New York: William Helburn, (1926). First edition. Hardcover. VIII, 120, 5 & 91 (2) pages in text. 25 x 19.5 cm. 57 and 136 plates in heliogravure from photographs printed recto only by Lucien Vogel. Plus 157 line drawings by Albert Laprade. Text in French. Elegantly illustrated with fine examples..... More
London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1863. First edition. leather_bound. iv, 336; iv, 333, [2, ads]; iv, 292 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. First edition in book form published immediately after the final serial publication in Cornhill Magazine between July 1862 and August 1863. BAKER & ROSS A7.21 describe this as..... More
London: Riccardi Press, 1914. Hardcover. 27 pages. 20 x 14.5 cm. Limited edition copy 206 of 1000 on handmade Riccardi Paper. "Three Hundred and Fifty of these copies have been specially bound in leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe of which this is Number 206." Fresh, bright copy with water marked..... More
London: John Camden Hotten & George Routledge and Sons, 1869. Gilbert, W.S. First edition. 223, 224 pages. 18 x 14 cm. To supplement his income from 1861 on, Gilbert wrote a variety of stories, comic rants, grotesque illustrations, theatre reviews (many in the form of a parody of the play..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1857. First American edition. Hardcover. 330 pages. 19 x 14 cm. Bronte's first novel, an intensely autobiographical story, and ironically published after her death. It was initially rejected by several publishers. Charlotte Bronte reworked this novel into a similar tale entitled, "Villette," published 1853. PARRISH..... More
London: Leonard Smithers, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. 31 pages. 23 x 14 cm. "Of this Edition eight hundred copies have been printed on hand-made paper, and thirty copies on Japanese vellum." The last edition to identify the author as "C.3.,3." -- Wilde was imprisoned in cell block C, landing C...... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1990. Hardcover. 82 pages. 28 x38 cm. Limited edition, copy 443 of 600 signed by Eisenstadt printed in Munich on Arches Paper printed by Cartieri Enrico Magnani, and designed by Benjamin Shiff. The five photogravures with tissue guards. Extremely wide margins, text very fresh and..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1983. Hardcover. 291 pages. 26 x 21 cm. Limited edition, one of 400. Illustrated with photographs of Sam Spade's San Francisco. Introduction by David Fechheimer, a private investigator, and an authority on Hammett. Illustrations are architectural photographs and street maps of the actual locations mentioned in..... More
Hartford: The Connecticut Printers, 1961. Martin, Fletcher. Hardcover. 354 pages. 28 x 21.5 cm. Limited edition, copy E.R. of 1500 (probably for Ernst Reichl designer of the title). Signed by Fletcher Martin who made the illustrations. Introduction by Edmund Gilligan, NEWMAN & WICHE 326. LEC Monthly Letter, a four page..... More
Paris & London: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. 71 & 106 pages. 29 x 20 cm. Five full-page pochoir plates illustrated by Derain on black paper (gouache drawings). Type designed by A.M. Cassandre, a new face, called Peignot and set by hand. Limited edition, copies 691 of 1500 signed by..... More
Stockholm: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Berg, Yngre. 207 pages. 27 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 3 of 1500 signed by Yngre Berg, printed on rag paper by P.A. Norstedt & Soner. Full page black and white lithographs of an early production by Macy. NEWMAN & WICHE 21. Backstrip slightly..... More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1881. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio, 48 x 39 cm. Limited edition, copy 161 of 300 signed by Crane. 57 engraved plates including half-title, title, dedication, frontispiece, colophon and 52 engraved plates mounted on India proof paper containing illustrations and calligraphy by Crane. The 52 pencil designs..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. leather_bound. 55 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 691 of 1500 illustrated by Edward A. Wilson and signed by him with the illustrations reproduced through stencils by hand. The story of an American Army lieutenant Philip Nolan, who renounces his country during..... More
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1980. Eisenstaedt, Alfred. Hardcover. 284 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 752 of 2000. Color photographs by Eisenstaedt printed by Princeton Poly-chrome Press, and designed by Philip Grushkin. NEWMAN & WICHE 515. Laid-in the LEC Monthly Letter and "Number Four -- The fourth..... More
Portland: Southworth Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 354 pages. 27 x 20 cm. Limited edition, copy 61 of 88 Roman numeral copies printed on Zerkall Halle paper, signed by Rosenbach on the colophon page. Forward by A. Edward Newton. Index of Authors and Titles. Index of Printers and Publishers. Bright..... More
Paris: Gumuchian & Cie, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. [XXIV] 446, 336 pages. 28 x 22.5 cm. Copy one of 100 on Hollande, from an edition limited to 1100. A long honored and standard reference for Children's Literature. Text in French. Vol. I, text Vol. with 6251 entries and Vol. II..... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, 1883. Crane, Walter. First edition. Hardcover. 52 pages. 22 x 31 cm. Crane explained the book was given its landscape format so that it could be propped up on a piano. Illustrated throughout by Walter Crane, printed from wood blocks by Edmund Evans. Some minor..... More
London: Day & Son, 1865. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 30.5 x 23 cm. Twelve chromlithographed leaves printed recto only by W.R. Tymms. BECKWITH. Victorian Bibliomania 31. Bright, very fresh copy, front cover eleborately decorated in blind and color using medieval designs. More
London: Day and Son, 1866. Jones, Owen. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 28.5 x 22 cm. 24 leaves, text verso, plates recto: all are chromolithographs -- illuminators Owen Jones and Henry Warren on stone by A. Warren. GORDON N. RAY p.144. "In his later years (this title) he turned from magnificent..... More
London: Day & Son, [1865]. Jones, Owen. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio, 28 x 22 cm. 52 chromolithograph plates on twenty-six leaves by Owen Jones and Henry Warren, on stone by Albert Warren. Each illustration and accompanying text in a distinct decorative border. GORDON N. RAY [The Illustrator and the..... More
London: Bradbury and Evans, (1850). Leetch, John. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 17.5 x 27 cm. Title and eleven hand-colored etched plates printed recto only. Half title with cast of characters printed on verso. Total of twenty-five illustrations with letterpress. FIELD p.160. Nicks to backstrip head and foot, raised bands, decorated..... More
London: Bradbury, Evans, ca 1866. Leetch, John. First edition. Hardcover. Folio, 22 x 31 cm. Ttwenty-one etched plates by Leetch which were used as frontispieces to "Punch's Pocket Books." The plates and vignette on the title-page are colored by hand. FIELD p.101 [JOHN LEETCH ON MY SHELVES] notes the sketches..... More
London: George Allen Ruskin House, 1894. Crane, Walter. Hardcover. Folio, 36 x 29 cm. Limited edition, copy 118 of 650 signed by Duncan C. Dallas and Walter Crane. Title leaf, colophon, and eight engravings by Walter Crane engraved by Duncan C. Dallas on India tissue. First few and last leaves..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Co: Aldine House, 1893. Crane, Walter. Hardcover. Folio, 36 x 28 cm. Limited edition, copy 294 of 600 signed by Duncan C. Dallas and Walter Crane. All plates with lettered tissue guards: black and white plates mounted and matted on board stock. Title page printed in..... More
Springfield MA: The H.R. Huntting Co. Inc, Nd. Crane, Walter. Stiff Wraps. 28 x 23 cm. Offered as a lot only. Interior contents are as issued, color lithographs as originally published, all Crane's images printed recto and verso only as per first editions. Replication of the first editions with colors..... More