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
Munich: Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schonstein, c. 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 115,(5)pp. Eight full page plates. Cream-colored cloth boards printed in deep red on the spine and the upper board. When opened, the boards reveal 5 receptacles for 100 stereo photographs and a stereo viewer. The photographs measure 2 1/4" x...... More
London: G. Nicol, et al. 1792. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. [xii], 420; [viii], 411pp. Early, likely contemporary, full calf, the spines in six compartments, raised bands, gilt and leather lettering pieces, gilt. The boards tooled in blind. Marbled endpapers in non-pareil pattern. All edges red. Light rubbing to the..... More
Mexico: Siglo XXI; Martí Soler; Francisco Leyte, 1988. Hardcover. Fifth printing of this prehispanic Aztec manuscript, 16 c 16 inches closed, but when opened, nearly 40 feet, on the same scale as the original. Printed in full color. One of 1000 copies. Laid in loose in the publisher's folder: leather..... More
London: The Amalgamated Press, n.d. (1954). Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated. Pictorial boards, cloth spine. Illustrated on every page with pictures of celebrities. A short article on Cinemascope, Paravision and 3-D; Golden Jubilee of Westerns; Royal Premieres: Private Lives; and several full page photographs of stars with facsimile signatures and inscriptions..... More
London: George Philip & Son, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. 4to.xl,(1), 57pp, 72 plates, 17pp of index. Blue cloth, spine and upper board gilt, all edges gilt. The 72 plates tipped onto bound in guards. Decorated endpapers. With the stamp of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, and a small pocket on the..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. Early Edition. Hardcover. Brown ribbed cloth, blindstamped with double ruled borders on the boards. Title in gilt on the spine with blind stamping. Yellow endpapers. TItle page with illustration of the cabin. Lithographed map of Walden Pond present, opposite page 307. This is the 4th..... More
(Westminster): (Wynkyn de Worde), (1527). Fine. Two leaves, the first on watermarked laid paper, 7½ by 11 inches printed in black. A small rubber stamped date (August 2, 1928) is impressed in the lower left corner margin of the first leaf, some glue staining at the binding edge else this..... More
n.p. (London): n.p. (Longmans), n.d. (1811). Very good. Single page copperplate engraving. 8 by 10 inches, the image being 6 by 8 inches, and matted in an 11 by 14 inch mat. Later handcoloring. Light foxing, a light tide mark on the lower corner not affecting the image, else a...... More
London: Longmans, 1811. Very good. Single page copperplate engraving. 8 by 10 inches, the image being 5½ by 8 inches, and matted in an 11 by 14 inch mat. Later handcoloring. Famous sketch of the masked rowers of Hawaii, first published by Cap. James Cook in a larger format. This..... More
London: Longmans, 1811. Very good. Single page copperplate engraving. 8 by 10 inches, the image being 6 by 9 inches, and matted in an 11 by 14 inch mat. Later handcoloring. A very good copy showing only a trace of soil. More
London: R. Wilks, 1816. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes. xxiv [25]-326; xvi [17]-381; xvi [17]377pp. Engraved title pages in each volume. Engraved frontispiece of the Death of Sir Launcelot present in Volume 1, of the Parting of Tristan and Isolde in Volume 2, and of Prince Arthur Obtaining the Sword in..... More
New York; London and New York: Macmillan & Co., 1885. Early Editions. Hardcover. 2 volumes; 8vo. Illustrations by John Tenniel. Uniformly bound in publisher's blue cloth blocked in black and gilt. Floral endpapers. Light wear and rubbing to the edges and spine tips; the first title with two pieces of..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, n.d. Hardcover. Red cloth blocked in white on the spine and upper board. 224pp. Frontispiece photograph of a collection of Christmas seals from 1907 to 1927. The author was the originator of the Red Cross Christmas Seal in 1907, and pp. 217-224 reprint an article..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. Near fine. 8vo. (2),ix,(1),378pp. Second American edition, first state with green ribbed cloth. Cloth blocked in dark green design with white titles on the spine and upper board, and with an illustration of Dracula, whip in hand, with a bat and a wolf..... More
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, c. 2000. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. Stiff wraps. 88pp. Eleven full page full color of book in the collection. Includes the interview with PatricisaEngland by Ruth E. Fine, but also a catalogue of the collection by Lamia Doumato. Index. A near fine copy. Inscribed..... More
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. xvi, 277,(1)pp. followed by 2pp publisher's catalogue. Illustrated. Green 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 large paper copies of which this..... More
America (Philadelphia): Printed for the Subscribers (Robert Bell), 1770; i.e., 1770-1771. First American edition. Hardcover. First edition printed in America. Three volumes. 8vo. viii,(ii),360;(xvi),374;(xlii),351,(lvii)pp., but with several errors in pagination as noted by Evans. Contemporary full sheep; spines with simple gilt rules and volume numbers in gilt; red leather lettering..... More
London: Henry Lintot and John Osborn, 1746. Hardcover. Folio. An extract of pp 313-356 of Vol. VI of the third edition of Churchill's Voyages. Bound to style in quarter leather, printed lettering piece; marbled paper boards. Some light foxing, a library stamp on the margin of an internal page, else..... More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. 291pp. Blue cloth, gilt spine title and gilt art of a knight on the upper board. Top edge red. A fine copy. The dust wrapper is not price-clipped. The spine is lightly sunned, much less than usual..... More
London: St. James Park Press, 2020. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. 4to. Unpaginated (28pp.) Finely printed letterpress in red, black and blue. Illustrated with four wood-engravings by Jane Randfield. Bound in paper self-wraps with a large red cross on the upper cover. Contains short texts on the Sword in the..... More
Santa Fe: Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2020. Limited edition. Wraps. Square 8vo. Unpaginated (28pp). Woodcut text by Baumann is followed by fifteen woodcut examples of Indian pottery. Finely printed letterpress from the original blocks at the Palace Press by Tom Leech and James Bourland. One of 145..... More
(Tacámbaro), México: Martín Pescador, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large folio: 12 by 17 inches. 104pp. Finely printed letterpress by Juan Pascoe with the Washington hand press on Castilla Gvarro paper. One of 100 copies for sale, from a total edition of 135 copies. This copy is numbered 87. Signed by..... More
Tacámbaro, Michoacán: Taller Martín Pescador, 2014. Illustrated by Artemio Rodriguez. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. 88,(2)pp. Vellum spine blocked in a decoration by the artist, vellum corners, raw silk cloth boards, title label printed in red and black on the upper board. Black and dark green end papers. Finely printed letterpress..... More
n.p. D. K. Taylor, 1926. First edition. Wraps. 8vo. 93pp. Printed stiff wraps. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Spine sunned, label removed from upper wrap and bookplate from the inner upper wrap. A good copy. With an inscription on the first blank: "Presented to my friend Francis Caldwell By Capt..... More
