London: F. L. for Michaell Sparke, Senior, 1644. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (8), 35, (1) pp. Frontispiece etching of the manner and form of the Trial of Archbishop Laud in the house of Peers. Bound to style in quart leather spine, marbled paper sides, leather lettering label, gilt, on the..... More
Philadelphia: Johnson and Warner, 1809. First US edition. Disbound. Imperfect but complete. 12 full page hand colored engravings 4 by 4¼ inched retrieved form the original booklet, not mounted on rough cut paper and preserved in a clamshell case, accompanied by two remnants of the original wrapper with title. The..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1893-1894. First Beardsleyedition. Hardcover. 4to. Two volumes. Publisher's cream-colored cloth, gilt. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley throughout. One of 1500 copies from a total issue of 1800 copies. Rebacked with the original spines laid down, cloth worn at hinges and edges, only a good binding but still..... More
London: Addey & Co., 1856. First edition. Fine. Small 4to. xi, (xii-xvii),18-158pp. Half scarlet morocco, spine in six compartments with raised bands and tooled in gilt; red cloth sides in a pebble grain pattern, gilt bordedr rules, and title on the upper board. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers in a...... More
Berlin: Krol & Straus, 1914. Stapled wraps. 12mo. 20pp. Printed wraps. Spine reinforced else in very good condition. Printed at the bottom of the upper wrap is "Machine gun emplacement.) Valid untilContemporary handwriting throughout showing the owner's movements. One fold our slip lists and dates various military maneuvers, Stamps and..... More
London: Collins, 1958. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt spine. Bookplate on the front pastedown else a near fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped. It is lightly sunned, more so on the spine, else is in near fine condition as well. The first compilation of White's..... More
San Rafael, CA: Insight Editions, c. 2018. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Large thick folio. 333, (1) pp. Glossy pictorial boards. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Laid in is a 'bookplate' card of a Purple Dragon signed by Stout in purple felt pen. Also in fine condition... More
Severna Park, MD: Bay Media, Inc., c. 2008. Illustrated by Phyllis Saroff. First edition. Hardcover. Tall thin 4to. Unpaginated (32pp.) Glossy pictorial boards. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper:"To all grandma's and grandchildren..." More
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1932. Limited edition. Limp Vellum. 4to. 182 pp.. Hand-illuminated initial letters in red, blue and green by Graily Hewitt and his assistants, Ida D. Henstock and Helen E. Hinkley. (4to), original orange vellum with orange ties, gilt spine title; printed in black and red; in publisher's marbled..... More
Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1985. Limited edition. Deluxe issue. One of 50 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the artist, this being copy no 4. 8vo. Quarter green crushed morocco over gray birch-veneer boards, bound by Gray Parrot, with text printed letterpress in two colors on T. H. Saunders..... More
Roanoke, VA: Cheap Street, 1980. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. Pictorial wrappers, Limited edition finely printed by Cheap Street. One of 200 numbered copies from a total edition of 226. This is number 169, signed by the author in the colophon. First separate publication of a short story first printed in..... More
San Francisco: Valleau & Peterson Publisher and Printers, 1892. Wraps. 8vo. 251 pp., Printed wraps. illustrations. Only a barely good copy, with significant wear to the spine and uppser cover and following page. The cover is chipped and has been reattacjed to the text block. With the stamp of Ramon..... More
n.p. (Tucson): Cirrus Arts, n.d. Sample book 7 by 11 inches covered in Asian-style handmade paper with fibers. 16 plastic sleeves each with a signed artist limited edition print. Most of the prints are on paper 5¼ by 8½ inches, with the image size about 3 inches square, though some..... More
San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. 71, (1)pp. Orange cloth spine, black cloth boards with a printed red label on the upper board. Illustrated, including a photograph of the first map of the Bay. A light pencil mark on the label, and some date..... More
(Tacámbaro, Michoacán): n.p., 2015. Limited edition. Broadside. Broadside, 20 by 26 inches printed in black and red with Artemio's linocuts illustrating the 29 letters of the Spanish alphabet. Here are Zorro, Vaca, Quetzal; Ojo, Lluvia, Libro; Estrella, Chapulín, Armadillo. (The images favor animals.) Finely printed on heavy laid stock. One..... More
Norwalk. CT: The Easton Press, (2002). Illustrated by Gistave Doré. Hardcover. Folio. Facsimile of the first Doré-illustrated edition of Tennyson's Idylls. Full leather blocked in gilt on the spine and on the boards. All edges gilt. Ribbon marker. Moiré endpapers. Bookplate, else a fine copy. More
Santa Fé: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, (2012). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 53,(3)pp. Black cloth spine, black lettering label printed in silver, decorated paper boards printed with the title on the upper board. One of 110 numbered copies, this being copy no, 74, finely printed at the..... More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 477pp. Black cloth spine, silver titles, blue textured boards. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is not price-clipped, has a bit of rubbing at the folds, else is near fine. Surprisingly scarce in first edition story of Joseph of Arimathea in Avalon. More
London: Walter Kettilby, 1688. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (8), 136pp. Bound to style in quarter leather, gilt spine title, marbled paper boards. A very good copy. One of the many English treatises on the validity of Orders in the Church, this one by a Protestant Divine. Wing M725; ESTC R726..... More
London: John Murray, 1841. First edition. Hardcover. Three volumes, 8vo. xxix,(1), 444; xxv,(1), 483, xi,(1)37 pp .plus plates and publisher's catalogue dated March 1841. Full dark green polished calf by Tout and Sons. Spines in six compartments with raised bands, intricately tooled in gilt. Red leather lettering labels, Gilt rules..... More
Philadelphia, Printed: Boston, Re-printed. And sold by John Boyle: 1774. Octavo. Sewn pamphlet unbound. Complete in (4)pp. but apparently hurriedly misbound: (1-3), 4-24, 33-40, 25-32, 41-43,(1). Untrimmed with rough edges and a some short marginal closed tears, marginal worming to the lower left corner to pp. (1)-8 not reaching the..... More
Cortaro: Thorn Books, 2009. Limited edition. Stapled wraps. 8vo. (16pp.) Stiff stapled wraps. Includes a color facsimile of the eight page pamphlet printed in Lubeck around 1492 by Matthaeus Brandis. Introduction by James Owens. In 1492, twenty seven Jews of Mecklenberg were burnt at the stake in Sternberg on a...... More
New York: Caxton House, Inc., 1939. Hardcover. Black cloth blocked in red on the spine and upper board. Pages yellowed with age but a very good copy. The dustwrapper hs creases and closed tears, and old tape reinforcements on the reverse. It is only in good condition, but still striking..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1939. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Printed cloth boards. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout by the author. Mild soil and corner wear else a very good copy. The dustwrapper has some chips along the top and at the base of the spine else it is..... More
(London): (The Pamphleteer), 1814. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp (243)-261, extract from Vol. III, No. v. A fine copy in modern marbled paper wraps, printed title label on the upper wrap. The author is unidentified, not unusual when criticizing police. Very scarce pamphlet on police practices, analyzing their inefficiency and..... More
