Hunting Recollections
by ALKEN, Henry
London: R. Ackermann, 1829. Tally-Ho" One of the Rarest of all Henry Alken's Books ALKEN, Henry. Hunting Recollections. London: R. Ackermann, January 1st, 1829. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/16 x 13 3/8 inches; 259 x 340 mm.). Six superb hand-colored etched plates, all heightened with gum arabic. Image size 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 210 x 273 mm. Bound without the letterpress leaf. All plates with imprint "London. Pub.d Jan.y 1. 1829, by... Read More
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Illustrations to Popular Songs
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. True Sportsmen are We for the Game Once in View" ALKEN, Henry. Illustrations to Popular Songs. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1822. First edition, first issue. Oblong folio (9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches; 235 x 347 mm.). [1] leaf (Address). Forty-two (of forty-three) hand-colored etched plates (including added pictorial title). All plates dated 1822. Each plate contains two to six comical scenes, including several hunting or sporting scenes, illustrating titles of popular... Read More
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Alken's New Sketch Book
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, 1823. Exceptionally Rare Alken Title With Forty Finely Hand-Colored Soft Ground Etchings Depicting Equitation, Hunting and Other Sports ALKEN, Henry. Alken's New Sketch Book. London: Published by S. and J. Fuller, [1823]. First edition. Oblong quarto (8 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches; 220 x 289 mm.). Printed title-page and forty finely hand colored soft-ground etched plates, heightened with gum arabic. The plates depict equitation, hunting and other sports. Thirty... Read More
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Easter Monday
by ALKEN, Henry
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1817. Henry Alken's Easter Monday [ALKEN, Henry]. Easter Monday. By Ben Tally Ho. London: S. & J. Fuller, April 7, 1817. First edition. Oblong folio (16 3/4 x 22 1/2 inches; 425 x 571 mm). Comprising a printed title and two hand-colored engraved plates depicting lively sporting scenes. Plate impressions measure approx. 14 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches (362 x 476 mm). Printed title and plates window-mounted on white board. Bound... Read More
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Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports;
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1826-30. First Edition, Early Issue The Mishaps of a Maladroit Equestrian On The Hunt And Coaches Out of Control "Have You Any Idea Which Way The Hounds Went? ALKEN, Henry. Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports.; Caught in Leicestershire, &c. London: Thomas M'Lean, n.d. [1826-1830]. First edition, early issue, with plates dated 1826-1830 and watermarked 1828. Upright folio (14 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches; 358 x 270 mm). Letterpress title... Read More
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How to Qualify for a Meltonian
by ALKEN, Henry
London: S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 1819. One of Alken's Finest Sets (Schwerdt) Six Remarkable Hand Colored Etched Plates ALKEN, Henry. How to Qualify for a Meltonian: Addressed to all Would-be Meltonians. By Ben Tally-Ho... London: S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, 1819. First edition. Oblong folio (13 3/8 x 17 inches; 339 x 432 mm.). Three leaves of letterpress including a prefatory note and two leaves of descriptions... Read More
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Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. A Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates The Schwerdt - Duke of Gloucester Copy ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition with the plates all dated 1820. Oblong folio (9 9/16 x 13 5/8 inches; 243 x 347 mm.). Title leaf (verso blank), and forty-two hand-colored engraved plates heightened with gum arabic, twelve with multiple images. Plates... Read More
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![Comparative Meltonians, As they are, and as they were... [&] Hunting, or Six Hours' Sport, by Three Real Good Ones... [&] Shooting, or One Day's Sport of Three real good One's..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/823/054/1674054823.0.l.jpg)
Comparative Meltonians, As they are, and as they were... [&] Hunting, or Six Hours' Sport, by Three Real Good Ones... [&] Shooting, or One Day's Sport of Three real good One's..
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823. Newcomers to the Meltonian Hunt who Dress like Dandies and have no Thought for their Horses "A Very Rare Series, Amongst the Largest and Finest of Alken's Plates." (Tooley) ALKEN, Henry. Comparative Meltonians, As they are, and as they were... By Ben Tally-Ho. London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1823. [together with] ALKEN, Henry. Hunting, or Six Hours' Sport, by Three Real Good Ones,... Read More
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[Shooting]
by ALKEN, Henry; SUTHERLAND, T.
