Search Results: Titles starting with S from David Brass Rare Books, Inc.

: , 1890. Arthur Rackham's Fünverein - His 'Five Club' RACKHAM, Arthur, artist. "Saas Fee" [n.d., n.p., ca. 1890]. Original pencil and red crayon drawing, signed "A Rackham/Saas Fee/-- 99" on lower right-hand corner. Image size: 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches: 159 x 95 mm. Matted, framed and glazed. (frame size: 14 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches; 371 x 298 mm.). A pencil and red crayon drawing depicting five women in Swiss costume, three of them standing up straight and two of them leaning forward. "The 1890s was the period in which Rackham travelled in England, Europe and Scandinavia whenever opportunities allowed. His circle of friends had widened by this time to include Frank Keen, Sam Hamer, and the two Andrewes brothers, Herbert and Percy... The five formed themselves into a kind of jolly walking club, which they called the Fünfverein (Five Club). Their English holidays took them to Dartmoor from a base at Kelly College, Tavistock, and European holidays to France, Austria, Switzerland and Germany." (James… Read More

Hamburg: , 1808. Eighteen Super Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by Christoffer and Cornelius Suhr Documenting the Uniforms of the Legendary Roman Division SUHR, Christoffer. SUHR, Cornelius. Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National-Trachten and Uniformen der Division des Marquis de la Romana, 1807 und 1808, in Hamburg in Garnison. Gezeichnet von Christ. Suhr, Prof. Radirt und geaezt von Corn. Hamburg: [1808]. First edition complete. Folio ( 14 1/4 x 9 inches; 362 x 228 mm.). Letterpress title and eighteen superb hand colored aquatint plates by Cornelius Suhr after Christan Suhr. All plates with the small blindstamp of C. Suhr on the lower blank margin. Contemporary German brown marbled boards, covers ruled in gilt, all edges gilt. Small piece cut away from blank free endpaper. Spine and corner extremities a little rubbed. The plates all bright and fresh. A wonderful copy. An unusual suite of plates showing the various Spanish national costumes and the uniforms of the Spanish troops from the… Read More

Munich: Verlag von J.F. Schreiber, 1888. A Rare and Early Meggendorfer Movable MOVABLE BOOK. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Schau mich an! [Look at me!]. Ein Ziehbilderbuch von Lothar Meggendorfer. Esslingen - Stuttgart, [1888]. First German edition. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/2 inches; 254 x 343 mm.). [10] pp. (including foreword and advertisements at end). Eight colored lithograph plates with movable parts (included in pagination), each with a tab to set the scene in motion. The eight moveables are all original, completely functional and in excellent condition. The 'pull' tabs have all been replaced. There are some expertly repaired short closed tears where the tabs come through the pages and a few mainly marginal light stains. Publisher's gray boards with color pictorial label on front pane, red cloth backstrip, Light wear to board edges and corners. A wonderful example of this very rare and early title. Housed in a fleece-lined, half black morocco clamshell case, spine with five raised bands, lettered… Read More

Battle Creek, Michigan: Modern Medicine Publishing Co., 1892. 'Science in the Kitchen' Applying Scientific Knowledge to Everyday Life, Including Food and Nutrition. KELLOGG, E.E. Science in the Kitchen. By Mrs. E.E. Kellogg, A.M. A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and their Diabetic Properties together with a Practical Explanation of the... Principles of Healthful Cookery. Over Nine Hundred Choice, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes. Revised Edition. Battle Creek, Michigan: Modern Medicine Publishing Co., 1892. Large octavo (8 5/8 x 6 inches; 219 x 152 m.). [1]-487, [1, blank] pp. Thirty-six photgravure plates and numerous illustrations in the text. Publisher's white linen, front cover pictorially decorated and lettered in black, spine lettered in black, all edges marbled. Inner hinges repaired. A few leaves with creased corners otherwise an excellent copy. Science in the Kitchen contributed to the broader movement in the late 19th century that sought to apply scientific knowledge to… Read More

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. A Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates The Schwerdt - Duke of Gloucester Copy ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition with the plates all dated 1820. Oblong folio (9 9/16 x 13 5/8 inches; 243 x 347 mm.). Title leaf (verso blank), and forty-two hand-colored engraved plates heightened with gum arabic, twelve with multiple images. Plates watermarked "J. Whatman 1822 & 1824". Bound ca. 1900 by Morrell of London (stamp-signed) in half maroon straight-grain morocco over plum cloth ruled in gilt. Front cover with rectangular maroon morocco label, bordered and lettered in gilt, spine with five raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. The Schwerdt copy, with his bookplate and that of Prince Henry, first Duke of Gloucester on the front pastedown and the free endpaper. A bright, clean, and superb copy… Read More

