Books, Maps & Autographs

[ANTIQUE REFERENCE]. A group of 4 books sold together including: Eyles. Royal Doulton Figures, London, 1987; Adams. Meissen Portrait Figures, London,

[ANTIQUE REFERENCE]. A group of 5 books sold together including: Reilly. The Collector's Wedgwood, New York, 1980; Beaucamp-Markowsky. Collectio...

[ANTIQUE REFERENCE]. A group of 4 books including: Maggi. Penne da Collezione, Milan, 1990; Lambrou, Fountain Pens Vintage and Modern, London, 1990; R

[ANTIQUE REFERENCE]. A group of 5 books including: Monti. La Manifattura Richard-Ginori di Doccia, Milan, 1988; Cushion. Handbook of Pottery & P...

. A group of 2 books sold together including: Robinson. Gravetye Manor, New York, 1984 and Harris. A Catalogue Of British Drawings For A

. A group of 4 Skira limited numbered edition slipcased books on artists including: Jean Dubuffet, Pablo Picasso, Michel Butor and Pierre Alechin

[ART INSTRUCTION]. A group of 2 books sold together including: Baldry. Modern Mural Decoration, London, 1902 and Mallam, Brush Drawing As Applied To N

ARTS OF ASIA. A group of 114 issues of the Arts of Asia a bi-monthly periodical comprising the years 1978 through 2000. Hong Kong: Arts of Asia Pub

ARWAS, VICTOR. GLASS ART NOUVEAU TO ART DECO. First edition. 384 pp. 4to, black cloth with blindstamp title on top board and gilt title on spine in ve

[BAXTER, GEORGE]. THE PICTORIAL ALBUM; OR, CABINET OF PAINTINGS FOR THE YEAR 1837. xvi, 71 pp. Illustrated with 11 Baxter colour oils. Lrg. 8vo, strai

BROWN, FRANK CHOUTEAU. MODERN ENGLISH HOUSES. 4to, a string-tied cloth portfolio housing a 4 page introduction and 53 of 55 plates of house designs by

BRYAN, MICHAEL. DICTIONARY OF PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL. 4 vols. 8vo, modern half cloth and marbled boards, rubbed, some chippi

. A group of 8 books on carpets including: Gans-Ruedin. Indian Carpets, 1984; Gans-Ruedin. Caucassian Carpets, 1986; Gans-Ruedin. Chinese Car

[CHAGALL, MARC]. VERVE NO. 3. 132 pp. Illustrated with 4 original lithographs by Chagall, Miro, Rattner and Klee. 4to, original printed wraps, spine e

[CHINESE ART]. [GEMS OF CHINESE PAINTING IN THE SHANGHAI MUSEUM]. Illustrated with colour plates. Folio, blue velveteen with gilt characters, fine, ho

CLOUZOT, HENRI. PAINTED AND PRINTED FABRICS THE HISTORY AT JUOY AND OTHER ATELIERS IN FRANCE 1760-1815. Illustrated with 92 plates 108 pp. 4to, decora

COX, DAVID. A TREATISE ON LANDSCAPE PAINTING IN WATER COLOURS. Illustrated with 72 plates of which 16 in colour are tipped in. 4to, publisher's ...

[DECORATIVE ARTS]. A group of 4 books on European Decorative Arts including: Ffoulkes. European Arms and Armour in the University of Oxford. Oxford, 1

[DECORATIVE ARTS / FAR EAST]. A group of 7 including: Nakagawa. Kutani Ware, Tokyo, 1979; Eijer. Kagamibuta, Mirrors of Japanese Life and Legend, Gene

[DYES & DYEING]. A group of 4 items sold together including: Morton, Fast Dyeing & Dyes, Edinburgh; Farrell, Dyeing and Cleaning, London, 19...

[DYES & DYEING]. 8vo, a group of 7 sample books bound in cloth with gilt titles on top board and spine. Titles include: National Vat Dyes on Ray...

GENN, ROBERT. IN PRAISE OF PAINTING. 133 pp. Illustrated. 4to, cloth backed boards, housed in a cloth clamshell box (fading to cloth). Limited to 250

. A group of 6 books sold together including: Mehlman. The Illustrated Guide to Glass, London, 1982; Zerwick. A Short History of Glass, New Yor

HERRING, RICHARD. PAPER & PAPER MAKING ANCIENT AND MODERN. 134 pp. 8vo, brown cloth with title in gilt on top board and spine, front hinge fully...

