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

London: John Warren, 1821. Dedicated To The Eye Of The Connoiseur DAGLEY, Richard (illustrator). [GASPEY, Thomas. author]. Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley. London: John Warren, 1821. First edition. Octavo (10 1/8 x 6 3/8 ins; 258 x 162 mm.) xxxix, [9], 184 pp. Twenty-six hand-colored plates. Publisher's original drab boards, expertly rebacked. Printed paper spine label. Untrimmed. Bookplate of John P. Kane. A fine copy. Rare, the last copy to come to auction was in 1999. The poem was anonymously written by Thomas Gaspey (1788-1871). "To the Admirers of those hasty Productions of the Pencil called Sketches, Gentlemen, In offering these subjects to your attention, I feel assured of every allowance on your part for their style of execution; and also that in your comments upon what the generality may call blots or scratches, you will lean to the favourable side, and pronounce them meaning and design. To those who are not… Read More

London: John Warren , 1821. The Humorous Trials of College Life In 26 Hand-Colored Etchings DAGLEY, Richard. Takings; Or, The Life of a Collegian. A Poem. Illustrated by Twenty-Six Etchings, from Designs by R. Dagley. London: John Warren and G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. Octavo (9 1/4 x 5 5/8 in; 234 x 143 mm). xxxix, [3], 36-184. Twenty-six hand-colored etchings. Bound by Root & Son in later full calf with triple fillets, gilt-ruled and ornamented compartments with crimson morocco spine labels. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. With the bookplate of George Seton Veitch. A fine copy. Though well-represented in institutional holdings, the last copy of Takings seen at auction was fifteen years ago, in 1999. "Richard Dagley (c. 1765-1841) was an English subject painter. He was brought up at Christ's Hospital, and at first made designs for jewellery. From 1784 to 1806 he exhibited domestic subjects at the Royal Academy. He then turned his attention to teaching drawing, but again… Read More

London: Printed for Charles Baldwyn, 1824. George Cruikshank's Own Copy Signed and Dated by Him on the Title-Page CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. [ROSCOE, Thomas]. [Italian Tales]. Tales of Humour, Gallantry, & Romance, Selected and Translated from the Italian. With Sixteen Illustrative Drawings by George Cruikshank. London: Printed for Charles Baldwyn, 1824. George Cruikshank's copy, signed "George Cruikshank 1824" at top of title-page. First edition, mixed issue. Octavo (7 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 199 x 123 mm.). viii, 253, [1, imprint], [8, advertisements] pp. Fifteen engraved plates and woodcut on title-page "The Pomegranate Seed". Publisher's quarter dark green canvas over red paper boards, spine with original printed paper label (worn), edges uncut. Front joint worn but sound, inner hinges expertly strengthened. With the engraved bookplate of William Hartmann Woodin on front paste-down and ink signature on front free end-paper. An excellent copy chemised in a quarter blue morocco slipcase. A… Read More

London: J. Robins and Co., 1824. Scarce With the Illustrations In Two States Complete with all of the Advertisements CRUIKSHANK, George. [WHITTY, Michael James, text]. Tales of Irish Life. Illustrative of the Manners, Customs,and Condition of the People. With Designs by George Cruikshank. London: J. Robins and Co., 1824. First edition, complete with all of the advertisements. Two octavo volumes (6 3/4 x 4 3/16 inches; 171 x 106 mm.). [6], iv, 242, [2, adv. (in the press)], [2, adv.]; [4], 249, [1, blank], [2, adv.] pp. Six full-page woodcuts (three to each volume) each in two states: hand-colored and uncolored; a total of twelve plates. Bound ca. 1910 by Wood of London (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in full polished tan calf, covers with triple-gilt rules, spines with five raised bands, decoratively tooled in gilt in compartments, olive green labels lettered in gilt, gilt board-edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Heads of spines expertly repaired. A very fine… Read More

