Illustrated Books from Rare Books Honolulu

Paris: Garnier Frères, 1883. 2nd edition. custom bound in full Vellum. Near Fine. Gustave Dore. Garnier Frères, Paris, IN FRENCH, (no date, but according the Bibliographie de la France, the 3rd edition of 1883. Most dealers list this edition as the 2nd edition of 1873, but that one is bigger, at almost 13x17". The 1873 edition has 719… Read more about this item

Moscow, 1963. 1st edition. hardcover. good to very good/no dj as issued. Moscow, 1963, Hardcover binding good, pages very good Catalog for "Agricultural Equipment" Moskau, 1963, oblong, 11.5 x 7 inches. The catalog has a not very professionally repaired spine, but does the job. No endpapers and no title page. No information of publisher or… Read more about this item

Paris: Isidore Liseux, 1883. Leatherbound Hardcover. very good/no dj as issued. 180 wood engravings by A. Prunaire after the Kerver edition of 1546.. Paris, Isidore Liseux,1883, 1st edition in French, Hardcover, 2 volumes. Translated into French by Claudius Popelin. Illustrated with more than 180 wood engravings by A. Prunaire after the Kerver edition of 1546. (8vo) half… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1928. very good. Editions Albert Morance, Paris, 1928, folio 20.5" x 14.5". 24 pages text in French, 67 heliotype plates on heavy card contained in brown paper in two volumes. very good.

Paris: Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger, 1907. very good/no dj as issued. Full title "Recueil de types de ponts pour routes en ciment armé calculés conformément à la circulaire ministérielle du 20 octobre 1906." (Collection of types of bridges for reinforced cement roads calculated in accordance with the ministerial circular of October 20, 1906.) Paris, Librairie Polytechnique Ch. Béranger,… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Last Gasp, 2017. !st edition. Hardcover. NEW, still in shrink wrap/no dj as issued. NEW, still in shrink wrap! Last Gasp, 2017, hardcover, 11 x 9.5 inches. -- The Art of Tiki was published in conjunction with the 20th Anniversary Tiki Art Exhibition at La luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles in 2017. The Art… Read more about this item

Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1935. 1st edition. plates in hardcover portfolio. Walcott, Mary Vaux Illustrations of North American Pitcherplants Smithsonian Institution Press, 1935. First Trade Edition. Hardcover, 1/2 Leather over Cloth four-fold portfolio closing all sides. Smithsonian Institution seal on the front cover, gilt spine. Inside: 7 pages with title, content & foreword; 15 color plates with… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez L'éditeur, Boulevard Montmartre No. 1, 1927. 1st. edition. Half morocco over marbled boards. very good/no dj as issued. Paris, Chez L'éditeur, Boulevard Montmartre No. 1.1927, First edition. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 33 x 24 cm.). Letterpress half-title, letterpress title. List of plates. .Complete with all seventy full page hand-colored plates engraved by Georges-Jacques… Read more about this item

Kyoto: Geisodo, 1905. 1st edition. Japanese limp boards. very good. Kyoto, Geisodo, Meiji 38 [1905]. Folio 12 x 8.25 inches (30.8 x 21.1 cm). Limp boards with handwritten title. Three pages with text and a total of 86 incredible fresh looking color woodcuts. 4° (308 x 210 mm). Japanese wrappers. with cord binding and cover title (a bit… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1869. Gustave Doré,  Cervantes: The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha. Paris, Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1869. IN FRENCH.  2 volumes in folio (15" x 11.5" x 4", 38x29 cm, weight: 20lbs): XXIV-586pp. +   636pp                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             -- With 370 illustrations by Gustave Doré engraved on wood by H. Pisan. Translation by Louis Viardot. The… Read more about this item

New York: Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927. One of only 10 with original drawing by Clara Tice. Hardcover. Clara Tive. Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927. [New York?:] Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927, 270 pages. No 6 of only 10 special copies with a signed original drawing on the half-title page.… Read more about this item

New York: The Frick Art Reference Library, 1949. Hardcover. Fine/no dj as issued. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Rare and beautiful illustrated catalogues of prints collected by Henry Clay Frick, one of only 175 copies. From the estate of printer/publisher David Way. For sale in this listing are:  Vol 2 plates I - LXVIII and vol. 3 plates… Read more about this item

Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1923. 1st. edition. wrappers. near fine/no dj as issued. Jean Puy. Ambroise Vollard, 1923,  [2], 126, [8] pp. Extraordinary and delirious illustration by Jean Puy, including 8 original etchings and 1 original lithograph. 100 drawings in black in-text or full-page, one on the cover. 15x11" (38.3x28 cm), self-wrappers with printed French-fold jacket, with additional plain… Read more about this item

New York: Thistle Press, 1955. New old stock from the estate of Thistle Press publisher David Way, in 'LIKE NEW' condition. portfolio in wrappers. Fine. New York, Thistle Press, 1955, Loose plates in printed wrapper Thistle Press, 1955, portfolio, with 8 prints each, each print 17 x 11.5 inches, printed on light cream moulded paper imported from… Read more about this item

London/New York: J.M. Dent/G. P. Putnam's, 1902. Facsimile reproduction of the 1825 original edition. good - very good/no dj as issued. J.M. Dent/G. P. Putnam's, 1902, 15.5' x 11'. Green wraps with facsimile label. 21 plates No text in this volume, only the 21 high-quality plates. Small part of of bottom right corner of cover missing (see photo).… Read more about this item

London: William Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press, 1814. London, , 1814, Leatherbound hardcover London, William Bulmer and Co. Shakespeare Press. For Messrs. Colnaghi and Co, 1814. First Edition. 36.5 x 26.5 cm. Frontispiece, Decorated Title Page, Title Page, Engraved Dedication Page, viii [Preface], (2) [subscribers list). (60) unpaginated, colored Plates with text description pages, (1) directions to the… Read more about this item

New York: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1904. 1st editions, limited to 50 copies. Leatherbound Hardcover. Fine/no dj's as issued. New York, The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1908, Full Leather binding The Frederick J. Quinby Company, New York, SISTER ANNE, 1902, a novel in 2 volumes from the 'Passy Edition of the Works of Charles Paul… Read more about this item

New York: Esquire Inc, 1946. 1st. edition. Loose plates in printed folder. very good/no dj as issued. VARGAS, ALBERTO. New York, Esquire, 1945, Loose plates in printed folder VARGA Portfolio. Folio, publisher's 1/4 cloth over pictorial boards, a few insignificant scratches to edges; with 12 pin-up Vargas 1946 calendar prints for each month with glossy front finish,… Read more about this item

London: John Russell Smith, 1855. First Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. very good. London, John Russell Smith, 1855, Hardcover John Russell Smith, 1855, Large 8vo, approximately 1.5 x 8.6 inches (29 x 21 cm), 24 half page woodcuts in the text, title page in red and black 167 unnumbered pages of the original Caxton edition, followed by 8 pages… Read more about this item

New York: Victor Gifford Audubon, 1854. First quarto edition. Leatherbound Hardcovers. J.J. and J.W. Audubon. New York, Victor Gifford Audubon, 1849, 1851, 1854, First Octavo Edition, Full leather binding Half-title pages present in vol 1 and 3, not in vol 2. Illustrated with 155 hand-colored lithographed plates with tissue guards present after J.J. and J.W. Audubon, drawn on… Read more about this item