221. Satirical Illustration of the 19th century – [Funny Fellow / Comical Tales]

The Funny Fellow. Comprising His Humorous Sketches And Comical Tales Together With His Droll Songs, Witty Sayings, Laughable Adventures, And Startling Anecdotes

First Edition of a comic-style publication. London, Ward And Lock, 158 Fleet Street / Printed by Levey, Robson and Franklyn, 1862. 11 x 17cm. IV, 220 pages with numerous grotesque illustrations. Original Hardcover with patterned cloth. Binding slightly shaky only. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With illustrations in “Punch – Style”.

222. Natural History Illustration of Monsters and Superstitions – Pouchet, F.A.

The Universe – Or, The Infinitely Great and The Infinitely Little. Illustrated by 270 Engravings on Wood, from Drawings by A. Paquet, Mesnel, and Emile Bayard.

Sixth Edition. London, Blackie & Son, 1882. Octavo. Frontispiece, XVI, 564 pages. Original, very decorative Prize-Binding for the “Hastings & St.Leonards-on-Sea Ladies College (English Prize for the Year 1885) / Full, dark green morocco with embossed ornament and gilt lettering on spine. Stunning, marbled endpapers with gilt ornament-border to pastedowns. Binding firm and besides some minor rubbing to spine and corners in very good+ condition.

223. [Nares, James] Cox, Beatrice (editor)

Exploring the Arts. [James Nares’ personal copy – received as “Robb Art Prize – Senior Section – Lent, 1965”].

London, Longacre Press, 1961. 21 cm x 26.5 cm. 191 pages with numerous monochrome illustrations throughout. Hardcover [publisher’s original maroon cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some foxing to endpapers and hint of browning to leaf edges but interior otherwise bright and clean. Front endpapers carry inked inscription ‘Robb Art Prize Senior Section, James Nares, Lent 1965.’

224. [Manzur, David] Roberto Burgos Cantor / Fernando Cruz Kronfly / Jaime Duarte French / Gonzalo Hernández Alba / Bernardo Hoyos / Gonzalo Mallarino / Jorge Orlando Melo / Pilar Moreno de Ángel / R.H. Moreno-Durán / Laura Restrepo / Daniel Samper Pizano / Luis Zalamea.

Del Amor y del Fuego. Obra exclusivamente realizada para la presente edición por el maestro David Manzur.

Colombia, Tercer Mundo Editores, 1991. 4°. 270 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition. Very Rare !

225. [Kingman, Dong] Gruskin, Alan D.

The water colors [Watercolours] of Dong Kingman and how the artist works. Introduction by William Saroyan.

New York, The Studio Publications, Inc., 1958. 25 cm x 19,5 cm. 136 pages. With many black-and-white and colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. In protective mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed / signed by the artist Don Kingman: “To our friends Joan (and) Johan Wynn – Best wishes – Helena & Dong Kingman – Wildenstein Gallery – London”

226. Helprin, Mark / Allsburg, Chris van.

A City in Winter. Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. [Signed Twice / Including an Extra Suite with 13 colour-illustrations]

New York, Viking, 1996. 4°. 147 pages. Original Softcover. Published before the initial publishing of this book. The Suite with illustrations signed by Chris van Allsburg. The book itself signed again by Allsburg in 2006.

227. [Gray, Cleve / Motherwell, Robert] Smith, David.

David Smith – Exhibition Catalogue April 18 – May 13, 1950. [Cleve Gray’s personal copy]. [With a two page introduction / statement by Robert Mothwell].

New York, Willard Gallery, 1950. Small Octavo. 8 unnumbered pages. Original, illustrated softcover / stapled. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Copy of american abstract expressionist painter Cleve Gray, with his name in ballpen on cover. One part of Motherwell’s introductory – statement with a pencil mark at the side highlighting this section: “When I saw David places his work against the mountains and sky, the impulse was plain, an ieffable desire to see his humanness related to exterior reality, to nature at least if not man, for the marvel of the felt scale that exists between a true work and the immovable world, the relation that makes both human”.

228. Giraud, Jean “Moebius” / Jodorowsky, Alexandro.

The Incal. Complete First Edition – set of Volume I / Volume II / Volume III.

All Volumes are First Titan Editions from September, October and November 1988. 3 Volumes (complete set). London, Titan Books, 1988. Octavo. Each Volume with c. 90 pages (Total of c. 270 pages). Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external shelfwear to the Volumes (corners and lower edges very slightly frayed) . All Volumes appear to be nearly unread. Very rare Collection !

229. [Bell, Charles] Simons, Phillida Brooke.

The Life and Work of Charles Bell. Including The Art of Charles Bell: An Appraisal by Michael Godby.

Vlaeberg South Africa, Fernwood Press, no year (c.1998). 28 cm x 24.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. Numerous coloured and monchrome illustrations. Hardcover / publisher’s original half leather with slate gray boards. Gilt lettering on spine with raised bands. Gilt pictoral on front board. Housed in grey cloth-covered book case with coloured vignette on front board. Fine, absolutely excellent condition throughout. Interior in excellent condition. Hand-numbered 21 of a collectors’ special edition of only 100 copies. Signed by author on the certification page. Presentation inscription in calligraphy to Christopher Robin White. Front endpaper beautifully embossed. Superbly produced work.

230. Sylvius, Johannes Cornelius / [Jan Cornelis Sylvius] (1564 – 1638)

Late 19th century reprint heliogravure of the famous Rembrandt – Portrait of the Amsterdam pastor Johannes Sylvius.

Portrait Heliogravure with watermark: M B M / Portifolio . Germany, [c.1880]. Format des Portraits / Size of the portrait: 26 cm x 36 cm. Faded dampstain to left side of the outer margin of the portrait. The portrait itself not effected but some parts of the writing is. NO FOXING !!!