New York: Derby & Jackson, 1857. Hardcover. 483, 572, 502 pages respectively. 18 x 12.5 cm. All three uniformly bound, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt in floral motifs, two black leather spine labels printed in gilt (title and author). Minor extremity rubbing. Her first novel (The Professor. A Tale)... More
New York: Redfield, 1853. Hardcover. 16.5 x 11 cm. Glossarial and other notes and the readings of former editions. Clean, bright and very fresh text. Raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt, brown and black leather spine labels with gilt lettering, a few extremities slightly rubbed. More
Cambridge: Macmillan & Co, 1861. First edition. Hardcover. 319, 338, 309 pages. 19.5 x 13.5 cm. With adverts in volumes I and II. A sequel to "Tom Brown's School Days," and a continuation of his Hughes' own education when in 1842 he went on to Oriel College, and graduated B.A.... More
Cambridge: Macmillan & Co, 1857. Second edition. Hardcover. 420 pages. 19.5 x 13 cm. An historic novel of boarding school days by an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for this effort, a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. Later, he founded... More
London: Nonesuch Press, 1932. Ricketts, Charles. First edition. Hardcover. 60 pages. 26 x 16 cm. A fictitious character, Jean Paul Raymond, created by Ricketts enabling him to reveal his displeasure at the fate of his friend, Oscar Wilde. Decorative title page in red and black. Limited edition, copy 512 of... More
Boston: William Veazie, 1858. Hardcover. 91.5 x 13 cm. Engraved frontispiece of Disraeli in Vol. I. Benjamin Disraeli, a British Prime Minister and son of Isaac presents this view of his father when the latter in 1791 produced anonymously a small volume entitled ‘Curiosities of Literature,’ the copyright of which... More
Paris: Teriade/Editions Verve, 1962. Villon, Jacques. First edition. Hardcover. 63 pages. Folio, 38 x 28 cm. Limited edition, copy 140 of 180 signed on velin de Rives signed in pencil by Villon. Illustrated with 23 etched illustrations by Jacques Villon, 19 in black and white, of which 12 are double-page... More
Paris: Jean Hugues, 1953. De Stael, Nicolas. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 55 pages. 16.5 x 12.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 62 of 120 on Holland paper, signed by Char & De Stael, with an original color lithograph frontispiece by Nicolas De Stael. Uncut and unopened. This is the text of... More
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Cambridge, Chicago: Stone & Kimball, Herbert S. Stone, 1894-1898. First edition. Small 8vo, and 4to. Complete run of all 100 issues, a revered and significant American small magazine. Volume I is complete in the original issues: the latter went immediately out-of-print. FAXON in his bibliography [MODERN CHAP BOOKS AND THEIR... More
Np: Np, ca 1510. Van Leyden, Lucas. 11.5 x 7 cm. Four mounted engraved plates, first three with strong dark impression, last in gray tones, each with collection mark on verso. BARTSCH Nos. 91-94. Mounted by Artuur Baldinger Kunsthandel Lijstenmarkerj Jodenbreestrat 16. Amsterdam. Lucas van Leyden was among the first... More
London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J. B. Lippincott Co, 1911. Robinson, Charles. leather_bound. 128 pages. 27 x 20.5 cm. Deluxe issue, 18 tipped-in colour plates by Charles Robinson, tissue-guards, pictorial endpapers, wide text margins, plethora of line drawings, printed on heavy stock. Spine slightly darkened, some age spotting back cover. More
Kent Rockwell. Wraps. 8.5 x 7.5 cm. As new. More
Augsburg: Johann Andreas Pfeffel, 1753. Second German edition. leather_bound. [xiii] 368 (2 errata) pages. 19.6 x 12.5 cm. Etched allegorical frontispiece, incorporating portrait of dedicatee, plus 36 engraved plates, 30 folding. First French edition, 1709 with this copy's text and plates based on the 1722 edition, which was incorrectly credited... More
London: Beaumont Press, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. 125 pages. 23 x 15 cm. Limited edition copy 50 of 80 on parchment vellum and signed by Helle Flecker, Randolph Schwabe, C.W. Beaumont and Claudia Guercio who designed the cover of this book. Title page color lithograph designed by Randolph Schwabe, typography... 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
West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1985. Moser, Barry. Hardcover. 268 pages. 33.5 x 30.5 cm. Limited edition, Copy 242 of 350 illustrated and signed by Barry Moser. With an appreciation by Justin G. Shiller, printed by Harold McGrath in Van Dijck type on archival paper with calligraphy by Yvette Rutledge. Sixty... More
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1953. Parker, Agnes Miller. Hardcover. 992 pages. Small folio, 29.5 x 20.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 498 of 1500 signed by Agnes Miller Parker. With an introduction by John Hayward, pen decorations drawn by John Austen, designed by John Johnson, and illustrated with wood engravings by Parker. Decorated endpapers, NEWMAN & WICHE 234. More
Tokyo: Np, ca 1941 (Showa 16). Stiff Boards. Folio, 39 x 27 cm. A complete set of 20 offset color plates. Popular culture of the day prior to television a form of Japanese street theater and storytelling that was popular during the Depression of the 1930s and the postwar period... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1954. Severin, Mark. First edition. leather_bound. 61 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Limited edition, copy 96 of 100 with seven wood engravings by Severin and four extra engravings (from a total edition of 300) on hand made paper in Poliphilus type. COCK-A-HOOP 194. "Written for performance... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1958. Bateman, J. Yunge. leather_bound. 35 pages. Folio, 32 x 19.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 4 of 75 specially bound with collotype reproductions of seven drawings by John Yunge Bateman (from a total edition of 200) by Mansell with an extra suite of nine plates, including... More
London: Shakespeare Head Press, 1924. Lowinsky, Thomas. Hardcover. 97 pages. 32.5 x 24.6 cm. Limited edition, copy 5 of 6 sale.printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper and bound by Zaehnsdorf. Introduction by Harley Granville-Barker. Line blocks are by Emery Walker. Illustratons by Thomas Lowinsky with later hand coloring. Signed by... More
Neuchatel: Delachaux & Niestle S.A. 1916. First edition. Hardcover. 130 pages. 34 x 25 cm. Limited edition a été imprimé 125 exemplaires de cet ouvrage sur papier cuve antique, numérotés de 1 à 125 et 25 exemplaires hors commerce, marqués de A-Z;. Our copy is No. U. Includes bibliographical references... More
London: Shakespeare Head Press, 1924. Hardcover. 99 pages in text. 32.5 x 24.6 cm. Limited edition, copy 5 of 6. Introduction by Harley Granville-Barker. printed on Batchelor's Kelmscott hand-made paper and bound by Riviere & Son. Line blocks are by Emery Walker. Illustrations by Norman Wilkinson, five full page color... More
Paris: Maison Fontaine, August 1900. First edition. Boards. Approx. 90 leaves. 25 x 20.5 cm. Serrures Decoratives Styles anciens essais modernes. Wrought iron designs for window and door locks, bolts, door knobs, keys, urns, handles in a multitude of forms with multiple images per page of traditional formats, each plate... More
London: Thomas Tegg, 1816. Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. Hardcover. 135 pages. 18 x 10.5 cm. Hand-colored aquatint frontispiece by Rowlandson. Half-title, front cover detached, spin abraded, text generally clean. More