New York: J.W. Pratt Co., 1933. Vol. XXXVIII, No. 977. 4to., colour pict. wrappers, 32pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling and vertical fold. Cover measures 11" x 8 3/4". This copy of Life magazine belongs to the first publication under that name, which was a weekly edition founded in 1883 as a light, general interest entertainment magazine. This issue, like the publication generally, is full of illustrations, jokes and social commentary. The cover features four roundels describing the magazine's content: society..... More

Boston: John Folsom, 1794. 227pp. 12mo, disbound; (last page loose and chipped with some loss of text, light foxing). Boston: John Folsom, 1794. First American Edition. "Both Swift and Pope ascribe this (work) to Arbuthnot...It is an ingenious and lively attack upon the war policy of the whigs; and, if it wants the force of Swift's profounder satire, it is an admirably effective and still amusing party squib." DNB I, p. 535. Evans 26574. More

New York: Life, 1900. Collection of black-and-white cartoons by Francis Gilbert Attwood. 4to, decorative blue cloth; book is slightly bowed and the covers worn, front hinge beginning. New York: Life Publishing Company, 1900. A very good copy. More

New York: Turtle Bay, 1992. Edited by Kim Herzinger with an introduction by Thomas Pynchon. Illustrated in black and white. xxii, 355 pages. Large 8vo, black boards, yellow d.w. (some dust-soiling). Deckle edged and internally clean, a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More

Paris: Gogue, 1783. 219pp., 12mo, 1/2 gilt-decorated green leather over marbled boards; lightly rubbed. Paris: Chez Gogue & Nee De La Rochelle, 1783. A very good (+) copy. More

London: Sam Briscoe, 1720. With Mr. Brown's Legacy for the Ladies, or Characters of the Women of the Age...Engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, woodcut decorations on chapter headings, 340pp., thick 12mo, rebound in full maroon calf, gilt-stamped raised bands; (corners a bit rubbed, ex-libris label on fly-leaf). London: Sam Briscoe, 1720. Very good (+). More

Bureau d'Information Anglo-Americain, 1943. In french. 12 anti-Nazi illustrations by Emmett. Extracts of Mein Kampf. 35 pages. Thin pamphlet, swastika-marked spine. Bureau d'Information Anglo-Americain, (1943). A very good (+) copy. More

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. 2 volumes, large 8vos, vellum spines and tips (vellum a bit dust soiled), faux parchment boards, top edges gilt, housed in tan cloth slipcase. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1927. A very good(+) set. Limited edition; number 246 of 500 copies. The first edition in an all English text. More

London: T. Tegg, 1800. Etching with hand coloring. Image measures 9 1/2" x 13", sheet measures 10 3/4" x 15 3/4 This caricature depicts William Pitt the Younger with some accomplices (including Henry Dundas and William Grenville) exiting an arched doorway, presumed to be the Treasury, with moneybags. The thieves, which include Charles Fox, glance to their left, where the watchman is seen sleeping. Shows some light staining at margins, not affecting the image. Minor wrinkling to page. Chips to..... More

London: Tegg, 1817. Illustrated with 30 single-sided coloured aquatint plates including coloured frontispiece and engraved title page by Cruikshank. 260 pages. 8vo, 3/4 decoratively gilt brown morocco, marbled boards, top edge gilt. London: T. Tegg, 1817. Very good (+). Halkett & Laing III, p.360. More

Monte Carlo: Editions du Livre, 1958. 16 full pages color plates by Dubout. 212 pages, 8vo, stiff printed-wrappers, glassine dust wrapper, housed in board folder and slipcase; small closed tear to dust wrapper, slipcase very lightly rubbed. Monte Carlo: Editions du Livre, (1958) A near fine copy. Number 857 of 6000 copies. More

Leiden: Jacob Marcus, 1627. 2 parts in one with continuous pagination. 282 pages. 32mo, bound in contemporary vellum. Lugduni Batavorum: Ex officina Iacobi Marci, 1627. Editio sexta. A very good clean copy. The Julian has separate half-title "D. Iuliani Imperatoris Cæsares, sive Satyra in Romanos Imperatores. Interprete Petro Cunæo. In limine est eiusdem Præfatio in Iulianum." More

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1836. Lithograph with original hand coloring. 10 x 13 1/4 inches. Plate 69. Some scuffs, foxing and toning on margins but luminous coloring. The caption below the image is in French and translates to: "Be careful !! If you are asked for the Racahout of the Arabs for the fattening of all kinds of sultanas, the Nafé from Arabia for breastfeeding children of all ages, the Kaïffa of orient for gastritis and corns on the feet, Théobrome..... More