"Printed in Germany.", Cover title., Introduction -- How Damian became servant to little Lord Thumb -- The fight with the ourang-outang -- Enter the tiger -- Damian's amusement -- The giant serpent -- The baffled bear -- Damian in peril -- The return home., Manufacture statement from colophon., Printed on double leaves; includes 8 chromolithographed illustrations with movable parts., and Text in verse.
Publisher:
H. Grevel & Co., 33 King Street, Covent Garden W.C.,
BEIN FRA140: Imperfect: Fragments of 5 pip cards, Spades, made into 1 sheet 55 x 223 mm. The sheet was used as binding filler. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: unkown., and Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2]?
BEIN JAP22: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Italo-Portuguese suit system., Composition of deck: 75 [Un, Sun, Sota, Rohai, Koshi, Uma; 9-1, with a fifth suit, Tomoe]., Single suit sign on Aces., and Japanese mythological personalities; un and sota are pictured against silver background; the others, against yellow background.
BEIN JAP21: Imperfect: 18 cards (9 courts and 9 pip cards) wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Italo-Portuguese suit system., Composition of deck: 75 [Un, Sun, Sota, Rohai, Koshi, Uma; 9-1, with a fifth suit, Tomoe]., Single suit sign on Aces, floral decoration., Faces of all courts have been eradicated; sun of swords in heavy armor; sota of swords battles serpent; sun of batons in heavy armor, poses against checkerboard background; sota of batons battles serpent; uma of coins rides white horse; sun of Tomoe is pictured against checkerboard background., and Floral decoration on pip cards.
BEIN NOR6 1: Imperfect: 51 cards wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., BEIN NOR6 2: Imperfect: Joker wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from tuck case., Suit system: French., Type: Original Design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2], j, Aces: A:1; AS: N. W. DAMM & SØN / [pip] OSLO / (Norwegian crown, red)., Court Cards: KS with white beard, orb in right hand, sceptre in left; SQ in right profile; JS looks straight ahead, axe at his right; KH has cloak with white cross; QH with right arm raised to face; JH in left profile; KH with lion and axe on breast plate, orb in right hand; QD in left profile, flying red ribbons; JD holds axe in right hand; KC holds sceptre over right shoulder; QC holds fan in right hand; JC has axe to his left., Jokers: seated figure holds up card., Issued in red tuck case., and Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, red: KORT-STEMPEL / Nr. 1 / [crown and shield]
BEIN FRA216: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from wrapper., No suit system., Composition of deck: 36 [1-36], instructions., and Color lithography, coarse stock.
"Donna Thomas & Katy McLaughlin hiked the John Muir Trail in the summer of 2002. They identified these flowers together & Donna painted them on the spot. Donna made this book, using handmade paper made by Peter Thomas. Copy # ... of 150"--Colophon., Continuous accordion folded strip made from five sections folded to form forty leaves., Copy 6., Ill. hand colored., and Initial and terminal blank pages mounted to green boards without spine, col. ill. mounted on upper cover; in a matching open ended sleeve with title label.
Publisher:
Peter & Donna Thomas,
Subject (Geographic):
California, California--John Muir Trail, and John Muir Trail (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Peter & Donna Thomas (Firm) and Thomas, Peter (Peter R.)
Subject (Topic):
Miniature books, Miniature books--Specimens, Wild flowers, and Wild flowers--California
Copy of a self-portrait by William Hogarth; the artist is portrayed as if on an oval canvas resting on a pile of books; in the foreground, his dog Trump, his burin and palette
Description:
Title from item., Plate engraved after the original oil painting, done in 1745, now in the Tate Gallery, London. Hogarth himself engraved this image in 1749; cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 181., On verso, stamp of the copperplate manufacturer: [Whitto]w & Son, N. 43 Shoe Lane, Holborn, London., and For the print produced from this plate, see: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 538, no. 10.
Publisher:
Published June 4, 1795, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside; & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall
