New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903-1910. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Four 4to volumes, all in original mustard-color cloth with spines and upper boards blocked in black, red and gilt., With black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle. This is essentially a near fine set. These titles have traditionally suffered..... More
Berkshire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1924. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Vellum spine, paper over boards. One of 325 copies of which this is No. 239. Vellum a little rough in places, paper worn at corners and a small chip on the reverse, else this is a very good copy. The..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1941. Limited edition. Hardcover. Red-orange cloth spine, printed paper label, wood veneer sides. Trace of wear to the edges else a fine copy. One of 50 special numbered copies printed for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc. With an original photograph by Henry Flannery as a frontispiece. This is..... More
(Paris): (Editions au Bois Sacré), 1929/1932. Limited edition. Disbound. Portfolio of 10 bifolia. Nine of them are from Louys, 'Contes Antiques" and on is from 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses". All of them have a full page copperplate engraving in brilliant colors. Tere are also decorative initials, tailpieces and smaller illustrations. THe..... More
London: By Order of the Trustees, 1927. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large folio. 21pp. of introduction followed by 60 facsimiles, some full page. Black cloth spine, gilt title, drab paper boards. Printed at the University Press, Oxford. One of 500 copies from a total edition of 650. Cloth has some fading..... More
St. Petersburg: Wesenberg, ca. 1850. Albumin photograph on card shoowing Russian painter Vasily Shebuyev (1777-1855). In 1803, Shebuyev was studying in Rome, but three years later, he was recalled to Saint Petersburg to participate in decorating the Kazan Cathedral. He became Rector of Painting and Sculpture at the Academy in..... More
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1745. Hardcover. Folio. Pp. 373-749 extracted from Volume 6 of Churchill's Voyages, third edition. Engraved and wood illustrations in the text. Bound to style with dark brown quarter leather spine, marbled paper boards, morocco lettering piece, gilt, on the upper board. Portion of lower..... More
Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, (1922-23). Max Slevogt. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 x 15'). Twelve small sketches on thin paper mounted to folding mats, each signed in pencil by the artist illustrating the tale by the Brothers Grimm.. In fine condition. With a single leaf, folded, giving the title and the..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1972. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. First edition. A fine copy; dustwrapper has a tiny closed marginal tear on the inner flap else fine and bright and not price-clipped. Signed by Theroux on the title page. A beautiful copy of a fairly scarce title. More
Lonbdon: T. Chapman, 1799. Map. Single page, engraved,12 by 16 inches, the image being 11 by 15 inches, and matter in a 16 by 20 inch mat. Engraved by T. Foot. Later hand-coloring. Several flattened folds (as published), two closed marginal tears affecting the outside border but not touching the..... More
Londini: Sumptibus Societatis, 1845. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xxxiii,(1),434pp. Vellum paper boards. English Historical Society Publication. The author was a Dominican friar and an English Anglo-Norman Chronicler. His most noted work is the Annales,an important historical source for the period between 1135 and 1307, containing a specially valuable account of..... 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
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. First edition. Fine. Thin folio. (40)pp. Orange cloth printed in dark brown on the spine and the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a near fine copy with only a trace of wear..... More
New York: Pocket Books: Simon & Schuster, 1980. Uncorrected Proof. Wraps. 8vo. Orange wraps printed in black. 282pp. A fine, as new copy of the uncorrected proof. Accompanied by the publisher's news release, a single page, folded. Some bends where it has been stored, else in very good condition... More
