Illustrated from Mare Booksellers

London: Bloomsbury, 2015. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. First edition, first printing. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. Folio. 224 pp. Color illustrations throughout. A collaborative work between acclaimed artist/cartoonist Ralph Steadman, and filmmaker Ceri Levy, providing a humorous, yet serious look at birds around the world facing extinction. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling and toning to… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. Cloth. Good. Black cloth with a color pastedown illustration on the front cover. X, 199 pp. With color plates by Maxfield Parrish throughout, all present as called for. A collection of poetry for children, accompanied by classic illustrations throughout. GOOD condition. Front cover pastedown illustration rather scuffed and faded, with moderate fading… Read more about this item

No Place: Michael Sloan, Publisher, 2004. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. First edition, #107 of 1000 copies. Illustrated wraps. 62 pp. A wordless novel (graphic novel) seemingly for a younger audience. VERY GOOD+ condition. Very light fading.

London/New York: John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1904. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth decorated with small black butterflies. 252 pp., plus ads. Black and white illustrations by Maxfield Parrish throughout, all present as called for. Illustrated edition of this collection of childhood memories, fictionalized and mythologized through the use of ancient Greek metaphors. GOOD condition. Mostly minor spotting, staining and… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. 35 Loose Plates From Rime of the Ancient Mariner and other sources. No publisher, place or date. Each plate measures approximately 14 by 10 ½ inches. All presumably disbound from books, and unevenly cropped along all margins. A collection of 35 illustrated plates by Gustave Dore, most from his illustrations of the… Read more about this item

London/New York: Ernest Nister/E.P. Dutton. Unbound. Good. no date, presumed early 1900s. Single card stock sheet, folded. Measures 5 by 2 7/8 inches, folded. Color lithograph illustrations. A Valentine's Day card depicting a New York Central and Hudson Railroad locomotive amidst a snowy scene on the front cover; a simple map in the interior shows two hearts uniting… Read more about this item

London: T.N. Foulis, Publisher, 1914. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated wraps. 38 pp. Four color plates present, as called for. A collection of mottoes found on sundials, including from some more well-known sundials. Accompanied by several watercolor illustrations by Alfred Rawlings. GOOD condition. Wrappers toned, with some spotting and a small area of staining to the lower right rear… Read more about this item

Paris: Le Rire, Publisher, 1907. Wraps. Good. Color illustrated wraps. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. All text in French. A French journal of humor, relying heavily on satirical and comic art, with some text, founded in 1894 and capitalizing on anti-government sentiment in France to lampoon politicians and other figures. This issue with a color front… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Good. Turkey. Woodcut Illustration on Tissue Paper. No publisher, place or date. Signed in pencil at the lower right corner by Anton Pieck and numbered (either 35 or 85) of 100. Illustration measures approximately 4 ½ by 4 inches, on paper measuring 8 by 6 inches. Illustration mounted with two pieces of paper… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed China, perhaps 1950s-1970s. Color illustrated thin paper folder/envelope holding five paper cut illustrations. Envelope measures approximately 9 ½ by 6 ¾ inches. Paper cuts are loosely laid in between sheets of tissue type paper, and are cut out of different colored paper. All depict different views… Read more about this item

Long Acre: Richard Godfrey, Publisher, 1782. Unbound. Good. Single sheet, folded. Printed on one side only. 22 by 19 inches. Presumably disbound from a larger work. An engraved illustration depicting the people in the procession at the Christening of Prince Arthur, son of Henry VII. With five rows of figures in various states of dress, as well as… Read more about this item

London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, 1885. Wraps. Good. Oblong wraps, bound (tied) with silk ribbon. Quarto. Four leaves. A collection of four etchings, presumed copperplate, by H. Crickmore, depicting paintings by C. Stanfield. This includes The Battle of Trafalgar; Entrance to the Zuyder See; The Giudecca, Venice; Lake of Como. GOOD condition. Heavy toning to the wraps, with… Read more about this item

No Place: McKelvie and Sons (original publishers), 1973. Hard Cover. Very Good. Green leatherette. Quarto. A reprint of the 1886 original, with presumably a different publisher than that given. 43 black and white plates, all depicting Greenock buildings and harbors in Scotland. Issued in 1973 due to extensive renovations and remodeling that changed or removed many older buildings.… Read more about this item

Chicago: W.V.R. Powis, Publisher, 1882. Unbound. Good. Winter Sport. 1882 color lithograph. Caldwell Lith. Co. printer. W.V.R. Powis, Publisher. Chicago: 1882. An approximate 14 by 12 inch color lithograph titled 'Winter Sport.' A depiction of two boys pulling a sled through the snow, upon which a girl with a riding crop/whip rides. Two other girls look on from… Read more about this item

New York: R.H. Russell, Publisher, 1899. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illustrated paper covered boards with a cream cloth spine. Oblong folio. A somewhat humorous look at an episode in the life of Mr. Pipp, chronicling his travels abroad with his wife and daughters, told through illustrations accompanied by short captions. By Charles Dana Gibson, the noted American illustrator,… Read more about this item

Shelton, CT: The Greenwich Workshop, 1995. Limited. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Bev Doolittle. Green cloth in matching green cloth slipcase. Stated limited edition. 85 pp., including a tri-fold out section at page 67. LACKING the loose signed print. Color illustrations throughout by Bev Doolittle. Inspired by the Native American concept of the Sacred Circle, this work is a collection… Read more about this item

No Place: Greenwich Workshop, 1990. Limited. Unbound. Fine. Folio of 6 lithograph prints reproduced from the original paintings of Bev Doolittle. #4139 of an edition of 25,000. Lettered a through f, with f bearing the artist's signature in pencil. Lithographs brown and white, with paper guards between each, housed in a gray folder decorated on the front in… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Harvard Library. Department of Printing and Graphic Arts, 1941. Original Wraps. Good. One of 250 copies. Wraps. 4 pages plus 3 full page reproductions of illustrations. A short work introducing the Reproduction Series from Harvard, citing a need and desire to offer various rare or interesting illustrations to the public. Hofer discusses the use of the collotype… Read more about this item

No Place: No Publisher. Unbound. Fair. Landing Op Het Eiland Erramanga, Een Van De Nieuwe Hebriden. Black and white print after William Hodges original painting. Circa late 1700's. Vivid depiction of a landing party fighting with natives on Vanuatu in the Pacific, with men in landing boats firing upon a mob of natives armed with spears and rocks.… Read more about this item

No Place: Noisbn. Unbound. Good. William Hodges. Plate 14. Potatow, Chef de Tahiti. An engraving, after work by William Hodges, consisting of portraits of various natives encountered on voyages with Captain Cook in the Pacific. Appear to be from a French language work, probably late 1700's. Engraved by Benard Direx. Measures 8 ½ by 11 ½ inches tall.… Read more about this item