(Tacámbaro, Mich.): Taller Martín Pescador; Juan Pascoe, 2019. Limited edition. Wraps. Small 4to. 44pp. Finely printed by Juan Pascoe and Martín Urbina on Tamayo de Ponte paper in an edition of 140 copies, though the printer has told us that the actual number is less than that. This is number..... More
Santa Fe: Pennyroyal Press; The Press at the Palace of Governors, 2020. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small folio. Finely printed on Zerkall Book paper by Tom Leech and James Bourland at the Palace Press in an edition of 60 copies. This is copy No. 36. 122,(4)pp. The..... More
Lug. Batavorum (Leiden): Hackiana, 1670. Hardcover. 12mo. (8), 794pp. plus the Index. Engraved title page showing two satyrs. Contemporary speckled calf. Spine in six compartments, gilt, gilt title. Upper joint neatly strengthened, spine tips and parts of the spine mended, gilt rubbed and partially perished, else a good binding. The..... More
London: Wright & Brown Ltd, 1967. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Green textured paper boards, spine printed in black. 12mo. 172,(4)pp. A few light stains on the copyright/prologue pages, and on the edges of the textblock else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not clipped and shows the 9/6..... More
London: J. Bowyer, et al. 1718. First edition in English. Hardcover. 8vo. (ii),cxi,(xvii),401,(lv)pp. In a lovely contemporary binding of sprinkled calf. The spine is in six compartments, gilt, light brown lettering label, gilt, edges sprinkled red. The errata page is present in the rear. The List of Subscribers is present..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards and endpapers. Illustrated throughout in color. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has a short closed marginal tear on the upper panel, just above the "K" in "King", a trace of sunning to the spine, else it..... More
London: T. Woodward, 1724. First edition in English. Hardcover. [xviii], 163, (1), 252, 152pp. 6 copper-engraved plates, 1 portrait plate of Cortes, and 2 maps. Modern full dark brown morocco signed binding intricately tooled in blind on the spine and boards, leather lettering label, gilt, silk headbands worked in three..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. BCE. Hardcover. 8vo. Original decorated blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold, top edge stained red, fore-edge untrimmed. Small illustrations in the text by the author, endpapers illustrated by Robert Lawson. A near fine copy. The dustwrapper is lightly darkened on..... More
London: W. Clowes and Sons, (1852). Hardcover. First collected edition. 8vo. 22, 32, 37,38,61pp. Five full page plates. Contemporary cloth in a watered silk pattern. Black leather lettering label, gilt. This is the first collected edition of Corbaux's articles in the Journal of Sacred Literature, Vols. I, II, and..... More
Santa Cruz: Foolscap Press, 2019. Limited edition. Softcover. Folio. Printed on paper handmade at the University of Iowa's Center for the Books; five double-spread maps are printed in paper handmade at Papeterie Saint-Armand in Montreal. Printed letterpress by Lawrence G. Van Valzer in Silentium, a font designed by Jovica Veljović..... More
Paris: Apud Michaelem Le Petit & Stephanum Michallet, 1670. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (12),554 pp. plus 16pp. index, royal privilege and errata. Modern full calf; spine in six compartments tooled in blind; red leather lettering label; boards tooled in blind as well; marbled endpapers. A very good copy, with a...... More
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Morocco & decorated boards. Spine slightly darker (as usual, from binding glue) else fine. One of 350 numbered copies printed on handmade Roma paper. Index by Howell Heaney. A bibliography, yes, but also a fascinating anecdotal commentary by..... More
Toronto: Irwin & Gordon, Ltd., 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. 153pp. Gray cloth printed in black on the spine and in black and silver on the upper board. Large folding map in the rear. Neat ownership name and sticker else a near fine copy with only traces of fading..... More
London: James Flesher, 1662. Emblem frontispiece of the Royal Arms; Engraved title by Hertochs; 3 double-page engravings. Original full leather boards tooled in a Cambridge design; modern reback in matching leather, 6 raised bands, spine in 7 compartments, red leather lettering piece, gilt. The textblock is darkened around the..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo., 238pp. Yellow cloth printed in red. Plain endpapers. Erosion of the glazed cloth in the outer hinge gutters and the bottom edge, else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is price-clipped. It is rough along the edges..... More
West Burke, VT: The Janus Press, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 6 by 10 inches closed; open it extends to 11 feet. Accordion fold. Single page which slips into the binding of maroon and purple cloths, printed paper label. One of 150 copies, this out of series and signed to..... More
Los Angeles: California Department of Transportation, 1989. Stiff card wraps. Oblong 4to. 52pp. Heavy textured wraps. A special edition of 'Update' honoring the 50th anniversary of the Arroyo Seco Parkway, California's first freeway. With sections on the Harbor Transitway, Glenn Anderson Freeway, Vincent Thomas Bridge, as well as then-active projects..... More
New York: Holiday House, 1990. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thin square folio. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout in color. Glossy pictorial boards. White endpapers. A fine copy in a fine, unclipped dustwrapper. Signed by the artist on the front free endpaper. The Tale of Sir Gareth..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1899. First US edition. Hardcover. First Printing. 8vo; 336 pages. Red cloth blocked in black, gray and silver. Illustrated with 17 full page black and white plates. Translated into English by Mrs. Cashel Hoey. A fine, bright copy with just a touch of rubbing. This..... More
London: Printed by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, 1687. Hardcover. First Illustrated Edition in English. Folio. 18], 616 [i.e. 612], [3] pp. A7 (3rd and 6th l. signed: A2), c2, B-R4, S3, T-2O4, 2P3, 2Q-4I4, 4K2. Translated by John Phillips. With copper-engraved frontispiece & 8..... More
(Greenbrae): The Allen Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. (53)pp. Gray cloth printed on the spine and upper board with the title. Title in two colors. Two full page illustrations ad several vignettes in the text; hand-colored initials. Finely printed letterpress on hand-made Richard de Bas paper. One of..... More
Santa Barbara: Doggeral Press, 1981. Illustrated and Handcolored by Diane Roby. Limited edition. Hardcover. fine, bright copy. More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. Drawings by Paul Woodroffe engraved on wood by Clemence Housman. Limited edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (4), 106pp. Gray linen spine, printed paper label, pale blue paper boards. Four full page woodcuts and several text vignettes. Printed by the Shakespeare Head Press on handmade paper. One..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, (1983). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. First trade edition with the Wrightson illustrations. Small folio. 192,(2)pp. Red paper spine, gilt; green paper boards, gilt title on the upper board. Deep blue endpapers. There are some spots on the textblock edges and a gift inscription..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. (1911). Illustrated by Eleanor F. Brickdale. 4to. First Brickdale illustrated edition. Blue cloth blocked in a design in gilt on the spine and upper board, and in blind on the lower board. 21 exquisite mounted plates by Brickdale in her best style. A near fine..... More
