![Item #312499 [1967 Ski Poster]. ANONYMOUS](https://argosybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/312499.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1676500347)
Norristown: Poster Prints. Poster. Offset lithograph. Measures 35 3/8" x 23 1/2" Original ski poster depicting a downhill skier racing past flags. No text. Offset lithograph of a color photograph. Published in 1967 by Poster Prints in Norristown, PA. Toning to right margin, not affecting the image. Scarce. More
London: Privately Printed. Containing the Second Edition of A Poetical Sketch of the Campaign of 1793, revised and considerably enlarged...also a Similar Sketch of the Campaign of 1794; to which is added A Narrative of the Retreat of 1795... 2 volumes bound in one. Hand-colored frontispieces and 4 full-page black and white engravings. 8vo, marbled boards recently rebacked in period style with title in gilt on spine. London: printed for the author.--Published by Cadell, et al, no date, ca. 1795..... More
London: Cadell and Davies. 2 volumes in 1. Two hand-colored aquatint frontispieces and four black & white etched plates. Short slim 8vo; x, 117, (2), ii, 114 pages. Handsomely bound in 3/4 polished brown calf, marbled boards, ornately gilt spine. Large tear to title page, now mended. London: Cadell and Davies N.d. [1795]. Very good(+). More
Map. Lithograph. 16.75 x 16.75 inches. In very good condition. Some wear along original fold lines. Some light staining at top right. Printed circa 1915. A Turkish (Ottoman) map of the North Sea that illustrates the Battle of Dogger Bank, a significant early battle between the British and German navies. After a difficult defeat the month prior, British spies intercepted and decoded German wireless transmissions leading to an important victory. More
Philadelphia: Curtis, 1912. 64 pages, slim 8vo, stiff tan pictorial wrappers printed in red and black, front and rear covers the same. Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, 1912. 1st Edition. Near fine. Published for the 1912 Season. "Everything dear to the hearts of boys and men of the era and all available just for selling a few subscriptions" More
Paris: Delaunay, 1812. 30 plates with about 4 images on each page, mainly in color, of 102 plants. 12mo, attractively bound in full brown polished calf; blind-stamped covers and spine; green leather label; all edges gilt. Paris: Chez Delaunay, 1812. First Edition. Fine. More
Dresden: 1936. 2 volumes, volume I & 2. Illustrated with 500 tipped in cigarette cards (250 in each volume) of actors and actresses German and American including Laurel & Hardy, Marlene Dietrich, Claudette Colbert, Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, Myrna Loy and others. 2 black & white full page plates are damaged. Tall 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers (rubbed). (Dresden, 1938). Very good (+). More
Venice: Presso li Guerigli, 1651. 290 pages, all rather fine and clean, blue edges. Thick tall 8vo, copper engraved illustration on title page, engraved decorative chapter initials and tail pieces. Full vellum, lightly soiled, hand-lettered title on spine. Small ex-libris on inside front cover. Venice: Presso le Guerigli, 1651. First Edition. Scarce. More
London: Westminster Press, 1925. Slim 8vo, linen-backed blue boards, d.w. (chipped and rubbed). London: Westminster Press, 1925. Reprinted from the edition of 1636. A near fine copy with un-opened pages in a very good dust wrapper. Number 358 of 625 numbered copies. The Haslewood Books. Previous owner's bookplate. More
London: Nichols, 1790. Thick 4to, xxii, 476 pages. Original polished calf (well-rubbed and worn at edges; hinges cracked but holding). London: Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols, 1790. First Edition. Overall a very good(-) copy, but internally quite clean. Oxford 119; Bitting 532. More
London: Nichols, 1790. Thick 4to, xxii, 476 pages. Title page soiled and chipped and first few pages are creased. Attractively rebound in simple 3/4 calf. London: Printed for the Society of Antiquaries by John Nichols, 1790. First Edition. A very good(+) copy. Oxford 119; Bitting 532. More
Paris: Baranger. Hundreds of mounted black & white illustrations. Short thick 4to, 1/2 burgundy leather, marbled boards (ex. lib. stamp on title). Paris: Baranger, n.d. ca., 1890. Very good (+). Mille reproductions documentaires Armoirs, Bahuts, Cabinets, Cadres, Coffres, Commodes, Consoles, Credences, Sieges, Tables, etc. More
Paris: Galleries Nationales du Grand Palais, 2003. 194 color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue 7 October 2002 - 13 Janvier 2003. 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Paris: Galleries Nationales du Grand Palais, (2003). First Edition. Fine. More
New York: Carey Show Print. Poster. Page measures 85 1/2" x 40". This large scale World War I poster features patriotic red, white, and blue fonts to underscore its message. The Friars and the Lambs, two organizations operating at the time of the War (and still today), participated in fundraising contests for the United War Work Campaign or UWWR. That 1918 campaign was charged with raising $170,000,000 to help demobilize the army and maintain morale in the final few years..... More
