New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1907). First US edition. Hardcover. 12mo. Cloth backed pictorial boards showing Jocko, the teasing monkey, hanging from a tree and pulling the tails of two lions. 142pp. Illustrated in color throughout and printed on one side of the page only. Gift inscription "from Aunt..... More
NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1887. First US edition. Hardcover. First US edition. 12mo. Original binding of cloth spine, gilt title, marbled paper boards. The edges are worn and the boards rubbed else this is a very good copy of a scarce work. The first English edition was published in..... More
London: A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1767. Early Edition. Hardcover. The Second Edition, Corrected. 8vo. vi, 360pp. Full contemporary calf. Spine ruled in gilt; red leather lettering label, gilt. Page 296 misnumbered 299. Hinges neatly mended else a very good copy. ESTC T143431. More
London: S. and J. Fuller, 1810. Stiff card wraps. 4 by 5 inches. 16pp. Printed wrappers. Complete with handcolored figures as follows: removable head, seven costume and three hats. The costumes have a pocket built into the reverse to accommodate Fanny's head as she takes on each persona in the..... More
Philadelphia: Pub. by James P. Parke, 1809. Hardcover. 12mo. Original half leather, gilt spine title and rules, marbled paper boards. 26 engraved plates (of 36) with descriptive text. This was first written in 1801 by William Darton, who also drew and engraved the copper plates. In 1806 it was revised..... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, (1928). Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (2)xvi,202,(6)pp. Full niger morocco, gilt spine title. Top edge gilt in the rough. Finely printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen on Van Gelder handmade paper watermarked 'Nonesuch'. One of 1450 copies of which this is No 88 .The foldout plate is..... More
New-York: Hopkins & Morris, 1825. Wraps. 8vo. 40pp. Printed paper wraps. Wraps well soiled and worn; binding nearly perished; pages rough and soiled along the edges but not affecting text. A fair copy only. Preserved in a custom clamshell case. Begins with a excerpt from Jefferson's Notes on Virginia..... More
Berkshire: Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin tall 4to. Finely printed. One of 500 numbered copies of which this is No. 284. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in quarter maroon sharkskin, gilt, buckram boards. Buckram a trifle discolored by age else this is a...... 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: 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
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc., 1944. Illustrated by Salvador Dali. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 4to. 128pp. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board. Green endpapers. Frontispiece and twenty full page b&w plates by Salvador Dali. Neat ink name on a preliminary..... 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
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
Monmouthshire: The Old Stile Press, 2004. Illustrations by Glenys Cour. Limited edition. Hardcover. Square folio. Unpaginated. Blue and white covers incorporating imagery by the artist. Black endpapers. Finely printed on Fabriano Tiziano with Omega typeface. Illustrated with collage images made from blocks made at the press. With a dedication by..... More
Trenton, NJ: Privately Printed, 1935. First edition. Stapled wraps. 8vo. Green stiff printed wraps. 11pp plus (9)pp. with tipped-in 'decalomanias'. Also laid in are two additional decal sheets titled 'Novelty! Transfer Picture-Album' One of 50 copies; probable only edition. Inscribed by the author on the inside of the front cover..... More
n.p. n.p., n.d. Typescript. Four volume typescript, approximately 8 inches by 10 inches. Individual original typewritten or carbon copy pages are bound with string into cloth and printed paper boards, with typewritten labels. Unpaginated; the four volumes are a little over 6 inches thick. Nearly every page has additions, corrections..... More
