New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1967). First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's blue paper over boards printed in dark blue. Blue endpapers. A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped, the spine is lightly and uniformly darkened, else it is in near fine condition, and much better than the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1917. First Wyeth edition. Very good. 4to. 321pp. Black cloth with a full color paste-on to the upper board. Pictorial endpapers. Top edge gilt. Complete with 14 full page full color plates by N. C. Wyeth, in addition to the full color frontispiece. Spine sunned..... More
London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1845. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. (14), 152pp. Finely bound by BIrdsall of Northampton and London in full scarlet morocco. Spine in six compartments, gilt; gilt rules on the boards; gilt inner dentelles; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; original covers bound in at rear. Chromolithographed..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Textured paper over boards, gilt spine title A fine copy. The dustwrapper is clipped. It has a little wear along the edges, a short closed marginal tear along the top rear, and a trace of foxing on the rear panel, else..... More
London: Sumptibus Societatis, 1840. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 4,(2),388; xxvii,(2, 389-)815pp. Recent quarter calf, leather spine labels, gilt, marbled paper boards/ A near fine copy. So far as we can tell, this is the first printing of the text of William's history of the Kings of England. It was..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903-1910. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Four 4to volumes, all in original mustard-color cloth with spines and upper boards blocked in black, red and gilt., With black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle. This is essentially a near fine set. These titles have traditionally suffered..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1893-94. Aubrey Beardelsy. First edition. Wraps. Twelve original parts in green wrappers. Regular issue: one of 1500 copies. Full page and double page illustrations, rubricated initials, borders and in-text decorations by Aubrey Beardsley in his first major commission. The wrappers are generally lightly soiled and chipped..... 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
New York: United States Book Company, (1891). First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 263pp. MAroon cloth, gilt title on spine and gilt design on upper board. Top edge gilt. Corners and hinges worn,cloth lightly soiled, else a very good copy. BAL 9375. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. xviii, 258pp. Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle. Original yellow-brown cloth blocked in red, black and gilt. Cloth soiled and lightly worn at edges and spine tips, inner hinges neatly mended, else a very good copy. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903-1910. First editions, first printings. Hardcover. Four 4to volumes, all in original mustard-color cloth with spines and upper boards blocked in black, red and gilt., With black and white illustrations by Howard Pyle. These titles have traditionally suffered cracked inner hinges because the textblock was..... More
Michoacán: La Mano Press, 2014. Limited edition. Fine. Folio. 88,(2)pp. Sewn on vellum tapes laced into stiff brown paper boards, printed title label on the upper board and printed design label on the spine. Finely printed letterpress on handmade paper of just the right shade of green, and made by..... 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 panelled,calf. The spine is in six compartments, gilt, red morocco lettering label, gilt. The errata page is present in the rear. The List of Subscribers is present (including Isaac Newton)..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1938. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Vellum spine, gilt; blue paper boards with a vignette on the upper board of a knight in dark blue, red and gilt. Illustrated and hand-illumined by Valenti Angelo, who signed on the limitation page. One of 1500 copies; this..... More
Tucson: Thorn Books, 2022. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 8vo. (8), 19, (45)pp. Pictorial boards. A fine copy. A 13th or 14th century Greek fragment of an Arthurian tale discovered by Von der Hagen in the Vatican Library and published by him in 1821. This is the first translation into..... 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