London: John Murray, 1814. 354 pages. Slim small 8vo, bound in old 3/4 maroon calf, professionally re-backed in sympathetic style, spine evenly faded to beige, marbled boards, sides rubbed. London: Printed For John Murray, 1814. First Edition. A very nice clean copy with spine lettering reading "Depeches et Lettres" More
1849. Herbarium with manuscript notes. White card with specimen 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 inches, on scrap book sheet 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Some toning but in good condition. Delicate and charming pressed crab apple specimen on hand made sheet by an accomplished hand, mounted on scrap book paper. The herbarium is comparable to a library of preserved plants with the specimens and labels providing all the information. In fact, the label and specimen are equally important... More
lYONS: Jean-Marie Bruysset, 1759. 2 volumes, 627 + 563pp., printed in double column. thick 12mo, full contemporary mottled calf, rubricated title and edges, ornately gilt spines. Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruysset, 1759. Nouvelle edition. A very good(+) copy. More
Germany. Engraving. Image measures 12.75" x 7.75". This fine engraving depicts Charles François Dumouriez, the French Revolutionary General. Posted resolutely in front of a tree that mirrors his firm stature, Dumouriez is shown with his sword in hand, fearlessly and even threateningly admiring the sharp tip of his weapon. Behind him, a scene of a military camp includes cannons, flags, tents, and soldiers on horseback. The print is in good condition with narrow margins. Two stains toward the right, otherwise..... More
![Item #236242 Fallow Deer [Two Deer]. ANONYMOUS](https://argosybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/236242.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1344021456)
London. Tinted lithograph. Image measures 12.5" x 16.75". In this print, a young and old fallow buck lay in a grassy field, with the young buck, distinguishable by his spots, resting his head on the stomach of the older deer. Fallow deer are native to Europe, and the sight is one that would not have been uncommon in the countryside of England, where the print was likely published circa 1840. The deer's antlers and fur have been rendered with exquisite..... More
London: MacGowan, 1781. 2 Volumes. 33 engraved maps & plans (3 folding) & 28 engraved plates. Thick 4to, unpaginated, text in double columns. Full contemporary calf. Heraldic bookplate in each volume. London: MacGowan, 1781. Scarce. Well-worn and joints cracked but attractive and overall very good. The work contains numerous entries for North American battles of the Seven Years' War, American Revolutionary War, &c., including Annapolis Royal, Beauséjour, Brandy-Wine, Lake Champlain, Charlestown, Fort Frontenac, Louisbourg, Fort Necessity, Fort Niagara, Penobscot, Fort..... More
![Item #308785 [Fools Cap Map] Afbeeldinge Van't Zeer Vermaarde Eiland Geks-Kop. ANONYMOUS](https://argosybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/308785.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1656538492)
Amsterdam: 1720. Print. Copper-plate engraving. Amsterdam: 1720. Image measures 6 1/8" x 9", with text 11 1/2" x 9". Sheet measures 15" x 11 1/2" This satirical persuasive map depicts the island of "Geks-Kop", rendered as a 'fools head', or man in a 'fool's cap.' The map is an allegorical reference to the economic crash caused by the French Compagnie d'Occident, often referred to as the Mississippi Company, following the burst of the Mississippi Bubble. Surrounding the head are islands..... More
Florence: Giannini, 1930. Charming illustrations in color and in black and white by Bona Gigliucci. Slim oblong 4to, green cloth back pictorial boards. Florence: Giulio Giannini & Figlio, (1930). Fine. More
London: W. J. Richardson, 1803. With a variety of Curious and Entertaining Illustrations (LACKING). 140 pages, WITH 3 other titles listed below. Slim 12mo, full brown polished calf, ornately gilt spine, rubricated edges; inner hinges strengthened. London: W.J. Richardson, 1803. First Edition. A nice clean copy of a very scarce book. Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect...Likewise A Glossary...to Which is Added Ducks and Green Peas; or the Newcastle Rider also The Newcastle Apothecary. 24 pages. Knaresbrough: Langdale, 1844. Fifth Edition..... More
London: Henry Lintot, 1749. Three tables, [32], 372pp., 4to, full contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt-lettered spine label; (corners bumped, top of hinge starting). London (In the Savoy): Printed by Henry Lintot for Daniel Browne, 1749. Scarce. Very Good (+). Not in Halkett & Laing. More
American Lithographic Co., 1918. Poster. Original lithograph. Unmounted. 30 x 20 inches. Endearing image for the War Saving Stamps effort. More
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