New York: Simon & Schuster, (1940). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Folio. (48)pp. Printed in color throughout. Decorative boards and endpapers. Erasure mark on front free endpaper, light wear to edges and rear board, faint trace of occasional foxing, else this is a very good to near fine copy., In... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1942. Illustrated by the author. Hardcover. Third printing, after printings in 1934 and 1937. Folio. Blue cloth spine, paper over boards illustrated in full color, illustrated color endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color an black and white. Lightly worn and soiled at the edges but... More
ca. 1950 or earlier. A colorful rendition of a guinea hen by the famous creator of the Madeline books. The image is 7 by 9 inches and appears to be watercolor and pencil. Signed along the bottom by the artist. Framed in a contemporary simple gilt frame., 11 by 13... More
NY: Banks and Brothers, 1870. New edition. Hardcover. Large thick 8vo. The New and Enlarged Edition. xxiv,800pp. Modern full navy blue polished calf. Spine in 6 compartments with raised bands; dark red morocco lettering pieces, gilt; marbled endpapers. Old presentation inscription on a preliminary blank from George Denis of the... More
New York: Orchard Books, 2004. Illustrated by Gennady Spirin. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color throughout. Pictorial paper over boards; dark maroon endpapers. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the illustrator on the reverse of the front free endpaper. More
Washington: GPO, 1879. Hardcover. 8vo. 400pp. Original full leather boards, rebacked to style: spine tooled in blind with crossed muskets; brown lettering label, gilt. Profusely illustrated with full page plates, many of them folding, to illustrate the several appendices to the report. Reports on Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon, construction of muzzle-loading... More
San Francisco: [printed by Louis Roesch], 1899. Hardcover. 8vo. (iv),450,(ii),xlviii pp. Contemporary half leather. Spine in 5 compartments with raised bands; gilt titles; pebble-grain maroon cloth boards; marbled endpapers. Three folding maps; two-sided frontispiece; illustrated chiefly with b&w photographs; text illustrations; folding charts. Published by the California Miner's Association for..... More
Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 1977. Hardcover. 2nd Printing. 8vo. (xiv), 289pp. Brown cloth, silver spine title, deep red endpapers. Index. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is a bit age-darkened else is very good. Benson argues that Malory's joyous celebration of Arthurian chivalry has somehow become a dark... More
London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., 1936. Hardcover. Second edition. Thin 4to. 53,(1)pp. Cream colored paper over boards printed in black. With a foreward by Albert C. C. Carter, King Arthur's Champion. A fine copy in glassine jacket. More
Dublin: William Curry, Jun. and Co., 1834. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xx,443,[1],[10]pp. Folding engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half calf, spine in 5 compartments with raised bands, black leather lettering label, gilt, marbled paper boards. Index. Pp. 81-192 misbound and appear after p. 432. Errata slip bound after the index. Leather and... 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
London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in half green morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands gilt; Cockerell marbled paper sides and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Hinges starting at top and bottom else this is a very good copy with only... More
Newcastle: Edward Walker, 1821. Thomas Bewick. First edition. Hardcover. Part I. Containing the History and Description of Land Birds. 8vo. (2),46,(2)pp. Bound with Part II. Containing the History and Description of Water Birds. (2),44,(2) pp. Contemporary quarter vellum spine, paper over boards, printed paper label on upper board. Pages uncut... More
New York: George H. Doran Company, (1925). Arthur Rackham. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First American trade edition. Blue cloth, gilt. Seven color plates by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers. Slight wear to cloth and gilt, erasure on front free endpaper, else a very good copy. Latimore & Haskell, p. 59. TAKE32. More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1818. Hardcover. 12mo. 108pp. Publishers original drab brown cloth; upper board blocked in gilt with title within a floral design. Ink name on front pastedown. Cloth soiled, binding lightly shaken, gilt rubbed else a very good copy. The date of publication is taken from the Advertisement... More
Pittsburg: Cramer and Spear, 1818. Small 8vo. 792pp. Original publisher's sheep. Signatures sprung from use, but firmly attached; pages soiled and with some contemporary markings; old repair to the spine else the binding is in very good condition. Ownership name of Dan Smith dated 1828, and, later, 'Dan Smith, His... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1923. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (24)pp. The text is from the Authorised Version. Finely printed on Van Gelder handmade paper. Printed in two colors throughout, the text in black and the orders, inspired by 16th century originals, in ruddy brown. Edges untrimmed. Cased in thin boards... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1923. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (24)pp. The text is from the Authorised Version. Finely printed on Van Gelder handmade paper. Printed in two colors throughout, the text in black and the borders, inspired by 16th century originals, in ruddy brown. Edges untrimmed. Cased in thin boards... More
London: Robert Barker, 1611. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. The First and Second Books of Kings, complete in 36 leaves. The first page is the final page of the previous book (2 Samuel); on the reverse begins 'The First Booke of the Kings, commonly called The third Booke of the Kings'... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1930. Illustrated with wood engravings by Paul Woodroffe. Hardcover. 12mo. 106pp. Four full page illustrations by Woodroffe. A fine copy. Full deep red polished calf, spine in six compartments, gilt, deeper red lettering labels, all edges gilt, decorated endpaper. Binding signed on the reverse of the... More
London: A. Millar, 1744. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (vi),458,(16)pp. 8vo. (6),458,(16)pp. Both advert. leaves present, one before the title and another after the index. With the error in imprint date on the title page: MDCDXLIV in place of MDCCXLIV. Contemporary full calf. Spine in 6 compartments, leather lettering label, gilt... More
London: Luzac & Co., 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 291pp. Illustrated with photographs. Publisher's green cloth, gilt spine. Neat ownership name on the front free endpaper else a fine copy. The scarce dustwrapper is darkened at spine with chips at head and tail of spine and old tape repair... More
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1893. Aubrey Beardsley. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Tan buckram printed in black. Top edge gilt. Title page printed in red and black. Frontispiece by Aubrey Beardsley, Cloth somewhat darkened, particularly on the spine, lacks a bit of the upper spine tip, closed inch split at... More
London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1695. Second edition, corrected. Hardcover. Small folio. The second edition, corrected, to which is added an Index explaining the names of countries, cities, rivers, etc. (20),296,(4)pp. Contemporary full calf tooled in a Cambridge design. Spine extra gilt with title on red morocco label. Hinges neatly... More
London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1696. Third edition, corrected. Hardcover. Small folio. The third edition, corrected, to which is added an Index explaining the names of countries, cities, rivers, etc. (20),296,(4)pp. Errata description on final text page. Contemporary full calf tooled in a Cambridge design. Spine in six compartments with... More
