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: Walker and Edwards, 1816. Hardcover. Two volumes. Engraved frontispieces and dual title pages, one engraved in each volume and one typeset. The engraved titles and frontispieces have offset to each other and are lightly stained else the text blocks are clean. Recent artist binding by Þ (signed on..... 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
London: R. Wilks, 1816. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes. xxiv [25]-326; xvi [17]-381; xvi [17]377pp. Engraved title pages in each volume. Engraved frontispiece of the Death of Sir Launcelot present in Volume 1, of the Parting of Tristan and Isolde in Volume 2, and of Prince Arthur Obtaining the Sword in..... More
London: R. Wilks, 1816. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes. xxiv [25]-326; xvi [17]-381; xvi [17]377pp. Engraved title pages in each volume. Engraved frontispiece of the Death of Sir Launcelot present in Volume 1, of the Parting of Tristan and Isolde in Volume 2, and of Prince Arthur Obtaining the Sword in..... More
London: Jarrold and Sons, n.d. (1861?). First edition. Hardcover. xii, 463,(1),(4)pp. The final (4)pp are the publisher's catalogue. Half black polished calf, marbled paper boards. Hinges, edges and sides lightly rubbed, light foxing, else this is a very good copy. Name and blindstamp fo former owner Joseph P. Mingeoli. Mann..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong, & Co., 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, Folio. Green sand-grain cloth intricately decorated in black and gilt on the spines and upper boards. All edges gilt. Illustrated by 525 engravings on wood drawn by E. Riou, and 10 maps from drawings by the author. Upper..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1942. First edition, first printing. Very good. 8vo. Green cloth printed in back on the spine and upper board. The cloth has slight aging to the boards and spine, age toning on the endpapers and pastedowns,a penciled nots on the front free endpaper, but it is..... More
New=Orleans: Printed by Lyman and Beardslee, 1827. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes, 8vo. lxxxiii,(1),364;xv,(1)429pp. Contemporary full leather, spines with simple rules, leather lettering labels, gilt. Half-titles present in both volumes. Ownership name, E. Rawle, on the reverse of the half-titles. The classic history of Louisiana, from the discovery of America..... More
Albuquerque: Parjarito Publications, (1980). First edition. Hardcover. Thin 4to. Unpaginated (20 pp.) Glossy illustrated boards printed in two colors. Charmingly illustrated throughout. A bilingual children's story, with English on one page and Spanish on the next. The great bell in the church of San Agustín in Tucson stopped tolling after..... More
New York: The Humboldt Publishing Co., n.d. (1890). First US edition. Hardcover. First edition printed in America. Tall 8vo. xviii, 506pp. Brick red ribbed cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with a gilt spine title with black lines. Translated from the German by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling..... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1906-1909. First US editions. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1906 US firs tprinting; Volume II is the 1907 US first printing; and Volume II is the 1909 US first printing. Volume II spine..... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1909-1933. Early U. S. Editions. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1909 printing; Volume II is the 1933 printing; and Volume II is the 1909 first printing. Inner hinges of volume I neatly repaired;..... More
Richmond: Peter Cotton, 1825. Hardcover. The third edition, enlarged and improved. 12mo. vii,(8)-228pp. Contemporary full calf. Illustrated. Lacks front free endpaper and lettering label; spine and head of spine worn; dampstain on the upper third of the first half of the text block, but a presentable copy of a scarce..... More
London: John Rodker for Subscribers, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Twelve volumes in Four. "The edition of 1,000 copies on all rag paper was printed by Messrs. Molyneux . The copper plate engravings are by Hester Sainsbury and have been printed and hand coloured by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd."..... More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. Black morocco spine, red leather lettering label, gilt, printed paper boards. One of 325 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris on mouldmade Hahnemüle paper. Preface by Elaine Koretsky. With 40 large samples of Chinese paper and their descriptions. Laid-in..... More
Madrid: Imprenta de los Herederos de la Viuda de Juan Garcia Infanzon, 1751. Hardcover. Segunda Edición, 4to, (28) 176pp. Errata printed on page (17). Woodcut on p. 70 of the kind of cross on which San Felipe was crucified in Japan. Woodcut chapter heads and tails. 19th cent (?) speckled..... More
London: H. Grevel & Co., n.d., ca. 1900. Very good. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/2 inches; 254 x 343 mm.). [2] pp. of text plus eight colored lithograph plates with movable parts, each with a tab to set the scene in motion. The eight moveables are all completely functional..... More
London: Whittaker & Co., 1839. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. xliv, 371 pp. Original blue-green T-grain cloth; title in gilt on spine, and the boards blocked with a design in blind; yellow coated endpapers. With two hand-colored plates, the first, the frontispiece of English Chromatic Scale (Moses Harris's colour-wheel)..... More
New York: George P. Putnam and Co., 1854. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon marbled cloth, upper cover with elaborate blocked design in gilt and blind with large central sunken lozenge blocked with a gilt vignette of the "southern mocking bird" signed "Tompson" (in reverse), derived from the plate..... More
Philadelphia: Jay Emanuel Publications, Inc., (1946). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xx, 583pp. Maroon textured cloth, gilt. Table of Contents includes The War Years and Post-War Forecasts, Design and Construction with an article by Frank Lloyd Wright, Equipment, Management, Television. Post-War theatre plans include theatres in California and Hawaii (plus designs..... 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
Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, n.d. Limited edition. Hardcover. Single sheets 10 by 12 inches, printed letterpress, hand-colored, numbered and signed by the artist. Each illustration is accompanied by a separate sheet telling the story of the shield. A fine set housed in the publisher's black cloth clamshell case, printed..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Mt. Thomas Heriot, 1731. Hardcover. The Third Edition. Small 8vo. (4),245 pp. plus 5 pp of index. Bound to style in full leather, bands on the spine and a red leather lettering label. Significant staning from age and the old leather binding; the textblock is in good..... More
Paris: Bachelier (Succcesseur de Mme. Ve. Courcier), 1827. Hardcover. Fifth edition. 4to. xx,188pp. followed by 28 fold-out engraved plates, Leather spine of marbled sheep, gilt spine titles, decorated paper over boards. A fine copy, with a trace of foxing to the first couple of pages, and light rubbing at edges..... More