London: Thomas Pulser, 1817. A Set of Four Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by Henry Alken, Engraved by T. Sutherland ALKEN, Henry. [Shooting]. London: Thomas Pulser, 1 June 1817 [i.e. 1820]. Four Magnificent Hand Colored Sporting Engravings by T. Sutherland after Henry Alken. Elephant folio (16 5/8 x 21 7/8 inches; 423 x 556 mm.). Four magnificent hand colored aquatint plates (image size: 13 x 16 1/2 inches; 330 x 420 mm.). All plates... Read More
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British Proverbs
by ALKEN, Henry
London: E. & C. Mc.Lean, 1824. It's Not How Long - But How Well We Live" ALKEN, Henry. British Proverbs. London: E. & C. Mc.Lean, 1824. First edition. Oblong quarto (10/1/4 x 13 3/4 inches; 261 x 350 mm.). Six amusing hand-colored soft-ground etchings, five with five and one with four scenes, depicting a total of twenty-nine proverbs. Bound ca. 1900 by Rivière & Son in full tan calf, covers decoratively bordered in gilt, spine with... Read More
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Life of a Sportsman, The
by ALKEN, Henry; NIMROD; APPERLEY, Charles J.
London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First Issue The "Rich In Interest" Classic With 36 Hand-Colored Aquatints and Bound by Zaehsndorf [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of Charles J. Apperley). The Life of a Sportsman. By Nimrod. With Thirty-Six Coloured Illustrations by Henry Alken. London: Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 1842. First edition, first issue with four plates on India paper mounted on plate paper, and plate at p. 348 in first state. Octavo... Read More
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Specimens of Riding Near London
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. Alken's Rare Satire Successfully Transplants Horse's Ass to Rider's Seat ALKEN, Henry. Specimens of Riding Near London. Drawn from Life. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean,. Repository of Wit and Humour, No. 26, Haymarket, 1823. Second edition. Oblong folio (8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in; 222 x 323 mm). Printed title and eighteen hand-colored engraved plates. Late nineteenth century half red roan over red cloth boards, ruled in... Read More
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National Sports of Great Britain, The
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Published by Thomas McLean... Printed by W. Lewis, 1821. Considered the Most Comprehensive and Most Famous Work by Henry Alken" (Dixon) With the Hand Colored Frontispiece dated 1820 ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain. By Henry Alken. With Descriptions, in English and French. London: Published by Thomas McLean... Printed by W. Lewis, 1821 [-1820]. First edition. Large folio (19 x 12 inches; 482 x 305 mm.). [2, title in English, verso title in... Read More
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Melange of Humour, The
by ALKEN, Henry; EGERTON, Daniel Thomas
London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1835. Fifty Hand-Colored Plates Caricaturing the English and French Lifestyle of the 1820s [EGERTON, Daniel Thomas, and others]. The Melange of Humour; A Series of Fifty Coloured Engravings, Comprising a Great Variety of Comic Subjects, by The most Popular Artists of the Present Day. London: Printed by W. Lewis, [n.d., 1835]. First collected edition of this acclaimed series of humorous plates depicting the English and French lifestyle of the 1820s. ... Read More
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Gretna-Green Bolt-a, The
by ALKEN, Henry; ARMSTRONG, William Henry; ACKERMANN, Rudolph, publisher
London [&] Paris: Rudolph Ackermann [&] Galignani & Co., 1853. A Rare Work. The frontispiece. which is executed in the manner of Henry Alken" From the Library of Fitz Eugene Dixon [ALKEN, Henry, in the style of]. [ARMSTRONG, William Henry]. O'BRADLEY, Arthur, pseudonym. The Gretna-Green Bolt-a, or, Young Ladies' Man-ual. Edited by Arthur O'Bradley, Esq. London [&] Paris: Rudolph Ackermann [&] Galignani & Co., [1853]. First and only edition. Oblong octavo (5 1/2 x 11 1/8... Read More
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Grand Leicestershire Steeple Chase
by ALKEN, Henry
London: R. Ackermann, Junr. Sporting Gallery, 1830. The Grand Leicestershire Steeple Chase Eight Magnificent Hand-Colored Plates by C. Bentley after Henry Alken ALKEN, Henry. Grand Leicestershire Steeple Chase. On the 12th. of March, 1829. London: R. Ackermann, Junr.Sporting Gallery, Jan[uar]y. 1st, 1830. First edition. Oblong folio (16 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches; 420 x 521 mm.). Eight superb hand colored aquatint plates by C. Bentley after Henry Alken, all with descriptive letterpress. Plates mounted on card,... Read More
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Moments of Fancy and Whim by Henry Alken
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. There Is A Pleasure in Being Mad Which None But Madmen Know" "Some Men To Business Some To Pleasure Take. Some Their Troubles, Some Their Fortunes Make" ALKEN, Henry. Moments of Fancy and Whim... We rather fancy, than Know. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (10 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches; 272 x 419 mm.). Part one only (of two) Seven hand colored... Read More
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Touch at the Fine Arts, A.