HONEY, WILLIAM BOWYER. THE CERAMIC ART OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES OF THE FAR EAST. 238 pp. plus192 plts. 4to, red buckram with gold seal on top boar

IACOVLEFF, ALEXANDRE. DESSINS ET PEINTURES D'AFRIQUE. Folio, loosely issued in folder, with text on leaf-backed satin covers with hand-painted d...

IACOVLEFF, A. & ELISSEEFF, S. LE THEATRE JAPONAIS (KABUKI). [95] pp. Illustrated with 32 colour plates . Folio, original printed wraps, dampstai...

[INSTRUCTIONAL ARTS]. A group of 4 books including: Davidson. Pretty Arts for the Employment of Leisure Hours. London, 1879; Clark. Elements of Drawin

IZZARD, SEBASTIAN. ONE HUNDRED MASTERPIECES FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. WALTER A. COMPTON. 321 pp. Folio, black cloth with gilt title on top board and

KOHLMAIER, GEORG AND VON SARTORY, BARNA. HOUSES OF GLASS A NINETEENTH-CENTURY BUILDING TYPE. 641 pp. Illustrated throughout. 4to, blue cloth and glass

LALIQUE, MARIE CLAUDE. LALIQUE. 635 pp. 4to, gray cloth with gilt title on board and spine in fine dustjacket. Front hinge split else fine. Geneve:

LARAN, JEAN. L'ESTAMPE. 2 vols. Profusely illustrated. 4to, cloth, some mottling to cloth, else very good. Paris: Presses Universitaires de Fran...

LAZARNICK, GEORGE. NETSUKE & INRO ARTISTS, AND HOW TO READ THEIR SIGNATURES. 2 vols. Illustrated. 4to, disbound proof copies in original publish...

[LIGER, LOUIS]. LA NOUVELLE MAISON RUSTIQUE, OU ECONOMIE GENERALE DE TOUS LES BIENS DE CAMPAGNE. 2 vols. , 916 pp; , [920] pp. Tenth editio

MADIGAN, MARY JEAN. STEUBEN GLASS AN AMERICAN TRADITION IN CRYSTAL. 320 pp. 4to, grey cloth with foil title to cover and spine in fine dust jacket.&...

MEINERTZHAGEN, GEORGE. THE MEINERTZHAGEN CARD INDEX ON NETSUKE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 2 vols. 584 pp. ; 585-1059 pp. Profusely illustr

MICHENER, JAMES A. THE MODERN JAPANESE PRINT AN APPRECIATION. 55 pp. Illustrated with 10 original prints each signed by the artist. Folio, cloth and g

MORICE, CHARLES. PAUL GAUGUIN. Illustrated with 83 plates and 4 colour plates. Lg 8vo, half green buckram with marbled boards hinges starting and some

[MOSKOWITZ, IRA] ED. GREAT DRAWINGS OF ALL TIMES. 4 vols. Folio, cloth housed in a publisher's slipcase, slight scuffing to case, otherwise very...

MOSS, HUGO / GRAHAM, VICTOR / TSANG, KA BO. THE ART OF THE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLE. 2 vols. slipcased. Folio, black cloth with red lettering on top board

. A group of 8 books sold together including: Bushell. An Introduction to Netsuke, Tokyo, 1987; Bushell. The Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikich

. A group of 8 books including: Bushell, Netsuke Masks, Tokyo, 1985; Bushell, The Art of Netsake Carving, Tokyo, 1981 and sold with 4 Christi

. A group of 9 books including: The Netsuke Collection of W.G. Bossard, 5 netsuke catalogues from Eskenazi, 2 netsuke catalogues from Sotheby

. A collection of 26 Netsuke auction and museum catalogues mostly from Christies spanning the years betweeen 1989 through 2000. [sold with] a

. A collection of 113 periodicals on Netsuke predominately issues of Netsuke Kenkyukai and International Netsuke Society Journal. Est. $15

NICHOLSON, FRANCIS. THE PRACTICE OF DRAWING AND PAINTING LANDSCAPE FROM NATURE.... Illustrated with 15 plates. 118 pp., 4to, original boards scuffed a

. A group of 10 coin auction catalogues including 9 from Sotheby's and 1 from The Norweb Collection. Est. $80/100

. A group of 12 paperweight auction catalogues including 9 from Sotheby's, 2 from L.H. Selman and 1 from Christie's. Est. $50/80

THE POPULAR ART INSTRUCTOR. 493 pp. Illustrated throughout. 8vo, decorative green cloth with gilt tooled title on top board and spine. Corners bumped

PROUT, SAMUEL. HINTS ON LIGHT AND SHADOW, COMPOSITION,ETC. AS APPLICABLE TO LANDSCAPE PAINTING. New edition. Illustrated with 20 lithographic plates.

