Provenance:  From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.

•  Black cloth shelfback, pictorial paper–covered sides, white label printed in black and red on front board; rubbed. Foxing to endpapers. Very good.  (37715)

The volume was designed by Bruce Campbell and set in Centaur and Arrighi types, with the text printed by Hampshire Typothetae (under Harold McGrath's supervision) and the watercolors by the Princeton Polychrome Press; the binding was done by the Tapley-Rutter Company. This is numbered copy 1063 of 2000 printed, and it issigned at the colophon by author and artist. The monthly newsletter and prospectus are laid in.

Provenance:  From the chapbook collection of Albert A. Howard, sans indicia.

•  Opie L 302; ESTC T174304; Cropper, Nottinghamshire Printed Chap-Books, 26.   Folded sheet, never cut or bound, as issued. Edges slightly tattered, minor staining to outermost pages. Unusual and interesting.   (41023)

Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper for “penny books printed and sold by J. Kendrew.”

Provenance:  From the children's book collection of Albert A. Howard, sans indicia.

•  In printed yellow paper wrappers; removed from a nonce volume. Frontispiece and last leaf mounted on inside of covers as issued; a clean, nice copy.  (38467)

•  Late 19th/early 20th–century half morocco with marbled paper–covered sides, spines with gilt-stamped author, title, and date; extremities and spine bands rubbed and refurbished. Upper edges stained red, with staining extending slightly into many upper margins; some pages trimmed closely. Light to moderate foxing and soiling.  (40654)

Provenance:  No bookplates or inscriptions, but spine with initials “G.O.B.” tooled at base.

•  20th-century cordovan-color sheep, covers framed in single gilt fillet with gilt-stamped corner fleurons; spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, gilt-ruled raised bands, and gilt-stamped fleurons in compartments; spine sunned/lightened with darker streaks and patches evident, one spine compartment with small scuff, joints with excellent repairs and corners likewise well refurbished. Text with only an occasional age-stain or instance of foxing; plates remarkably unblemished. Blue silk placemarker. Overall indeed aVERY NICE COPY.   (33233)

At the rear of the volume are30 folding plates setting forth various dispositions and movements of infantry troops; clear, careful, verbal explanations of these precede them.

Searches of NUC, WorldCat, and the CCPBE locateonly three copies worldwide (all in Spain).

Provenance:  Contemporary signature of “Velez” on title-page.

•  Not in Palau. On Doyle, see: DNB online.   Dark brown speckled calf, black gilt-lettered title-label (a little chipped) to gilt-ruled spine, marbled endpapers; binding lightly rubbed. Age-toning and general light soiling, occasionally a dog-ear or a spot, all plates clean, well-attached, and whole at folds. A very sound, very good copy. (36362)

The present martyrology, first printed in 1846, reached seven editions during the 19th century, four of them printed by Leary & Getz, the printing arm of the famous Philadelphia bookstore generally and simply known as “Leary's.” Not unexpectedly, the volume is wildly anti-Cathoic but is also an excellent example of mid-century American bookmaking in its publisher's binding, illustration, and method of printing.

The binding is the publisher's red roan in imitation of morocco. Both covers are gilt-stamped with a triple rule border at the board edges and gilt corner devices; in the center of each board is a gilt vignette of a martyrdom based on one of the plates in the text. All edges are gilt.

The illustrations are wood engravings, mostly unsigned, but a few signed “Lossing.” There are several in-text wood-engraved portraits and there are additionally24 wood-engraved plates (including the frontispiece) that have been hand colored, probably by a stencil method.

The text is printed in double-column format from stereoplates, in roman type, with an interesting six-line capital at the beginning of each chapter.

Provenance:  “Mamie C. Swinton, from 'Aunt Jennie,' August 1870.”

•  Binding as above, rubbed at board edges and joints (outside); top and bottom of spine pulled with loss of leather. Short tears in foremargins of final blank leaves; scattered foxing and some brown spotting. Over all, a good++ copy; a very good representative ofthe genre, “ugly ideas got-up beautifully.”  (37226)

An epitome of the “antiquarian” both in form and content, this is a marvelous compendium of royal history and lore.

