE CARL BARKS LIBRARY OF WALT DISNEY'S DONALD DUCK, 1943-1948, Walt Disney's Comics and Stories 31-94 [set #VII (7)].
Another Rainbow Publ: Scottsdale, AZ, 1988. 3 volumes. All illustrations, 12 x 9, color pict boards, 744 pp, Covers a bit worn, minor soil else a decent set in soiled and worn slipcase. FIRST ED. Set seven of ten. More
PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
Charles Scribner's Sons: NY, 1907. Hardcover. With 50 tipped-in color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 10 x 7.25", gilt-pict green cloth, 126pp + illus., cover rubbed and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, old rusty paperclip marks at top of copyright and dedication pp else a nice copy of this landmark collaboration..... More
LA CARICATURE ET LES CATICATURISTES
Librarie Ch. Delagrave: Paris, (1900). Illus., 13 x 10", gilt-pict red leather-like cloth; teg, 398pp, cover rubbed, extremities bumped and beginning to fray, hole to rear outer hinge, inner hinges cracked, pp quite toned; still, a SCARCE book. More
DISCORDS.
Roberts Bros.: Boston and John Lane: London 1894. 7 x 4.5", stamped sloth, 245pp, moderately worn, corners bumped, lacks f.e.p. & rear fly & most of adverts, hinges badly broken, numerous cover creases. SWAF FRONT COVER, BACK COVER, TITLE PAGE AND OPPOSITE PAGE WITH DECORATIONS BY AUBREY BEARDSLEY... More
KRESBY A VERSE, Prelozil Jarmil Krecar.
Vydal L. Bradac, Kral. Vinohrady, 1916. Four full page illustrations by Beardsley, 10.5 x 9.25, cloth backed patterned boards, unpag, covers rubbed and darkened, hinges loose, contents browned and soiled. Czech version of "The Ballad of a Barber" and "The Three Musicians," plus a translation of a poem by Catullus..... More
CHARICLES Or Illustrations of the Private Life of the Ancient Greeks.
Longmans, Green and Co: NY. 1899. 7.25 x 5, full brown diced calf, spine gilt stamped, 512 pp, all edges gilt, bookplate, spine a bit faded, slight extremity wear. "New Impression," WITH A MODERN (MOST LIKELY) ATTRACTIVE FORE-EDGE PAINTING OF THE ACROPOLIS AT ATHENS. More
LIGHTHOUSE, Ten Wood Engravings.
Out of the Woods Press: Stonington, Maine. 1993. Ten woodcuts, each illustrating a letter from LIGHTHOUSE, cloth, vg in slipcase. ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES, SIGNED BY BECKMAN. More
LIGHTHOUSE, Ten Wood Engravings.
Out of the Woods Press: Stonington, Maine. 1993. Ten woodcuts, each illustrating a letter from LIGHTHOUSE, cloth, vg in slipcase. ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES, SIGNED BY BECKMAN. More
CARTOONS The Second Childhood of John Bull
Stephen Swift & Co.: London, (1901). Hardcover. Fifteen color plates, 20 x 15", dark green boards with black lettering, blue cloth spine, unpaginated. Covers well worn, stained, spine torn, inner/outer hinges cracked, blank page, half title and title detached, contents have light toning and occasional light smudging else good to..... More