1. Addison, William.

English Spas.

London, B.T. Batsford LTD, 1951. 14.2 cm x 22.2 cm. Colour Frontispiece. VIII, 152 pages. 68 black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Minor foxing to endpapers, pastedowns, half-title page and edges.

2. [Arnoux, Thérèse] Jacques Prevert et Joseph Kosma.

CHANSONS – Illustrations de Thérèse Arnoux.

FIRST EDITION (No.00177 / 1500). Quarto. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

3. [Baines, Thomas].

The Birds of South Africa Painted by Thomas Baines (1820 – 1875) – Comprising the complete collection of ninety plates executed by Thomas Baines, together with descriptions from the text of C.J.Andersson’s ‘Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and the adjacent Countries of South-West Africa’, with a biographical Essay by R.F.Kennedy. [Includes an excellent illustration of the Red-necked Falcon (Falco chiquera) – see image].

Limited Hand-Numbered Edition [No.404 of only 500]. Johannesburg, Winchester Press, 1975. Quarto (28.4 cm wide x 33.5 cm high). Frontispiece-Portrait of Thomas Baines (see image), 204 pages with 90 colourful illustrations / plates. Original Hardcover with glassine jacket in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. A wonderful and now rare publication in excellent condition.

4. Batselier, Dom Pieter / Callender, Elsie (trans.)

Saint Benedict – Father of Western Civilization.

Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1981, 26 cm x 33 cm. 476 pages. 476 beautiful mononchrome and colour illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Near fine condition. Interior in excellent condition also.

5. Bawden, Edward.

Pottery Making at Poole.

[Plaistow, Newham], Printed at The Curwen Press, no year [c.1925]. Small Octavo (10 cm wide x 15.8 cm high). 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Original, printed card-wrappers (sewn binding). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear and no tears. Interior very bright. Extremely Rare !

6. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

7. Black, Eileen.

Through The Salerooms – Art Auctions in Belfast, 1807-1888.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster Historical Foundation, 2022. Quarto (21.8 cm wide x 29.4 cm high). XXI, 424 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

8. [Bonnard, Pierre] Anet, Claude.

Notes Sur L’Amour. Illustrated by Pierre Bonnard and engraved by Yvonne Mailliez.

Exemplaire non numéroté sur Alfa bouffant. Paris, G. Crès & Cie, 1922. 26cm x 21.3cm. 74 pages. With beautiful, intimate illustrations. Hardcover / Modern half cloth with marbled-paper-covered-boards in slipcase. Bound with the original wrappers Excellent condition.

9. [Bonnard, Pierre] Chauveau, Léopold.

Les Histoires Du Petit Renaud.

Paris, Librairie Gallimard, 1927. Quarto (23 cm wide x 28.5 cm high). 93 pages. Original Softcover Brochure with illustrations by Pierre Bonnard / Broché originale et illustree. Excellent, near fine condition with only minor signs of wear / Avec cinquante illustrations dessinées et coloriées au pochoir, en bleu et en rouge, par Pierre Bonnard. Exemplaire 226 des 322 exemplaires sur vélin d’Arches de ces cinq histoires pour enfants. Les seuls contes pour enfants jamais illustrés par Pierre Bonnard. Tres bon exemplaire !!

10. Borges, Jorge Luis / Guerrero, Margarita / Baldessari (illustraciones).

El Libro De Los Seres Imaginarios.

Buenos Aires, Editorial Kier, 1967. 20 cm x 25 cm. 160 pages including many colour illustrations. Original softcover in protective Mylar. Very good condition with some clear signs of wear. Browning of page-edges. Binding is fragile in places.

11. Briggs, Katharine Mary.

Folk Tales of Britain – Narratives. With a preface by Philip Pullman. Illustrated by Hannah Firmin.

Three Volumes (complete set of Narratives). London, The Folio Society, 2011. Octavo (16.3 cm wide x 24 cm high). Pagination: Volume I: Colour-Frontispiece, XIII, 410 pages / Volume II: Colour-Frontispiece, continued pagination: pages 413 – 958 / Volume III: Colour-Frontispiece, continued pagination: pages 961 – 1396. Original, illustrated Hardcover. [No slipcase]. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

12. Brooke, Geoffrey.

The Glad Companion. With Drawings by Lucy Dawson.

London, Constable Publishers, 1946. 14.2 cm x 21.8 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated Colour Frontispiece. Five full page black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Corners and spine only very lightly rubbed. Some stains to front board. Title slightly faded on spine. Minor foxing to edges, half-title and endpapers. Pages are lightly tanned. Previous owner’s name in black ink on front endpaper. Also black ink inscription to front pastedown.

13. [Browne, Frank] O’Donnell, E.E.

Father Browne’s Titanic Album – A Passenger’s Photographs and Personal Memoir. Foreword by Dr. Robert D. Ballard.

Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1997. 29.2cm x 25.8cm. 120 pages. With 111 historic illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

14. [Bruegel, Peter] Claessens, Bob / Rousseau, Jeanne / Chevalier, Haakon [trans.]