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates Engraved by Alken Himself ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Second edition (plates dated 1820), complete; preceded by the oblong quarto edition of 1823, but of equal rarity. Tall octavo (10 x 8 1/4 in; 254 x 210). Title leaf (verso blank), and forty-two hand-colored engraved plates, twelve with multiple images. Title-page watermarked "1822", plates watermarked "J. Whatman 1822 & 1823". Contemporary half crimson morocco over pink paper boards. Original red leather title label lettered in gilt to upper board. Smooth spine ruled in gilt. Small bookplate to front free-endpaper. A fine copy of an extremely scarce album by Henry Alken. This edition of 1825 has not been seen at auction since 1968. The last copy of the first edition of 1821 came to auction in 1970. OCLC records just three copies of the first edition of… Read More

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1927. Walter Pater's "Sebastian van Storck," Illustrated by Alastair [ALASTAIR, illustrator]. PATER, Walter. Sebastian van Storck. With Eight Illustrations in Colour by Alastair and an Introduction by P.G. Konody. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1927. Limited to 1,050 numbered copies (this copy being No. 40), each copy with one of the plates signed by the artist. Large quarto (12 3/8 x 10 1/8; 313 x 250 mm). 67, [1] pp. Eight color plates (including frontispiece). This copy with the third plate signed by Alastair in pencil. Original cream-colored cloth lettered in gilt and pictorially stamped in brown. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Very minor rubbing to spine and extremities. A near fine copy. Publisher's parchment dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's brown slipcase with printed paper label. Slipcase lacking spine and with some wear to edges. Walter Horatio Pater (1839-1894). English essayist, critic of art and literature, and… Read More

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1839. Sergeant Bell's 'Peep-Show' CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. [MOGRIDGE (George)]. Sergeant Bell, and his Raree-Show. Embellished with wood cuts by Cruikshanks [sic], Thompson, Williams, etc. London, Printed for Thomas Tegg, 1839. First edition. Small square octavo (5 3/16 x 4 inches; 132 x 101 mm.). [viii], [1]-447, [1, advertisements] pp. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text, of which the frontispiece, vignette title, and some of the woodcuts are after George Cruikshank. Bound ca. by Root of London (stamp-signed in gilt on front turn-in). Full red morocco, covers triple-ruled in gilt with corner gilt fleurons, spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt ruled board edges, decorative gilt turn-ins, cockerel-style end-papers, all edges gilt. With the small oval bookplate of Adrian W. Flühmann on front paste-down. Original gilt decorated brown cloth covers and spine bound in at end. A fine copy. The… Read More

London: Thos. McLean, 1820. A Fine Set of Six Hand Colored Etched Plates on Fox Hunting ALKEN, Henry. A Set of Six Plates on Fox Hunting by Henry Alken 1820 [cover title]. London: Thomas McLean, 1820. Oblong folio (11 3/4 x 17 3/8 inches; 298 x 441 mm.). Specially printed title-page Six fine hand-colored etched plates, all plates window-mounted on stubs. (platemark size: 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches; 182 x 244 mm.). All plates with imprint "London, Published by Thos. McLean, Hay Market, 1820" Bound ca. 1960 in three quarter red morocco over pink boards decoratively ruled in ruled in gilt. Front cover with large rectangular red morocco label decoratively bordered and lettered in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, decoratively ruled and lettered in gilt, white endpapers, edges speckled blue. This fine set of plates depict the huntsmen having a drink at the inn and preparing for the hunt; gathering the hounds; ready to enter the field; the hounds find the scent; the huntsmen and hounds in full chase;… Read More

Oxford: , 1931. The Shakespeare Head Brontë A Fine Set in the Original Dust Jackets [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. BRONTË, [Charlotte, Emily, and Anne]. The Shakespeare Head Brontë. Oxford: Newly Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1931. Limited to 1,000 copies. Eleven large octavo volumes (containing the Novels). [Together with:] [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. BRONTË, [Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.] The Brontës: Their Lives, Friendships and Correspondence. In Four Volumes. [Edited by Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington]. Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1932. Limited to 750 copies. Four large octavo volumes. [And:] [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. BRONTË, Charlotte, and Patrick Branwell. The Poems of Charlotte Brontë & Patrick Branwell Brontë. [Edited by Thomas James Wise and John Alexander Symington]. Oxford: Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil… Read More

London: Thomas Pulser, 1817. A Set of Four Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by Henry Alken, Engraved by T. Sutherland ALKEN, Henry. [Shooting]. London: Thomas Pulser, 1 June 1817 [i.e. 1820]. Four Magnificent Hand Colored Sporting Engravings by T. Sutherland after Henry Alken. Elephant folio (16 5/8 x 21 7/8 inches; 423 x 556 mm.). Four magnificent hand colored aquatint plates (image size: 13 x 16 1/2 inches; 330 x 420 mm.). All plates with imprint "Pubd. Jun 1, 1817, by Thos. Pulser, Surrey side Westminster Bridge.' Interleaved with card, some light soiling of margins. The first plate with a tiny inner-margin tear, the second plate with a tiny tear below the imprint, both with almost invisible repairs. The third plate with a two-inch marginal tear (not affecting image) repaired on the verso with tape. The first three plates are watermarked 1820. Mid-to-late nineteenth century half brown morocco over green pebble-grain cloth ruled in gilt. Smooth spine decoratively tooled and lettered… Read More

