(London): (Seeley and Company, Limited), (1890). First edition. Hardcover. One volume in two. 4to. This is the Seeley Large Paper edition which has been extra-illustrated with 245 portraits and views by William Sanford Hills, Boston, 1895. One of 150 numbered copies; this is number 124. Finely bound by P. B...... More
Kentfield, CA: The Allen Press, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. (43) leaves. Invicta parchment spine titled in silver; cream-colored paper over boards with engravings of light blue along a margin. Each page with marginal wood engravings colored by hand. A superb copy. Housed in the original matching slipcase. Allen Press..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition, first printing. Fine. 8vo. Beige cloth, dark purple spine title and upper board illustration. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped. We note only a trace of roughness at the head of the spine and a suggestion of aging, else this is a fine..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1927. Illustrated by Aubrey Beardelsy. Limited edition. Hardcover. 4to. One of 1600 copies, the third edition of Malory with Beardsley's illustrations. Black cloth, the spine and boards intricately gilt with the iconic Beardsley water-lily illustrations. This edition contains more material and ten more drawings than the..... More
London: H. Grevel & Co., n.d., ca. 1900. Very good. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/2 inches; 254 x 343 mm.). [2] pp. of text plus eight colored lithograph plates with movable parts, each with a tab to set the scene in motion. The eight moveables are all completely functional..... More
Manila: Gobierno General, 1890. Leaf. Single sheet printed on two sides granting free and secure passport to Eduardo Curnar for passage to Hong Kong, Manila, December 13, 1890. Signed by Weyler as Governor. Witnessed by the Secretary. The reverse, bearing the number 694, skips personal charactistics of the applicant. Five..... More
Boston and New York: H. M. Caldwell Co., (1906). Hardcover. Shape book, cut in the shape of a bottle of champagne in an ice bucket. (136)pp. Printed in green and black. A fine copy in original glassine, and in the publisher's box. The box has light soil, but the book..... More
New York: Macmillan, `1924. Hardcover. 12mo. Full navy crushed morocco by the Monastery Hill Bindery. Spine in six compartments, gilt. Gilt frames on the boards with corner tooling, gilt inner dentelles, top edge gilt. Signed on the inside rear board. A lovely binding which shows a little wear at the..... More
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1866. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full brown pebbled leather embossed in blind and with the title on gilt on the upper board. Gilt inner dentelles. Seven thick leaves printed in chomolithograph with blank leaves interspersed. The chromolithographs were produced by Julius Bien who learned the..... More
New York: Mother Earth Publishing Association, 1911. Hardcover. Second Revised Edition. 8vo. 277pp followed by publisher's ads of anarchist titles. Gray cloth printed in black on the spine and upper board, Signed by Emma Goldman on the front free endpaper. Cloth soiled else this is a very good copy. A...... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1941-1946. Hardcover. First editions, first printings. Volume I is in the first state. Illustrated with half-tone plates. Publisher's blue cloth, gilt spine titles. Dustwrappers are unclipped except for Vol. IV. Bookplate in volume I, neat ownership names in the remaining volumes. The set overall is near..... More
Bristol and London: W. Crofton Hemmons et al. (1896). Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 269pp. Illustrated with full page plates with tissue guards as well as in-text illustrations. Full vellum blocked in gilt, the spine with title and a scene of nature, and the boards with floral borders. The upper board..... More
London: John Rodker for Subscribers, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Twelve volumes in Four. "The edition of 1,000 copies on all rag paper was printed by Messrs. Molyneux . The copper plate engravings are by Hester Sainsbury and have been printed and hand coloured by Messrs. A. Alexander and Sons, Ltd."..... More
New York: Epstein & Carroll, (1961). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth printedin white; map endpapers. Illustrated by Jules Feiffer. A neat ownership name on the upper margin of the front free endpaper, and a lengthy gift inscription on the reverse dated 1961, else a very good copy. In..... More
Madrid: Imprenta de los Herederos de la Viuda de Juan Garcia Infanzon, 1751. Hardcover. Segunda Edición, 4to, (28) 176pp. Errata printed on page (17). Woodcut on p. 70 of the kind of cross on which San Felipe was crucified in Japan. Woodcut chapter heads and tails. 19th cent (?) speckled..... More
London: The Leadenhall Press, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 4to. 179;278pp. Full gilt vellum with gilt lettered leather labels on the spines. Profusely illustrated, including many plates, and with handcolored vignettes on the title pages. Seven facsimile hornbooks are present in special compartments at the front of each volume..... More
Boston: Jordan Marsh, (1898) but 1899. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 212pp. Four color plates by René Quentin. Pictorial cloth. Spine sunned else a fine copy. Pinocchio is presented here in the first US edition with colored plates but a piracy of the original with no attribution to Collodi. Even the..... More
London: Printed for Private Distribution, 1871. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. l, 183,(1)pp. The final page is a list of additions and corrections. Illustrated with 22 full page magnificent chromolithographed plates, 18 uncolored plates, and text illustrations. Contemporary half leather binding by Riviere, spine in 7 compartments with raised bands, gilt;..... More
Holguin, Cuba: Cuadernos Papiro, 2018. Limited edition. Stiff card wraps. 4to. 12 leaves of handmade paper bound by hand in a thick handmade paper covers made from water hyacinth with a branch incorporated into the upper cover, and with ties made with dried stems and jute. The final leaf gives..... More
London: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1737. Hardcover. Second edition, improved. 12mo. xii, 526,(62) pp. Contemporary spotted calf, spine gilt with red leather lettering pieces. Hinges neatly repaired, some rubbing and scuffing of edges and bands, else a very good copy. The first edition was published in 1736. Engraved fishing..... More
Cádiz: Revista Médica, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 224pp. followed by 29pp of appendices. Contemporary quarter leather, spine gilt, marbled ans embossed paper over boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Inner hinge and spine neatly mended, edges worn, else this is a very good copy. The scarce first printing of Castro's..... More
Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 1990. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio (16 by 10x17½ inches). (3),111,(3)87,(4)pp., the text leaves hinged at the top and printed on one side only. Copy XXI of 100 specially bound copies (from a total printing of 155), signed by the artist and with extra illustrative material. A...... 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 near fine..... 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
Florence: Kunsthistoriches Institut / Harvard University Center, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 483pp/ Red cloth block in gilt on the spine and upper board. Illustrated throughout in color. Index. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Seventeen approaches to the painters of the New World, with emphasis on the Florentine..... More
