Candide by Jean Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire
New York: Literary Guild, 1928. Hardcover. 111 pages. The Literary Guild resetting of the Random House limited edition. Laid-in, the Literary Guild "Wings," paphlet describing this publication. More
New York: Literary Guild, 1928. Hardcover. 111 pages. The Literary Guild resetting of the Random House limited edition. Laid-in, the Literary Guild "Wings," paphlet describing this publication. More
New York: Random House, 1975. Hardcover. 111 pages. 29 x 19.5 cm. Reprint of the 1925 edition. Front cover decorated in gilt. More
New York: Halcyon House, 1936. Hardcover. 111 pages. 29 x 19.5 cm. Reprint of the 1929 edition. Decorated endpapers, owner inscription pastedown front endpaper. More
New York: Random House, 1929. Hardcover. 111 pages. 29 x 19.5 cm. Trade edition of the 1928 publication. More
New York: Random House, 1928. First edition. Hardcover. 111 pages. 29 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 527 of 1470 copies signed by Rockwell Kent. It is also the first book with the Random House imprint. Printed on all rag French paper and 95 coloured in the studios of the..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1930. First edition. Folio, 39 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 885 of 999 signed by Kent in the second volume, 24 full-page illustrations and 55 head-and tail-pieces by Kent designed and printed by Samuel Aiwaz Jacobs at the Stratford Press. A bright, very fresh set..... More
Paris: Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1921. First edition. Original Wraps. Approximately 40 pages. 24 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 287 of 400 on papier Lafuma-Navarre. Four full-page colored wood-engravings plus additional colored vignettes by Laurencin. Associated with the Cubist literary and artistic group, but her painting uninfluenced by their theories;..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1945. Leighton, Clare. First edition. Hardcover. 397 pages. 22.5 x 15.5 cm. Signed presentation by Leighton --"For ESM, with deep love from C.L. New Year's Eve 1945-1946. Hoping for so much more for her in the New Year. Baltimore." 16 wood engravings by Leighton. The author..... More
Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1926. leather_bound. 310 pages. 33 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 111 of 180 plus (15 copies reserved for La Societe Des Medecins Bibliophiles) printed on velin des papeteries d'arches, illustrated with a host of etchings in three states by Lobel-Riche. Printed in red and black..... More
London: A. Zwemmer, 1937. Hardcover. 212 pages. 20 x 13 1/2 cm. Fifty-two woodcuts and four illustrated initial letters printed in bistre. THE ARTIST AND THE BOOK (174) notes, "Small in scale, it is perhaps the most harmonious of Maillol's illustrated books." Text is Thornley's translation of 1657, revised and..... More
Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937-1943 (1950). Maillol, Aristede. Hardcover. 174, 154 pages in text. Folio, 32 x 24 cm. Limited edition, one of 750 unnumbered sets on rag wove paper watermarked with Maillol seated nude. A total of 122 woodcuts including illustrated initial letters and small images in the lower corners..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986. Mapplethorpe, Robert. First edition thus. leather_bound. 87 pages. 29 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 63 of 1000 signed by Schmidt and Mapplethorpe, with LEC Letter laid-in. Eight photogravures by Mapplethorpe protected with tissue guards. Text in English and French. Schmidt's translation of Rimbaud's..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1939. Hardcover. 404 pages. 27 x 17.5. Introduction by Burton Rascoe. Illustrated with crayon drawings by Reginald Marsh. Introduction by Burton Rascoe. Limited edition, copy 691 of 1500 signed by Marsh. Planned and printed at the Aldus Printers, New York. NEWMAN & WICHE 110... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1924. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 96 pages. 20 x 16 cm. Twenty-eight woodcuts by Masereel. Translated by Keene Wallis. Bright, clean copy, upper corners slightly bumped. More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969. Parker, Agnes Miller. Hardcover. 452 pages. 24.5 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 1461 of 1500 signed by Agnes Miller Parker. Designed by John Dreyfus, printed at the Spiral Press. Backstrip leather label printed in gilt. NEWMAN & WICHE 418. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Parrish, Maxfield. First edition. Hardcover. 47 pages. Folio, 35 x 29 cm. Susan Meyer, AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS p.120, notes, "Only a mind rich in fantasy could have produced the unforgettable creatures populating his many children's books: The Reluctant Dragon in "Dream Days," Humpty Dumpty..... More
Racine: Artists And Writers Guild, (1925). Stiff Boards. 28 pages. Folio, 32 x 26 1/2 cm. Fifteen full-page color plates and eight color illustrations in the text. Susan Meyer, AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS p.120, notes, "Only a mind rich in fantasy could have produced the unforgettable creatures populating his many children's..... More
Racine: Artists And Writers Guild, (1925). Parrish, Maxfield. Stiff Boards. 28 pages. Folio, 32 x 26 1/2 cm. Fifteen full-page color plates and eight color illustrations in the text. Susan Meyer, AMERICA'S GREAT ILLUSTRATORS p.120, notes, "Only a mind rich in fantasy could have produced the unforgettable creatures populating his..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1932. First edition thus. Hardcover. 192 pages. 25 x 20 cm. Illustrated in black and white by Will Pogany. Signed presentation copy "To Herbert Morrison from his old friend Hollywood 1937." Morrison, Life Peer Baron Morrison of Lambeth was a member of the Labour Party, serving as..... More
Grasse: The Prometheus Press, 1984. First Editions. Wraps. 16 x 11.5 cm. Four leaves. Each of these poems in a limited edition of 5 copies, hand-illustrated, hand-bound by Frederick Prokosch, and each numbered and signed by Prokosch in red ink. Text in manuscript as issued, each with an original watercolor..... More
Grasse: The Prometheus Press, 1984. First Editions. Wraps. 16 x 11.5 cm. Four leaves. Each of these poems in a limited edition of 5 copies, hand-illustrated, hand-bound by Frederick Prokosch, and each numbered and signed by Prokosch in red ink. Text in manuscript as issued, each with an original watercolor..... More
London & New York: William Heinemann & Doubleday, Page, 1912. Rackham, Arthur. hardcover. 224 pages, 29.5 x 24 cm. Limited edition, copy 1135 of 1450, signed by Rackham. Thirteen mounted color plates with lettered tissue guards, and 53 drawings in black and white. LATIMORE & HASKELL p.38-39. Text generally clean..... More
London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J.B. Lippincott Co, 1919. hardcover. 109 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition signed by Rackham, copy 198 of 325 on Japanese Vellum. Tipped-in color frontispiece mounted on cream paper, color title page, three double page illustrations [silhouette drawings with color], one single page..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1921. Rackham, Arthur. leather_bound. 75 pages. 25 1/2 x 20 cm. Three mounted color plates and seven black and white illustrations. Limited edition, copy 306 of 500 signed by Rackham and Phillpotts. Phillpotts, a West Country author renown for his Dartmoor settings. LATTIMORE and HASKELL 54..... More
London: J.M. Dent, 1907. leather_bound. 549 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 190 of 560 signed by Rackham.Twenty-four tipped-in color plates on dark green paper with lettered tissue guards, plus 12 duotone plates and text illustrations in black and white. Title page printed in red and brown. This..... More