Not going to be in London this weekend? Take a trip there via the Firsts London Virtual Fair and view our display of recently catalogued antique prints, maps, ephemera and books, along with fascinating and unusual offerings from book and paper dealers from around the world.
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Harrall, Horace (artist).
London. The Graphic. 12-27- 1879. Wood engraving, 8 x 48 1/2 inches on sheet 10 x 50 1/4 inches. Multiple vertical fold lines as issued, multiple creases (mostly printers creases) to top half plus diagonal crease to leftmost panel; very good condition overall; clean and bright. An.....
16th Year of the Chinese Revolution. 1927. Color map, sheet size 37 x 26 inches 94 x 66cm folding to 13 1/2 x 7 inches, with original lettered wrapper. Map in fine condition. Wrapper: light toning and soft crease. "Made in China" stamped on verso of map. A large and.....
No date. Early 1900s. Chinese style accordion fold binding, wooden boards with carved chinese character, 10 full page original watercolor illustrations on silk, upper and lower edges gilt, 8vo (8 x 6 inches). Wooden covers are bowed, otherwise very good condition. One of a series of these wooden bound books.....
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Disney, Walt, Studios (illus).
Racine, WI. Whitman. 1937. 8 color plates, 123 pp, 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches, color pictorial paper covered boards in color pictorial dustjacket. Light wear to extremities, light spotting to cover, light toning to edges of endpapers, interior clean and tight. Overall light foxing to.....
Salt, Henry (illus). D. Havell (engraver).
London. William Miller. May 1, 1809. Aquatint engraving, hand colored, 18 x 23 1/2 inches on heavy sheet 21 3/4 x 30 inches. Very light soiling to outer margins, a few small spots, 1/8 inch tear to top edge (well outside image area), strip.....
Salt, Henry (illus). Daniel Havell (engraver).
London. William Miller. May 1, 1809. Aquatint engraving, hand colored, 18 x 23 1/2 inches on heavy sheet 21 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches. Light foxing across sheet (visible (but not very noticeable) in sky but not in richly-colored landscape), sheet corners lightly bumped.....
Willis, W. (drawn and engraved by).
Chester. Catherall & Prichard. No date. Mid 1800s. Pictorial map, 17 1/2 x 23 inches on sheet 18 1/2 x 24 inches, folding into pictorial card cover 6 1/2 x 4 inches. 1 inch repaired split at upper left edge fold line where the.....
Taylor, Alfred E. (map illus).
1932. Color lithographic pictographic / pictorial map , 16 3/4 x 27 1/2 inches on sheet size 19 x 28 1/2 inches, folding as issued to 6 1/2 x 4 inches, paper folder, text on verso of map. Mended 1 1/2 inch tear to right.....
Coffin, Ernest (map illus).
1935. Color bird's-eye view pictographic / pictorial map with pop-up of Savoy Hotel, 6 1/2 x 11 inches on sheet size 8 1/2 x 12 inches folding to pamphlet 8 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches. Very good condition. An attractive panoramic bird's eye view by Ernest.....
London. George Philip & Son. No date. Ca. 1920? Color street map on sheet 19 x 23 1/2 inches as issued into stiff card cover wrappers, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. A couple of short separations at folds otherwise very good condition; covers are lightly foxed. Colorful transportation map.....
Nash, Joseph (illus).
[London]. [Thomas McLean]. [ 1848.]. TWO color lithographs, approx 13 x 18 1/2 inches adhered to stiff board 19 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches. Light soiling and toning and scattered foxing to boards, creasing to board corners, waterstain visible at lower right corners (well outside image area).....
New York. [Anton Reich] / T.C. Weygandt Co., No date. Ca. early 1900-1920. Sepia toned advertising broadside, sepia illustrations of about 40 different mould designs; double-sided, sheet size 16 1/2 x 24 inches, multiple folds, likely as issued. Prices notated in pencil, some toning and short separations at fold intersections.....
Fraser, J. B. (illus). Engraved by R. Havell & Son.
London. Messrs. Rodwell & Martin. March 1, 1820. Color aquatint, 17 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches on heavy sheet 20 x 26 1/4 inches. Light soiling to edges, scattered foxing, toned strip along upper margin approx. 1/2 inch from upper.....
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Daniell, Thomas and William (illus. and aquatinted by).
London. Thomas Daniell. November 1798. Aquatint engraving, printed in color with added handcolor, image 18 x 23 3/4 inches, on sheet 21 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches. Scattered foxing to margins, a few faint spots visible in sky, light toning to sheet.....
Howitt, Samuel (illus) from the design by Thomas Williamson). Engraved by H. Merke.
London. Edward Orme. April 1, 1806. Color aquatint, 13 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches on sheet 19 x 23 3/4 inches. 2 inch tear to right edge (repaired with older tape on verso), binding holes along left.....
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Daniell, Thomas and William (illus. and aquatinted by).
London. Thomas Daniell. January 1804. Aquatint, printed in color with added handcolor, image 18 x 23 3/4 inches on sheet 20 1/4 x 27 inches. Light soiling particularly at bottom with some marks to bottom left corner, sheet trimmed unevenly, slight bumping.....
Kawanisi, Hidesi (cover illus).
Osaka and Tokyo, Japan. The Asahi. Showa 14. 1939. No. 15. Black and white illustrations throughout, 3 color illustrations, 147 pages, 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Multiple short tears to spine, 1/4 inch paper loss to head of spine, multiple soft vertical.....
Franceschini (artist).
Vienna. Kunst-und Industrie-Comptoir. 1803. Mezzotint color engraving, 19 x 26 1/2 inches on sheet 21 3/4 x 29 inches. Light foxing to margins; a few light marks in image area; 1/4 inch tear in fold of mother's robe, not fully penetrating sheet; soft creases and short tears to.....
Bullock, L. G. (map illus).
Edinburgh. John Bartholomew & Sons Ltd., 1938. Color pictorial / pictographic map, 23 1/2 x 34 3/4 inches on sheet size 25 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches, folding as issued to 8 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Light scattered foxing, 3 inch split at upper.....
Salt, Henry (illus). I. Bluck (engraver).
London. William Miller. May 1, 1809. Aquatint engraving, hand colored, 18 x 23 3/4 inches on heavy sheet 22 x 30 1/4 inches. Very light soiling to outer margins, diagonal crease to top right corner (well outside image area), a few tiny spots, 1/8.....
