New York: The Humboldt Publishing Co., n.d. (1890). First US edition. Hardcover. First edition printed in America. Tall 8vo. xviii, 506pp. Brick red ribbed cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with a gilt spine title with black lines. Translated from the German by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling..... More
n.p. n.p., n.d. Hardcover. A magnificent binding incorporating panels by Margarete Seeler. The eight cloisonné panels and the cloisonné figure of Christ were commissioned by Chauncey Stillman in 1960. In 1983, Mr. Stillman caused the nine panels to be incorporated into hand-wrought metal covers and affixed to the leather binding..... More
St, Petersburg: Nikodim, 2021. Linocuts by Dmitry Sayenko. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. 26pp. Half leather, etched paper over boards, the upper board with the title in gilt and an illustration of Pangúr sleeping. Illustrated throughout with Dmitry's linocuts taken directly from the blocks and enhanced with word fragments printed in..... More
Kyoto: 1952. Hardcover. Third edition. Folio, bound accordion book. 32 leaves of heavy card printed. Fifteen full page illustrations in full color of fabric bags used to house tea jars or kettles for use in the traditional tea ceremony. Each plate contains four images with a facing letterpress explanation in..... More
London: Dean & Son, n.d. (1858). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth-backed pictorial boards; printed endpapers. Eight leaves of text each with a three-part pop-up operated by green ribbons. The corners and edges are worn, and the textblock has light soil in places. Six of the green ribbons have been expertly..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1873. First US illustrated edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth blocked in gilt and black on the spine and upper board and in blind on the rear board. Chocolate coated endpapers. All edges gilt. One signature neatly mended, edges and hinges worn, bookplate removed from..... More
London: Printed by S. Griffin, et al, 1660. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. (vi), (328), (8)pp. Engraved frontispiece and two double page spreads of maps and vignettes. Lacks leaf B2, the Preface to the Reader, and one page misbound, else this is a very good copy in a fine later full..... More
n.p. n.p., 1854. Hardcover. 8vo. Bound diary of blue lined paper on which the author has recorded his trips on sixty-four pages. The first page of the diary lists the ships: the Ship Arvum and the Ship R. B. Forbes. Peirce owned timberland in northern Maine, and did business as..... More
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1975. Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 60 finely printed letterpress pages including full page paste-paper samples. One of approximately 215 numbered copies; this is copy 87. The text is set in Centaur and Codex types, and printed on Hodgkinson hand made B &..... 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
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: 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 of..... More
London: Printed only for a few friends, 1881. Wraps. 12pp. Printed wrappers. The fragile wrappers are chipped at edges and have been reinforced at the spine; the text block is in near fine condition. In blue card chemise and slipcase. According to Carter and Pollard, this title "conforms to our..... More
London: John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, 1867 (but 1890's). Wraps. 23,(1)pp. Three signatures, folded, trimmed and pierced but never bound. In fine condition. In new chemise and slipcase. This is one of T. J. Wise's fake Swinburne editions, which he passed off as a "remainder" of an early printing of a...... More
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: Random House, (1964). Illustrated by Don Bolognbese. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Copyright date is 1964, but actually printed in 1967. Blue cloth, gilt spine title. Light wear and signs of age else a very good copy. Neat ownership name and date on the front paste down. The..... 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
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
London: T. Cotes for William Cooke, 1638. First edition in English. Hardcover. 12mo. (134),327pp. Engraved frontispiece of Gildas by William Marshall. First edition in English, translated from the Latin by Thomas Habington. Early handwritten notes on the front blanks. Bookplate. Nicely bound in full brown morocco, spine in six compartments..... 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
Burma: n.p., 19th cent. Hardcover. Parabaik, (accordion, or concertina-style) book. Four by six inches (closed) but 6 by 58 inches fully opened. Heavy handmade paper pasted to form 32 panels containing 8 double page paintings per side for a total of 16. Bound into carved wooden covers. The covers depict..... More
London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1691. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. (14),51,(1)pp. The half-title is present with its advertisement on the reverse. Also present are the Prologue and the Epilogue. The earliest copies lack these leaves, but an unsigned leaf was inserted after A4 headed "Prologue to the OPERA, Spoken by..... More
New York: Macmillan Company, 1950. First US edition. Hardcover. 8VO. 154pp. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes, Blue cloth blocked in black and yellow. Cloth sunned along the edges else this is a near fine copy. The dustwrapper has had professional restoration along the edges and folds, and gives a near fine..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Apple green cloth blocked in black and deep red. "First published" statement on the copyright page, and date on the title page. Cloth sunned along the edges and spine but a very good copy. The first state dustwrapper..... More
London: Payne and Foss, 1825. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. xliii, 172pp. Half title present. Early cloth in a drab green, blocked in blind on the boards and with gilt spine titles. Trace of soil and wear to the edges, neat ownership stamp on the front free endpaper else a near..... More