PUGIN, A. WELBY. FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURY ORNAMENTS IN FOUR PARTS. Illustrated with 105 plates. 4to, blue cloth, spine ends worn, ink date on t

RUSKIN, JOHN. THE TWO PATHS BEING LECTURES ON ART. London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1859. 271 pp. Illustrated with 2 full page plates. 12mo, full blue mor

[SILVER & GOLD]. A group of 5 books sold together including: Poliakoff. Silver Toys & Miniatures, V&A; Waldron. The Price Guide to Silve...

TREVIRANUS, L.C. DIE ANWENDUNG DES HOLZSCHNITEES ZU BILDLCHEN DARSTELLUNG VON PLANZAN.... 72 pp. 8vo, later marbled boards bound with original wraps.

VAN NOSTRAND, JEANNE. THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS OF PAINTING IN CALIFORNIA 1775-1875. 135 pp. 4to, blue cloth with gilt title on top board and spine in d

[WREN, CHRISTOPHER]. LIFE AND WORKS OF SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN. FROM THE PARENTALIA OR MEMOIRS BY HIS SON CHRISTOPHER. 259 pp. 4to, half calf with marble

WREN, SIR CHRISTOPHER. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN A.D. 1632-1723. 279 pp. 4to, light blue cloth with gilt border and armorial crest on top board, spine sunn

WREN, SIR CHRISTOPHER. SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN 1632-1723. 91 pp. 4to, half cream buckram and paper covered boards with title in gilt on top board. Front

ALLODI, MARY. CANADIAN WATERCOLOURS AND DRAWINGS IN THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM. 2 vols. Oblong 8vo, slipcased terra cotta cloth with gilt title on top b

BEAUCLERK, LORD CHARLES. LITHOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF MILITARY OPERATIONS IN CANADA. , 24 pp. Illustrated with map and 6 hand-coloured lithographic views

BELLINGHAM, SYDNEY. SOME PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE REBELLION OF 1837 IN CANADA. Dublin: Browne & Nolan, 1902. [28] pp. 8vo, original wraps, ...

[BIBLE-INUKTITUT]. TAMEDSA MATTHAEUSIB, MARKUSIB, LUKASIB, JOHANNESIBLO OKAUTSINNIK TUSSARNERTUNNIK NALEGAPTA PIULIJIPTA JESUSIB KRISTUSIB. 277 pp. 8v

. A group of 12 Canadian bibliographies including: Gagnon. Essai de Bibliographie Canadienne. 2 vols.; Morley. Canadian Local Historie

[THE CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY]. A group of 100 books including ; The Works of Samuel de Champlain. 6 vols. plus maps; The History of New France. 3 vols.; Sel

[CROWN LANDS]. MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN UNDER THE DIRECTION OF A GENERAL COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY, FOR CROWN LANDS AND EMIGRATION.... : [J. C. F

DENISON, MERRILL & PRATT E.J. OUR GREAT ONES. Folio, A paper portfolio housing 12 linoleum cuts by Jack McLaren. Foreword by Pratt and footnotes...

GALT, JOHN. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN GALT. First edition. 2 vols. vii, 412pp.; xii, 380 pp. Half calf with marbled boards, five bands forming six com

HANNY, JAMES. HISTORY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 2 vols. xv, 455 pp.; 454 pp. Illustrated. 4to, green cloth, faded, fore-edges soiled, otherwise still a good s

[HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND]. CANADA.-SIR F.B. HEAD. RETURN TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 21 APRIL 1837.... 179 pp. Folio, o

[GENERAL UNION OF BRITISH PROVINCES IN CANADA]. PLAN FOR A GENERAL LEGISLATIVE UNION OF THE BRITISH PROVINCES IN NORTH AMERICA. London: W. Clowes [182

[MISSISQUOI COUNTY]. A bound group of 5 reports (first through fifth) on the Missisquoi County Historical Society. 8vo, half morocco and boards, heavi

MORSE, WILLIAM INGLIS. THE LAND OF THE NEW ADVENTURE (THE GEORGIAN ERA IN NOVA SCOTIA). xviii, 158 pp. Illustrated with plates a folding map and loose

M'KEEVOR, THOMAS. A VOYAGE TO HUDSON'S BAY, DURING THE SUMMER OF 1812...ALSO A DESCRIPTION OF THE ESQUIMEAUX AND NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS... 7...

[NATIVE NORTH AMERICANS]. Rinehart's Indians. Omaha: F.A. Rinehart, 1899. Illustrated throughout. 8vo, printed wraps, front wrap detached, soili...

