London: J. Dodsley, 1771. First 8vo. illustrated edition. Hardcover. First 8vo. illustrated edition. Fine full black morocco binding, gilt spine title and Gray's initials on the upper board, both boards tooled in blind. Marbled endpapers separated by morocco hinges. Three engravings, which have lightly offset to the facing pages. A.... More
London: W. Strahan, et al. 1783. Hardcover. The seventh edition, corrected by the author. Two volumes bound in one. Half calf, spine in six compartments, gilt title and blind tooling, marbled paper boards. The binding is probably 19th century, and is signed by Sotheran. Some foxing throughout, with the first... More
London: A. Strahan and T Cadell, 1788. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. Early half calf, marbled papers boards, marbled endpapers, all edges stained yellow. Red morocco spine labels, gilt. Hinges cracked but firm. A very good set. With the bookplate of Charles Wells in each volume. And with newspaper... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. Drawings by Paul Woodroffe engraved on wood by Clemene Housman. Hardcover. 12mo. (4), 106pp. Contemporary full sheep in a pleasing light blue color, spine title in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Four full page woodcuts and several text vignettes. A trace of rubbing and... More
London: WIlliam Heinemann, 1913. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Hardcover. Thick 4to. 549pp. Illustrated with 24 tipped-in color plates by Rackham. Finely bound by Sotheran in half blue Levant morocco, spine in six compartments, intricately gilt; blue cloth boards; top edge gilt; marbled endpapers. Trace of sunning to the spine but... More
WIltshire: Libanus Press, 1987. Limited edition. Hardcover. Thin 8vo. (12)pp. Finely printed on dampened Amatruda paper in an edition of 475 copies. Wood engravings by Phillida Gili. In an artist binding of brown morocco spine, handmade paper boards and with an oval on the upper board of puckered morocco with... More
London: The Riccardi Press, 1909. Limited edition. Wraps. Thin 4to. Finely printed on Batchelor hand-made paper in an edition of 512 copies. This is number 146. Bound in the publisher's limp vellum, gilt titles on the upper cover, green ribbon ties. The original blue printed wrappers are bound-in. With the... More
London: The Nonesuch Press, 1938. Wood engravings by Eric Ravilious. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 4to. Grey buckram, gilt, with a design by Ravilious on the center of each upper board.One folding map in each volume. One of 850 numbered sewts. his is No. 384. A fine set. Nonesuch Bibliography, 114. More
London: Printed for the Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Tall 4tos. Rendered into modern English verse by Frank Ernest Hill. White buckram spines printed in black; gray paper sides with Chaucer's arms printed in black and red. One of 1500 copies finely printed by George W.... More
n.p. The Nonesuch Press, 1935. Limited edition. Softcover. 4to. (6),130,(2)pp. Printed by the Fanfare Press on Auvergne paper. Three wood engravings by Stefan Mrozewski. Orange limp vellum on gilded thongs. Chinese stencilled tinsel paper endpapers. One of 500 numbered copies of which this is No. 233. Edited by Stephen Potter... More
Haarlem: Joh. Enschesé en Zonen for the LEC, 1931. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large 4tos. The Iliad is bound in red cloth, gilt spine titles; the Odyssey in blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Finely printed pursuant to the design of J. van Krimpen in an edition of 1500 copies. Each volume... More
East Aurora: Roycroft, 1899. Limited edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. One of 920 numbered copies signed by Elbert Hubbard; this is copy No. 755. Nicely bound in full orange morocco, title in blind on the spine, and the binding signed 'Denny'. In a custom clamshell case of buckram with the embossed... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1864. Hardcover. 12mo., 272pp. Brown cloth, gilt spine title and blind rules on beveled boards/ Chocolate coated endpapers. Some pencil notations, light wear to the edges and corners else a very good copy. The major part of this small volume is devoted to Bridges'... More