London & Paris: Liberty & Co., [1913]. An Original Willy Pogany Tannhäuser Calendar for 1914 POGANY, Willy, illustrator. Tannhäuser Calendar for 1914. London & Paris: Liberty & Co., [1913]. Octavo ( 8 5/8 x 6 1/16 inches; 219 x 154 mm.). 24 pages (including wrappers) printed on heavy gray stock. Eight mounted color plates. The second color plate with two creases at lower left corner. Printed in colors on gray paper stock, sewn as issued. Front wrapper with neat early ink inscription on top margin. Remnant of silk ties, otherwise a near fine copy of this scarce piece of Willy Pogany ephemera. Willy Pogány, born in Szeged, Hungary, in 1882, studied at Budapest Technical University and in Munich and Paris. His reputation as a muralist, painter and illustrator was well established in Paris, London and Munich before arriving in the United States in 1915, at the age of thirty-three. Skilled in an unusually wide range of media, he had won gold medals at exhibitions in Budapest, Leipzig, and at the… Read More

San Jose, Cal.: Mercury Book and Job Printing House, 1887. Mary Smith's 1887 work provides recipes which will neither "Awaken the appetite of the reformed" nor "Cultivate a taste for intoxicating drink in the young" SMITH, Mary G. Temperance Cook Book. Written by Mrs. Mary G. Smith, for the benefit of all Housekeepers. Second edition. San Jose, Cal.: Mercury Book and Job Printing House, 1887. Second edition. Small quarto (8 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 222 x 150 mm.). [4, ads printed on pink paper], [1]-261, [1, blank]. There are also two other advertisements printed on pink paper and bound in with the text - four pages between pp. 74/75 and four pages between pp. 144/145. In addition there is a two page advertisement for The San Jose Mercury between between 157/158. Publisher's brown cloth, covers stamped in blind, front cover lettered in gilt, floral endpapers, all edges stained red. Inner hinges split, some wear to extremities of binding. A good copy. Mary Smith's 1887 work provides recipes which… Read More

New York: Random House , 1946. Inscribed by the Milton Caniff CANIFF, Milton. Terry and the Pirates. Adapted from the famous comic strip. New York: Random House, [1946]. First edition inscribed by the author. Small quarto ( 10 x 7 inches; 254 x 178 mm.).[vi], [1]-115, [1, blank]. With seventeen black & white illustrations in the text. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "For Richard Baker / Best Wishes / Milton Caniff / 7 January / 1947". Publisher's pictorial boards, pictorial dust jacket. A near fine copy. Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (1907-1988) was an American cartoonist known for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.

London: S & J. Fuller, at the Sporting Gallery, 1822. Six Fine Hand Colored Plates Lithographed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel "One of C.F.G.R. Schwerdt's Favourites" ALKEN, Henry. [HULLMANDEL, Charles Joseph, lithographer]. [The Right Sort, Six coloured plates drawn by Henry Alken, printed by C. Hullmandel]. London: S & J. Fuller, at the Sporting Gallery, 1822. First edition, slightly later impressions of plate nos. 1 & 6. Oblong folio (12 x 14 1/4 inches; 306 x 362 mm.). Six hand colored lithograph plates all mounted on stubs and interleaved with paper guards. Plates a little browned, third and fifth plates with slight foxing. Bound ca. 1960 in three quarter red morocco over red cloth boards ruled in gilt. Spine with two raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt, pink endpapers, top edge gilt. Plates: 1. Morning, a few of the right sort going to do the thing. (March 1, 1822). 2. The right sort doing the thing. (March 1, 1822). 3. Some of the right sort doing the thing. (March 1, 1822). 4. Some… Read More

[Philadelphia]: Shoenhut, 1890. An Automaton After Meggendorfer [AUTOMATON]. ["The Tailor and His Two Apprentices"]. [Philadelphia: Schoenhut, n.d. c. 1890-1900] Boxed automaton. Image size: 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches; 293 x 395 mm. Box size: 13 5/8 x 17 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches; 345 x 447 x 130 mm. Three cardboard figures in original paper-covered wooden box, with glass cover and gold-painted metal frame. A sliding panel on the back of the box reveals cardboard parts moved by clockwork mechanisms, which can be wound up with the original metal key. Paper labels on box a little chipped. The figures are still very bright, and the mechanisms move very smoothly. An excellent example of an automaton from the period. Schoenhut blue trademark label to rear. The scene depicts three figures in the style of Lothar Meggendorfer's illustrations to his movable books. In the center, a tailor sits on a table with his legs crossed, drowsily stitching a garment, while nodding off. On his right, an apprentice also sits on… Read More

