London: The Corvinus Press, 1936. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. Finely printed on Barcham Green "Medway" handmade paper. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe cloth spine, gilt title, handmade paper over boards with the Corvinus device block in gilt on the upper board. A fine copy. In the original strange glassine cover..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally and Company, (1928). Pictures by Harrison Cady. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 98pp. Green cloth, full color pictorial paste-on to the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrated throughout in black and white and color. Neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper else a fine, bright copy. In the..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth blocked in black and gilt on the spine and upper board. Printed endpaper sin a butterfly patters in gray blue. A fine copy with the cloth and gilt bright, and with only traces of wear at the..... More
St. Joseph, Mo. Combe Printing Company, 1894. First edition. Near fine. Thick 8vo. xii,13-545pp. Blue pictorial cloth blocked in black, brown and gilt, with title and vignette on the spine, and the title and an artist rendering of the scout on horseback on the upper board. Illustrated with full page..... More
London: Horace Cox, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. ix, (1),363pp. Brown cloth, gilt titles on spine and upper board, the latter with also a vignette blocked in gilt. Illustrated with plates and in-text illustrations. Light wear to the edges and hinges but a near fine copy. The author spent time..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1929. First US edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Gray cloth boards printed in red and black. Top edge red. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is price clipped, but it is first state with the quantity of American copies at 100,000. It is lightly rubbed and soiled but..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1906. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham, A. R. W. S. First US edition. Hardcover. 4to. Supern binding of half green morocco, spine in six compartments, gilt, green cloth sides, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. The binding is unsigned but is reminiscent of Bayntum-Riviere or Sangorski..... More
Santa Fe: Pennyroyal Press; The Press at the Palace of Governors, 2020. Illustrated by Barry Moser. Limited edition. Hardcover. Small folio. Finely printed on Zerkall Book paper by Tom Leech and James Bourland at the Palace Press in an edition of 60 copies. This is copy No. 36. 122,(4)pp. The..... More
Calcutta: W. Thacker & Co. St. Andrew's Library, 1849. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. I10), 147, (1), 9,(1). Red cloth, the boards blocked in blind, and the upper board with the title in gilt. Text illustrations throughout; map of Calcutta with coloring. The final 9pp constiutute a list of the illustrations..... More
Munich: Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schonstein, c. 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 115,(5)pp. Eight full page plates. Cream-colored cloth boards printed in deep red on the spine and the upper board. When opened, the boards reveal 5 receptacles for 100 stereo photographs and a stereo viewer. The photographs measure 2 1/4" x...... More
London: G. Nicol, et al. 1792. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. [xii], 420; [viii], 411pp. Early, likely contemporary, full calf, the spines in six compartments, raised bands, gilt and leather lettering pieces, gilt. The boards tooled in blind. Marbled endpapers in non-pareil pattern. All edges red. Light rubbing to the..... More
Mexico: Siglo XXI; Martí Soler; Francisco Leyte, 1988. Hardcover. Fifth printing of this prehispanic Aztec manuscript, 16 c 16 inches closed, but when opened, nearly 40 feet, on the same scale as the original. Printed in full color. One of 1000 copies. Laid in loose in the publisher's folder: leather..... More
London: George Philip & Son, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. 4to.xl,(1), 57pp, 72 plates, 17pp of index. Blue cloth, spine and upper board gilt, all edges gilt. The 72 plates tipped onto bound in guards. Decorated endpapers. With the stamp of St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate, and a small pocket on the..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. Early Edition. Hardcover. Brown ribbed cloth, blindstamped with double ruled borders on the boards. Title in gilt on the spine with blind stamping. Yellow endpapers. TItle page with illustration of the cabin. Lithographed map of Walden Pond present, opposite page 307. This is the 4th..... More
London: R. Wilks, 1816. Hardcover. 12mo. 3 volumes. xxiv [25]-326; xvi [17]-381; xvi [17]377pp. Engraved title pages in each volume. Engraved frontispiece of the Death of Sir Launcelot present in Volume 1, of the Parting of Tristan and Isolde in Volume 2, and of Prince Arthur Obtaining the Sword in..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. Near fine. 8vo. (2),ix,(1),378pp. Second American edition, first state with green ribbed cloth. Cloth blocked in dark green design with white titles on the spine and upper board, and with an illustration of Dracula, whip in hand, with a bat and a wolf..... More
America (Philadelphia): Printed for the Subscribers (Robert Bell), 1770; i.e., 1770-1771. First American edition. Hardcover. First edition printed in America. Three volumes. 8vo. viii,(ii),360;(xvi),374;(xlii),351,(lvii)pp., but with several errors in pagination as noted by Evans. Contemporary full sheep; spines with simple gilt rules and volume numbers in gilt; red leather lettering..... More
Pittsburg: Cramer and Spear, 1818. Small 8vo. 792pp. Original publisher's sheep. Signatures sprung from use, but attached; pages generally very soiled and with some contemporary markings; old repair to the spine else the binding is in good condition. Ownership name of Dan Smith dated 1828, and, later, 'Dan Smith, His..... More
London: W. S. Orr & Co., 1838. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 280pp. Contemporary half leather; spine gilt with titles and floral ornaments; marbles paper boards. With 49 engraved plates. 4 plates are or garden designs or ornaments; three of them are colored and all are moderately foxed. The remaininng..... More
St. Petersburg: (Nikodim), 2020. Illustrations by Dmitry Sayenko. Limited edition. Hardcover. Artist book. Folio. 50pp. Half leather in a tan color, gilt spine title. The paper over boards has been etched by the artist, with an onlay engraving of Gogol in a recess and his signature reproduced in gilt. Illustrated..... More
Brussels: Éditions du Nord, 1925. Illustrated by S. Sauvage. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. (296)pp. Half blue-green morocco. Gilt rules on the boards; decorated paper panels, marbled paper endpapers. Spine intricately gilt with onlays of red leather in the decorations, and of brown and flesh colored in a representation of the..... More
Paris: Le Musée du Livre, 1927. Illustrated by Ramiro Arrue.`. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 339, (3) pp. Half deep blue morocco, brightly decorative paper and endpapers. Spinetooled simply but effectively in gilt, with a small beige onlay. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. Trace of wear else a fine..... More
Paris: Éditions de la Pléiade, 1928. Illustrations by Vasily Choukhaeff. Limited edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 149,(10)pp. Half deep blue-green morocco by Flammarion. Spine in five compartments with raised bands, intrivately gilt, gilt lines on the boards with marbled paper panels and endpapers. Top edge gilt. Illustrated in pleasant color pastels..... More
