Francis, Julian.

My Brush is My Sword. Anthony Gross, War Artist.

First and limited Edition [300]. Huddersfield, The Fleece Press, 2022. Oblong, 23 x 28 cm. 172 pages. Illustrated throughout. Quarter cloth over fine marbled papers. Gilt title. As new condition. A bright and clean copy.

Flinders Petrie, W.M. / Griffith, F.Ll.

The Royal Tombs of the First Dynasty. The Royal Tombs of the Earliest Dynasties. 18th and 21st Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund.

London, The Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund and Kegan, Paul, Trench, Truebner & Co., 1900 & 1901. 31 x 26 cm. Part 1: 51 text pages and 67 Plates (some coloured) / Part 2: 60 text pages and 60 Plates. Original quarter cloth over paper covered boards. Hard cover. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally clean.

Souter, Camille (artist) / Cormican, Garrett (author).

Camille Souter. The Mirror in the Sea.

First Edition. Dublin, Whyte’s, 2006. 32 x 25 cm. ix, 337 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original cloth. Hard cover. Inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Signed by both artist and author on title page. A lovely signed copy.

Beattie, William (text) / Bartlett, W.H. (illustrations).

Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views taken expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett; Esq.

First Edition. London, George Virtue, 1836. 27 x 21 cm. Vol.1: (4), 188 pages, engraved title plus 57 Plates (see comments!) / Vol.2: (2), 152 pages, engraved title plus 48 Plates, plus a folding map of Switzerland in the back. Contemporary half morroco over marbled boards. Marbled end papers and edges. Gilt titles and decorations on spine. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Edges age darkened. Rear free end paper of Vol.1 and front free end paper of Vol.2 missing. Some tissue guards missing. Names of previous owners neatly inscribed in ink. Internally with some browning, foxing and large visible damp stains on most pages, incl. Plates. (see images).

Anon.

Early Victorian Album. [A well executed Victorian Album with prose and poetry, and neat original drawings and water colours].

C.1840s. 20 x 16 cm. 106 pages; some coloured, some embossed, with tipped in images and letters, some drawings in colour and B&W. Contemporary cloth. Front board covered with blind stamped leather cover. Red textured end papers. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Binding shaky, but holding. Some remnants of early tape repairs. Internally dust dulles, a few mild stains and closed tears. A fascinating piece.

F. Ternisien D’Haudricourt.

Fastes De La Nation Française [Records of the French Nation].

Two Volumes. Paris, au Bureau de l’Auteur, ND, [c. 1815]. 28 x 21 cm. Unpaginated. Engraved throughout. No title page in either volume. First volume: blank, coloured plate [Les Princes Allies], frontispiece [Plan de Paris, 1814], 34 engraved plates, blank / Second volume: blank, 33 engraved plates, blank. Contemporary fine full calf. Gilt and blind decorations. No spine labels. Marbled end papers. Very good condition. Binding tight. Rubbed and bumped (see images). One of the volumes lacks the front free end paper. Blank Ex Libris sticker on front paste downs of both volumes. Some dust dulling. Very clean plates (see sample images).

Anon.

Les modes Parisiennes illustrees, journal de la bonne compagnie. Trentieme Annee.

Paris, D’Aubert, January to June 1873. 27 x 20 cm. 312 pages, (2). With B&W Illustrations and coloured Plates, some folding. Contemporary half morocco over marbled boards. New cloth spine. Morocco spine label wih gilt title. New end papers. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean. A nice copy.

Robinson, The Rev. Stanford F.H.

Celtic Illuminative Art. In the Gospel Books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells.

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges, Figgis & Co., 1908. 34 x 28 cm. xxx, 51 plates, each with cover page and text description. Some plates in colour. Original cloth with elaborate celtic style gilt decorations. Bevelled edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and taile edge deckle. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Internally a little dust dulled, otherwise clean. A nice copy of an impressive book.

Ruskin, John.

Four Books: 1. Hortus Inclusus / 2. Aratra Pentelici / 3. The Queen of the Air / 4. Our Fathers Have Told Us. 1. Messages from the Wood to the Garden, sent in happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston / 2. Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture, given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 / 3. Being a Study of the Greek Myth of Cloud and Storm / 4. Sketches of the History of Christendom for Boys and Girls who have been held at its Fonts. The Bible of Amiens.

Second Edition / New Edition / Fifth Edition & Third Edition. 1888 / 1890 / 1892 & 1897. xiii, 172 pages / xii, (4), 281 pages / x, (2), 233 pages / xi, (4), 310 pages. Uniform half morocco over marbled boards. Matching marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. A lovely uniform set of John Ruskin books. Edges dust dulled. Minor shelf wear. Internally bright and clean. With Illustrations.

Rowlandson, Thomas [Illustrator] / William Combe [Author].

The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax. The Tour of Doctor Syntax In Search of the Picturesque: A Poem; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife.

Eighth, Third and First Editions. London, R. Ackermann, 1819, 1820 & ND [1821]. 24 x 15 cm. Vol.1: 276 pages, complete with 31 coloured Plates incl. TP / Vol.2: 277 pages, complete with 24 Plates / Vol.3: 279 pages, with 23 out of 24 Plates. Uniform contemporary polished calf. Gilt titles and decorations. Marbled end papers. Good condition only. Bindings seriously rubbed and bumped. Weak bindings with a few pages lose or protruding. Some material losses to corners and spine endings (see images). Internally dust dulled. A good reading copy or candidate for rebinding.