London: J. M. Dent, 1930. First edition. Very good. 16 plates. Index. Blue cloth, gilt. Light wear, spine gilt darkened, a few light pencil notes and marks, else a very good copy. Laid in is a newspaper clipping, a review of the book from about the time of publication. Landmark... More
Redruth: J. & M. Roberts, n.d., ca. 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. vii, 195pp. Frontispiece. Blue printed lcoth (titled Trystan & Ysolt). A rendering of the story in which we assume it was first told. Date of publication taken from the preface. A very good copy. Apparently issued without dustwrapper... More
Boston: Dana Estes and company, n.d. , ca. 1911. Illustrated by Gilbert James. Hardcover. 4to. 95pp. Cream colored cloth printed in dark brown and with a color pasteon to the upper board. 8 full page color plates by James. A trace of foxing here and there else this is a.... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1936. Illustrated by Richard Taylor. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. x,223pp. Printed cloth. Charming illustrations. Cloth foxed, else a very good copy. The dust wrapper is worn at the folds and is lightly soiled. It is not price-clipped. Inscribed by the author on the dedication by... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1966. First English edition. Hardcover. Map eps. Blue buckram, gilt spine title. 379pp. Textblock edges a little dusty from age else this is a near fine copy. The dustwerapper is price-clipped, has 2 closed marginal tears on the back panel and is darkened on the spine... More
New York: merican Book Company, (1924). Hardcover. 8vo. 340pp. Green buckram, gilt spine titles. Gilt darkened else a near fine copy. Index, glossary. About a quarter or so of the text is devoted to Arthurian themes. More
Dublin: The Talbot Press, Ltd, 1924. First edition. Wraps. 4to. Printed wraps. A very good copy. More
Washington: GPO, 1894. Hardcover. 4to. xlvii, 553pp. 50 plates (many in colors), 200 figures. Contemporary half leather, gilt spine titles, cloth sides, marbled endpapers and edges. Leather rubbed and lightly worn in places, bookplate removed from front pastedown, else a very nice copy. Contains Stevenson, 'The Sia'; Turner,' Ethnology of... More
Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, (1943). First edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. (10½ by 8 inches). (24)pp. Printed paper boards, spiral binding. Four full color full page animated plates by Julian Wehr, operated by a tab: chickens, a bucking horse, roping a cow and sheep. There is a trace... More
Chicago: Saalfield Pub. COmpany, 1904. 4to. 18pp. printed in full color on muslin, stitched at the left edge to create a cloth book. All the letters of the alphabet are here: A is for Anvil. B is for Bat. Each letter is illustrated with a scene from the period showing... More
(NY): Platt & Munk, (1963). Four picture puzzles in their own frames depicting Cinderella, Mr. Bun, Thumbelina and Rumpelstiltskin and housed in the publisher's pictorial box. The puzzles are copyright 1961, but the box bears a date of 1963, and this is the date we have used for imprint information... More
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishiung Company, 1923. Illustrated by Hattie Longstreet. First US edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 82pp. Green paper over boards with a full color paste-on to the upper board. Illustrated endpaprs. Illustrated throughout in bloth nlack & white and color. Light wear t the edges an dspinr tips else this... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. xvi, 277,(1)pp. followed by 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated. Blue cloth blocked in gilt on the spine and upper board, and in blind on the lower board. Top edge gilt. Patterned end papers. One of fifty numbered copies of which this is No... More
New York: B F Jay, (1942). First edition. Hardcover. First in Sarg's series of the Treasure Books. This volume, in the original box, contains shortened versions of Alice In Wonderland, Treasure Island & Rip Van Winkle with movables. So far as we can determine, this copy has all of its... More
Chicago: Blue Sky Press, 1904. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Cloth spine; printed paper boards. Unpaginated: 60pp. printed on one side only and deliberately left uncut by the publisher. Printed end papers. One of 500 copies from a total edition of 525. Nicely printed in black with red sunning titles throughout... More
n.p. Frank Ernest Nicholson, (1932) but 1937. Stapled wraps. 8vo. 32pp. Pictoroal stapled wraps. Some pages printed with a colored border. Cpoyright date is 1932, but there is a financial summary in the rear dated 1927. Light wear to the covers, and with one corner taped, else a very... More
Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press, 2013. Limited edition. Hardcover. Clamshell case, 7½ by 13½ inches housing the 8vo work by the authors plus three miniature facsimiles of the eighteenth century originals: The 'Pretty Book' exists in only one copy; only two exist of 'Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book'. The case... More
London & New York: Ernest Nister, (1895). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 16pp. Red cloth spine, pictorial upper board, plain lower board. Numbered 632. Text in verse; introductory verse signed by Clifton Bingham. Six chromolithographed dissolving views with slats. All dissolving views are complete and working properly, though the push/pull tabs... More
London: G. Routledge & Co. 1858. First edition thus. Hardcover. 8vo. (6), 629pp. Engraved frontispiece of the author. Illustrated with maps and plans, including six folding maps in the text and four separate maps in a separate portfolio. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt with a red lettering label, marbled paper... More
Chicago, et al: N. K. Fairbank Company, 1896). Illustrated by Leon Moran. First edition. Stiff card wraps. 12mo. Sewn stiff wraps. Unpaginated (24pp.) Every other page is a full color chromolithograph depicting a charming little girl doing something with Fairy Soap. The printed wrappers are in green and red with... More
London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819. First edition. Wraps. 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. In the original publisher's drab paper wraps. Spine perished and sewing loose, page edges... More
London: Andrew Dakers Ltd. 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt spine titles. 342pp. Binding lightly soiled with traces of wear at edges and corners, else this is a very good copy. There is a Christmas, 1941, inscription the front free end paper, and a note on... More
London: The Bodley Head, 198. Early Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan paper over boards, gilt spine title. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is designed by Michael Heslop, and is not clipped. It is in fine condition. This is the fourth impression of the first book in the 'Dark is Rising' series... More
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, (2016). Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 59pp. plus colophon. One of 80 numbered copies. Printed letterpress at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland on handmade wove Spanish paper from the Garza Paper Mill. The typeface is digital Bodoni... More
Tucson: DeGrazia Studios, (1962). First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Twenty large 18 by 22 inch full color lithographs depicting the memorable events in the life of the popular, talented and heroic Eusebio Kino, SJ, sometimes called the most eminent and beloved Southwest pioneer. The images vary in size on the... More
