491. 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”.

492. Bottari, Giovanni.

Dialoghi Sopra Le Tre Arti Del Disegno.

Reggio, Per Pietro Fiaccadori, 1826. 17.3cm x 10.5cm. V, 203 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

493. [Ashton, Frederick] Dominic, Zoe and Gilbert, John Selwyn.

Frederick Ashton. A Choreographer and his ballets.

First Edition. London a. o, George G. Harrap and Company Limited. 1971. 21.5cm x 28.5cm. 256 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn – photographer and artist Keith Money. Inscribed / Signed by Frederick Ashton to Keith Money. Additionally monogrammed by Ashton on the frontispiece (Monogramm in exchange for his photographed head). With some ephemera (Programme for Ashton’s funeral together with an amusing newspaper-clipping in which the co-author of the book on Ashton, John Selwyn Gilbert, writes to a newspaper and complains about being omitted as the co-author in a recent article).

494. Larkin, David.

Art Fantastique.

French Text (very little text, mainly illustrations). Paris, Chene, 1975. 22 cm x 29 cm. IX, 40 pages. Illustrations in colour throughout. Original sofcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

495. Dumas, Ann / Rosenthal, Norman (curators).

From Russia – French and Russian Master Paintings, 1870-1925.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 2008. 28 cm. 319 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Orignal softcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear and some staining to endpaper. From the library of the important british character-actor Michael Gough. His name and ownership-annotation to endpaper.

496. Documenta (11. : 2002 : Kassel, Germany).

Documenta 11Plattform 5. Ausstellung, Kassel, 8. Juni – 15. September 2002. [Documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmBH Kassel] ; [Projektberatung und Research, Oliver Marchant, Charity Scribner].

Ostfildern-Ruit, Hatje Cantz, 2002. 31 cm. 600 pages. Illustrations chiefly in colour. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Includes a separate, 48-page appendix. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

497. Nagy.

The World Conference in Caricature. Described by William Foss and Alexander Berry Austin.

London, The Soncino Press, 1933. 18 cm x 25 cm. XII, 215 pages. Illustrations – caricatures – in black and white throughout. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

498. Ricketts, Charles S. / [Lister, Pamela & Raymond].

Charles Ricketts R.A. – Sixty-five Illustrations. Introduced by T. Sturge Moore.

First Edition. London, Cassell, 1933. 25cm. 60 pages. Illustrated with colour-frontispiece and with beuatiful black-and-white illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition. First edition of a rare monograph with only very minor signs of external wear. With the Exlibris / Bookplate of Pamela and Raymond Lister to the pastedown.

499. Southby, Logi.

The White Dragon. Written and illustrated by L. Southby.

London, Rich & Cowan, 1934. 24 cm x 30 cm. 265 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition rare first edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some slight rubbing to outer spine.

500. [Hedouin, Edmond / Boilvin, Emile] Book of Wisdom.

The Song of Songs [The Song of Solomon / Das Hohelied Salomos]. With 26 etchings from designs by Edmond Hedouin and Emile Boilvin. From Designs by BIDA.

Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1887. 25 cm x 32 cm. 47 pages of verses juxtaposed to 24 fine etchings, the additional two etchings are the frontispiece and a smaller signet etching to the titlepage. All of the fine etchings mounted to stiff paper. Original hardcover / Decorative quarter morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very few of the etchings with foxing. Very good condition of this extremely rare edition (no.129 of 250 copies only) with only very minor signs of external wear / some rubbing to the binding and bumping to the corners. Some corners very slightly fingerstained and with a hint of a faded dampstain. Name of former owner on endpaper: “Martin F. Jackson – 501 – 5 ave. New York City”.