Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925), entered the publishing business in 1866 as a writer and illustrator for the satirical magazine Flying Pages, whic...

Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) was an Irish illustrator famous for his illustrations of works by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J.M. Barrie, amongst ...

'Greatly enlarged and carefully revised' second edition. Charles Hindley (d.1893) who wrote many books on British popular literature and culture, ...

Charles Hindley (d.1893) who wrote many books on British popular literature and culture, in this work analyses the distinctive cries, characters a...

The first edition of this richly illustrated historical account of the streets of London and its characters by Andrew Tuer.First edition. (134 x 1...

A great run of this neat French almanac published under the aegis of French engraver & illustrator Henri Boutet, nicknamed 'little master of c...

The rare special issue of Nicholson's London Types, in an uncommon variant vellum binding. The Bus Driver was omitted from this edition and only a...

A wonderful example of this book, in an edition thought to run to two hundred & seventy-five copies; the tissue guards have kept the illustrat...

The original prospectus announced that the book would be bound in royal blue cloth, however this first issue was bound in a mustard yellow, and de...

This lovely and scarce volume is Crane's only book of poetry; extremely uncommon in this condition.First edition, number 35 of 350 copies for Engl...

A charming illustrated book, by the author of La Vie Parisienne (under the pseudonym of Satin, Gratin, Pascaline).Number 10 of 30 copies on Japon,...

A complete set of the first series of this influential eighteen-nineties periodical for the arts. Each number includes examples of music, architec...

A very good example of the special issue of the first volume of this important eighteen-nineties periodical. This issue does not include the 16pp....

A splendid example of this important illustrated work, claimed by numerous artistic movements over the years, including Symbolism and Art Nouveau,...

An unusually good example of this famous equestrian tale, told from the perspective of a horse. Black Beauty was Quaker author Sewell's only publi...

An unusually good example of the rarest of William Nicholson's illustrated works; his illustrations accompany rhymes by Arthur Waugh, a prolific a...

A very good example of this popular title from the Uptons' Golliwogg series of thirteen books; one of the best in terms of subject matter and the ...

A charming collaboration between Christina Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite artist Arthur Hughes, with illustrations often derived from original sk...