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First edition, 4to, edition deluxe, limited to 500 copies signed by Peary and Bob Bartlett, xii, 326 pp., 4 photogravures, 112 tipped-in photographic illustrations, large coloured map, modern full blue morocco gilt, gilt pictorial roundel to upper cover, slipcase, a fine example.
£2,500 -
First state, aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora. Framed and glazed, overall dimensions: 52 by 64 cm.
£5,000 -
Signed, limited 'General Hubbard' edition, one of 500 copies signed by Peary, 8vo, xxxii, 373, [1, blank] pages. With numerous illustrations, a folding map, and signed limitation page inserted throughout. Publisher's deluxe binding of half blue levant morocco over blue cloth boards, an excellent copy.
£2,000 -
Engraving, 252 x 390mm (cut to plate mark), mounted.
£1,750 -
First state, aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora. Framed and glazed, overall dimensions: 52 x 64 cm. (20 1/2 x 25 1/4 in).
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Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora. Framed and glazed, overall dimensions: 52 x 64 cm. (20 1/2 x 25 1/4 in).
£6,500 -
Aquatint and mezzotint, printed in colour and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic, from The Temple of Flora. Framed and glazed, overall dimensions: 52 x 64 cm. (20 1/2 x 25 1/4 in).
£13,500 -
Engraving with mezzotint, printed in colours and finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic.
£4,000 -
Original hand-coloured aquatint with stipple engraving.
£3,750