London: Printed and sold by G. Nicholson, Poughnill, near Ludlow. Sold also, in London, by H. D. Symonds, Paternoster row; Champante & Whitrow, Aldgate; R. Bickerstaff; T. Conder, Bucklersbury; Lackington, Allen, & Co., Finsbury-Square; and all other Booksellers, ca. 1795. Only edition. Wraps. Approx. 4 by 6 inches. 27, (i)pp..... More
London: Heinemann, 1966. First English edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 188pp. Blue textured paper over boards, gilt spine title. Map of Prydain double page frontispiece. Small bumps on the upper right corner of the upper board and on the spine tip, else a fine copy. The duswrapper is not clipped. There is..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1973). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 87pp. LReinforced binding of light brown cloth; spine title printed in black. straw-colored endpapers. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped and has some roughness along the edges and rubing at the folds, else is in near..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1968). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Publisher's blue printed paper over boards. Trace of sunning at the edges else this is a fine copy. Dustwrapper is price-clipped and is first state, without the Newbery Award sticker. It is lightly sunned at edges..... More
NY: Holt, Rinehart, Winston, 1964-1968. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. First editions, first printings. Five volumes. The complete set of the Prydain Cycle. "The Book of Three" is near fine in the publisher's purple paper boards; the dustwrapper is not clipped and has the original price of $3.75, lightly browned..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1967). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's blue paper over boards printed in dark blue. Blue endpapers. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped, the spine is lightly and uniformly darkened, else it is in near fine condition, and much better than the..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A superb copy. Housed in the original matching slipcase. Allen Press..... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A trace of darkening to the spine but a fine copy..... More
Tacámbaro, Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2014. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. 88,(2)pp. Sewn on vellum tapes laced into stiff green paper boards, printed title label on the upper board and printed design label on the spine. Finely printed letterpress on handmade paper of just the right shade of green, and made..... More
Dublin: WIlliam Curry, Jun. and Co., 1834. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. . vi,443,[1],[10]pp. Folding engraved frontispiece. Publisher's cloth (early diaper design), printed paper label. Index. Errata slip bound after the title. Bound, perhaps intentionally, without pp. vii-xx of the introduction sometimes found in other copies. Cloth lightly sunned at edges..... More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1937. Hardcover. Thin 4to. Title and 22 illuminated leaves in gold and color, by Alberto Sangorski. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in full maroon morocco. Spine in 5 uneven compartment wirh raise bands, gilt, and with gilt title and a depiction of Excalibur. Distinctive Cockerel marbled..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. Proof. Wraps. NY, Knopf, 1982. Uncorrected proof in wraps, together with a review slip, and a xeroxed copy of the proposed dustwrapper laid-in. Taped to the cover is a notice that the book has been chosen as a Literary Guild Alternate Selection, a decision made..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A trace of sunning along the top and a touch of foxing on the top edge else a fine copy. The dust wrapper is not..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A fine copy without the usual sunning. The dust wrapper is not price-clipped and is also fine. Inscribed by the author in the title page..... More
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xi(i),876,(iv)pp. Black cloth spine, dark gray paper over boards, both blocked in copper foil. A trace of sunning along the top board edge, and a touch of soil to the top and bottom text edges else this is a...... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1864. Hardcover. 12mo., 272pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine title and blind rules on beveled boards/ Chocolate coated endpapers. Some pencil notations, light wear to the edges and corners else a very good copy. The major part of this small volume is devoted to Bridges'..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 476pp. Green cloth, gilt spine title. Gilt darkened, some rubbing to the cloth finish, a pencil note on a rear blank else a very good copy. Bookplate on the front free endpaper. A significant treatise of Arthuriana and the Grail..... More
Kent: Ebenezer Press, 1969. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large folio, approximately 21 by 14¼ inches. English yew boards by George Coulter, Ltd., natural hide spine, gilt block lettering by Ted Robbins of the Royal College of Art Bookbinding. Sixteen loose folios of text and illustrations, each signed or initialed by the..... More
New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 2013. Jacket design by Julie Dillon. Hardcover. First printing of this reissue, with a new "Note from the Author" and with a new jacket illustration by Julie Dillon. A fine copy in a fine jacket. Inscribed on the title page by the author "For Wendy"..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World; Atheneum, 1966-1977. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, first printing, of the first title; true first editions, first printings of the remaining titles. "Over Sea, Under Stone" is fine and bright; the dustwrapper is price-clipped and has the tiniest bit of wear..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World; Atheneum, 1966-1977. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, first printing, of the first title; true first editions, first printings of the remaining titles. Although the author moved to the United States in 1963, the 1965 London edition of 'Over Sea, Under Stone'..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Publisher's printed cloth. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It is in fine condition with only a trace of wear along the edges. The Newbery Award sticker is present. Inscribed by the author on the half-title. More
New York: Atheneum, 1975. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Publisher's printed cloth. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It is in fine condition and is first state, without the Newbury Award sticker. Signed by Susan Cooper on the title page. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine title A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped. It has a little wear along the edges, a short closed marginal tear along the top rear, and a trace of foxing on the rear panel, else..... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1918. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 140, cxviii pp. Illustrated, Index. Full vellum binding, black printed title on spine. The boards yawning a bit else a fine copy. Inscribed to the Dean of Windsor by the author. Cripps-Day (1855-1941) specialized in the study of medieval European arms and..... More