•  Publisher's red cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title, front cover with gilt-stamped title and gilt embossed medallion of Athena; without dust jacket, spine and edges sunned (spine to a light beige), covers showing minor smudges. Dedication page with rubber-stamped numeral in lower margin, with pencilled note “withdrawn.” This copy without the pocket and two folding maps expected therein — with no sign or trace of their removal at the back of the volume, but curiously with many blank leaves after the last plate, as if to balance the non-present maps, and with the portion of the “list of plans” relevant to the absent maps obscured by an affixed rectangle of matching paper. A solid, internally clean, eminently enjoyable copy of these important observations, priced to reflect its “omissions.” (39549)

•  Rust-brown publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt medallion to front board, in an edgeworn, lightly soiled dust jacket with significant portions torn away at spine, smaller losses at corners/edges and price-clip, and two small stains to rear panel. Binding clean, with extremities bumped. Purple monogram ownership stamp to front free endpaper, p. 83, and a leaf in the index; text otherwise clean with upper corners lightly creased across and a few leaves unopened. Good, in a good- dust jacket that appears in most instances to be lacking entirely.  (37601)

•  Publisher's tan cloth, in original color-printed dust jacket spine extremities and lower outer corners rubbed; jacket with spine and edges chipped, back panel with short tear from upper edge. Pages faintly age-toned; one leaf with small hole not touching images. A solid copy of this engaging, although also “period,” collection from one of the great 20th-century illustrators. (41565)

Provenance:  Front pastedown with bookplate of Francis John Breck, Jr., dated 10/29/72. Later in the library of Robert L. Sadoff, M.D., sans indicia.

•  Binding as above, spine and edges sunned to brown, joints opening from head and foot, edges rubbed. Endpapers with offsetting from turn-ins and front free one loosening; pages slightly age-toned. A handsome example of this enduring classic, with Mackenzie'slovely, lyrical illustration.  (39825)

Provenance:  From the library of Robert L. Sadoff, M.D., sans indicia.

•  Ray, French Illustrated Books, 292 (for French first ed.).   Contemporary half brown morocco and brown cloth, leather edges ruled in single gilt fillet, spine with gilt-stamped title and author, gilt-ruled raised bands, and gilt-framed compartments, binding done by W. Roach Co. of New York; edges and extremities showing moderate rubbing, middle cloth portion of outer edges of covers with small area of light discoloration. All edges gilt. A clean, attractive, unfoxed copy.  (39857)

“The Pavilion on the Links” appears in its first version.

This is numbered copy 733 of 2000 printed, signed at the colophon by the artist; the LEC prospectus is laid in.

•  Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club, 499.   Bound as above, in original matching paper-covered slipcase; slipcase with very slight traces of shelfwear, volume clean and bright. A nice example of this engaging, attractive edition. (41401)

•  Evans 27743; Howes S-999; Sabin 91742; Trumbull, Connecticut, 1425.   Period-style quarter calf with marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and author labels and blind-tooled floral decorations in compartments. Previous owner's signature on the title-page. Rubber-stamps of the Mercantile Library, and inked marks and underlining inside, with scattered marginalia. Frontispiece portrait lacking, with eight plates (three of which are fold-out) present; each of the three folding plates with a split along one fold. Occasional marginal tears and small chips to corners; waterstaining and foxing, yet paper strong and reading easy.  (3996)

Provenance:   From the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.

•  Publisher's blue cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title, in a striking slipcase covered in combed paper in black, grey, and white, matching the endpapers; volume spine sunned, slipcase showing minimal shelfwear. Pages crisp and clean. A beautiful book for collectors of calligraphic and/or bookplate art as well as connoisseurs of wood engraving.  (39551)

Binding:  Publisher's pebbled brown cloth, covers framed with embossed vinework border, front cover with decorative gilt-stamped title, spine with raised bands, gilt-stamped title, and blind-tooled fleurons in compartments. All edges gilt.

Provenance:  Inscription on initial blank from ____ P. James to _____ Thomas, “Dec 25/64.”

•  Sabin 33391.   Binding as above, just a little rubbed at edges and corners, with gilt of front cover, still attractive, dimmed affecting three letters. Small spot of offsetting in lower portion of title-page and blank opposite from something once laid in, with a few small spots of foxing to the blank.A clean, bright, very nice copy of a book more usually seen in compromised condition. (41397)

First published in 1843 and first printed with illustrations in 17 monthly parts 1853–54, the misadventures of the enthusiastic Mr. Jorrocks appear here “printed for subscribers from the plates of the Original Edition issued by Bradbury, Agnew & Co.” The volume is illustrated with 16 hand-colored, steel-engraved plates and 31 wood-engraved plates by famed caricaturist John Leech. The colored scenes, many involving horses or hounds or both, are carefully and artistically tinted; the social scenes are more delicately shaded than the vivid hunting scenes. In addition to the color and black-and-white plates, numerous in-text wood-engravings decorate the text.

