New York: Macmillan and Co., 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 517pp. Illustrated with 16 full page illustrations by Arthur Rackham. One of 250 numbered copies; this is number 240. Finely bound in full crimson morocco, the upper board inlaid with a black morocco base bearing a representation of the sword..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1941. First edition. Fine. Thin folio. (40)pp. Orange cloth printed in dark brown on the spine and the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a near fine copy with only a trace of wear..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1942. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (144)pp. Green cloth printed in dark green on the spine and upper board. Illustrated endpapers. A fine, bright copy with only the barest trace of rubbing along the bottom edge. The dustwrapper is unclipped and is in fine, bright..... More
St. Petersburg: Dmitry Sayenko; Nikodim, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, folio. Slipcased. One of 20 copies signed by Owens and Sayenko in the colophon. Prospectus laid in. The volumes are in fine, as new condition; the slipcase has a tiny bump on one corner else is fine. The main..... More
Boston: Christian Scientist Publishing Company, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 456pp. Publisher's black patterned cloth; gilt spine title; plain endpapers. Errata page tipped-in at rear. One of 1000 copies of the first edition. A fine, bright copy, with only the barest traces of wear, notably at the head of..... More
Oxford: Emberlin and Son, 1890. First edition. Stiff card wraps. The Letter-Writing pamphlet is 4 by 3". 39pp. State first edition. Publisher's ads appear on pages 36-39, and the last page is blank. This state is not described by Williams, else it bears the earliest possible date of 1890, with..... More
London: Sylvan Press, 1930. With Wood Engravings by Norman Janes. Limited edition. Folio. Unpaginated. Finely printed on Barcham Green hand-made paper. Bound in coarsely woven red cloth blocked in gilt with a design by the illustrator on both the upper an lower boards. Top edge gilt. Contains twelve of William's..... More
Boston: Copeland and Day, 1895. Illustrated by Ethel Reed. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 4to. (8),103,(1)pp. Tan cloth printed in black. Red pictorial endpapers. Title page in red and black. Illustrated with 15 full page illustrations. Introduction by Mary E. Wilkins. Occasional light scattered foxing and staining; rebacked with original..... More
Van Nuys: Collector Editions in Miniature (Barbara Raheb), 1979. Hardcover. 1" by ¾" in size. Full red leather, blocked in gilt on the spine with the title and on the upper board with a vignette. Marbled endpapers. One of 300 numbered copies, this being no. 83, signed by Barbara Raheb..... More
London: Tilt, 1836. First edition. Hardcover. Twenty-four subjects on a folding sheet enclosed by printed paper boards with the title design and date (1836) on the upper board and a portrait of Tilt with '1836' on the wall behind him, on the lower board. With contemporary handcolored plates. Cohn, p...... More
Madrid: Juan Herrera, 1599. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. (14), fol. 1-271, (1). Woodcut of the arms of Don Luys Faxardo on the title page. Full vellum, ties, manuscript spine title Illustrated with woodcuts, including several full page plates of the sphere of Ivan Sacrobosco, another illustrating both solar and lunar..... More
Cork: George Purcell, 1844. Second edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (vi),(2),122pp. Three woodcut plates. Half blue morocco, gilt spine title, blue cloth sides. T.e.g. Original pink printed wrappers bound in (a little soiled). An interesting expanded essay from the 40pp first edition of 1824, on how to steer a balloon (including perhaps..... More
Cincinnati: Fox Moon Publications, 1997. Illustrated by the author. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Miniature volumes. 2¼ by 2¾ inches. Designed by Gabrielle Fox and finely printed in red and black letterpress at Larkspur Press. One of 100 copies; this is No, 82. Volume one contains text, illustrations, selected bibliography..... More
n.p. Rebecca Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. 2 by 2½ inches. Unpaginated. Every other set of facing pages blocked in a letter of the alphabet in gilt, the letters artfully surrounded by fairies or putti and foliage. One of 200 copies, this one unnumbered. Bound in full honey-colored morocco, the..... More
New York: John W. Eggers; The Winthrop Press, 1914-1917. Softcover. 14 Thornton Burgess Miniature Books in their original box. The books are approximately 2 3/16 by 2 7/8 inches, stapled wraps, all with a cover illustration in color and other color illustrations in text. Each book has 12 pages including..... More
London: Darton, Heryry & Darton, 1812. Hardcover. 2½ by 2-5/8 inches. Publisher's full red leather, gilt spine title. Illustrated with 48 engraved plates. Leather lightly worn at spine and corners, with some rubbing and darkening, neat repair at the hinge, else his is a very good copy. Welsh 4999; Osborne..... More
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, n.d., ca. 1670. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio of engravings. The first work has 43 numbered plates beginning with a dedication: "Eminentissimo ac reuerendissimo Principi Camillo Maximo S.R.E. Cardinali amplissimo." The 43 plates were engraved by Pietro Santo Bartoli and are complete. Bound with: "D..... More
Santa fe: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2008. Mark Van Stone. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated. One of 65 numbered copies (this being No. 42) finely printed by Tom Leech at the Palace press. Signed by both authors on the colophon. Finely bound by Rosalia Galassi in..... More
London: Dean & Son, 11 Ludgate Hill, 1859. Poor. 4to. Bound in thin card with covers printed in color. 16 pp., printed on one side only, with eight full page hand-colored illustrations showing Punch and Judy, et al., in the upper portion with text and drummer below. Each plate has..... More
London: S. and J. Fuller, 1810. Stiff card wraps. 4 by 5 inches. 16pp. Printed wrappers. Complete with handcolored figures as follows: removable head, seven costume and three hats. The costumes have a pocket built into the reverse to accommodate Fanny's head as she takes on each persona in the..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. First state, with pp. 165 & 256 transposed. Yellow cloth printed in black. The cloth has a small spot on the upper cover; the endpapers are browned in the gitters from the binding adhesive else this is a near..... More
French: n.p., ca. 1825. 11 engraved cut-out figures or objects including ferryman, three couples, wolf, goat, cabbage and boat, to be slotted into boat, , original box with engraved pictorial label colored by hand, A rare children's game, possibly printed by the Parisian publisher Nepveau. Contained in the box measuring..... More
Richmond: Peter Cotton, 1825. Hardcover. The third edition, enlarged and improved. 12mo. vii,(8)-228pp. Contemporary full calf. Illustrated. Lacks front free endpaper and lettering label; spine and head of spine worn; dampstain on the upper third of the first half of the text block, but a presentable copy of a scarce..... More
London: Heorge G. Harrap & Co., 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. Limited edition, No. 115 of 125 numbered copies, signed by Evelyn Paul. Small quarto. 120, [4] pp. With thirteen mounted color plates (included in pagination), and twenty-three pages of printed music. Copiously decorated with intertextual illustrations, initials, and borders throughout..... More
London: Henry Hills for J. Edwin, 1679. First complete edition. Near fine. Folio. (xii),339,(i),16,(8),2,10-11,9-11,14-258,369-391,(i)pp. Early full calf Cambridge-style binding, rebacked in the 19th century with the spine in 7 compartments, intricately gilt; leather label, gilt. Engraved frontispiece. Each work has its own title page, and, for the first three, begins..... More
