London: Duckworth & Co., 1904. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 315, (1) pp. Bound by Bayntum of Bath in polished green calf, spine in six compartments, intricately gilt, red and black lettering labels, gilt, gilt rules on boards, gilt inner dentellers, all edges gilt, marbles endpapers. Original green cloth boards bound..... More
London: WIlliam Heinemann, 1913. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Hardcover. Thick 4to. 549pp. Illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates by Rackham. Finely bound by Sotheran in half blue Levant morocco, spine in six compartments, intricately gilt; blue cloth boards; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Trace of sunning to the spine but..... More
Hollywood: Hollycrofters, 1937. Limited edition. Stapled wraps. Folio. Stapled wraps. Unpaginated (8pp.) Finely printed on rag paper in an edition of 50 copies. Hand set in 16 point Poliphilus roman with italic Blado. "These to type faces are of great historic interest. The Poliphilus derives its name from the..... More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. Hardcover. Green cloth printed in black. A near fine copy with only traces of wear. The dustwrapper is sunned to a pleasant tan color on the spine, else it is in near fine condition and not price-clipped. Facsimile of the first..... More
East Aurora: Roycroft, 1899. Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. One of 920 numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard; this is copy No. 755. Nicely bound in full orange morocco, title in blind on the spine, and the binding signed 'Denny'. In a custom clamshell case of buckram with the embossed..... More
London: Robt. Riviere & SOn, 1928. Hardcover. 8vo. Illustrated. Finely bound in red calf, sumptuously gilt on the spine and both boards, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, by Riviere. More
London: John W. Parker, 1848. First edition. Hardcover. Author's first book. Black victorian cloth, paper label. Neatly rebacked in matching cloth (not quite as sunned as the original) with original spine laid-on. Original yellow endpapers retained. Label and original spine soiled and chipped else a very good copy in modern..... More
London: The Macmillan Co., 1894, 1895. First editions. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. 212, 238pp with 2pp publisher's catalog at rear of volume 2. Volume 1 with tissue guarded frontispiece by W. H. Drake and numerous illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W.H. Drake and Frenzeny. The Second Jungle Book with numerous..... More
London: Davud Nutt, 1887. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. 8vo. xx, 70 pp. Printed in black and red. Two engravings of the title persons. Stiff plain boards covered with a dustwrapper. Trace of soil to the wrapper but essentially a fine copy. With the engraved bookplate of Charles B, Foote..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, (1956). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 186pp. Black cloth, lavender spine title. Ownership name on the front free endpaper dated September 7, 1956, else a fine bright copy. The dustwrapper has a couple of small chips at the edges and is light darkened at the spine..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas Lang, 1790. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First US edition. vii,(6),12-502pp, with p. 529 misnumbered as p. 527. Original full marbled sheep; spine with simple gilt rules and with a red lettering piece, gilt. Some mainly marginal staining at the beginning and the end, signatures F through L...... More
London: Longman, Hurst, 1817. Hardcover. Two large 8vo volumes. (4),lxiii,(3),xxxix,(1)383,(1);(4)495,(1)pp. Printed from Caxton's edition of 1485. With an Introduction and Notes by Robert Southey, the Poet Laureate of England. First edition with Southey's notes. Each volume with a large woodcut on the title page showing a knight and a dragon..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, 1817. Hardcover. Two large 8vo volumes. (4),lxiii,(3),xxxix,(1)383,(1);(4)495,(1)pp. Printed from Caxton's edition of 1485. With an Introduction and Notes by Robert Southey, the Poet Laureate of England. First edition with Southey's notes. Each volume with a large woodcut on the title page showing a knight and a dragon..... More
London: John Russell Smith, 1865. First edition. Hardcover. Three volumes. 12mo. Half dark red cloth. Introduction and notes by Thomas Wright, The Introduction is of bibliographical importance as it sketches the history of the early editions of Malory: Caxton (one complete copy; one incomplete); de Worde (two editions, one copy..... More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1934. Limited edition. Fine. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 268. One of the few copies bound in full brick-red morocco. Printed in..... More
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press and published by the Press for Basil Blackwell, 1933. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Two volumes. (4),xxviii,316;(4)273,(3)pp. One of 370 copies on handmade paper (of which 350 are for sale), this being copy number 171. Half brick-red morocco, cream-colored cloth sides. Printed in red and black..... More
London: Philip Lee Warner, The Medici Society, 1910-1911. Illustrated by W.Russell Flint. First edition. 4 volumes. 4to. The Text of William Caxton in modernized spelling. 46 colored plates by William Russell Flint. Tissue guards printed in red. Full limp vellum; gilt titles; top edges gilt. Green silk ties; white ribbon..... More
Paris: 1688. Early Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (3 x 5'). Sixth printing of this classic. (iv), 3-108pp. Later binding of stiff boards covered in marbled paper. Full page engraved frontispiece followed by the title, list of actors and the text. A reimpression of the Elzevir first edition of 1671. A very..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834. First US edition. Very good. 2 volumes. Tall 8vo. Bound in original boards: drab cloth spines, paper over boards, remnants of printed lettering labels. Expected wear at edges, some soiling, else a very good set. The first American edition of the third of Morier's..... More
London and New York: John Lane the Bodley Head; Dodd, Mead, 1927. Illustrated by Alastair. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. (68)pp. Eight full page color illustrations by Alastair; the most complicated of the illustrations, opposite page 42 has been signed in pencil by the artist. The binding is beige linen blocked..... More
Leipzig & Gera: Wilhelm Heinsius, 1798. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Small 8vo. lxviii,271(i); viii,342,(ii)pp. Early, probably original, speckled paper over boards, small lettering label, gilt. Light wear to the edges and hinges, else a very good copy. Text in German. More
London: Henry Colburn, 1848. Hardcover. The third edition, considerably enlarged. 8vo. 5 volumes. Half calf, tan cloth sides, spines in 6 compartments, intricately gilt, leather lettering labels, gilt; top edged gilt; marbled endpapers; engraved plates. Leather has some areas of staining, lightly worn at corners; hinges rubbed in places, cloth..... More
Yellow Springs, Ohio: Kahoe & Company, 1929. Limited edition. Hardcover. One of 25 numbered copies. Thin 12mo. (5 by 8 inches.) Cream-colored cloth spine, printed lettering label, brown paper with flecks of dark and gold over boards. Title page in red and black. Unpaginated (32pp.) A fine copy with only..... More
Philadelphia: Porter and Coates, (1881). Softcover. Square 8vo. Unpaginated. Page corners rounded and all edges gilt. Illustrated by Darley, McCutcheon, Frededricks, Perkins, King, Riordan and Northam.Printed on one side of the page only, with with an illustration on each page. Bound in a thick vellum-like wraps, tied with a ribbon..... More
Williamsburg, MA: Cheloniidae Press, (1984). Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Finely printed by Harold McGrath and illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Designed by Alam James Ropbinson and Arthur Larson, the text based on the 1845 Witney-Putnam edition. The Deluxe Edition of 60 copies printed on vintage Bodleian..... More
