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New York: Grove Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 234 paqes. More
New York: Grove Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 234 paqes. More
London: J. and R. Tonson, 1761. leather_bound. 30 x 25 cm. First Baskerville edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller, 3 engraved plates after Hayman, woodcuts of medals, with the rare 'Directions to Binder' leaf usually lacking. 13 woodcuts of coins. DIBDEN noted, "He who hath the Baskerville edition hath a...... More
New York: The American News Company, Nd. Hardcover. 244 pages. 26 x 19 cm. This edition not listed in OCLC. Title page printed in red and black. Index of Contents. Profusely illustrated with full page and black and white illustrations. Griset, French born, the family moved to London early on..... More
London: Warne And Co, Nd. Hardcover. 152 pages. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. With 80 original illustrations, and colored engraved frontispiece and vignette. Rubbing to extremities. National Nursery Library. More
London: David Nutt, 1899. Wraps. (xx) 283, (v) 322 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Limited edition one of 550. Index and Glossary. Decorated initial letters and some wood-cut illustrations. Printed on acidy paper, slightly toned with wide text margins, contents very clean, uncut edges. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ... More
Manheim: Typis Academicis, 1768. First German Edition. leather_bound. [2], 58, 290, [2], 291-615 pages. 19.5 x 12.5 cm. Desbillons was a neo-Latin French fabulist and poet. As a Jesuit , he taught humanities at Nevers, at the Collège du Mont in Caen, and at the Collège de La Flèche. After..... More
London: George Routledge, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. 252, 277, 290 pages. 19 x 13 cm. This is Ainsworth's last novel. He was an English historical novelist born in Manchester. Popular in his lifetime, his novels sold in large numbers. he is described by S.M. Ellis as one of the most..... More
London & New York: John Lane & Dodd, Mead, 1928. Alastair. Hardcover. 197 pages. 32 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 1120 of 1850. The 11 full-page illustrations are color lithographs with lettered tissue guards. Illustrated endpapers are also color lithographs, but with separate designs. Title page in red and..... More
London & New York: John Lane & Dodd, Mead, 1927. Alastair. First edition. Hardcover. 68 pages. 32 x 26 cm. Limited edition, copy 774 of 1050. Eight full-page color lithographs by Alastair, one after p.52 signed in pencil by the artist. Pater's fictional account set in the time just after..... More
New York: Covici-Friede Inc, 1929. First American edition. Hardcover. 398 pages. 27 x 14.5 cm. Aldington's first novel which preceded publication in the UK and France. His celebrated novel forced him to censor to assure the publication of the book would not be challenged by the English authorities. A tale..... More
Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Libraries, 1973. First edition. Paperback. 28 pages. 23 x 15 cm. One of 450 copies. Ex-Library. More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. Rogers, Bruce. First edition. Hardcover. 195 pages. 19 x 11.5 cm. Printed by the Riverside Press with typography by Bruce Rogers. Owner inscriptions and bookplate. ROGERS 87. WARDE 41. More
Boston: Loring, Publisher, 1868. First edition. Hardcover. 296 pages. 18 x 12 cm. This copy with ad leaf and Dick standing alone with his boot-blacking box: later issues have image of four street boys. Ad leaf here contains two titles in the "Ragged Dick Series," plus three in "Campaign Series."..... More
Paris: Editions Fournier, 1946. Hallo, Charles. Paperback. 174 pages. 22 1/2 x 17. Original colored wood engravings by Charles Hallo. Limited edition, copy 561 of 900. Preface by Sacha Guitry. Fresh, bright copy. More
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. Rogers, Bruce. First edition. Hardcover. Seven leaves printed recto only. Limited edition, one of 325 copies. Each page with decorative red border. Designed by Bruce Rogers. WARDE 177. Nicks to backstrip extremities,wear to joints. More
Winston-Salem: Palaemon Press, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio, 36 x 23 cm. Laid-in a woodcut by Anne Carter Pollard, copy 40 of 75 and signed by her. The contributors include A.R. Ammons, Fred Chappell, James Dickey, Richard Eberhart, George Garrett, John Hollander, William Meredith, Reynolds Price, Rosanna Warren, and..... More
Parma: Bodoni, 1784-1785. Hardcover. [6], LXXXII, 103, [1]. 30.5 x 23 cm. Engraved title followed by a second page with engraved vignette at head, the entire work printed in capital letters. Wide text margins. Latin commentary followed by Greek text. Commentary written by P. Paciaudi. DIBDIN, Vol. I, p.151. "There..... More
Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. 32 pages. 16.5 x 13 cm. Andreyev, a depressive who attempted suicide more than once, led a tortured yet prolific life. He came into his own around the turn of the century after Gorki gave him some encouragement. Cournos, born Ivan Grigorievich Korshun..... More
Bonxville: Meriden Gravure Co, Nd. Angelo, Valenti. First edition. Wraps. Unpaginated. 25 x 16 cm. Title page printed in red and black, a career in his own words he calls "a most wonderful adventure." More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, 1919. First edition. Hardcover. [XX] 389, 318. pages. 9.2 X 5.5 cm. Errata in second volume rear. The preface indicates the writer is male, also, in the preface notes seeking advise from two friends, then throwing their suggestions in the round bin with..... More
Paris: Chez Claude Barbin, 1683. First edition. leather_bound. 165 pages [*2, A8-L8]. 18 x 12 cm. Twenty-eight etched plates, including 3 part title plates, each part containing eight tales of the "Happy, Deceived, Unfortunate Lovers"; a precursor to later romantic novels. This copy bound sequentially -- Trompez, Malheureux, Heureux. Includes..... More
London: Charles Cox, 1847. First edition. Hardcover. 272 pages. 38 x 26 cm. 12 colored full page engravings and a host of woodcuts -- multiple head shots of the notables described herein. Scattered toning mostly at margins and some offsetting of latter to text. Binding tight and firm. Wear to..... More
Paris: Gallimard, 1929. Tanguy, Yves. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 122 pages. 23.4 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 138 of 150 on verge de arches paper, of a total edition of 240. Aragon, a founding member of Surrealism and noted communist intellectual. Two surrealist, tipped-in black and white lithographs by..... More
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. 154 pages. 19 x 13 cm. An early effort from the Press, the 6th publication. Some spotting of endpapers. Limited edition, one of 1200. There was a second edition the following year of 1500 copies. CHANTICLEER 6. More