London: Jonathan Cape, 1929. A Collection of the World's Best Fairy Tales Illustrated by Violet Brunton BRUNTON, Violet, illustrator. Silver Magic. A Collection of the World's Best Fairy Fairy Tales from all Countries. Edited and Arranged by Romer Wilson. With Illustrations in Colour & Line by Violet Brunton. London: Jonathan Cape, [1929]. First edition. Octavo ( 7 7/8 x 5 3/8 inches; 201 x 137 mm.). [1]-432 pp. Eight color plates and forty-seven black & white illustrations in the text including several full-page. Publisher's silver cloth over boards, covers decorated with blue stars, spine decorated and lettered in blue, top edge stained blue. Small neat ink date "1929" at top of front free endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy of this lovely little book of fairy tales including such favorites as The Marriage of Cupid & Psyche, The a History of Reynard the Fox, Clever Alice, Lohengrin, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and many others. Violet Ella Evelyn Brunton… Read More

Paris: Chez Lefuel, 1825. Complete and Exceptionally Fine in its Original Box Eight Superb Hand Colored Stipple Engravings of Young 'Entrepreneurs' BRES, Jean Pierre. Simples Histoires, Trouvées Dans Un Pot Au Lait. Par M. Bres. Paris: Chez Lefuel, 1825. Eight small octavo volumes in original hand-colored lithograph box. Each volume with a color-printed stipple engraving, finished in color by hand. First Edition. Eight small octavo volumes (6 x 4 inches; 152 x 101 mm.). [1-7], 8-34, [2, blank]; [1-7], 8-35, [1, blank]; [1-7], 8-35, [1, blank]; [1-7], 8-37, [3, blank]; [1-7], 8-34, [2, blank]; [2, blank], [iv], vi, [7-9], 10-39, [3, blank]; [1-7], 8-34, [2, blank]; [1-7], 8-32, pp. Each volume has a color-printed stipple engraving, finished in color by hand, of a child dressed in the manner to suit each cover title. The title-pages of all volumes are titled Simples Histoires, Trouvées Dans Un Pot Au Lait. (Simple Stories Found in a Pot of Milk). Original color lithographed pale blue stiff… Read More

London: Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ld., 1902. A Spectacular Cosway Binding with Two Oval and Eight Circular Miniatures By Miss C.B. Currie COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. CURRIE, Miss C.B., miniaturist. MANSON, James A. Sir Edwin Landseer, R. A. Illustrated with Twenty-one Plates, and a Photogravure Frontispiece. London: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First edition, from The Makers of British Art Series edited by Manson.. Octavo. (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 180 x 128 mm). [i-vi], vii-xvi, 219, [220] pp. Title page printed in blue and black. Twenty-one engraved plates and a photogravure frontispiece. Handsomely bound ca. 1904 in a full dark green levant morocco Cosway Binding by Rivière & Sons for Sotheran & Co., stamp-signed to front turn in. Spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt after a floral and leaf design in compartments ruled in gilt. The front and back covers are ruled and decoratively tooled in a gilt… Read More

London: , 1973. The Cheese Tycoon At Home in the Cheddar Bank Original Art From "The Butterfly Ball" ALDRIDGE, Alan. Sir Maximus Mouse. Original Art, Plate No. 19 from The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. [London], 1973. 25 x 19 1/4 inches (64 x 49 cm) matted and glassed in frame; oval image 18 x 12 1/2 inches (46 x 31.5 cm). An original airbrushed acrylic painting illustrating a character from artist Alan Aldridge's modern children's classic, The Butterfly Ball and The Grasshopper's Feast, with verses by William Plomer and nature notes by Richard Fitter, originally published in London by Jonathan Cape, 1973. It is one of twenty-eight illustrations created for the book. Accompanied by a first edition copy of the book. That huge new block, in EC4, Of the Cheddar Bank they built last June Has a secret fat, on the fourteenth floor, For Sir Maximus Mouse, the Cheese Tycoon. There he sits in his cozy room With a ticker-tape, in view of St. Paul's To watch how the market rises and falls.… Read More

