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London: E. T. Brain & Co, 1840. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. The moralizing art of William Hogarth, displaying London life of the 18th century in all its extremes. Included here are the eight plates of The Rake's Progress which portray the reckless life of 'Tom Rakewell', the son of a wealthy merchant who squanders his fortune and ends up in the madhouse. 4to, 2 vols: iv, 142pp [4], iv, 280pp, steel engraved plates, with frontispiece portrait of the artist in each volume. Later red cloth binding with gilt titles on black leather spine labels. Marriage a la Mode series (Vol II) is LACKING one of the six plates in the series; some damp staining at four plates in Vol II.

London: Jones & Co.. Two Volumes Qto., 224 pages, illustrated with engravings, each with its own tissue guard. Bound in half morocco over dark green embossed cloth. A clean, Near Fine set. Images are available on request. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1833.

John Tallis. Believed First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9. 280pp, lacks dust wrapper as issued, illustrated, undated but believed 1880, previous owners book plate to front paste down, no other inscriptions. Decorative leather boards are complete but are rubbed to all edges and there is a small split at the top of the front of the spine. Hinges are tight, no loose pages or turned over page corners, only very slight spotting. Happy to supply photos on request. Very heavy book please inquire for postage outside the UK.

London: N.p.. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Cooke and Davenport. Quartos. [303] pages in two volumes. Contains 146 of 148 plates (possibly as published). Absent are the last 2 plates in Volume II ("Before and After"), which were frequently left out due to their showing a couple just prior and after sex (still fully clothed). Otherwise collates complete. Hardcovers bound full publisher's cloth with cover designs embossed in gilt. The bindings are worn and bumped and are now housed in clear mylar or acetate dust jackets. The front hinge of Volume I is cracking and a type of flexible glue appears to have been applied to prevent separation. Text blocks are sound. All edges gilt. Undated, but appear to be from the 1840s-1850s. The title pages are printed in dark blue and red. Most, if not all of the engravings have their tissue guards. There is no tissue guard at the page describing the final plates of Volume II, "Before and After," and their… Read More

London and New York: John Tallis and Company, circa [1850's]., [1850's].. Good. - Quarto, 11 inches high by 8-5/8 inches wide. Two volumes uniformly bound in three-quarter brown morocco & cloth, titled in gilt with raised bands on the spines. The edges are marbled. The front cover and spine of the second volume are detached from the text block, though the covers are intact. The covers are rubbed and scuffed. 280 pages of text, illustrated with 150 bold engravings on 146 sheets, as published. The plates include 2 frontispieces and 2 pictorial title pages. (The plates numbered 137 and 139 are engraved on one sheet, the plates numbered 140-143 are engraved on two sheets, and those numbered 147-148 are engraved on one sheet). The front endpaper of the first volume is detached, but present. An early owner's inscription, "Shipley Jones from Richard M. Pell", is penned on the front blank of each volume. Despite the covers, the contents are unusually bright, clean and unfoxed.… Read More

London: Jones and Co. 1833. 4to.Illustrated. 168 pp. [of text]. Recent brown half morocco over marbled boards, with raised bands, gilt-stamped devices, and red morocco title label with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated by 84 black and white steel engraved plates by Hogarth, including a self portrait frontispiece. A brief biography is included at the beginning, followed by a commentary on all his major works. Binding fresh and firm. Foxing throughout, but with plates largely unaffected, with some occasional water marks. . Very Good. Half Morocco. First Thus. 1833.

London & New York: The London Printing and Publishing Company, [ca. 1860]. 283 x 217 mm. (11 x 8 1/2"). Two volumes.. FINE PUBLISHER'S PEBBLE-GRAIN DARK BROWN MOROCCO, ELABORATELY GILT, covers with a thick gilt-tooled medallion encircling an image of Hogarth sitting in a chair and holding a palette and brushes, at the bottom of the medallion a gothic capital with a bust, books, and palette, each corner with a lacy floral garland in the shape of an "L," all this framed by a thick and thin gilt rule, raised bands, spines ruled and decorated in gilt, gilt lettering, all edges gilt. WITH 150 STEEL ENGRAVINGS (on 145 plates) BY WILLIAM HOGARTH, all with original tissue guards. Front free endpaper of volume I with unmarked ex-libris on a decorative piece of paper; titles with blue ink stamp of J. B. Bennett of Cincinnati, Ohio. ◆One spine band slightly rubbed, trivial wear to the corners, but the bindings otherwise virtually perfect. Volume II with two very small tears to gutter of frontispiece (and its… Read More