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1829. Politics As Theater - Political Actors Lampooned By Britain's "Leading Caricaturist, Prolific Alike in Social and Political Satire" HEATH, William. Theatrical Characters. London: Thomas M'Lean, Dec. 1, 1829. First edition, first impression with plates dated Oct. 26 to Nov. 9. Large folio (16 1/8 x 11 1/8 in; 410 x 280 mm). Ten hand-colored etchings with captions. No title page, as issued. Publisher's original tan wrappers printed in black, strengthened by a later navy blue cloth backstrip. Wrappers slightly soiled with some wear to extremities. The plates, however, are, generally clean and vividly colored. Exceptionally rare in the original wrappers, no matter what the condition... Housed in a felt-lined black cloth clamshell case. Only four complete copies in institutional holdings worldwide: Harvard University (MA,US); National Library of Ireland; National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum. Heath broadly satirizes contemporary British political figures as… Read More

London: Pubd. by Thos McLean, 1826. Excessively Rare Series of Caricatures of the London Theater LANE, T[heodore]. Theatrical Pleasures. London: Pubd. by Thos. McLean, [n.d., ca. 1826]. First edition, complete. Large quarto (12 5/8 x inches; 321 x mm.). Six numbered hand-colored engraved plates each tipped-onto hinged stiff card mounts and measuring 10 1/2 8 5/8 inches; 265 x 220 mm. Published without explanatory text. The plates are captioned: "Crowding to the Pit;" "Contending for a Seat;" "Snug in the Gallery;" "Taken Places Occupied;" "Feasting in the Saloon;" "Turning out half satisfied." Bound by Zaehnsdorf ca. 1900 (stamp-signed on verso on front free endpaper) in three-quarter red straight-grain morocco, ruled in gilt, over red morocco-grain cloth boards. Spine decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Armorial bookplate of renowned collector Clarence S. Bemens on front pastedown. A wonderful example of this fine series of satirical scenes of the… Read More

New York: Random House, 1982. STYRON, William. This Quiet Dust. And Other Writings. New York: Random House, 1982. First edition, second printing. Octavo (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in: 234 x 150 mm). 305, [3] pp. Publisher's original black cloth, gilt and bronze lettered. Dust jacket. Shelf dusting to top edge. Otherwise a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. William Clark Styron Jr. (1925-2006) was an American novelist and essayist noted for his treatment of tragic themes and his use of a rich, classical prose style. He won major literary awards for his work.

London: Published by The Studio, Limited, 1923. One of 200 Large-Paper Copies [ROWLANDSON, Thomas]. OPPÉ, A.P. Thomas Rowlandson. His Drawings and Water-Colours. Edited by Geoffrey Holme. London: Published by The Studio, Limited, 1923. First edition. Limited to 200 numbered copies (this copy being No. 110). Large folio (15 5/16 x 11 1/4 inches; 390 x 287 mm.). viii, 32 pp. Sixteen mounted color plates, with descriptive tissue guards, and eighty black and white plates. Original parchment over bevelled boards. Front cover ruled in brown with a small decoration in brown and gray and lettered in gilt, spine with five flat raised bands and lettered in gilt at foot and with black morocco gilt lettering label, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. A near fine copy.

London: R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1812. The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax The Fitz Eugene Dixon Copy In the Original Publishers Boards, Uncut. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque. A Poem. London: Pub....at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1812. First edition, first issue, with p. 1 reading "Chapter I" and with the plate "Dr. Syntax, Bound to a tree by Highwaymen" (facing p. 14) in the first state, with the girl riding the donkey with her right arm straight. Octavo (9 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches; 248 x 155 mm.). iii, [1, printer's imprint], [1, directions to the binder], [1, blank], 275, [1, blank], [4 pp , advertisements] pp. Engraved title with hand-colored aquatint vignette and thirty hand-colored aquatint plates. Plates watermarked 1808. Some light offsetting from plates to text only. The plates remarkably clean and fresh. [Together with:] [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Second Tour of Doctor… Read More

London: John Murray, 1923. This little book is an attempt to catch some of the fleeting phases of childhood..." (Introduction) DOYLE, Arthur Conan. Three of Them. A Reminiscence... With a Frontispiece. London: John Murray, 1923. First English edition. Small octavo (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 172 x 120 mm.). viii, 99, 1, blank], [4, advertisements] pp. Sepia toned frontispiece on leaded paper tipped-in. Publisher's red linen spine over gray boards. Spine with printed paper label. Original pictorial dust jacket, minimal wear to extremities. Some light offset from publisher's glue on endpapers, otherwise a fine copy. Three of them is a series of five short stories that were first published in The Strand Magazine from April to December 1918. On 2nd November 1923, John Murray added two other short stories Billy Bones (1922) and The Forbidden Subject (1923) to the five, making a total of seven, with an introduction written by Doyle.

