Tokyo Taisho Hakurankai Kinen Shashincho Hakkokai. 東京大正博覧会記念写真帖発行会. Taisho 3 [ 1914]. Black and white photo illustrations throughout most with tissue guards, approx. 156 pages, 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, gold cloth covered boards with title label and string ties. Covers have split at the bound edge but the contents.....
Sowerby, J.
London. W. Curtis. Copyright 1793. This issue circa 1812. 2 volumes bound in one, 72 handcolored engraved plates, each with facing page of text, 10 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (26x17.5cm), decorative embossed cloth-covered boards. Plates on wove paper, generally very clean and bright, occasional light foxing or.....
London. Illustrated London News. 1868. BOUND VOLUME. July through December 1868 year of The Illustrated London News. Black and white illustrations, 644pp, Index to Engravings for Vol. LIII, 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, gilt embossed pictorial cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Cover extremities rubbed, couple of short splits to spine cloth.....
Lane, Theodore (drawn and engraved by).
London. C. S. Arnold. 1825. Aquatint with hand-colored detail, 9 1/2 x 6 inches depicting, in comic form, the life of an actor as he progresses from "Poverty" at the bottom of the print to "Mediocrity" at the center, finally climbing the ladder through.....
Dick Turpin. No date. Ca. early 1900s. Single-colored broadside sheet, 39 x 27 1/4 inches, uncut, folding to 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. Light toning along folds, but otherwise in pristine condition. Uncut sheet of labels for matchboxes, the labels in different sizes (for kitchen and pocket matches, plus.....
London. Erasmic Co. Ltd., No date. Ca. 1920s. Sheet of 50 color lithographed advertising cards, uncut, 25 x 20 1/2 inches, with text on verso. Very good condition. Uncut sheet of advertising cards for Perfum by Erasmic London. Text on verso of cards in several languages, (including Chinese) indicates world-wide.....
Chicago. Heath Airplane Company. 1920. First Edition. A 28 pp (including covers) illustrated catalog from "America's Oldest Aeronautical Supply House Established 1909"; size 10 1/2 x 8 inches. The catalog opens with a listing of "assembled machines, equipped with weather proofed fabric and ready for the installation of the motor.....
Maitland, P.J. (illus).
London. Illustrated London News. 11-06- 1886. TWO PAGES FROM The Illustrated London News: wood engraving, black and white, single page from The Illustrated London News November 6, 1886, image size 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 on sheet 16 1/2 x 12 inches; 4 wood engravings, black and.....
No Place of Publication. No publisher. 1821. TWO hand colored engravings, each image 6 x 7 3/4 inches on two sheets 7 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. The only text on the sheets is Ver Gegenstaende CCLXIV and CCLXV at upper left and Melanges with the same number at upper.....
London. Chapman & Hall. No date. Ca. 1889. Map, handcolored, 16.25 x 17.25 inches (41 x 43.5 cm), mounted on linen, folding as issued into cloth-covered boards (6 x 4 inches) with marbled endpapers. Several place names have been underlined in red, light creasing and toning at folds, light foxing.....
Brussels. Editions de l’Office International de Librairie. 1956. 2nd Edition. Color map, approximately 34½ x 46 inches, mounted on linen. Pin holes in each corner, presumably a consequence of attaching this large map to a wall. The map has been folded-likely not as issued-creating a dozen panels. The bottom margin.....
London. George Philip & Son. No date. Ca. 1930s. Color pictorial map, 21 1/2 x 23 inches on sheet size 23 1/4 x 24 inches, folding as issued into paper folder, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches. Soiling and wear to folder (2 inch split at lower spine). Map in.....
London. Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1820. No. 2, Vol. III. Disbound essay ("Translated from the French"), 8 x 5 1/4 inches, from Phillips and Company's multi-volume "Voyages and Travels." Six-page Preface followed by 128 pages of text and three full-page engravings. In addition, a full-page engraving titled "Diai-Boukari in.....
Martinet, Francois Nicolas (illus).
Circa 1770. SIX engravings on laid paper, handcolored, 10 x 8 1/2 inches (plate mark) on sheets 12 1/2 x 9 inches. Light scattered foxing and light marks, pencil inscriptions to left upper margin; overall very good condition. Finely engraved and colored images by French artist.....
London. Authority at the Offices of South Africa. 1935. Color map, approximately 38 x 28 1/2 inches on sheet size 52 x 38 1/4 inches, multiple folds. Good condition: soft creases from folding, a few archivally mended tears and short tears to edges, occasional light soiling, a couple of large.....
Wain, Louis, et al (illus).
New York. The Illustrated News. 1890. BOUND VOLUME of The Illustrated News of the World from January through June 1890, profusely illustrated with full page and in-text black and white wood engravings, a few full page color illustrations, marbled edges, 616pp, 16 x 12 inches.....
Wisner, W. H. (map illus).
Chicago. Chicago Daily Tribune. 11-12- 1942. Color map, 19 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches on sheet size 23 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches, back cover from complete section of the Chicago Daily Tribune newspaper November 12, 1942. Soft centerfold; good condition with soiling and short.....
London. Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1820. Vol. II, No. 4. Disbound essay 8 x 5 1/4 inches, from Phillips and Company's multi-volume "Voyages and Travels." Three-page "Advertisement" at front followed by essay (p. 3 to 114) detailing the travels of Prior aboard the Nisus Frigate. Only one illustration accompanies.....
NY. J.H. Colton. Copyright 1855. [ 1856]. Map with original hand-color, 16 x 13 inches (40 x 33cm) including decorative border, very good condition with particularly wide borders (1.5in). Inset map of Liberia 3 x 5 inches. Map shows a large section of the north west, including the Sahara Desert.....
Paris. Le Petit Journal. 03-05- 1894. Complete issue (number 172, Monday 5th March 1894) of the magazine, 8pp including color covers, 17 1/4 x 12 inches. Soft crease to lower front cover but overall very good condition (paper is of a newsprint type but still very stable). Map of Africa.....
No Place of Publication. Sharples Separator Co., No date. Ca. 1930? Color print, image 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches on sheet 12 1/3 x 10 inches. Light creasing and short tear at lower right image (visible only on careful inspection), light toning, archival tape from hinging at top verso.....
Ottawa, Illinois. J. E. Porter Co., Circa 1880? Eighty-page catalog, 9 1/4 x 6 inches, profusely illustrated in black and white, featuring farm equipment: hay carriers, sling carriers, grapple hay forks, pulleys, barn door hangers, harness hooks, and many other mechanical devices "adapted to the real needs of the farmer.....
No Place of Publication. Air China. Circa 1990? Vintage glossy color poster, 20 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches, text in English and Chinese. A few small tight creases and a ripple effect to sheet from rolling; overall very good condition. Photographic image of Boeing 747-400M plane B-2456 (acquired by Air.....
Nathan (illus).
Paris. Air France. 1959. Original vintage poster, lithographic color, 39 1/2 x 24 1/4 inches. Pinholes at each corner, small area of paper loss to lower right corner, several repaired tears to each edge (up to 3 1/2 inches (see photo of verso), overall light creasing from rolling.....
American Airlines Inc., No date. Ca early 1940s. Color folding pictographic / pictorial map, pamphlet 8 x 4 inches opening to 23 x 31 inches (59 x 79cm), folds as issued. Tiny blue specks to left third of map from original print job (most noticeable in cartouche), 1/8 inch brown.....
