After 1895 (7 results)

Hard back binding in publisher's original olive cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, symmetrical Persian design and gilt vignette to the front cover, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Rubáiyát over 160 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided paper-guarded photogravures after Drawings by Gilbert James. Ink name inside dated 1906 and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

First edition thus Gilbert James Photogravure series hard back binding in publisher's original olive cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, symmetrical Persian design and gilt vignette to the front cover, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Rubáiyát over 160 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided paper-guarded photogravures after Drawings by Gilbert James. Ink name inside dated 1905, boards with general soiling to the cloth, light age tanning to the end papers and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

First edition thus Gilbert James Photogravure series hard back binding in publisher's original olive cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, symmetrical Persian design and gilt vignette to the front cover, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Rubáiyát over 160 pages carrying the 75 quatrains of Edward FitzGerald's version enriched with 12 full-page single-sided paper-guarded photogravures after Drawings by Gilbert James. Boards with general soiling to the cloth, light age tanning to the end papers and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Reads: 'My dear Lord, | I have fixed the Oath's Bills &c for Tuesday July 9. | Believe me | faithfully Yours | Kimberley'.

Wood engraving cut from a late nineteenth- early twentieth century representing the siege of Haarlem with Hasselaer in the middle of the composition, leading a group of women against the Spanish oppressor in 1573. Inscribed at bottom: 'Beleg van Haarlem'. Wood engraving on paper; total: 148 x 178 mm; some dirt and smudges, on verso text in letterpress.

Oblong 8vo. 2 pp. To an unidentified recipient addressed as "maître", informing him that a sculpture by Antonin Mercié is finished, and asking him for a meeting in order to discuss when and how this work should be offered to their "gracious sovereign": "Le groupe de Mercié est prêt ! Le plus tôt qu'il vous sera possible, veuillez donc passer à notre cabinet, que nous puissions nous entendre sur l'époque et sur la forme aux et sous lesquelles on pourrait offrir la chose à notre tant gracieuse souveraine [.]". - It can only be speculated that the work by Mercié was intended as a gift for an important female friend. - On stationery of "La Nouvelle Revue". Minor browning.

Condition: Good. Lithograph. 28 x 72 cm. Vue perspective de la ville de Verdun en 1591. Gravure de Raunheim d'après Pierre Jacob.