Our Bruegel.

Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 1969. 26 cm x 34 cm. Portrait frontispiece, 233 pages. 97 paintings, 28 drawings and 6 plates. Some fold-out illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original brown buckram boards] with gilt lettering on white spine. Gilt design on front board. Pastedowns and endpapers beautifully illustrated with rustic scenes. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is in excellent condition that allows for the proper consideration of the lavishly produced and stunningly presented illustrations, many of which are tipped-in.

15. Buchan, John / Olcott, Frances Jenkins[editor].

The Magic Walking-Stick and Stories from the Arabian Nights .

London, Associated Newspapers, no year (c.1900). 15 cm x 20 cm. Frontispiece, VI, 314 pages. Numerous colour illustrations Hardcover [publisher’s original orange cloth] with lettering and pictorials on spine and front board. Very good- condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine shows fading. Light tanning and occasional foxing throughout. Binding good and firm and bookblock tight and square. Unmarked interior. Name of previous owner on rear pastedown.

16. [Buckland-Wright, John / Golden Cockerel Press] Swinburne, Algernon Charles.

Hymn to Proserpine. Engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Octavo (16.8 cm wide x 23.7 cm high). 20 pages with seven woodcuts. Original Hardcover (Burgundy cloth). Spine slightly sunned. Otherwise in absolutely excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

17. [Byron Circle] Haygarth, William.

Greece, A Poem, In Three Parts; With Notes, Classical Illustrations, And Sketches Of The Scenery.

First Edition. London, Printed by W,Bulmer and Co., 1814. Quarto (24 cm wide x 30 cm high). 304 pages with all 9 original sepia-aquatint-plates by Charles Turner after Haygarth. Disbound due to broken binding. Halftitle and bookblock available with all 9 plates included. Needs rebinding. Bookblock firm, halftitle detached. All nine plates with faded dampstain but still in beautiful and strong impression. The wide-margined Text in excellent, clean condition besides the faded dampstain. Last page of the Volume with some browning. Very minor wormhole-damage to the last 14 pages. One illustration cleanly detached. Extremely Rare Book !

18. [Caldecott, Randolph].

The Great Panjandrum himself.

London, George Routledge & Sons, no date (ca. 1885). Oblong-Octavo. 24 pages with seven colour-illustrations (including cover). Original, illustrated brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [R.Caldecott’s Picture Books].

19. [Caldecott, Randolph] Goldsmith, Oliver.

An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex – Mrs. Mary Blaize.

London, George Routledge & Sons, no date (ca. 1885). Oblong-Octavo. 24 pages with six colour-illustrations (including cover). Original, illustrated brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. [R.Caldecott’s Picture Books].

20. [Calder, Alexander].

Alexander Calder and Joan Miró.

Dublin, IMMA [Irish Museum of Modern Art], 2007. Quarto. 80 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

21. [Calder, Alexander].

Animal Sketching.

Third Edition. New York, Dover Publications, 1973. Octavo. 62 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

22. [Calder, Alexander].

autobiographie. Traduction de Jean Davidson.

[Edition française de “Calder – an Autobiography with Pictures]. Paris, Atelier Maeght, 1972. Quarto. 208 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

23. [Calder, Alexander].

Calder – [Texte: Jacques Prevert / Jean-Paul Sartre / Fernand Leger / Michel Butor / Henri Pichette / Jean Davidson / Gerard-Georges Lemaire //

Paris, edition Maeght, 1992. Octavo. 115 pages (with illustrations throughout). Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

24. [Calder, Alexander].

“Calder” [at Chateau de Biron / Dordogne].

Dordogne, Le Chateau de Biron, 1986. Quarto. 88 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. [Calder, Alexander].

“Calder’s Universe” – Large Collection of seventyone (71) Books and Lithograph-Portfolios on and by American Artist Alexander “Sandy” Calder. The collection includes not only rare Volumes with original Lithographs, some very rare Exhibition-catalogues, Autobiographies and a collection of wonderful issues of eleven Derriere Le Mirroir, most of them with original Lithographs by Calder, but also the rare, signed Artist Book: “A BESTIARY” – [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Calder and Wilbur]. The collection includes early monographs as well as later catalogues and is a perfect chance to acquire some good understanding of his works in Mobiles, Stabiles, Oil Paintings, Gouches, Toys and other art. See detailed descriptions and images of every single item within this collection listed under “Libraries & Collections” on our website.

Quarto. The collection includes books in different bindings: Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket / Original Softcover / Hardcover without dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Most books in excellent condition. The price of this collection includes traceable, international UPS Express Saver shipping.

26. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “A Retrospective Exhibition” – “Work from 1925 to 1974”. October 26 to December 8, 1974.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1974. Quarto. 32 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

27. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “A Survey of Works from the Greenberg Gallery”. With an Introduction about “Radical” Art by Ronald K. Greenberg.

