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Costumes of the time of George II designed for Her Majesty's State Ball Onwhyn, Thomas & Joseph
London John Lee 1845
Published by John Lee, London, first edition, 8vo, [1845]. Lithographed throughout with blind stamped and very ornate gilt pictorial title, complete with lithographed title and 11 exquisite hand-coloured plates, some very light spotting and soiling, broken and loose from spine but plates with sharp edges in excellent shape with colours vivid and beautifully coloured, original red cloth, rubbed. One plate indicated as "from an original painting by Hogarth.' A truly lovely and rare item. E-mail for more pictures.
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1090.21 USD
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The Comic History of England A'Beckett (Gilbert)
London First Edition John Leech
Twenty original parts in nineteen, 1846-48, twenty hand coloured-plates after John Leech, about one in each part, numerous vignette illustrations to text. In the very hard to find original printed wrappers, some very minor defects, contained in a beautiful fine solid modern felt-lined solander box with author, title and "original parts, 1846-1848" all in gilt. This is really a fantastic set, with some marginal wear and some soiling but very solid with many parts in fresh-off-the-newstand shape. Spines mostly perfect and plates hand-coloured which is rarely seen in an edition of parts. There is an ad for Dickens’ Dombey and Son in some of the parts. Not as popular as Dickens and therefore tough to find these days, particularly in this condition. Leech’s illustrations are very reminiscent of Gustave Dore’s Sainte Russie. One wonders if he may have influenced Dore who was but 15 when this came out. This is how the public read their novels, in parts since it was the only cost effective way at a time when novels were very expensive to produce. They would pick up one of these issue at the railway station, perhaps, and much like todays television seried this system would keep them eagerly awaiting the next instalment. This is the true first edition! Very lovely addition to any library.
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2941.51 USD
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The Naturalist's Pocket-Book Graves, George
London W.& S. Graves 1817
[1817], 8 vo. First edition with 8 plates, 5 of which hand-coloured, some foxing, contemporary half crushed morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, some spotting, title page repaired somewhat. Includes scarce 2 page advert in rear for "a new and elegant work, entiltled British Field Sports." as well as 2 page advert before the Introduction for "Curtis' Flora Londinensis, British Ornithology and Ovarium Britannicum." From Zoology, Botany to Minerology, this is the handbook for those with an interest in natural history. Scarce in this shape with the adverts. e-mail for pictures.
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541.68 USD
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Townsend's Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes; The London and Paris Ladies Magazine of Fashion
1860
4to. Bound volume of various periodicals related to women’s fashion in the mid-nineteenth century. Bound in are 6 issues of Townsend’s Monthly Selection of Parisian Costumes, No. 85 to 90 (Jan-June) 1860. Each issue with 4 full page exquisitely hand-coloured plates depicting women and children in elegant gowns and outfits of the period. Each issue also has a full page of engravings of headdresses and hats of the period and 8 pages of detailed descriptions of the plates as well as "Observations on London and Parisian Fashions" for that month, and a chapter of ongoing fiction called "Forsaken Sunshine, A Story of Woman’s Life and Love". In addition there is a poem or current event column as well as current theatre and opera listings. This really is the Vogue of the day, fascinating and entertaining. One yellow publisher’s advertisement slip for the magazine tipped in. Also bound in are 6 issues of "The London and Paris Ladies’ Magazine of Fashion, Polite Literature, Etc…" , July-December, 1860. Each issue contains 4 full page plates of women’s fashion 3 of which are hand-coloured (except August which has only 2 hand-coloured plates and one uncoloured). Also 1 plate per issue of hats and headdresses. The format is quite similar to the Townsend’s with extremely detailed reporting from Paris on current fashion trends, explanation of the illustrations and some fiction as well. Each also has 2 pages of wonderful adverts for various ointments, products, jewellery and other publications. These are really fascinating and offer a look back in time at advertising techniques with strange and interesting products such as ‘Pears’s Dr. Locock’s Lotion for the Hair’. All bound in contemporary cloth with ‘Fashions’ in gilt on spine. Front board very soiled but binding tight and solid.. Interior very good with some heavier soiling inside front cover but marginal soiling throughout the rest. One black and white plate with 4 inch piece missing, not affecting illustration, but rest of volume with no tears and very clean. A few hand-coloured plates with a few light creases but overall in great shape with exceptional vivid colouring that practically jumps off the page. A full year of wonderful scarce fashion periodicals with 41 hand-coloured plates that would make a fine addition to any collection on the subject. E-mail for more pictures.
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617.11 USD
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Zur Geschichte der Costume.
Folio, circa 1880, hand-coloured cover and 50 double-page hand coloured plates (each double-plate with 4 distinct groups of costumed figures, for a total of 500 costume designs), cloth-backed pictorial boards. The "History of Costume" or "Zur Geschichte der Kostüme" was printed from 1861 to 1880 in Munich by the publishing firm of Braun and Schneider. It was originally published as individual plates in a German magazine titled "Münchener Bilderbogen". Later, these plates were collected and bound into book form. These plates consisted of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century. This book is an excellent source for students who are studying the history of fashion and for costume designers. Binding is in very good shape, slightly darkened, small price sticker at bottom, small faint booksellers stamp bottom cover and front endpaper, some marking to back board. Page block loosened slightly in spine. Interior excellent with no markings at all, pages quite fresh, sharp corners, very clean. The quality of the colouring is top notch, the colours are vivid and bright. A beautiful collection. E-mail for more pictures.
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1165.63 USD
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