(London): (Seeley and Company, Limited), (1890). First edition. Hardcover. One volume in two. 4to. This is the Seeley Large Paper edition which has been extra-illustrated with 245 portraits and views by William Sanford Hills, Boston, 1895. One of 150 numbered copies; this is number 124. Finely bound by P. B...... More
Ulm: Daniel Barthomolaei et Filium, 1744. Hardcover. Small 4to. (xxii),226pp. Engraved frontispiece (Druides) and one additional engraved plate (Druides et Druidissae). Bound to style in quarter leather; spine in 6 compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Scarce work on Druids edited by the author's..... More
London: Whittaker & Co, 1839. Hardcover. 8vo. 296pp. Bound issues from January through December, 1839, comprising Volume VII , No. 71, through No. 82. Each issue but December is prefaced by a full page hand-colored plate, except for July and August, which each have two, plus there is a frontispiece..... More
London: Whittaker & Co, 1840. Hardcover. 8vo. 288pp. Bound issues from January through December, 1840, comprising Volume VIII , No. 82, through No. 94. Each issue is prefaced by a full page hand-colored plate, except for April, which has three, for a total of 14 plates. With an engraved title..... More
East Aurora: Roycrofters, (1902). Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. (10),120,(2)pp. Finely bound by the Roycrofters in half morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, intricately gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled paper boards and endpapers. Frontispiece portrait. Printed in red and black throughout. One of 100 signed numbered copies printed on..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 384pp. Blue cloth decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board in a design by H. J. Ford and with Ford's initials at the lower right of the upper board. Decorated endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated with eight..... More
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1902. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 384pp. Blue cloth decorated in gilt on the spine and upper board in a design by H. J. Ford and with Ford's initials at the lower right of the upper board. Decorated endpapers by Ford. All edges gilt. Illustrated..... 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
Kyoto: 1952. Hardcover. Third edition. Folio, bound accordion book. 32 leaves of heavy card printed. Fifteen full page illustrations in full color of fabric bags used to house tea jars or kettles for use in the traditional tea ceremony. Each plate contains four images with a facing letterpress explanation in..... More
Kyoto: Hanga In, 1964. Hardcover. 4to. Portfolio is 9.5 x 12 in. in a striped paper cover, with a color woodblock print mounted on upper board, dark brown silk ties. The story booklet is (6] pp. in printed wraps with photo illustrations and sewn with white silk braid. There are..... More
London: Printed by M. Flesher for Henry Mortlock, 1685. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (ii),lxxiii,(ix),364pp. Bound to style in full calf. Spine in six compartments with raised bands; red leather lettering label, gil. Title page strengthened at the outer margin; light soil; some old ink names on the t.p. else a...... More
Londres: Guillaume Pickering, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 12mo. Illustrated with lithographs of the manuscripts, some with initials colored by hand in red and blue. Title page in Volume 1 in both English and French.. Publisher's original cloth in a small sand grain design. This is clearly Winterbottom's Type..... More
Londres: Guillaume Pickering, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 12mo. Illustrated with lithographs of the manuscripts, some with initials colored by hand in red and blue. Title page in Volume 1 in both English and French.. Publisher's original cloth in a small sand grain design. This is clearly Winterbottom's Type..... More
Londres: Guillaume Pickering, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 12mo. Illustrated with lithographs of the manuscripts, some with initials colored by hand in red and blue. Publisher's original cloth in a small diaper design. This is clearly Winterbottom's Type 'H' (Tomlinson). Krupp (p.23) ascribes an appearance date of 1836 for..... More
Paris: Guillaume le Rouge for Antoine Verard, 1488-1489. Broadside. Large leaf, 11 by 16 inches, finely printed on laid paper with a watermark of a cross, a tower and a trefoil clearly seen in the margin between the two columns of print. This leaf printed in black with spaces for..... More
Tucson: Thorn Books, 2022. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. (8), 19, (45)pp. Pictorial boards. A fine copy. A 13th or 14th century Greek fragment of an Arthurian tale discovered by Von der Hagen in the Vatican Library and published by him in 1821. This is the first translation into..... More
New York and London: G. P. Putnams Sons, 1932. Hardcover. 8vo., 782pp. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board. Fore edge has a couple of spots, else this is a very good copy. The dustwrapper is darkened along the spine with chipping along the top and..... More
London: The Dropmore Press for the Viscount Kemsley, (1952). Hardcover. Large, heavy folio. Full crushed scarlet morocco. Spine in six compartments, gilt, with the Royal Arms in gilt on the upper board and a Tudor Rose in gilt on the lower. Gilt rule inner dentelles. Hand-sewn red and gold headbands..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 4to. xiv, 410pp. followed by a 6pp publisher's catalogue. Blue cloth, black lettering label on spine, gilt. Binding generally soiled with corner and edge wear, and the title page has light soil, else the textblock is very good, showing..... More