n.p,: , 1865. Three Superb Original Pen, Ink & Watercolor Drawings by Ernest Griset "Griset possesses the faculty of investing his animals with human expression, without ever causing them to lose their own identity, and of making them funny without being ridiculous." GRISET, Ernest. Three original pen, ink and watercolor drawings of a Mother Bear and her four cubs playing on a see-saw. n.p., n.d, ca. 1865. All signed with initials, framed and glazed. (3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches; 82 x 108 mm.). Average image size: 3 1/4 x 2 1/8 inches; 82 x 54 mm. Ernest Henri Griset (1843-1907). Born in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Northern France, was a French-born painter and illustrator noted for the humorous interpretations of his subjects. Griset's parents moved to England from France in 1848. He studied for a while under the Belgian artist Louis Gallait before moving back to England, then regularly drew the animals at the London Zoo as a basis for his paintings and illustrations. He became known particularly for his humorous… Read More

Verona: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Dedicated to the Island of Guernsey HUGO, Victor. The Toilers of the Sea. In the translation by Isabel F. Hapgood and with an introduction by Matthew Josephson. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Tranquillo Marangoni. Verona: Printed for the members of The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by Giovanni Mardersteig and Tranquillo Marangoni, this being no. 1201. Large octavo (10 5/16 x 7 1/8 inches; 262 x 181 mm.). xxii, 578, [4] pp. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts by Tranquillo Marangoni. Publisher's quarter black cloth over green patterned boards, spine stamped in gold and green leaf. A fine copy in the original pale gray dust jacket, spine printed in green and housed in the original pale green cardboard slipcase. Victor Marie Hugo (1802- 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best known French writers. In France, Hugo's… Read More

London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio (14 1/4 x 10 7/16 inches; 361 x 265 mm.). Engraved title-page and twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates with accompanying unpaginated text to each. Plates watermarked 1827 and 1828. Contemporary quarter crimson straight-grained morocco over marbled boards. Gilt decorated compartments at spine head and tail bookending title in gilt. With the bookplate of Laurence Currie. A fine copy, unusually fresh and clean. Published by printer-bookseller William Sams, of whom little is known, these beautifully designed and aquatinted prints of brilliant hue and warm saturation depict lively and diverse Parisian street scenes and interiors. The Plates: 1. Distribution of Wine on… Read More

London: William Sams, [1828]. An Unusually Fresh & Clean Copy The Plates Superbly Hand-Colored SAMS, William. A Tour Through Paris, Illustrated with Twenty-One Coloured Plates, Accompanied with Descriptive Letter-Press. London: William Sams, [n.d., 1828]. [Second edition], identical to the first of 1824 but with subtitle added, and plates in different order. Folio (14 7/16 x 10 1/2 inches; 367 x 266 mm.). Engraved title-page and twenty-one hand-colored aquatint plates with accompanying unpaginated text to each. Interleaved throughout. Plates watermarked 1825, 1827 and 1828. Contemporary quarter maroon straight-grained morocco over pebbled maroon cloth boards ruled in blind. Expertly re-backed with the original spine laid down. Spine with five wide and flat bandsdecoratively tooled and lettered in gilt. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With the armorial bookplate of Sir David Lionel Goldsmid Stern Salomons on front paste-down. A fine copy, unusually fresh and clean. Published by… Read More

London: Printed for J. Hassell..., 1819. A Rare Large-Paper Copy In the Original Drab Boards Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and Northamptonshire, Through Which the Canal Passes. London: Printed for J. Hassell...Islington; And sold by all Booksellers, 1819. First edition. Large paper copy. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches; 225 x 138 mm.). viii, 147, [1, blank], [3, index], [1, "Directions for Placing the Cuts"] pp. With twenty-four hand-colored aquatint plates by J. Hassell. Dates not visible on the plate watermarks. Uncut, in the original drab boards, expertly rebacked to style at an early date. Front cover with the original printed paper label. Bookplate of John H. Baker on front pastedown. Some minor offsetting from a few plates to the facing text otherwise a very… Read More