Tokyo: Okura Magobei, 1881-1884. First edition. Wraps. Volume 2 of the three volume set: "Chi" (Ground Birds). Printed paper covers bound in the Japanese style with folded leaves. Japanese text followed by exquisite depictions of a variety of birds in their natural environment, not only those native to Japan, but..... More
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, c. 1993. Limited edition. Fine. 4to. 158pp. Leather spine, gilt; beige cloth boards with an embossed signature hand on the upper board. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase. The slipcase has a color pasteon of "Corn Dance". One of 250 numbered copies handbound..... More
Fahlunensis: n.p., 1694. Wraps. 12mo. 128pp. Contemporary blue paper wraps. Textblock and wraps soiled and stained with some neat repairs. This is the morning (first) dissertation, listing Olaus Troilus Zachrisson in the description and setting the date for 12 December, 1694 "ante meridiem". There was a second printing for the..... More
Paris: Maison Quantin, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio. 245, (3)pp with nearly every page illustrated with full color aquarelles from the author's jewel-link watercolors. 150 illustrations. Custom binding in full woven blue and silver silk floral design, titles on Suminagashi marbled paper printed in deep blue, Suminagashi marbled endpapers..... More
Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. One of 250 copies from a total edition of 260 copies. Half-borders and 163 initials by William Morris, engraved on wood by W. H. Hooper et al. Woodcut press device in Colophon. Printed in red, black and blue in Troy type..... More
Paris: Ch. Bosse, 1931. First edition. Wraps. 4to. One of only 800 copies. Publisher's printed wraps. 558pp. Illustrated and with an engraved forntispiece portrait. Light wear else a near fine copy and largely unopened. More
London: F. Gyles, et al, 1729. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (vi),251,(xxi),52,(xxxvi)pp. Title page in red and black. Beautifully printed on laid paper with ample margins. Engraved head and tail pieces; index. Contemporary full calf; spine in 7 compartments with raised bands. Old theological college stamp on the front blank. Edges..... More
Holguin, Cuba: Cuadernos Papiro, 2018. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. 4to. 12 leaves of handmade paper bound by hand in a thick handmade paper covers made from water hyacinth with a branch incorporated into the upper cover, and with ties made with dried stems and jute. The final leaf gives..... More
Holguin, Cuba: Cuadernos Papiro, 2018. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. 4to. 12 leaves of handmade paper bound by hand in a thick handmade paper covers made from water hyacinth with a branch incorporated into the upper cover, and with ties made with dried stems and jute. The final leaf gives..... More
London: The Corvinus Press, 1936. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. Finely printed on Barcham Green "Medway" handmade paper. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe cloth spine, gilt title, handmade paper over boards with the Corvinus device block in gilt on the upper board. A fine copy. In the original strange glassine cover..... More
Amstelodami: Henricum Wetstenium, 1692. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (16),384,(12),(8),397,(17) pp. Nine engraved plates. Contemporary vellum binding, leather lettering label, gilt. Title page printed in red and black, and with engraved vignette. Six of the engravings are full page plates, and three are double page (though two of the singles are..... More
Ithaca, NY: n.p., n.d. Apparently a unique copy, one of Fernando Llosa's beautiful one-of-a-kind artist books. Fourteen mounted Indian ink washes by the artist loose in case. The mounts are 8 inches square. The illustrations vary considerably in size. Each mount is initialed by the artist on the reverse, and..... More
New York: Random House, (1956). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan textured paper boards blocked in black and gold, and with a paste-on of Lunt and Fontaine on the upper board. Illustrated with scenes of the Broadway play. The paste-on is a little rubbed else this is a near..... More
London: John Murray, 1830-1832. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes 8vo. Illustrated. Engraved frontispieces, the frontispiece of volume two hand-colored. Half leather, spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt. The frontispiece of volume one is foxed else this is a near fine set. In spite of the note on volume..... More
London: T. Becket & P. A. De Hondt, 1773. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. 4to. The third edition, revised and greatly enlarged. (xii),404,(viii)pp. Intriguing study of the manners, religion, languages, government, kings law and other aspects of the Britons, Scots, Irish and Anglo-Saxons. Short sections on the Druids, and..... More
Cork: George Purcell, 1844. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (vi),(2),122pp. Three woodcut plates. Half blue morocco, gilt spine title, blue cloth sides. T.e.g. Original pink printed wrappers bound in (a little soiled). An interesting expanded essay from the 40pp first edition of 1824, on how to steer a balloon (including perhaps..... 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: J. M. Dent, 1893-94. Aubrey Beardelsy. First edition. Wraps. Twelve original parts in green wrappers. Parts 1-8 and 10-12 are the "Superior Issue" of 300 copies on Dutch handmade paper (this set unnumbered). Part 9 is from the "regular issue" and is slightly smaller in size. Full page and..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1893-94. Aubrey Beardelsy. First edition. Wraps. Twelve original parts in green wrappers. Regular issue: one of 1500 copies. Full page and double page illustrations, rubricated initials, borders and in-text decorations by Aubrey Beardsley in his first major commission. The wrappers are generally lightly soiled and chipped..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1927. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardelsy. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. One of 1600 copies, the third edition of Malory with Beardsley's illustrations. Black cloth, the spine and boards intricately gilt with the iconic Beardsley water-lily illustrations. This edition contains more material and ten more drawings than the..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1927. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardelsy. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. One of 1600 copies, the third edition of Malory with Beardsley's illustrations. Black cloth, the spine and boards intricately gilt with the iconic Beardsley water-lily illustrations. This edition contains more material and ten more drawings than the..... More
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 517pp. Illustrated with 16 full page illustrations by Arthur Rackham. One of 250 numbered copies; this is number 240. Finely bound in full crimson morocco, the upper board inlaid with a black morocco base bearing a representation of the sword..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. One of 300 copies on handmade paper, this is copy No, 76. Leather spine, gilt; vellum boards,the upper board tooled in gilt with Beardsley's iconic water lily design. A publisher's note is followed by a note on..... More
London: J. M. Dent & Sons Limited, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. One of 300 copies on handmade paper, this is copy No, 230. Leather spine, gilt; vellum boards,the upper board tooled in gilt with Beardsley's iconic water lily design. A publisher's note is followed by a note on..... More
