(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
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A superb copy. Housed in the original matching slipcase. Allen Press..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition, first printing. Fine. 8vo. Beige cloth, dark purple spine title and upper board illustration. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped. We note only a trace of roughness at the head of the spine and a suggestion of aging, else this is a fine..... More
Rome: De Carlo, 1946. Limited edition. Wraps. 4to. 265(3)pp. Printed wraps over flexible card. Untrimmed text block. Paper age-toned else this is a very good copy. The wraps seem to be parchment. One of 323 numbered copies signed y the author. This is number 78. A note on the title..... More
London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, large 8vo. ccxcv,(1), 321,)(1); 495,(1)pp. Half polished calf. Spines in six compartments, with raised bands, tooled in gilt and with black leather lettering labels,m gilt. Marbles boards, edges, and endpapers in a non-pareil pattern. Engraved frontispieces. Lengthy memoir by nephews..... More
Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung der Baisenhauses, 1853. Hardcover. 8vo. 351,(1) pp. Blue cloth blocked in gilt, floral endpapers. Trace of wear and darkening of spine, light foxing, else this is a very good copy. With the stamp of the Klinisch-Therapeutisches Institut in Arlesheim on the obverse and reverse of the..... 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
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1937. Hardcover. Thin 4to. Title and 22 illuminated leaves in gold and color, by Alberto Sangorski. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutclifffe in full maroon morocco. Spine in 5 uneven compartment wirh raise bands, gilt, and with gilt title and a depiction of Excalibur. Distinctive Cockerel marbled..... More
London: H. Grevel & Co., n.d., ca. 1900. Very good. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/2 inches; 254 x 343 mm.). [2] pp. of text plus eight colored lithograph plates with movable parts, each with a tab to set the scene in motion. The eight moveables are all completely functional..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1842. Large Paper Edition. Hardcover. A New and Improved Edition with critical and explanatory notes buy J. R. Planché. Folio.iv, 152pp. 60 engraved full page monochrome plates, followed by twelve additional monochrome plates in the Supplement collected from ancient illuminated manuscripts. Contemporary half leather, marbled paper..... More
Manila: Gobierno General, 1890. Leaf. Single sheet printed on two sides granting free and secure passport to Eduardo Curnar for passage to Hong Kong, Manila, December 13, 1890. Signed by Weyler as Governor. Witnessed by the Secretary. The reverse, bearing the number 694, skips personal charactistics of the applicant. Five..... More
Boston and New York: H. M. Caldwell Co., (1906). Hardcover. Shape book, cut in the shape of a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket. (136)pp. Printed in green and black. A fine copy in original glassine, and in the publisher's box. The box has light soil, but the book..... More
New York: Macmillan, `1924. Hardcover. 12mo. Full navy crushed morocco by the Monastery Hill Bindery. Spine in six compartments, gilt. Gilt frames on the boards with corner tooling, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt. Signed on the inside rear board. A lovely binding which shows a little wear at the..... More
New York: James Pott & Company, 1901. Hardcover. 8vo. Frontispiece by WIllis Barderll. 64 pages. Nicely printed with wide margins. Bound in a full black leather, gilt title and vignette on upper board, molded in blind in a design featuring a pair of peacocks. Designed by Margaret Armstrong with her..... More
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown pebbled leather embossed in blind and with the title on gilt on the upper board. Gilt inner dentelles. Seven thick leaves printed in chomolithograph with blank leaves interspersed. The chromolithographs were produced by Julius Bien who learned the..... More
New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911. Hardcover. Second Revised Edition. 8vo. 277pp followed by publisher's ads of anarchist titles. Gray cloth printed in black on the spine and upper board, Signed by Emma Goldman on the front free endpaper. Cloth soiled else this is a very good copy. A...... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1941-1946. Hardcover. First editions, first printings. Volume I is in the first state. Illustrated with half-tone plates. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Dustwrappers are unclipped except for Vol. IV. Bookplate in volume I, neat ownership names in the remaining volumes. The set overall is near..... More
Bristol and London: W. Crofton Hemmons et al. (1896). Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 269pp. Illustrated with full page plates with tissue guards as well as in-text illustrations. Full vellum blocked in gilt, the spine with title and a scene of nature, and the boards with floral borders. The upper board..... 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
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967. First edition, first printing. Near fine. Oblong 4to. (28)pp. Red paper over boards printed in black with a spine title and with a harp on the upper board. Slight sunning along the top of the board else a near fine copy. The dust..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1965). First edition, first printing. Fine. Square thin 4to. Publisher's dark paper over boards printed in deep red. Deep red endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows the $3.50 price; it has a closed marginal tear..... More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1955. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Translated by Justin O'Brien. Blue cloth, silver title on spine. Spine a little darkened, else a very good copy. No dustwrapper. Neat ownership namer on the front free endpaper, and a bookseller ticket (Foyles) on the front pastedown. More
New York: Epstein & Carroll, (1961). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth printedin white; map endpapers. Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. A neat ownership name on the upper margin of the front free endpaper, and a lengthy gift inscription on the reverse dated 1961, else a very good copy. In..... More
Madrid: Imprenta de los Herederos de la Viuda de Juan Garcia Infanzon, 1751. Hardcover. Segunda Edición, 4to, (28) 176pp. Errata printed on page (17). Woodcut on p. 70 of the kind of cross on which San Felipe was crucified in Japan. Woodcut chapter heads and tails. 19th cent (?) speckled..... More
London: The Leadenhall Press, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 4to. 179;278pp. Full gilt vellum with gilt lettered leather labels on the spines. Profusely illustrated, including many plates, and with handcolored vignettes on the title pages. Seven facsimile hornbooks are present in special compartments at the front of each volume..... More
