London: John Murray, 1847. First edition. 8vo., vii, 492 pp., with 16 pp. of advertisements dated July, 1846. Publisher's cloth decorated in blind and titled in gilt on the spine. Tips slightly curled and rubbed; a clean tear at the rear joint and at the spine crown have been expertly..... More
Paris: G. Masson, [1884]. Fourth edition, entirely revised. 8vo., xi, 321 pp., color frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 3 color plates, 218 illustrations in text. Gilt decorated red morroco spine with textured red cloth, a.e.g. Slightly rubbed at extremities, occasional light foxing, else very good. A manual containing wonderful illustrations..... More
London & New York: George Virtue & Co., 1854. 2 volumes. Thick 4tos. [vol. I] engraved title page and frontis, clx, 832 pp.; [vol. II] engraved title page, iv, 1052 pp. Illustrated with 40 steel engravings and 2475 wood engravings in text. Later binding of cloth with leather spine labels..... More
's Gravenhage: Ter Algemeene lands drukkerij, 1833. First edition. 8vo., 61 pp., plus 4 plates (3 folding). Contemporary diced paper over boards, decorated with gilt, a.e.g. Ink owner's stamp on the blank verso to the title page. Lacking a tiny chip from the spine ends. Near fine. The Dutch and..... More
(Santa Fe, NM: Twin Palms Publisher, 1994). Witkin, Joel-Peter. First edition. 4to., unpaged, over 100 sepia-toned photo-illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket. With texts by Joel-Peter Witkin, Eugenia Janis, Stanley Burns, Rainer Maria Rilke, Aaron H. Esman, and James Crump. More
Folio, 343 manuscript pages, all but a few illustrated with a mounted original b&w silver photograph, each approximately 2 3/4 x 4 inches or the reverse. Cloth over boards with a chipped paper label affixed to the upper board. Finger soiling and glue staining, moderate wear to the board tips..... More