Paris: Delpech, 1828. Extremely Rare Monnier MONNIER, Henri. Six Quartiers de Paris. Paris: [François Séraphin] Delpech, 1828. A rare suite of six hand colored lithographed plates, (without the hand colored lithographed title) otherwise complete as issued. Oblong quarto. Plate size: 9 x 12 inches (231 x 307 mm). Bound to contemporary style in full dark green morocco. Gilt ruled borders. Gilt panel. Gilt lettering and ornaments to spine. Restoration to lower corner of plate four, otherwise a fine copy. According to the ABPC Index, since 1923 only three copies have come to auction (1938, 1949, 1979). There are only three copies in institutional holdings worldwide. The plates: 1. Le Marais 2. Quartier St. Denis 3. Quartier de la Bourse 4. Chaussée d'Antin 5. Faubourg St. Honoré 6. Le Faubourg St. Germain For reasons unknown, Ray identifies this suite as being by Eugene Lami, despite the plates clearly identified as by Monnier; the only copy to come to auction in the last thirty-five years… Read More

Paris: Delpech, 1828. Extremely Rare Monnier or Lami? MONNIER, Henri. [LAMI, Eugène ?]. Six Quartiers de Paris. Paris: [François Séraphin] Delpech, 1828. A rare suite of six hand colored lithographed plates, (without the hand colored lithographed title) otherwise complete as issued. Oblong quarto. Plate size: 11 x 14 1/8 inches (279 x 370 mm). Bound to contemporary style in full dark green morocco. Gilt ruled borders. Gilt panel. Gilt lettering and ornaments to spine. Restoration to lower corner of plate four, otherwise a fine copy. According to the ABPC Index, since 1923 only three copies have come to auction (1938, 1949, 1979). There are only three copies in institutional holdings worldwide. The plates: 1. Le Marais 2. Quartier St. Denis 3. Quartier de la Bourse 4. Chaussée d'Antin 5. Faubourg St. Honoré 6. Le Faubourg St. Germain For reasons unknown, Ray identifies this suite as being by Eugene Lami, despite the plates clearly identified as by Monnier; the only copy to come to… Read More

London: R. Ackermann's, 1813. A Rare Series of Views Showing Cheltenham - the Spa Town at the Height of its Fashion HULLEY, T[homas]. Six Views of Cheltenham: From Drawings made by Mr. T. Hulley. Price, in Colours, £1 1s. London: Published at R. Ackermann's, 1813. Oblong folio (11 1/2 x 14 inches; 292 x 355 mm.). Six superb hand-colored aquatint plates by H. Merke and J. Buck after Hulley. All plates with "London, Pubd. 1 June 1813 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand." The third plate watermarked "J. Whatman 1812". Publishers printed drab stitched wrappers with title and imprint on upper cover within a decorative border. Bookplate of Joel Spitz tipped onto verso of front cover and Maxine and Joel Spitz library stamp on inside of rear cover. Housed in a green cloth clamshell case, spine with black morocco label lettered in gilt. Maxine and Joel Spitz library stamp repeated three times on inside of case. A remarkable survival - a fine uncut copy of this rare series of views showing… Read More

London: Wm. Miller, 1807. The Miseries of Human Life" Depicted in Sixteen Amusing Hand Colored Etched Plates [ATKINSON, John Augustus]. Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of The Wretched. London: Published by Wm. Miller, 1807. First edition. Small oblong quarto (6 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches; 172 x 206 mm.). Hand-colored etched vignette title and sixteen hand-colored etched plates (one folding). At the top of each plate a reference is given to its place in James Beresford's Miseries of Human Life. Each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. Plates watermarked 1802, text watermarked 1806. Three plates with professionally repaired tears (see below), another with marginal foxing. One leaf of text with small (one inch) lower blank marginal tear. Some minor mainly marginal foxing or soiling. Modern full red morocco, covers ruled and decorated in gilt, front cover titles in gilt, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt,marbled endpapers. Old booksellers description on… Read More

London: Printed by and For J. Limbird, [1825]. With Hand-Colored Folding Frontispiece By Robert Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, Robert, illustrator]. MATHEWS, Charles. Sketches of Mr. Mathews's Celebrated Trip To Paris. Comprising a Full Account of His Admirable Lecture on Peculiarities, Characters and Manners, With the Most Laughable of the Stories and Adventures, and Seven Original Comic Songs, on the Subjects of Do As Other Folks Do. Paris Is The Only Place. Delights of the Packet. Lumps and Bumps. Day At Meurice's. Heads For A Quarto. And Now Farewell To Paris Revels. And an Analysis of the Laughable Monopolylogue, La Diligence. Embellished with an Elegant Engraving by Cruikshank. London: Printed by and For J. Limbird, n.d. [1825]. Third edition, originally published in 1819 and scarce in each. Twelvemo (6 7/8 x 3 3/4 in; 174 x 93 mm). 24 pp. Folding hand-colored etched frontispiece titled "Mr. Mathews, as Miss Evelina Evergreen". Bound by Zaehnsdorf in later full crimson calf with double fillets,… Read More