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..... 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
Chisinau, Moldava (Кишиневь): Protodeacon Anisim, 1927. Hardcover. 4to. Foliated. (5),9-188 ff. Thick boards covered in calf and decorated with nailheads. Frontispiece of King David writing. Contains the Psalms arranged in kathismata, then two other sections follow. Printed in Old Slavonic in red and black throughout. The colophon states that Psalter..... 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: 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
London: Printed for J. Tonson at Shakespear’s-Head, over against Catherine-Street in the Strand, 1714. Hardcover. The fourth edition, revised, to which is added an Index explaining the names of countries, cities, rivers, &c. (24),341,(15)pp followed by 4pp publisher's catalogue. Bound to style in full calf tooled in a Cambridge design..... More
Hartford: S. G. Goodrich, 1826. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. 12mo. (i)-xii; (9)-212pp. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts as well as a folding, hand-colored map of ancient Greece. Original binding of red leather spine with gilt rules; paper over boards. The leather is crazed, board edges and one corner worn, else..... More
2002. Five items relating to Michael Blake and his Library Tour of 2002: 1. "Dances with Wolves", NY, Newmarket Press, 1991. First hardcover edition. Fine in fine, clipped dustwrapper. 2. Blank notebook with Blake's holograph library speech on the first 10pp. The remaining pages are blank. Some pages have been removed..... More
London: Printed for T. and T. Booney, 1830. Hardcover. 12mo: approximately 4¾ v 5½ inches. Publisher's rose-colored paper over boards, the upper bard with an engraved pasteon showing title and useful tools. xiii,(2),102pp followed by 2pp of publisher's ads and then 22 engraved plates, some of which are folding. Handcolored..... More
Mérida, Yucatan: Hu'un, n.d. Illustrated by the author. Hardcover. An accordion book in the style of the Maya Codex: Closed, it measures 4 by 8½ inches, but, when opened, it becomes 8½ by about 40 inches. Printed on paper handmade in the Maya style by Hu'un. The covering boards are..... More
Paris: Isidore Lideux, 1892. First edition in English. Hardcover. First edition in English, later furtively reprinted. 5 text illustrations. Includes Freydier's Speech Against Their Use. Contemporary three quarter morocco, spine in 6 compartments, gilt; t.e.g. A fine copy of an extremely interesting historical and descriptive account of Girdles of Virginity..... More
Madrid: P. Vindel, Lirero-Anicuario, 1914. First edition. Wraps. 12mo. 36pp. Marbled paper wraps, Printed in red and black throughout. One full page illustration, a double page of a 1493 edition of Docrina Cristiana. "Nueva serie, n. 1" Light stain on upper marginal corner else a very good copy. In Spanish..... More
Connecticut: Sign of the Stone Book; Limited Editions Club, 1974. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. xxviii,327,(3)pp. Red leather spine,, gilt. Marbled paper sides, illustrated endpapers. Illustrated with reproductions of contemporary prints by Thomas Rowlandson. With marginal comments and markings from a copy annotated by Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi. A fine copy..... More
Greensburg, PA: Publisher by the Author, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xv, 258pp. Portrait Frontispiece and seven full page plates. Publisher's red T-grain cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board, top edge gilt. Light wear to edges, binder's crease on rear board, else a very good copy. Signed by..... More
Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (viii), 312pp. Map frontispiece of Eulalia Bourne's Arizona. Original printed cloth. A fine copy. Dustwrapper is similarly fine and not price-clipped. Reminiscences of the 1973 Woman of the Year who began teaching shortly after Arizona became a state in 1912..... More
n.p. Northland Press, (1976). Limited edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, gilt titles, and with marbled papers in a peacock pattern on the front board. One of 520 numbered copies signed by both Rosenstock and Bower. A fine copy in publisher's slipcase, also fine. More
London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1950. Hardcover. Folio. Illustrated with 240 full page plates. index. Finely bound by Zaehnsdorf in full burgundy morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, all edges gilt, inner dentelles tooled with gilt rolls; marbled paper endpapers. A superb, gift-quality title. A sumptuous gift for the..... More
New York: Viking, 1997. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Fine in fine, unclippsed dustwrapper, 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