ROSS, SIR JOHN. NARRATIVE OF A SECOND VOYAGE IN SEARCH OF A NORTH-WEST PASSAGE, AND OF A RESIDENCE IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS DURING THE YEARS 1829, 1830,

ROSS KING, MAJOR WILLIAM. THE SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST IN CANADA, OR NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GAME, GAME BIRDS, AND FISH OF THAT COUNTRY.

SANSOM, JOSEPH. TRAVELS IN LOWER CANADA, WITH THE AUTHOR'S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE SOIL, AND ASPECT; THE MORALS, HABITS, AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS...

TRAILL, CATHERINE PARR. CANADIAN WILD FLOWERS. 86 pp. Illustrated with 10 hand coloured lithographs by Agnes Fitzgerald. Folio, green and gilt decorat

SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY. CANADA: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. First edition. 2 vols. cxxxiv, 184 pp.; xxiv, 544 pp. Illustrated with 11 folding maps. 8vo, h

SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY SMITH'S CANADIAN GAZETTEER. First edition, third issue. , [288], [8] pp. ads. Illustrated with large folding map and 3 pla

[WOMEN'S CANADIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY]. A large group of Annual Reports from the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Toronto from 1906-192...

DAVIES, REV. D.P. A NEW HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE VIEW OF DERBYSHIRE, FROM THE REMOTEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. , 717 , [12] pp. Illustrated w

DECK, NORRIS. A HAND-BOOK FOR VISITORS TO CAMBRIDGE. viii, 260 pp. Illustrated with a map and 8 steel engravings. 8vo, half morocco and marbled boards

[GLASCOK, WILLIAM NUGENT]. NAVAL SKETCH BOOK: OR, THE SERVICE AFLOAT AND ASHORE..... Second series. 2 vols. in 1. viii, 292 pp.; , 288 pp. Illustr

JONES, M. LIFE & TRAVEL IN TARTARY, THIBET, AND CHINA. 120 pp. Illustrated throughout. 16mo, faded blue cloth with remnants of tooling on top bo...

KNICKERBOCKER, DIEDRICH. A HISTORY OF NEW YORK, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTCH DYNASTY. 2 vols. xxxi, 341 pp.; vi, 282 pp. 8v

[MAVOR, WILLIAM FORDYCE]. NEW DESCRIPTION OF BLENHEIM THE SEAT OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. 152 pp. Illustrated with 4 full page engravings a

ROLLIN, CHARLES. THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE EGYPTIANS, CARTHAGINIANS, ASSYRIANS, BABYLONIANS, MEDES AND PERSIANS, MACEDONIANS, AND GRECIANS. 10th edit

ROSS, MRS. THE WRECK OF THE WHITE BEAR, EAST INDIAMAN. First edition. 2 vols. 302 pp.; 246 pp. 8vo, green cloth with gilt lettering, covers soiled and

. RECORD OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN SHIPPING FROM SURVEYS MADE AND COMPILED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE AMERICAN SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.... [2

WIMPFFEN, FRANCOIS ALEXANDRE STANISLAUS, BARON DE. A VOYAGE TO SAINT DOMINGO IN THE YEAR 1788, 1789, AND 1790. xviii, 371 pp. Illustrated with a foldi

AITKEN, J.R. MY GARDEN OF THE RED ROSE. 322 pp. 8 colour illustrations by Fred Taylor. 8vo, red cloth with title on top board and spine in black, corn

. RECREATIONS IN NATURAL HISTORY; OR, POPULAR SKETCHES OF BRITISH QUADRUPEDS..... xvi, 367 pp. Illustrated with frontis engraving and 23 engrave

BAKER, RICHARD ST BARBE. AMONG THE TREES. 97 pp. Lavishly illustrated throughout. 4to, half vellum and white cloth. With the author's bookplate ...

BAKER, RICHARD ST. BARBE. GREEN GLORY 239 pp. 8vo, green cloth in good dust jacket. Author's copy with his bookplate and signature. [sold with] ...

BEAN, W.J. THREE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW: HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE. Illustrated throughout . 222 pp. 4to, grey cloth with decorative gilt and gre

. A group of 10 books sold together including: Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute. Pittsburgh, 1985. 3 vols; T

. A group of 3 books sold together including: Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs for 1861-2-3, Albany, 1865 and Macmillan. Footno

. AMERICAN GREENHOUSES. 384 pp. Illustrated throughout. Folio, green cloth with pictorial paste-down, spotting and fading to covers, light

. AUTHOR CATALOGUE OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS LIBRARY, KEW ENGLAND. 5 vols. Folio, green buckrum, some scuffing and soiling to covers els