New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham, A. R. W. S. First US edition. Hardcover. 4to. Superb binding of half green morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt, green cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The binding is unsigned but is reminiscent of Bayntum-Riviere or Sangorski..... More
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1835-1853. First edition. Hardcover. NIneteen volumes comprising the complete first and second series. Bound in full crimson morocco by Riviere and son; spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt titles, gilt inner dentelles, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers. With the color engraved bookplates of Chales..... More
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi,(17-)304pp. With the four folding engraved plates, as called for. Publisher's green embossed cloth in a floral pattern, paper spine label. Edges, hinges and spine tips worn, label partially perished, ownership stamp to title page, occasional light foxing..... More
London: T. Rickaby for S & E Harding, 1795. Hardcover. 12mo. 119,(1)pp. Contemporary full marbled calf, boards and spine tooled in gilt, black lettering label, gilt. Marbled endpapers. Illustrated with engraved vignettes by Harding. Hinges and corners neatly mended else a very good copy. The first part, "A Letter from..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, (1912). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue textured cloth printed in gilt and black on the spine, and in black on the upper board. Spine lightly sunned else a very good copy. Bookplate on front pastedown. Green A38. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1955. Illustrated by the author. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. Yellow paper over boards printed in black, green and red. Plain endpapers. Illustrated in color throughout. Trace of soil else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped and is in fine condition..... More
Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co. St. Andrew's Library, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. I10), 147, (1), 9,(1). Red cloth, the boards blocked in blind, and the upper board with the title in gilt. Text illustrations throughout; map of Calcutta with coloring. The final 9pp constiutute a list of the illustrations..... More
Teheran: Offset Press and Soroush Press, 1971; 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folios. The first work is bound in clue cloth, gilt spine title; blindstamping on the boards; blue endpapers. With 34 large mounted full color plates form the 15th century manuscript. Introduction by Basil Gray, who was the former..... More
London: John Murray, 1830-1832. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes 8vo. Illustrated. Engraved frontispieces, the frontispiece of volume two hand-colored. Half leather, spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt. The frontispiece of volume one is foxed else this is a near fine set. In spite of the note on volume..... More
London: T. Becket & P. A. De Hondt, 1773. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Hardcover. 4to. The third edition, revised and greatly enlarged. (xii),404,(viii)pp. Intriguing study of the manners, religion, languages, government, kings law and other aspects of the Britons, Scots, Irish and Anglo-Saxons. Short sections on the Druids, and..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1927. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardelsy. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. One of 1600 copies, the third edition of Malory with Beardsley's illustrations. Black cloth, the spine and boards intricately gilt with the iconic Beardsley water-lily illustrations. This edition contains more material and ten more drawings than the..... More
Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1909-1933. Early U. S. Editions. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. Red cloth blocked in gilt on the spines. Volume I is the 1909 printing; Volume II is the 1933 printing; and Volume II is the 1909 first printing. Inner hinges of volume I neatly repaired;..... More
London: John Rodker for Subscribers, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Twelve volumes in Four. "The edition of 1,000 copies on all rag paper was printed by Messrs. Molyneux . The copper plate engravings are by Hester Sainsbury and have been printed and hand coloured by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd."..... More
London; New York: John Murray; Van Wynkle & Wiley; Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1814-1819. First edition. Hardcover. Bound volume containing works by or attributed to Lord Byron from 1814 to 1819. 'Lara' is the 4th edition, L. 1814. 'Poems by Lord Byron' is the first US edition, NY, 1816. 'The..... 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
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
(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: 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