Binding:  Publisher's crimson cloth, front cover with horse and hound vignettes stamped in black and gilt, spine with black and gilt portrait of Jorrocks himself.

•  NCBEL, III, 967. On Surtees, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online.   Binding as above, spine much sunned but covers bright and fresh. Signatures almost entirely unopened; contents pages and a few other early signatures awkwardly opened with resulting edge tears, including to upper margins (only) of five uncolored plates. One colored plate with tiny scuff in image. Despite described faults, still a solid, bright, beautifully illustrated copy with a great deal of charm.  (30448)

See the end of the first paragraph in our first “Surtees” entry, for a general note on him.

First published in 1847, these vividly rendered hunting scenes appear here “printed for subscribers from the plates of the Original Edition issued by Bradbury, Agnew & Co.” The volume is illustrated with8 plates by Phiz, hand-colored, and 13 steel-engraved plates by W.T. Maude. While Phiz's caricatures are sharp and witty, the coloring itself is rather elegantly restrained. In addition to the color and black-and-white plates, numerous in-text wood-engravings decorate the text, the whole providing many depictions of the hunt.

Binding:  Publisher's crimson cloth, front cover and spine stamped with hunting vignettes and hound decorations in black and gilt.

•  NCBEL, III, 967. On Surtees, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online.   Binding as above, spine much sunned but covers bright and fresh, minimal wear to extremities. Signatures unopened. Save for the dimmed spine, a beautiful and bright copy.  (30434)

First published in 1853 as a 13-part serial, the Sporting Tour appears here “printed for subscribers from the plates of the Original Edition issued by Bradbury, Agnew & Co.” The volume is illustrated with13 hand-colored and 30 steel-engraved plates by famed caricaturist John Leech. The colored scenes, most of which depict hunting or riding scenes, are carefully and attractively done with nicely shaded tints. In addition to the color and black-and-white plates, numerous in-text wood-engravings decorate the text.

Binding:  Publisher's crimson cloth, front cover and spine stamped with horse and hound vignettes in black and gilt.

•  NCBEL, III, 967. On Surtees, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online.   Binding as above, spine much sunned but covers bright and fresh. Signatures unopened. One leaf holed in text with loss of a few words and with some light discoloration around this, without loss of sense. Save for the dimmed spine, a beautiful and bright copy.  (30426)

See the end of the first paragraph in our first “Surtees” entry, for a general note on him.

First published in 13 monthly parts in 1860, the machinations of Rosa and her mamma appear here “printed for subscribers from the plates of the Original Edition issued by Bradbury, Agnew & Co.” The volume is illustrated with12 hand-colored, steel-engraved plates and 8 wood-engraved plates by famed caricaturist John Leech. The colored scenes, some involving young ladies in elegant dress and some horses and hounds, are carefully and artistically tinted; the social scenes are more delicately shaded than the vivid hunting scenes. In addition to the color and black-and-white plates, numerous in-text wood-engravings decorate the text.

Binding:  Publisher's crimson cloth, front cover with black- and gilt-stamped hound decorations and a gilt-stamped vignette of two flirting equestrians, spine with black and gilt Cupid vignette.

•  NCBEL, III, 968. On Surtees, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online.   Binding as above, extremities slightly rubbed, spine much sunned but covers bright and fresh. Signatures unopened. A clean, unread copy, with lovely plates.  (30470)

Provenance:  Striking armorial bookplate with the motto “Quis idoneus” of Magdalen College Dean of Divinity James Elwin Millard, D.D. (1823–94) on front pastedown; most recently in the library of American collector Albert A. Howard, small booklabel (“AHA”) at rear.

A very nice Whittingham production.

•  Bound as above; spine evenly sunned, gently rubbed with some loss of leather at edges, boards gently bowed, front free endpaper detached. Light age-toning, two leaves with very short marginal tears, a few faint traces of pencilling, small hole in final leaf repaired. Provenance as above.  (38425)

Thirty-nine Books and Broadsides describes works that well represent the earliest Mexican printing, the rarities including 14 New World incunabula, 9 the only known surviving copies (3 described for the first time), several second known and several more earliest known copies, and a number of works with woodcut illustrations — all from a major private collection.

All entries are illustrated and provide exact collations; notably, the bibliography provides the very first accurate system of description for 16-century New World broadsides. Limited to 250 copies. Each item fully described bibliographically and illustrated as well.

•  Publisher's cloth. New.  (36766)