Beijing: People's Republic of China, 1967. Broadside poster. 779 x 541 mm. Printed in four colors. Negligible tears here and there along edges, small crease on top left corner. Rare Chinese propaganda against LBJ dated 1967. The Chinese characters in red read "Pest" (on the left) and "Hegemony Dream" (on..... More

Large original silver print (345 x 268 mm). Signed "T.S. Holden (c)." On stiff paper with a slightly yellowed back. Residue of hanging material on back at the top of the print, small stains along edges, pencil inscription on back. Preserved in a mylar L-sleeve with lig-free card backing. In..... More

Paris: Hachette et Cie. 1889. Large 4to (313 x 235 mm). Original chemise of cisele velvet on satin ground with silk and gold thread, four long silk ties (ca. 400 x 25 mm). An extraordinary example of fin-de-siecle French book arts, manufactured specially in Lyon by Maison Tassinari & Chatel..... More

Paris: Paris Art Editions, 1932. First Edition. Tall 8vo. (270 x 170 mm). Including the sensational cover there are 32 full page heliogravures illustrating wildly stylized photomontage designs of a nude model presented in dark settings, usually threatened by creatures real and imaginary. On the verso of the final leaf..... More

Boston: Jenks, Hickling and Swan, 1853. 8vo. 191 x 122 mm. [1], 2-48 pp. INTERLEAVED with 12 leaves of blue writing paper facing each month of the year, on which a prior owner has written many diary entries, ink from notes have slightly stained the facing printed paper, title and..... More

Amsterdam: printed by Janssonio-Waesbergios & Joannem Wolters, 1694. Editio Ultima; First Dutch Edition. 4to. 236 x 184 mm. Pagination: [10], 356, [20] pp. Collation: *4 (-*1, a blank - see below) **2, A-Aaa4 = 202 ff. With an engraved frontispiece by J.F. Greuter, 4 fold-out plates of architectural drawings, and..... More

Philadelphia: Samuel F. Bradford. Vol 1 printed by H. Maxwell; vol 2 printed by Robert Carr, 1804. 8vo in 4's. 2 vols. 219 x 143 mm. Pagination: I: vi pp., 1 f.. blank, 313, [7] pp. II: [4], 466, [3] pp. Collation: vol. I: [A]4, B-3G4 3H8 (-3H8, a blank)..... More

London: Society of Antiquaries of London (printed by William Boyer), 1756. 4to. 242 x 186 mm. [1], A-B4, C3 = 12 ff. COMPLETE, in sympathetic marbled wrappers. A crisp and clean copy, textblock edges painted red, small chip along foreedge of final leaf not affecting text, inscription in pencil on..... More

London: printed for J. Cooke, 1771. First Edition. Engraved print, framed behind glass. Print size: 215 x 133 mm, slightly cropped affecting several letters. Frame size: 342 x 263 mm. Slight foxing, some browning along edges, upper left corner slightly curled in. A striking 18th century engraving of a great..... More

Boston: printed and sold by John W. Folsom, 1794. Fourth Edition. 12mo in 6's. 140 x 87 mm. A-H6 = 48 ff, COMPLETE AND UNSOPHISTICATED. Paper-covered scaleboard binding with sheep spine, hinges cracked, paper almost completely removed from covers, wood chipped away at corners, leather chipped at head of spine..... More

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (The Knickerbocker Press), 1912. First Putnam Edition. 8vo. xi, 343 pp., With 5 unnumbered leaves of black and white plates, by Dalton Stevens (see below), including a full-color frontispiece; headlines in red throughout, music type featured in "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." With publisher's advertisement for..... More

Chicago: G.S. Ball, 1910. First Edition. 8vo. Selections from the total 481 pages of the published version, with 27 b/w reproductions of photographs and several illustrations in the text. Bound in original green publisher's cloth, front cover depicting a girl imprisoned, with a vague male figure lurking from behind, the..... More

Paris: Imp. des Arts Industriels, 1900 (ca.). 3 sheets (250 x 170 mm). These curious fin-de-siecle Parisian chromolithographs were created by the noted designer Francesco Nicolas Tamagno and are a joy to behold, as well as being perfectly suited for instructional purposes. Tamagno (1851-1933), an Italian by birth, lived in..... More