Williamsburg, MA: Cheloniidae Press, (1984). Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Finely printed by Harold McGrath and illustrated with eleven wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Designed by Alam James Ropbinson and Arthur Larson, the text based on the 1845 Witney-Putnam edition. The Deluxe Edition of 60 copies printed on vintage Bodleian..... More
Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Full Vellum Edition, one of 26 lettered copies. This is copy O/Z. Bound in full cream-colored vellum. Twenty-six bird portrait wood engravings by Robinson are arranged alphabetically. Each engraving is accompanied with an initial letter and the Latin and common names hand..... More
NY: The Viking Press, 1938. Illustrated by the author. First edition, first printing. Thin 4to. Unpaginated. Printed cloth spine; pictorial paper boards. Pages printed on one side only, with a marvelous woodcut-type illustration. Each letter of the alphabet has its fairy-related verse. The title page shows a thoughtful Merlin, pen..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thick 4to. Black cloth printed in white on the upper bard and with a color paste-on of the Count. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Accompanied by a lithograph by the illustrator. It is housed in a red cloth..... More
(Rome): Jo. Jacobus de Rubeis (Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi), 1674. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong folio. 13 by 18 inches. Engraved title/dedication to and with portrait of Queen Christina followed by an engraved depiction of Raphael, who died in 1520. These are followed by 52 etchings which reproduce Raphael's paintings and..... More
Santa Fe: The Rydal Press, n.d. Limited edition. Hardcover. Single sheets 10 by 12 inches, printed letterpress, hand-colored, numbered and signed by the artist. Each illustration is accompanied by a separate sheet telling the story of the shield. A fine set housed in the publisher's black cloth clamshell case, printed..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1921). First Dunton edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 336pp plus 5 pp. of publisher's ads. Black cloth, gilt spine and upper board and with a full color paste-on to the upper board. First printing of the Dunton illustrated edition with the proper codes on the copyright page..... More
New York: WIlliam Morrow and Company, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. Thin folio. (40)pp. Paper over boards printed in full color. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout by Wolo in monochrome and occasionally full color. This is a very good, bright copy with only a trace of wear at edges and corners. The..... More
Flafstaff: Northland Press, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xv,(1),98,(2)pp. Cream-colored cloth, black spine title. A fine copy. I publisher's slipcase, which is near fine with only a trace of soil. One of 55 numbered copies, uncut, bound at Silverlake Bindery, with an original watercolor by Don Perceval. This is number..... More
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas: Taller Leñateros, n.d. (2008?). First edition. Hardcover. Square 4to. Unpaginated. Covers of handmade paper deeply impressed with the title in black and red on the upper board and with jaguar tracks in yellow on both boards. Endpapers are made of agave fiber decorated in..... More
Santa Fe: Prees at thePalace of the Governors, 2021. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, (13-) 93, (3) pp. Printed from thirty-four two-color woodcuts carved by Baumann beginning in 1927. Cloth spine, printed paper label, printed paper over boards in a. special “reliquary” binding by Priscilla Spitler, 7.25 x 9.75 inches..... More
Santa Fe: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2021. Limited edition. Wraps. Folio. Translated by Lynn Sures. Illustrated with Caruso's line drawings. Finely printed on a hand press by Tom Leech with Bembo type on paper he and Lynn Sures made in ITaly using watermarks replicating marks used..... More
London: James Robins & Co., 1827-1828. First edition. Wraps. Five issues. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Each with an original woodcut. Three are unquestionably by Cruikshank, with his original signature; the remaining two are in his style and are likely by him as well. No. 1, January 1827, 'King of the..... More
Williamsburg, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1984. Illustrated with wood engravings by Alan James Robinson. Limited edition. Hardcover. State Proof Issue. Illustrated with sixteen wood engravings by Alan James Robinson, and finely printed by Harold P. McGrath. A fine set in a fine publisher's clamshell cases. One of 15 copies from a...... 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
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
Springfield, MAss. The Wayside Press, 1896-1897. First edition. Hardcover. Volume I number 1 through Volume II number 3. Volume I is tall, thin 8vo. containing the four numbers of Volume I. Volume II is 4to. containing the three complete numbers of Volume II (all published but for a fragmentary No..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1996. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Thick 4to. Black cloth printed in white on the upper bard and with a color paste-on of the Count. Illustrated endpapers. A fine copy. Accompanied by a lithograph by the illustrator. It is housed in a red cloth..... More
London: Ackermann, 1843. Lithograph. Aquatint engraving from Prince Alexander's 'Travels in the Interior of North America', plate 24 from volume 1. The image is about 10 by 14 inches on a sheet 12 by 18 inches. Faint sunning just inside the plate impression, else in fine condition with the coloring..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1921). First Dunton edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 336pp plus 5 pp. of publisher's ads. Black cloth, gilt spine and upper board and with a full color paste-on to the upper board. First printing of the Dunton illustrated edition with the proper codes on the copyright page..... More
n.p. Art Hazelwood, 2018. Limited edition. Hardcover. Concertina style, 8½ by 10½ inches expanding to 8½ by 170 inches. Printed on the obverse of the pages only. Four seasons in Zuni Pueblo: Rain Dance, Monsoon, Shalako, and Winter. Each season is presented in three panels plus a panel with the..... More