by ALKEN, Henry
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1824. Artists Jargon Satirically Defined Rare in the Original Boards ALKEN, Henry. A Touch at the Fine Arts: Illustrated by Twelve Plates, with Descriptions by Henry Alken. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1824. First edition. Quarto (10 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches; 257 x 171 mm.). [30], [2, advertisements, verso blank] pp. Twelve hand-colored soft-ground etchings, all with original tissue guards. Each plate with a leaf of descriptive... Read More
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Fashion & Folly, or The Buck's Pilgrimage
by ALKEN, Henry
London: William Sams, 1822. The Adventures of Lubin and his Friend Dashall One of the Rarest of all of Henry Alken's Works ALKEN, Henry, artist. HEATH, William, engraver. Fashion & Folly, or The Buck's Pilgrimage. [London: William Sams, 1822]. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 1/8 x 11 7/8 inches; 181 x 302 mm.). A series of twenty-four hand-colored aquatints including one which is double-folding, each mounted on stiff card. Each scene has four lines of verse... Read More
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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq
by ALKEN, Henry, illustrator -- [APPERLEY, Charles James] NIMROD; APPERLEY, C.J.
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1851. A Desirable Item" "A Most Valuable and Important Book" Third and Best Edition With Memoir of Nimrod [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. APPERLEY, C.J. Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High sheriff for the Counties of Salup & Merioneth, and Major of the North Stropshire Yeomanry Cavalry. With Notices of His Hunting, Shooting, Driving, Racing, Eccentric and Extravagant Exploits By Nimrod. With Numerous Illustrations by... Read More
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Sporting Repository, The
by ALKEN, Henry and James BARENGER, illustrators
London: Printed by W. Lewis... for Thomas McLean, 1822. First and only edition of a rare and valuable magazine" (Schwerdt) ALKEN, Henry [and] BARENGER, James, illustrators. The Sporting Repository, containing Horse-Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Shooting, Archery, Trotting and Tandem Matches, Cocking, Pedestrianism [and] Pugilism. anecdotes on sporting subjects, interspersed with essays, tales, and a great variety of miscellaneous articles. London: Printed by W. Lewis... for Thomas McLean, 15 January-15 June 1822. First and only edition. Octavo (9... Read More
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Anthony Adverse
by ALLEN, Hervey
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1933. Publishers Weekly best-selling novel in the US for 1933 & 1934 ALLEN, Hervey. Anthony Adverse. Decorations by Allan McNab. New York: Farrar and Rinehart, Inc., 1933. First edition, first printing. Octavo (8 1/2 x 6 inches; 216 x 152 mm.). [xii], [1]-1224 pp. Title-page printed in blue & black. Publisher's blue cloth, front cover bordered and titled in gilt, spine lettered in gilt. Original printed dust jacket with $3.00... Read More
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James Bond Dossier, The
by AMIS, Kingsley
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. The first formal literary analysis of the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming" AMIS, Kingsley. The James Bond Dossier. London: Jonathan Cape, [1965]. First edition. Octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 124 mm.). [1-8], 9-159, [1, blank] pp. Publishers black faux cloth over boards, front cover stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. lower corners very slightly bumped. A near fine copy in the publisher's pictorial dust jacket... Read More
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Story of My Life, The
by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871. The First Substantial English Edition - With Distinguished Provenance The Jean Hersholt Copy ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. The Story of My Life. Now first translated into English. Author's Edition. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1871. First American edition, and the first substantial English translation of Andersen's autobiography, with additional material extending the narrative to 1867, including his account of the Festival at Odense. Small octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches;... Read More
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Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures of the Parterre
by ANDREWS, James; TWAMLEY, Louisa Anne
London: Charles Tilt, 1830. Handsome and Interesting Ornaments for the Drawing-Room Table" ANDREWS, James. Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures of the Parterre. Twelve Bouquets, drawn and coloured from nature, by James Andrews. With Poetical Illustrations, by Louisa Anne Twamley. London: Charles Tilt, [1830]. First edition. Folio (14 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches; 369 x 273 mm.). 20 unnumbered pages including half-title, title-page, contents, dedication leaf, and advertisement leaf at end. Hand colored lithographed title and... Read More
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