St.Louis, The Greenberg Gallery, 1990. Quarto. 32 pages / With illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

28. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Bronze Sculptures of 1944”. October 7th – November 8th, 1969.

New York, Perls Galleries, 1969. Quarto. 38 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

29. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “ALEXANDER CALDER” – “Circus Drawings, Wire Sculptures and Toys”. November 24 to December 13, 1964.

Houston, Texas, The Museum of Fine Arts, 1964. Quarto. 30 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

30. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – [Lithographs].

London, William Weston Gallery, 1999. Octavo. 14 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

31. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Oil Paintings”. October 10 – November 11, 1972.

New York, Perls Galleries, 1972. Oblong Quarto. 28 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

32. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – Royal Academy of Arts.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1992. Oblong Quarto. 32 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

33. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Stabiles”. “May 5 – June 17, 1989”.

New York, The Pace Gallery, 1989. Quarto. Wonderful Leporello with 13 pages folding out. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

34. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Stabiles” May 14-June 2.

New York, M.Knoedler & Co. Inc., 1983. Quarto. 20 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

35. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Standing and Hanging Mobiles 1945-1976”.

London, Edward Totah Gallery, 1988. Octavo. 30 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

36. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Standing Mobiles 1968” (18 February – 15 March 1969).

London, Gimpel/Fils, 1969. Quarto. 8 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

37. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Standing Mobiles”. December 4,1980 – January 2, 1981.

New York, M.Knoedler & Co., 1981. Oblong – Quarto. 20 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

38. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder: Small Scale”. May 15 – June 3, 1982.

New York, M.Knoedler & Co., 1982. Octavo. 16 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

39. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – Arts Council 1962 – “Alexander Calder” – “Sculpture – Mobiles”.

The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1962. Quarto. 30 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Original wrappers cleanly detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Stone, 38 Irving Street Boston

40. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER”. 1 April – 25 April 1981.

London, The Mayor Gallery, 1981. Octavo. 54 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

41. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER” – “Crags and Critters of 1974”. Oct. 15-Nov. 16,1974.

New York, Perls Galleries, 1974. Oblong-Quarto. 12 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

42. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER” – Galeria Maeght – Barcelona Febrer-Marc 1989.

Barcelona, Galeria Maeght, 1989. Quarto (23.5 cm x 32 cm high). 28 pages with illustrations. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

43. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER” – “Mobile et Lithographes” – L’Exposition “Le Mouvement”. Presentee a Dijon dans le cadre de la Biennale des Nuits de Bourgogne 1973.

Paris, 1974. Quarto. 6 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

44. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Calder Gouaches”. [Lincoln Gallery Art Editions with colour-images protected by colourful tissue-guards / Designed by Royston Cooper].

London, Chelsea Fine Arts Limited, 1961. Octavo. 20 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

45. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue: “MIRO – CALDER” – Gallery Urban – 26 Septembre – 10 Novembre 1989.

Paris, Gallery Urban, 1989. Quarto. 31 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

46. [Calder, Alexander].

Fables of Aesop – According to Sir Roger L’Estrange – With Fifty Drawings by Alexander Calder.

New York, Dover Publications, 1967. Small Quarto. 128 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

47. [Calder, Alexander].

Jean de Lafontaine – Selected Fables. Translated by Eunice Clark. With Forty-Eight Illustrations by Alexander Calder.

New York, Dover Publications, 1968. Small Quarto. 88 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

48. Calder, Alexander.

Three Young Rats And Other Rhymes – Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.

One of 3000 copies of the second edition (MOMA 1946). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 31.5 cm high). XVIII, (1), 130, (4) pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket frayed and with larger pieces missing and now protected in Mylar. The volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner N.E. Norton in pencil on endpaper.

49. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°113 – 1959. [With two (2) fantastic, original double-page lithographs of “Stabiles”]. Avec Essais: “STABILES” par Georges Salles / “LE LURON AUX PROTEGE-GENOUX” par Jean Davidson.

First Edition. Paris, Editions Pierre A Feu – Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1959. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 28 pages (Text paginated and each double-page-Lithograph counts as 4 pages). Plus photographic front- and rear-cover with portrait-photograph of Alexander Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

50. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°141 – Novembre 1963 [With 7 lithographes originales, including cover / 3 of the lithographs are fantastic double-page lithographs of Stabiles]. Avec Essais: “L’ombre de l’avenir” par James Jones (Traduction d’Henri de Turenne) / Essais: “Qu’est-ce qu’un calder ?” par Michel Ragon / Avec “Comment faire by Calder (juxtaposed to his portrait) / With photographic section of seven pages showing “Stabiles dans l’atelier” (″Tamanoir” / “Tamanoir et Bucephale”.

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1963. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 32 pages plus 2 pages of lithographed Cover. (Text paginated up to page 16 and then continued without pagination). Including an excellent full-page-colour-photograph of Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the most exciting CALDER – editions of Derrière le Miroir.