Paris: Pillet Aine, 1838. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 240pp. Contemporary full marbled sheep. Spine tooled in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Neat ownership name on the half-title. The final three pages constitute the publisher's catalogue. Edges well worn as is the text block, but still a good copy. The guide takes the..... More
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1932. Limited edition. Limp Vellum. 4to. 182 pp.. Hand-illuminated initial letters in red, blue and green by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, Ida D. Henstock and Helen E. Hinkley. (4to), original orange vellum with orange ties, gilt spine title; printed in black and red; in marbled paper..... More
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1859. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. State A, but bound in blue cloth instead of black. The boards blind-stamped with a floral border enclosing an arabesque floral design. The spine is stamped in gilt and blind. At the top is an angel holding the Grail, followed..... More
Burma: n.p., 19th cent. Hardcover. Parabaik, (accordion, or concertina-style) book. Four by six inches (closed) but 6 by 58 inches fully opened. Heavy handmade paper pasted to form 32 panels containing 8 double page paintings per side for a total of 16. Bound into carved wooden covers. The covers depict..... More
London: Richard Phillips, 1806. Hardcover. 4to. xiv,(2),530pp. plus (2)pp. publisher's ads. Illustrated with an engraved folding aquatint frontispiece, 16 engraved aquatint plates and an engraved hand-colored map (all plates with tissue guards). Contemporary speckled calf; red lettering label, gilt; spine tooled in gilt and with gilt rules on the boards..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vi,(2),283pp. Illustrated by James B. McCreary. Publisher's brick-colored cloth spine blocked in gilt on the spine and in black on the upper board with an illustration by McCreary; light green cloth sides blocked in black on the upper board..... More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Black quarter morocco and Japanese cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on red leather spine. The text is was composed in Ehrhardt types and printed on Frankfurt mould made paper. Foreword and Notes by Henry Morris. Tipped-in original folio..... More
Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1976. Line drawings by A. R. H. Canlis. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 455pp. Illustrated throughout. Embossed paper over boards blocked in silver on the spine and upper board. Decorated endpapers based on a kimono fabric design. Introduction by Neil K. Davey. Contents: Part I: All of the..... More
London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Three volumes. 12mo. Original sand-grain violet cloth, gilt titles. Line engraved title pages. Sheridan Le Fanu was unquestionably the Victorian master of ghost and supernatural stories. This collection of tales came to LeFanu at the inn in Golden Friars..... More
London: F. Gyles, et al, 1729. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (vi),251,(xxi),52,(xxxvi)pp. Title page in red and black. Beautifully printed on laid paper with ample margins. Engraved head and tail pieces; index. Contemporary full calf; spine in 7 compartments with raised bands. Old theological college stamp on the front blank. Edges..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanched, 1834. First US edition. Very good. 2 volumes. Tall 8vo. Bound in original boards: drab cloth spines, paper over boards, remnants of printed lettering labels. Expected wear at edges, some soiling, else a very good set. The first American edition of the third of Morier's..... More
Auburn: Derby and Miller, et al. 1853. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi,(17)-336pp. 4pp. publisher's ads inserted between the front endpapers. Original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards embossed in blind. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated with seven full page illustrations, including the frontispiece of the author. Significantly foxed, as..... More
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxv,(1),27-84pp. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones' Third Issue. Half-title is present. The 'Extract', pp. 73-84, is present. Both Extracts are sometimes attributed to John Mitford. Nicely bound to style in quarter calf, spine gilt; leather lettering label, gilt; marbled..... More
London: R and J Dodsley, 1764. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. viii, 345, (9); (8), 392pp. Contemporary calf boards nicely rebacked with leather lettering labels, gilt. Illustrated with engravings and with a vignette of a kingfisher on the title pages. A very good set. ESTC T92444. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First Asbury edition. Hardcover. 8vo. li,(3),169,(1)pp. Yellow cloth printed in Aquatone by the Edward Stern Co. Top edge stained green. Illustrated. Index. This is the first cocktail recipe book published in the United States, first appearing in 1862. The 1928 edition is the..... More
London: B. Bragge, 1707. Hardcover. Sixth edition. (ii),i-x,11-104;(iv);55pp. Engraved frontispiece of a Description of the Calves-Head Club. Contemporary full leather in a Cambridge-style binding tooled on the boards in panels. Spine in 6 compartments with raised bands. Black leather lettering label, gilt. Old, neat hinge repairs, light wear to corners..... More
Paris: Louis-Henry May, 1899. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large Paper Edition. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Whistler (with his butterfly design). Yellow cloth spine; paper boards. Gilt title and butterfly design on upper board; black printed title and gilt buterfly on spine. Armorial bookplate of Gerald Ponsonby. Light wear..... More
